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VOLUME 51 ISSUE 5 1015 Division St. Cedar Falls, Iowa 50613

University Ave expects to receive face-lift Allyson Vuong News Editor

The Department Of Transportation (DOT) is proposing that Cedar Falls should input three roundabouts and bike lanes on the busy University Avenue. The proposal states that the seven lanes we currently have on University will be cut down to four lanes going separate directions with an on-road bike lane and roundabouts.

Statistics show that roundabouts reduce crashes by 40 percent and reduce injuries by 80 percent. In addition to the statistical reasons, supporters see many reasons for the addition of roundabouts. The idea of this is to make Cedar Falls more green and complete a program called Complete Streets, which encourages people to walk not get in a car.

“I favor roundabouts because they move quickly, safely and it’s beautiful,” Councilman Nick Taiber said.

It’s also safer for the environment.

“Sitting at stoplights waste a lot of gas. Roundabouts are more efficient, safer and create easier traffic flow,” ecology teacher John Black said.

Although many may favor this proposal, there are some who oppose it.

“It’s an awful idea because it’s just going to cause so much chaos instead

Illustration by Ashley Heredia of helping out the town,” senior Jennifer Ferrel said.

The Roundabouts are planned to be put in on the intersections of Melrose Drive, Holiday Road and Waterloo Road, which are all within a one mile radius.

“That’s the biggest problem with them; it’s the fact that there are too many of them in too close of an area.

You’re barely going to be out of one before you’re into another,” Councilwoman Susan DeBuhr said.

To implement this, the total cost is estimated to be $38 million for both

Cedar Falls and Waterloo together.

Many questions have come up whether roundabouts are really a better choice when it comes to cost. According to Iowa Department of Transportation engineer specialist John Nargion, it costs $150,000 to put in everything including poles, signals, wires, detectors and other equipment for an intersection that has three lanes with left turn signals. There is also $1,000 to $5,000 spent to maintain them. Detectors must be changed on a frequent basis.

“To put in roundabouts, it may cost more, but it costs less to maintain,”

Bank, said, “We look to this student food drive as a way for local high school students to become leaders in the community while also promoting volunteerism. The food collected goes a long way in feeding northeast Iowans, especially as we head into the holiday season.”

In 2009 the student food drive provided 45,447 pounds of food. Cedar Falls High School contributed to about half of this sum. Senior Leadership adviser Diane Flaherty expressed why it is so important that each and every student contribute. “All of us have been given a great deal. It’s our responsibility to help those in need.

When one out of every eight people is at the poverty level, giving them a healthy meal gives them one less thing to worry about.”

Through its programs, the Northeast Iowa Food Bank serves at least 40,000 people annually with nearly 40 percent of that number being children. The main role of the food bank is to help those in need. Prather said a reasonable goal for this year is 50,000 pounds of food, which would provide over 38,000 meals to families in Northeast Iowa. Last year the Northeast Iowa Food Bank received about 5.7 million pounds of food. So, the 50,000 that the Student Food Drive brings in really contributes to this.

A new goal for this year’s food drive is to make it less about the personal benefits and more about the community. “Many students and possibly staff are unaware that there are a lot of (CFHS) students that use the Northeast Iowa Food Bank weekly or

Councilman David Wieland said.

Representatives asked local business owners what they think about the proposal.

“One hundred thirty-nine businesses were asked, and 139 businesses opposed because their entrances will be closed,” Councilman Tom Hagarty said.

Although the businesses opposed the proposal, some question whether the roundabouts will really affect the businesses.

“If you go slower, people are gonna see the shops, which encourages people to come,” Councilman Frank Darrah said.

Another main concern for those that oppose the proposal is the on-road bike lanes.

“I dislike the idea of bike lanes on the road because drivers are always having to avoid the bikers. I would prefer to have them off-road so that bikers could have their own lanes, and so that drivers have their own lane too,” junior Shawn Hagarty said.

INRCOG’s Kevin Blanshan believes that the purposal will take some patience.

“Be patient and openminded,” Blanshan said.

The Waterloo City Council hears about the final proposal on the 18th.

