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Senior earns top delegate at Boys Nation After attending Boys State with 500 other Iowa boys earlier, CFHS senior Jacob Pence was selected to be one of the two delegates from that group to the American Legion Boys Nation. Boys Nation is an annual event run by the American Legion. It was a week-long program on the week of July 19-27. While there, Pence was selected as the No. 1 Boys Nation delegate by staff and counselors in Washington, D.C., and the National Vice Commander for the American Boys Legion will be in town to make a presentation of a certificate to Pence. Each year, two delegates in the summer after their junior year of high school are selected from each of the 49 American Legion Boys State programs in the United States. (Hawaii does not host a Boys State). These delegates attend the week-long event in Washington, DC. Pence was selected from Iowa Hawkeye Boys State . Boys State is summer leadership and citizenship program sponsored by the American Legion. Boys are nominated by their junior history teachers for the summer of their junior year. The program primarily focuses on teaching delegates about state government. The event teaches delegates about the federal gov-
The CFHS “Come Together” Student Food Drive came to a close on Monday. At the beginning of the drive, the school had a goal to raise 25,000 pounds of food. Leadership members of the school used a multitude of techniques to try and bring more food into the school. Along with the leadership groups, individual fifth hour classes also tried to use many approaches to bring in food. Unfortunately, CFHS fell short of the goal with a little more than 15,000 pounds of food, but with the help of all of the other school in the Ce-
ernment of the United States through taking part in a mock Senate and mock elections of a Boys Nation senate president pro tempore, senate secretary, vice president and president. Students assume the role of a U.S. senator, representing their respective (Boys) State. They write and introduce bills and debate in the senate chambers. Delegates are split into political parties and draft a party platform as well as perform of usual party duties like nominations for president and vicepresident, along with elected party leadership. While at Boys Nation, Pence was on the color guard and held the offices of chief clerk of the senate, commandant of
the Marine Corps, secretary of the federalist platform committee and the secretary of the first committee. While working on the color guard, Pence and fellow guardsmen received many compliments from the legionnaires and plaques of recognition, and they were given an unprecedented opportunity in Boys Nation history — create a training video for future classes. While performing, they executed motions such as reverse colors, wheels and silent drill movements. As chief clerk of the senate, he determined the order in which bills were introduced to the floor, read the bills, was the chair of the calendar committee and was in charge of the sergeant at arms of the senate. Pence was also the commandant of the Marine Corps, where he influenced the president’s military and foreign policies. As the secretary of the Federalist party’s platform committee, he was responsible for designing and creating the platform for the party. Finally, as the secretary of the first committee, he recorded the logs of the discussion as well as organized the sub-committees and the debate. Pence made many connections while at the program and said he will always treasure the memory. He also made countless friends from across the
nation and was confident they would keep in touch throughout their lives whether it be through business or leisure. While he was not working in the congressional procedures, he was able to tour the monuments, the Capitol, the Library of Congress, the White House and the Congressional Offices. Pence was also given the opportunity to meet the president of the United States as well as both of our senators: Chuck Grassley and Tom Harkin. The way Iowa’s Boys Nation delegates were selected was through a series of interviews and selection boards. First candidates had to be selected by their barracks counselor, then they had to fill out a paper application containing their extracurriculars, academics and a short essay. From about 50 nominees, the candidates were narrowed down to 11. The remaining candidates went before a 11man board filled with Legionnaires. The two delegates were selected from there. “I am very humbled to have been a delegate. It was an amazing opportunity that I will remember for the rest of my life. I gained invaluable knowledge, connections and memories that will most definitely help down the road,” Pence said. A few nights ago, he also
received a phone call from Congressman Bruce Braley offering him a principal nomination to West Point Military Academy. A principal nomination will grant him an appointment to the academy once his candidacy and paperwork have been approved. “I have always been interested in the military, and I plan to major in political science and economics,” Pence said. He said he also hopes that after a career in the military, he can get involved in the government and serve as an elected official. A few extracurriculars that Pence has participated in are internships with Iowa House Representative Walt Rogers, Cedar Falls mayor John Crews and the Community Foundation in addition to school clubs and sports. “The internships definitely helped me in the selection process and provided me with the necessary skills and knowledge to be competitive at Boys Nation,” Pence said. “I just want to thank the American Legion for all they have done for me. The programs were generously put on completely free and most definitely changed my life.”
