Cardinal Columns (December 2014)

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DECEMBER 2014

Everyone has a story.

Not all of them get told.

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E-cig Popularity Christmas Stories DC Award Trip

Creating the Cover The Idea This issue’s cover design was inspired by the featured article “Hidden Gems.”

We wanted to design something that was not only eyecatching, but also extremely expressive and connected to the article

The Process Senior Shanelle Tucker sat through 20 minutes of meticulous gluing before the shoot began.

We played around with a few different ideas of her hiding herself; first with her arms, hands, and then a black cloth.

Her cooperation proved to be great, after getting glitter in her eyes and being stuck in a cold room for an hour. Fortunately, we had access to a studio with excellent lighting and a black backdrop.

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Fond du Lac High School 801 Campus Drive Fond du Lac, WI 54935 920-929-2740

Forensics, Key Club, STAAND, Enviro Club, Sage, Trapshooting, French Exchange Students, Energy Drinks, White Christmas

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Editorial Board Editor(s)-in-Chief Laura Engebretson Brittany Lange

Managing Editor Cory Scherer

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Forensics, Basketball, Wrestling, Swim & Dive, Hockey, Cross Country

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Best albums, College, Fashion, DC Trip

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Staff Writers

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Around Fondy Providing Hope to Our Earth Max Barbee // Staff Writer

The Environmental Club has big plans for this year

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mongst the crowd of clubs making a difference for Fond du Lac High School, there’s one group that is doing it’s part to make a difference for the Earth. That group is the Environmental Club, and they are serving an important role at our school.

The Environmental Club is a unique group that focuses on environmental awareness and teaching the importance of maintaining wildlife, recycling and landscaping. The group is led by Mr. Fen-

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rick, and they meet once a month in his room, number 2970.

“If students are interested in a natural resource job, it’s a good way to get started,” Mr. Fenrick said.

Every year the group has a few big projects and events. Their plans for this year so far are to host their annual spring fishing tournament, spearhead a food drive for the Humane Society and also to grow plants in the school’s greenhouse to later be planted in the spring.

They are also hoping to restore the school’s overgrown prairies to their natural habitat, and to stock and maintain the school’s surrounding ponds.

“I’ve always enjoyed being outside and taking care of the environment, as well as watching and helping wildlife survive,” Mr. Fenrick said. “I’m happy to teach students about that in the club.”

Students can get involved by coming to any one of their meetings each month or by talking to Mr. Fenrick before or after school.

Forensics is More Than Just Talk Cas Bacon // Staff Writer

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oetry and prose isn’t done for a grade in Forensics - it’s done for presentation and competition, the Fond du Lac Forensics Team (also known as Fondy 4n6) has gone to statewide Wisconsin Forensic Coaches Association competitions.

Team members go through rounds of competition of up to 21 speaking styles, ranging from interpretation to acting. During the informational meetings on December 3rd and 4th, head coaches Khristy Knudston and Adele Adams explained how the team works with interpretation of literature, different styles of speaking in front of others, when competitions are, how the team helps you get excited about performing.

To get involved, see Mrs. Knudston or Miss Adams. Forensics meets on Wednesdays in room 2650. Prefer individual practice? Mrs. Knudston or Miss Adams are both available by appointment.

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STAAND

Michelle Faris // Staff Writer

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Students Making the Right Decisions

TAAND is an acronym for Students Taking Action Against Negative Decisions. It was a group started in 2008. STAAND is a program that teaches teens and adults about the negative effects and consequences that substance abuse can have. STAAND also educates parents on how to talk about prevention of underage drinking and the illegal use of drugs to their children.

“STAAND’s goal is to make a difference in our community’s by taking action against the underage use and abuse of alcohol and other drugs” says sophomore Rachel Zahradnik a member of STAAND for two years.

“STAAND is important because it makes sure that students at Fond du Lac High School are making positive, healthy decisions,” says Mr Heinen. “STAAND is designed to increase positive decisions of their peers and also the inverse to try and prevent negative decisions from their peers. It is centered around alcohol

and other drugs.”

STAAND meets during Cardinal Time almost every day. “When we meet,” says Mr. Heinen, lead advisor of STAAND at Fond du Lac High School, “We discuss current areas of concern for our students and create plans to increase awareness of those choices.”

Rachel Zahradnik says “We hang up signs, do activities with the health classes here at Fondy High, get involved with the community and went on the radio.”

But what is substance abuse? For those of you that don’t know substance abuse is having a dependence or reliance on any addictive substance, usually alcohol or drugs. While drugs and alcohol can give you a temporary high, they can have many physical and emotional effects on a persons brain and/or body. This can last long after you quit using the alcohol or drugs, it could even have a permanent effect. According to The Gateway Foundation Alcohol and

Drug Treatment Centers the most common effects are paranoia, aggressiveness, hallucinations, addiction, impaired judgement, impulsiveness and loss of self-control. Continued dependant use of drugs and alcohol can lead to even more serious brain damage. According to LIVESTRONG.com, that include schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, anxiety and phobias, reduced memory, damage of self-image, loss in control of emotion, irritability, anti-social behaviors, depression and suicidal thoughts and actions.

You can get involved with STAAND by seeing Mr. Heinen in Student Services about attending one of the upcoming meetings. You can grab a pamphlet on STAAND to find out more information. Or go on Facebook and like their page.

“We’re just trying to steer our students in the right direction and make a positive change.” Mr. Heinen said.

GSA Formally Changes Name to be More Inclusive

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Shanelle Tucker // Staff Writer

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his year, GSA has transformed its name into SAGE to form a more inclusive club name beyond “gays and straights” by welcoming those with different genders and sexualities.

“The purpose of SAGE is to create a safe environment and to learn and discuss homophobia, transphobia, and other injustices by educating the school

and community, and fighting unjust persecutions in the Fond du Lac area.” explains Cas Bacon, co-leader of SAGE and current news editor on the Cardinal Columns staff.

SAGE is run by advisors Donna Struck, Traci Castellion and co-lead by senior, Cas Bacon and Junior, Haruka Yukioka. Every year, they organize events such as the Day of Si-

lence, Transgender Awareness, and Words Hurt Week. Each event is to remember those who have been bullied or committed suicide due to their sexuality or gender.

The number of members in SAGE has greatly increased this past school year, meetings are every Tuesday from 3:30-4:30 in the Community room for those who are interested in joining.

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Shooting for Clay Glenn Elmer // Staff Writer

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his year trap shooting is hoping to have a great season, with more than a whopping 60 students. They have several new additions to their team, hoping to make them a stronger and more accurate one. ”Trap shooting is a great opportunity for students to get involved who don’t usually go out for clubs and sports,” says junior Keegan Buros. “It is a really unique club and I’d encourage everyone to give it a shot, no pun intended.”

Both general purpose shotguns and more specialized target-type shotguns are used in trapshooting. Examples of trap guns are single-barreled shotgun (such as the Browning BT-99, Perazzi MX-

series, Krieghoff K-80, [Kolar] T/A) or a double-barreled shotgun such as the Beretta DT-10, Browning XT Trap, and SKB’S. A few of these are specifically used in trapshooting, rather than hunting.

