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Blood drive impacts 186 lives Cedar Falls High School Donors age 16 and up hosted its 12th annual blood weighing at least 120 pounds are drive on Tuesday, March 10 in eligible to participate in the hourpartnership with Lifeserve Blood long donation process. After onCenter, resulting in a total dona- site registration, donors undergo tion of 7 units of blood over its a quick mini-physical. Their heart four-hour span. A total of 93 stu- rates, blood pressures, temperadents volunteered to give, with tures and hemoglobin levels are an additional four to six students measured to ensure it is safe for volunteering to work each class them to donate. period.

Then the actually donation Senior Annika Jepsen was process begins. It can range the first donor to give from the from five to 10 minutes. Donors high school on Tuesday morning. are encouraged to continually She has donated for three years squeeze a stress ball or practice through A M T the CFHS “The younger you are when you muscle b l o o d donate for the first time, the more tension drives. “I likely you are to donate in the future. t e c h feel like I’m If the first time you’re asked to donique just giving nate is out of high school, you’re less to keep back. Less blood likely to participate.” blood is flowing -- Counselor Erin Gardner normally. donated than plasA f ma because donors get paid for ter about a pint has been coldonating plasma, but blood is lected, donors are allowed to just as needed,” she said. rest, receiving snacks and water And it is. It is likely that almost to avoid dizziness. In any case of everyone will be in need of a light-headedness, multiple Lifeblood transfusion at some point serve Blood Center trained nursin his or her life, especially pre- es are available for assistance. mature babies, cancer patients, Biology teacher Marcy Hand burn or automobile accident and counselor Erin Gardner victims, and those undergoing highly encourage students to heart surgery, organ transplants participate in future CFHS blood or bone marrow transplants. The drives. Hand said, “It’s a great good news is that three of these opportunity that this is offered lives are saved with every pint of at the high school. I don’t think blood donated, and that dona- most students know how needtion is easy. ed blood is, and nobody wants

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Lifeserve Blood Center nurses takemblood from senior donaters Rebecca Lyman and Alexa Poppy.

to think about what it would be like to run out of blood. It’s the perfect opportunity to pay forward because you never know when you’ll be on the other end in need of donations.”

Gardner said, “Blood is always in need. It’s not something you can just make; it has to be donated. We want to encourage students to give blood. It’s a way

Purple Power The infamous dagger from Ali Farokhmanesh that ripped the heart out of the almighty Goliath still resonates throughout the city of Cedar Falls. It is at the top of the list when it comes to memorable moments in the history of the University of Northern Iowa and sent shockwaves throughout the country five years ago this month when No.1 overall seeded Kansas fell at the hands of little UNI. Fans, students and current players will always remember exactly where they watched that game, and it is that time of the year again when Farokhmanesh’s iconic shot is brought back to life on highlights of the greatest tournament moments of all time. The Pan-

they can give back to their community.”

Anyone interested in giving back to their community through hosting a blood drive should contact Lifeserve Blood Center.

A $750 scholarship is available to any current senior who hosts his or her own drive though a church or other local organization. Also, any current senior who donates a

gallon of blood or more by May 1 is eligible to receive “Gallon Grad” honor cords to wear at graduation. Additionally gallon grads will receive a certificate, letter of accomplishment and publication in the local newspaper.

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thers were able to upset the Jayhawks and reach their first Sweet 16 in school history, and the country took notice as Farokhmanesh graced the front cover of Sports Illustrated along with the words “divine madness.”

Since the Panthers magical run a half decade ago, they’ve struggled to return to that success with exits in their first game of the Missouri Valley Conference tournament each of the last four years.

Now with no players remaining from the 2010 team, these Panthers are out to turn some heads on their own. After trying to speed up the tempo a season ago but finishing a disappointing 1615, head coach Ben Jacobson got back to what led his team to success in the

past: slowing down the offense, making it more efficient and playing impenetrable defense.