dar Valley, the total of all of the canned food was 32,655 pounds, the equivalent of around 16 tons of food. While that is large total, all seven schools in the Cedar Valley could not reach the total set last year, which was upwards of 50,000 pounds. CFHS counselor Erin Gardner was one of the faculty members in charge of the food drive. Overall, she said she is pleased about the food drive. “We did well because we brought in around half of the total amount of food, but we need to focus on bringing in
some more food. On the other hand, we did bring in a lot of quality food such as peanut butter, and people would rather eat that than grean beans and peas,” Gardner said. Social Studies teacher Chad Van Cleve and his class were the fifth period champions again. They were able to bring more than 2,600 cans of food, which means that on average, each of the 28 students in the class brought in around 98 cans. “When we discussed our goal at the beginning, we made a commitment to helping as a whole class. After that
we discussed the number of cans we wanted. I believe every student brought in cans, so we met the goal of everyone participates. As we moved on during the weeks, the goal of 80 cans per student was set, and we exceeded that goal,” Van Cleave said. Overall, the Tigers won the metro food drive contest by quite a large margin. CFHS students brought in half of all of the food in the Cedar Valley, and did so having less students than schools such as West High in Waterloo. Gardner said that next year’s food drive can be better
than ever before. “Our students like to help other people, and we also have that competitive drive to beat our rivals. Hopefully we will bring in more food next year, while still having the same quality,” Gardner said. She also mentioned tha students should note that if they have any ideas of how to bring in more food, or how to make collecting food more fun, they should tell their ideas to one of the faculty that is involved with the food drive.
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100 percent of CF engineering students receive college credit Out of 141 students at Cedar Falls High School that are enrolled in engineering classes — introduction to engineering and design, principles of engineering and computer integrated manufacturing — 100 percent of them are receiving college credit. These classes are part of the Project Lead the Way Pathways to Engineering program, a comprehensive curriculum with national standards. The coursework puts attention on critical thinking, problem solving and creativity. The classes help students learn a variety of skills and gives them real world and technology experience that set them up for pathways that can lead them to getting jobs right out of high school, move on to a two-year engineering college or even onto a four-year college. “It’s only year five (since this program began at Cedar Falls High School). We’ve been successful with students getting college credit. As a group we wanted to publish the results,” Project Lead the Way and Math instructor Dirk Homewood said. When Homewood started teaching the classes he said, “(It) was different than a traditional class. It’s more freedom for the students. It’s more student-centered so the students
dent internships at John Deere through the John Deere Early Talent Program. The program isn’t easy to get into and is for seniors only. “It’s application based and competitive,” Homewood said. The program allows students in the Cedar Valley, “including Hudson, Denver and Dike (to) apply. There’s an intense interview. It’s like getting a job; it goes to the best candidate.” Along with their college credit, the engineering students will be able to earn more transferable college credit through still from Christina Brammer’s broadcast story last year other courses such as physics, calculus, statisCFHS 2013 graduate Katie Yang works on last year’s robot entry for team 525. The robottics and many more, with Advanced Placements ics team is just one of the many hands on options available for CFHS students interested in courses as another opexploring high tech careers. tion. are more interested. I give will receive the community colferred to the universities of Banes knows this first hand them basic skills and they go lege credit through Hawkeye their choices as an engineering as she said, “It’s a lot of physoff.” Community College, but over credit. ics, which makes it a little difEmily Banes, a junior tak80 percent of them also scored The engineering credits will ficult, but (it’ll make physics ing principles of engineering, high enough to receive college be a nice bonus for many stu- next year) a lot easier now that agreed by saying the class is credit at university level. dents like Banes who is fairly I know this beforehand.” “fun; it explains a lot about The Hawkeye credit will sure she wants to go into an Joining and participating in how and why things work the assist them in advancing to engineering-type field. “I’ve the U.S. First Robotics Team, a way they do. I love how it’s higher and faster paced classes been in (engineering classes) national-award winning team, hands on, rather than on the through Hawkeye’s industrial since freshman year. I really like is yet another opportunity for computer. We’re able to physiand engineering technology them. I want to go into engi- these engineering students. cally build it and (the class) is programs. neering or architecture.” self-driven.” As far as the university level Around 90 percent of the Staff Writer Mackenzie These engineering students credit, it will be directly transstudents are eligible for stuDALLENBACH
