Common Sense Volume 18 Issue 7: April 20, 2018

C ommon Sense Millard South High School • 14905 Q St. • Omaha, Neb., 68137

April 20th, 2018

Volume 18 Issue 7

March to the capitol for our lives

Students say never again and rally for common sense gun laws Johnna Sisneros Staff Reporter On April 20, 1999, Dylan Klebold and Eric Harris walked into their high school in Littleton, Colorado, killing 13 peers, and wounding more than 20 others. Since then many of us, including this year’s graduating high school senior class, have grown up with the everpresent possibility and knowledge that an innocent night at a concert, a frivolous afternoon at a shopping mall, or even a normal day in geometry class could erupt into a war zone at the inexorable sound of a machine gun. After 18 years of constant news reports of the latest mass tragedy, one in particular seemed to push our fragile cycle of shock, outrage, thoughts and prayers, and repeat into a full inferno, fueled by a generational belief in change. Following the events of the tragedy at Florida high school Marjory Stoneman Douglas, the victims have transformed into activists who have single handedly organized a nationwide movement of young people all aiming towards the same goal of “common sense gun laws for the sake of the lives and safety of our youth,” says organizer of the Lincoln march Isabel Bousson. While some have felt the subtle flame of the movement through televised protests and school walkouts, the full scale of the March for Our lives Movement had yet make a sizable impression on our humble Midwest existence. That is, until March 24, when over a thousand people gathered in Omaha, Lincoln along with the rest of the country to march for their fundamental rights to a safe education and existence. At the end of the route, 18 student desks lined the steps of the capitol building. The simple wooden desks with orange chairs were adorned with dried flowers, put there by mourners of the loss of life at Marjory Stoneman Douglass and Maryland. In the very front of those somber looking desks, high schoolers gathered on the podium and spoke with the maturity and eloquence of any grown individual of why they are marching, and why they so vehemently support the cause.

“I have grown up in a world haunted by school shootings, and here we are fighting the same fight. That is why I march,” junior Hana Thom said. “I march for the victims and the survivors, for the scared and the passionate, for the families. I am here to march for those marching with me and for those who aren’t,” she said. While to some, these speeches and demonstrations seem like a bunch of “kids that don’t know what they’re doing” but to others, the determination and fierceness blazing inside these kids is not only inspiring but ironi-

Photos by Johnna Sisneros

cally, vaguely reminiscent of similar young faces marching for peace in the ‘60s, for equality in the ‘50s, and suffrage in the ‘20s. “I am here because I refuse to stay silent about this issue any longer,” says Lincoln Northeast junior Jaden Keller. “I don’t want to see this happen at my school, or any other school and it is action that needs to be taken to ensure the safety of students and teachers alike.”

#Enough is enough for United States students Lindsey Assman Staff Reporter “Enough is enough” was the mantra of the thousands of students throughout the nation who decided to stand up and walk out during the morning of March 14. After 17 students were killed during a mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Florida, students all over the country decided to make a stand and call for action to end gun violence. The walk out took place at 10 a.m. and lasted 17 minutes, for the 17 young people who lost their lives to gun violence. Here, at Millard South, around 50 students walked out of pridetime to show support and ask for change in gun control policies. In order for the word to get out, senior organizers Vanessa Chavez and Taryn Smith took the time to plan and spread the news about the school walk out. Students who took part in the walk out did not know what repercussions would be for leaving class, but they did know why this effort was important to them. “For me personally, I’m tired of innaction. My older sister was at Millard South during the shooting. My younger sister will be here next year. We cannot let

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Show Choirs celebrate a successful and memorable season.

this happen anywhere, never again,” Chavez said. Student participants said they felt that this action would show the support that Stoneman Douglas deserves, as well as, point out the basic human rights lost due to the shootings. “I wanted to show support for all of the victims, and I also wanted to show my stance on gun control. I feel like safety in schools is a basic right that is not guaranteed right now,” junior Danielle Swanson said. During the 17-minute walkout, several students spoke about the topic of gun control and the changes they felt should take place, in order to make schools safe. Among the speakers, topics varied, but always came back to the main goal of asking for change. Smith said she wanted everyone to see the importance of standing up and making a change during her speech. “My message was about how silence is acceptance. We have to talk about increased gun control because the consequences are life and death,” Smith said. Although the walk out had a good turn out, some students did not attend because of misconceptions about the purpose of the demonstration. Chavez said

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Mr Millard South. Photos by Emily Crawford

A frosty prom.

she would like to clarify that. “The point of the walkout and calls for gun control is not to repeal the second amendment, it’s not to take away everybody’s guns, this is NOT anti-gun. We are for sensible control, reasonable and responsible gun ownership,” Chavez said. Others simply thought the walk out would not prompt any actual change. In response, Chavez points out that “ ...we are showing that a lot of us really care and are serious about the issue and will take action because previous generations have failed to.” The national school walkout is not the end of students’ plans to make a change in gun legislation. Chavez and Smith are two of many who plan on writing to the legislature and continuing the fight for safety in schools. The national school walkout on March 14 was a collective effort of many young people who came from different walks of life. Junior participant Lauren Ashley, sums up the hopes of all who were a part of the school walk out, saying “Hopefully one day children can feel safe going to school and getting an education.”

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Girls soccer and boys baseball. Photos by Logan Foote

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Yearbook’s picture perfect NYC trip Allison Kirkebak Staff Reporter Something is always happening in New York City and for the 2018 MSHS yearbook staff, that something was the 94th Annual Columbia Scholastic Press Association (CSPA) Spring Convention. On March 13th, 16 yearbook staff members, the yearbook adviser, Carol Mertl, English teacher and world traveler, Alex Kirkland, and a parent chaperone, Mary Aken, also tagged along with the group. Kirkland has been to New York City several times and has traveled to numerous places around the world. He knew the city and subway system in and out and gave the group a great experience. “I’ve also traveled quite a bit. Usually I travel with my wife. We explore the world, visiting dozens of new cities and multiple new countries every year!” Kirkland said. “When Mertl asked me if I was interested in traveling with a bunch of teenagers for about a week, I was actually really intrigued and excited!” CSPA held over 300 45-minute sessions on campus covering photography, news, yearbook, video, law and ethics, and magazine; but by far, the most popular session was “It’s Our Story. We Want to Tell It.” The advisers of the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School yearbook and newspaper shared the stage with ten of their editors and staff members for a panel discussion in front of a standing room only crowd. They shared how the tragic event of Feb. 14 shaped their coverage and how they are handling it not only in their publications, but also in their personal lives. Their emotions are real and raw and difficult to wrap one’s head around. “I admire these kids and the important work they’re doing,” Mertl said. “Telling people’s stories can be difficult and healing at the same time. I hope they’re healing.” At the end of the session, CSPA’s executive director, Edmund Sullivan, presented the students with a hybrid Gold Crown award, the highest prize a student publication can receive from CSPA. In addition to learning a lot during the convention, the group also had time to see NYC. The night they got there, they took a stroll around Times Square and had dinner at the very popular 99 cent pizza that quickly became the favorite of many. “I loved the 99 cent pizza!” junior Kierstyn Misek exclaimed. “The atmosphere was kind of fun, very crowded but cool because everyone was there for one thing… pizza!” Wednesday morning they were off to Columbia University for the convention via the famous NYC subway system and learned very quickly how it works. After the convention, they made their way to Greenwich Village, Central Park, the largest Adidas Store in the world, a fourstory Forever 21, and the very popular and busy, Grand

Central Station. Later that night they also got to see it snow in Times Square. “The snow in Times Square was so beautiful!” junior Emma Alfieri said. “It was so peaceful and I felt like I was in a Christmas movie!” Alfieri has a Youtube Channel where she posted a very special vlog commemorating their adventures throughout New York City. If you are interested in watching the vlog the link is: https://www.youtube.com/ watch?v=3hfBNw8Q6_Q. Thursday started out at the convention, then most of the group headed back to the hotel to get ready for one of two Broadway shows. After eating at the famous restaurant, “Junior’s,” seven students went to “Wicked,” four students went to “Dear Evan Hansen,” and the other five went on a adventure to Brooklyn with Kirkland, where they met some interesting people on the subway while they were on their way to see the Brooklyn Bridge and the Statue of Liberty lit up in the night sky. Friday morning came early for four students when Kirkland took them over to scope out the scene at “Good Morning America.” The last day of the convention didn’t disappoint. After a productive and positive critique session Times Square lights up the yearbook staffs’ first night in the big apple. Photo by with a 30-year yearbook veteran, and Carol Mertl the emotional session with the Stoneman Douglas students, the Patriots the climb was a little tiring,” sophomore Sydney Secunda grabbed lunch at Shake Shack, then off to a few museums said. “Since the spiral stairs were so narrow, it made things for the rest of the day. a lot harder, but definitely more fun.” It was time for a friendly competition at the Natural After the steep climb, the group stopped at Ellis Island History Museum. Students got into groups of four to go before going to the 9/11 Memorial and traveling 1,776 out and find the remaining exhibits that were shown in feet up in the One World Trade Center Observatory, and the movie “Night at the Museum.” The winners got a very later the Empire State building with quick stops at M&M interesting prize bag for finding the most exhibits in fifteen world and Hershey’s Chocolate World. On a stroll down minutes. Then, the group went to the Museum of Modern 5th Avenue, the group was even lucky enough to walk past Art (MOMA) to see the original “Starry Night” painting Mariska Hargitay from “Law and Order: Special Victims and other pieces of art. After visiting MOMA, the group Unit.” took a detour to Chinatown and Little Italy to end up at Sunday morning consisted of world-famous cronuts at the original “Vincent’s” Italian Restaurant for dinner, then the world-renowned, “Dominique Ansel Bakery”, a quick to the Ferrara Bakery and Cafe to get gelato to top off the stroll through Washington Square Park, and a lot last-minnight. ute shopping and packing. On Saturday, the last full day of the trip, everyone had The Patriots were sad to say goodbye and traveled an early rise to get to the Statue of Liberty to go up a tight home safely. They brought back with them new yearbook and narrow 354 steps to the crown. tips and tricks, plenty of souvenirs, and hearts filled with “I thought that once you got past the pedestal and up memories and laughs as big as NYC. to the actual statue, the spiral stairs were really cool, but

