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Students showcase musical talents at spring solo/ensemble contest April 12 brought together many of Cedar Falls High Schools finest musicians in the music festival hosted at Cedar Falls High School where participants had the chance to perform and show off for the judges, showcasing their talent and hard work. The CFHS students in band, choir, orchestra or a mix of two or all had a strong day with many Division I ratings and awards, with a large chunk of perfect scores as well. All in all, the music departments ended the day with a lot of success, the CFHS musical students took home 51 Division I ratings in Band, 30 in orchestra and around 14 in Choir. Two students received the Outstanding Performance award. Junior Erik Cheng won
“I feel like the students benefitted from the comments they received from the judges.” —choir director Elliot Kranz the award for his bassoon solo, and junior Kyler Boss won the award for his snare drum solo. Choir director Elliot Kranz was pleased with Saturday. “My expectation is that they prepare a piece of to the best of their ability. The students at Cedar Falls performed very well on Saturday. I feel like the students benefitted from the comments they received from the judges.” Scott Hall, orchestra director, was also pleased with the efforts. “It takes a lot of fortitude to stand up in front of a judge and audience and perform. I congratulate all the stu-
dents in the music department who participated.” The musicians put in a lot of hard work by taking time out of their free time and class time to practice for each of their performances. Most soloists also met with a private teacher/instructor to help prepare for the big day, but others who did not have private teachers and instructors were given extra help from the music directors at the high school. This year each of the three departments had more soloists and solo performances than ensemble/group performances.
Though there were more soloists than ensembles, accepting the challenge to do both a solo and ensemble was on the top list of the music directors. “I like to see as many kids as possible in an ensemble. In this setting they perform one person per part, so the success of the group is dependent on every member doing their job well. The result is that it pushes kids to play to their best ability,” band director Gerald Ramsey said. “For the soloists, this is usually an opportunity to play literature that challenges them the most, so this experience pushes them to higher levels of performing, both technically and musically.” By Staff Writer MacKenzie
Solo/Ensemble Contest Results Choir Results: 14 Division I 20 Division II
Band Results:
51 Division I 14 Division II 1 Division III 2 Outstanding Performance Awards
Orchestra Results: 30 Division I 14 Division II 4 Division III
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Model UN heads Anti-violence club visits health classes to spring conference The Center for Violence Prevention is a group at the University of Northern Iowa that helps to prevent domestic violence and abuse on campus. They are headed by two UNI professors, Dr. Annette Lynch and Dr. Alan Heisterkamp. Heisterkamp wanted this program to spread across the Cedar Valley, and helped to form Mentors in Violence Prevention, or MVP for short, at Cedar Falls High School. Earlier on in the year, the group of about 70 students went to UNI for a day to learn the basics and what they would be doing, and since then, the group has been busy trying to prevent violence in the hallways at CFHS, along with helping in other places. Lately, CFHS MVP members, have also been talking to health classes over the past few days to spread their message about how to spot and prevent violence, and in doing so, teaching lifelong lessons that students can keep to help prevent violence in the long term.