Cedar Falls High School offers several opportunities for college credit, both at the high school and at the University of Northern Iowa. Guidance Counselor Josh Carnelley said he believes there are several benefits to taking college credit classes in high school. College preparedness, saving money and more opportunities and freedom in college are all good reasons to take these classes, he said. One of the paths to college credit is through a variety of Advanced Placement classes for many different subjects. These classes are accompanied by an official AP exam in early May. The exam is scored on a scale of 5, with 3 and above being a passing grade. Most public universities and
private colleges will accept a passing exam score as credit for the AP classes, but some schools and individual majors do not. Make sure to research the requirements of potential schools to get the most out of high school courses. AP classes include AP psychology, AP history, AP Great Books II, AP composition and rhetoric II, AP biology, AP chemistry and AP calculus. Any junior or senior who has completed the prerequisites may take these classes, although AP psych is reserved for seniors due to the popularity of the class. Senior Anna Hubbard, who takes AP psych, said, “I like the challenge that it brings, and I like the opportunity to get college credit.” Cedar Falls High School also
Many CFHS paths exist to earn college credit offers dual credit classes in a partnership with Hawkeye Community College. Taught at the high school, these classes offer credit from HCC. These dual credit classes are introduction to computers, introduction to business, business law, composition, fundamentals of oral communication, introduction to literature, child growth and development, introduction to MIG (industrial technology), intro to CNC programming I, statistics, mathematics for liberal arts and college physics I & II. Senior Ayoko Condon takes the Hawkeye engineering class and enjoys the college level content of the class. “I took engineering because I didn’t have the experience, and it’s good to explore before college.” She
added that she could explore the field without wasting money. Last but not least, the high school also provides the opportunity to take classes at the University of Northern Iowa. Students may take non-core classes that count as electives or advanced classes in the core curriculum, as long as they have passed out of all levels offered at high school. Students must also provide their own transportation and pay for parking at UNI. Usually at least two class high school periods must be blocked out of the student’s schedule to compensate for the difference in class lengths, starting times, commuting to and from the high school, and the alternate schedule on late start Mon-
days. However, the high school pays for the classes as long as the student passes, and one can borrow most course books out of the Rod Library. Senior Kathryn Wright takes a criminology class at UNI as an elective every Monday, Wednesday and Friday. She said she enjoys the opportunity it offers. “It’’s a good experience to take a free class and get the credit out of the way so you can go on to new things in college”, Wright said. For students interested in taking dual credit or dual enrollment classes next semester or next year, contact Carnelley in the counseling office. Editor-in-Chief Ellen
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Senior Srinivas Dhanwada playing Taps
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Tom Hagarty Air Force
Albert Jackson, Sgt. Christopher FortuneHolland and Angelo Schmidt Marines
Senior Ben Hager soloed during the posting of the colors at the begining of the assembly.
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Ron Hoofnagle Navy
Industrial tech teacher and Marine vet Chad Anderson addressed the assembly.
Saluting Service
CFHS staff and students gathered in the gym in middle of Veteran’s Day, Nov. 11 to remember and honor the contributions of veterans to the freedoms enjoyed in America. At right, band students joined the rest of those in attendance in reciting The Plege of Allegiance.
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History Alive
Athletic Nutrition
with host Hannah Ackerman
with host Kelsey Hansen
Using her award-winning drama skills, Hannah promises to take viewers on a tour of noteworthy moments.
This show will provide a wide variety of ways for athletes to keep an eye on healthy living.
My Nightmare
Austin Anderson’s Sports Talk
with hosts Noah Miller and Carrsan Morrissey
In the style of Alfred Hitchcock Presents or The Twilight Zone, follow this show for original scary stories.
with host Austin Anderson
This creatively written show now in its second season delivers insights into national sports.