“I have a lot of fun trapshooting,” junior Brett Martin said. “Me and my friends enjoy competing, and it really prepares you with the skills you need for real life hunting.”

Trap shooting is a sport in which participants target and attempt to accurately eliminate launched clay pigeons in the air released from a spring trap.

Trapshooting was developed in England late in the 18th century. The first targets were live pigeons, which were released from

cages known as traps. In the early 19th century trapshooting was first practiced in the Unites States. By mid century in many areas such as Cincinnati, Ohio and New York, trapshooting became very popular.

In later decades when live pigeons were starting to become scarce, trap shooting enthusiasts in the United States came up with artificial pigeons. The first versions of the artificial pigeons were made of glass balls that were filled with feathers and solid iron. These were mounted on long metal rods. Platter-shaped clay pigeons were developed in about 1870- thus creating the trapshooting sport that coach Stangl leads today. Email him if interested in getting involved.

Key Club Mackenzie White // Staff Writer

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ey Club is an international service club that started in 1925 that has over 5,000 clubs in 31 countries. Key Club is a student-led club where students learn leadership skills through service to others in the community.

Over the course of their year together, the Key Club volunteers in different activities around the community like, ARC Bingo, Loaves and Fishes, and Shop with a Cop. They also donate books the the hospital for newborns which they hope will promote literacy. They have donated over 1,400 books each year for the past 23 years.

During the 2014-15 school year, Key Club will participate in Storybook Land in February and they will also organize Youth Service day in April.

Members of Key Club enjoy meeting new people while helping our community. It is also a good way to meet friends within school and help others get involved.

At the beginning of the year, students can join the Key Club by attending the first meeting where they receive information to register as a Key Club member. Once they pay their dues, members can sign up for events in either Mrs. Stelmacher’s or Mrs. Berka’s room and start volunteering.

Bonjour Fondy French students are coming to Fondy after temporary cancellation

Kay Sacasa // Staff Writer

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he French foreign exchange pro- office and the official in the district of- The French students help the gram is back on schedule for fice fell in love with the idea. With that, students at Fond du Lac High School unFrench kids to come to Fond the French exchange program was born. derstand modern French culture. “They du Lac early next year, after being can- “If I look from the eyes of a just taught us different things, like what celled for three weeks. Around mid to young French learner, bands are popular late October, after speaking with Mrs. the greatest impornow,” said Melissa Hagen, Madame Daniels had to tell her tance is the connec- When she found out what the Franzen, who was students that the students from France tion that can be made a French 2 when would not be coming to Fond du Lac in from meeting young negatives were more than the she graduated last February, as previously thought. After French speakers.” year. speaking with other people in the dis- Mrs. Schipper said. positives of getting rid of it, “There was a trict, Mrs. Hagen made the decision to “There is no better week that I didn’t bring it back, with only a few more safety way for our students she realized it was better for talk to her[Hagen] parameters set up. to learn about the at all because we

“There were concerns when French language and the school to keep the couldn’t get our Mrs. Daniels had asked a question about culture - it’s just not schedules to comthe program,” Mrs. Hagen said. I was not something we can program. bine,” said Mrs. familiar with the program and when I create an exact equivDaniels. “and a sought guidance from the district office, alent to in the class-Bella Olsen week that I talked their understanding of the program was room setting. From to her twice, that pretty limited. It might have been be- these connections were really good cause the program had been going on for come a deeper passion and understand- discussions. The week that we were told so many years that people had stopped ing for what we are teaching everyday, no, so it has been about three weeks.” asking questions about the program. and Madame Daniels and I would love Mrs. Hagen explained that the There was not as much information as nothing more than to offer this to our families participating would have to sign we needed to have for the program to students. Language is a “living” subject a volunteer form, and the school district move for- and this program gives us the would no longer allow staff to preform ward at They just taught us different ability to make French learning the home visit. that time.” relevant and ‘alive.’”

things, like what bands are The French teachers weren’t the Immedionly ones concerned with Mrs. ately, both popular now.

Hagen’s original decision.

Mrs. HaSome students believe it was a gen and -Melissa Franzen good idea for Mrs. Hagen to take Mrs. Dana couple weeks to do research iels tried to set up meetings to find a way before making her final decision. “When for the french students to come, while she found out what the negatives were still adressing Mrs. Hagen’s concerns. more than the positives of getting rid

The program has been going on of it, she realized it was better for the since 1970, when Mrs. Joanne Thorkel- school to keep the program,” senior Belson spoke to somebody in the District la Olsen said.

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T o p T h re e E n e rg y Drink s at Fondy Is Fondy addicted to energy drinks?

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form was sent out to students for them to fill out. About 130 students filled out the form and submitted it. What the form asked was “What is your favorite energy drink?”

There were seven different choices to choose from: coffee, Monster, Redbull, Rockstar, Amp, Nos, and Xenergy. The form also asked “How many energy drinks do you have per week?” Almost everyone that responded has 4 or less of these drinks per week.

According to the survey, coffee is very popular with Fondy students, but Monster isn’t that far behind. Redbull is the third favorite. Nos Energy came very close to being third favorite; it was 1% off. Rockstar, Amp, and Xenergy are the least favorite energy drinks at Fondy.

Morgan Bloechl // staff writer

Coffee: 59%

In the U.S. there are over 130 different flavors of coffee, some of the top flavors of coffee are Caramel Swirl, Mocha, Hazel nut, and F rench vanilla.

The average american drink 3.2 cups of coffee per day. 75% of kids and teens these days drink coffee every day.

Number of Percentage Drinks Per Week of Students

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27% 35% 18% 13% 6% 2%

Redbull: 8%

There are 3 new flavors of Redbull, the red edition, the silver edition, and the blue edition. The are 6 different flavors of redbull total. 30% of teens drink redbull but 80% of adults also drink redbull.

Monster: 33%

There are 30 different flavors of Monster energy drinks, and 7 different brands. There is Monster Energy, Java Monster, Muscle Monster, Extra Strength Monster, Rehab Monster, Punch Monster, and Juice Monster. The original monster is the green Monster.

50% of teens and young adults in american drink Monster.

A look at Fond du Lac High School’s winter musical

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tudents performed this year’s winter musical, “White Christmas” November 6-9 at Fond du Lac High

School’s Performing Arts Center.

“In 27 years I’ve never been more proud of a cast” -Steve Wilson

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Winter Sports Katie Nett // Sports Editor

Girls’ Basketball Nicole Gietzel

“[The team that our biggest competition is] Kimberly because they are defending conference champions and return most of their players from last year.”

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Bri Hubbard

“[My goals this season are] to be 500 at the end of the season, and to have good sportsmanship.”

“I feel like last year we didn’t come together as a team. There were a lot of ‘me’ guys. With our new coach, he stresses ‘we’. The seniors and I want to lay the first brick this year, so that future players can build off what we started.”

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“Our main focus this season is bringing energy to every game. I am looking for high intensity, exciting games that not only will the players be having fun, but the crowd as well. With this energy, it will help us to be competitive in our games.”

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Marcus Ruch

“[Our biggest competition is] Neenah because they are ranked #1 in the state, and we play them twice every year”

Brian Luteyn

“I’ve played basketball since 2nd grade, and have loved it ever since. A lot of my friends have played it as well. Basketball is a great game, and is a fun way to hang out with your friends.”