Pot Hole or crater? Is there a difference? Taryn Smith Staff Reporter As Nebraska nears the end of winter, the citizens of Omaha face new perils: pot holes. These craters plague the city’s streets and create serious hazards for drivers. In Omaha, driving is virtually the only option for transportation, so this time of year can be frustrating for those who spend lots of time commuting back and forth between work or school. The students of Millard South have not been immune to this problem. “I was turning left from 144th Street onto Q and I saw this massive crater in the ground and I tried to swerve or slow down but I couldn’t,” senior Nadia Johns said. “There was a car to my left and another tailgating me so if I would have slowed down they would have hit me. So I just plopped right into the middle of it and it made this huge scary noise. When I looked at it I saw that I had completely cracked the rim and I had a huge lump in my tire. It cost $200 to

replace my rim and a brand new snow tire,” she said. In Omaha, potholes are repaired by two methods. According to the City of Omaha Public Works website, “Crack seal is a good, cost effective maintenance method that helps prevent damage from water and the effects of the freeze and thaw actions. Flexible, water tight material is placed in joints and pavement cracks to keep water, sand and dirt from filling the cracks. As the panels cool they contract and a gap between the panels opens up.” The other method, also sourced from the public works of the city of Omaha website, uses asphalt. “Repairs of concrete streets can be done quickly. One of the advantages of using asphalt to repair concrete streets is that the street is open to traffic within a few minutes after the repair is made.” To report potholes, people can call the Mayor’s hotline at 402-4445555 or go to https://publicworks. cityofomaha.org/report-an-issue.

Common Sense staffer Lindsey Assman shows the depth of a pothole in the Englewood neighborhood south of F Street and west of 144th. Photo by Grace Flogstad

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2018 Show Choirs shine on stage RuthAnne Hale Staff Reporter

The Millard South Show Choir program took another step forward this year. “It’s been three years since I’ve been here, and the level of achievement has gone up and up, and this year took a huge leap forward,” said director and choir teacher Amy Wesely said. Millard South competed at four events, and came home with at least one award at each of them. Their season may be over, but they are looking forward to the 2018-2019 season.

2018- A Season of Successes

“It’s been such a rollercoaster of ups and downs,” Wesely said. Stage One performs their show at Millard South in preparation for the 4 events they competed at. They were awarded 3rd place, 1st place, 2nd place, and The groups worked 3rd place, all in the women’s division. Photo by Helen Paasch. with many experts in the happened, but sometime in December, have to do a season that long and continue choir here before hopefully give it a try show choir field throughout the season, something clicked with Stage One, and we pursuing excellence, developing physiand join up,” Wesely said. including choreographers, clinicians, went from cleaning to being able to take cal and vocal strength, and not settling, The audition process will take place from and college choir teachers, and the group inspiration to move the show forward. but pushing to be good and great and April 30th through May 4th. From April made A new friend in Cheri Helmer Rien- Their excitement and buy in just all came beyond.” Wesely said. “It really shows the 30th to May 2nd, workshops will be held sche, a retired show choir director from together as a group at the same time,” hard work, the quality of students we have after school. In a workshop setting, audiPapillion LaVista South, and frequent Wesely said. in the music department.” tionees will be taught a song and accomjudge. One of the most successful competi “The pride I have in what everybody panying dance to perform at auditions, as “The emotion she was able to pull tions of the year was Sioux Falls Roosevelt. accomplishes here is just monumental. I well as receive other important informaout and just the all-in buy in from both The choirs have attended the event twice, can’t put into words how it makes me feel,” tion regarding auditions. Auditions will be groups, that was a huge moment for us,” but have not made finals. This year, howshe said. held on May 4th. said Wesely. ever, SOS was awarded 4th Runner Up in Wesely believes that regardless of South on Stage’s show, entitled “Stand finals, Stage One won the unisex division, Looking to the Future experience, it’s never too late to try for a in the Light”, discussed the importance of Millard South won best crew, and Senior The 2018 show choir season is over, spot in the Millard South Show Choirs. being true to yourself, centering around Ben Ray was awarded best Male soloist of and preparations are already being made “Maybe you’ve never done show a song called “Beautiful Things/Stand in the day. for next year. Mrs. Wesely has already bechoir before, and you don’t know if you the Light.” The lyrics of the song were “If I had to choose a favorite mogun planning the shows, and the process can do what you’re seeing on stage, but powerful. It says: “If once in your life you ment, it would probably be making finals to choose the members of South on Stage the truth is, everybody started in the same wished you were someone else… just be at Sioux Falls. That was monumental,” and Stage One have begun. place you’re at. We teach you what to do. yourself...With courage and kindness hold South on Stage member and Senior Fatwa While many current members We don’t expect you to walk on stage and on to your faith..it’s never too late...The Luka said. are planning on auditioning, some are be this incredible, front row performer. greatest risk we’ll ever take is, by far, to “The whole crowd having to wait for moving on. 31 of the students involved That comes with time and with practice in show choir are and growth,” Wesely said. seniors, and will be She also claims that even if someone graduating from the hasn’t done show choir before, experience high school show in other activities can prepare an audichoir world. tionee more than they would expect. “This year’s “We’ve seen a lot of students who are seniors have made coming from athletic backgrounds, and such an impact, they can pick up the dance because they’re relationally and used to that physical activity in their body, in the way they and that comes more naturally than they perform. They have expect it to,” Wesely said. “We see those just dominated this who haven’t done show choir and aren’t year,” Wesely said. really involved in sports or activities who This exodus just love music and that love and that of leadership can singing passion they have will carry them sometimes be a through.” challenge for mov “However, if you want to be involved ing to a new season, in show choir, you need to participate in but Mrs. Wesely is a choir, and it is not too late to join for not worried. next year, even if you’ve never done choir “I’m super exbefore, so come see Mr. Stevens or myself, cited for next year’s Mrs. Wesely,” she said. senior class. I think Wesely’s strong belief that everyone that the energy and should try out for show choir comes from the focus and the her passion for show choir, and the differquiet leadership is ence it makes in the lives of her students. really going to help “The most impactful thing is the move our groups relationships you build; The family that South on Stage performs “Stand in the Light” during a dress rehearsal. The group placed at half the competitions to the next level. I you build and can connect with over they went to, bringing home a 2nd and 5th place trophy. Photo by Kali Herbolsheimer think they’ve been something you love. We all feel music so patiently waiting personally. It’s such an individual experitheir turn to take ence, and because you get to make that over and now its personal, intrinsic experience with others stand in the light and be seen as we are.” us to stop cheering every time they called time and it’s going to be awesome,” Wesely that you have built friendships and rela “A big high moment for me in SOS Millard South for something,” said Mrs. said. “What I think is exciting about next tionships with, there’s no other experience was at Omaha North was when we finWesely. “That was awesome.” year, is that it’s another packed year of selike it,” she said. ished the ballad [“Beautiful Things/Stand The season was full of moments of niors. I don’t expect a dip. The leadership She says that it’s the team effort that in the Light”], and it was just dead silent,” triumph and reward, and Wesely attriwill continue to grow, and I don’t expect sets show choir apart. said Wesely. “That was amazing.” butes to the work and dedication of the anything less” “Everybody has to be on the same Stage One’s show was called “Ripple students of show choir. A new year of show choir also meads level,” Wesely said. “I think the ways you in the Water.” The group of 55 girls “We’re doing 3 hours of rehearsals a adding some new faces into the 100+ push one another to improve and be betworked incredibly hard and showed it as week from the beginning of August all the member family. ter and to give of yourselves makes it so they placed in the top 3 in the unisex divi- way to the end of competitions in Febru “I’m excited to welcome new 8th there isn’t anything else like it.” sion at every competition they attended. ary or March, and that speaks to the level graders, and hopefully have some current “I can’t pinpoint the moment it of commitment our show choir students high schoolers who have not done show

