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Zombies in the Park Dance team a delight at Zombies in the Park/page 6 Follow us on Twitter @TigerHiLine, Facebook at TigerHilineOnline and on our website at www.hiline.cfschools.org

Healthy Living How are students at Cedar Falls High School staying healthy?

What are their eating habits?

How can I become healthier over the winter months?

Life of a Vegan Vegan opens up about their transformation to their new lifestyle/page 8

College Tuition Students weigh-in on rising college tuitions/page 3

On to State Women’s Swimming plunges through Regionals to State/page 12

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IN THIS ISSUE HI-LIGHT NEWS •FOOD DRIVE

SPORTS

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•BREAST CANCER AWARENESS

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•WOMEN’S SWIMMING

•BENEFITS OF FAMILY EATING •POLITICAL ISSUES Page #5

•DIGITAL BOOKS

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ENTERTAINMENT

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•CONRAD’S ART

•NATIONAL MERIT SEMI-FINALIST •FOODIES HEALTH OPTIONS Page #4

•MICHAEL JENI Page #10 Page #10

•BEST FALL SONGS Page #11

•PERKS OF BEING A WALLFLOWER Page #11

OPINION

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•HALLOWEEN TREATS

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•ZOMBIES IN PARK

•OUR VIEW

•TUITION PRICES •CANDIDATES INCONSISTENCY Page #3

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•VEGANISM Page #8

•LISA BOELMAN Page #9

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Unstable Platform?

Pitch the Pop Our View

Candidate Romney is inconsistant with stance on issues

In these days of healthy diets, making the switch from pop to alternative drinks is worth it Long gone are the days where students can buy a pop at school for lunch. These sugary drinks have been replaced with beverages like water and Gatorade. It's not very often anymore that you see Coke or Mountain Dews being sipped during lunch.

Instead, more and more students are choosing milk or water. This is a beautiful sight.

Undoubtedly, the main reason many students aren't drinking soda at lunch is because these drinks are simply not offered anymore.

Yet, this act should become more widespread. It's common knowledge nowadays that carbonated soft drinks are not healthy. They offer no nutritional value. They deteriorate bones, destroy teeth and generally do no good for your body. Outside of school, students should be choosing healthy alternatives to the dangerous sodas. Pepsi may tickle your taste buds, but they also shrivel up your bone.

Don't get us wrong, a pop here and there is no harm done. But making it habitual is beyond troubling. Caffeine is a sort of drug, and it can become highly addictive. Once your body starts desiring caffeine everyday,

you know you've got a problem on your hands.

Milk is tasty. It helps build up bone. Water is necessary for life, and it is the number one quenching drink. Teas even offer lots of goodies for your body. Here at the Hi-Line, we encourage students to consider the many healthy alternatives to soft drinks. There are a multitude of tasty drinks that your body will thank you for drinking.

It's a new day and age. Ditch the soda.

Some would argue that politicians have to lie, but how much is too much? Throughout the campaign, to democrats, presidential candidate Mitt Romney’s campaign has seemed glaringly inconsistent on most of the issues. Even worse, the Romney campaign denies anything that they may have said that doesn’t go with what Romney is saying in any given moment.

For example, Romney’s stance on abortion has flipflopped for many years according to PolitiFacts.com. In fact, in 1994, he was pro-choice. “I believe that abortion should be safe and legal in this country,” Romney said. Years later, in 2002, he stood by with what he said during his campaign for governor. “I believe that since Roe v. Wade has been the law for 20 years, it should be sustained and supported.

And I sustain and support that law and support the right of a woman to make that choice,” Romney said. Despite taking a pro-choice stance for years, in 2008 Romney shared something else with Fox News. “I never called myself pro-choice.

I never allowed myself to use the word pro-choice because I didn’t feel I was pro-choice,” Romney said. Most recently, Romney commented on his abortion to the Des Moines Register editorial board in early October 2012. “There’s no legislation with regards to abortion that I’m familiar with that would become part of my agenda,” Romney said. However, when he was talking to reporters in Ohio the very next day Romney, yet again, had something else to say.”I think I’ve said time

Not only has Romney clearly been inconsistent throughout his political career and the presidential race, he claimed to the New Hampshire Editorial Board that he was ever inconsistent, despite the facts. “I’ve been as consistent as human beings can be,” Romney said. “I canBy Staff Writer Amanda not state every single issue in exactly the same words every a n d single time, and so there are again that I’m a pro-life can- some folks who, obviously, for didate and I’ll be a pro-life various political and campaign president,” Romney said. “The purposes will try and find some actions I’ll take immediately is change and draw great attento remove funding for Planned tion to something which looks Parenthood. It will not be part like a change which in fact is of my budget. And also I’ve entirely consistent.” indicated that I will reverse the Yeah, that makes sense, Mexico City position of the nice try Romney. Personally, I president. I will reinstate the look for honest qualities in a Mexico City policy which keeps leader. To me, consistency and us from using foreign aid for honesty go hand and hand. abortions overseas.”

How can you have faith in a Besides abortion, Obama candidate as a president if bepointed out himself some fore they even make it to office of Romney’s inconsistencies they can’t even have a conon foreign policy. “Governor sistent plan during the elecRomney, I’m glad that you tion process? I know people recognize that al-Qaida is a strongly feel that Romney has threat, because a few months good ideas, but how can they ago when you were asked be implemented if he can’t what’s the biggest geopolitical even make a definitive decithreat facing America, you said sion on where he stands during Russia, not al-Qaida,” Obama the race? Without a strong and said. Not only is it unclear consistent platform, four years where Romney’s priorities lie of Mitt Romney would look like, as far as who the United States well, four years of indecision. should be defending the counBarack Obama summed it try against, Obama also point- up best the day after the last ed out during the debate that debate at a rally for supporters.

Romney flipped flopped on his “Trust matters,” Obama said.

