Red Ink March 7, 2019 Volume 10, Edition 4

The power of artists

Hidden talents in the halls

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Wolfe represents at State

Eight poets compete for shot at Poetry Out Loud 20K mikaylaschwartz featureeditor

Alicia Wolf (20) took the first place spot in the Poetry Out Loud contest held at the Eaton Public Library on Tuesday Feb. 5 with her dramatic recitation of “Friendship After Love” by Ella Wheeler Wilcox. Wolf in her first year of competition, beat out the eight other brave poets reciting for a chance to compete at state including Junior Everett Slaughenhaupt and senior Janae Jarnigan who took the second and third spots. The first place allowed her to go to State on February 27 to compete for a National spot, where she could potentially compete in Washington D.C. for a prize of $20,000.

Professional poet Lisa Zimmerman who opened the night

Fellow contestants and friends, Zeekial Burgess, Janae Jarnagin, Alicia Wolfe, Allie Hobbs, Rinoa Wolmack, Evan Messmer, Emily Sorenson, Deirdre White, Gabby Gilleland, Ashley Frerick, Coco Sviatko, Makenzie Harris, and Alejandra Naranjo arrive at state to support Wolfe in the first and second round.

has spent her life writing and reciting poetry. “My father knew some poems by heart and would recite them. Just hearing the cadence of language was part of why I started,” Zimmerman said, “I started writing poems in my junior year of high school because I loved the brevity and the shortness.

I would get a prompt to spill something out.”

Zimmerman who instructs

poetry at UNC also said, “I fell in love with the language and the sound of words clashing together and the music of the lines. I feel that poetry is like bread. It belongs to everyone.

It is marginalized in our culture, but it is in the heart of all of us.”

Although her poetry helped inspire the contestants, her poems were not the main focus of the night. Fourteen students

participated in the event, reciting or reading poetry in the coffee house environment created at Eaton Public Library.

This is the ninth year for Poetry Out Loud at EHS, and the fifth year for the Coffee House.

The judge panel consisted of English teachers Jaryn Guerra, and Kylie Griffin, who joined event organizers and fellow English teachers Deirdre White and Emily Sorenson. Drama instructor Kendra Hixon has been a judge every year for the past nine years of the event, and science teacher Erin Pierson joined for her first year as the accuracy judge. They judged the students on many different categories including voice, presence and overall interpretation.

As part of the fun between the judged poets, Evan Mesmer and Everett Slagenpaht partnered up to recite a Palindrome poem that when read from top to bottom has the opposite meaning when read from bottom to top. Wolfe was very nervous while she headed to state. “It was nothing like I was expecting because here it is

just a small competition, but, at state, there were so many people competing on a professional level” Wolfe said. In the first round, Wolfe recited the poem “Friendship After Love”, and it won her a spot in the second round. In her second round, she recited “The Last Performance”. Despite all of Wolfe’s hard work in the first and second round Wolfe fell short of the third round.

Alicia Wolfe recites her memorized poem “Friendship After Love” at the Eaton Public Library, Feb. 5.

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EHS to Restore CHSAA sanction to Dance Team School board will have final say on eligibility Not all activities are athletic, however.

An example is the music department, the choirs and bands, which After a history of losing its CHSAA are also regulated by CHSAA. status as a cheerleading team, the EHS To be sanctioned, dance team is worka school must ading to get it back. dress ten questions.

Steve Longwell and which vary from It’s cool because Jay Tapia, athletic cost of program to director, and princommunity interest. it’s an opporcipal, respectively, The questions will tunity for us to are trying to restore be used to evaludance team’s sanccompete.” ate the status of the tion in the Coloradance team as well do High School Acas student and com-Marian Montes tivities Association. munity interest, The school took the and the administradance team’s sanction will determine tion eight years ago if the organizadue to two factors: tion is eligible for a sanction. low attendance and high coach turnover.

The school board and the superinAt the time just three girls were tendent, completely independent of the involved with cheerleading as op- dance team, ultimately have the final posed to the previous year’s 20 people, say in whether the team is sanctioned. and a high turnover rate of coachDance team member Marian Mones saw four coaches in three years. tes (19) said, “It’s cool because it is CHSAA is an organization that mon- an opportunity for us to compete”. itors and regulates activities in school.

Expense is the most difficult quesangelestrada staffreporter

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Senior dance team members Rylie Book Cass, Emily Anderson, Litzia Rodriguez, and Janae Jarnagin wave to the crowd on their senior night.

tion to, however, and of the issue, Longwell said, “The biggest thing I have to be concerned about is how we’ll fund the program because if the dance team is going to become a sport, the district is going to have to pay a coach, pay them

to run the program, and pay for the equipment” Dance team sponsor Brittany Turnbull’s hope is “that we can get everyone on board with the Dance team, to convince everyone that the Dance team is something that they should do.”

Help with Prom season expenses coming soon anyawomack staffreporter

Prom is a big deal for upperclassmen in high school. It’s all about the makeup, hair, and dress. But sometimes it can be a costly issue. Luckily, the public library is helping girls get ready for the big day.

On April 13, 2019, IBMC (Institute of Business and Medical Careers) college is teaming up with the library to offer help with makeup, up-dos, and haircuts for free this prom season. IBMC college is a cosmetology school in Greeley and they need as much hands on experience as possible. Tecla Valasek (20) says, “I’m super excited for this experience because I myself am not great at doing my own hair or make up, so I’m super stoked to look super beautiful without having to pay for it or have to worry about the cost of it.”