Coach Rens ‘[I coached wrestling because] it’s the greatest sport on earth, why else? It is the most pure gladiator sport, monoe-mono. You bring your best, and I’ll bring mine. Pound for pound, cauliflower ears and beat up faces in all. No face masks, no make-up, no pads, no cut off jersey’s, no lights, no one to blame, a whole lot of discipline, and a ton of satisfaction. It’s the toughest sport known to man.

That’s why it was the only sport reinstated in the Olympic Games after being cut. Once you’ve wrestled, life is easier.”

Wrestling Jason Toshner

“Before the season started, I have been involved in the strength and conditioning class. Also, in the summer I would go to open mats to work on moves.”

Josh Adams

“[The team that is our biggest competition is] Oshkosh On The Water.”

Boys’ Swim/Dive Ben Kimball

“A couple goals for this season is to get people and a relay team to state. Our first meet went really smoothly. We ended up in second out of three teams, and we were pretty close on taking first. We have a couple of new boys, and a lot returning. We have about twenty two boys this season. We really hope to get in the top five at sectionals, and take top three in conference. By the looks of it right now, we have a really good shot to make these goals.”

Riley Pankratz “Our team has not had any struggles yet.

Our team looks very strong this year. I’m looking forward to an awesome season with a talented and amazing team.”

Gage Zahradnik “One of my goals is to get better every day by doing whatever it takes. So if I have to stay after practice to lose some weight or to work on my shots, I’ll do it. Another big goal for my team and I is to take fourth or better at conference this year.

Some of my other goals include making it to state, and possibly winning at state but, none of that would be possible without the help of my team and our coaches.”

Coach McBride “Our goals include improving on our 4th place in conference and to get someone to State again this year. Riley Pankratz qualified for the 100 back last season. I became the head coach in Fond du Lac for the boys team in the 98-99 season (this will be my 17th season). Before that I coached for 3 years at Greenfield High School.

I just completed my 15th season coaching the girls team at FHS.”

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Coach Sarazin ‘[I wanted to coach hockey because] playing the game from the time I was young and playing all levels of hockey I want to pass on to others the values this game has taught me and coaching is a great way to do that.”

Jack Nejedlo

“We have a hard schedule, and every single game is going to be a struggle.

We have a good team, but we will need to play on top of our game to be successful in the games played. “

Boys’ Hockey Caylen Dyni

Joseph Voight

“This years preparation started in the spring playing for a AAA team out of Milwaukee that plays in elite tournaments throughout the Midwest. Besides the hockey tournaments and going to the rink about four out of the seven days of the week, I woke up at 6:00 AM every Monday through Thursday during the summer to go to strength and conditioning.

When school started, we had team lifts three times a week right after school, and captains practice at 6:00 AM every Wednesday before school.”

“Well, it’s really quite the story.

When I was a young lad, my father took me to the rink, and I picked up an old pair of skates and a twig, and I’ve been in love with the game ever since. I had fallen in love with the game at such a young age it wasn’t just a hobby to me, but a passion.

I go out every shift and play it with heart and determination for my brothers because we got that special connection of going bar Mexico with each other. If I’m on the ice or off the ice, I’m always on the ice making it happen for the team because they are my family. Now I’m in the show, with my teammates, and that is pretty amazing.”

Girls’ Hockey Madi Zipp

“We have to improve on our breakout passes, and keeping our head up while passing. We also need to work on winning the races to the loose pucks, and just being more aggressive over all.”

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Miranda Zipp “My goals for the season are to get the whole team to work together, and to read each other more efficiently. Also, I want to be supportive to every single one on the team.”

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Coach Deweys “[My main focus for this season is to] win conference and sectionals to make a trip back to the state tournament.”

Running Through State Moore and Gietzel advance into the State Championships Mackenzie White // Staff Writer

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s fall sports come to an end, some fall athletes are finding themselves competing in the WIAA State Championships. Junior Annie Moore and Freshman Ally Gietzel have recently competed in the State cross country meet. Ally finished as the 4th overall freshman, and Annie finished 21st at the varsity level. As their season commenced after the meet, they continue to reflect on their outstanding season.

“In the beginning, we were struggling,” Gietzel said. Injuries and extraneous things had set them back. Towards the beginning of the season, they had begun to not only connect but run great as a team, finishing third at both conference and sectionals. In conference they also beat the state-ranked: Neenah Rockets.

“Coach Brad kept telling us to believe that we would be a great team, and he was right,” Gietzel said.

Being a freshman this year, Ally found that her season went really well. She stated that one of her favorite parts of this season was having an enjoyable and fun team to compete with.

“It’s always great to have at least one other teammate competing with you so I was really glad that Ally was there,” Moore said. “We both accomplished what we had hoped for so I’m really happy with how it went.”

Both Ally and Annie qualified for the state cross country meet as individuals.

“I really enjoyed the experience of being able to compete at the state meet as a freshman,” Gietzel said. “I thought it was amazing how many spectators were there watching. I enjoyed taking in the atmosphere. It was so loud during the race from everyone being so excited and all the people surprised me. I really appreciated so many of my teammates coming along to the State meet to support us.”

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n a cold Saturday morning, Maddy turned off her alarm at 6:30. She looked in the mirror.

“Today is state,” she told herself. “Perform like you mean it; you have trained for this meet all season.”

Once they arrived in Madison she was nervous, but calm. It was time for her first dive, all eyes were on her as they awaited her performance.

Maddy took a moment to herself.

“It is just another meet.”

She took a deep breath and dove the best she could into the cool water below her.

Maddy Corbin, a junior here at Fond du Lac High School, has been amazing the Fond du Lac community by breaking the schools diving record, for the second time, and having the opportunity to dive at the WIAA Division 1 Diving Championships in Madison, where she took 16th place and made all of the final cuts.

“Being at state was quite an experience,” Maddy said. “There were so many good divers, but everyone was super nice and made the competition more like a bunch of girls just diving together, not a state meet.”

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When Maddy first found out she would be making the journey to Madison, she couldn’t believe it. What she had been working towards her whole season was finally becoming a reality.

“I was just ecstatic! I mean c’mon it’s state! Not many people can say that they went to state. I felt like I was actually pretty good at what I do, and I would finally get to really show it! I was just really excited! I had been working toward it all season! And it was just a really big milestone that I hit and was really happy to have such a great success and have the opportunity to go to state!”

Maddy wasn’t the only one excited about making it to state, her coach had also made quite the achievement. “I was

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so excited when I found out she qualified for state,” Lindsey said. “I was excited for us both. I was the first coach to bring a diver to state since 1997.”

All of Maddy’s friends agree that she is an amazing and talented person with a wonderful personality. “If I had to describe myself, I would say I have a great sense of humor, I am super friendly and love sports!” Maddy said.

When Maddy was younger she grew up with a strong commitment to sports, especially gymnastics.

“I am a former gymnast, so I grew up in the gym with chalk,” But instead of staying on the mats, Maddy took up swimming and quickly ventured into other sports. “At first I was actually a swimmer. My swimming coach, coach Bill, said with my gymnastics ability why don’t I take up diving. With that I really liked it! I decided to join the diving team in the fall of my sophomore year and have really had a blast with it ever since!”