LT Shorts
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Seeking inspiration from a wide range of classic pop culture media, viewers can expect a wild ride through the creations on this show now in its third year of production.
Sports fans will find different CFHS athlete profiles on each episode of this show.
Scar Stories
Cedar Valley Sports Talk
with host Olivia Martin
with host Trey Bronner
Every scar has a tale, and this podcast will relive the gritty details of different guests.
This is your home for the latest results from games around the Cedar Valley.
with hosts Tarrell Christie and Luke Kreger
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Broadcast students air wide slate of original content online Highlights So Far
History Alive (episode 3: Cedar Falls Women’s Club) My Nightmare (episode 3: The Choice) LT Shorts (episode: Slender Condemnation) Scar Stories (episode 4: Megan Dahlen) Athletic Nutrition (episode: athletic training podcast) Austin Anderson’s Sports Talk (episode 5) Cedar Falls TSEN (episode: sophomore highlights) CedarValley Sports Talk (Week 7 Playoff Edition) Fantasy Talk (episode: Podcast #5) NFC North (episode: NFC 5) Sweet Time (episode: Eurostep) Alec and Hunter Teach You Guitar (episode 1: Iron Maiden’s “The Trooper”) Ambercast (episode: Halloween Party) Car Reviews (episode: Dragster!) Cooking with Grandma (episode 1: Pumpkin Bars) Exceptionally Skilled (episode: Unstoppable NCAA Plays) How to Play (episode 1: How to Play League of Legends) Outdoors with David (episode 2: Skateboarding Basics) The Breakdown (episode : Pokemon Podcast) The Hallway Is My Runway (episode 1: Mikaela Mallin) Walking With Jesus (episode: Kelsey Hansen) World Record Blaker (episode 3: Shoe Tying/Untying)
with hosts Jacob Hovanec and Chris Leasure
Fantasy Talk with host Tyler Forego
Don’t miss this show before picking that next fantasy sports lineup.
NFC North with host Nolan Nickerson
Every other week, Nolan will recap the latest NFC North results and share insights into the upcoming weekend’s matchups.
Sweet Time with host Durrell Jackson
This show recently changed formats and now delivers step by step insights into game-breaking basketball moves.
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Alec and Hunter Teach You Guitar with hosts Alec Larsen and Hunter Heiselman
This show is in its second year, and both of the these members of the student band The Annex will assist viewers in mastering a new metal song on each episode.
Outdoors with David with host David Frederick
David takes viewers on a wide ranging tour of options for having fun outside.
Ambercast
The Breakdown
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with host Luke Wheeler
Tune in to each episode for fun project ideas to fight the boredom of high school students.
Swapping game reviews and music reviews, follow Luke to the best options for spending extra cash on entertainment.
Car Reviews
The Hallway Is My Runway
with host Muhammad Bhatti
with host Lulua Rawwas
Muhammad shows viewers a wide range of the car coverage geared toward teens.
Every episode reveals the inspirations of different CFHS fans of fashion.
Cooking with Grandma
Walking With Jesus
with host Megan Dahlen
with host Jaime Bobst
This cross generational cooking show offers a delicious chance to capture the wisdom of an experienced cook.
Follow this show for testimonies from Cedar Valley Christians.
Exceptionally Skilled
World Record Blaker
with host Chiyaka Ogbondah
with host Blake Halstead
Chiyaka will show viewers how to do it all.
Each episode is a new opportunity for Blake to make the record books.
How to Play with host Dean Sisic
Take a tour of these winning strategies for top video games.
All of these shows can be found by following the links on the Tiger Hi-Line Online (www.hiline.cfschools.org).
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Too many burdens piling up on students
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The trunk or treat event was just one of the many successful food drive events this year.