As Velesek explains that prom is a costly issue and not everyone can afford the princess/ prince treatment she makes a point, “everyone is very worried

about prices so it makes the experience of prom a lot less fun.”

With the increasing prices of dresses for prom, students and parents have to budget more for other things such as doing their own hair, makeup, and nails. Asking how this started, Samantha Hudspeth, organizer of the IBMC prom hair committee, said, “When I was in high school, the library in my town did something like this and that’s where the idea came from.”

Hudspeth explains, “It’s not fair how much prom costs because everyone deserves this experience and it’s not fair how much people charge just for one night.”

Hudspeth, being passionate about getting everything set up to help students, she is just trying to help her community save an extra couple dollars.

Kids have big plans with using this opportnity to their advantage and making the best out of potential savings.

Average Cost of Prom Expenses ($)

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Choir lights up the night with throwback tunes Troubadours to sing at D.C.

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Talented singers put their best foot forward on Feb. 26, and performed both throwback songs and todays hits.

Women’s choir started out the night with “Footloose.” In their third song, Alicia Wolfe (20) and Alika Velasquez (21) both sang a solo in “Homeward Bound.”

Men’s choir delivered a treat with their own Jackson Contreras (19) on the piano, and two soloists, Noah Moore (21) and Matthew Salazar (19) for the song “Colder Weather.”

Bella Voce sang “Everywhere That you are,” “Spirate Pur,”

and “The Best of Glee.” Their medley featured five girls including, Katelyn LeClair (20), Judith Hernandez (21), Joelle Green (20), Briana Everhart (20), and Tanya Prather (20).

Tierra Curtis (19) and Grace Sandau (20) also performed a duet.

The Troubadours are planning a trip to Washington DC in the spring for the 75th annual memorial of World War II. Allie Phillips (19) said, “This is such an honor. We have been working very hard on our songs and fundraising.” They will be performing their song “We’ll Meet Again” by Parker Charles.

Noah Moore sings a solo in “Colder Weather” in the mens’ choir performance on Feb. 26.

Production students give the inside ‘scoop’ Juniors Sell and Mongan prepare to take on big roles

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After the success of last year’s dinner show, Death of the Hot Sauce Salesman, Eaton’s Production team is returning with a dinner show this season. Save Our Scoops is a melodrama regarding the Brickle family who owns a local ice cream shop. When they are about to be evicted by their landlord, he will only give their home back in exchange for the hand of their daughter. Production’s six seniors will be directing the show along with Kendra Hixon, the theatrical arts teacher.

Janae Jarnagin (19), one of the directors, said, “We are trying to do something on a bigger scale to reach more of our community.”

Hixon’s role throughout planning for the show is supervising accompanied by making sure the actors have anything they need. She said, “The show was well received by many, so I am excited to see how well

it will do this year. We know what to expect a little bit better.”

Main characters include Makenna Dalton (21) and Everet Slaugenhaupt (20) who will pair up to play Mama and Papa Brickle. Grace Smith (21), will play Sherry Bert, the daughter. Colten Sell (20), is excited to play the hero persona, Walter Melon Cream.

Sell said, “This is my first semester in production. I came in expecting to be an extra, so to be the hero, it is way out of my mind, I cannot believe it.”

Sell said his favorite part of his character is his helpful, caring nature.

Thomas Mongan (20) will play the villain role of I.C. Freeze and said he is excited to be the opposing character.

Mongan said he likes, “playing parts that are kind of hard to play because it gives me opportunities to become a better actor. I am excited to create this new type of character that

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The Production Team (from left): Sara Cate Ogden, Geoffrey Powell, Mikayla Schwartz, Colten Sell, Everet Slaughenhaupt, Evan Messmer, Jimmy Beamon, Lili Lara, Thomas Mongon, Judith Hernandez, Kaitlyn Leclair, Grace Smith, and Mackenna Dalton.

I have never been before and acting like a different person.”

Cream and Freeze will battle it out for the Brickle family on March 15 at 6 p.m. The Cater-

ing II class will cook and serve along with various donors. The Production team plans on emphasizing ice cream as the dessert, complimenting the dinner

show’s theme. Tickets are available through the front office or Hixon before the show, but they will be limited the night of the show.

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Sophomores chat with Colombian pen pals World Lit project encourages cultural awareness

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Prior to moving to Colombia, Jankiewicz taught ninthMerri Jankiewicz, is staying grade English, Yearbook, and connected to the Eaton com- Creative Writing at EHS for nine munity from 3,102 miles away by teaming up with former years. She said the pen pal assignment pairs nicely with a EHS colunit they leagues, are comEmily Sopleting on renson and Holocaust Amy Ross.

The students in literature.

Jankeiwicz “One of is pairing Colombia are the ideas her Coextremely enI emphalombian size during thusiastic to get students this unit with EHS to know the EHS is treatWo r l d kids.” ing people Literature with restudents s p e c t , by partici-Merri Jankiewicz compaspating in a sion, and pen pal asundersignment standing that will allow them to share emails between Eaton, Colo- instead of quickly categorizing rado and Colegio Bolivar in them as ‘other’ or basing our judgments on stereotypes,” Cali, Colombia. staffreporter

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Jankiewicz said.

Her Colombian students hear a great deal about the United States on the news, in movies, and on social media; however, those representations do not teach them about complex subcultures and unique stories of individuals.

Similarly, people in the United States have preconceived notions about Colombia.