Northeast Iowa sponsored food drive kicks off Maya Amjadi Staff Writer

The Northeast Iowa Food Bank is sponsoring a Student Food Drive that kicked off Oct. 4 and will continue through Nov. 15. The goal of the drive is to raise money and bring in canned foods to promote hunger awareness and lessen the number of people going hungry within our community. This year’s participating schools include Cedar Falls High School, Hudson High, NU High, Union High, Valley Lutheran High, Waterloo Christian High, Waterloo East High and Waterloo West High.

Reasons the food drive is so important exceed beyond the need to satisfy hunger. Barbara Prather, Executive Producer for the Northeast Iowa Food

even daily just to have something in their stomachs. This is a real problem,” student body president Austin Javellana said. Javellana said it shouldn’t be about how much extra credit or what treats you will get if you participate; it should be for the good of the cause.

“If you have actually ever been really hungry, think of what it would have meant to have someone help you out. The need is so great, and this is one small way we can help our community. Hunger especially affects children. We can’t let kids go hungry in a community that has so much. Bring in the food until it hurts,” Flaherty said.

This is the fourth year of the is so important, and winning the competition is just a bonus,” Javellana said.

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2 opinion our view Food drive is cause we can all support

First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt once said, “The first freedom of man, I contend, is the freedom to eat.”

It’s that time of year again for Cedar Falls High School: food drive time. And this year the leadership groups are trying to get more support than ever from students and teachers.

One of the main problems of catching the spirit for giving during this drive is finding out information. Students sometimes complain that some teachers don’t boost up the food drive and rarely mention it. Some students feel the lack of reminders make it easy to forget about bringing food.

But it’s not just the teachers job to get the high school motivated. We as “We as students have students have a responsibility to a responsibility to help get help get other students other students involved in our involved in our food food drive. It’s drive.” our school too.

Teachers and students will need to work together to make this one of our best food drives.

There are at least 40,000 northeast Iowans who untilized the Northeast Iowa Food Bank for their primary food source. And one in six children in our community doesn’t have a secure food source on a daily basis.

Now more than ever, we as a community need to come together and get involved to help those people. It’s all of our responsibilities because wouldn’t you want someone to help you out if you were in need too?

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Editors-in-Chief: Ellen Gustavson and Sara Gabriele News Editor: Sara Gabriele and Allyson Vuong Opinion Editor: Megan Lane and Kaylee Micu Sports Editor: Ali Miller Feature Editors: Ellen Gustavson and Ali Miller Entertainment Editors: Megan Lane and Kaylee Micu Photo Editor: Tracy Lukasiewicz

Oct. 12, 2010

Government preventing minors from expressing their creativity The state governments should have no say in what minors, or anyone else for that matter, do with their own bodies, but tattooing of minors is prohibited in the majority of the states in the country including Iowa and more recently surrounding states like Minnesota and Michigan.

I believe that the states should have no say in what minors do to their bodies as long as the minors have parental consent. Why should the government control how we want to look? We don’t live in a communist country; we live in America where we have freedom of speech, so why is the government trying to control the way we look?

Even though trying to get parental permission to receive a tattoo is a hassle, when allowed, the ultimate decision

Chandal Geerdes Staff Writer should have been the parents’ and not the governments’. For those of us who want to get tattooed as minors, we should have the choice to do so. Trying to get parental permission and written consent of parents before doing so can be a hassle for the minor. The argument should be between parents and tattoo artists, not the government. If parents are OK with their children getting a tattoo,

the government should not have the final say by making it illegal to do so. Tattoos are an expression of creativity and individuality; they shouldn’t be denied to you by a law.

When you’re able to express yourself, you’re able to open up and let your ideas flow, which is good for opportunities later in life.

Being able to express yourself is beneficial, not just to you but to others around you.

By having tattoos, people can see what you’re into, see your creative side. Tattoos are are permanent things and perhaps that’s why the government is stepping in. Perhaps the government believes minors shouldn’t make decisions like these even with parental consult but overall, I believe that it should be between the parent and the minor.

Right to Read:

Certain students not allowed to read banned books Sandra Omari-Boateng Staff Writer

Reading is something that has always been encouraged to students by parents, teachers and almost every adult. But what happens when people are restricted to what they can read? This has been going on for a long time in the United States, but lately it seems like they have been banning books that most people have already read, and that really makes no sense to me.

Books like A Light in The Attic by Shel Silverstein and the Harry Potter series by JK Rowling are just some of the books some of us have read that have been banned at various schools in the United States. Why should some books be restricted from people to read? If we have a commitment to the freedom of press, then doesn’t that mean people have the freedom to read whatever they choose?

