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Marching band receives Division I at State Every day during 4th hour, strains of Beatles music drift across the football field. Last Saturday, the CFHS marching band performed at the State Contest at Waterloo Central Middle School. Cedar Falls performed at 2:35 with their Beatles Medley that included “Magical Mystery Tour,” “Lady Madonna,” “Eleanor Rigby,” “Blackbird,” “Yesterday,” “Something” and “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band.” At the contest, four adjudicators judged different aspects of the performances: music execution, music general effect, marching and maneuvering execution, and marching and maneuvering general effect. All four judges awarded the band Division I ratings in all the sections of their ballots. “I was really proud of the band and really proud of our scores,” junior John Nicol said. Mostly, the band enjoys going to contest. Senior Holly Prohaska said the contest is a
“good goal to shoot for” and that it’s good to “get opinions from the judges.” Both Nicol and Prohaska said they felt that the band was prepared for contest. Band Instructor Gerald Ramey echoed their statements. “The Tiger Marching Band performed very well,” Ramsey said. “We finished learning the last part of the drill on Monday before contest, so we had the rest of the week to polish our performance. With five full days of school, beautiful weather and very focused band members, it was a very productive week for the development of our show.” During marching band season, the CFHS band rehearses during 4th hour and 5A. On the Thursdays before the first three home football games, the band rehearses for 45 minutes in the UNI-Dome, starting at 6:30 a.m. The Drumline also holds a sectional on Tuesday evenings, and Color Guard rehearses on Tuesdays and Thursdays for an hour and a half.
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The Tiger Marching Band performed on the field of Waterloo Central Middle School on Saturday, Oct. 12. They received Division 1 rankings in all categories. After the last football game, marching band ends, and the band transitions into concert band. With the formation of jazz ensembles and All-
State coming soon, the band has plenty to look forward to throughout the year. “This year’s band has brought as much focus to every rehears-
al as any group we’ve had,” Ramsey said. “It’s a great band of musicians to work with.” By Editor-in-Chief Ellen
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CF Schools receive PE grant again Every year, the Carol M. White Physical Education Program (PEP) generously gives schools millions of dollars for physical education programs through the PEP Grant. This money is always well-deserved and helps many schools in the improvement of their physical education programs. This year, the Cedar Falls Community School District is receiving the PEP Grant for the second consecutive time and has big plans for its PE programs. PEP awarded the Cedar Falls Community School District $605,083 last year in its first year receiving the PEP Grant. The amount for the second and third years are yet to be determined. However, the amount of money is expected to be even larger than what has previously been received. Associate Principal and Assistant Athletic Coordinator Troy Becker said, “It could end up being around a million dollars for the three years.”
In order to receive the PEP Grant, the district’s physical education teachers had to meet with a grant writer to put together a plan that focuses on helping the schools connect with the Blue Zones Project (a community improvement initiative designed to make healthy choices easier) and the University of Northern Iowa. Those working on the grant (the central administration, principals, physical education teachers and wellness committee) had to explain their plan for improving students’ physical fitness. In addition, they had to explain what equipment and supplies they planned to buy with the grant and how they would use them to meet their goals. Basically, those applying for the PEP Grant had to demonstrate why they deserved the money and how they would responsibly use it. Once a grant is received, the school district must work with a grant evaluator to make
sure the specified grant goals new set of activities for students are met. If the district meets to participate in, which hopeits set goals, it will continue to fully will make them more willreceive a sum of money over ing to participate in fun, healthy the course of three years, after activities. Physical education which it must apply for the grant teachers hope that this will give again if more money is desired. students the lifelong skills they The last time need to live the school disa healthy trict received the lifestyle. grant, the monThe PEP ey went toward Grant helps the furnishing of the school the whole cardio district purroom and half chase new of the weight equipment room. It was also and supused for the purplies for chase of heart physical rate monitors, education Bodybuggs, acprograms cessories and (K-12) in computer softCedar Falls Associate Principal Troy Becker ware. The high Community school gym’s Schools. sound system was upgraded, Anything from rock climbing and fitness equipment was rewalls to cross-country skiing stocked and upgraded. The equipment to yoga and pilates grant basically allows for a brand equipment could be purchased