Sorenson said she is excited to team up with her old friend and work mate to offer World Lit. students a broader world view.

“We’ve asked students to consider worldly perspectives for their entire sophomore career, and there’s no better real world application for that then having to consult with people who don’t necessarily live like you do o r agree w i t h what you believe,” Sorenson said.

EHS sophomore, Nakaiya Kuskie (21) says, “You never truly know what someone's life is like somewhere else until you have an inside connection like this.” A popular Netflix show “Narcos” depicts Colombia in a way that Americans commonly associate drugs with.

Participating in this assignment allows students to get to know other cultures on a more personal level and become ambassadors for their own country.

Jankiewicz said, “The students in Colombia are extremely enthusiastic to get to know the EHS kids.

“For students in Eaton, I feel this gives them the opportunity to realize how much they have in common with students their age who are half a world

away,” Jankiewicz said. Kuskie says, “The fun about having a pen pal is probably just the excitement of it all. The idea of just talking and meeting someone from a different culture is very exciting.” This opportunity to connect with teenagers on a different continent opens doors for EHS students as they gain a broader understanding in World Literature.

Gabe Gerkin (21) said the pen pal assignment, “is nice because you can express your values to one another and learn to respect different values and traditions.”

Many people in the world spell Colombia with a ‘u’ (Columbia) instead of with an ‘o.’

According to Jankiewicz, her students get very indignant about that fact.

The focal point of this project is appreciating everyone's differences.

Jankiewicz said, “When we get to know other people, we tend to find we have much more in common with them than we originally realized.”

Abbey Hayes (21) says, “Introducing ideas that are completely new to someone is a great opportunity.

You get to share things they have never experienced.”

This project is continuing to benefit students here at Eaton High School and Colegio Bolivar.

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blast from the past 10 Years Ago

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Taking a step back 15 years ago to 2004, former students Amanda Deifik, John Price, Emily Griffi th and Tiffany Jay give a brief explanation of their plans for MORP and why they have those plans .

Senior Deifik said that she was going to a Switc hfoot concert instead of MORP while Jay said that it would be a “good time” and it was her “last casual dance and last MORP.” Junior Griffith said she planned to go, saying that it is “a bunch of fun, and there’s only a couple times you get to see all your friends in the same room.” Price, a freshman, said, “I’m going. I have a date and I’m happy.”

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Students knock out GE College-bound kids take advantage of free college gracesmith newseditor

anyawomack staffreporter

The concept of high school dual enrollment courses has been increasing in popularity over the past decade. According to the National center for Education Statistics, dual enrollment is defined as “an organized system with special guidelines that allows high school students to take collegelevel courses.” The goal of the program is to help students prepare for the rigors of college classes while saving money to attend a postsecondary institution.

EHS has offered dual enrollment classes for four years.

AIMS Community College and the University of Northern Colorado offer classes for lower prices to EHS, and the school pays for up to six credit hours per semester per student. After the six credit hours, UNC classes cost $65 and about $67 through AIMS. John Stewart (21)said he was getting in on the cost effectiveness of taking dual classes. “It gives you a feel for longer lectures and helps you save money for college. I personally am taking some of the classes now so I don’t have to take them in college,” He said.

Students only earn the college credits offered by dual enrollment classes if they earn a grade of ‘C’ or better.

There is also the option for students to withdraw from the class, which means they can stop taking the class for its college credit without damaging their academic record.

This contributes to the fact

that EHS has an extremely low drop rate due to the fact that the teachers will encourage withdrawing from classes rather than actually dropping them.

Between the two colleges, there are over a dozen dual enrollment classes available to students on Eaton’s campus.

This large offering gives sophomores juniors and seniors so many options that counselor, Kelly Kocheiver says, “I really don’t see a downside, other than if students don’t take advantage of their opportunities.”

As many as 130 students have taken advantage of these opportunities during this school year alone.

Counseling office secretary, CJ Pelz, who is in charge of keeping track of dual students, can not disclose the name of the student who currently is taking the most college credits, but did say that the student with the most credits is enrolled in at least six dual classes in just this semester alone.

Senior, Andrea Pennington, who is currently taking College Composition, said, “It’s a really good opportunity which allows high school students to kind of get ahead in their college career already, and just to give them more of an experience of how college is going to be like.”

Maddie Harper (21) addressed the workload and difficulty of the classes, which may be a concern for some students. “Theres not really a lot of homework; just quite a few long term assignments, like papers, and if you are taking lots of classes they can get a little jumbled together,” She said.

Although there are many pros to having college classes taught

in the high school, counselor Lori Lockman said, “Although I do think this is a great opportunity for students, it is important that they still enjoy their high school experience.”

She said she is, “worried that some students are getting more caught up in getting the most college credits they can, but in the process, they are losing time just being a teenager.”

English teacher, Amy Ross, who teaches College Composition, said, “This program allows students to get the feel for college classes with teachers and class sizes that they are comfortable in.”

Ross feels that this comfort level can be a pro and a con to participating in dual classes.

“In my opinion, the comfort level that the students have in the college classes here can make them take the classes less seriously than if they were on the actual college campus,” she said.

One students who has taken advantage of the dual classes both at EHS and on the college campuses is Josh Lapp (19). He has taken 31 credits that count toward his college transcript, which he plans to make use of by knocking out general education classes.

He is “Basically going to be able to go in next year starting my major and not having to take any of the light and airy college classes.”