Last season UNI ranked 187th in defensive efficiency and didn’t play in any postseason. This year they rank fourth in the entire country in points allowed per game, trailing Kentucky and Virginia who are considered to play some of the best defense college basketball has seen in years as they are also bound for the NCAA tournament.

The defensive improvement can be credited in part to Jacobson who preaches team defense in practice daily. “Coach demands perfection,” senior forward Nate Buss said. “He expects nothing less than the best. We have

great respect for him and understand what he’s accomplished having gone to the Sweet 16.”

CFHS alum George Ahrenholz gets a front row seat to watch Jacobson and the Panthers every day in practice as a team manager. Ahrenholz sees the love coach Jake has for his team goes beyond basketball. He doesn’t single out his players negatively but has the ability to use lessons as teaching points all while maintaining a sense of humor with his team. “He expects them to represent UNI and UNI athletics well,” the manager said. “He makes each position on the team feel that it is important to See Purple Power, page 12

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Junior Mitchell Dekutoski solos during the band pops concert on Monday, March 9.

“I am going to God’s Mountain in Rushville, Mo., for a mission trip with many other CF students. God’s Mountain is a summer camp that is run by a family there, and they go get kids who can’t afford a summer camp and bring them to the camp. In the spring and fall, groups go out and volunteer, and that’s what we’re doing. I used to go there with my family when I was in 3rd grade, so I know the campus they have there is really sweet. I am excited to go back and serve God and help out in any way possible.”

Self Segregated As in years and years past, students all around Cedar Falls High School are using the last days of spring in putting the final touches on taking classes that they think best suit them for their futures, and as in years and years past, for some reason a reliable percentage of these choices break down around predictable gender preferences.

Classes like industrial tech, yearbook, engineering and the art and ceramics classes are classes that are many times filled with one gender and lack the other.

Take industrial tech, for example, a strand of classes mostly filled with men with little to no females. Industrial tech teacher Chad Anderson said he thinks that the main reason that many females aren’t in the industrial tech field is because it’s a “more male dominated field.”

“I have talked to some females,” Anderson said. “We have also put up some posters around the school” in hopes that some girls would notice them and think about putting some industrial tech classes in their schedules, but the numbers are much the same.

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“Our cheer team is going to Myrtle Beach for the Canam Nationals. We leave on Wednesday at 4 p.m. and take a charter bus for 19 hours all the way to Myrtle Beach. We come back on Sunday.

We should overall perform well as long as we figure out stunt groups.”

-senior Haley Alexander

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“I am flying over to California with my family to see my cousins. I am going to see a Lakers game with my cousin, fratboy Jones. I am also going skiing. I am very excited!”

-junior Jacob Hovanec

- junior Conrad Nichols

Some courses consistently draw lopsided gender distributions

Junior Kevin Rippentrop is currently taking wood tech, and he said he thinks some of the reason for unbalanced classes like industrial tech comes from the way students talk themselves out of the opportunities by accepting stereotypical ideas. “Girls don’t think that they will be good at these types of classes,” Rippentrop said. He said he thinks that there are girls that think about doing the industrial tech classes but decide not to do it later on.

The same goes with engineering. A lot of men sign up for the class while the females tend to stay away from it. Engineering teacher Zeb Nicholson said he thinks that this has to do a lot with group mentality.

“Girls will stop themselves from putting a engineering class on their schedules because they don’t think there will be other girls in it,” Nicholson said.

He also said he thinks that girls seem to think that the class is hard and that the things students do in the class are guy stuff. “We try to put a lot of the girls in one class so they can be together,” Nicholson said.

He does this so that girls can

convince other girls that it’s a fun class to take. If a lot of girls are in the class, then it’ll be a lot more fun for them. Since there are a fair amount of projects that are done in the class, Nicholson tries to make a lot of projects gender equitable so no matter if it’s a guy or a girl, they can make their projects look however they want.

