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Foods co-op students create cafe, build real-life restaurant skills Torie Jochims Staff Writer
Some people dream of starting their own café, serving homemade food they have made and treating guests to down-home hospitality, and in Gayle Bruene’s Family Consumer Science class, the students are doing just this. The students are working hard, putting their heart and soul into a restaurant experience of their very own. Between choosing recipes, pricing the food and creating a menu, these groups of three to four students have their work cut out for them. Students will be offering their services to all within the building who get their orders placed on time, and a diverse menu helps the project keep rolling with orders. The menus are unique for each group in the class and offers a wide variety of tastes. “I enjoy seeing them get excited about the menu and recipes they have chosen and the pride they take in making sure the food is good,” Bruene said. She originally started up the café project with her food service co-op class
six years ago. “It’s a great hands-on learning experience. All of these students are in food service co-op and work at food related jobs,” Bruene said. “This experience also allows them to share their individual knowledge with other members of the class.” The café unit is a large project that is time consuming, but worth the effort to the students, for these students are considering entering a career in food services post-high school, so the café unit is proving to be a valuable learning tool. “It is a lot of work and right now they are costing their recipes, and I know some don’t enjoy all the math skills needed to complete this activity,” Bruene said. “Many of our customers are already asking about when it will be. I have even had former students come back and order from us,” Bruene said. With such anticipation and returning visitors, it proves to be a success. “Most of our business is B-C shift school employees and students. We do mainly a carry out and delivery business,” Bruene said. Though the
project may be a difficult and busy one, Bruene said she wasn’t worried about the class. “I have a very talented and creative group this year, so I am sure it will be a success,” she said. Even though cooking is one of the main objectives, the managing and pricing components are also important. “Each group of three to four students has a date that is their day as restaurant managers, and the other students are their employees for the day. The group in charge assigns the work to be accomplished by the others, and if someone doesn’t do his or her part or is absent, the managers have to pick up the slack,” Bruene said. The dates set for the café are March 30, April 6, April 27, May 11 and May 18. The café is open to orders from anyone in the school building, but orders must be in the Tuesday before each of the dates for delivery. Each group can handle up to about 40 orders due to time constraints. Once each group finishes designing them, a menu is posted outside the foods room (room 117) door on the Monday before each restaurant.
Mixing up the goodies for her team’s menu is senior Laura Kressig. She and the other students in FCS teacher Gayle Bruene’s class will then take pictures of each creation to use for the menus in their café.
Cast of 100 students, staff deliver medieval musical this weekend Steve Ramsey Staff Writer
The CFHS drama department will be presenting their spring musical, ”Once Upon a Mattress” on March 2 and 3. “Once Upon a Mattress” is the “true” story of the princess and the pea. Prince Dauntless, played by sophomore Sam Lilja, needs a bride because the marriage law says that no one can get married until the prince does. Twelve girls come and are tested to see if they are good enough, but they all fail. Prince Harry (played by sophomore Rhys Talbot), upon learning that his girlfriend (played by sophomore Amelia Gotera) is pregnant, requests to leave on “a perilous journey” to find a true princess for Dauntless. Harry comes back with Princess Winnifred, or Fred for short. Fred is played by senior Rhiannon Talbot. Dauntless falls in love with her, but his mother, Queen Ag-
grravain (played by senior Rachel Fritts) has other thoughts. Of course this leads to mayhem including wizards, mattresses and more. “(The musical will) provide students with an opportunity to implement multiple fine arts skills that could be used within the real world, to work as a group cooperatively and to perform with each other in areas that school often separates like singing, acting, playing instruments and dancing,” English teacher and musical director Michelle Rathe said. Rathe also said that it offers students the opportunity to show off dancing skills they’ve acquired outside of school. Many students that participate in the musical are already involved in choir and drama. Only a few cast members are not in choir. The whole cast and crew is made up of over 100 people. “Those who have only previously been choir are about one third of the cast,” Rathe said. Other lead actors include senior Spencer Col-
lins as the mute king, senior Peter Fegley as the wizard, senior Kegan Bakken as the minstrel and junior Ben Main as the jester. Students have been working hard since December and will continue with rehearsals until the show. Practices have run Monday through Friday from 3:30 to 6 p.m. “Students are also expected to attend at least one set construction day,” Rathe said. There are also many CFHS staff members helping out. Kendra Wohlert is the choir director, and Gerald Ramsey is directing the pit orchestra. There are also a few non-staff members working on the production. Mike Cavin is the tech director and Ranea Bamsey of Kinetic Energy was the choreographer for three of the numbers. The production will be held in the CFHS auditorium at 7 p.m. on March 2 and 3. It will be $4 for students and $6 for adults. Activity passes will not be accepted.