The MVP members talked about issues such as domestic violence, abuse, drugs, and other topics that high school students face currently or will be facing in the short term future. Talking about this will give students skill to help prevent domestic violence in their relationships. CFHS counselor Susan Langan is involved in MVP. “The program will provide support for all students and will let people know that there are people who care about them,” Langan said. “The students hold positive and uplifting ideas and that carries over to other students. Sophomore Jacob Watters is optimistic about the end of this year, and next year as a whole. “All that we’ve done this year is to learn basics,”Watters said. “We’re trying to get the program down so we will be able to implement it next year.” By Staff Writer Zuhayr
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Model UN, a high school club that simulates the United Nations, is finishing out the year with their IHSMUN spring conference, which began on Thursday and is continuing through today. Model UN has several members participating in the spring conference. ALPHA teacher Tim Kangas is the teacher adviser for the group, and senior Jacob Pence is the head delegate of Model UN. Other members include seniors Ellen Wallingford and Michael Niedert and juniors Jade Jacobs, Brittany Moffat and Josh Peterson. In Model UN, students must join one of the UN’s subcommittees. From there, they research a topic and collectively draft a resolution for the topic. In the fall, the students had to write resolutions based on the United States’ position. However, at the conference this spring, the students will take the position of other countries and debate together. There are two Model UN conferences each year. One conference is in the fall, and one is in the spring. The fall conference was held in the Iowa State Capitol in Des Moines, and stu-
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dents discussed topics ranging from climate change to terrorism. The spring conference is held on the University of Northern Iowa campus. At this conference, the students act like the United Nations in New York City, modeling their procedures after it, although somewhat modified. They must show strong innovation to create solutions to worldwide problems, and they must be dedicated to diplomacy. The CFHS Model UN delegates will surely learn a lot from this conference and receive several educational opportunities from participating in the event. They will learn public speaking and debate skills that will aid them in several aspects in their future. By Editor-in-Chief Mallory
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Sky Swimming on April 29
• Lindsey Sterling
Shatter Me on April 29
• The String cheese incident
Song in my Head on April 29
• Chris Brown X on May 5
• The Horrors
Luminous on May 5
• Barrows
Red Giant on May 6
Best Picture
Audience Favorite
“The Choice” Directors Noah Miller and Carrson Morrissey
“Dream is Destiny” Director Dylan Pieper
“The award is an honor of immense gratitude.” —Dylan Pieper
MOVIES
• The Quiet Ones on April 25
• Blue Ruin on April 25
• For no Good Reason on April 25
• Last Passengers on April 25
• Legends of Oz: Dorthy’s Return on May 9
GAMES
• Child of Light
April 29 on PS3, PS4, PC ,WiiU, Xbox 360, Xbox One
Best Supporting Actor
Best Actor
Ellen Wallingford as Ari in “The Choice”
“I appreciated that people liked the film. I was really suprised.” —Ellen Wallingford
Tarrell Christie as the Elias in “Battle of the Big ‘Uns: Kongoro”
“I’m happy that everyone enjoyed it.” —Tarrell Christie
• Watch Dogs
May 27 on PC, PS4, PS3, Xbox360, Xbox One
• Bound by Flame
May 9 on PC, Xbox One, PS4
• Dark Souls 2 April 25 on PC
• The Amazing Spider Man 2 April 29 on Wii U
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Best Technical Merit
“Kongoro II” Directors Tarrell Christie and Luke Kreger
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Ridiculously Awesome Dance Move With Chiyaka Ogbondah
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Take these 10 easy steps to make every day Earth Day Earth Day is celebrated every April 22. It was first celebrated in the United States only in 1970, but today, it is celebrated in 192 countries. Peace activist John McConnell first proposed a day to celebrate Earth and peace in 1969. Earth Day programs are currently focused on Green Cities and schools, climate change, women and the economy, and the school lunch program. You may not think that you can make a significant difference in our world, but by doing just a few simple (and pretty enjoyable) things, you can help preserve our Earth. Here are 10 simple ways to be “green.” 1) Plant a tree: Trees produce oxygen and remove carbon dioxide from the air. Plus they give us shade in the summer and provide a great place for kids to play or read a book. 2) Plant a garden: You can grow your own food, which will save you plenty of money and trips to the grocery store. 3) Reduce meat consumption: try to eat more naturally grown foods, like fruits, veggies, whole grains, nuts and seeds whenever possible. You can shop at Farmer’s Markets to support local farmers and ensure you are consuming fresh, unharmed foods. You can even eat what you grow. 4) Drive less: Only drive your car when you absolutely have to, and plan out the most direct route so as
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to save gas. In nice weather, walking and riding your bike are great alternative modes of transportation, and they’re a great way to get fresh air, exercise and destress from school. If people in the United States occasionally rode a bike instead of driving a car, over 70 gallons of fuel could be saved every year. 5) Recycle: Plastics, glass, tin and paper products are all recyclable. Use a water bottle that you can refill and reuse every day. If you have old dirty clothes, cut them up and use them as rags instead of throwing them way. 6) Use compact fluorescent lamps instead of regular light bulbs. CFLs last 10 times longer, use a quarter of the energy and produce 90 percent less heat while still producing more light per watt. 7) Turn off lights, water faucets and televisions when you’re not using them. Try to take shorter showers and cut back on TV time. Your grades will thank you for it. 8) Unplug cell phone and other electronic devices’ chargers. They actually use electricity even when they’re not charging anything. 9) Do laundry at night when energy costs are lower. When the weather is nice, wash clothes in a bucket with soapy water and hang them outside to dry. 10) Educate yourself. Learn more about what you can do to help save your Earth. To learn more about Earth Day, visit earthday.org.