Iraq stance within the past few “You want the person who’s weeks. “You say that you’re not applying to be president and interested in duplicating what’s commander-in-chief to be trusthappened in Iraq. But just a few worthy, that he means what he weeks ago, you said you think says, that he’s not making stuff we should have more troops in up depending on whether it’s Iraq right now,” Obama said. convenient or not.”

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Price of education coming at higher cost Since we were kids, we’ve been asked what we wanted to be when we grow up. Typical answers were firefighters, doctors, the President of the United States, but how are we supposed to fulfill our dreams with an average of $30,000 owed in student loans?

According to the Cedar Rapids Gazette, Iowa ranks third in the nation for student loan debt. University and college costs keep rising, leaving prospective college students

The Iowa Regents Board is asking for $40 million to fund a new financial aid project for college students. If the measure is passed by Gov. Terry Branstad, the $40 million will freeze rising costs for colleges for the 2013-14 school year.

If the Iowa Regents Board really wants us to succeed in

By Staff Writer Martha college, they should have a Hall plan to actually lower costs.

Very few students would be questioning whether they will able to pay for college without ever make it to college. financial aid, yet it is an educa-

tion we are expected to have if we want to thrive in the working world. The board members are generally wealthy and don’t understand the struggle of paying for college firsthand. If a college student’s opinion was added to the Board of Regents, they would have a much needed voice to explain the effects of their choices on attending and prospective college students.

Next, educators across Iowa should not push all students

into attending college. Don’t get me wrong, I believe that college is essential to most young adults. However, some students are simply not cut out for college. If high school students not ready for college are pushed into a path they don’t want to take, they will end up using financial aid and eventually dropping out. That financial aid could be used for students who intend to work hard and genuinely want the opportunity to learn in a new environment.

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Students collect cans, Can Collecting money for food drive Calendar Senior Anna Love pumped up her third hour class by inviting them to stand outside Hy-Vee with her to collect cans and money for the high school food drive. Throughout the three times they have volunteered their time, they have collected about $370 and over 300 cans of food.

Love learned of this idea from students from previous years. During the volunteer work, she met people who have made a lasting impact on her. “There was a man who said ‘I’ve been hungry before, so I know what it’s like,’ as he donated. That impacted me because the people I was helping by being there were originally faceless. I would never see them and most likely never see any change because of what I was doing, but by him saying that, it opened my eyes to the fact that I come in contact with people who are struggling to put food on the table every day, I just don’t know it,” Love said.

There was another person Love met while volunteering that made her think about what people spend their money on.

“There was another woman who said as she donated ‘I always feel bad walking by something like this and then buying a lottery ticket.’ People spend so much on things that don’t matter when they could be using that money for good.

[But they spend it on] excess clothes, the latest iPhone, vid-

eo games, drugs/alcohol and cosmetics. I’m just as guilty as the next person,” Love said.

Love went to Haiti last year with her church and saw hunger up close. “There were kids with skinny arms and big stomachs. In extreme cases I saw kids whose hair had turned from the normal black to a rusty-red because their bodies didn’t have the support to pigment their hair. At the nutrition centers that my group did, we gave them peanut butter sandwiches. Most of the kids would only eat half and then stick the rest in their back pocket. They never knew when they would get food again. Seeing all of this in Haiti makes me want to help people [here] with the same problem,” Love said.

“The rich should help the poor, the strong should help the weak. If you can’t donate money, donate time. If you can’t donate time, then donate money.

Hunger is such an overlooked problem in our community. Every human life is equal in God’s eyes, so don’t overlook 1/8th of the Iowan population.”

Love’s classmates from college physics have so far kept a consistent set-up every time they stand outside Hy-Vee to collect donations. After checking to make sure the time of day isn’t already reserved, the students gather at the front of the store. They get a shopping cart and attach a sign Love made that reads “Fight Hunger, support CFHS food

drive.” They also drape a Tiger jersey over the side of the cart with the handle bar. They have handed out flyers explaining the cause and including a few statistics about hunger in Iowa.

Senior Sophie Perez was one student who joined Love in her efforts. “I wanted to [help] because it was a good way for the community to get involved in giving, and it was good to get cans for our third hour (since I’m competitive by nature and really want to win),” Perez said.

The girls’ set-up also included a balloon pump and balloons. Love has been making balloon animals since the fifth grade when she taught herself and has since been hired at countless birthday parties and community events. “It definitely helped having animal balloons as a kid’s attraction. It brought the kids over to us, and even if their parents hadn’t bought cans or thought about donating money, this way they felt a sort of obligation to give in return for Anna’s services,” Perez said.

Perez had a good experience volunteering. “Definitely want to do it again. Not only am I helping the community, but the feeling of service I got from collecting [cans and money] was amazing, especially knowing that I’m helping feed people right where I live,” Perez said.

By Editor-in-Chief Maya

Many people are going out of their ways to eat healthy, but it’s harder to find more organic types of foods in one place.

For over a decade, Cedar Falls citizens have had one store exclusively focusing on bringing them healthy and organically grown produce, Roots Market. When Roots Market first opened its doors, it was one of the only places in town that sold natural, local and organic products. First opening in 2001, and changing ownership once, their doors

closed to the public in midAugust this summer. After that, a question on their customers’ minds was, “Where do I get my organic food now?”

“I’m actually very sad that [Roots Market] closed. I’m a vegetarian, so I got a lot of supplements and food from there,” senior Alex DeMartino said.

While the whole “health craze” was starting its early stages, other competition started popping up. While there were always farmer’s mar-

kets that happened every summer that gave people access to locally grown organic foods, others started catching on to the trend. Hy-Vee’s health food market section has done really well in becoming a main place to get organic foods. Wal-Mart and many other commercial stores have also added health food sections, so it’s not very hard to find most of the organic foods people are looking for.

“I shop in the Hy-Vee health food section now that Roots Market closed; it’s not the same

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Change Wars begin--Monday Oct. 29 In an effort to raise money for the food drive, a collection bucket will be in every classroom. To put your class in front of others, dump pennies in other classes buckets.