Junior Emma Gerdes is currently taking Intro to Engineering because she said she knows that if men can do it, so can she. ¨I knew that the class was going to be mostly guys,¨ but she was still excited to sign up because she wanted that college credit badly, and no one was going to stop her, not even her friends who questioned her why she would take a class like engineering.

While those classes are filled with mainly men, the opposite is true for others. Yearbook, for example, has traditionally been filled with mostly females.

Junior Olivia Mickey signed up for yearbook and said she really enjoys it. ¨The class that we have is really lacking males.

Almost every single person in the class is a female.¨ Mickey said she thinks that

the reason more females are taking yearbook and not a lot of males is because males think that they will be “judged and criticized,” and that males would rather take a class that makes them look tough and superior, Mickey said.

Yearbook teacher Brian Winkel said he thinks a lot of the reason for lopsided enrollments comes from groups of friends signing up to be in the same classes together, but he also wonders whether some of the reason comes from those who advise students to make their choices. “Over the years of each student growing up in our schools, I wonder if teachers and other staff unconsciously push paths on different genders. For example, when the English department does its course registration, I wonder if I and others have unconsciously relied on stereotypes more than a student’s needs if, say, a girl is stuck between 21st Century Lit and yearbook,” he said.

Classes that have anything to do with art and ceramics are almost filled to the brim with females with almost no males, and art teacher Emily Luensmann said she believes

that the reason for the lack of men in her art classes would be that art classes are looked at as more culturally acceptable for women to be good at it.

“It’s also a friend-based class,” Luensmann said. Girls will tell their friends to join the class, and then they will tell their other friends and so on.

Luensmann also coaches women’s volleyball, and she sometimes talks about her classes, which attracts some girls to join her classes.

Junior Alexa Doyle is taking pottery, a class that she came into not really knowing what to expect. Her friends didn’t tell her to join the class, but she knew that there would be more girls in it because “It’s pottery class. Pottery is kinda a girl thing,” Doyle said. “Art is looked at as a girl thing.”

Doyle said she doesn’t make fun of the guys that are in her class, and she’s pretty good friends with them actually. She said that more guys should be going out for classes like these.

“I don’t really see why guys are refusing to take them. No girls would judge them,” she said.

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Sugar may be sweet, but the effects of it are not.

On average, Americans consume 130 pounds of sugar per year, 765 grams every five days, about 3,550 pounds in a lifetime. On average, it takes up nearly 500 calories of one’s diet each day. It is recommended that men should only have 9 teaspoons of sugar each day, approximately 150 calories.

Women are recommended to only have 6 teaspoons of sugar each day, approximately 100 calories. And according to brain scans, it is as addictive as cocaine.

The good news is that I have a few sweet breakfast recipes without sugar for you to try.

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Banana, Date and Coconut Muesli:

Apple Cinnamon Muesli:

Apple, Banana and Strawberry Smoothie:

1 cup rolled oats 3/4 cup unsweetened almond milk 1/2 cup pitted and chopped dates (I find this is usually five dates) 1/4 cup unsweetened coconut, toasted 1 banana, peeled and chopped into bits

1 cup rolled oats 3/4 cup unsweetened almond milk 1/2 cup raisins 1/4 tsp ground cinnamon 1 Granny Smith apple

1 ripe banana, peeled 1/3 cup frozen strawberries 1/2 medium apple, cored 3/4 cup ice cubes

Combine all ingredients in a bowl and let soak in the fridge for about 15 minutes.

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Combine all the ingredients except the apple in a bowl and let soak in the fridge for 15 minutes.

When you are ready to eat, grate the apple into the cereal (or core and chop the apple separately before adding it to the cereal) and combine well.

(Serves 2)

Puree all ingredients in a blender until smooth. The riper the banana, the sweeter the results, so save those black spottedbananas. Also, try freezing the banana first. The result is creamier, like a shake. You can also substitue a little almond milk for the ice cubes.