Thanks to Maddy’s friends, family and teammates she has a wonderful support system that has been with her through the good times and the bad. She always has people to count on and lift her up when she has a bad dive, they constantly

MADDY AND COACH LINDSEY MCDERMOTT TAKE A POOLSIDE SELFIE WAITING FOR THE COMPETITION TO START.

encourage her and always congratulate her after a big meet. “I am very thankful for the friends and family who have all come to watch me dive,” Maddy said. “It really means a lot to me.”

“She has improved so much, and is a natural at diving,” Raelin Schreifels, a teammate of Maddy said. “She is so amazing and she continues to amaze me; she works so hard; I am so proud of her.

Especially with everything happening with her brother and she can still remain focused, do a really good job and wow

No matter what is going on in her life, she puts it aside and dives her best.

-Kalli Behlling the audience.”

“Maddy is an outstanding diver,” said Maddy’s close friend Ben Kimball. “She really knows how to work for something that she really wants.

She gets really focused on diving, puts everything aside and just tries her best every dive.”

“Personally I think Maddy’s diving is amazing,” Brittany Morris, a teammate

of Maddy’s said. “I look up to her. I into college. “If I could get scholarships hope to be as good as her one day, she for diving it would be absolutely amazputs a lot into her diving, and I am so ing,” Maddy said. “I plan to go to colproud on how far she has made it.” lege. Hopefully with some kind of div“I think she is incredibly impressive,” ing scholarship and study either athletic says Trevor Goodwin. “She will go a lot training or go into a pre-med program.” of places with her diving, and one day I Maddy’s coach Lindsey, sees her making wanna be that kid!” it to state again next year and getting at “Maddy is a great friend and team least 8th place. member,” Alyssa Keller, a friend and “She motivated herself to do the best teammate of Maddy said. “She steps up she could and to get better,” Ben says. as a leader and will help us with dives if “During the season her diving coach we need it; she motivates us and tells us Lindsey had helped her in making her we can do it even when we’re unsure of better, but most of the improvement it. She’s a great diver and has so much was because Maddy wanted it. When potential for great things further in life.” someone dedicates that much of their Throughout her season Maddy has life to a sport you know they truly love had support from many friends and fam- doing it. She does it because she loves it, ily, but there were a few people that really not because she is forced. Maddy is an stuck out and helped her get where she incredible person and an amazing diver is today. “One would definitely be my as well.” diving coach Lindsey McDermott,” Maddy Said. “She believed in me, encouraged me and told me that I can go very far! She saw something in me that even I didn’t see.”

“I also think my parents have been a huge part of my diving success!

A good friend of mine, Ben, has been there through all of my diving too! He is a really good friend and was even at state wih me. At state he helped keep me from stressing out over dives. It was nice to have a friend there so then I could relax, be calm during dives and keep my mind off of the competition.”

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Are Vapes the New Black?

Is Vape and E-cig usage growing among teens?

Allie Souders & Alexis Freund // Staff Writers

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he number of middle and myself will confiscate it, call the parhigh school students surveyed ent, and have the parent pick it up who admitted to trying vapes here at school and give a warning doubled in just one year, to nearly stating don’t have it here again and two million in 2012, according to if it happens again they will be writa poll from the Centers of Disease ten a citation.’’

Control (CDC). said senior Bailey Some students share the same Beyer. The CDC found that about opinions on the topic while others 160,000 students who experimented have their own opinion. with vaporizers had never actually “I think they are stupid, because smoked a real cigarette. kids shouldn’t be smoking,” said se “I started so I wouldn’t want nior Katie Jansen when asked what to try smoking,” she thought about e-cigs.

Vape pens or e-cigs are cigaretteVape pens can indeed affect your like devices that can contain a nic- health. The flavoring in vapes conotine-based liquid that is vaporized tains propylene glycol, which if it and inhaled and used to simulate comes in constant contact with skin the experience of smoking tobacco. can cause a rash or skin irritation.

Like clothes and iPhones, they have Diethylene glycol is a commonly become an increasing trend with used ingredient in antifreeze. These kids under the age of 18. ingredients can lower your lung “At the moment, e-cigs and vapes function just like smoking can - it that do not contain nicotine are legal may just take longer. for minors. However, officers still “I strongly recommend you avoid reserve the right to request an ID using e-cigs or vapes, because they and examine the e-cig/vape to con- can still cause health problems, such firm it’s non-nicotine,” Officer Mei- as being the trigger of an asthma atlahn said. She added that although tack,” said Officer Meilahn. the sale of e-cigs to minors is illegal, Some vape flavorings contain the sale of vapes nicotine which is still a bit of a I strongly recommend some kids aren’t gray area. aware of and Vapes and edon’t take into cigs are not al- you avoid using e-cigs considerat ion lowed on school using a or vapes, because before property- even if vape. According you are 18 years HealthTap. they can still cause to of age. Teachers com, a website may not have of different docthem on the health problems, such tors’ insights, property either. most people If you were to as being the trigger of don’t realize that use your vape vaping can also an asthma attack. or e-cig around affect being able Fond du Lac and to become pregare under the age nant or can even of 18, you could inflict harm on be given a ticket. their unborn “With the e-cigarettes here on child if they are using this while school grounds, and really any- they are already pregnant. where is a big no no whether it has E-cigs and vapes have become nicotine in those little bottles or a big thing for teens. It’s difficult to not,’’ said Officer Vokes. ‘’From a know just how it really hurts your law enforcement standpoint, if an health, however, because there isn’t officer has written the kid a citation much research currently being done then the kid will be prosecuted. I on them.

Do you know anyone that uses a vaporizer?

Do you think they are being used for fun?

No 11%

No 15%

Yes 89%

Yes 85%

Have you ever used a vaporizer?

Have you seen them being used around school?

No 59%

No 19%

-Officer Meilahn

Yes 41%

Yes 81%

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Hidden Gems Caitlin Hernandez // Staff Writer

Everyone has a name, everyone has a voice, everyone has something that makes them unique from one another. Everyone has their own story.

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ophomore Isiah Zupke gets paid monthly for running a gaming YouTube channel called SimpleBuild that has 583,557 views and more than 1,500 subscribers. It all started in December 2012 when he uploaded one video and ended up receiving more than half a million views.

Senior Brianna Branson has participated in pageants for more than three years, has received first runner up and won the International Ambassador for Global United in Minnesota. She wishes to continue and participate in pageants including the Miss Fond du Lac Pageant.

Sophomore Noah Burdett, teaches and participates in ballroom dancing and he helped choreograph Mr. FDL, teaching the basics of ballroom dancing, footwork and how to lead.

He taught them how to improvise along with how to put their own twists to their dancing.

Senior Lexi McGrath has been shooting archery since she was six years old. McGrath shoots her bow in 3D competitions and has placed second and third throughout these competitions.

Four students. Four of the hidden gems that you currently attend high school with. There’s 2,015 students that are currently enrolled in everyday classes here at Fondy High. How many of those students do you truly know? How many of those students stories are told?

a big lesson I’ve learned in high school is to expand your horizons. If you put yourself out there, it migt be uncomfortable, and you might feel awkward, but in the long run, you’ll end up with much more friends.