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Beneficial university festival turns into disaster Two weeks ago on Tuesday night, Ames was in chaos as thousands of people, many being students at Iowa State University, rioted during the Veishea festival. They overturned cars, knocked down light poles, threw beer cans and rocks and severely injured an ISU student, who luckily is now in stable condition. News of the riot was spread through social networking sites, particularly Twitter, and several policemen and officials spent the whole night trying to stop the riot and clean up afterward. The Veishea festival was created in 1922. Throughout the years, its purpose has been to show off the products and technologies of Iowa State University and simultaneously raise money for several charities. It is also the largest student-run festival in the nation, and thousands of people visit the university every year for the festival. Despite the good intentions of this festival, this has not been the first time it has resulted in riots. The Veishea festival has featured riots in 1988, 1992, 1994, 1997 and 2004. Each riot led to several arrests, injuries, extreme police intervention and, on one occasion, death. The festival has been cancelled several times following these riots, and this year’s riot was no exception. The festival was hastily cancelled, wasting the hard work of students who worked hard to try to make the festival a success. It seems that the most disappointing thing is that the ri-
oters have turned a beneficial festival into a shameful reputation for ISU. Veishea was supposed to be an opportunity for the university to demonstrate what it can do in each of its respective colleges, which in turn can help recruit new students, strengthen programs and potentially increase funding. In addition, whatever money would have been donated to multiple charities is now nonexistent. Veishea is now “that riot at ISU I heard about on Twitter.” If parents are looking into sending their children to ISU for college, it’s fairly certain that many will be uncomfortable with their children attending a school that could riot and cause serious harm to them. Instead of raising money for charities, students who weren’t involved in the riots are raising money for the city to make repairs to damage done by the riots and for those whose cars were overturned and damaged. Granted, it’s a positive thing that students are trying to make up for the idiocy of their peers, but it should not be necessary. The Veishea riots should not have happened at all. In fact, several ISU students who did not participate in the riots and put weeks of planning and effort into the event were outraged, often letting their peers know of their anger on Facebook and Twitter, the very same sites where the riot was advertised and convinced other students to join. One ISU student wrote, “It’s because of this small minority that all the great things students have
been spending months planning for Veishea have been cancelled. I hope all [rioters] involved take a hard look at themselves in the mirror. This is not how you want to represent yourselves, and it’s sure as hell not how you want to represent Iowa State.” The truth of the matter is that those who participated in the Veishea riot should be ashamed of themselves, particularly ISU students. Not only did they harm a student, but they caused unnecessary damage and ruined the reputation of a good school. There is no excuse for such behavior, whether it be the influence of alcohol, deindividuation or peer pressure. Students studying at universities are supposed to be our future, the ones we depend on to keep our nation running. Instead of creating a better future for themselves, they’re spending their time ruining their futures and getting arrested and for what? One night of irresponsible “fun” that resulted in a costly amount of property damage, the severe injury of a student, the division of a university and the cancellation of a festival meant only for the benefit of others. All need to consider the consequences of their actions, even before they perform them. We all need to stop encouraging the attention these kinds of events receive through social media, and we must prevent these awful events from happening in the future, lest chaos ensue. By Editor-in-Chief Mallory
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Do you think Veisha should be permanently canceled?
Lauren Hall Senior
“I think they should just keep having it.”
Elizabeth Swanson Sophomore
“It’s good to celebrate something successful, but they shouldn’t have occurances like this.”
Justin King Senior
“They should stop having it. ”
Betheny Miller Senior
“They should keep having it but not let it get out of hand.”
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In addition to senior Hannah Ackerman’s National History Day competitions, her book and her performances for other groups, she maintains a podcast called History Alive highlighting a wide variety of hitorical moments of interest. The show is updated every other week and is found on The Hi-Line Online website under the Podcast link filed under Videos.