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Polishing their parts for the musical are sophomores Amanda Gotera and Rhys Talbot.
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Students’ attactments to myspace passing point of healthy addictions In this age of technology, the craze of online communities has become entertainment for many teengaers. For example, does myspace ring a bell? Currently, 100 million people have a myspace account--a site where you can express yourself through blogs, pictures, comments, and backgrounds, myspace seems like a healthy hobby. When, though, does it go from being a form of entertainment to a full-out addiction? First, let’s define addiction: the state of being enslaved to a habit or practice. Myspace is our habit, and the question is, do you feel enslaved to it? Warning signs of a myspace addiction: •You wake up in the middle of the night to go to the bathroom and check myspace on your way back to bed. •You overuse the phrase “I’ve seen him/her on myspace.” •You see someone’s myspace background and know where they got it from. •You get on the Internet with the intent of doing one thing and end up typing in myspace in the URL. •The fact that Myspace is not accessible at the high-school drives you insane. You may laugh at how many of these symptoms you can relate to, but the sad truth is many people really are addicted and find a pathetically high amount of joy when they see New Comments! written in red letters on their home site. There is hope, though, as with all addictions. If you choose to take this seriously, take baby steps toward deleting your myspace. Start by limiting the amount of times you check it a day. Slowly, begin deleting blogs, your “about me” section, pictures and anything that you have a personal attachment to. Then, once you are no longer dependent on myspace, and when you feel you are ready, delete it! Fight withdrawal, and resist the urge to create a new account. The agony will subside within a week, and then you will be free to move on with creating your life in the real space.
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Paws for Thought
People could pick up some helpful tricks from dogs Dogs are severely underrated in society. In all honesty, they’re far better “humans” than many of us could Honor Heindl ever be. Staff Writer They don’t judge, discriminate, stereotype, gossip, put others down, hold grudges and many other tribulations we have to battle every day. Our wonderful companions really have a lot they can teach us, if we take the time to notice. There are five very crucial things we should always remember as we live out our lives: 1. Keep your loved ones close. There are times when all of us get frustrated or annoyed with our friends or family, but we need to remember never to take anything we have for granted. Dogs cherish every pat or belly rub, whereas we almost forget the feeling or meaning behind a kiss or an “I love you.”
2. We all need a daily nap. Without a little relaxation and break from the busy lives running purely on caffeine, the world would be chaos. People are a lot happier when they have a little down time each day. 3. Jealousy isn’t worth it. It’s so easy to get caught up in feeling hurt or jealous when someone gets the position you were really wanting or a new friend starts getting a lot of attention. Just keep in mind that our furry friends don’t give up or start ignoring you when you’re too busy for them. They love you to pieces no matter what, and it’s absolutely incredible. 4. The best toys are found not bought. Electronic gadgets are always snazzy and rather handy, but you don’t need to spend a fortune to have fun. Simply being with the people you love is better than all the objects money can buy. Especially if you’re a teenager with an empty bank account – it’s nice to just sit around, talk and laugh ... for free=]. 5. There is no such thing as being too old to play.