for student use in physical education classes. It also greatly increases the quality of the programs, as it works to improve every single aspect of physical education. The grant will pay for curriculum upgrades and changes and professional development for staff. It also allows the district to bring in consultants to assist in program development, and it allows physical education staff to attend state and national conferences. “The PEP grant allows us to have the financial backing to strive for one of the best physical education programs in the world. It also allows us to train our future teachers from UNI the latest and best methods that they, in turn, can take out with them in their future schools. We help train future teachers to utilize the best and greatest methods,” Becker said. By Editor-in-Chief Mallory
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Stage Ninjas Curtains up, lights on and actors and actresses take the front of the stage as they perform their hearts out during each performance. Behind these performances stand the busy techies (stagehands) in the stage’s darkness. Techies have many jobs including moving sets and props, working the lights, operating the curtains, catching objects the actors “throw out of the windows,” helping with costumes and makeup, keeping things moving along with the play or musical and helping making sure that things run smoothly. Whether techies enjoy painting, figuring out costume ideas, building sets or just helping out in anyway they can, there’s a job for everyone, because there are many options for techies and what jobs they’ll have. Stage manager Nicole Loy said, “There’s lights and sound, costumes and makeup, and general stagehands. The majority of techies are
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Tech crew plays stealthy role in ensuring success for fall play
Techies pictured include (back row) Olivia Lewis, Zakery Davis, Daniel Postel, Bennett Schons, Zach Worthington, Jared Rikard and Nicole Loy ,and in front, Emily Weber, Cayla Rasmussen, Holly Prohaska, Miriam Quieroz, Christine Holman, Anagha Inamdar and Kathryn Wright. stagehands.” Kathryn Wright, the assis- to 18 techies. We’re very Other managers in- tant stage manager, helps lucky,” director Michelle clude Emily Peck, cos- oversee people when I Rathe said. tume manager, and Zach can’t and helps with the With two shows this fall, Worthington, light and daily mountain of work it techies are really needed sound manager. takes to put on a show.” and stay busy. “We go Without picking favorThe amount of techies from pretty much a blank ites, Loy notes that there needed varies perfor- stage to a full house set are a few techies that mance to performance, up with table and chairs in stand out. “Emily Peck but anyone wanting to join one curtain [drop],” Rathe finds and fixes all of our can sign up as soon as au- said. costumes by herself. Zach ditions start up at the beTechies also put in many Worthington and Jared Ri- ginning of the year or talk hours like the actors and kard program, install, ad- to any of the managers or actresses. Though there just and run all the lights Rathe if one misses sign- are some days when tefor the show, [and] lastly up. “This play there are 15 chies are not needed, they
practice Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday after school to 6 p.m. On Wednesday, practice ends at around 5:30. There are also optional set construction Saturdays that run from 9 a.m. until 4 p.m. As far as the last week before the show, techies, actors and everyone involved often stay until 9 p.m. every night leading up to opening night. With all the jobs of techies and the hours they put in, they begin to develop better time management skills and people skills. However every techie is different, and after each play season, fall or spring or both, they walk away having learned something new and helpful for the future or perhaps enhance one or more skills they have. Loy said, “The best part about being in theater is the people. You spend so much time with each other that you start to get close to everyone.” By Staff Writer MacKenzie
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Students Against Destructive Decisions starts awareness campaign for fall In hopes of gathering new members to support them, the group Students Against Destructive Decisions (SADD) will be doing a few things within the next few weeks. They are going to be making buttons and stickers, even some Tshirts for their group. The buttons and stickers they are making have a pause sign on them. This pause sign is a reminder to pause before you post ideas online. SADD
“SADD once again is about education and prevention, but overall, the group focuses on the idea that students should, ‘Do the right thing.’” —Josh Carnelley SADD adviser
members are striving to remind teenagers using social networks to think about what they are posting before they put anything up. They hope that with these buttons/stickers, the kids will think more about what their saying before they put it up to regret it later. SADD focuses on many different things. Some examples would be drinking, smoking, doing drugs and joining other rash decisions that some teenagers make. Their goal is to keep as many students as possible from doing destructive things. Josh Carnelley, adviser
in SADD, said, “SADD once again is about education and prevention, but overall, the group focuses on the idea that students should, ‘Do the right thing’, not because they have to it or because it is the law but because they want to, and the more students that do the right thing, the easier it will be for them to not make destructive decisions.” A few of the SADD members may be passing out buttons/stickers during lunch or in the hallway. Some flyers will also be popping up to tell about SADD as well. This encourages those who agree with