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Millard South takes home two medals at District forensics Adrienne Bruner the top four at districts, they move up to Features Editor compete at the state level. In 2017, Millard Millard South attended the annual South took four competitors to state, only district forensics competition at Belone novice. This year, there were no comlevue West on Saturday, March 10, where petitors who qualified for state, but breakteam members wrapped up what would ing to finals at districts is still an honor. be their final performances. Two Medals “Making districts was awesome, I felt were awarded to Millard South forensics a real sense of accomplishment after putteam members: One sixth place medal in ting in hours upon hours of practice into Duet Acting for senior partners Adrienne my pieces. Although districts didn’t go as Bruner and Johnna Sisneros, and another planned, I still had a great time performsixth place medal awarded to Sisneros in ing,” Linton said. Persuasive. In previous years, Millard South com All in attendance included freshmen peted in Norfolk, although the goal is to and novices Carah change classes Jones, Zane Frank, each year Delaney Potmesil, to maintain Sophia Caples, Marysue balance. The team has improved in a Horbach, and Lexie According variety of ways. Corrales-Thompson, to Johnson, sophomore novice Millard member Lauren Linton, South will – Rebecca Johnson and varsity member jumost likely Forensics Coach nior Kyler Lawrenson, be in the A3 in addition to Bruner competition and Sisneros, both varsity next year. members. Overall, the forensics team had a good “Every season is a new season. We had 2018 season as they improved their speaka lot of novice—first year—speakers this ing skills while representing South. year so we spent a lot of time learning the “The team has improved in a variety basics of speech and forensics. Because we of ways,” Johnson said. “Like stated before, built a great foundation this season, next we had a lot of novice speakers so for them year will be even better,” coach Rebecca to transition from knowing very little Johnson said. about public speaking to earning awards at Coaches determine who will represent tournaments was a huge win…. Most team Millard South after the annual internal members are already preparing pieces and competition. Students compete against speeches for next season as well. We’re only teammates in each event, and those who going up from here.” did best in their respective events are chosen to attend districts. If they place in

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Black Elk says bonjour to Multicultural Fair Allie Pyle Staff Reporter

Millard West participated in this multicultural fair as well, sharing different facts and information about Spanish, German and French cultures. Black Elk also invited experts and community members who shared food, activities and even painted names of kids on bookmarks in Mandarin Chinese.

On March 15, students from German, French, and Spanish classes volunteered at Black Elk’s Multicultural Night. These students helped teach the kids different languages and get them excited to continue to take languages in the future by first, teaching those kids “Heads, Shoulders, Knees, and Toes” in those three different languages. They played different songs in those languages while the kids were playing musical chairs. Taped to these chairs were colors, and when the kids sat down, a student would call out a color in these languages. The kids who were sitting in the correct colored chairs would win beaded necklaces, and candy if (Front) Arianna Hamilton (Row 2) Allie Pyle, Sophia they won more Caples, Emily Christiansen, Rylee Sauer, Alan Acosta than once.

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Contestants from Mr. Millard South in the formal wear portion from left to right: Jacob Marsh, Cole Vander Tuig, EJ Mumm, Matt Rothgeb, Ethan Casey, Ryan Lawrence, Carter Fangmeyer, Jacob Reinhardt, Kyle Perry and Ryan Yetts. Photo by Emily Crawford

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Ryan Lawrence answers the question about if college athletes should be paid or not. Photo by Emily Crawford

Jayden John Staff Reporter

It appears that senior Kyle Perry is set save the world as this year’s Mr. Millard South. Perry, along with nine other senior boys, competed in various categories: craziest thing, hidden talent, an interview and formal wear. The event, put on by National Honors Society, was themed Who Will Save The World? “I was shocked to win because I had no clue I had a chance. Everyone was very deserving,” Kyle said. The hosts of the evening, who were selected by audition, acted as the four horsemen: Fatwa Luka was Famine, Nina Washington was Death, Shaina Smith was Conquest and Tabitha Lincoln was War. Senior Fatwa Luka said, “Mr. Millard South is an enjoyable event for people, and to be able to open and host the show was a great experience.” The boys started the night by showcasing their talents. Kyle Perry caught grapes in his mouth from various distances with help from his lovely assistant, Max Aden. Matt Rothgeb did a stand up comedy that had the crowd in hysterics. The other talents included lip syncing, dancing and a classy rendition of Baby by Justin Bieber from Jacob Reinhardt. The next portion of the show was the craziest thing. Cole Vander Tuig sat in the back of a pickup truck and went through a car wash, suds and all. Ethan Casey wrestled a full grown goat. EJ Mumm drank a vanilla and soy sauce mixture. Ryan Lawrence dressed head to toe in a gorilla suit and went to the grocery store to buy bananas and visit the people at the dmv. The formal wear section came next and the boys modelled their suits. After formal wear, the crowd got to see an apocalyptic version of the cooking show Chopped. The contestants were given ramen and a select choice of add ons that might be found in an apocalyptic world. During trivia, the boys were asked questions about various things like Is water wet? And What’s your dream date? And Should college athletes be paid? At the end of the night they announced Mr Congeniality- Ryan Yetts and Runner-up- Ryan Lawrence. They asked Cameron Burkard, last year’s pageant winner, to come to the stage to pass over the crown to the New Mr. Millard South: Kyle Perry.

The Mr. Millard South candidates in their formal wear. (Left to Right) Cole Vander Tuig, Carter Fangmeyer Ryan Lawrence, Ethan Casey, Kyle Perry, EJ Mumm, Jacob Marsh, Matthew Rothgeb, Jacob Reinhardt and Ryan Yetts

Left: Carter Fangmeyer wows the judges with his talented drumming. Photo by Emily Crawford Bottom: Mr. Congeniality winner Ryan Yetts performs his talent by twirling batons. Photo by Emily Crawford

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Opinion 4 • 20 • 2018

Appreciating abandoned art I love pottery, and although I don’t have anymore art classes, I am still regularly in the art room as perks of being a senior and an art aid. In pottery there are lots of talented students who make really cool works of art and my favorite thing about visiting the pottery room is looking through the kiln room at these new creations. The sad part is that a lot of the students don’t see how great their art is and abandon it. There is an upside, however. If you abandon your art, either by telling the teacher you don’t want it, or leaving it in the art room when

Kassandra Kizlin Staff Reporter

the semester ends, the teacher will let people take the pottery. You just need to make sure you ask the pottery teachers before you take something home. I have taken full advantage of this many times. I have several wheel thrown cups, a nondescript mask, an awesome brown box, an oval tablet of a tree in the wind with blue glaze, an interestingly glazed blue drape piece, and many more. I love these pieces but me having them sadly means that the person who made them didn’t share my opinion. I’ve been doing this for years and as awesome as the pieces are, and as awesome as their talent is, people still abandon their pottery. This is a shame and I hope more people start realizing how good they are and that they should see that. Even if it’s not the best piece, it still shows your growth and that you have improved more than you think you have. However, there will always be the students who don’t want to keep their art so I suggest to every other art student: visit the pottery room and see what awesome abandoned artwork you can find for yourself. Abandoned pottery projects columnist Kassandra Kizlin took home with permission.

Stop promoting puppy mills on Snapchat

Maddie Rynes Staff Secretary

If you have Snapchat or any form of social media where your peers post pictures of adorable puppies in kennels, you may wish to visit wherever they ventured to spend time with them. Sadly, what is forgotten is the negligence these animals face behind closed doors. Snapchat stories and Instagram posts show the cute, soft animals and make you want to adopt them, but they hide the gruesome truths of brutality and heartbreaking treatment. On multiple occasions, animals have come home from boarding stays with wounds from other dogs, mishandling, or deficiencies from lack of hygiene or nutrition. Some customers claim that they did not realize the repercussions of purchasing from a puppy mill. I don’t know which is worse, choosing ignorance or naturally being oblivious to the trauma stories circling. To those who do not know any better or who don’t want to do their own research, puppy mills are not the same as breeders or animal shelters. As defined by The Humane

Society of the United States, puppy mills are “inhumane commercial dog breeding facilities that may sell puppies in pet stores, online or directly to the public.” Puppy mills continuously force animals to breed until they are no longer able. Statistics show that the mother dogs that are held captive in cages have less than the expected lifespan. A typical dog that would live 9-20 years could instead live only half of that. A female dog could have 2-3 heat periods (when they are able to get pregnant) per year and may deliver 4-7 puppies with each litter. After they reach infertility, they are euthanized or left to wither away. This is a sad reality for many pure-bred animals. Not only do these puppies face harsh treatment, but often develop birth defects, such as blindness or deafness. Eric Forrest, content and editorial manager of Pets in Omaha, tells the story of Dana Thelander whose puppy began having seizures and organ malfunctions after purchasing from Tully’s Kennel. Tully’s Kennel itself is not a puppy mill but purchases animals from them and other breeders with multiple violations of unsanitary conditions, animals in need of veterinary care, and expired medications. The business has denied multiple allegations, claiming

it only purchases from “local breeders they have known for years.” They also claim to be opposed to puppy mills, but many purchase records discovered by Bailing Out Benji, a non-profit organization educating the community on animal welfare issues, have shown the opposite. Unfortunately, most of the people walking around these enclosures have no intentions of adopting these animals. The only intention they have is to post a cute picture of them holding the puppy and smiling while the pup looks sadly into the blinding flash of the camera, add a heart eye emoji sticker, and have people awe over their post. This cycle is horrendous and ignores the underlying truth of unsanitary conditions and poor treatment. Onlookers should realize the cycle that occurs and should not support these organizations without further research or intention to provide a safe home for the animals. The time the puppies spend in the care of puppy mills changes their views of humans for the remainder of their lives.