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Sugar is everywhere, it consumes our lives and is relatively impossible to avoid. When you grab a can of soda from the fridge, I doubt the high levels of sugar you are about to consume even passed through your mind. Our generation has been gorged with sugary foods since we were born, and very few of us are concerned with the negative impacts that it’s having on our bodies. sugar has been linked to several health problems as well as simply just giving us a false rush of energy. The new Katie Couric documentary, Fed Up, shows the deep and dark secrets of sugars saying that they are “Constantly hijacking our bodies.” If you are in any disagreement at all after reading this article, I urge you to see the film in order to witness several other dismays of sugar. The film also talks about the new Fed Up Challenge, which motivates people to give up sugar for 10 days. Join me in the challenge. let’s give up sugar for 10 days, in an effort to discover just how large of an impact the sugar is having on our lives. If giving up sugar completely seems like a bit of a stretch, try just giving up soda.

How hard could it be right?

JOURNEY OF Soda THROUGH THE BODY

Eyes This may seem like an odd effect that consuming sugar can have on your body, but about 40 minutes after ingesting the drink, your pupils dialate, which can be bad for your eyes.

Teeth From the moment you first take a drink of soda, it starts to affect your body. Sugar eats away at your enamel, which results in tooth decay, which could eventually lead to you losing teeth.

Heart High fructose corn syrup, which is basically another word for sugar, has been linked to a higher risk of metabolic syndrome.

Metabolic syndrome is associated with diabetes and several heart problems.

Liver Twenty minutes after drinking soda, your blood sugar spikes. This results in your liver turning any sugar into fat.

Stomach Thise who drink soda have an 80 percent increased risk of developing Type 2 diabetes.

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Sugar gives the body a quick and instant surge of energy, which results in a later crash when your body runs out of that energy. It can leave you feeling unmotivated, leading you to accomplish less, due to not feeling your best.

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Reduced fat=More sugar

Food and drinks that are labeled with reduced fat have a massive amount of sugar added to them. In order to keep the taste of the food they have to replace the fat with something. Sugar, however, as mentioned before, gets transfered into fat when in the body. So in concern with reduced fat foods, you are trading up one form of fat for another.

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Sugar has been proved to be nearly as addictive as cocaine. Only 45 minutes after eating something with sugar in it, your dopamine levels rise and your brain lights up just the same as when you are under the influence of cocaine.

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The world health organization has said that sugar should only make up 10% of your total calories per day. For example, if you are on a 2,000 calories a day diet, you should only be comsuming 50 grams of Sugar a day. In one can of soda there are 46 grams ofsugar, and a large snickers bar has 57 grams. This shows that we are exposed to way too much sugar on a daily basis.

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Drinks that are supposed to be healthy for us, such as fruit juice, hold a much or larger amounts of sugar than what you would expect.

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Sugar has been linked to several health problems such as type 2

diabetes, several heart problems and even an earlier death.

One can of Mountain Dew has 46 grams of sugar in it.

That same amount is shown in the cup placed next to the soda can. If you wouldn’t eat that much sugar plain, why are you drinking it?

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Fall/Winter 2015 Highlights from the four-week extravaganza.

2015 Autumn/Winter Fashion Week season has been packed with outstanding shows, loud street fashion and an array of inspiring designers. Each new season, designers unleash fresh new trends and concepts for people all over the world to embrace. Some of these trends may be revivals from the past, others formed wholly from new ideas.

New York Urban Avant- Garde

Hood By Air (HBA), a fashion label launched in 2006, simply started out as a line of graphic T-shirts featuring the word “hood.” Since then, designer Shayne Oliver has worked tirelessly with the rest of the HBA team to elevate the company to its current standing as a leading brand in urban wear.