Everyone wins in food drive The 2013 Student Food Drive has ended, and students and staff managed to collect 15,121 pounds of quality food. Despite not reaching the goal of 25,000 pounds, our school won the large division of the student food drive, beating East and West Waterloo Schools. Overall, staff and students raised 32,655 pounds of food from the combined seven schools. Social studies teacher Chad Van Cleve’s fifth hour class has continued his tradition in collecting the most cans; his 28 students were able to collect a combination of 2,659 cans and $92.37 for a combined average of 98.26 cans per student. Along with Mr. Van Cleve’s class, many other classes had admirable contributions to the food drive. Overall, our fifth period classes collected 6,380 cans and $1,731.81. Another way students collected cans was through events like the powder puff volleyball tournament, costume day and trunk or treat. These events had a great impact on the amount of money and food our school collected. Events like these are a great way to show how we can have fun while still supporting our school and community. Every little bit counts when contributing to the food drive. This food will go to help thousands of local people in the Cedar Valley that are in need of a meal. When people cannot afford to pay for food, they turn to their local food bank. Every year the Northeast Iowa Food Bank provides millions of pounds of food to people in need. Along with the student food drive, the food bank offers programs including The Backpack Program, Kids Café, Cedar Valley Food Pantry and more. With recent cuts in government funding for food distribution, and plans for more in the future, food drives are very important and help now more than ever. To learn more about the Northeast Iowa Food Bank, visit their website at www. northeastiowafoodbank.org.
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High schoolers have a reputation for laziness. And in some respects, it’s true. But high schoolers also have a reputation for exhaustion, stress and overworking themselves. And when you look at everything that is required and expected of them, it’s easy to see why. First, the homework. Many students take two-three Hawkeye or AP classes in their last years of high school, and some even take college classes online or at UNI. Except for the exceptionally gifted, each AP class generally requires five hours of studying each week per class. Three classes = 15 hours of homework a week, just for three classes. Let’s do a breakdown here, shall we? There are 168 hours in one seven-day week, and 35 hours are spent in school. Many students work at least 15 hours a week. Add in those 15 hours for the three AP classes, plus five more for the other classes, and we’re looking at 70 hours. We haven’t even considered extracurriculars yet: most high-achieving students are involved in several. Let’s say this person is involved in a sport year and two clubs or groups: a three-hour sports practice each weekday plus five extra hours for games or tournaments means 20 more hours, and the two clubs probably split five hours a week. We’re up to 100 hours. This leaves 68 hours. If a good night’s sleep is supposedly eight hours a day, 56 hours are gone right there, leaving only 12 hours for meals, commuting and routine preparations, oh, and maybe free time? For the entire week. I understand this is a very rough example, and math was never my forte, but with a few alterations, most students’ schedules are this full, or even more so. With so much to do, sleep is obviously the last of a teenager’s priorities. I’m not going to throw out some overused statistics about the importance and effect of sleep, because you most likely know already. And the thing about sleep deprivation is it never seems to go away; it just gets bigger and bigger. Adults and even teenagers themselves joke about how addicted we are to coffee and other caffeine. No, we re-
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As the pressures to succeed pile up, many caffeinecrazed students face a daily list of obligations that leave little time left over for the “best days of their lives.” ally need it. The stories about sleeping through alarms actually may have more justification than laziness: way too many high schoolers get fewer than five hours of sleep on a daily basis. This obviously affects their performance in school and activities, but the cycle just continues with no reprieve. If all this is not enough, high schoolers live with another ever-present pressure: college. Not just the thought of it, but all the preparation that goes into college during high school. Students have to research schools, make visits, study for and take long standardized tests, write essays, find teacher recommendations and then fill out applications for colleges, scholarships and financial aid. We didn’t even factor in the countless hours required for college prep. Why do teenagers take on so much, you ask? They don’t need to take multiple AP classes their junior year or take on extra shifts at work or participate in three activities at once, but many teenagers feel like it’s expected of them. College admissions has become increasingly competitive over the years, and teenagers find themselves grasping at ways to stand out. Also, with so many sports, activities and classes offered, students want