- Sam Retzlaff

Each student you walk the halls with has a name; they also have a story. That story could be something dramatic that has happened to them throughout their life or even something that they are involved with in or outside of school, something that they truly enjoy.

That something that makes them unique and different from you and the others that surround you.

“Personally, if I knew more of the people in my classes I would feel more welcomed in the class. I would actually want to go to that class then,” Alyssa Vangorder said. “When I don’t know many people, I feel awkward and I feel as if I don’t belong there in any way.”

“I really wish I could join committees, but I feel like I can’t because of the people who are in it.” Jena Schultz said.

“It’s not really a team effort, and everyone isn’t included.”

“In big crowds, just because you’re an underclassmen, you get pushed to the side,” sophomore Erin Stadler said.

“You’re not always involved then.”

Many studies from around the country and world have found benefits of opening up and connecting with more people. A study conducted by researchers at Flinders University in Australia discovered that having friends will help you live longer. In addition researchers at Harvard University, found that having friends helps keep your brain healthier.

Meeting new people can provide you with additional friendships, will help you learn new things, you may learn and understand different cultures, you can expand your business connections, and it will make you feel better about yourself, according to Liz Jarrett on ehow. com

Along with friendships, you will have the benefit of learning things that you hadn’t known before, such as skills or even a new language. Gaining knowledge and creating friendships are two great benefits you can achieve from meeting new people. When meeting new people, you’ll learn how to understand one another, along with their life styles. Expanding your awareness of the world and others around you. Understanding that everyone is different and everyone lives similar yet completely different lifestyles.

“I make an effort to get to know a lot of different people at school. I don’t think everyone does though. I think a lot of kids become comfortable with their group of friends and just stick with it,” senior Sam Retzlaff said. “A big lesson I’ve learned in high school is to expand your horizons. If you put yourself out there, it might be uncomfortable, and you might feel awkward, but in the long run, you’ll end up with much more friends. Unfortunately, I know not everyone learns this lesson, and I think it will be harder for them to make friends in college.”

Why are more students not putting themselves out there to meet new people?

There is a large number of students that attend Fondy

High, which makes it quite difficult to find ways to recognize every student. There are also many clubs, committees, sports and organizations that students can participate in and meet many new people while doing so.

Despite the benefits of taking advantage of all the unique gems, many students say they are held back by difficulties in feeling recognized for their accomplishments, feeling accepted joining a variety of activities and being open to meeting a variety of different people.

Getting past those feelings of intimidation

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or some students, joining a club or organization is something do-able, not putting much effort or thinking into the process. With Fondy High being such a large high school, giving students tons of opportunities to get involved, it can also become overwhelming and difficult for students to do so.

“I feel that that joining clubs or committees is intimidating.” senior Mercedes Borgmann said.

“When most of the group is people I don’t associate with, I feel like my opinion isn’t going to really matter. I know people aren’t going to listen to my ideas because I would be considered an outsider, even though I believe I do have some good ideas to contribute. Sometimes I do try to share my ideas, but I get stares or I’ll hear little side comments that are typically rude about my ideas, so eventually, I stopped sharing my ideas.”

Intimidation, shyness, trouble talking to others, along with the fear of possibly being rejected from joining a club, committee or organization are just some of the reasons students find it difficult to get involved.

“I would strictly avoid joining groups that I wouldn’t fit in with” senior Lesly Colon said.

The Cardinal Columns conducted a survey of 225 Fondy students where 50% of students said that they have wanted to join a sport, club, committee, organization, or wanted to attend a school event but did not feel comfortable doing so. In addition to that, 33% of students who responded said they had decided not to join a particular club or group because they did not think they fit in with the members of the social group in the club, and 14% responded that they didn’t join because they feel shy.

Laurice Snyder, the Supervisor of Community Education Services located in Student Services here at Fondy High, works with many different students and people throughout our community.

“Students are intimidated because they don’t know who to ask or what to ask when trying to get involved,” Snyder said.

According to Snyder, she primarily focuses on students who are new to the Fond du Lac School District and originally from urban communities, students of color and students experiencing poverty.

“Student’s don’t get involved because they don’t know what to get involved with,” she said.

Our school would be more united if everyone was recognized and was a whole [community].

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In our school, students are allowed to create their own clubs, committees or organizations, as long as you have an advisor, students that are interested in joining, and the organization follows all school expectations.

Since Snyder does work with new students at Fondy High, she always suggests to those students to try and get involved as much as possible.

“When students are trying to get involved with clubs, and there are student’s who aren’t accepting of them, it really does set back those students that are trying to get involved,” Snyder said.

When it comes to getting involved with school activities, you’re going to have a variety of students that are going to get involved.

Over the summer, senior Holly Thomas joined a group but felt that she wasn’t acknowledged enough. “I felt like there was other people who were more important with more important opinions,” Thomas said. “You’re not very welcomed when you try to join new clubs here.”

With the variety of students who are willing to get involved and participate in different clubs, sports, committees and organizations that our high school provides, students and staff need to be accepting of others, especially when they want to share ideas and participate in activities.

“Not knowing many people has stopped me from joining any clubs or committees,” Freshman Izzy Jahn said.

“I think students need to be open both ways when it comes to those in the club and those wanting to join,” Snyder said.

Snyder encourages clubs and organizations to reflect on how they are being inclusive and welcoming new members; she also encourages students to try to step outside their comfort zone and to try something new.

“High school is the perfect place to to gain as much experience outside their comfort zone,” Snyder said. “There are so many supports embedded in the school system to assist students as needed.”

Snyder believes that joining clubs and organizations is also a great way to find out what you are really passionate about, as well as things that are no longer interesting. She suggests that creating an inclusive environment is something very important and to remember when being involved with any club, committee, sport or organization. Being inclusive means including all or covering all areas, accepting everyone’s ideas and making sure everyone is heard.

“Clubs, committees, sports and organizations need to be proactive on how they accept people into their clubs when there are students willing to get involved with them, they also need to make sure they create an inclusive environment.”

“We love when new students join student council,” Sam Retlzaff, president of Student Council said. “The whole council is open to these students. No one gives new people a hard time or gives them the ‘you’re new, so you’re not important’ treatment. We always have so many activities going on and decisions to make that the more people we have, the more fun things are.”

While students need to make sure they are being inclusive, they also need to be willing to make themselves heard.

Not only students, but clubs and social groups are not nearly as judgemental of others as others are towards them.

Snyder believes the increase of electronics and social media has really decreased the amount of human interaction that students have on a daily basis. “Don’t get me wrong, I love my iPhone” said Snyder. “But I also love just sitting down and having a conversation with my friends too.” She feels that so many students lack the desire to sit and chat with someone, and with that being said, there is a loss of human connection.

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hroughout high school, most students hang around the people who have similar interests as each other, meaning students who participate in the same activities and typically join the same kinds of clubs and or sports as each

other.

“We seem to hang around the people who have similar interests as us,” Elizabeth Severson, the spirit committee and senior class advisor and at Fondy High, said. “From a teacher’s perspective, I don’t see everything that goes on. I do try to get everyone to participate together though. I think no matter what age you are, there will always be some kind of groups, but you start to care less.You learn to accept who you are, and as you grow older, you find more opportunities to meet new people.”