HBA stood out at New York Fashion Week for a few simple reasons. First, it’s androgynous modeling was created not only through design, but through mesh head pieces, compressing models’ facial features and adding false ones. The ex

Many common threads run through this season’s shows in New York, London, Milan and Paris: rich layers, shearling, retro silhouettes, androgynous glamor and so on. In any case, appreciating these new ideas may require stretching beyond the realms of personal taste. But once you do so, you might be surprised what you fall in love with.

perimental styling did not stop there: gold padlocks hung from custom grills generating a strong urban tone. However, what truly sets HBA apart from other shows at New York fashion week is the unique energy the collection encapsulated. Oliver’s designs do not belong in any one category but blend the best aspects of many. Skater, hip hop, art, high fashion — all these aesthetics exist inside one collection.

London 70’s vibe

Serbian designer Ilincic Roksanda is known for her bold approach to luxury fashion. Which is why it’s no surprise that she unveiled a collection filled with loose retro silhouettes and gooey prints for London fashion week. The collection consisted largely of pant suits and billowing outerwear in rich colors. Many other designers also chose to use oversized outerwear, bell bottoms, high neck lines, chunky accessories and triangular color schemes this season, creating a full on ’70s revival.

Roksanda is commended for designing pieces that are modest, but also cutting edge:“We are living in an age when it’s important to stand out in an elegant way — not too loudly or showing too much flesh.” - Roksanda.

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“I’m always trying to figure out how to translate something into a distorted version of itself, and blur the lines of what it actually is.”

-Shayne Oliver

Milan

Layers of Shearling Blumarine’s creative director, Anna Molinari chose to use textures as this year’s fall and winter vice. The show featured oversized coats and tunics, featuring various materials on one piece.

The collection possess great variety. The thick collars and bulky layers were balanced with plunging necklines for evening wear. Color schemes traveled from crisp and light in the beginning, to dark leather and furs mid show.

The Blumarine look on the left represents the trends forecasted for Fall and Winter of 2015 — thick layers, shearling, high collars and patent booties.

Paris

Shape Shifting During Paris fashion week, Hermès unveiled their long-awaited collection at Paris fashion week under new creative director, Nadège Vanhee-Cybulski. People all across the globe have been waiting since last fall when Vanhee-Cybulski accepted the position to see what her debut collection would be. Hermès fans were not disappointed. The traditional fine leather and equestrian aesthetic of Hermès was surged with fresh energy.

To achieve this, Vanhee-Cybulski mixed textures, incorporated rich colors, used crisp lines and raised necklines. In fact, many other labels chose to revive high necklines and thick collars this season as well.

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Artist: Junior Sommer Danielsen What gave you inspiration to draw this?

Sommer: I enjoyed portraiture last year and wanted to keep working to get better with my skills. This allowed me to gain more experience with drawing. I wanted to draw someone with unique beauty.

How long did it take you to draw?

Sommer: Three weeks Are you proud of your work?

Sommer: There are definitely things I would change, but I am happy with my work.

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Artist: Sophomore Elizabeth Relph

What gave you inspiration to draw this?

Elizabeth: I really wanted to do this piece because I saw it as a challenge and wanted to test my limits. This was one of the most difficult pieces I’ve done, and I’m really happy with how it turned out.

How long did your picture take to paint?

Elizabeth: I started this painting within the first week or so of the semester and worked on it for a few hours every week.

What is your next step with drawing?

Elizabeth: I’m definitely planning on continuing with art classes and painting. I’m really excited to see what other projects we have in store for this semester.

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Artist: Senior Erin Richards What gave you inspiration to draw this?

Erin: The project was to use watercolor on Yupo paper, which is like a plastic paper, so I was inspired to do watercolor because the texture would look really great with how the paint reacts to the paper. Then I chose to do koi fish because I love their bright colors.

It doesn’t really have any hidden meaning. I just really like painting water and things in water.

How long did it take you to draw?

Erin: This piece took me about a week, and I had to redo the water multiple times because the fish began to blend into the water around the edges.