the things that SADD is doing for the schools community to join their meetings and help work out ideas to make the school a less destructive place. Carnelley said, “Currently our membership is around 15 students, but by the end of the year I see the potential for this group to be as big as 50 or more.” The meetings for the group SADD are usually on the second and fourth Thursday of every month and take place in room 107 at 3 p.m. By Staff Writer Kaitlyn
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Our View
Meager Solution: Recent Food Stamps cuts missing point With October being the month of the food drive, CFHS students have the opportunity to understand the realities of hunger and experience the importance of helping aid the hungry in the community. However, last month, (just weeks before the government shutdown due to lack of budget, I might add), the House of Representatives narrowly passed a bill that cuts billions of dollars from the food stamp program. The bill stands no chance of passing the Democrat-controlled Senate, and President Obama has also promised a veto, but the bill narrowly passed in the House, 217 votes to 210. Representative Marlin Stutzman, a Republican from Indiana, assured the House that the bill “eliminates loopholes, ensures work requirements and puts us on a fiscally responsible path.” And these are obviously good things, but isn’t there a way to do this without cutting off millions of people who desperately need food stamps? The food stamp program, recently renamed the Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program (SNAP), has grown more than usual lately: in 2007, 26 million Americans were enrolled; now, almost 48
million people are enrolled in the program. Republicans, especially tea-party conservatives, have argued that the program, which costs nearly $80 billion per year, was growing out of control. While some people might take this as a bad sign, economists point out that the food stamp program has to grow in hard economic times in order to keep millions of Americans out of poverty. However, according to the federal budget office, the number of food stamp recipients, left unchanged, would decline by about 14 million people, or 30 percent, over the next 10 years as the economy improves again. Yes, increased spending hurts the economy, but SNAP spending helps the economy too. By keeping 4 million Americans out of poverty in 2012, SNAP stabilized the economy and prevented the poverty rate from skyrocketing even higher. As the economy improves, the number of SNAP recipients will go down. But to jumpstart the economy, we need to create jobs for needy people, not cut off their aid and hinder their ability to work. Many Conservatives, such as Paul Ryan, say food stamps lull able-bodied people into lives of complacency and dependency. And, yes, measures should be placed in the bill to ensure no one takes advantage of the program, but cutting off people who really do
Contact Us The Tiger Hi-Line is a weekly publication of the journalism classes at Cedar Falls High School, 1015 Division Street, Cedar Falls, Iowa 50613. Our website is www.hiline.cfschools.org. The HiLine is distributed to CFHS students on Thursdays to read during their fifth period classes. Columns and letters do not necessarily reflect the opinions of the Hi-Line staff or Cedar Falls Schools. The Hi-Line editorial is presented weekly in the editorial labeled Our View, and it is the view of the majority of the editors listed below. Reader opinions on any topic are welcome and should be sent to The Tiger Hi-Line staff or delivered to room 208. All letters must be signed. Letters must be submitted by 3 p.m. on Monday for publication in the following Thursday edition. Letters may not exceed 300 words and may be edited to meet space limitations. Writers should include their contact information for verification. Editors-in-Chief: Austin Anderson, Martha Hall, Mallory Vallentine and Ellen Wallingford Staff: Zuhayr Alam, Sara Ashar, Bailey Bartels, Kaleb Bengston, Kaitlyn Brocka, Mackenzie Dallenbach, Olivia Heath and Abby Young
need help is not the way to do it. In Iowa alone, 400,00 people receive SNAP benefits. Nearly half of them are children. Are we going to deny children sustenance and risk their physical, emotional and academic growth just because some people misuse the program? It’s not our children’s fault that the economy is bad. If we nourish them well, they can grow up to complete an education, fill jobs and even improve our national situation. So, if you’re wondering why the Food Drive is such a big deal, or if bringing a can or a couple dollars will make any difference, think of all the people in the Cedar Valley who will benefit. Think of the parents who will be able to serve their children a hot meal after long spells of going without, and have something for themselves too. Think of the kids who won’t go to bed hungry just waiting for school lunch the next day. And while we’re busy collecting the food, we should remind our elected officials of the people all over America who not only benefit from food stamps now, but who will better the economy because of the aid they receive. Cutting funding from the food stamp program won’t improve our economy, but taking care of our citizens will.