The goal is to have the least amount of pennies and the most money raised.

Trick or Treat for food-Wednesday, Oct. 31 Halloween is the perfect time to door knock for cans of food. Everyone’s porch lights will be on already, excitedly anticipating the trick-or-treaters. Surprise your neighbors by showing up and aking for a canned food iteam to spport the school food drive.

Track meet featuring teachers and students--Thursday, Nov. 1 The cost is either $2 or four cans to attend a first time event in which teachers will race around the track in the 4x200m, 100m dash and 8x200m. Students will also compete in a 4x100m event, 400m dash and 4x400m.

There will also be 1600m relays that students can sign up for. For third hours looking to compete, there will be a third hour relay 4x200m race. Each team must donate 10 cans to be eligible. THe winning team will receive all of the cans. The event is schedled to start at 7 at the high school track.

Roots closed its doors, leaving foodies searching to buy fresh, local options brands but essentially the same products,” DeMartino said.

Other than just providing customers with organic food, Roots Market also bought locally grown produce in support of local businesses. In an e-mail Rob Pruitt, the former owner of the store, sent out, he wrote that Roots Market purchased over one million dollars worth of products from local producers in the past nine years. They also supported the Grassroots Cafe, which is a type of school lunch program

at the now closed lab school that had healthier meals for students. They also employed over 40 people from the Cedar Falls area and were committed to having 100 percent organic produce.

“It’s a little disappointing that they closed because I support local businesses, and that was a successful place for people to buy organic produce and groceries,” senior Nicole Jeffery said.

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Commended Students Mary Khan Katelyn McClintock Lauren Sims Semifinalists and Commended Students for the 2013 National Merit Scholarship were chosen based on their PSAT scores and other requirements.

Semifinalists will advance in the National Merit Scholarship competition while commended students are being recognized for their outstanding performance on the PSAT, but will not proceed in the competition.

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Political issues club debates controversial topics As high school students, it’s not very often that we get to speak face-to-face with senators and government representatives. Political Issues Club was formed with the goal of getting students interested in current issues seen as controversial.

Typical activities involve debating issues, forming resolutions, and listening to various political speakers, like senators and representatives.

Although attendance depending on the topic being debated, the club boasts around 15 frequent members. The issue being discussed brings in many interested students.

Topics debated so far include traffic cameras, gay rights, and tax policy.

“People should join because it is an overall great experience. You get to learn about various topics and learn the opinions of your fellow classmates,” said the club’s leader, junior Jacob Pence.

Acting as “speaker of the house”, Pence leads the mock legislature. “ I cannot vote or debate on issues; I just moderate the debates,” said Pence.

“People should join because it is an overall great experience. You get to learn about various topics and learn the opinions of your fellow classmates.”

—Jacob Pence club leader He started the club after being in Mr. Dyvig’s class last year and enjoying the mock debates.

“Students got to debate, and express their opinions on controversial issues in the nation.

I talked with my friend, [junior] Justin King, and we decided to create the club,” said Pence.

Social studies teachers Mr. Dyvig and Mr. Schmidt attend meetings and recommend solutions or supply background information, even though they cannot vote in the debates.

A typical meeting has three phases: proposal phase, forma-

tion/amendment phase, and lastly, the voting phase. During the proposal phase, students form their opinions during debate. Brainstorming problems, the members take sides on the issue and vote. Secretary Justin King records everything and creates it into a singular bill.

After further debate, it will be amended if needed with a 2 to 3 vote. After the vote, a new

topic will be created for the next meeting.

Political Issues Club meets Friday mornings at 7:15 a.m in Mr. Dyvig’s room (259) or Mr. Schmidt’s room (256). Anyone is welcome to attend.

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Digital Debate:

District sees ups, downs to electronic books With cellular phones, laptops iPads and iPods, technology is everything.

And along with all these electronic devices comes something that will soon be engraved in possibly every classroom: digital books.

“Using a digital book can be accessible if you have a device. And if you do, then digital books tend to be more immediate than if you have a regular book,” librarian Kim Traw said.

“Digital books also have a dictionary and a web search if you just click on a word you don’t know or want to know more about. It’s easy for struggling readers,” Matt Klemesrud, an English teacher who has been using digital books in his classroom, said.

Though digital books do have their

Reading off a Kindle in Matt Klemesrud’s English class is senior Brandi Vodochodsky last year. “When we are reading a book, we got to use the Kindles every day. So far we’ve read two books on the Kindles, and as as they are, I still prefer reading a hard copy book,” Vodochodsky said.

perks, they also have a downside to them.

“When Kindles break, they’re done for good. But when you rip a page on a book, you can just tape that page up and continue reading. Along with this, publishers are not exactly thrilled with selling books on E-books rather than in bookstores,” Traw said.

“There can be loss of Internet access, batteries running out and they’re breakable, so there are a few disadvantages to using a digital book,” Klemesrud said.

Though both digital and non-digital books have their perks and downsides, it is still debatable whether or not classrooms in schools will use them in the future.

“Right now, non-digital books are more used, but as people get devises in schools, then digital books will probably become more prominent,” Traw said.

“Technology is constantly evolving, so there will soon be far more electronic users. However, it is possible that there will always be those people who will prefer non-digital books,” Klemesrud said.