However, for many students, the stress of fitting in can make it very difficult to reach out to new groups.

“I think that there are certain groups of people that don’t accept new people to their clubs/committees/social groups.” McGrath said. “I would love to get involved and join groups.”

In the same survey, 75 of the 225 students said they don’t feel like they fit in with the members of that social group or club.

Many students feel as if they need to belong to a specific group of people or fit in with them to be able to join clubs, which tends to make it difficult for students to get involved.

“Clubs and organizations take on certain personalities or a face of a certain group of students. Certain groups cater to only certain groups of students, which could be a fallacy of why students don’t get involved.” Snyder said.

Snyder believes that some students struggle to feel included within the school population because they feel like they don’t fit into any of the peer social groups that naturally tend to form in high school. “I think that if every student took the initiative to say “hi” to just one student they didn’t know each week, our students would feel so much closer to one another.”

Seeking the recognition

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n the survey, 146 of the 225 students said that they would like to see more clubs/organization or students recognized.

“Key Club and Student Council do so much for our school, such as dances,” Sophomore Katie Retzlaff said.

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the things that they enjoy being involved with.

“I believe that students who are more involved in sports get more recognition than other social groups,” senior Cheyenne Thorp said. “I feel like if you’re not in a sport, you’re not recognized. If you’re not in a certain social group, you’re not recognized.”

There are many ways for students or student groups to get rec ognized here at Fondy High, especially with some of the new ways that are being implemented this school year.

Most of the recognition at Fondy High comes from the announcements, which is mostly provided by Fondy Today’s video announcements aired during Cardinal Time.

There is a form on the Cardinal Columns website that provides staff with a link that allows them to submit students, athletes or groups to be recognized. Students are allowed to email Mr. Smith, the Cardinal Columns advisor, about things they would like to have recognized on the website or in the school newspaper.

Mrs. Hagan, head principal at Fondy High, created a new way to approach the morning announcements to make sure she recognizes more students by using what is brought to her by a form that is sent around to all staff members. With the form being a new thing this year, not every staff member uses it. Hagan said she enjoys recognizing all of the greatness and success that goes on throughout the school and would like to recognize everything as much as possible. Every team, organization, club or committee here has a captain, leader or advisor that can bring forward information to Hagan of what they would like recognized pertaining to their group. She advises students that want things shared with the school to make more of an effort to inform her about them.

Community involvement and enthusiasm surrounding some sports and activities can lead to them receiving more recognition on a more regular basis. Hagan believes that the recogni-

A letter from the staff writer

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he reason behind writing Hidden Gems is because I knew there were so many of my classmates that felt this way, and I knew that those students were afraid to speak up. I knew being a writer for the Cardinal Columns gave me the power to be a voice for these students.

I feel as if there are students that are unaware that students feel intimidated, so I thought this would be a great way for others to see it, along with helping people understand each other, get involved and feel more connnected with each other.

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tion throughout Fondy High should be equal.

Severson suggests that if you have school appropriate things that would like to be recognized, you can direct a tweet at the Fondy Spirit Twitter account: @FondySpirit, and they will retweet your tweets, along with Hagan’s twitter account: @ FondyCards, where she tweets and retweets things involving the students at Fondy High.

Snyder runs a student ambassador program to hook new students up with a current student for a couple of days to, not only get the lay of the land, but to have a “friend” they can walk the halls with and eat lunch with until they develop on their own. Joining the student ambassador program is another way students can get involved and meet new students.

Hidden Gems

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enior Hannah Buros started yo-yoing in fifth grade.

“Most people don’t have the patience to yo-yo,” she said.

Hannah owns about five yo-yo’s, the most expensive yoyo being worth over 50 dollars. She knows about 15-20 tricks. She claims it’s one of her favorite hobbies to do and helps pass time.

Senior Erica Setz is joining the military. She participates in The Future Soldiers program, which meets every Wednesday after school for PT (physical training) that will prepare her for basic training.

Senior Alma Enciso speaks three different languages, including French, English and Spanish; she also took two years of German. Alma traveled to France, where she refused to speak any English and only spoke French. She added that she has people come translate for her.

There may be a lot more fascinating people out there than you realize.

Over the last month or two of putting this story together, I had to put myself out there and reach out to students that I’ve never talked to before our interviews.

I’ve met so many different students with awesome stories or talents, which was such a great experience. I got to see different sides of the story, and I got to experience these students’ feelings on the topic.

My advice to you as a writer, as a friend, as a classmate: go out there and meet people. Say hello and ask someone how they are doing, even if it’s your first time speaking to them. Do not spend your years after high school regretting that you didn’t meet new people or you didn’t get to know your lab partner from biology, or you didn’t share your idea for a prom theme. Take charge and be brave. There are so many great students here at Fondy High, so many that you could get to know. Just keep in mind: everyone has a story, but not all of them get told.

How Do I Get Involved?

Reading Cafe - Prestidge Rock Climbing Team - McCauley Scrabble Club - Ewerdt Skills USA - Bill Stangl and Cory Clark Spirit Committee - Elizabeth Severson Breakfast Club - Faye Daniels Stage Craft - Steve Wilson Cardinal Singers - Cory Schneider STAAND - Megan Harshbarger Culinary Team - Stephanie Fox Student Ambassadors - Laurice Snyder DECA (School Store) - Jennifer King Student Council - Kevin Poquette, Paula.

Environmental Club - Joe Fenrick Suemnicht, Kevin Santry FACT - Sarah Kirchhoff Student Court - Mr. Walter and Mr. Snyder Fall Musical - Cory Schneider & Steve Student PBIS Team - Diane Weider Wilson SWAT TEAM - Diane Weider FBLA - Sandi Linde Science Club - Jim Prosser FCA - Steve Jorgensen, Mike Gnewuch, Trap Shooting - Bll Stangl Andy Selgrad V - Jam - Sarah McVeigh FCCLA - Stephanie Fox Winter Play - Steve Wilson Forensics - Khristy Knudtson & Adele Yearbook - Erika Daleiden Adams Student Custodians - Brian Appleman Gamers Club - Rudy Alanis, Joe Fenrick, Ice Fishing Club -- Bill Stangl Lindsey Glowaski Boys & Girls Basketball - Coach Bell/ SAGE (Sexuality and Gender Ziebell Equality)- Donna Struck & Traci Castellion Boys & Girls Volleyball Global Teens Club Coach Santry/Smit Elaine Jorque-Augustine Boys & Girls Soccer - Coach Cardinal Stringers - Kim Henning O’Connor/Peterson Ignition Mentors - Jenny Ewerdt Boys & Girls Tennis Jazz Ensemble I - Dale Shipe Boys & Girls Track & Field - Coach Jazz Ensemble II and III - Matt McVeigh Deering Key Club - Chris Stelmacher, Sandie Boys & Girls Cross Country - Coach Berka Theyerl Math Team - Dale Smith, Robyn Talavera Boys & Girls Hockey - Coach Woeshnick/Sarazin Marching Band/Show Band/ Pep Cardinal Columns Student Band - Dale Shipe Newsmagazine - Matthew Smith Muslim Student Association - Marisa Boys & Girls Tennis Lombardo Coach Sagen/DeGroot National Honor Society - Jennifer AsSoftball - Coach Ziegler penson & Amy Jahn Baseball - Coach Paulsen Open Jam - Bob Doeckel Swimming & Dive - Coach McBride Peer Tutoring - Amy Fictum

HOW Do I get RECOGNIZED Follow on Twitter: Fondy Spirit: @FondySpirit Principal Hagen: @FondyCards

To get on the announcments e-mail:

Staff go to: cardinalcolumns.org (Click“Announcements”) Students e-mail: hagenm@fonddulac.k12.wi.us or smithm@fonddulac.k12.wi.us

Christmas

in Fondy Our Traditions I n our family, it’s a tradition that each year we go to “Aunt Grandma’s” house (we are second cousins so she’s Cassie’s grandma and Miranda’s aunt) on Christmas Eve, and “Santa” makes a visit with a big bag (or two!) of presents for our whole family! The babies or toddlers in our family either love him or are terrified. We all join in for cheery Christmas carols and then Santa and a few helpers hand out gifts one by one.