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‘The Conjuring’ DVD ready for pre-Halloween release Missed it in the theaters? Wondering what all the buzz is? Trying to conjure up plans to see it soon? Never fear, “The Conjuring” is here. Releasing on Oct. 22 and receiving a green review of 68 out of 100 on metacritic.com, “The Conjuring” is a definite horror movie must. Many students and people around the world went to see this paranormal horror movie when it was in theaters, but many missed their chance and now eagerly await its DVD release in the next week. Junior Ashlyn Walgren said, “[I’d rate it as a] 7; it had very scary moments, but none that made my heart race.” Creepy things happen in “The Conjuring.” Dolls come to life, ghosts torment everyone and at least one daughter becomes friends with a creepy little boy murdered back in the 1920s. The movie is based off the true stories of Roger and Carolyn Perron and their daughters as they moved into a big, old farmhouse. As soon as they moved in, there was no time wasted before paranormal things occurred. First with the family dog not entering the house to finding the same dog dead on the front lawn and Carolyn covered in mysterious bruises to nearly losing the life of the mother and daughter. Lou Lumenick of the New York Post said, “Classy, oldschool horror. James Wan’s “The Conjuring” depends more on its excellent cast and atmospheric direction than cheap gimmicks to raise hairs on the back of your neck. Which it does, quite frequent-
Other Staff Faves for Halloween • The Evil Dead This movie scared me so much I couldn’t sleep. — Kaitlyn Brocka •Paranormal Activity This movie is scary because it’s based on a true story. — Olivia Heath •Carrie The story line is really good, and the movie is unique. — Bailey Bartels •Insidius 2 It’s really scary and explains the first one a lot more.