Don’t ever feel it’s immature to have a little fun, wrestle around with kids or have a tea party with a younger daughter/sister. There is no age limit to fun. We simply don’t give the canines enough credit for everything they do for us. The greatest thing about a dog is that he or she will never ever forget you. You’re always their first priority no matter how much you neglect them. Sure, they may have an accident on the carpet or not always sit when you order them to, but you just melt when they look up at you with those big, warm, round eyes. A dog will love you no matter what you look like. I’ve also found that pets can be arguably the greatest listeners. If you’ve just had a tough day where nothing seemed to go right and you just need to let it all out, talk to the dog. And, of course, nothing you say will be opposed or interrupted. They really weren’t joking when they corned the term, “A dog is a man’s best friend.”
Lots of decisions make PC purchasing challenging N e w hardware for computers is released almost every week, if not every day. It’s really not an understatement Tim Hinkel to say that Staff Writer if you buy a high-end computer, it will be outdated the next month. Many people don’t know much about PC’s hardware and software. It’s very easy to get taken advantage of when buying a new PC if you don’t know what’s good or not. If one is looking for a nice computer just to surf the web or use Microsoft Office, then a $500 computer from Best Buy would be ideal. There are many parts to a computer: the motherboard, video card, RAM, hard drive, processor and many other vital pieces. The motherboard essentially controls everything. It tells the other parts what
can do here when purchasing a hard drive. If you’re only using your computer for Office and the Internet, you really don’t need much. The standard hard drive today is 160 GB, and even that is overkill. You don’t have to go beyond 160 GB unless you make movies, do animation or create anything else that takes a lot of memory. The processor is a hard thing to explain and buy. It basically processes things quicker the better one you have. It’s very hard to choose which one to buy because there are so many ones offered. What you may want to do is go on the Internet and search for more information. A great website to buy hardware from is www.newegg.com. They have very reasonable prices and deliver quickly. You may also want to search the Internet for more detailed information about buying a computer and what all the parts do.
“It’s very easy to get taken advantage of when buying a new PC if you don’t know what’s good or not.” to do and when to do it. The video card controls the graphics on your monitor screen. The better video card you have, the better graphics you’ll be able to view. Unless you’re a dedicated computer gamer, there’s really no need to have an amazing video card. If you are a gamer, then you’re going to want to spend $250-550 for a decent video card. The more RAM you have, the faster your computer will run. A 512MB DDR2 RAM should be good for any computer, but if you play games or want to run Windows Vista, you’re going to want 1GB (1024MB) to run everything well. Hard drives are what you store data in. It’s really pretty open for what you
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DJ Deery Men’s Basketball
Senior DJ Deery has been playing baskebtall since the fourth grade. Before games you will find him listening to music preparing to play in the game. Some of Deery’s favorite teams are the UNI Panthers and the Phoenix Suns. 1. How do you see the season going compared to last year? We’re fighting out a lot stronger than we did last year. 2. How do you celebrate after a win? Hang out with my favorite people in the world.
Wrestling Wrap Up
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In action from Districts, senior Daniel Twito wrestles his way into the state tournament, where he would eventually capture 3rd place. Twito defeated freshman Michael Moreno to take third place. At 125, Tiger junior Jesse Froehner took 6th place, losing to a 6-5 decision of Matt Kittleson of Waverly Shell-Rock. At 152, the Tigers’ Aidan Brock did not place, but went 1-2 in his matches. See the Tiger Hi-Line website for more results and in-depth reports from the state wrestling tournament.
3. What is your favorite part of basketball? Playing in games that come down to the wire. 4. What Cedar Falls basketball player do you look up to? Pehl, he is 6’10.