Are you proud of your work?

Erin: I love painting and drawing. I plan on always doing them, but I won’t pursue it as a career.

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Artist: Junior Ashley Brimacomb What gave you inspiration to draw this?

Ashley: I got my inspiration for this piece from many different websites and photos. I scrolled down Tumblr, and when I saw a picture of a jellyfish, I knew that that was what I wanted to try painting. To me, it doesn’t really represent anything, I just wanted to paint something that I had never done before. I added plenty of colors just to make it more interesting and pop a little bit. This type of painting was a new experience for me, and I love trying new things. The assignment was to use watercolor paints on yupo paper.

How long did your picture take to paint?

Ashley: In total, I would say that this took me a week of class time and that includes time of figuring out how to work with this type of media.

What is your next step with drawing?

Ashley: I am taking as many art classes as my schedule can handle. Next year I will be in advanced drawing and two or three design classes. Currently, my ideal future would be to study and work in graphic design.

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Decision to free elephants begins steps in interest of all animals

The parent company to the Ringling and Barnum and Bailey’s Circuses (Feld Entertainment) recently announced that it would end its use of elephants in its shows by 2018.

While Feld Entertainment’s retiring its elephants is a commendable first step, animal rights as a whole is an issue that is often overlooked.

Progress is not happening fast enough.

Animals, especially t h o s e in show business, deserve fair and ethical treatment. They are living creatures, and as they cannot speak for themselves, people need to step up and demand that animals are allowed to live their lives freely rather than for humans’ entertainment or use.

While some argue that people should be able to use elephants and other creatures in circuses as long as they are treated well, oftentimes due to the environment, nature and time constraints of circuses, the animals are treated very poorly. Many people have heard horror stories of whipped and starved animals in circuses. If circuses did not objectify animals by using them solely for people’s amusement, the chance for this torture would be remarkably decreased.

Animals should never be in the circus environment in the first place.

Furthermore, though prominent circuses such as Ringling and Barnum and Bailey’s spout that they treat their animals well (though this statement has also been called into serious question by various pieces of evidence), the animals are still not in their natural habit and therefore cannot flourish and thrive.

Elephants, for instance, are very social creatures. In addition to living in large, familial groups in the wild, elephants form deep bonds with each other. No matter how humane a circus is, the elephant will usually live in solitude with little connection and time with other elephants, if at all.

This is not fair to the elephant. If elephants are to live in confined spaces for educational purposes (sanctuaries, conservation areas, etc.), that space should be as close to their ideal, natural habitat as possible.

Feld Entertainment has made a good decision moving its elephants to a sanctuary over the next three years. We hope this is the start of many more positive changes to the treatment of animals in show business and in general.

We hope this is the start of many more positive changes to the treatment of animals in show business and in general.

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Success awaits those who can ride the wave Flow. It is the phenomenon of optimal experience. It is when one lies within a deeply satisfied state of consciousness. It is when a person loses sense of time, forgets their other worries and feels totally engaged in the task at hand.

Implementing the elements of flow can help you create the best possible experiences for yourself, regardless of how mundane a task may appear at first.

The theory of flow formed as a result of Croatian psychologist Dr. Mihalyi Csikszentmihalyi’s life work. He believes there is much to be accomplished in preventative medicine by learning about the functions of happiness in the brain, rather than mental disorders of the brain. This led to the formulation of the flow theory and the theory that a person possess control over this positive state.

There are several key elements which are required to create a flow experience Challenge is one of these important elements. As one

enters the flow channel, the challenges one faces excite him or her, making him or her eager to succeed.

However, when the challenge is overcome, one most likely falls out of the flow channel because the challenge no longer exists in proportion to one’s ability. This creates a delicate balance between anxiety, boredom and flow. This concept also explains why flow creates opportunity for self growth and discovery. Once one task loses its complexity and appeal, one must move on to find something more complex or exciting, therefore expanding the capabilities of a person and revealing new interests and inclinations.