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“The Conjuring” is definitely a horror movie must watch. It’s already in some top 100 best horror movie lists of all time. Leaving you “on the edge of your seat,” it’s violent, mysterious and intense, and it takes you on a psychological and emotional ride. Regarding if she’d watch “The Conjuring” again, Walgren said, “I would on a rainy day, but I wouldn’t make a point to watch it again, but I would recommend it, even though [I thought] it wasn’t too scary.” By MacKenzie
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‘Walking Dead’ chews into fourth season As they walk through the store looking for supplies, one of them has a shelf fall over on him. The zombies on the roof start walking around and then fall through the weak parts of the roof. It’s raining zombies as the others try to get the man from under the shelf. They just get the man as the crashed helicopter falls in from the roof. This is one of the many exciting things that happened last night in the premiere of the fourth season of The Walking Dead. So far the group has gotten a bit more settled in at the prison. They have eating areas, farm areas and even showers. They have brought the people from Woodberry in season two back to the prison and had been bring-
ing others there as well, as long as they can answer Rick’s three questions. How many walkers have you killed? How many people have you killed? Why? I thought the episode was great to start the season off. It showed how the group had grown and what they do to survive but also their everyday problems. At the end of the episode it shows that something could go very badly for the group, which leaves everyone who saw the first episode waiting with excitement for the second. In the talk show after the premier, The Talking Dead, they talk about how each new episode is going to get more and more intense and also how the little things that they set up in the first
show are going to play out through the season. Personally, I’m excited to see what happens with Beth and how she doesn’t seem to have any emotion growing up in an apocalyptic world. I’m also excited to see how well the council that the group has works compared to when it was just Rick making the decisions. I cant wait to spend every Sunday night watching one of my favorite shows. For those of you that don’t know, The Walking Dead starts at 8 p.m. and then The Talking Dead starts at 9 on AMC on Sunday nights. I hope that you guys are as happy about this new season as me. By Kaitlyn
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Golf team finishes just strokes from State The CFHS men’s golf team just fell short of making it to State after a competitive finish at Districts on Monday, Oct. 18. At Districts the top three teams and top four individuals qualify for State. The Tigers overall as a team got fifth out of 12 teams, falling two places short of making it to State. They shot a total score of 327. To qualify for State the team would have had to shoot a 313 or under. Normally the top four individuals that qualify for state
are a part of the teams that already qualified. Last year that was not the case when Jared Deines individually qualified for State. This year sophomore Matt Bauman just fell short of qualifying for State individually. Bauman shot a score of 75, which landed him in fifth place. The individuals that qualified shot one 73 and three 74s. “This season I was proud of how much our team improved. I thought this might
Sports D.C. NFL team Opinion needs name change
It’s time for a change in Washington. The Washington Redskins name has become quite the controversy. Many Native Americans all over the country have been actively petitioning for a name change to a far less vulgar and non-offensive nickname. The racial slur can be compared to racial slurs used against Blacks, Hispanics and many other races over the length of time. The owner of the Redskins, Dan Snyder, has come out and said that he will never change the name, while established figures such as President Barack Obama and numerous esteemed sports writers such as Bob Costas have come out and said that it is time for a change. The Washington Redskins have had their name since 1937 and have a very proud and rich history over the life of that name. They have won five NFL championships, which include three Super Bowls. The team has set the single season attendance record nine years in a row and according to Forbes Magazine, they are the third most valuable NFL franchise in the league behind the Cowboys and Patriots. High school and college teams all over the country have already changed their mascot away from possibly offensive racial nicknames. In the 1970s, Stanford went by the Stanford Indian and now go by the Stanford Cardinal and have a tree as their mascot. Syracuse also changed from the Saltine Warrior to the Orange. Miami University in Ohio also had the name
Redskins before pressure became too much from Native Americans that they changed their name to the Redhawks. The University of Iowa Hawkeyes and the University of Wisconsin Badgers have both protested by refusing to schedule non-conference games against teams with Native American mascots. There has been racial turmoil for the Washington team before. In 1961 the Redskins became the last professional football franchise to have an entirely white team before they were essentially forced by the federal government to acquire black players or face discipline. We have gone through a great deal of progression when it comes to discrimination as a country. It’s not right when stubbornness from one man can keep such discrimination alive. The term “redskin” is an outdated slur that should not be allowed to be said let alone repeatedly over and over on national TV. Snyder said that he would not change the name due to the great history of the franchise. There’s a point where history takes a back seat to simply being a human. When a professional team goes by a racial slur that is essentially the same as African Americans being called the worst word you can call them, a cause for concern will and should arise. It’s time for a change in the nation’s capitol in many areas, and this is certainly one of them. Sports Editor Austin