Art by Sean Burton

Max Aden Staff Reporter

Senioritis expert explains the disease It’s a Sunday night at 6:30 p.m. There’s around five hours left of my day to complete my homework before I need to eat again and turn in for the night. Somehow I manage to find my backpack which had been lost since the minute I returned home from school the previous Friday. I gather all of the papers and materials I need and lay them out neatly. I have a firm grip on my pencil and I’m ready to get to work. Miraculously, I blink my eyes one time and five hours have passed. Somehow my brain has evaded the responsibility acquired over the course of four years in high school. How can this happen? How can I deceive myself every night into thinking I’ll do the work at a later time? My contemplation brought me to ask one question to a random sample of senior students at the school. “What is senioritis and what does it entail?” The responses below are genuine, word-for-word answers (edited for expletives, of course). “Senioritis is basically not doing anything because..actually I don’t really know.” “It’s pretty much just slacking off and not doing homework..” “What does entail mean?” “It’s just the feeling of being done with high school when you’re actually not yet.” While some of the answers I collected were thought-provoking, there is an actual definition for the word Senioritis in the Merriam-Webster dictionary: Senioritis- an ebbing of motivation and effort by school seniors as evidenced by tardiness, absences, and lower grades. It can be caused by a variety of different things, but I imagine the most common cause of senioritis occurring is students already knowing they’re set for college in the fall. With this being said, I’d like to publicly apologize to the unfortunate teachers that have me in class this spring. Sadly, there is nothing I can do to motivate myself to stay on top of my schoolwork. To the underclassmen who have yet to experience this deplorable sickness, good luck my friends.

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Staff Editorial First come, first served is not the only option “There’s absolutely no parking!” It seems like too many students arrive to school, 10, even 15 minutes early sometimes, and cannot find any parking. They go to the south lot, and realize that it’s so cramped that individuals have resorted to parking on the grass. They then proceeding to the west lot, making up parking spaces at the very end, leaving just enough space to squeeze by. The main lot provides the same array of issues which prompts students to park in teacher spots. There’s always the stadium parking across the football field, but that requires a long walk, causing the same tardiness. So, surely enough, students park in teacher parking, parking that doesn’t exit, the church nearby, and boom, parking tickets start to pile up. The senior class isn’t too

happy about it and are the ones with the most trouble, since they have off blocks. “All the sophomores are getting cars and it’s not fair! They should be parking in the far lot!” “What’s the point of having an off block if I’m just going to be counted tardy every single time?” “They should assign different parking lots to different grades! Expand the parking lot!” Well here’s the question, should it really be a senior privilege, or a first come first serve sort of thing? Should underclassmen really have to give up parking to a senior who won’t even arrive until noon? Perhaps a solution could be to have specialized parking, and by that, is to give students a certain permit during orienta-

tion in the fall, which will give them the permission to park in a certain lot. All others who do not get a permit during orientation will have to park somewhere else. Most underclassmen will not get cars until later in the year, and will receive a different permit, that way it does not make it a “seniors are the most important, therefore they deserve any spot they wish” situation. Even better, if students really just want to have their own spot and not have to ever worry about not finding parking, they can get a special permit during orientation, which would most likely have to cost a little bit more, but it’s an idea. While it may seem far fetched, perhaps this solution can solve the never ending debate of Millard South parking.

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Make parking lot a place to park, not a park Anyone who goes to Millard South heard a lot of bad things about parkinknows how hard ing this area. While I’m it can be to find blessed to even have a car, decent parking. some of us can’t afford to I’m generally the go in and get our windows type of person who replaced. And believe me, doesn’t mind parkI’ve been there before: ing in the back, but Windows busted? Trash I’ll take front row bags. Bumper falls off? when I can get it. Duct tape. Entire door Either way, I think spontaneously falls off? some students need Pretend it’s a Jeep. Luckily a friendly reminder for me the only thing that of basic respect for happened is someone put others and their a shotgun shell on my car property. as a unfriendly reminder So, a couple that I am not welcome to weeks ago I showed park there. Hmm. up to school late. I I understand already knew that I that this is most likely Adrienne Bruner would be even later not a big deal, but with Staff Reporter because I would all of the stuff that’s been have to circle the happening with guns, who entire main lot if thinks that this is a smart I wanted to park in an a legitimate spot. I move? No. Keep your trash off my car. pulled in and there’s a spot right in front of Please understand that this is for Buell, not front row but still a straight line everyone who drives. Respect people’s from my car to the main doors. Obviously I property. Understand that the parking lot is took it. Anyone who goes to Millard South a shared space. I want to emphasize that it’s also knows that this is the area of the parknot just me. It’s the fact that I know people ing lot where students who drive jacked-up who’ve had their cars keyed. I’ve heard kids trucks park them. If I could use the eye laugh in class because they hit a car and roll emoji right now I would. Anyway, I’ve left (which is a misdemeanor by the way). I

have a friend who had her window knocked out. I know people (and this is literally everyone) who thinks it’s annoying when kids blast sub-par music, honk your horns for no reason and drive around the lot at 60 mph. Oooh, you drive fast in parking lots, watch out. Get a hobby. Join a club. Get a job. You know what takes the cake, though? If you have one (1) car, then you only need ONE (1) SPOT. All I’m saying is that there is a serious lack of respect and students are getting sick of obnoxious kids hanging around the parking lot after school being disruptive. We’re all growing up, we’re past that. It’s not too late for you, I guess. There’s no problem with hunting or trucks that you use a step ladder to get into. It’s the fact that people use these things to intimidate others and make themselves feel entitled. No one is scared or shook or quaking or whatever. We’re all just annoyed. Besides, it’s bad enough that the sophomores can’t even park straight. Make the parking lot a place to park, don’t make it a park.

Staff Reporters Max Aden Lindsey Assman Sarah Braley Sadie Brower Myranda Carbullido Conlan Custard RuthAnne Hale Jayden John Isabel Kimminau Allison Kirkebak Kassandra Kizlin Nicki Kreutzian Ryan Lawrence Jessica Lukecart Carson O’Connor Jacob Reinhardt Matthew Rothgeb Johnna Sisneros Taryn Smith Adviser Christine Kaldahl

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Power to the people

Vanessa Chavez News Editor

According to The Center for Information & Research in Civic Learning and Engagement (CIRCLE), getting young people to vote early could be key to raising a new generation of voters because when young people learn the voting process and vote, they are more likely to do so when they are older. From day one, youth have been told of the importance of civic engagement and the privilege that is voting. As many reach the age where they have the opportunity to make their voices heard, it’s time to learn the value of elections. Lucia Pedroza, a Senior Organizer at Heartland Worker Center, a nonprofit nonpartisan organization that helps promote civic engagement, wants youth to recognize just that. “They have the power to make the changes they want to see in the world”, she said. Pedroza stresses that valuing local elections just as much as national elections is key in civic engagement because it’s the issues taken up in local elections that impact one’s community directly. In local elections the public chooses officials that represent the community in its entirety, unlike in Washington, where they only represent the majority. “It’s a two way relationship. The decisions made are in the

hands of our representatives but also in the hands of the people electing those representatives”, Pedroza said. Since national elections are more visible, in part because of the media coverage they recover, local elections can be disregarded because one has to look for the information to stay informed. Several issues are up for grabs in local elections such as what does or doesn’t get funding, how much money a community receives, and what concerns are taken on. Pedroza says that, in a way, local elections are more meaningful as it’s much easier to build relationships with public officials because the opportunity exists to explain why or why not they support certain issues that affect the community. “It’s important to work with friends and family to make informed decisions. We need to learn to ask more questions and look for the answers, look for what is and isn’t working”, she said. For the upcoming midterm primaries this May and the midterms in November, Pedroza wants to remind all voters that every vote counts.

“Voting is more than a right, it’s a great opportunity to be engaged, you yourself have to make the choice to vote. Elections never end, if we want something to change, we have to change”, Pedroza said. Though protests and such actions are a way to make one's voice heard, Pedroza hopes participants in those movements channel that anger into action to make a real impact. Nebraska’s 2nd Congressional District is ranked 8th in CIRCLE’s “Top 10 Congressional Districts Where Youth Might Decide the 2018 Elections”, as a hundred thousand young people live in the district, making up over 16% of the district’s population. For those unable to vote but still wanting to participate, they have several options. They can engage with local nonprofits such as Heartland Workers Center (nonpartisan), join a voting league or non partisan organization, canvas for public officials, attend town hall meetings and more. Those that wish to register to vote can go to the DMV once they turn 18, or register online through Nebraska.gov.

Midterm Primaries For U.S. Senate: Deb Fischer (R) Jack Heidel (R) Dennis Macek (R) Jeffrey Lynn Stein (R) Todd Watson (R) Jane Raybould (D) Chris Janicek (D) Larry Marvin (D) Frank Svoboda (D) Mark Elworth Jr. (L) Jim Schultz (L)

Sources: Politico, ballotpedia.org

Need to know about the primaries coming up: ● Only voters registered to a party can vote in that party’s primary. ● Must be registered online or in person by April 30th.