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Motivation crucial aspect in lives of best athletes Katy Schult Sports Editor
From football to trapshooting to all sorts of intramural sports, Cedar Falls athletes have a variety of sports to enjoy, but one aspect ties them all together. That aspect is the athlete’s competitive motivation to do well. Motivation is the drive, the incentive to be one’s best, and athlete’s have many ways of capitalizing on this drive, sometimes even before they face their opponent. Having pre-meet rituals can help build the confidence of an athlete and help motivate the athlete to do well. CFHS senior Josie Itzen is a member of women’s swim team, and she has recently signed with UNI to continue her swimming after high school. At the state meet Itzen placed fourth in the 200-meter IM and 13th in the 100-meter freestyle race. Regarding her motivation to do well in swimming, Itzen said, “Something I really like is the thrill of win-
ning. When I train, I look forward to swimming my race and getting to the wall first. It feels so good in the end because you know that you’ve put all your energy into it, and you’ve trained really hard for a race.” Some of Itzen’s pre-meet rituals include relaxing and thinking about how she is going to swim her races. She also drinks a lot of Gatorade and eats Spaghettio’s before the meet. All the while she just tries not to get too nervous. While Itzen works to continue her swimming career after high school, she advises future athletes, “Work hard in practice because it definitely pays off. Go to as many practices as you can because it can really help you and your team. Don’t get too nervous at meets; instead, just visualize how you will swim and go for the gold.” UNI sophomore Johnny Gray is the
starting wide receiver for the Panthers. Last year as a freshman, Gray played a key role —Johnny Gray for the UNI Wide Receiver Panthers, playing in 12 of the 15 games. Gray was named The Sports Network’s National Co-Special Teams Player of the Week and also received Gateway Conference Special Teams Player of the Week honors. Gray said he feels that his motivation in sports is “to get a degree and hopefully make it playing football, so I can take care of my family.” Gray is currently majoring in business at the University of Northern Iowa. A couple of Gray’s pre-game rituals include praying before every game and talking to his mom Gwen Kelly before every game.
“Make sure you leave school with a degree. That’s the main thing!”
Gray’s advice to future athletes is, “Make sure you leave school with a degree. That’s the main thing.” University of Iowa junior Anna Steil is a member of the Iowa dance team. Steil has been involved in dance for the most part of her life, and she is working to improve and excel in college. “My motivation to do well in athletics is that at the college level everyone is good or better than you. So to get noticed at the collegiate level you have to push and work hard to become better. Also, at this level Iowa has many opportunities for athletes; one that is motivating are the trips that the dance team is invited to participate in. First, we are invited to travel with the football team to a bowl game, and, second, we go to Nationals in Florida to compete against other college dance teams,” Steil said about her motivation to do well in dance. The members of the Iowa dance team do many things before they perform their routine. “On game day we
usually meet at the rec building and stretch together. Then we perform a pre-game show in the rec center for parents and fans. Than we all huddle up and walk over to the football stadium where we stretch some more and take pictures on the football field. When the dance team is getting ready to perform in a competition, the atmosphere is heightened with nerves. Our coach does our make-up, and we stretch and practice our routine. Our coach usually will count it out and make sure formations look OK. Before we take the floor, whether it is before a performance or a football game, we huddle up and chant,” Steil said. Steil advises future athletes, “Make sure you know why you are in college. It is not all about the sport. You have to have a good education because when college is over, you may not have the opportunity to go on to play on the professional level. In conclusion, make sure you stay on top of your schoolwork and continue to strive to be the best athlete in your sport.”