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Spooky treats offer mouthwatering delight Strawberry Ghosts

Witches Hat’s

Spidey Cookies

What You Will Need 1. Strawberries 2. White chocolate 3. Brown frosting 4. Decorating pipe

What You Will Need 1. Fudge stripe cookies 2. Chocolate Kisses 3. Yellow frosting 4. Honey 5. Decorating pipe

What You Will Need 1.Halloween Oreos 2. Shoestring Licorice 3 . Red Hots 4. Frosting

Step One

Step One

Step One

-Melt the white chocolate and dip the strawberries to cover them

Step Two

-After chocolate dries, make the eyes and a mouth using the decorating pipe

-Place cookie bottom side up and put some honey on the bottom of the Kiss

-Cut the shoestring licorice into 1 inch pieces

-Put the Kiss in the middle of the cookie covering up the hole

-Put four pieces of licorice on each side of the Halloween Oreo

-Use the decorating pipe to create the buckle on the hat

-Use a little bit of frosting as glue and stick the red hots on for eyes

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Step Three

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Scholarly students turn ghoulish for Zombies in the Park

Agatha Fenech Photo

Christina Brammer Photos

Top left; a makeup artist transforms Richie Korneisel.

Bottom left; Allie Harris shows off her best demonized face. Above, Jessica Ubben helps out fellow clown Katy Salmon. At top right, Carrsan Morrissey prepares to scare customers. At bottom right, Allie Armstrong glares her bloody chomps.

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Students, specialist suggest school lunch improvements Cedar Falls High School, along with the rest of America is going crazy over healthy eating. One of the things the government is doing to encourage healthier lifestyles and decrease obesity rates is requiring schools to provide healthier lunches. While it may be a good idea in theory, Cedar Falls High School students are resistant to the change.

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Junior Mallory Vallentine packs her own lunch. “The food is unappealing, and there are hardly any choices now compared to other years. I bring my own lunch because I can choose things I actually want to eat, and I know the food will actually fill me up,” Vallentine said.

She has a negative opinion about school food. “I dislike school food because it doesn’t look good and doesn’t taste that good. They serve the exact same things every week, and a lot of times the food isn’t fresh,” Vallentine said.

While Vallentine doesn’t like school food as it is, she does have ideas about how it could be better. “I think they could add some dishes to the menu to vary it up a little. It would be nice if they would allow us to have more condiments. Instead of serving us frozen food all the time, the lunch staff could try to get fresh food more. Basically, things along those lines should change,” Vallentine said.

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Despite being unsatisfied with the food, some students continue to buy school lunch.

Senior Zach Souhrada-Rogers buys school lunch on a regular basis. “It’s easier to just get lunch at school then spend the time trying to figure out what to bring, how and where to store it, and all that stuff,” Souhrada-Rogers said.

Souhrada-Rogers enjoys some of the changes made to school lunches this year, but he does have some criticisms. “I like some of the new things that they’ve added. They’ve started throwing in a lot more veggie options that are pretty good,” Souhrada-Rogers said. “Their problem is with portions, especially in regards to condiments.

For example, they have the huge salad bowls which qualify as three to four servings of vegetables, but only give one packet of dressing, which isn’t proportional at all and leaves you with a bland, tasteless salad.”

Besides the salads, Souhrada-Rogers found a way of dealing with other frustrations related to school lunches. “[T]he limitations on condiment packets has been rather inconvenient, so to beat the system, I bought a box of 1,000 ketchup packets and bring baggies of packets each day for lunch,” Souhrada-Rogers said.

Souhrada-Rogers has other ideas that would improve the taste of school lunches with the Healthy Kids Act. “I think the best thing they could do is take away the condiment restriction. It would resolve a lot of complaints around the school and probably encourage more people to actually eat the vegetables.

I get the side salad every day it’s available because it means I can get the ranch packet. It’s not like we’re putting five ketchup packets on everything we can. We just need enough to enjoy our food, and one packet just doesn’t cut it,” Souhrada-Rogers said.

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Food Service and Nutrition Specialist Vicky Ecker has the facts on the changes in the program. “The Nutrition standards are the foundation of federal school nutrition programs and have recently been updated to reflect the current Dietary Guidelines for Americans. The Standards were established for menu planning by studying the nutritional needs of groups of children at different ages. Nutrition standards consists of the required food components, levels of calories, and the key nutrients to meet the nutrition goals for specific age or grade groups of children for breakfast and lunch over the course of one week,” Ecker said.

While students have their own set of complaints about the changes, the new regulations cause some challenges for the food staff, despite the good ideas behind the changes. “These changes have some good points especially as part of an effort to curb childhood obesity. However, these changes are too abrupt and stringent. The USDA is making the major changes in school meals to help ensure a healthier generation of children. These changes are intended to benefit the long-term well-being and success of today’s students,” Ecker said.

With healthier eating comes healthier options, this year, some of the most popular items on the menu are fresh fruits and vegetables, according to Ecker. “We have included a variety of freshly made salads every day which could be sold as an a la carte as a reimbursable meal.”

In addition to these fresh foods, Ecker admits if it weren’t for such a large student population, she would like to see other changes. “I would really like to see our meals prepared from scratch but our kitchens’ are not fully equipped with the pieces of equipment designed for quantity food production,” Ecker said.

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Study shows benefits for families that eat together For a variety of reasons and in a number of studies, dining as a family tends to be far more healthy for kids than for those who do not. The ideals of family dining together run so deeply in American culture that it has become part of our society.

Perhaps it is the bond that it creates. When families sit around the table, talking about their days, talking about the positives and negatives, complementing each other and even fighting, it crafts a reliable, sturdy atmosphere that all families crave.

“Studies show that the more often families eat together, the less likely kids are to smoke, drink, do drugs, get depressed, develop eating disorders and consider suicide, and the more likely they are to do well in school, delay having sex, eat their vegetables, learn big words and know which fork to use,” Times magazine recently reported.

Though sometimes families do eat together, it is likely to include a trip out to eat at a restaurant or fast food place.

“Indeed, over 40 percent of the typical American food budget is spent on eating out, with family meals often being relegated to holidays and special occasions,” Science Daily reported.

Not only does this affect the family budget, but it also affects the health of the kids, as eating at restaurants makes an unhealthy diet. Not only can eating together around the dinner table solve the family budget issue and create a reliable atmosphere, but it also can deter eating disorders.

“Studies have shown that when family meals are prioritized, structured and positive in atmosphere, fewer weight control problems and disordered eating patterns were observed,” NYU Child Study Center reported.