For Governor: Pete Ricketts (R) Krystal Gabel (R) Bob Krist (D) Vanessa Ward (D) Tyler Davis (D)

For U.S. House : (2nd congressional district) Don Bacon (R) Kara Eastman (D) Brad Ashford (D)

● Early voting begins April 16th and ends May 14th.

Midterm primaries are when political parties determine which candidates will run in the general midterm elections happening on November 6th, 2018.

The 2018 midterm elections will determine whether or not the Republican party keeps their majority in the House and the Senate. The 2018 midterm primaries determine who will be running in each party.

● If you plan to vote by mail you must apply by May 9th and mail in by May 15th.

The Nebraska Primaries are Tuesday, May 15th. Graphic by Vanessa Chavez

Wicca movement reaches South students Kassandra Kizlin Staff Reporter

Wicca is a religious and spiritual movement based on principles of older religions, such as pagan religions and more, that is gaining traction in the US. What most Millard South people don’t know is that there is a number of students that practice Wicca in this school. Wicca is largely individual so, although you can trace back some roots, there is no definitive way to practice Wicca. You shouldn’t assume something about how anyone practices. However, there is a creed often followed by many Wiccans called the Wiccan Rede that talks about the view saying that what you do will be done unto you. There are many ways someone could start practising Wicca, as well. “I read a book where this girl was like ‘I didn’t believe in it til I started practicing and then it was really calming,’ I liked to work with herbs. It’s just soothing. And it was extremely positive compared to everything else I’d been

taught,” says senior Hannah Hughes about how they got into “I use a lot of herbs and essential oils. I have this Wicca. book that I keep different spells that I found or natural There is also many misconceptions about Wicca and remedies that I use. Just tips and tricks about Wicca. those who practice it. Some say “We’re Also candles are very satanists or that we want to place important and an alter. hexes on people. That it's about devil People who practice worship when most of us don’t believe It was extremely positive compared Wicca usually have an in the devil. That they think we’re alter to perform their to everything else I’d been taught. gonna skin their animals and kill their spells and light their children. I just love animals and nature,” candles,” says Hughes says Hughes about what many people about how they person – Senior Hannah Hughes think about Wicca. In reality, Wicca is ally practice. a nature based spirituality. There are Wicca is a interestmany Wiccan people who worship Deiing and growing spiritual ties and there are also those who don’t movement with a myriad worship any. There is also the misconception that the pentaof different people and ways to practice it, with a focus gram, a five pointed star, automatically means devil worship on nature contrary to what the media shows. but when it is rightside up, it actually means protection.

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Construction complicates commutes Nicki Kreutzian Staff Reporter

Your morning drive might have just gotten a little less convenient. As Nebraskans’ favorite season, construction, prepares for its arrival, many Millard South students might have to make changes to their typical routes. Sarpy County and the City of Omaha have begun an ambitious, $10 million project to widen Harrison Street from 147th Street to 157th Street. It’s slated to be completed in late 2019 and will turn the current two lane street into a “four lane arterial facility with turn lanes and medians,” according to the Harrison Street Project official website. Construction is to be completed in multiple stages. Phases 1A and 1B have already begun with workers and diversions from 154rd to 156th. All of Stage 1, which is all concentrated around the Intersection of 156th and Harrison, will take until October of 2018 to be fully finished. Noise reduction walls have already been put in place near 148th. While this expansion of infrastructure will make future travels safer and allow a larger volume of traffic, it’s probably best to avoid the intersection for the time being. Crews are asking for the traffic on Harrison near 156th Street to be limited to local traffic only. If you’re wondering how to get to school without having to pass through a construction zone, there’s a myriad of options to pick from, letting you arrive on time and safely. Chandler Road is a great option if you live off 156th and south of Harrison, which lets you bypass heavily congested Giles Road and deposits you right at 144th Street. With the Harrison Street Project not due to be completed until late 2019, students and teachers will have to be mindful of the ways they get to school if they want to avoid unnecessary delays and headaches. In true 21st century fashion, the latest developments can be found on Twitter(@harrsionstreetproject), Facebook (Harrison Street Project), or the official website (www.harrisonstreetproject.com).

This graphic shows the streets that have been blocked for construction, which is not due for completion until late 2019. More information regarding the project can be found on the official website (www.harrisonstreetproject.com), Facebook, or Twitter.

Slam poets compete in first bouts of the season Adrienne Bruner Features Editor

Slam Poetry verses competitors at their first bouts Millard South offers a wide variety of activities to a very diverse group of students. Slam Poetry is just one of many and although it’s not as well-known as, say, the football team, there is no doubt that its members are making a difference. “So far, I haven't really accomplished much, but I would definitely say I've stepped out of my comfort zone and kind of opened up to the other people who are there,” freshman Carah Jones said. Jones joined slam at coach Amber Wormington's recommendation, after she heard her reading her poetry aloud in Wormington’s room after school. According to coach Britny Cordova, a MSHS alumn and University of Omaha graduate, she was afraid they would not have enough members to fill the four spots necessary to compete. However, the team met that requirement by February and members are now working on their poems. “This year we've been a very writingfocused team, so they have written and revised and written and revised. It has been beautiful to watch the evolution of their poems,” Wormington said. Poets perform all original pieces at competitions, also known as “bouts.” Just like many other competitive arts, what qualifies as winning is more personal than

quantitative. According to Wormington, a slam poet is always successful as long as they are being authentic to their own unique voice and speak their words freely. Although many members are new, they still share in bonding as a team. Their poems often carry meaning that is deep and personal to those who write and perform it, which definitely creates a different relationship among them. Slam is helping students develop empathy that our society often times lacks. “I love the community we have and how we can share our feelings in this medium and we understand, even if we haven't been through what someone else has been through,” Jones said. Students take time out of their schedule to prepare after school by writing, revising, and performing. The team also hopes to put together a group piece for this season, something that would not have been possible before they met the team quota in February. They continue to practice every Wednesday in Wormington’s room. “I've come to find a better understanding of poetry in the sacrifice of free time,” junior John Casey said. Nonetheless, students take time to improve their works and performances, and will no doubt have a great 2018 Slam Poetry season.

Leaders play to their strengths in Tri-M Matt Rothgeb Staff Reporter

Perform. Lead. Serve. These are tant to show people how to help and give the three main pillars of Millard South’s back” says senior Bryce Krupka. newest honor society. The Honor Society, As president of Millard South’s named Tri-M, is a music honors society Tri- M chapter, Krupka worked with Mr. that strives towards community service Wiston and Mrs. Wesley to help creand music ate and found advocacy. Tri-M Here at New this Millard South. year, Tri-M We as a team made the foundaThis chapter takes the best tion of Tri-M for others to have has been in student musicians the making for in the future. from Millard South several years. provides opportuniKrupka says ties for all types of he is incred– Senior Bryce Krupka community service. ibly proud of The website for the leadership Tri-M states that board, which “A Tri-M Music Honor Society chapter consists of Drew Havens, Molly Johnson, opens up a world of opportunities for and Elizabeth Chinowth, helping build students who have already shown themand “make this chapter the way it is now, selves to be academically capable and and we as a team made the foundation musically gifted. Through performance of Tri-M for others to have in the future.” and community service, they’ll develop They hope to keep Tri-M Going in the confidence, creativity, critical thinking, upcoming years and continue to provide compassion, and a host of other leaderservice in the community in a variety of ship skills sure to serve them well in ways. school and beyond.” If you want more information or are Tri-M also helps students “know how interesting in joining in the upcoming their help in the community is needed year, talk to Mr. Wiston, Mrs. Wesley, today more than ever, making it imporBryce, or any other member of Tri-M.

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2018 prom was snow joke

Stephanie Richard snaps a photo of daughter Lydia Richard and friends on a snowy prom night. Lydia Richard said the group had planned outdoor photos when they thought it would be nice out. “When we told our parents the night of prom, they laughed and thought it’d be funny to send us outside for a photo, but they didn’t want to go out, so they took pics from inside the living room.”

Junior Jessica Lukecart bundles up, careful not to ruin her wrist corsage with her winter parka.

Juniors Kristin Kaipust, Grace Dempsey and Maddie Rynes use the light snow as an opportunity for an outdoor portrait. “While I was kind of mad that it was snowy and cold, I really think it added to the magic of the night,” Dempsey said. “I loved all the pictures with snow laced hair,” she said.

Annual special friends prom falls in April Ryan Lawrence Staff Reporter

one for special friends prom isn’t an easy one and it’s appar April 21st is set to be a special night for some special ent that not just anyone is selected to be a helper. people. It’s the official date of the In order to become a student special friends prom and it will be mentor, you must send in an an evening full of music, dancing, application in order to verify and and fun. confirm that you are the correct In the future I hope to teach Special friends prom is an candidate for the job. It truly is a special needs children. event where special needs students prestigious honor to be selected. and young adults up to 21 from all Carly Renken, one of three Millard high schools will get the mentors and an active mem – Junior Carly Renken to enjoy their own prom with each ber in the Millard Unified proother. It is located at the Commugrams, has always had a passion nity Covenant Church at 7:30, and for getting involved. Carly’s best the event will be run by seven chosen friend has down syndrome and student mentors and the baseball team. has been one of her biggest inspirations on why she chooses The path to becoming a student mentor and chaperto be involved in these programs.