I think the worst part of all this is that while some people aren’t able to read some books, the same books are being taught to students in schools. Flowers For Algernon by Daniel Keyes, Lord of the Flies by William Golding and To Kill A Mockingbird

by Harper Lee are all on the banned books list at some schools. My question is why should some children be able to learn certain things but others can’t?

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other books that are banned are A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L’Engle, The Diary of Anne Frank, The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chobsky, Blubber by Judy Blume , Carrie by Stephen King, How to Eat Fried Worms by Thomas Rockwell, Little Red Riding Hood by Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm and The Chocolate War by Robert Cormier — ­ all books that many other youth read.

The good part is that even though all these and many other books are on banned lists, these titles are still available in libraries, book stores and other places that have books, so readers who persist will still get to pick and choose which ones they want, but it shouldn’t be that hard to find a good read.

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sports Golf team takes 8th Bermel finishes highest for Tigers in 11th place

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Jordan Burch Staff Writer

The golf team placed eighth out of 12 teams this weekend at The Harvester Golf Club in Rhodes, Iowa, in the class 4A state tournament.

“It was the top 12 teams in the state, so we had our hands full, but we competed well,” junior Jacob Bermel said.

Bermel was the top finisher for the Tigers with his 11th place out of the approximately 80 golfers at the event.

“Bermel really stood out shooting in the 70s both days and getting 12th place individually,” junior Wil Hunemuller said. “I thought State went really well since it was our first time going, and since we’re such a young team.”

Of course, coach Rich Strike agreed. “I thought the kids did very well at the state level. They did a great job.

There were some struggles with a course we’re not used to with the difficult greens,” Strike said. “The way they finished Friday’s back nine holes gave us a score that put us sixth place (heading into the second day) really stood out to me.”

Hunemuller said he was also happy with his efforts. “I thought I did fine. The course was playing very hard, so I was happy getting tied for

23rd individually.”

The team is already looking forward to next year, and Bermel likes their chances.

“We only lose one senior

“It was the top 12 teams in the state, so we had our hands full, but we competed well.”

—Jacob Bermel 11th place finisher which is Justin, which is going to hurt the team because he is a very consistant player, but we will have someone to step up and fill his shoes.”

Hunemuller said, “Most definitely we’ll make it to

State. We were the youngest team this year, and we’re only losing one senior. We also have two to three guys who could easily fill in that spot on varsity.”

Strike, however, was content to just bask in the glow of this year before judging anything for next year.

“I’m not even thinking about it. It just all depends on what they do over the summer,” he said.

Other state competitors for Cedar Falls were Jon Skarlis, who tied for 32nd individually as a sophomore, senior Justin Krieger who tied with freshman Jared Deines 46th individually.

Also sophomore Alec Braun tied for 55th individually at the state contest.

Freshman contributing factor to varsity volleyball Jared Hylton Staff Writer

She’s the tallest player on the team, fourth in kills and has the third highest kill efficiency on the team.

No, she’s not a senior, junior or sophomore. Freshman Kaz Brown has been a huge factor in the varsity volleyball team’s success this season.

The 39-26 Tigers have been joined by not one, but two undeclassmen; sophomore Miranda Dusenberry also started varsity as a freshman last year. Dusenberry is continuing to make a difference; she currently leads the team in kills.

Senior Sydney Howard said, “Kaz and Miranda play two totally different positions, but both of them came in as freshmen and have been very helpful to our program.”

The jump from eighth grade volleyball to varsity can be shocking at first for freshman players, but Brown

Allyson Vuong Photo

Freshman Kaz Brown is the second freshman in two years to make the jump to varsity volleyball. has quickly gotten a grasp on varsity, picking up 87 kills in

only 69 games.

“It’s kind of nerve-racking

and can get hard sometimes,” Brown said. “That first game I was really nervous at first, but I was also excited. I just didn’t want to mess up.”

If Brown had any doubters at the beginning of this season, she has definitely quieted them.

“Having Kaz play varsity is a huge part of our team this year. She is a big player that adds a lot to the team,” Howard said.

Brown has been a major factor in helping the Tiger volleyball team jump out to an early 4-1 conference record, but you can’t leave Dusenberry out of the equation as she also has 212 kills to her name in only 67 games.