Second is complete immerson in the task at hand. When a task demands all of one’s psychic energy, or attention, there is no energy left to focus on problems outside of that task.

For example, as a rock climber scales a mountain, his or her mind is fully absorbed into the task of climbing. The climber stops imagining his or herself

as separate from the task, but begins to feel as if his or her body has been programmed to climb.

Third is the loss of self consciousness. This element ensues through the flow experience and is difficult to control. It is similar to the second element in that it typically happens when no psychic energy is left to think of oneself. However, one can work to attain stronger confidence or a lack of concern for opinions, which will impede self conscious thoughts from seeping into the mind and preserve psychic energy.

Next, a flow experience requires clear goals and feedback. Small goals can be set inside of any activity, making that activity very rewarding if one succeeds. For example, while exercising, one can set a goal as to the number of reps to do, the amount of weight to lift, the time in which to run and so on. A chess player can set goals for himself as he works his way across the board. A gardener can set goals as to what she wants to produce in a given season.

Feedback is also important because it provides affirmation or guidance during a task. With feedback, one can become better at the task at hand.

With this knowledge and the ability to control one’s positive state of mind, every experience can improve. Implementing the theory of flow into one’s life will bring immeasurable benefits. Doing so defies social norms and requires uncanny self discipline. However, the added value to life experiences is immeasurable.

Inside the stream of experience lies great moments to be seized. The only thing left to do is reach out into the tide take hold of them.

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pring break is finally here, and many are more than ready to wave goodbye to the bitter cold and snow of winter and are eager to embrace the beautiful spring weather. Looking for a new way to spend time having fun outdoors? Then look no further than the joys of disc golf.

Not a “sports” person? Don’t worry — the game can be played as casually or competitively as you prefer.

Never played a sport before? Perfect — disc golf is the perfect activity for anyone of any age, size or athletic ability.

Broke? Not a problem — aside from the relatively cheap price of a couple discs to play with, disc golf parks are public property made just for you to play on.

Beginning in 1975, disc golf is one of America’s newest and fastest growing sports. The goal is simple: starting from the tee box, get your disc into a designated chain basket in as few throws as possible.

Friday, March 13, 2015 Disc golf is a terrific activity to do with friends. Whether playing a round for fun with a friend or keeping score in a competitive bestshot tournament with a big group of friends, the game is perfect for spending time together and having fun.

Starting in the summer of 2013, my friends and I first tried discing. It quickly became one of our favorite activities, and by summer of 2014, it is safe to say that we became avid disc golf hobbyists. It became summer-ritual to arrive at the course and play as more and more friends began to take up the game as well.

Among them was my good friend, junior Bryce Kolthoff, who threw his first disc last summer and quickly fell in love. “It was an awesome experience. It was almost surreal, finding out that there was this activity that you could go do with your friends that was free, chill, and available at all times. Now, after playing all of last summer, I just think that there’s no better way to take advantage of the good weather. To me, it’s a great way to spend time with even greater people. It’s not overly strenuous — coming off my recent shoulder surgery, I’m really looking forward to this nice weather and disc golf because I can be active again without risking my stillhealing shoulder,” Kolthoff said.

Discing is not only fun, it’s simple and easy for just about anyone to quickly get the hang of.

Try playing with someone who is experienced or even watch a few instructional Youtube videos, and with some practice you’ll soon be developing your own techniques to hear the ever-satisfying sound of rattling chains as you nail a shot.

A crucial component to disc golfing, naturally, is the discs. The plastic discs come in an overwhelming amount of styles ranging from distance drivers, fairway drivers, mid-range discs and putt/approach discs. For each of these classes, there are a ridiculous number of specific makes and variations.

When a disc feels right, you’ll know.

The wand chooses the wizard — I mean, the disc chooses the player.