How many times in a week do you eat with your family?

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How many times in a week do you eat out with your family?

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No meat, No problem

Healthier lifestyle becoming more popular A new lifestyle is becoming more popular in America.

More people have started to reduce their consumption of meat in their daily meals or have started a plant-based diet. Since 1997, the vegan population in the United States grew from one percent to about 10 percent. What many people don’t know is that there is a wide variety of preferences among those who eat most plants. Three common categories are veganism, vegetarianism and flexitarianism.

Flexitarian is a word created to describe people whose diet is almost vegetarian, but sometimes includes meat, mostly fish or poultry. In 2003 the American Dialect Society voted this term the year’s most useful word. Vegetarians are people who do not eat or do not believe in eating meat, fish, fowl, or, in some cases, any food derived from animals such as eggs or cheese. Instead, vegetarians subsist on vegetables, fruits, nuts, grains, etc. And vegans are a variation of vegetarians who omit all animal products from the diet, without exceptions.

Some people hesitate about having a plant-based diet because they worry about don’t getting all the necessary nutrients and vitamins — like B12, iron, protein, calcium and zinc — that are found in animal products. But the truth is

that having a balanced vegan diet can be healthier than having a meatbased diet, and it is easier to get the necessary amount of each essential nutrient the body needs because of the big variety of food a vegan has to eat.

As vegans don’t eat animal products, the chances of having heart disease and diabetes are few since they don’t eat bad cholesterol and saturated fat and have lower blood pressure. Another benefit is less risk of colon cancer since fiber normalizes the intestine, drastically decreasing its prevalence among vegans. This is also one reason they accumulate less calories and are skinnier, but it doesn’t mean they eat less

or are hungry all the time. Fiber has high nutritional value.

It makes the digestive system work better and improves metabolism. It is also important to eat a lot of small meals during the whole day, and not few big meals. Another benefit for vegetarians is the fast and healthy loss of weight.

Omitting all animal prod-

ucts from the diet without a nutritionist and a balanced diet can be dangerous, though.

Vegetarians worry more about the lifestyle they have, so they usually keep themselves healthy by not eating a lot of fried food or sweets, otherwise their metabolisms would still be slow and some nutrients would be missing. It’s important to be aware of the nutrients a body

needs before embarking on a new diet, however. Those who simply quit eating animal protein without replacing the nutrients can be at risk for anemia, loss of hair and muscles, weak nails and apathy, so be sure to have a professional’s oppinion.

Beginning a vegetarian diet means to have a new lifestyle, so the sooner one starts it, the better it will be and the less one will suffer from some health risks later in life. For people who are used to eating meat for a long time, it may be harder to stop, and they may lose weight faster because their metabolism is used to digesting more fat than fiber, so the body will feel the impacts fast and will start to answer to them differently.

Vegetarian habits are not only good for the body, but also help to minimize the impacts in the environment. One pound of beef, for example, needs 2,500 gallons of water and beef farms are also responsible for the a large part of the carbon in the atmosphere.

Reducing the consumption of meat would decrease the greenhouse effect, reduce global warming, preserve more water and save more space for local nature.

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An insider’s look at veganism from teacher Brian Winkel Q: What made you want to have this kind of diet?

Q: What are the benefits for you already?

Q: It is not only about the food, but more like a lifestyle. How do you recommend it?

A: I’ve always tried to be healthy with my food choices, but, just recently, my dad had cancer and I watched him slowly and painfully die in the hospital. I feel that he made the choice to put himself at risk for it because he didn’t have a healthy lifestyle at all. On the trip back home, my brother gave me a DVD of a movie called Forks Over Knifes in which the basic premise is that if you eat a plant-based diet your risk of heart disease, cancer, diabetes and many other ailments that appear with age goes way down. And I already was leaning that way.

A: I think it is a cheaper way to go in the long run because emergency procedures aren’t as likely for me. In addition to colon cancer, heart disease runs in my family. My grandfather died in his fifties when I was just a small boy. I want to try to make food my medicine. My mother, some aunts and uncles, take a dosage of pills, and I want to be pill free. I dropped 10 pounds really fast when switched to this plant-based diet. It is really amazing, and you feel like you’re lighter on your feet.

Also, I have always really liked healthy plantbased food better and felt like I had to compromise my preferences when I was in the company of others. Now I have simple satisfying excuse to pass on those foods.

A: When I hear every day about what the government should be doing to make people healthier and what to do with our obesity and cancer problems, I think that a plant-based diet is a really cheap way that could offer a huge transformation in our country and in the world. Obesity would go down, diabetes too, and depression as well. People would have a better self image and wouldn’t have to be spending a lot of money with medical care after they’ve already led themselves into tough spots. Ultimately, I’m convinced if more Americans would emphasize plants in their diets, the costs to all of us with government health care would ease. I lean more to the Left politically, but when I hear Republicans saying that you have to take personal responsibility for your life, I think that it is a great philosophy for health instead of looking to pills and government assistance to solve it all. I’m pretty sure that I’m going to follow this path for the rest of my life, and I’m confident that my life will be healthier and more active because of it.

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After taking as many CFHS fashion classes as she could, 2011 graduate Lisa Boelman enrolled in a fashion design program in New York City.

Designing Her Dreams New York City is a city for big dreamers. Some of the biggest names in fashion made their start there, so Lisa Boelman, who graduated two years ago from Cedar Falls High School, went to the city out of high school to pursue her passion for fashion.

Boelman has been in love with fashion for many years. “I knew I wanted to go into fashion when I was 13. I then took Fashion 1, Fashion 2 and an independent study for fashion in high school,” Boelman said.

Moving to New York City wasn’t her original plan for after high school. “My original plan was to move to San Francisco, Calif., and go to FIDM out there. Long story short, it was way too much money, they didn’t have dorms and I would be in a lot of debt. All of this happened April of my senior year,” Boelman said.