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Senior finds her niche with history performances Most teenagers don’t expect to discover a lifelong passion in high school, but some find their niche. Senior Hannah Ackerman certainly has. In addition to creating history podcasts in her broadcast journalism class, Ackerman has been participating in the National History Day competition, an educational contest about history, since the sixth grade. In addition to attending the allinclusive regional competition, she has been selected to attend the state contest every single year. This year, Hannah will be attending State on April 28, but beyond the contest, Hannah is literally a professional; she has performed one of her skits for veterans’ groups across the state of Iowa. In 2012, she wrote a book called “I Kept My Chin Up” (the title of her history performance), detailing her experiences of her performances. The NHD process is much longer than just the one-day contest; preparing one’s project takes months, and students usually start in October in preparation for the regional competition in March. “I had to do the research, pick a project that will relate to the topic, write out a script and memorize. It must be 10 minutes or less,” Ackerman said. Despite the frustration of finding primary resources, and the long wait for the awards ceremony, Ackerman enjoys “doing the performances and then seeing what comes of it. The final ceremony is always the exciting part,” she said. But Ackerman clearly loves what she does. “I’ve always loved history, and, of course, I’ve always loved performing,” Ackerman said. “NHD is a good way to
learn history better and get involved.” Ackerman’s love for acting has driven her through all of her projects. “I’ve always had a love for acting, and I’ve always loved a challenge too. I think people can see history better through a performance.” Although her performances are history-related, Ackerman has always loved acting in general. “I just like acting for others, teaching others things they may not know,” Ackerman said. Ackerman likes history for the facts and interesting details she learns along the way. “I believe it is important so people can know where things start and for their own beliefs and such,” Ackerman said. Ackerman performs at all kinds of events where veterans are present, including naval reunions and memorial dedications, including on the deck of the U.S.S. The Sullivans destroyer and the naval reunion of the Frank E. Evans former crewmen and accident survivors. Ackerman said performing just kind of happened. “I scheduled some performances, and I just kept getting calls,” she said. “Then it just snowballed.” Ackerman usually performs her Mrs. Alleta Sullivan project because that is the one she is known for, but she said she is willing to perform her other projects about the military if people wish. And even though Ackerman will be attending college next year, she said she will gladly still do performances when people want them. “The older I grow, I’ll grow into the characters,” Hannah said with a
laugh. Although she mostly performs in the state of Iowa, Ackerman has performed on the U.S.S. THe Sullivans ship on base in Jacksonville, Fla., and on the Frank E. Evans memorial site in Dallas. Ackerman has enjoyed it. “I like meeting veterans and honoring veterans. And for the Evans’, helping their cause to get the lost 74 names on the wall of the Vietnam memorial in Washington D.C.” Given her love for war history, Ackerman’s favorite projects were her Mrs. Sullivan performance and the two Evans’ performances. Her favorite NHD theme was Individual in History, “because that was a free for all,” Ackerman said. Ackerman has learned a lot from her NHD experiences. She stressed the importance of reliable sources and impeccable detail. “Of course, you have to have credibility; you have to know the source is true,” Ackerman said. “You have to have a lot of detail, but not all your research can be in your project. If you have an important primary resource, mention that person, and use pictures in the performance.” Ackerman believes there’s a strong value to National History Day. “It’s a great opportunity to learn history more, get a deeper feeling and it’s a social activity too,” Ackerman said. “And you can learn from other students as well,” she added. Among Ackerman’s six NHD projects, all of them focus on topics that happened in the 20th century. “Modern history was always important to me,” Ackerman said noting her love of history from 1900 on. “War and post war his-
tory has always been interesting to me.” “I’ve always been kind of fond of the 1960s,” Ackerman added. A selfprofessed Anglophile, Ackerman notes her love of all things British, especially the Beatles and the British Invasion. While doing research for her first Frank E. Evans project, Ackerman contacted the author of a book called “Unsinkable Sailors,” about the Frank E. Evans tragedy, Paul Sherbo. The CEO of Sherbo’s publishing company, Patriot Media, Inc., asked if Ackerman would write a book on her experiences performing for veterans. The book, titled, “I Kept My Chin Up,” took almost a year to write, as Ackerman had to write, edit, revise and send it out. I was published in 2011, and last year, the president of Patriot Media, Inc. came to Cedar Falls High School and presented Ackerman with her royalty check. Ackerman plans to attend Hawkeye Community College for two years and then transfer to the University of Northern Iowa. Ackerman intends to double major in history and political science, taking acting classes as an elective. “I hope to be a historian and possibly a legislator,” Ackerman said. Ackerman’s advice to her fellow students is simple but wise: “If you really love doing it, stick to it,” Ackerman said. “Feel free to choose whatever you want to do, but always keep researching and re-researching things. She stressed that not everything has you do has to be completely serious. “It can have some humor to it,”Ackerman said. And when you do projects, “always do things for yourself, not to impress others.”