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Her friend has inspired her so much that in the future, Renken aspires to continue working and helping people with special needs. “In the future I hope to teach special needs children and continue my involvement in the Sspecial Olympics,” Renken said. “This dance means the world to the kids with disabilities, and we wouldn’t be able to hold it without the generous donation,” she said. More than $522 was raised, which will make a huge difference this year and in years to come. Renken is an inspiration in the sense that she has a future plan that will allow her to continue doing what she loves, helping children and adults with special needs. And I think we can all agree that is a very special job.

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Film remake fails to fix former problems Conlan Custard Staff Reporter

The recent “Strangers Prey at Night” film caught me off guard in a couple ways. The first being the fact that it actually came out in my area because I had heard from a few sources that it was potentially so bad it might not get a theatrical release. The second happened after I had finished watching, and it was the observation that this movie was able to be eons ahead of the film it was originally based on, and still be a heaping pile of trash. The Strangers Prey at Night is sort of an alternate take on a 2008 horror film known as “The Strangers” which is critically laughed at for its very slow paced and monotonous style after the movie’s director voiced his ambitions to “avoid cliches in the horror genre.” If you asked me to describe my main problem with the original, I would say that for the duration of the entire film, nothing happens. A bang at the door, characters react, (poorly,) rinse and repeat. It was for all of these reasons that I all but disregarded the announcement of the remake known as Strangers Prey at Night. But I reluctantly went out to give it a chance, albeit with low expectations. The film tells the story of your typical American family of four, with a husband, wife, son and daughter all heading out on a vacation to their aunt and uncle’s trailer park only to be met by none other than “The Strangers.” A group of masked killers who are out for

Winchester hits the target Sarah Braley Staff Reporter

Directed by Michael Spierig and Peter Spierig, Winchester the movie was a very thrilling, mysterious, and exciting. When I went in to see the movie I was skeptical about it because I didn’t really know much about it. After watching it I quickly fell in love. The main character Sarah Winchester (Helen Mirren) is a widow of late husband William Winchester, who is the creator of the Winchester Rifle. Sarah believes she is haunted by the spirits that have been killed by the Winchester Rifle, but everyone thinks she’s crazy. Dr. Eric Price (Jason Clark) is called to evaluate Sarah to see if she is having a hard time with her husband’s death. Strange things start happening to Dr. Price while he’s at the Winchester mansion. This movie kept me on the edge of my seat. There were surprisingly many jump scares that I jumped at every time. If you want a good thriller this movie is for you. Not only was it a good thriller, it had a very mysterious side to it. You had to pay attention to all of these little details that you don’t really understand until the end of the movie. You never really knew who to trust. Even though this film has only a 5.6 rating on IMDB, I still do think it’s worth watching. I didn’t know any background information and still thought they covered most of what you needed to know about the topic. I think why most people probably rate it lower is because it said it was “based on true events” which sometimes you have to take that light heartedly. This movie is a great movie if you want to watch it with friends on a spooky night, or cuddle up with your significant other for a good nights in.

blood. Unfortunately, although it was able to at least be less boring than the original, many of the problems that plagued its original counterpart are still reasons why this movie is one of the worst I’ve seen all year, (but its only April, so who knows?) The acting, pacing, and sequence of events that unfold are all equally terrible and immensely bring down the quality of the film. The two main teen actor’s performances were completely unconvincing and left me rolling my eyes by the time the movie was over. In addition, the pacing of the film was very unsatisfying as in the beginning, everything seems to be going 100 miles per hour and then at multiple points later in the film things slow down tremendously. However, all of this was trumped by my biggest problem with The Strangers Prey at Night, which was the sequence of events and character choices. On top of the numerous plot conveniences, any time a character made a decision in the movie I found myself scratching my head and thinking “why would a normal person ever do that?” And I was met with no answer as it kept happening, I assume only to advance the plot. While I will give the film a consolation prize for at least being more eventful than the original, it still managed to be garbage tier in almost every area, and we can all breathe a sigh of relief that the franchise won’t live on much longer.

It’s insane not to see Unsane Lexie Pliess Staff Secretary

Unsane is a thriller about a young woman, Sawyer Valentini (Claire Foy) is committed to a mental institution where she is confronted by her greatest fear-but is it a product of her delusion? This movie is a very interesting concept and will for sure have you hooked till the very end of the movie. This is definitely an adventure you don’t want to miss. To get into a little more detail into this movie’s plot, Claire is still suffering from the trauma of being stalked by an obsessive man in her past. Even after moving away from home and rebooting her life. Then, after one of her therapy sessions, she is involuntarily committed to a mental institution where her worst fears are realized and her grip on reality loosens. One flaw I have with this movie is that it’s obviously a low budget movie, but that really does not

affect the experience this film provides. I even think it adds to the creepiness of the setting and makes you uneasy, like a good thriller should. To continue about the story, it shows the perspective of both the “stalker” and everyone going against clair, and the perspective of Claire. But this movie will keep you guessing weather or not Claire is just a lunatic and is just making this all up in her head or if it’s all real. This movie definitely kept my eyes glued to the theater screen. All the twist and turns will make you keep questioning everything! Yes, this movie can be a little bit cheesy and some things are over dramatic and over acted at times. And at times this movie does look cheaply made, but overall this movie has a very interesting plot and is an exciting

watch. Unsane is a movie you must see if you are looking for a good mystery/thriller.

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Animated films Metamorphosis exhibit that made a uses art to emphasize lasting impression overuse of plastics Kassandra Kizlin Staff Reporter

I am not someone who is in love with all things animated, but there is a few movies with an animation and/or mixed media style that I love. I find that this style of story telling goes wonderfully with children’s stories and reach the heart very well. My favorite animated movies are ‘James and the Giant Peach,’ ‘Coraline,’ and ‘The Little Prince.’ They all tell stories with the narrative and art style beautifully in sync. ‘James and the Giant Peach,’ is the oldest movie on my list, having come out in 1996. It has both live action and claymation in the film. Both parts have an amazing use of color. It starts with a boy, not animated, who lives with his cruel aunts far away from any happy place. After a chance encounter with some magic beings, a dead peach tree creates one large peach that’s even bigger than James’s house. His aunts turn the peach into a sideshow attraction and continue to mistreat James. In a truly fantastic turn of events, James gets to go on an adventure in the peach with some unusual friends he makes. From then on, most of the movie is shot in claymation. Next on my list is ‘Coraline,’ which came out in 2009. This movie is completely claymation. It tells the story of a young girl named Coraline who moves into an old house with her parents. In the house, she finds a doll that looks exactly like herself and a hidden door that leads into another world. Again the color of the movie was astounding and the story nicely shows parts of what

childhood is like. I think the claymation in this movie was great because it clearly looks like tangible things, unlike digital animation, but it’s also different than reality so it’s a very interesting effect that worked well with this story. The third movie I want to write about is “The Little Prince” which came out in 2015. It begins with digital animation and turns to stop motion when we learn about the title character. It tells the story of a little girl who moves into the neighborhood of a school for high achieving students. Her mom plans out her life to the minute. She begins to feel the stress of pressure and befriends her eccentric old neighbor. Her neighbor tells her the story of the Little Prince. When her neighbor’s plane crashed in the Sahara desert, he met the little prince. The boy supposedly is from space. This is a spectacular movie that explores the need to be who you are and not what society says you have to be. I think that stop motion is an amazing method of film making because it showcases real things, dolls, clothes, and more while still allowing for escapism. It is a great way to show a different way of looking at the real world which is why I think this animation style was a good choice to help the stories hit home. Also, the fact that they usually use dolls, something many people played with as a child, really helps the movie drive its point. All these movies were beautiful portrayals of childhood and different aspects of childhood.

Savannah Lacy Opinions Editor

drinks, purple tops from laundry soap and every color imaginable of soda caps. Walking from the Display Hall to the greenhouses, they covered the halls with facts and statistics about plastic and what we can do to minimize our effect on the environment. Sayaka Ganz has 17 art pieces displayed around the greenhouses of penguins, jellyfish, birds, and dolphins which all show incredibly unique art pieces while drawing the connection between our plastic

consumption. It’s incredible to see what art can be made out of reused materials. The animals that she created really struck a chord with me since they become endangered because of the fact that plastics are polluting our oceans and these animals can get entangled with the plastics that they come in contact with. I would highly suggest waiting for a warmer day to go walk through the gardens and seeing this eye-opening art exhibit.