After all of this fell through, she heard about FIT (The Fashion Institute of Technology) in New York. “I didn’t have a

2011 CFHS grad follows her passion for fashion to education, experiences in New York City

backup plan but remembered hearing about a gal that had her own T-shirt line from Iowa.

I emailed her, found out about FIT in New York (where she went), decided I would move to NYC, get New York residency and apply to school with the hopes I would get in and not have to pay out of state,” Boelman said.

Boelman is very busy right now with work and being a student. “Right now I work as a nanny one day a week and at Anthropologie clothing store in Soho along with being a full time student. I love both my jobs so much,” she said.

It’s safe to say that life in New York City is much different from life here in Cedar Falls, Iowa. “My relationship with New York City is a love/hate one. I would say I love it about 80 percent. I love how there is always something to do, places to go, food to try and how it really is the city that never sleeps.

I don’t love how long it takes to get places. To get to school

takes 45 minutes, my job takes an hour and sometimes you spend even longer on the train because of delays, but for the most part I really do love it here but I’m still so thankful I have Iowa to call my home,” Boelman said.

School has kept Boelman busy every week with projects, classes and more. “School is a lot of hard work. I have classes Tuesday through Friday.

Wednesday and Thursday I am at school from 9 in the morning till 9 at night. My classes are great. I have sewing, draping, three art classes, pattern design and then taking two of my liberal classes. I am normally at school all day on Saturday working on projects and homework,” Boelman said.

It’s a whole new atmosphere at FIT. “This is one of the top fashion schools in the country, so you have a lot of talented people. You have to remind yourself you are not going to be the best at everything anymore and that you are really

going to have to push yourself.

Also, the teachers expect a lot from you. No missing classes, homework on time and neat looking. Also they will be critical of your work. You have to learn to not take it personal and remind yourself they are doing it to help you become the best designer you can be,” Boelman said.

FIT has so far has been a crazy and amazing experience for Boelman. She started FIT this fall term and already has grown so much as a young designer. “I have improved so much. Just in my drawing alone I have made huge improvements. I am also learning how to drape for the first time and make patterns. Each week I learn so much and the time is flying by,” Boelman said.

Since New York City is filled with celebrities, Boelman has already encountered some fame. “I have actually gotten the chance to help dress at a fashion show during Fashion Week. Such an amazing oppor-

tunity! I also helped Jane Lynch from Glee at Anthropologie once,” Boelman said.

To those wanting to pursue a future in fashion, Boelman has some suggestions she has learned from experience. “My advice to anyone who wants to go into fashion would be to keep sewing, sketching and soak up fashion in any way you can. Read any magazine you can get your hands on, watch fashion shows online, etc. Going into fashion is not for the faint hearted. It’s a lot of hard work, but if its what you love then go for it,” Boelman said.

Boelman is studying to get her two year associate degree in fashion design. It’s a lot of hard work, but she knows it will be worth it in the end. Her plans for the future are big; she believes one day she will design a red carpet gown. With all the perseverance she has put into fashion, she just might.

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MUSIC •TAYLOR SWIFT Red on Oct. 23

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MOVIES •CLOUD ATLAS on Oct. 26

•THE MAN WITH THE IRON FISTS on Nov. 2

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Songs for the Season

Let these 10 tunes lead you into Autumn 10) “Below My Feet” - Mumford and Sons Straight off of the brand new Mumford and Sons album, Babel (just in time for autumn, might I add) comes this strikingly sweet, happy-sad song.

It’s for you dancing-in-the-rain types. This song is also most reminiscent of their first album, so think banjo breakdowns that make you want to jump into the biggest puddle you could possibly find and piano melodies for walking through a park on a drizzly, gray day.

9) “Milo” - Fredrik This is a slow, blue, ambient song dominated by fingerpicking and breathy lyrics. The quick, sudden, scattered notes almost sound like rain falling on the street, drop by drop. It’s a good thinking song, as the lyrics are poetic and the tune repeats. It’s a great song for pondering life’s many questions in the midst of a downpour.

8) “Wasteland” - Woodkid This song has a bit of a different sound from the rest of this artist’s songs. Though it may sound like a melancholy one at first, a close listen to the lyrics reveals that it’s actu-

ally very joyful and inspired. It’s kind of jazzy and upbeat, but still slow enough to be appropriate for watching the clouds crawl across the sky. It’s an anthem for the contented enjoyment of a hot beverage on a windy, foggy morning.

7) “Tiny Cities Made Of Ashes” - Modest Mouse Being one of Modest Mouse’s less in-your-face, unusual songs, it’s my favorite driving song. It’s catchy and punchy, and the lyrics are appropriately rebellious. It’s a great jam for a long drive through a heavy rain.

6) “Falling In Love With Glaciers” - Listener Listener is an experimental spoken word band from Arkansas. This song builds from gentle lyrics to spitting out descriptive rhymes to an unusual beat. Trumpet starts the song off and paves the path to the breakdown. You see the cumulonimbus clouds building on the horizon, you feel the thunder and you see the lightning, and the storm passes.

5) “Apologetic Shoulder Blades” - Baths Baths is an unusual experimental electronic band that often uses spoken soundbites

Rap groups have come and gone at CFHS, but one musician has the drive to keep going.

Senior Michael Jeni describes himself as a young producer.

Working with R&B and hip-hop beats, he has been producing and mixing since he was 13.

Influenced by Chris Brown, Drake, and Lil Wayne, he finds a mix of R&B and rap that works.

“Often, it’s not really the artist, but the producer. I usually look for a sound of a certain song and think, ‘This is the sound I’m going for’,” Jeni said.

Jeni has taught himself the ins and outs of producing. He started messing around with mixing software. “At first it was it was really, really hard. I started messing with the keyboards and it just sounded right. Out of nowhere I just made something, and it was really nice, so I kept doing it and doing it over and it grew to something I love to do,” Jeni said.