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National History Day is a nationwide academic program for elementary and secondary school students. Each year NHD gives an overall theme, and then students choose a topic related to that theme and present it in some form at the regional competition. Projects are evaluated by local educators and historians. A select number of students are chosen from the regional contest to advance to the state contest, and an even smaller number advances to the national contest. Students can present their project in several ways: they can write a paper, create a trifold exhibit, direct a short documentary, design a website or act in a performance, as Ackerman has done each year. Students can enter individually, as Ackerman has done, or in small groups. Students may advance to State or even Nationals. NHD not only teaches students about history, but contributes many skills: critical thinking and problem-solving skills; research and reading skills; oral and written communication and presentation skills; self-esteem and confidence; and a sense of responsibility for an involvement in the democratic process. Students must not only present their projects at the contest, but they must also work on their projects for the better part of a year, do their own research and create their projects almost entirely by themselves. Many schools or teachers often work on NHD projects in the classroom, but Ackerman has always created her projects on her own time. For those who would like to learn more about National History Day, check out the website at http://www.nhd. org or contact Ackerman herself. History Alive podcast on The Surf Ballroom
Hannah’s History Projects
In 2008, Ackerman’s first year participating in the contest, the NHD theme was Conflict and Compromise. Ackerman portrayed Annie Moore, the first Ellis Island immigrant. In 2009, the theme was Individual In History, and Ackerman performed her now-famous project Mrs. Alleta Sullivan: No Other Mother Gave More. She portrayed Alleta Sullivan, the mother of the five Sullivan brothers, in her struggle to come to terms with her sons’ deaths and her commitment to her country and the war cause. In 2010, for the theme Innovation in History, Impact and Change, Ackerman discussed the innovation of tornado forecasting. In 2011, for the theme Debate and Diplomacy, Ackerman discussed the old order Amish in Iowa. In 1965, the Amish community in Iowa wanted to keep one-room schools with uncertified teachers instead of consolidating schools. In 2012, the theme was Revolution, Reaction and Reform. Ackerman performed her first project on the Frank E. Evans ship. Ackerman’s performance was titled “There Are No Boundary Lines For Heroes:Frank E. Evans and the Lost 74 ‘Lest We Forget.’” Ackerman portrayed the mother of three brothers who died in the accident. This performance focusses on the revolution of the Vietnam War, as well as the reaction of the soldiers’ families to the Frank E. Evans’ accident and the fact that the names of the soldiers are not on the wall. In 2013, with the theme Turning Points in History, Ackerman described the United Service Organization (USO), which runs performance for troops. In 2014, for the theme Rights and Responsibility, Ackerman returned to the Frank E. Evans’ accident. This performance was titled “A Matter of Carving the Names of Lost 74 Heroes in Stone: Their Right to be Recognized and Honored.” In this performance, Ackerman portrayed a sailor who survived the Frank E. Evans accident and continued to carry out the cause. Ackerman had a family member on the Frank E. Evans ship and believes strongly that those servicemen have a right to be on memorial wall. “The country has responsibility to see to it,” Ackerman said.