Lapp summed up the perks of dual enrollment by saying, “I feel like it’s a really great opportunity for those people who are in high school and want to get a head start in college because it doesn’t cost quite as much, and you can still take it with the other high school classes.”

Dual Enrollment At-A-Glance • 28,290 students participated in Concurrent Enrollment statewide; up more than 10 percent from 2015-16 • More than 52 percent of Concurrent Enrollment students were enrolled in a credential-seeking program • Statewide, 96 percent of school districts (a 2 percentage point increase from 2015-16) offered Concurrent Enrollment programs • High school students attempted a total of 242,728 Concurrent Enrollment credit hours. The average number of credit hours attempted per student was 8.6 with an average of 8 hours passed Information adapted from the Colorado Department of Education

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Maddie Harper laughs over all of the college textbooks she has aquired through dual enrollment classes

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Hidden artists of EHS crea D

onovan Capozzoli (20) has always found an interest in a unique type of art. He began pursuing his interests when he lived in Florida, in late 2016. Since then, this artist has advanced his skills to reach realistic art, which has turned into digital art. Capozzoli is inspired by the anime he watches; as he sees the artwork the producers imagine, he has a passion for making his drawings come to life.

Although anime is his favorite media, he enjoys drawing mythical creatures.

His favorite piece he makes is the standoffs be-

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tween the heroes and villains because he finds interest in the fighting scenes in the professional anime.

Capozzoli says the best part of creating art is that he can “think about what to draw, what to add onto the characters, and what type of art style that specific character would have."

Creating individuality for each drawing is his specialty when creating a characters’

Donovan Capozzoli

Monique Anchondo

Monique Anchondo (20) loves drawing beautiful things and has been creating art since she was little kid.

Anchondo said she never loved portraits until she discovered an artist named Ilya Kuvshinov, a 29 year-old Russian artist based in Tokyo, Japan. This artist caused Anchondo to realize that people could be exaggerated without being realistic.

Even through portraits are her favorite, Anchondo has a passion for drawing eyes because “they hold the secret to everything and they’re the most beautiful thing on a human,” Anchondo said.

Because she can create art with emotions, frustration, sadness, or happiness, Anchondo's favorite part of art is its therapeutic benefits. Anchondo, who is also a member of the yearbook staff and band, does not plan to pursue art in her career but will continue to draw whenever she feels inspired.

Monique Anchondo (20)

Monique Anchondo (20)

persona. His enthusiasm for anime only grows as he creates more pieces to add to his collection. Initially, Capozzoli drew and colored his art by hand, but then he discovered

how to bring a digital aspect to his creativity, launching his hobby in anime.

During his time at Eaton High School, he draws for enjoyment, but, after high

school, Capozzoli plans to become a freelance artist.

His future is full of color and creativity. Capozzoli created this month's cover of The Red Ink.

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passion, she is inspired by the weird people and ideas she encounters--people with different types of haircuts or clothing.

Daniels says, “It has a type of shock value to it, and it can broaden the understanding of how diverse people are.”

Working with the anatomy of bodies and emotions of faces captures her endless imagination, Daniels said, and it's something she highly values. If Daniels isn't drawing people Aria Daniels (22) she said her second favorite subject is Aria Daniels (22) has been drawing since she was able to hold a plants. After high school, Danpencil, but she began to pursue iels plans to pursue her art by becoming a freelance artist to sell it as an interest in sixth grade.

Because drawing people is her her commissions.

Tecla Valasek (20)

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ate their futures

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Several talented students

walk the halls of EHS armed with creativity, inspiration, and a passion for art. These individuals have flourished to become the artists they are today. From learning to hold a pencil to creating galleryworthy art, these artists have traveled far to accomplish the heights they have reached. They strive to communicate a message of feelings that can only be discovered by the audience. Pictured below are works by several great artists throughout the school.

Cameron Spahn (20)

Cameron Spahn (20)

Cameron Spahn (20)

Zane Renner (21)

Zane Renner (21)

Coal Kuzov (21)

Grace Sandau (20)

Tasia Derrera (20)

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10 redspotlight March 7, 2019 From the Booth “Just Venmo me”

The pressure is on (always)

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America is closer than ever to becoming a cashless society, and if you don’t care about it, you should. An accelerated transition from cash to strictly online banking could have far reaching consequences.

According to projections, America is about seven years away from becoming a cashless society, which is really no surprise when you take a look around. You’ve got credit cards, debit cards, PayPal, Bitcoin, Apple Pay, and the recently popular platform, Venmo, which is the future of person-to-person transactions, and Sweden and other European countries already setting the example for cashless societies.

There are still the skeptics, but according to a study conducted by the Global Acceptance Transaction Engine, one in five Americans believe that a cashless society will be a reality in their lifetime. What’s more, 48 percent of those believe that cash will be obsolete in the next five years. Based on current economic projections, it will take longer than five years to go completely paperless, but the feelings of consumers toward the issue are a large indicator of where the nation is headed. After all, isn’t cash only made valuable by the people’s confidence in it?

People sure have lost all confidence in cash over in Sweden, where cash transactions only account for two percent of all transactions, according to Forbes. That percentage is expected to be cut to just half a percent in 2020.

You hear people say it all of the time: “Just Venmo me $5.” It has been dubbed the banking app of Millenials, and

rightfully so. According to Statista, Venmo’s total growth in net payments on the app was 80 percent, accounting for $19 billion of transfers.

Venmo acts as a middleman between accounts and friends.