When we’re all done Santa Claus back on his sleigh, and we line up for an amazing and huge dinner with homemade dishes like turkey, ham, cheesy potatoes (which is usually the first thing gone),

fruit salads, and many desserts brought by some of the best cooks in our family. It usually fills up the entire counter space and the big dining room table as well. The men in our family usually join in a fun game of sheep’s head. Our family is very entertaining and we usually have a great time with many stories to tell by the end of the night. This is a tradition we both are excited for every year.

Miranda Comeaux Cassie Groeschl

Your Stories On Christmas Eve, we tend to go to my grandma’s house and spend time with her. On Christmas Eve, we make eggs the day before, and my parents get a bunch of like fresh fruit and muffins and stuff, and on Christmas, we eat a fancy breakfast together and love each other and spend the whole day with each other and just love each other as a family.

Ada Johnston

We go to starbucks and pay for the people behind us on Christmas. Saint Nick also brings Christmas pajamas for the kids which is neat because then they can wear them a few times before Christmas.

Mr. McVeigh

Normally when Christmas time comes around and we have to decorate the tree, me and my family have the Christmas carols turned up and sing and dance as we decorate the tree.

Hailey Giese

We always do white elephant gifts, and I always get the worst one.

One year I got a bunch of smelly candles. Another year, I got a giant spatula

Alexis Freund

We go to our grandparents’ (but sometimes we go somewhere else) and eat and spend time together and open presents, and we go snowmobiling.

Baker Schmidt

On Christmas Eve, the whole family all goes to my great grandma’s house to celebrate. There’s always tons of food and family recipes. It’s the one day of the year that everyone from out of town or out of state comes together and just have fun tonight. I look forward to it every year.

Cassy Hood

Usually I open my presents that my parents gave me, then we go to church. Then after that, we go to my grandparents house and eat dinner there, and then we open presents.

Daniel Baier

Top 10 Christmas Movies

We asked you to vote for 10 of your favorite Christmas movies, and the results are in! Out of 156 students who responded, Elf took the lead with 122 student votes, and coming in second with 108 votes was The Polar Express. Home Alone took a close third with 104 votes. How the Grinch Stole Christmas came in fourth place with 91 votes, and with 67 votes, Rudolf the Red Nosed Reindeer (the classic version) stole fifth place.

1. Elf 2. The Polar Express 3. Home Alone 4. How the Grinch Stole Christmas 5. Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer 6. A Christmas Story 7. The Nightmare Before Christmas 8. A Charlie Brown Christmas 9. The Santa Clause 10. Jack Frost I like Elf because he acts like a three year kid and is so innocent and cute.

-Susan Kutz

I like how much Elf is into christmas spirit, it’s so cute. I don’t like that his dad is so mean about everything. Also when he decorates the shop is awesome!

-Dani Hinkfus

I’ve never seen The Polar Express, but I’ve read the book and loved it, so I didn’t want the movie to be under my expectations compared to the book. Oh and I love Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer.

-Mrs. Heitzman

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Music Best Albums of 2014 Mitchell Albertz // Staff Writer

Noise Vs. Beauty BassnectAr Bassnectar comes through with his 10th studio album “Noise vs Beauty” in June of 2014. Teaming up with artists such as Zion I, Rye Rye, Lafa Taylor, and others, he puts out an album considered to be one of the best albums this year by music critics. Truly one of many good albums by this artists.

Monsters Vol. 5 Figure Figure is one artist whose creativity and content is never ending and consistently getting better with every song he puts out. Monsters Vol. 5 (Released in September of 2014) is the fifth of his Monster Mixtapes and uses samples from classic horror movies such as Creature from the Black Lagoon, Return to the House on Haunted Hill, IT, and others to bring together the “haunted” theme of the album.

Oxymoron Schoolboy Q Schoolboy Q delivers with his third studio album, Oxymoron. With artists such as Kendrick Lamar, Tyler the Creator, Jay Rock, and others, he released the album February 25th under Top Dawg Entertainment. With 139,000 copies sold in the first week and nearly all A+ ratings by hip hop critics, it is obvious that Oxymoron was a success.

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Rapping like clockwork

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Flatbrush Zombies and the underachievers pair up Mitchell Albertz // Staff Writer lockwork Indigo, a newly found- making their way to Madison, Wisconsin ed Hip Hop group made up of on the 18th of October. the Hip Hop duo, The Under- Flatbush Zombies and The achievers and the Hip Hop group Flat- Underachievers have described their bush Zombies. Clockwork Indigo has music as psychedelic rap, their styles can five members: two East coast rappers be compared to some artist they have AK and Issa Gold from The Under- collaborated with such as Joey Bada$$, achievers and three East Coast rappers ASAP Rocky, ASAP Ant, RZA, Jim Zombie Juice, Erick Arc and Meechy Jones, Juicy J,Danny Brown, Joell Ortiz, Darko from Flatbush Zombies. Both Kilo Kish, Action Bronson, and Ill Bill. groups are from Flatbush, Brooklyn and They’ve performed at festivals such as have collaborated before the forming of Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival, Clockwork Indigo. On September 17th, AfroPunk Festival, SXSW and Roskilde. the group released their first single But- Popular songs by the groups interfly Effect, which got over 50,00 views clude MRAZ, Palm Trees, Face Off, and in the first 48 hours. The group is starting 222 by Flatbush Zombies. The Undertheir first tour together on October 17 in achievers have popular songs like, Herb Blue Moose Iowa, and will tour through Shuttles, Gold Soul Theory, Felicity, Mestates like Illinois, Colorado, Utah, and tropolis, and Amorphous.

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Under Pressure Logic Satellite Flight: The Journey to Mother Moon Kid kudi White Women Chromeo Blacc Hollywood Wiz Khalifa

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E Do Body Mods Matter D In The Work Place?

I Brittany Lange // Editor in Chief T B O R I A L S ody modifications such as tattoos, piercings and “unnatural” colored hair seem to be becoming more socially acceptable, so why is it that many workplaces have such strict rules for their employees’ appearances? These things are considered to be a form of artistic expression.

Restrictions on appearance vary at each business, but most commonly, tattoos are to be covered up, piercings are to be taken out and hair colors must be “natural.” It is often said that these things look “unprofessional” or that it makes customers uncomfortable.