Jeni has created over 24 songs and shared them on the web. He can be found on mu-

sic sharing sites like DatPiff and Hot New Hip Hop, alongside famous mixtapes. “Bascially, any artist can use them. They just upload their mixtape there and people can go check it out and send it out to other people,” he said. He’s harnessed the power of social media by promoting his work on Facebook, Twitter and Youtube in hopes of being discovered.

Jeni mainly works with himself, except on occasions when he creates beats for others.

“There’s a couple students at CF that ask for a beat to rap on, so I make it and they can do whatever they want with it,” he said.

Using Mixcraft and FL Studios to record beats, he incorporates a beat maker. “It’s a lot

to build the chorus or tune.

In this song, a scattered beat reminiscent of a rainstick enters towards the beginning. The whole time, an angelic, ethereal singing voice is clipped and scattered behind the beat, multiplying and blending as the song progresses. Suddenly, the song fades away, like a sun shower, gone as soon as it appeared.

4) “Burying Davy” - The Decemberists This song is mysterious and sends chills up and down your spine. The lyrics are mournful and melancholy, and the song slowly builds and tells the story of burying a deceased friend, the trek through the mud to the foggy graveyard as the cold wind raises the hair on your arms. The breakdown is loud and slow and carries through to the end, where it leaves you without a pause.

3) “Heart’s A Mess” - Gotye Brought to you by the “Somebody That I Used To Know” guy, the album that often is overlooked, Like Drawing Blood, contains this little, unappreciated number. The beat is slightly tribal, and sad strings drive you into the pleading

lyrics. The song builds to the final, climactic chorus, and disappears over the horizon.

2) “Teardrop” - Massive Attack You might recognize this song as the main theme to the popular medical TV show “House.” The song builds into elusive lyrics. Slowly, different beats and melodies jump into the song, some so quiet you barely notice them. The song then diminishes back down to the repeating beat and simple piano before it ends.

1) “Hoppipolla” - Sigur Ros Translating from Icelandic to “jumping into puddles,” you’ve probably heard this song in a trailer for one romantic comedy or another. The lyrics explore the childish joy associated with “jumping into puddles with no boots on.” The piano melody is simple and the multiple singing voices drives the song into a multi-faceted frenzy with so much going on, I don’t blame you if you want to spin around and catch raindrops on your tongue.

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Ken Yoshizawa Photos easier than using a standard keyboard,” he said. Besides mixing beats, he also plays violin, participating in CFHS orchestra. He’s incorporated that talent into a couple hip hop songs. “There’s a couple hip hop songs that have a violin part at the beginning or the end. I listen to it and go play it back on violin. If I heart it, I can play it on the violin,” Jeni said.

The toughest part of producing is coming up melodies to work off of. “I don’t really play the piano, I just play by ear, so I’ll be sitting at home

trying to think of something, so I might go on Youtube tutorials playing piano and I’ll work off of that,” he said.

The future looks bright for the young producer, no matter what field he chooses to go into. He wants to go to college, even if it’s not for music producing. “I’ll just have that as something I do for fun or as a hobby,” Jeni said. Side project or not, Michael Jeni has got a lot going for him.

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Coffee, tea offer healthy drink alternatives

So the leaves are falling, the frost is barely tinging the edges of the grass white and it’s getting pretty chilly outside.

Sounds like the perfect time for a hot drink. Before reaching for your packaged instant hot chocolate, consider two healthy (and delicious) alternatives; coffee and tea.

First, coffee. What is it? Coffee is a brewed beverage prepared from the roasted beans of the coffea plant. It’s prepared through different methods of boiling or steaming in water to extract the flavor.

Despite whatever you’ve heard about the “dangers of coffee consumption,” the benefits far outweigh the risks.

Firstly, frequent drinkers of coffee are less likely to develop type 2 diabetes. Coffee is full of antioxidants, which prevent tissue damage by dangerous molecules called oxygen-free radicals. Chemicals in coffee also assist the body in using insulin, which controls blood glucose levels.

Coffee has been proven to lower one’s risk for heart attacks and strokes. It cuts down chances of developing type 2 diabetes, and type 2 diabetes

makes heart disease and stroke more likely. Among other things, coffee decreases one’s chance of liver cancer and Alzheimer’s disease.

And all of that’s not even including the smaller facts, like one cup of black coffee contains only 7 calories, and caffeine makes you more energetic and focused.

“I do drink [hot drinks] for health,” said Senior Margarita Meza, who reported drinking one to two cups of coffee daily.

“Hot drinks help keep your stomach full, so I eat less... [caffeine] effects my mood [and] stress levels.”

Of course, everything in moderation. Over consumption of caffeine can cause insomnia, difficulty concentrating, irritability, and even slight addiction. “I have a high tolerance for caffeine, so I have to consume a lot of it. I get headaches without it, so I guess I am addicted,” Meza said. Another senior, Shirley Speckerman, could relate. Speckerman reported drinking around four cups of coffee a day. Both she and Margarita Meza started drinking coffee when they began high school to fight

fatigue and haven’t stopped since.”Whenever I feel myself crashing, I [have another coffee,]” she said.

Caffeine in large doses may also cause a greater risk of miscarriage in pregnant women.

Caffeine is a diuretic as well, causing your metabolism to speed up. Regular consumption of large amounts of a diuretic can cause dehydration, so exercise caution.

Cozy up with this fragrant brewed beverage every now and then with the proud knowledge that you are doing your heart, liver and brain a favor.

Now, what is tea? It’s one of the most frequently consumed beverage in the world, second only to water. It’s prepared by steaming or steeping crushed, cured, or fermented plant leaves.

Due to the fact that there are many types of tea, I’ll cover some of the most popular.

- Green tea is made with steamed tea leaves. Green tea is abundant in antioxidants, fighting off cancers such as breast, lung, stomach, bladder and pancreatic cancers. It also prevents clogging of the arteries and counteracts certain

stressors on the brain.