Money exchanged on the app can be stored in the on-platform balance for later use, or it can be cashed out to a bank account. This way, users can exchange “Venmo money” with one another without having their actual bank account balances change.

Despite its popularity, the app is far from perfect because nothing on the internet is perfectly safe. According to Investopedia, stories of users losing up to $3,000 (the maximum amount that can be stored in the app) to hackers is a common occurrence.

Venmo and banking authorities do not recommend keeping a large amount stored in the Venmo balance. With Venmo’s rapid growth, it’s a guarantee that the platform will only become safer to use and more popular as time goes on. Although the future of cash may be inevitable, it is dangerous and irresponsible.

Think about it.

If you want money withdrawn from your account, you just go to an ATM. However, if/when cash becomes obsolete, all money will be stored in the financial system itself.

That means the government and private enterprise could essentially leverage the economy through financial policy. Frankly, with the government’s track record on irresponsible spending and tax policy, voters need to keep it as far away from their bank accounts as possible.

Ink Staff Opinion

The phrase “When are we ever gonna use this” is consistently heard down the halls, that a majority of the classes we sit through for an hour-and-a-half for four years--1056 hours a year, 4,224 hours in four--are just a waste of time for everyone involved.

It may be true that as high school students none of us have truly experienced what it is like to be an adult in an adult world. But since when did high school become the place to take college classes so in college you don’t have to?

When you enter high school freshman year, you’re told that these will be the best four years of your life, that the “world is your oyster,” that these are the years to enjoy before you get old and have to enter college and truly think about what you will be doing for the rest of their life.

But today, although we are told to enjoy the teenage life, thinking about the future and what classes need to be taken to get a leg up in college have become the real message. Students are told again, and again that the decisions they make now will affect how life plays out in college and far beyond.

The pressure is on to take as many college level classes as poosible in order to reduce the inevitable annual college tuition--pressure on kids that’s largely aimed to reduce the pressure on a guardian’s wallet.

College classes are a great opportunity but there’s so much pressure to take them: pressure from adults, students themselves, and just the plain oldpressure to succeed.

Rather than experimenting

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and taking classes to see what passions you could possibly have, students are shoe-horned into into believeing they should already know what classes need to be taken and which ones shouldn’t be paid mind to because those classes aren’t going to help you in your “maybe” career. Taking such classes, yes, may take a load off in the following years entering college but, in a sense, students suffer a loss of other passions when they are so blinded by their

own plan. Nobody bothered to tell them to create room for a another route.

Things are always going to change--plans change, people change--and picking something right now at our age is the scariest thing because what if it doesn’t work out and everything we did was for nothing?

Not trying to be cynical but let’s let kids be kids, let them experience and explore, and open all those “oysters” we are told the world holds.

Red Ink Staff

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Famous killer brought to life

Netflix series A conversation with a killer: The Ted Bundy Tapes has people hooked

abigailvondy staffreporter

Sadly, the world has become a place where it is mandatory to be cautious of all people and the potential dangers they hold.

When walking down crowded streets alone, everyone determines whether or not someone can be trusted by the way they present themselves and their appearance. It’s not something to be proud of, but that’s just the way it is. All of us are guilty of making those snap judgements.

But what about the ones who look normal? Handsome even? A Conversation with a Killer: The Ted Bundy Tapes expands on this terrifying possibility through the very real story of the infamous serial killer, Theodore Robert Bundy.

Ted Bundy went through his early life like every other American, going to college, pursuing his dreams, and getting married.

One day, he decided he wanted to do something else; something that left this country shaken.

Ted Bundy was convicted of killing over 30 women in over six different states, including Florida, Idaho, Washington,

Serial killer Ted Bundy

and Colorado, earning him, for the first time in United States history, the label of a serial killer.

Netflix has given our generation plenty of classics that left the school talking, but this four-episode documentary on the life of Bundy will be remembered as one of the best.

The program creator, Joe Berlinger, presents Netflix with an intense, informative, and suspenseful four hour series split into pieces. Each episode delivers about an hour of compelling information regarding Ted Bundy’s life and the horrible decisions he made. Then each episode ends with some type of cliff hanger, which pret

ty much forces you to click play on the next.

It is no secret that Ted Bundy killed over 30 young women. But the mystery is the way he was able to stay hidden for all those years of investigation. This documentary goes through each step of Bundy’s life and analyzes it with immense detail.

It explores what Bundy was doing, what the police were doing simultaneously, and how he was getting away with it.

Through interviews with the man himself and others important to his story, the series narrates the life of Ted Bundy.

Each step of his life is supported by different clips and picture slideshows, including news channels and police investigation snapshots to give the audience a better understanding of the time period. The viewer even gets to hear interviews from the killer himself.

During that period of time (19741980), many couldn’t wrap their heads around the fact that someone so handsome and so charming could be capable of such appalling actions. This, he took to his advantage by using his charm and looks to help him in trial and previously to lure

women into trusting him before he ended their lives.

Theodore Bundy truly was the face of evil in the country during that time period.

And as the first official serial killer of America, he paved the way for a significant amount

of this county’s most successful killers. Students who are interested in informative, suspenseful, and terrifying documentaries need to watch A Conversation with a killer: The Ted Bundy Tapes. You will not be disappointed!