to do them all. The pressure is obviously way too high. So why isn’t anything being done about it? Adults know about these burdens, and are, for the most part sympathetic to them, yet continue to reinforce the load at the same time. It’s not their fault of course; they are usually trapped in the same kinds of time pressures that students are. The thing is that we are trapped in this system. If we want to lessen the pressures on students, and even adults, we need to change as a society. We shouldn’t lower our standards for education, but we need to change our expectations of how those standards are achieved. I don’t know what the solution is, but we need to start somewhere, whether it be changing the school year, the school day schedule, or reinventing college requirements and application processes. Education is important, they say, so why make young people dread school and and all the hassles that comes with it? And your high school years are the best years of your life, they say, so why force students to live them in a stressed-out, frenzied, caffeine-induced coma? Editor-in-Chief Ellen
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Baptized on Nov. 19
•CHRIS BROWN X on Nov. 19
•ONE DIRECTION Midnight Memories on Nov. 25
•NORAH JONES & BILLY JOE ARMSTRONG Foreverly on Nov. 25
•FUTURE
Honest on Nov. 26
•BRITNEY SPEARS Britney Jean on Dec. 3
•CHILDISH GAMBINO Because The Internet on Dec. 10
MOVIES •THE HUNGER GAMES: CATCHING FIRE on Nov. 22
•DELIVERY MAN on Nov. 22
•FROZEN on Nov. 27
•HOMEFRONT on Nov. 27
•THE HOBBIT: THE DESOLATION OF SMAUG on Dec. 13
GAMES •MARIO & SONIC OLYMPIC 14 on WiiU on Nov. 15
•DEADFALL ADVENTURES
on Xbox 360/PC on Nov. 15
•THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN
on PS Vita on Nov. 19
•NEED FOR SPEED RIVALS
on PC/PS3/PS4/Xbox 360/ Xbox One on Nov. 19
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This week’s show features stories on the potential for a new student-run cafe, the Golden Hammer, All State musicians, state cheerleading preparations, fall play pics, trunk or treat event and episodes from thhe Ambercast and Exceptionally Skilled podcasts. Find all the weekly podcasts as well as the weekly broadcast news show by visiting us on the web at www. hiline.cfschools.org.
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From Print to the Big Screen: Popular book series being turned into movies Successful book to movie franchises such as Harry Potter and Twilight have made movie producers scramble to find the next big book to turn into a movie. This year, there are several movies based off of books already released or scheduled to release in theaters soon. The Book Thief came out in theaters nationwide on Nov. 8. It is based on the novel by Marcus Zusak and was first published in 2005 and has won numerous awards in addition to being a New York Times Best Seller. The Book Thief is about a young girl named Liesel Meminger (Sophie Nélisse), who must deal with the difficulties of living in Nazi Germany during World War II. The story follows Liesel’s life as she grows up in the care of her foster parents (Geoffrey Rush and Emily Watson), attempting to quench her thirst for books and knowledge, while simultaneously trying to live a normal life while hiding her family’s big secret: a Jewish man (Ben Schnetzer) taking refuge in her basement. She faces all this while witnessing death all around her. The 20th Century Fox film is rated PG-13 and is two hours and five minutes long. Ender’s Game came out nationwide on Nov. 1. It is based off of Orson Scott Card’s novel, which was published in 1985 and has won several awards such as the Nebula Award and Hugo Award for best novel. Ender’s Game is a military science fiction story, set on Earth in the future. In Ender’s Game, mankind fights against an insectoid alien species, which continually attempts to invade the Earth. Because of this, children are trained at a young age to fight against this menace through increasingly difficult games. Ender Wiggin (Asa Butterfield) is one of these children, but unlike the other children, he displays a kind of tactical genius. The story follows Ender as he continues to fight and succeed through the challenges at the military academy. The Summit Entertainment film stars actors such as Harrison Ford, Hailee Steinfeld, Viola Davis, Abigail Breslin and Ben Kingsley. It is rated PG-13 and is one hour and 54 minutes long. Divergent premiers nationwide Mar. 20, 2014. It is based
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Top: Divergent by Veronica Roth and The Book Thief by Marcus Zusak Bottom Left: Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins Bottom Right: Divergent by Veronica Roth on the first novel in the Divergent trilogy by Veronica Roth, which was published in 2011. Divergent takes place in a futuristic, dystopian Chicago where people are divided into four specific factions according to traits in their personalities. The story follows Beatrice “Tris” Prior (Shailene Woodley) as she discovers she is Divergent, a member of not one, but three factions in the city. After she discovers she is Divergent, she is informed that she must never share this information or face the possibility of losing her life, and she decides to uncover why there is a conspiracy to rid of all Divergents before it is too late. The Summit Entertainment film features actors Theo James, Zoe Kravitz, Ansel Elgort, Maggie Q, Jai Courtney, Miles Teller and Kate Winslet.