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oston was supposed to be filled with a euphoric sense of fulfillment on April 15, 2013. After two bombs went off at 2:50 Eastern Standard Time that killed three bystanders and injured hundreds of others, happiness was the last thing that crossed anyone’s mind. Nearly instantaneously, firemen, policemen, fans and even runners rushed to the aid of the wounded to begin the uniting of a city that will never again be the same. A unity that can now simply be referred to as “Boston Strong.” As that city has rebounded, Cedar Falls High School’s very own science teacher Ron Hoofnagle was able to help with the healing for Boston and all the world’s confidence in community as he joined with thousands of runners this week in the 2014 Boston Marathon for the first time. “My daughter was pushing me really hard. She said Boston might be a
once in your life thing, and you can’t just skip it.” Running since ninth grade, Hoofnagle participated in the Wrightsville Beach Marathon in North Carolina over spring break of 2013. There he qualified for the Boston Marathon. “My bucket list said, ‘Run a marathon,’ so I hadn’t planned to do another one, but then the bombings happened, and I decided I wanted to be a part of the marathon this year. I wanted in,” Hoofnagle said. The 26.2 miles throughout the city of Boston took seven months of training. Once he was officially approved, Hoofnagle started tracking his miles and what he put into his body that would serve as his machine. A 20-week workout program, starting in December, saw the science, math and engineering teacher record a cumultative total of 950 miles, or the equivalence of over 36 marathons. Going in, Hoofnagle had
Roughing It In Top left: Ben Terrel carries the ball past a chasing defender.
Top right: Jarvay Clark tackles the opposing teams player. Bottom left: Jarvay Clark gets ready to pass the ball to his teammate. Bottom right: Devin Metlin tries to elude a trailing defender. Megan Wallace Photos
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his eyes on three goals. The first was to soak in the scenery and history of the Boston Marathon. As far as times go, he wanted to achieve a three hour 30 minute marathon, and if he could, possibly eclipse three hours and 15 minutes. “The first goal was the one that really ended up meaning something. A million people came out and watched us. I had lots of times, going up hills that I was ready to stop and walk, but with that many people screaming for you, I wasn’t going to stop.” Averaging just over a seven and a half minute mile, his second career marathon ended with a time of three hours and 26 minutes. “I’m extremely happy with how the day went,” Hoofnagle said. Nearly the entire course was jam packed on both sides with people screaming, cowbells, posters and offers of helpful things such as water and Vaseline and comical things such
as cigarettes and kisses from the girls of Wellesley College. “I couldn’t have imagined that many people out there cheering me on. It was such an experience.” Last year, with about 5,700 runners yet to finish the race and with the clock reading 4:09, the two bombs exploded with the finish line in sight on Boylston Street. Just this week on Monday, as Hoofnagle was about to cross the finish line, he saw his fellow runners express their emotions. “There were people just walking around and taking in the moment, people were sobbing, and it forced me to get a little choked up too. Everyone knew the significance of the very spot they were standing.” The first of the 36,000 participants to finish was American Meb Keflezighi with a time of 2 hours 8 minutes and 37 seconds, a personal best for the 38 year old. “Meb” as he is commonly referred to as,
become the first American to win the Boston Marathon since 1983. Putting an American on top was a fitting ending to the unity of the United States and particularly Boston, allowing “Boston Strong” to truly show it’s meaning. “There was one girl who collapsed at 26 miles, and a group just picked her up and ran to the finish line,” Hoofnagle said. “That really showed how together everyone was and truly showed the marathon was more than just a race.” Hoofnagle, who said he will run the Boston Marathon again at some point, acknowledged what thousands of other participants felt. “I wanted to be a part of showing the terrorists that they’re not going to scare us away from living our lives. I wanted to be apart of that comeback.” By Editor-in-Chief Austin
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After a terrific indoor season, the mens’ track team is looking to replicate the same success outdoors. The Tigers won their first outdoor meet at the Waterloo Triangular at Waterloo West. The Tigers’ next contest was Saturday, April 5, which was rescheduled to be at the UNI Dome after the originally scheduled meet at Marshalltown was cancelled due to rain. The Tigers shone during that meet as well, picking up some respectable times in all of their events. On April 8 at Marshalltown, the Tigers notched up seven first place events, including the likes of 100 meter dash, the 400 meter dash and the 1600 meters. After the Marshalltown meet, the Tigers travelled to Loras College in Dubuque for the Bob Varley Invite. There, the Tigers picked up two first place prizes, one in the 3200 meter run by senior Jonathon Smith and one in the 4x800 relay with senior Sam Ahrenholz, sophomore Hunter Lavallee, junior Dylan Southall and senior Jared Failor. In doing so, the Tigers won the meet, two points ahead of Dubuque Hempstead. Three days later at Waterloo West, in the 3200 meter run, senior Timothy Sevcik got first place, beating out teammate Smith by less than two