Lauritzen Gardens opened the “Metamorphosis” art exhibit in late January and it is available to the public through May 13th. In the exhibit artists Sayaka Ganz and Aurora Robson created colorful animals and a fiery vortex made of reclaimed plastics. After going to the exhibit, I began to rethink my own use of plastics and my impact on the environment. Out of all the plastic we use as a nation, only about 25% of the plastic produced in the United States is recycled. According to The University of Utah, if we recycled the other 75% of plastic we could save 1 billion gallons of oil and 44 million cubic yards of landfill space annually. After seeing the abundance of bottle caps and bits of plastic included in these art pieces it easily changed the way that I view plastic and our environment. As I walked into the Floral Display Hall, the “Arise” vortex created by Aurora Robson hung above the koi pond with orange and red plastics. From afar, the art piece looks like it’s made of stained glass, but as you get closer you can see the laundry detergent handles strung together and the water bottles cut to portray flowers. At the base of the vortex, Robson created a stream of plastic caps going into the koi pond. The rainbow of bottle caps could be identified from an array of products, I remember spotting brown caps from coffee The Arise vortex illuminates in shades of red and orange. Photo by Savannah Lacy

Sherlock Gnomes sequel doesn’t bring it back home Kristin Kaipust Distribution Manager There is gNOme way to compare Paramount’s new release, Sherlock Gnomes, to the greatness of its precursor, Gnomeo and Juliet. While it started with some creative gnome puns that had me laughing out loud (“tell the story about Spiderman Gnome-coming”), the jokes fizzled out into a mediocre dialect that lacked the charm of Gnomeo and Juliet. Don’t get me wrong, there were still many humorous quips, but they mostly felt forcibly placed. Along with the jokes, the plot itself seemed very forced. Things fit together too well without explanation, and while that might be okay for children, I felt a little too skeptical at times. The movie jumped right in with Sherlock Gnomes (Johnny Depp) and Watson (Chiwetel Ejiofor). These two characters were very closely related personality-wise to Gnomeo (James McAvoy) and Juliet (Emily Blunt). Almost too much so, causing repetitive characters and actions when all four- Sherlock, Watson, Gnomeo, and Juliet- later meet up. This made the movie flat, which was disappointing because an interesting character dynamic could have easily been formed. Sherlock begins with a scene working against his nemesis, Moriarty, who kidnaps gnomes throughout London. He leaves clues for Sherlock, providing him a full day to decode the clues and save the gnomes before they get smashed. These first few minutes moved extremely fast and

didn’t give a lot of context, which was a little confusing. However, after the introduction of the two detectives, the movie switched to Gnomeo and Juliet who were moving into their new garden, conveniently located in London. I enjoyed that all the characters from the first movie were featured and true to their original personalities. When all of these gnomes are stolen from their new garden, Gnomeo and Juliet team up with Sherlock Gnomes and Watson to solve the case. Along with the gnomes, this movie also introduced new figurines that could move and talk. The characters enter a doll shop at one point and encounter gargoyles, dolls, and even stuffed animals. For a movie about lawn statues, I thought this killed the vibe a little. The teddy bears were creepy, which was not good for a children’s movie and Sherlock did not look distinctly like a garden gnome. The middle of the movie was mostly interesting, though lacking a little backstory, but the end was what had me hooked. For a movie about garden gnomes, there was a very well done action scene that was really enjoyable to watch. It

had a visible lesson, which makes it really great for kids, and it was at least a little heart-warming. The soundtrack was really fun, featuring both popular songs and old hits, and I loved every single gnome pun. Overall, the movie was good but weird. There were multiple instances where I was questioning the purpose of a scene or joke. For Gnomeo and Juliet fans, it’s worth checking out but with the lack of context for the new storyline, it’s not worth a watch as a stand alone.

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The Hate U Give: an important read for understanding racism and police violence Sadie Brower Staff Reporter

The Hate U Give, written by Angie Thomas, shows readers the life of a 16 year old black girl who is living between two different worlds. Starr Carter grew up in Garden Heights where she watched two of her best friends get killed. The first, Natasha was killed in a gang drive by and the second, Kahlil, by a police officer. She goes to a school with a white majority 45 minutes from home where she stands out and pretends to be a completely different person. When she goes home to Garden Heights, a mostly black community, she feels free to be herself. Throughout the book, Starr copes with the difficulty of being the witness of a murder and along the way, realizes what she wants to fight for, and who she wants to be. The author, Thomas, lived a very similar life to Starr; she also went to a white majority, upper class school but lived in what she calls “the hood”. Thomas was motivated to write this powerful story after the death of Oscar Grant, an unarmed black 22 year old boy from Oakland, Cali-

fornia, who was undeservedly killed by a police officer. In her neighborhood, Oscar was just part of the family but then she would go to school and only hear about “what Oscar did wrong” and “why he deserved what was coming to him”. Angie Thomas then did what she did best… she wrote. She wrote her anger, she wrote her frustration, she wrote her sadness, and she wrote to make a change. The Hate U Give opens readers’ eyes to the racism in our country. Through the eyes of Starr, we get a little taste of what it’s like to be in the minority and understand the things Starr has to deal with in her every day life. Starr and her brothers go to a school that has only three other black students and even her best friends make racist “jokes” towards her. In Garden Heights, Starr’s father, “Big Mav,” owns a grocery store and is devoted to helping his neighborhood which included Kahlil. In the story, Starr finds out about the life Kahlil lived during the time that they drifted apart, which involved getting into a gang and drug dealing to help his family. The media uses these things against Kahlil saying he

deserved what happened to him and making him seem guilty. That’s when the riots caught fire and people around the world showed their frustration, but Starr decided she wanted Khalil’s death to be more than a hashtag and an upset that would blow over in a month so she used the most powerful weapon no one could fight, her voice. The title of this story is based off of Tupac Shakur’s song THUG LIFE which is an acronym for “The Hate U Give Little Infants (expletive) Everybody”. Angie Thomas was watching a video that described the meaning of THUG LIFE and realized it was a big part of her story also. “When these unarmed black people lose their lives, the hate they’ve been given screws us all. We see it in the form of anger and we see it in the form of riots. So when I saw that in the video, it was like a sign,” said Thomas in an interview with Cosmopolitan. That is not the only area the Tupac fanatic, Angie Thomas, stuck her favorite rapper into the book though. Tupac always said if he were to have a daughter he would name her Starr, who is also the protagonist in the story. Also,

Love, Simon crushes ratings and LGBTQ stereotypes Taryn Smith Staff Reporter Teen rom-coms are a hallmark of American life. Every year we flock to theaters and find ourselves escaping into situations that are just probable enough to be relatable. Seeing characters on the screen that we can relate to is validating and this is undoubtedly the case with this spring’s smash hit- Love, Simon. Love, Simon begins with narration from Simon, played by Nick Robinson, as he explains that he is just like everyone else. He lives in the suburbs with his mom, dad and sister, attends high school and spends most of his time with friends. But, he has one secret. He is gay. As the movie progresses, a different boy from Simon’s high school, going by the pseudonym Blue, reveals that he is gay. Simon responds under the alias Jacque; the movie then follows Simon as he

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navigates high school and tries to uncover the true identity of Blue. Love, Simon is not remarkable because of its plot. The story is relatively safe and predictable. This film is ground breaking because for the first time, a gay high schooler is the main protagonist, not a stereotype who fills the role of a quirky friend. Love, Simon gives straight audiences a taste of the trials many young adults have to face as they navigate adolescence with the added challenge of deciding how to come out. While films of days past have also explored coming out, it has never been done in a movie that is this mainstream. Love, Simon is not going to bring civil rights to the LGBTQ community. However, this movie goes a long way to normalize the LGBTQ experience. The lead roles of the film industry have always been dominated by the portrayal of straight couples. Love, Simon has weakened the stronghold of heterocentric entertainment and brought a degree of normalcy to a community that has always been marginalized.

on the cover of the book Starr Carter wears a bandana which is a signature look from the rap legend. Last but not least, Starr’s Father, “Big Mav,” was described to look just like Tupac Shakur throughout the book. This book tells a story that the majority of teenagers in our country would not understand. I even found myself thinking it “wasn’t really real” or “no one actually lives like this” but in reality, there are many people in our country who go through things I would never come close to understanding simply because of the color of their skin or the amount of money in their pocket. While reading this story I realized how sheltered I am because of the community I live in and because I am white. Where I live I haven’t felt the smallest threat of gang violence, I haven’t had to worry that I might get myself hurt because I am shooting hoops in the wrong area, and every time I pass by a cop while driving down the street I don’t freeze and worry about the possibility of getting killed because I “was intimidating.” The story Angie Thomas wrote was not based off a true story but it is

most definitely real in our world whether we see it or not. The Hate U Give is a book that I believe everyone should read. This story will tug at your heart with feelings anywhere from anger and sadness to romance and laughter. Angie Thomas wrote this book to spark a want for change in every reader and give us a taste of a life that may be much harder than ours. Let me tell you right now, if this book doesn’t make you uncomfortable, you may be part of the problem.

Timber Creek Pizza Pub serves up finest pizza Max Aden Staff Reporter Timber Creek Pizza Pub and Grill is a small, sit-in restaurant located just off of 178th and Harrison with much more to offer than you’d expect. The new pizza parlor has a modern but comfortable feel with a welcoming atmosphere. The detail on the interior consists of mounted televisions on two walls, all broadcasting something sports related, plenty of seating- not to mention plenty of space in between each table- and a reasonable room temperature; nothing to complain about. More importantly, the service was sublime. The waiter that tended to my table was very friendly, and checked-in often. When it comes to a restaurant, there’s only one thing that really matters about a restaurant. The food. The main menu item I

ordered was called ‘The Mountain Man’. It’s a regular sized pizza with a focus on meat. Canadian bacon, pepperoni, hamburger, and Italian sausage were all included on the pizza. Needless to say, it was absolutely worth making the trip. The pizza was delicious, and the breadsticks that were ordered on the side were also very good. The menu also offered a variety of other foods like sandwiches, wraps, and burgers. The pricing was moderate, and there’s not necessarily anything on the menu that’s out of the ordinary. A regular pizza is priced around the 17 dollar mark, and the cost may go up or down depending on which pizza you select. I highly suggest a visit in the nearby future, you won’t be disappointed!