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Waterloo event held in honor of Black History Month Diamond Lee Staff Writer
Select students from Cedar Falls High and NU High took a field trip to the YWCA to commemorate Black History Month with a motivational program on Friday, Feb. 23. Young Blacks on the Move is a motivational program that selects African Americans from different kinds of fields of work to come and talk about their accomplishments. The panel of speakers discussed how they got into their profession and some of the struggles and obstacles they had to overcome. YWCA Special Services Director Essie Buls has been overseeing this activity for 22 years. “This is an opportunity for young people to hear from African Americans who have overcome obstacles to become professionals,” Buls said. Social Studies teacher Robert Schmidt has been taking students to the YWCA for this activity for almost 15 years. “It’s just a great experience. The students are able to interact with the speakers and ask questions about their profession,” Schmidt said. Of the nine speakers, two were
David W. Goodson and Evie Charles Pugh. Goodson is a man with many titles. He works for the Family and Children’s Council, teaches at Hawkeye Community College and is Founder of Social Action Inc., in addition to sharing motivational words with students that truly leave them thinking about their futures. “I am a firm believer that a man or woman without a planner is a man or woman without a plan,” Goodson said. He also emphasized that fun comes after work. Students must have their priorities in order, and in order to get what they want out of life, they have to work for it. “There are two kinds of people in this world: people who wait for things to happen and people who make things happen. It’s how bad you want it and what you are willing to do to get it,” Goodson said. Pugh, the Technical Director for the School of Music at the University of Northern Iowa, denotes his former part time job as motivation to attend college. “I took my first class Introduction to Psychology and got a B+. I was so motivated from that that I told myself I
can do this,” Pugh said. He was able to earn a BA in education and then a Masters degree in Educational Technology. Now he works at the Gallagher-Bluedorn Performing Arts Center and has been able to meet celebrities. “I’ve meet comedian Sinbad and even had lunch with Queen Latifah. I never would have thought that I would be bumping heads with stars. Even though I’ll probably never make as much money as them, I really do love my job,” Pugh said. With the encouraging words from Goodson, Pugh and other panel members, students were able to leave with a sense of hope. “I’ve always been really impressed with the panel. Every year Bessie Buls does a great job. There is talk about a one-day workshop being developed. If it does happen, we will definitely be interested in participating,” Schmidt said.
lished Negro History Week in 1926 to be held the second week of February because it marks the birthdays of Frederick Douglass and Abraham Lincoln, two men who had greatly influenced the black American population. Douglass was an abolitionist, and former President Lincoln is known for the Emancipation Proclamation, which declared “that all persons held as slaves are and hencefoward free” on Jan. 1, 1863. The civil rights movement is one of the most memorable and influential of all the events that took place in black history. One event that occurred during the civil rights movement was the case of Brown vs. Board of Education on May 17, 1954 that overturned the 1896 Plessy vs. Ferguson ruling, where the U.S. Supreme Court said that separate but equal education was legal. The Brown case ruled that separation in public schools was unconstitutional.
In addition, Rosa Parks was known as the mother of the civil rights movement. She refused to give up her seat to a white man and move to the back of the bus, which sparked the Montgomery Bus Boycott starting on Nov. 1, 1955. After a year of boycotting, laws in Montgomery, Ala., were changed from traditional Jim Crow laws to desegregation of public accommodations. Historically, February also marks significant dates for African Americans. For instance, Feb. 23, 1868, is the birthday of important civil rights leader and co-founder of the National Association of the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), W.E.B. DuBois. He, along with other concerned citizens, both black and white, would found the NAACP on Feb. 12, 1909. As a result of these events and many others on the timeline of America’s history, we celebrate how African Americans contribute to national history.
Legacy of African Americans remembered in February Diamond Lee Staff Writer
Earlier this month, Illinois Senator Barack Obama, a candidate for the Democratic Presidential nomination, came to the Cedar Valley, and conveniently Obama made his presidential announcement during Black History Month. Obama could potentially become the first African American President for the United States. Obama already has marked the history books by being the first African American to be elected president of the Harvard Law Review and is only the fifth African American senator to serve in the U.S. Senate, only after Hiram Revels opened the doors after being sworn in on Feb. 25, 1870. The month of February is when the history of African Americans is formally recognized nationwide, and it holds many important dates regarding black history. Dr. Carter G. Woodson estab-
Speaking at Central Middle School in Waterloo on Feb. 10 is presidential candidate Barack Obama.
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10 Inventions
1. Ice Cream - Augustus Jackson 1832 2. Elevator - Alexander Miles 1867 3. Stove - T. A. Carrington 1876 4. Guitar - Robert F. Flemming, Jr. 1886 5. Refrigerator - John Standard 1891 6. Peanut Butter - George W. Carver 1896 7. Toilet - T. Elkins 1897 8. Golf tee - G. F. Grant 1899 9. Traffic light - Garrett A. Morgan 1923 10. Air conditioner - Frederick M. Jones 1949