Many employers will turn someone down for a job because of their tattoos, piercings or hair color, even if they are a good fit for the job. In a survey done by Vault.com, 60 percent of employers said they would be less likely to hire someone with tattoos or piercings because they would worry about how their appearance would reflect on the company. Some people who have been a victim of this see it as prejudice.

Think about it… if an employer was to turn someone down due to their ethnicity, it would be prejudiced. Sure, they could say that it

EDITORIAL POLICY The Fond du Lac High School Media Editorial Policy applies to all FHS media, including the Cardinal Columns News Magazine, CardinalColumns.org and the daily broadcast of Fondy Today. All student media referenced in this editorial policy are designated public forums written, edited and managed

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may make some customers uncomfortable, but that wouldn’t make it right, so why is it okay to turn someone down for a job because of the way they express themselves? Though many people feel this way, it is completely legal for an employer to turn someone down for these reasons, because discrimination laws only cover race, gender, color, religion, age, nationality and origin.

According to workingworld.com, one in ten Americans have tattoos, so wouldn’t you think that being able to show your tattoos could possibly make you seem more relatable to some customers?

“It is very frustrating to have my selfexpression limited based on strict appearance expectations in the workplace,” senior Morgan Terbilcox, who works at Subway, said. “Having purple hair or having my nose ring in does not make me less of a worker. If anything, I feel more confident and have a better attitude when I do have those things.”

Workers being able to express themselves through their appearance really shows their personality and who they really are. It makes them feel more confident and comfortable, and it just makes a happier work environment in general.

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When College Isn’t Necessary Laura Engebretson // Editor in Chief

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rom the time we are children, we hear the same topic: “When you’re in college,”; “You need to get good grades for after high school!”. But not everybody feels the same motivation to go to college and pursue a degree.

Maybe not everybody is fit for it. Who needs college when you can “life it out” at a factory (working the majority of your life there), make music, or work basic skill jobs?

According to a survey conducted by Pew Research Center in 2013, the median income of a high school graduate is $28,000. With a two-year degree or some college, the amount rises to $30,000. With a four-year degree, it soars to $45,500. With millennials, the amount of high school graduates in poverty is at nearly a quarter with 22%.

Although these statistics are alarming, many people simply can’t find the desire or motivation to attend college.

For some, the need to go to college is nothing but a cultural pressure. It’s seen as a sort of “cop-out” to attend community college or work after high school. Songs like “Beauty School Dropout” from Grease and “Reject” by 5 Seconds of Summer put an emphasis on being too “dumb” for educational facilities.

Believe it or not, not everybody is cut out for college.

Most people could benefit from higher education, but not everybody has a need to thrive and be successful in a conventional way.

There are people who have worked for more than 50 years at Mercury Marine - and they have no intentions to ever change until they retire. Some people are truly content with the simple things in life and can find all their joy from living an existence with what they need and little more.

Higher education itself doesn’t always need to lead to university or graduate school, either. Two year degrees and apprenticeships are an option that are overlooked often. What’s the need in pursuing a bachelor’s degree in a field you don’t care about?

An electrician in Wisconsin can easily make $40,000 a year entering the field. Those in the bottom 10% of plumbers make $30,000 a year. The mean salary for a cosmetologist is roughly $27,000. The similarity between all of these? They’re not technically college. They’re apprenticeships or two-year certifications.

It’s always worth it to know that sometimes, especially with your life, it’s possible to do something that doesn’t force you to do something you aren’t suited for.

Dear Cardinal Columns, You asked and we answered How do you get rid of bullies?

They only do it to get a rise out of you so the best thing you can do is ignore them and show them that it doesn’t bother you.

Has the high school always been this way?

In one word, yes.

The holidays are approaching, what do you believe is the best part about the holidays. Also what is the easiest and hardest part of it for students as it means the term is coming to an end?

The best part about the holidays is the time you spend with your family whether it’s eating a turkey and socializing around the

table, or opening presents by the christmas tree and getting that one thing you always wanted. The ending of the term is always easy unless you haven’t turned your work in in that case you got only a few days to turn in all your work from before and that’s stressful.

What should you do when people keep becoming extremely two-faced about you? I have confronted them, but they still lie to my face and I have no idea what to do.

CONTEST! Can you tell us which teacher has been working here the longest?

If you can email us at cardinalcolumns@gmail.com If you guess correctly you will be placed in a drawing to win a prize from the Cardinal’s Nest.

If you win we will email you and you can claim you prize right away!

If they keep doing it even though you confronted them about it they must not like being a true friend, People like that you should stay away from.

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Cas Bacon // Staff Writer

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The weather outside is frightful, and leggings are so deligtful, and instead of yellow snow, eat cookie dough.

This refers to midterm elections and the 18% of current congresspeople that are women.

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Members of the Cardinal Columns staff accept awards at the The National Scholastic Press Association’s Fall Conference Zoe Hayes // Staff Writer

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s of this November, the Cardinal Columns has officially become a national Pacemaker publication.

National Pacemaker awards are given to student publications who showcase excellence in student journalism and are considered to be the highest national honor in the student journalism field.

Members of this year’s staff recently took a trip to our nation’s capital, Washington, D.C., to attend The National Scholastic Press Association’s annual conference and accept the award. The publication was also ranked fifth in the nation for cover design, and Tanvi Kumar, author of last year’s “The Rape Joke,” was co-winner of The National Courage in Student Journalism Award.

Adviser Matthew Smith was greatly honored to win the Pacemaker. “It’s awesome to know that we’re one of the best in the country,” He greatly enjoyed seeing everyone excited to be together experiencing new things and believes that the trip was very inspiring and helped the staff bond.

He thinks the Cardinal Columns currently in a good place as a publication and loves to see high school students committed to

building relationships w i t h people and our community.

“We learned some really interesting and helpful things that will help improve our paper.” said Co Editor-inChief Brittany Lange. “It was really fun and a great experience for all of us.”

While in D.C., the students sat in on sessions educating them on ways to better their skills in things such as writing, editing and designing in order to make the best publication possible. Staff members also took the opportunity to do some sightseeing, touring the Smithsonian Museums, taking a nighttime trolley ride around downtown D.C. and doing some shopping in Chinatown.

“I’m thrilled for the kids; it was very exciting to experience this with them.” Fond du Lac High School teacher and trip chaperone Susan Heitzman said, “Everyone learned

new things that can help improve the paper, we had fun and I was very proud of our students’ behavior.”

At the end of the four days spent in D.C. staff members were sad to have to head back home.

“There were so many bonds made between staff that were never there before; the trip as a whole has really brought us closer which plays a big role in the production of our paper,” Staff Writer Caitlin Hernandez said.

This year’s fall conference has shed a lot of light on the opportunities that student journalism provides to our school.

After only 4 years of printing the Cardinal Columns with Smith, he says that the paper has progressively made improvement with each issue and are now winning awards on the national level.

Many staff members agree that by continuing to build relationships with our peers, staff and community, the paper will continue to do great things.

The trip as a whole has really brought us closer, which plays a big role in the production of our paper.

-Caitlin Hernandez C O EDITOR-IN-CHI EF, LAURA E NGEBRETSON, SHO W S O FF THE PA C EMAKER

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