American Serial Killers and

Their Stories

The Zodiac Killer- Killed at least 37 in Northern California and seemingly disappeared off the Earth in late 1970’s. (Movie; Zodiac)

Oakland County Child Killer- Four children murdered in Oakland County, Michigan in less than one year. Investigators never discovered the killer. (Documentary; Children of the Snow)

The Colonial Parkway Killer- At least six people killed in only three years in Virginia’s Colonial Parkway. This killer seems to target young couples. (Documentary; Dark Mind) Chillicothe, Ohio Killer- In 2014 six women

were murdered and the killer was never found. (Documentary; Gone:The Forgotten Women of Ohio)

The Golden State Killer- Committed at least 13 murders and participated in many burglaries.(Documentary; The Golden State Killer: It’s Not Over)

The Jeff Davis Eight Killer- Eight woman killed in Jennings, Louisiana within the span of five years. (Movie; Murder in the Bayou)

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Sometimes athletes have to ask,

What’s the cost of winning

The separation between being a student and a studentathlete is a thin line. Students at Eaton High School are often told by teachers and adults that they “are students before they are athletes.” But sometimes students pay a high price for trying to be both.

According to CHSAA, schools in Colorado have more students competing in sports than ever before. In the 201617 school year, 60.26 percent of students, a total of 139,969 athletes, competed in sports.

These are the highest figures since the survey began after the 1988-89 season.

The town of Eaton itself has a total of 5,224 people, according to the United States Census Bureau, and approximately 554 of those numbers included the students currently enrolled.

According to Athletic Director Steve Longwell, a total of 258 students have participated in sport since the beginning of the 2018-19 school year not counting this year’s spring season. The numbers are equally divided between boys and girls each totaling a whopping 129 athletes.

With such a small-town environment, sports engulf students who try to keep the tradition of winning alive and well. Eaton High School as a whole has won a total of 35 state championships, 11 just from the game of baseball, the pride and joy of Eaton for generations of boys.

Dalton Logan(20) said, “I’ve played since I was four. When I’m on the field I’m not playing for that championship: I’m playing for that one game, to get me to that championship.”

But back in 2015 Logan tore his MCL, tibia fibula and was told he would be on crutches for the next eight months with the possibility that this injury

would be a problem for the rest of his life.

According to Colorado’s Boulder’s summary report of National High School sportsrelated injuries for the 201617 school year, 3,324 athletes sustained injuries competing or practicing.

Molly Maguire, EHS anatomy and physiology teacher said, “I wish people would think about the fact that their knee, their arm, their leg, their shoulder, has to last them another 60 to 70 years after high school. And that maybe playing through the pain to win a state championship is not going to be worth it when they are 50 or 60 years old and having a shoulder or knee replaced.”

A common mentality among athletes at Eaton High School seems to be “are you hurt or are you hurting?” It’s an injury when they have to say that the pain has become too much, and what they’re feeling isn’t due to the difficulty of the workout but rather because something is genuinely wrong.

Not only are the students at Eaton High School preoccupied with sports but many students are involved in clubs that require time after and during school.

During the Fall marching band is out at 7 a.m. to prepare for performances during football games and against other schools marching band.

This fall marching band placed fourth at state--the farthest the band has ever gone. Colton Sell (20) performed in three different bands this year--marching band, symphonic band, and jazz ensemble. Sell said, “I found that doing all those bands helps me in school it gives me something to relieve stress and take my mind off of things.”

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Maybe playing through the pain to win a state championship is not going to be worth it when they are 50 or 60 years old and having a shoulder or knee replaced.”

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volved in both sports, choir, and band whether it is all three or only two. Katie Gomez (22) said, “It’s hard being in a sport and band but I’ve learned to manage my time more wisely, and I think that’s a good life lesson for me to have.” The students of Eaton begin to learn life lessons in all the activities they choose to be involved in. Jennifer Jarnagin (21) said, “The most difficult thing is balancing, sports, homework, and other social stuff I want to do.

I never begin to dislike playing sports because the of the people and being active is always something I enjoy.”

Being a student-athlete creates a particular person one who is always want to be the best in almost everything they do. Zac Lemon, football coach and biology teacher, said, ”Everyone is different, but what I do see is those high achievers are always high achievers no matter what they do. So if they are a great student usually they are a great leader in a club or in a sport.

You are who you are.”

The pressure of being a student-athlete affects everyone, but more importantly the incoming freshman who are thrown into the mix of school and sports. Ryan Dirkson (22)

said “No I was not ready for it I would come home from football and be so tired that I just wouldn’t do my homework. I didn’t talk to my teachers and I’m noticing now that I probably should have and I’m learning how to manage my time now rather than later.”

For most student-athletes the cost of winning is worth the hardship and obstacles all for those heartfelt experiences and people met along the way that made it worth the long practices, late night cram sessions and bumps and bruises.

But at some point every athlete has to question if the breaking, tearing and fracturing is worth it. If a life-long injury worth the cost of winning.

Bekah Scott (20) used to play

basketball, but after she tore her ACL, meniscus, and sprained her LCL, she decided to hang up her Fightin’ Reds uniform.

“The risk of injury isn’t worth it anymore,” Scott said.

“I think it’s just about what the athletes want to be some day. I want to be a mom and now, because of my knee, I won’t be able to crawl around with my kids or squat down to their level.”

Winning at Eaton High School is a high like none other--being part of a tradition that goes back a 100 years, the friendships and the fun along the way. But after injuries, or a future faced with pain, sometimes a student-athlete just has to ask if it is worth the cost.

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Boys wrap up season at regionals Reds wrap up season with 7-3 league record

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season as Reds basketball teammates.