tenths of a second. In the 400 meter dash, Ahrenholz picked up first place with a time of 51.60 seconds. Failor picked up another first place time in the 800 meter dash with a time of just under two minutes and in the 4x400 relay, the Tigers picked up a time 3:26.53. In the meet this past Monday at Oelwein, the Tigers continued their winning tradition, picking up five first place times, with sophomore Ethan Smith picking up two of them. Senior Conner Riehm had one in the 110 meter hurdles, 4x100 meters and the shuttle hurdle relay. All of these meets and times have been in preparation for the Drake Relays. The relays began yesterday and will run until Saturday. The Drake Relays are one of the biggest track and field events in the country, and in the past it has attracted the likes of Lolo Jones and Olympic gold medalist Harvey Glance. Junior Hiram Marquez said he thinks that the team has gelled quite well so far. “At this point in the season, we have been doing great. We have been running fast and are definitely getting together very well,” Marquez said. “If we can carry this to Drake, we can do very well.” CFHS men’s head track coach Dirk Homewood also said he is happy with the way
Kelsey Hansen and Kayla Dowell. Both of these girls play defense, but Dowell also plays midfield. Hansen and Dowell are also both planning to continue playing soccer after high school. Hansen will be playing at the University of Northern Iowa. Dowell will be playing at Central College. Both girls said they will miss many things about high school soccer, but the thing they will miss the most is how close the team is and all the team bonding things they do. “It’s awesome to be on a team that is so close. The team chemistry off the field helps the chemistry on the field,” Hansen said. By Staff Writer Abby
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Senior Trevor Balm long jumps at the Cedar Falls Invitational on April 5 at the Cedar Falls High School track. that the team has performed. “We have had a fantastic season thus far. Our guys have been running hard and giving it their all in every meet throughout the whole season,”
Homewood said. “I know that we will carry our current form into Drake. By Staff Writer Zuhayr
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Women’s soccer adjusting to new techniques After four full games, the women’s soccer team is even wins and losses. The team started the season off strong after winning its first game against Union 1-0, but then they lost two hard fought battles: one 2-3 against Dubuque Hempstead in a shootout and one 0-2 against Linn-Mar. After those two loses the girls made a quick turnaround and beat Waterloo East 10-0 this week. The team is trying out a new formation that they have never used before this year. One of the team’s goals for this season is to understand this new formation, which puts back four defenders. The team also wants to work on taking as many shots to the goal as they can get. There are two seniors on the varsity team this year,
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Sophomore Vineel Mallavarapu has started out the young season undefeated in singles matches as well as doubles with his partner, senior Brennan Ashwood. His team is hoping to improve on a second place finish at State last year. How are you replacing the production from last year’s team? We still have me, Andy (Mong) and Brennan (Ashwood). That’s our top three and our returning letterwinners. We have three newcomers this year to the top six that are adjusting. How are you going to keep up your undefeated season and finish without a loss? We’ve got a tough meet against Iowa City West, and they always have a good team, so we’ll see how that goes, but after that I think that I should be OK. How did you get into tennis? My dad took me to the Black Hawk Tennis Club, and ever since then I’ve been playing. Do you admire anyone in today’s game? I like Federer, but I don’t have anyone in particular. I just like the way he plays. He’s always calm on the court and never really shows his emotions. He’s got a lot of cool tricks too. Have you thought about any college schools? No schools in particular. Big schools usually wait until later in junior year. I’m going to try to get my recruiting up by playing a lot of league like USTA.
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In a setback at home facing Linn Mar, Mariam Bartlett races by a defender. The Tigers lost 2-0.
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Men’s Track April 24- April 26 Drake Relays Women’s Track April 24- April 26 Drake Relays Men’s Tennis (5-0) April 26 @ IC West 9 a.m. @ IC High 1 p.m. Women’s Tennis (3-0) April 26 vs. CR Xavier 9 a.m. vs. CR Kennedy 1 p.m. Men’s Soccer (3-1) April 26 vs. Dubuque Wahlert 9 a.m. Women’s Soccer (0-1) April 26 @ Dubuque Wahlert 9 a.m. Women’s Golf (1-0) April 29 Linn-Mar Invite 12:30 p.m.