- Black tea is made with fermented tea leaves and has a high caffeine content. Studies have indicated that black tea may defend lungs from the negative effects of cigarette smoke.

- White tea is completely uncured and unfermented.

This tea has the strongest link to anticancer properties.

- Chamomile tea is made from the chamomile flower. It contains certain antioxidants that help with diabetes, loss of vision and nerve and kidney damage. It also appears to stunt the growth of cancer cells.

“I drink tea more often,” Meza said. “Tea relaxes me...

I can’t tell you that I love one more than the other. It’s like music, it depends on my mood or environment. I do prefer loose tea or flower teas, but the tea bags are convenient and I can’t just bring my teapot to brew anywhere!”

Both Speckerman and Meza reported cultural flourishes in their tea consumption, as well. Margarita feels the ties to her family and culture.”I have [been drinking] tea ever

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since I was a little girl. It’s a cultural thing in Chile. After every meal, you must have tea and a small sweet with it.” Speckerman discovered facets of culture revolving around tea on her trip to Kenya this Summer. “”I like nothing better than the chai of the Aberdare Mountains in Kenya,” she said.”In Kenya, [despite] how much money you have... every guest [in your house] gets a mug of chai tea.

I [visited many houses] while I was there... and I was always given a cup of chai.”

A few warnings for the aspiring tea drinker; firstly, avoid instant tea. Instant tea often contains artificial sweeteners, an abundance of sugar, preservatives, or other undesirable ingredients. Secondly, watch out for comfrey, ephedra, willow bark, germander, lobelia, or chaparral teas. The FDA warns against these and other “dieting” teas.

Skip the sugary instant cocoas and mochas in these cold seasons. Brew yourself some coffee or tea and enjoy the taste and the abundant health benefits.

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Women’s Swimming plunges through Regionals to State

blocks for Grainger, even if a look like a brat. ‘Here I am,’ Women’s swimming and included Grainger, junior Cathstart doesn’t go as planned. helps me.” diving team competed at Re- erine Sell, senior Aftin Phyfe Now the women’s swim“You really can’t think about it, gionals over the three-day and sophomore Brittany Mofming and diving team will start but, of course, you do, so you fatt. weekend. The Tigers managed to prepare for State, which is to rack up 465.5 points, finishing in first place, Gracia Diaz photo while the second place team, Dubuque Senior, followed behind by over 100 points. With the help of key swimmers and divers, the Tigers achieved the first place finish.

Impressive dives by junior Hannah Brummel on Thursday Oct. 25, qualified her for the state meet. Brummel’s finishing score was 394.35, a first place finish. Placing first was a goal of Brummel’s that she surely achieved on Thursday night. Getting ready for a dive can be nerve racking, but Brummel stayed calm and thought about each dive. “I think of all the things I need to do well while doing the dive and try to just get it in the water as clean as I can,” she said. Now Brummel can focus on preparing Junior Catherine Sell takes first in the 400 meter freestyle relay at Holmes Pool.

When in the middle of a herself for State where she is gotta just try to make it up is Nov. 2 and 3 and will be held at planning to attempt a reverse race, Grainger said she doesn’t what I think. Make it up with a Marshalltown. State qualifiers somersault pike with a half have time to think, since all include Phyfe, Brummel, Sell, turn or a kick.” twist. of her events are shorter disGrainger, sophomore Natalie Getting ready for an event The women’s swimmers tances. “You don’t think. My most likely means Grainger Shimp, sophomore Jade Jaalso did an outstanding job on coach tells me to be a dumb gets to act like “hot stuff,” giv- cobs, sophomore Brittany MofSaturday, Oct. 27. Sophomore sprinter and that’s because I ing her a boost of confidence. fatt, freshman Madison Hall, Martee Grainger contributed do the short stuff, so I can’t re“You have to go up there act- freshman Charlie Langer and to the Tiger’s win by placing ally think that much, otherwise ing like you’re going to own it, freshman Meghan Hackett. second in the 50 Freestyle, I mess up.” so that’s what I do. I just go up Not thinking also comes along with a first place finish in there, and I act all cocky and Staff Writer Maddie to play while jumping off the the 400 Freestyle relay, which

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Martee Grainger Women’s Swimming

Sophomore Martee Grainer helped the 400 freestyle relay which placed first at Regionals.

What are you most looking forward to at State?

We want to win [State] but I’m hoping for personal records for everyone.

What are you hoping to accomplish at State?

Right now I’m 18th, so I’m hoping to finish higher than I’m coming in.

Has the team bonded together?

Yeah, we have a lot of team meals. It’s hard not to bond when you have food with you.

How have the upperclassmen positively influenced you?

Just knowing they have a lot more experience and they’ve been through it all helps. They set a great example, they’re easy to look up to.

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Athletes raise awareness about breast cancer October is National Breast Cancer Awareness month. Organizations across the nation devote time and talent towards fundraising for the cause and locally, many CFHS athletes participate in raising awareness.

At the Oct. 16 volleyball home game, all members of the team wore pink socks and pink ribbons. They also went

above and beyond and sold breast cancer awareness shirts glaring the phrase “Killin’ it for cancer”. All the proceeds went towards the breast cancer cause. The game was played with a pink and black ball.

“The night was successful because everyone wore pink and even the student section supported by having a pink-out,” said senior volleyball

player Hannah Berregaard.

For some people, the breast cancer awareness night hit on a personal level.

“My grandma had breast cancer so I was happy to have the pink night. I think it is a great cause to support and I love doing what I can to raise awareness,” said senior Courtney Ronan.

At the District meet on Oct.

18, the women’s cross country did their part by wearing pink headbands and pink shoelaces, racing to a 2nd place finish. Some football players even join in by sporting pink gloves, socks or wraps.

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Beat Mason City 3-0 Next up: Johnston on Oct. 30 at 7 p.m. at the Roundhouse in Marshalltown

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