When you combine these two underclassmen, you get a recipe for disaster for anyone who stands in the Tigers’ way.

The next time the team will be in action is tonight against the Cedar Rapids Xavier Saints at home. The start time is 5:30 p.m.

of the

Allison Gregg Women’s Cross Country Sophomore

1. What do you do to prepare for a meet?

“I often take parts of work outs and apply them to race-like situations. This helps me stay relaxed and focused during meets.”

2. How are you preparing for State?

“We will begin to ‘lighten’ our work outs and start to taper. It helps keep our legs fresh.”

3. How do you push yourself through a race?

“I constantly tell myself I can do it. I try to keep a positive mind set and good attitude because that makes the race much easier mentally.

Throughout the race I remind myself that with every step I am getting better and stronger.”

4. How do you motivate yourself at practice?

“It’s easy to stay motivated because of my awesome teammates.”

Tigers in Action Football 10/14, vs. Dubuque Senior @ home, 7:45 p.m.

Volleyball 10/12, vs. Cedar Rapids Xavier @ home, 7 p.m.

10/16, MVC Super Meet @ Dubuque Hempstead, 9 a.m.

Men’s/Women’s CC 10/14, MVC Divisional @ Cedar Rapids Jefferson, 3:30 Women’s Swimming 10/12, vs. Dubuque Hempstead @ home, @ 6 p.m.

10/16, MVC Super Meet

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Kaylee Micu Opinion Editor

The Olde Broom Factory Resturant, water recreation plants and even water testing at Dry Run Creek are just a few of the places that John Black’s first hour ecology class have explored since the beginning of the year as they examine and contribute to making the Cedar Valley a cleaner place to live.

“I think in this day and age of computers all the electronic gadgets, unfortunately, young people have removed themselves from the environment.

They’re not in the outdoors as much, and so any way I can get my students outdoors and see the real things out there is much better than not to experience it. I’m a little concerned about how we’ve become a computerize society, an indoor society,” Black said.

On Sept. 3, Black’s students withstood the cold windy morning to listen to Bob Seymour, a city economic development manager, as he talked about the future of the Olde Broom Factory location.

Later, students participated in their own “city council” debate about the fate of the location.

Food Drive Continued from page 1 This year each of the leadership group is taking a week and sponsoring activi-

“I think it’s critical when you’re growing up to understand what’s beyond Black Hawk County. We’re pretty sheltered where we’re at. Sometimes our thinking is skewed because we’re thinking in the context of our little utopia here, and there’s a lot more out there, both good and bad, that we’re sometimes oblivious to as a community,” Principal Richard Powers said.

Students were met with gut wrenching stenches at the water reclamation plant on Sept. 25. Students learned the process for how our waste is cleaned from drinking water.

Students also learned how clean our drinking water really is after the long cleaning

Kaylee Micu Photo process.

“They’re (field trips) really helpful and visual, and they help us. They help students learn how to save the planet and conserve water as well as stopping pollution,” junior Robert Bremner said.

On Oct. 5, students received a breath of fresh air at Dry Run Creek. They tested how well the creek is doing by measuring certain chemicals within the water. They found that the water is very clean for the area.

“To read about a stream and look at pictures of a stream is a lot different than going out and actually getting in the stream and measuring some of the stream’s characteristics. The experience far

ties and games to make sure this food drive is a success.

Senior leadership hosted the dance marathon on Oct. 9 and will host a male students vs. staff volleyball game on Oct. 15. Also, at home football and

volleyball games there will be students collecting funds and cans. “The leadership groups are excited, and we are hoping that’s contagious,” Flaherty said.

“The overall goal is to

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John Black’s first hour ecology students have taken their eco-explorations into the real world with a number of recent field trips. Here, they tested the waters of Dry Run Creek on Oct. 5. outweighs the text,” Black said.

In upcoming days, students can look forward to CFU coal plant, transfer station for recycling, Cedar Falls well

and continued testing of Dry Run Creek.

“I think they’re interesting, and I learn more about our ecosystem every day,” senior Ashley Stow said.

raise food for the Northeast Iowa Food Bank; however, it is also extremely important that students gain leadership skills and learn the importance of volunteerism and community betterment through the

six week drive,” Prather said.

Cans are being collected in third hour classrooms. “This really makes a difference. It is one of the most worthwhile events we do here at Cedar Falls,” Javellana said.

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