Senior Mason Willadsen The Reds boys basketball team ended its total season af- spoke about the significance of ter a loss against Faith Chris- the community he has found tian during regionals on March in the basketball team, saying, 1. The boys ended fourth in “I’m going to miss the comradPatriot League and 7-3 in their ery of the team. We’re just like one big family, and I know I’m regular season.

The season has been a spe- going to be staying in touch cial one for teammates Scott with all of them and that’s Grable (21) and Ryan Ure (21), something to look forward to.”

Senior Cody Kessel credited who are ranked first and second as Patriot League athletes. the connection of the team to Grable, currently first for Dallas Duran. Duran, a memthree-point shots, credited the ber of the basketball team, team’s success to their intense tragically died two years ago work ethic, “In every practice during the 2017 season.

Kessel said, “We’ve all enwe go hard and it helps us to be joyed getting to know each better as a team,” Grable said. other and Ure has create friendhad an imships. Dallas pressive is part of, season, and the program ranks second and I think in rebounds we needed to in the Patriot honor him League. Ure and honor also manhis family.” aged to tie A plaque the all time with Duran’s record for number, 2, rebounds hangs on the in an indigym wall. vidual game.

-Ryan Ure Duran was with 20 realso honored bounds in a on senior game against night with Resurrection Christian, tying a 2009 record his classmates.

Coach Dean Grable compreviously held by student Seth mented on the character of Lobato.

Ure was somewhat shocked the senior teammates, saying, by his own success saying, “You “Every year is a different team, gotta do what you gotta do to but you see these seniors when help your team and that’s my they’re freshmen, and then they job. It’s crazy to think that go through the program for in the history of Eaton high four years. The way they lead on and off the floor, whether school I was able to do that.”

The season has been signifi- its performance, how they concant to Eaton boys basketball, duct themselves, they repreespecially to the seniors who sent what being an Eaton Red will be finishing up their last should be in our program.” staffreporter

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You gotta do what you gotta do to help your team.”

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Sophomore Nic Inda rushes the basket during a home trailed by teammate Bryce Leafgren.

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Mason Willadsen, Dalton Logan, and Harrison Zeller cheer during the district tournament.

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The Eaton Reds swim team represented at the 2019 State competition, sending the relay team and individual competitors to the final round in multiple events. Wearing nervous smiles and tech suits, the Reds competitors spent three days at the Fort Collins Edora Pool and Ice Center competing in preliminaries and, ultimately, the final round on Saturday Feb. 9.

As a team, the Reds took 20th place out of 27 teams with 54 team points. Overall, the Reds finished with a record of 3-3 on the season.

All of Eaton’s athletes who qualified for the State competition made it past preliminaries and into the finals. Head swim coach Hattie Carlson said, “I knew everyone had a shot at finals, but I knew our relays were going to be the toughest. So, to have everyone make it back in the finals was fantastic and exciting for all of us.”

At the State competition, Senior McKenna McGehee placed 11th overall in the 100 Yard Breaststroke, the highest she has ever placed in a state competition. McGehee also placed 18th in the 200 Individual Medley.

Freshman Alexis Bruntz placed 7th overall in the highly competitive 100 Freestyle event, earning her a place near the podium. Bruntz also placed 14th in the 200 Freestyle.

Eaton’s relay team, composed of McGehee, Bruntz, Jazmyn Thornberg (19), and Emma Bjork (20), had an impressive showing in both the 200 Freestyle relay and 400 Freestyle relay. Eaton’s only diver, Clarise Sviatko (19) placed 16th overall out of 20 divers with a score of 329.95, improving her finishing score from the previous season.

McGehee has faced adversity throughout the season, battling

All qualifiers make it to final round of competition

McKenna McGehee comes up for air while swimming in the 200 Individual Medley, where she placed 18th overall.

a shoulder injury that left her unsure of if she would swim her senior year. McGehee said, “In the end, I am glad that I ended up swimming. It’s not something that I’ll look back and say, ‘I wish I hadn’t done that.’”

McGehee has proved to be a standout swimmer, earning 19 first place, 11 second place, and eight third place finishes across several events throughout the season. McGehee is one of five seniors who the swim program will graduate in 2019.

Bruntz, Eaton’s star freshman, was ecstatic about her 7th place finish at state. “I didn’t think I was going to do so well,” Bruntz said. Integrating with the team as an underclassman was not as daunting a task as Bruntz expected due to the support she received from the close-knit team and welcoming upperclassmen.

Swimmer McKenna Dalton (21) said, “I don’t think I’ve ever experienced a team as close as we are.”

Thornberg, who had never previously made it to finals, said, “This was just the best

Clarise Sviatko flips mid-air while competitng in the final round of the 1 Meter dive contest.

season ever. There was a lot of laughing and a lot of fun.”

The diving aspect proved to be a challenge for the Reds in the 2019 season. With no dive coach, Carlson had to bounce back and forth to practices, from coaching the swimmers to coaching Eaton’s only diver, Sviatko.

Carlson said, “It took me maybe a month to get into the routine of running practice

while coaching both. It also took a lot of time outside of the pool to basically learn the sport of diving as I only have experience with swimming.”

For both Carlson and Sviatko, the 16th place finish was incredibly rewarding. “I was super happy with Coco finishing 16th overall,” Carlson said.

“That was a huge improvement from last year. I think Coco and I made a great team learn-

ing from and teaching one another this season.”