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Men’s tennis aims for return to State The men’s tennis team got off to a great start on April 5 at the Wahawk Invitational at Waterloo West. Against five teams at the meet, they handily defeated all five. The first matches took place against Columbus. The Tigers won most of the games against Columbus, tying only one. Their next opponent was Decorah, against whom the team got similar results. Against the remaining three schools, the Tigers finished undefeated. A highlight to the meet was winning all the games against Marshalltown. This was a fast start for a team that lost seven varsity players due to graduation. The Tigers next meet on April 11 at Ames did not go too well, and the Tigers lost 4-5 in the team results. Individually, the Tigers won three games out of six with senior Brennan Ashwood, junior Andy Mong and sophomore Michael Flanscha picking up wins. The Tigers turned it around in their next three meets, however, picking up three 8-1 wins against Cedar Rapids Prairie, Dubuque Senior and Dubuque Hempstead. A setback came in reschedule contest against Linn Mar at home, where the Tigers fell to the Lions 3-6. Junior Andy Mong and sophomore Vineel Mallavarapu both picked up wins in singles, and in doubles, the team of Ashwood and Mallavarapu picked up a win for the Tigers. Mallavarapu is ranked third in the state for the class of 2016. He said that the team still has a great chance of making it to State. “In order to make it to State, we need to keep improving and keeping our priorities straight. We have a good chance,” Mallavarapu said. “In the end,
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Senior Brennan Ashwood emerged victorious in his singles and doubles matches against Dubuque Senior, leading the team to an 8-1 victory.
At the same meet, senior Kyle Wiebers served to his 6-1, 6-4 win.
I think that our team should be one of the best in the state.” Inside of the team, there is a great deal of competition as each of the players jockey for position to be in the top six varsity roles, where lower players can
and my doubles game,” Flanscha said. “In order to do that, I need to work with the coaches and practice a lot more.”
Final Act
From The Hamlet Thrill-ma-geddon to speech team, theater has always been active at Cedar Falls High School, but one student is taking it upon herself to put on a play of her own. Sophomore Grace Gubbrud used the semester-long project in Judy Timmins’ Honors English class to put on a production of Love (Awkwardly), a young adult play written by John Rotondo & Maryann Carolan. The one-act comedy follows eight juniors and seniors in contrasting relationships, some strong, some agonizing. Gubbrud’s choice of the play revolved around the emotional integrity. “I chose it because I felt it was something that a lot of teenagers can relate to so I could get really authentic emotions from all the people acting in it,” Gubbrud said. According to Gubbrud, the play is
challenge higher players to be ranked higher for meets. Sophomore Michael Flanscha wants to improve his game so he can continue being at his best. “I would like to improve my serve
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Sophomore turns honors English project into original one-act comedy performance
“I chose it because I felt it was something that a lot of teenagers can relate to so I could get really authentic emotions from all the people acting in it.”
—sophomore Grace
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“all about teenage relationships and how awkward and heartbreaking they can be.” The cast is comprised of se-
See it on Saturday, April 26 at 7:30 p.m. at St. John’s Lutheran Church 715 College Street
nior Ellen Wallingford as Wendy, senior Tommy Truelsen as Eddie, junior John Nicol as Randy, junior Becky Ochoa as Charlotte, sophomore Katarina Walther as Laura, senior Abigail Van Patten as Sarah, junior Lucia McNeal as Roxanne, sophomore Cala Villavicencio and junior Emma Lewis. The cast has been rehearsing for three and a half weeks in Gubbrud’s living room. “[I]t gets pretty crammed, but everyone has done really well adjusting,” Gubbrud said. But it’s been tough finding time in the active last stretch of the school year, especially with a large cast. “Lots of people have busy schedules, and so do I, so getting us together
as a group is nearly impossible,” Gubbrud said. They’ve made the best of it, however, and will perform the play on Saturday, April 26 at 7:30 p.m. at St. John’s Lutheran Church (715 College Street, Cedar Falls). Gubbrud is no stranger to the stage. She participated in her first play at age five and hasn’t stopped since. In the fall play, I Don’t Want To Talk About It, Gubbrud played Kylie, a teen struggling with bullying. She had a leading role as a narrator in the spring comedic play, The Hamlet Thrill-ma-geddon. Gubbrud participates in acting and improv classes outside of school. Her mentor of the Honors English project is Greg Holt, who leads a theater group she participates in called Parabola. By Editor-in-Chief Martha
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