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be a rebuilding year, but it turned out to be a very competitive team finishing fifth in Districts,” head coach Dan Hensing said. This year there was one senior on the men’s varsity golf team, Michael Lumetta. Lumetta was a consistent golfer who scored in every golf meet they had except one this season. “Plus, we will miss Michael’s personality and ability to detect police officers while we are driving to meets. Even
One of the many events planned for the Student Food Drive is the 5K that Senior Leadership has planned for Oct. 20, which is this Sunday. The group also has a student vs. staff volleyball game planned for next month. All of the class leadership groups are planning a school sponsored tailgating event for the Oct. 24 game against Dubuque Hempstead, which also happens to be the last game of the season before the state tournament starts. Business teacher Julie Cuvelier supervises the Senior Leadership group and also contributes ideas. “One of my favorite parts of participating is the thought that we are helping some of our neighbors. Hunger is present in our school district at all levels. Statistically, one in five children are hungry. I think it is time to get past the idea that this is a problem across seas. It is our neighbors. It is a type of hunger that most can not imagine. Feeling low energy and hungry all the time. It is a year-long problem that needs a year long solution. I am thrilled that students take the time at Cedar Falls High School to raise awareness and to raise money and food donations in order to aid others in our community,” Cuvelier said. To participate in the 5K, which is at 3 p.m. and at Pfeiffer Park, the runner needs to bring one jar of peanut butter or $5. Any donations will help CFHS, the Northeast Iowa Food Bank and the community. “The 5K was an idea by Se-
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though I didn’t speed, he felt he always had to tell me,” Hensing joked. This young golf team will have one junior and four sophomores from varsity returning next year. There will also be a couple juniors and sophomores trying to fill Lumetta’s spot. Eight of the top 10 players from last year will be returning to play with the team next year. Abby
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Food Drive 5K set for Sunday •Event set for Pfeiffer Park needs just jar of peanut butter or $5 to enter
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nior Leadership members for an activity. Our goal was to not only show our support by racing but also to provide a race for a donation. We wanted to keep it simple. This race does not have a large registration fee. The race will invite all community members to participate and with a low fee to race we hope to inspire many to participate. We are running for a cause, so medals are not needed.” The people who will be running in the race also feel that this race is not for competition, but to help out the community that gave them so much. Hiram Marquez, a junior, will be participating in the race. “I like to know that I am helping people in my community. It’s nice to be in a race not for time, but for a cause,” Marquez said. “It gives me a nice feeling to know that I am helping to make a difference in people’s lives.” Don’t forget about the seniors that helped to organize the event, though. Senior Megan Tucker is working “behind the scenes” at the event, but still played a role in planning the run. “What’s great about the 5K is that people throughout the community can get involved, not just CFHS students. We have a really big running community in Cedar Falls, and they can help a lot with these kinds of events,” Tucker said. “It is important to help the community because they are the people that we reside with. I believe that if we are able to help other in any way, we should.” To find out more details about the 5K, contact Cuvelier at julie.cuvelier@cfschools.org. Zuhayr
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Andrea Leisinger Volleyball
Senior Andrea Leisinger is helping lead the Tigers on a deep playoff run. She recently comitted to Wartburg to play volleyball.
How’s the team doing so far? We’ve been playing well. We just came off of a break, which helped us out because we have been together for six weeks straight. What are your goals for the rest of the season and postseason? We want to win the MVC conference tourney, which is this weekend, win the rest of our games and make it to State and go far there. How have you mentored the younger girls on the team? This is my second year being team captain, and I always try to be positive whether it’s with the JV or sophomore team and try to involve everyone. Why did you choose Wartburg? I chose Wartburg because I just spent the night there with one of the volleyball players, and I’ve wanted to go to a small school since last year, and I just love the coaches, and the girls are super nice.
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Football
Beat Dubuque Wahlert Next up: CR Xavier Oct. 18 at 7:15 p.m. Away
Volleyball
Beat CR Washington Next up: MVC Super Meet Oct. 19 9 a.m. at Home
Women’s CC
Next up: Oct. 17 MVC Divisional at CR Washington 3:30 p.m.
Men’s CC
Next up: Oct. 17 MVC Divisional at CR Washington 3:30 p.m.
Women’s Swimming
Next up: Oct. 17 MVC Diving Super Meet at Iowa City High 5 p.m.