Sviatko said, “It was really hard at first, but then we got into the system. Mr. Longwell got us a camera that would record the dives and Hattie would watch them with me.”

Upon the conclusion of her season, Sviatko said, “This was my favorite season with my favorite team and the best coach.”

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Regional champions head to state Reds seeded fifth for chance at final four

pecially, overcoming University three times to win the regional staffreporter championship. The Reds had a Eaton girls basketball has lot to prove, considering that performed an impressive at the beginning of the season, season, winning the Patriot the Reds were ranked 16 and League, the district champion- University was ranked 3. ship and a regional championThe Reds are seeded fifth in ship.

3A state tournament. The girls This is the ninth undefeated basketball team has not won league season Eaton has had in state since the 1988-’89 team 43 seasons. The team will head placed first in 3A 20 years ago. to state on Thursday, March 7 Placing in state is a goal of the to play it’s first playoff game players, especially for Eaton’s against the seniors. SeDelta high nior Gracie school PanSchreiber exthers. pressed her As far as winning Senior hope, saytough games, I Bailie Duning, “I know can, who think the girls what the is ranked team is cajust believe they sixth in pable of, so will find a way.” scoring in I expect us the Patriot to play our League, game and -Todd Hernandez said, “This keep winseason has ning. Everybeen really one hopes to special to win the state me because it’s my last and be- title and I believe we can. I cause all of the people on the couldn’t ask for a better group team are amazing.” of girls to spend my last season Nakaiya Kuskie (21), cur- playing with”. rently ranked second in Patriot Freshman Ahana Leffler League for three-point shots, praised the current seniors incredits psychological toughness fluence over the team, saying, to the team’s success to the team “This year’s seniors are amazmentality. Kuskie said, “The ing and they’re a major role in a mental game for us has been part of our team. As a freshman a major part to our success in the older teammates have been my opinion. We have trust and role models to me by helping faith in our teammates to do me on and off the court and their jobs and going into games always being there for me and we believe we will win.” everyone on the team.”

Coach Todd Hernandez also If the Reds overcome fourth credited the team’s success seeded Delta at the state touris accredited to their mental nament, they will be guarantoughness, “As far as winning teed a final four banner on the tough games, I think the girls gymnasium wall. If the Reds just believe they will find a are defeated in the following way,” he said. round, they will play in the Eaton has proven domi- consolation bracket for third nance in the Patriot League es- place. janaejarnagin

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Senior Bailie Duncan drives on a Platte Valley defender at the district championship game.

Moments after the district championship win, teammates Addie Randel, Nakaiya Kuskie, Gracie Schrebier, Bailie Duncan, Michaela Hill, Sydney Booth, and Anya Womack gather around the plaque.

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Garnhart brings home Gold Four seniors place in the top three

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change that match. I was upset with the end result but it doesn’t define me as a person.”

Garnhart summed up the season by leaving the program with advice for all underclassmen, “Never give up. The grind will hurt but there is nothing more satisfying than the feeling you feel while on the mat during the

finals.”

The Reds sent 14 wrestlers to Regionals and walked out with a 3A Region 3 championship. Among those wrestlers were Alex Castaneda (22), Cael Jordan (21), Jackson Contreras (19), Judson Church(19), Logan Bean (20), and Tanner True (21).

and long-term goals through- son and said, “The season was a out the season. Mustari said, lot better than I expected it to Senior Ty Garnhart placed “One of the goals that we set be. I did not end the season how first making him the 3A State out for the team was to win I wanted to. I didn’t perform Champion in the 170 pound the conference.” They achieved how I wanted to and I could’ve weight class at CHSAA State that by defeating Valley on the changed a couple things and Championships on February road.

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Their secThree ond shortof Eaton’s term goal, own placed but big goal We competed hard in the top was to come in every competithree in 3A. home with a tion that we were in Senior Jerregional title and in the end our emy Muas a team and drive and determinarano placed qualify many tion showed as we third, Seof their guys came home with the niors Toby to the state second place team in Gavette tournament 3A.” and Dylan as they could.

-Tony Mustari Yancey They ended placed secup qualifyond at the ing 10 guys Pepsi Center in Denver, Coloand won the regional. Mustari rado. also said, “Our last goal was All four of the seniors scored to bring home another trophy huge points that went toward from the state tournament. We Eaton’s team points. Eaton fell knew that it wasn’t going to be short behind Alamosa by 36.5 easy but we came together as points sending them home a team and rallied around one Noelle Meagher with as 3A’s state championanother to place second.” ship runner- up trophy.

Senior Toby Gavette takes down his oppenent in the 3A 113 lbs final match at CHSAA Yancey looked back on his State Chmpionships at the Pepsi Center on Saturday, Feburary 23 to place 2nd.

As Gavette recapped his last fourth and final high school seaseason at Eaton High School, he said, “It was a hell of a ride.

By far the best season I ever had. Even though I am disappointed due to the fact I came up short after all the sweat, blood, and tears put into my season, I know I left it all on the mat.”

Head coach Tony Mustari wrapped up his fourth season as head coach and sixth season overall at Eaton High School and said, “My overall thought about the season is that we competed hard in every competition that we were in and in the end our drive and determination showed as we came home with the second place team in 3A” The boys really focused on setting many different short Senior Dylan Yancey attmepts to score points by making a move on his oppenent in the class Senior Ty Garnhart 170 sportseditor

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3A 138 pound finals match. Yancey ended up finishing 2nd place at state.

pound State Champion.