A Wrinkle in Time hardly compares to famous novel Isabel Kimminau Staff Reporter A Wrinkle in Time is the recent addition to the Disney live-action universe. Released on Feb. 26, the movie follows the basic plot line of the classic book by the same name, written by Madeleine L’Engle. The protagonists: teenaged Meg, her brother Charles Wallace, and friend Calvin embark on a journey through the known astral plane in order to save Meg’s father. They then find in order to accomplish this goal that they must brave a planet that possesses the universe’s evil. With all of the hype that surrounded this film, I was greatly excited to see it. Unfortunately, the movie was a huge disappointment. I obviously wasn’t the only one who felt this way, because even trying to see it at the theater after the release was extremely difficult. Only a month after it debut, and it was only being shown at maybe four theaters (one of which wasn’t even showing the movie on the day they said they were. This could have been due to a number things. Fans of the novel, for example, will

probably be disappointed at the changes made to the plot. What really got me, though, was the lack of character development. For a movie that spanned nearly two hours, the relationships between the character felt very contrived and a one point a character is even thrown into the plot with the explanation that they “felt they needed to be there”. The movie felt as though it was only showcasing what it could have been; the special effects were gorgeous, but lacked in substance toward the progression of the story. They cast great actors, but characters lacked depth and therefore felt unrelatable. The movie itself was guised under the pretense of being of being a science fiction story, while it was actually more of a fantasy film. Disappointment is simply the best explanation for how I feel after seeing this movie. It wasn’t a bad film, but it paled in comparison to book, and it just wasn’t an outstanding film either. A Wrinkle in Time was an average movie, that’s truthfully all there is to say about it.

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Athletes run on superstitions Allison Kirkebak Staff Reporter

Many things make an athlete or team perform great. Many think a lot of practice, a good night’s sleep, a healthy and hardy meal before the game, and plenty of warm-up time propel teams to greatness. Yes, that could be the reason that Michael Jordan lead the Chicago Bulls to six NBA titles, or why Serena Williams has won seven Wimbledon titles, and why Sidney Crosby has lead the Pittsburgh Penguins to two Stanley Cup trophies. But these athletes could tell you that it involves more than just that. It also involves their personal superstitions. During Jordan’s outstanding career, he wore his University of North Carolina shorts under his uniform in every game. Jordan believed that since he led North Carolina to the NCAA National Championships in 1982, the shorts brought him good luck. Williams believes that much of her winning are a result of her cautiously followed routines. She bounces the ball five

times before her first serve and twice before her second serve. Sometimes, she will even keep wearing the same socks throughout a tournament if she performs well. Williams so strongly believes in her superstitions that she has blamed some of her major losses to not following her routines correctly. Crosby is only 30 and has already had a tremendous hockey career, with many injuries. Crosby has had seven injuries in his career. With that being said, on game days, Crosby refuses to talk to his mom on the phone because on days that he had in the past, he got injured. Superstitions have been around for as long as we can remember. Some may call them coincidences, or think that they aren’t real and/or they don’t work. But some of the Patriot athletes and coaches have some superstitions of their own. Coach Greg Geary has been coaching the Varsity Baseball team for 20 years. Twelve years as an assistant, and eight as the head coach. Geary says that almost every time after the National Anthem is played, he rubs under the bill of his hat where the

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initials of his grandpa, wife, daughter, and This year is sophomore Sydney son, are written, for good luck. Secunda’s first year on the Track team at Junior Madison Geary has been playMillard South, but that hasn’t stopped her ing on the Varsity Tennis team since her from already having superstitions to follow. freshman year. She believes that wearing Secunda shakes out the tension in each arm her skirt gives her and leg for three luck rather then seconds and takes leggings. She also two deep breaths I feel like if we don’t do it, does the same servthe start of something wrong will happen.” before ing routine every a race or jump. She – Lindsey Prokop time before she also has a penny, throws the ball up to heads up, under serve. the sole of her right “Skirts are more shoe. comfortable and “I picked the it make it easy to penny up from an move quickly.” Geary said, “I feel like doing old softball teammate,” Secunda said “it is the same routine helps me serve better.” just for good luck.” Junior Lindsey Prokop has been on Whether you believe in superstitions the Varsity Soccer team since her freshman or not, they truly help athletes and coaches year. Prokop has a handshake with junior everywhere. Who knows, maybe one day Maddie Smith that they have been doyou’ll be thanking a superstition for helping ing the same way before every game since your favorite team beat their rival, or even freshman year. win a championship. “I feel like if we don’t do it, something wrong will happen.” Prokop said.

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With many talented players, Hockey team the strong Patriot team works CHECKS in to stay ranked in the top 3 for 2nd season

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Matt Rothgeb Staf Reporter

Senior Kyle Perry steps up to the plate while the team anticipates his move. Photo by Logan Foote

The most dangerous sport on ice has come to Millard South. This year marks the second season of the Millard South hockey team. Despite a rough season, Millard South hockey has greatly improved since their inaugural year when the team went 2 - 30 - 1. This year the team went 12-18- 7. This year they competed at state and played well. They lost in the first round to Metro North but “powered through to get two wins and made Millard North take the L,” says senior Ben Wesch. The team this year consisted of Cade Hopkins, John Miles, Monty Dubois, Ben Wesch, Turner Wilcox, Connor Spencer, Caleb Waschkowski, Peyton Daniel, Logan Pringle, Riley Kennedy, Gabe Wilson, Jake Filleman, Forrest Wilcox, David Church, and goalie Alex Kopf. “Next year the team will be amazing. The team will be mostly seniors and with the way we improved from last year I only see us going up,” defenseman Ben Wesch said. Reflecting on the season, Wesch said he believes “Alex Kopf is a god in goal.” He also boldy stated that Millard South will win state next year. Kopf stopped 964 out of 1,054 shots, leading the league in saves. Kopf earned the league’s award of goalie of the year and made first team all-state. “I think with our returning seniors, we’re set to win state next year,” Kopf said. You can see Millard South hockey play at Baxter Arena, Moylan, and Ice Box in Lincoln during next year’s winter sport season that begins in October.

” Dylan Wagner loads his hands and gets into a position to hit the next pitch. Photo by Logan Foote

Drew Wessel hustles to first base after drawing a walk. Photo by Logan Foote

Dylan Guinzy strides forward and launches his arm to throw a pitch. Photo by Logan Foote

Alex Kopf is a god in the goal.

– Senior defenseman Ben Wesch

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Girls tennis team serves up success Carina Covington senior Tori Pedersen who plays Sports Editor a big role on the court but also a plays a big leadership role. With many experienced “Tori has been a phenomreturning players and some enal leader for us this season,” new faces on the court, the girl’s Coach tennis team Rodenrecently kicked berger said off their spring about senior season. leader Tori “We have Pedersen. a lot of experi ence returning Pedersen is at the Varsity currently level and a lot playing her of new playthird year ers eager and of tennis as willing to learn she started the sport,” head playing her coach Jason sophomore Rodenberger year. said. “They are “My picking it up favorite part very quickly!” is that there he said. is both a This year Greta Wostoupal reaches low to the tennis team strike the ball against her racket dur- team and an individhas a total of 24 ing a team practice. Photo by Josh ual aspect,” girls competFerdico Pederson ing on three said. “In singles, you’re on your different levels, Varsity, JV, and own and it’s a completely differReserve. Coach Rodenberger ent game than when you play said the team is getting bigger each year and is happy to see the doubles, and it’s cool to have both sides,” she said. interest in the sport growing. The team has a tough The team includes lone

schedule this season but is working hard to compete. The Patriots recently fell 3-6 to Burke. Junior Molly Bull and Kaitlyn Baker persevered through a grueling match to win in a tie breaker. Lauren Walenz and Kaitlyn Baker both won in their individual matches. The Patriots recently faced Omaha Northwest. Millard South won all of their matches to capture a 9-0 win over the Huskies. On the varsity side, juniors Molly Bull, Lauren Walenz, Courtney Kelly, and senior Tori Pedersen all won their singles and doubles matches. The JV team also won all of their matches, singles and doubles, to win 9-0 over Omaha Kaitlyn Baker tosses the ball up and stands in a ready position to serve the ball over the net. Photo by Josh Ferdico Northwest. “Our strength is our leadership,” Coach know how to motivate their at finding the balance between Rodenberger said. “We have a teammates. They also know working hard and having fun.” ton of leaders on this team that how to have fun. They are great

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Lindsey Prokop dribbles on a run towards the goal. Photo by Logan Foote

Cassie Garcia attempts to pass a through ball to the striker. Photo by Logan Foote

Grace Henry fights for a steal. Photo by Logan Foote

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Superstitions from around the world