It is currently unrated. Catching Fire comes out nationwide on Nov. 22. It is based on the second book in the Hunger Games series by Suzanne Collins, published in 2009. It continues the story of Katniss Everdeen (Jennifer Lawrence) in dystopian Panem (previously the United States), as she returns to District 12 with fellow Hunger Games victor Peeta Mellark (Josh Hutcherson), only to be thrust back into the Hunger Games for the Quarter Quell. Katniss fights her way through the Hunger Games, fighting to survive and continue the rebellion against the Hunger Games and the Capitol. The Lionsgate film stars Liam Hemsworth, Elizabeth Banks, Stanley Tucci and Woody Harrelson. It is rated PG-13 and is two hours and 26
minutes long. The Fault in Our Stars is set to release nationwide June 6, 2014. It is based on the novel by John Green, which was published in 2012. The story follows a 16-yearold cancer patient named Hazel Lancaster (Shailene Woodley), whose parents force her to attend a support group. While she is there, she meets Augustus Waters (Ansel Elgort), an 17-year-old ex-basketball player and amputee, whom she falls in love with. As the story develops, Hazel has to make difficult decisions in order to not hurt Augustus because of the possibility of her death. The Fox 2000 film stars Laura Dern, Willem Dafoe and Nat Wolff. It is currently unrated. By Editor-In-Chief Mallory
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SPORTS Women’s swim team places 4th at State Friday, Nov. 15, 2013
From the first 6 a.m. practice the CFHS women’s swimming team had aspirations of being able to stand on the final podium at the State meet in Marshalltown when the season came to an end. Five points kept them from that goal as they fell into fourth place just behind West Des Moines Valley. While the Tigers were kept off the podium this time, they were still proud of the team’s hard work and accomplishments. Junior Martee Grainger, who swam in four events including the 200 free and 200 medley relay teams, said she thought she and her teammates had a chance to do better: “We came in aiming high but fourth is still good. I know that if the team, myself included, could have done a little better in a few races, we would be standing on the podium with a top three finish, so it’s a little frustrating.” Junior Brittany Moffatt had one of the most impressive days at state as she made the podium on all four races she entered. “My goal going into state was to make podium, so meeting that goal was a really great feeling” Moffat said. The top two teams finished with scores that didn’t allow
The women’s swim team took fourth place at the state meet last weekend, finishing just five points from third. Lucia McNeal Photo competition from the teams chasing them. Ames finished in first place for the fourth straight year, 53 points ahead of second place Pleasant Valley, who finished 67 points ahead of third place West Des Moines Valley. Teams third through fifth were a different story. West Des Moines Valley finished just 16 points ahead of fifth place Lewis Central and a mere five points ahead of Cedar Falls. The Tigers who had just seven swimmers compete, are
losing seniors Shelby Cline, Catherine Sell and Hannah Brummel to graduation. Cline recently decided to walk on at the University of Kentucky to swim and Catherine Sell is also looking in to swimming in college, possibly at the University of North Dakota. Many varsity members return from this year’s team such Natalie Shimp, who currently owns the school record in the 100 breaststroke. She will help lead next year’s seniors along
with Moffatt and Grainger. Shimp said she believes that expectations will remain high after falling short of a top three state finish in each of the last two years. “We’ve worked really hard these last few years, and it will be my last year, so I’ll be giving it all I’ve got to accomplish our goal of getting top three. We are really aiming for top two,” Shimp said. Editor-in-Chief Austin
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Junior Brittany Moffatt helped the women’s swim team to finish fourth at State last weekend. How did you prepare for State? We just worked hard all season and tried to do better each meet. We started to taper at the end of the year to get peak performance for State. What were your expectations for State? I had good expectations because I knew the team would do well because everyone has been working really hard. What are your expectations for next year? I’m really excited for next year because we have a lot of new freshman coming up who are really good. Are you thinking placement for State next year? First. Definitely first.
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