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Feb. 9, 2010
Volume 50 Issue 16
1015 Division St. Cedar Falls, Iowa 50613
Speech team receives top marks at State Jayne Durnin
State Speech Acts and Performers
Staff Writer
On Saturday, Feb. 6, the CFHS speech team went to the state competition with high hopes, and came home victoriously. Every one of the nine events that went to State received Division I ratings. Each performance receives Division I, II, III, or IV ratings, with Division I being the highest. The overall rating is a combination of all three judges’ scores. Thirteen speech groups from Cedar Falls High School performed at District Large Group Speech Contest two weeks ago at Union LaPorte City High School and nine of the events advanced to State Speech Contest. The CFHS speech team has had All-State performers consistently since 2003. “Last year, one of the musical theater groups was selected to perform at the All State Festival and several people were nominated for indi-
ONE ACT PLAY: The Actor’s Nightmare Carter Allen, Leah Franke, Katelin DeSerano, Sarah Postel, Mason Walsh, Scott Sesterhenn, Lukas Schwekendiek
ENSEMBLE ACTING:The Philadelphia Greyson Henderson, Gage Stoneman, Darby Sheehan
ENSEMBLE ACTING – Captive Audience Blake Cervetti, Logan Henderson, Dylan Martin, Jillian Ross
ENSEMBLE ACTING – Machinal Olivia Franke, Kassy Salmon, Maggie Devine
Darby Sheehan Photos
Seniors Carter Allen (top left), Katelin DeSerano (right), Karen Davison (center of bottom left) and junior Samantha Takes (right of bottom left) were among the 9 Division I ratings at the recent state competition. vidual events,” coach Rebecca Kauten said. “Groups that receive three Division I ratings and are nominated by one or more judges are then eligible to perform at the Large Group All-State Festival, which is Saturday, February 20 at Iowa State University. The top 300 performances from across Iowa are selected by the IHS-
SA All-State Committee and recognized with a ceremony at the Iowa State Center. All State nominations will be announced Monday, Feb. 8 by the IHSSA all-state committee,” Kauten said. The events that were nominated for the All State Speech festival will be updated soon on the Iowa High School Speech Association website.
READERS’ THEATRE – The War at Home/Wasteland Casey Andrews, Austyn Christiansen, Anne Feinup, Olivia Franke, Sam Gaffney, Courtney Hicks, Emma Husome, Raud Kaschef, Brii Keiga, Noelle Konieczny, Grace McNeal, Lukas Schwekendiek, Zachary Souhrada-Rogers
GROUP IMPROVISATION (Two Groups) Mija Bean, Raud Kashef, Zachary Souhrada-Rogers, Justin Marshall, Mason Wise, Michaela Oehler, Elena Bruess, Scott Sesterhenn
CHORAL READING Maya Amjadi, Leah Franke, Sam Heinen, Logan Henderson, Emily Highnam, Nathan Hua, Justin Marshall, Samantha Takes
MUSICAL THEATRE – Spelling Bee Carter Allen, Katelin DeSerano, Karen Davison, Riley Martin, Gage Stoneman, Samantha Takes
Model UN gears up for spring conference Ellen Gustavson Staff Writer
The CFHS Model United Nations is starting up again for its spring session with a large number of participants. Cedar Falls will represent Israel, the Netherlands and Indonesia. Originally they had planned to represent only Israel and the Netherlands, but because so many students are interested in participating this year, another country had to be added. About 25 to 30 people will be part of Model U.N. this spring. “I’ve been encouraged
by the number of people willing to participate,” Model U.N. advisor Andrea Aykens said. “It energizes the group to have new people, and then they can continue on the ‘tradition’ for next year.” Spring Model U.N. will have meetings every Thursday until April. They have broken up into groups of student delegates and chosen which country to represent. Individual delegates have been assigned a U.N. committee that they will represent in a conference at UNI in April. In preparation for the conference, students will research
to find out as much as possible about their country in order to defend that country’s position on a variety of topics. The topics are broken into categories including Social Humanitarian & Cultural, Political & Security, ECOSOC (Economic and Social), Disarmament, Security Council and three Legal categories. In addition to research, students will also write a position paper that states the issues and their views on the topics. The papers should define the issue and past action the U.N. has taken for it, state the country’s position on the issue, and
justify the position. They will be sent in to secretariat members of the Iowa High School United Nations to be evaluated in February. The secretariat members are students at UNI, usually with a major in politics or something related to the social studies. Leadership is an important part of Model U.N. There is one Head Delegate for each country. They look over and edit the position papers, as well as help guide their country’s delegates and keep them working as a team. The Head Delegates this spring are
Sarah Wallingford for Israel, Tori Hurst for Indonesia and Shannon McClintock for the Netherlands. “I’m definitely looking forward to this session,” Wallingford said. “I had a really good time last semester. The time commitment’s not that bad, and you don’t have to sacrifice anything to be in it.” Students will also learn debate skills and the parliamentary procedure the U.N. goes through. “It’s pretty confusing at first, but you catch on quickly,” Wallingford said. “You learn by watching, and it’s really fun after that.”