For example, my distance driver of choice is the Innova Star Boss, my fairway driver is the faithful Innova Tee-Bird and I prefer the sturdy Innova Pro Pig when it comes to putting.

Discs range roughly between $10-$20 in price. You truly only need a driver and putter to aptly play; when I started playing two summers ago, I used nothing but a fairway driver. Walmart offers a convenient three-disc starter-pack, and Scheels has a wide variety of discs to choose from. Near the racks of discs, one can usually find charts with helpful information on picking the right disc.

Another important aspect of

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disc golfing is the course, of course (haha). Many have no idea of the terrific selection of local disc golf parks we have. Tourist Park, located near Main Street just across the river opposite the Ice House Museum, is a small, flat course that requires skillful navigation around trees.

Located directly next to Riverfront Stadium in Waterloo at the corner of Park Road and Burton Avenue is the revered Exchange Park. With 27 holes, this massive course offers tons of dynamic challenges and excitement.

Located just off of Greenhill Road, in between University Avenue and Highway 218, is what my friends and I like to think of as our home course — Valley View Park, otherwise known as Ghost Town Park. Making efficient use of the

elevation changes and wide open spaces, this course is perfect for beginners and veterans alike. One of my best friends and fellow disc golf enthusiast, junior Cole Murphy, actually lives on the course — his house is situated at the end of Hole 6.

“My favorite part of disc golf is that it’s all free, and I live right next to the course, so whenever I have free time I can just go out and throw some discs. I also love being outside. Disc golfing is perfect when it’s a nice day. The whole time you’re playing, you’re also just kickin’ it with your friends. You’re having conversations the whole time, and it’s always just really fun. I think everyone should try it,” Murphy said.

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SPORTS Men’s soccer prepares for new season While most are going to spend their break having fun on vacation or sleeping in, the CFHS men’s soccer team will be getting up early in the morning for an intense practice and then another one later in the afternoon.

“We are looking to improve on our consistency in practice each day,” varsity coach Spencer Steffy said. Steffy is looking to work hard consistently and not let a single player start losing focus.

Since last year’s two starting seniors left, Steffy plans on trying really hard to find their replacements in order to take his

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team to State. “We will have a very experienced team,” Steffy said.

He emphasized that a team is not a team without a leader stepping up and really bringing voice and reason to the team.

“Caleb Iehl is one of our strongest leaders, along with some juniors including Leo Brocka, Chris Keys and Nathan Shull,” Steffy said.

Keys said he thinks he’s ready to accept his leadership roles. “I’m going to try really hard to motivate my team to victory.” He said his also wants his team to succeed and become undefeated; that’s why he

will be helping out with motivating his players.

Brocka does not want his team to shy out on talking in games. He plans on really bringing his hype to the team to pump them up before games.

“Since we will be seeing some new faces on our team, I will try really hard to get them comfortable and really hyped up to play for us.”

In order to keep improving throughout the years, Steffy wants to make sure his team approaches each practice with a good mindset and “take care of each other, on and off the field,” he said. He said he

believes that if his team builds trust within each other, they will have a lot of improvement and success from last year.

With teams all around the state getting ready for the MVC conference, Steffy’s team will play against some very tough teams, including City High, City West and Kennedy. “These teams will definitely be some of the more challenging teams we face, but we will bring all we got and show them what we are made of,” he said.

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from Purple Power, page 1 their success by acknowledging each person every day.

Whether it is a coach, player or manager, he never hesitates to say hello, ask how you’re doing or start a conversation.”

Despite finishing with a record of 28-4 heading into the tournament in 2010, the Panthers were given a No. 9 seed that many believe didn’t give UNI enough credit for their impressive season. This season it’s a different story. Although the term “Cinderella” has been thrown around, the country has taken notice of the incredible season Northern Iowa has put together. ESPN came to Cedar Falls on Wednesday to put together a feature for selection Sunday on UNI. The Panthers have also returned to the cover of Sports Illustrated this week as a team that is pinpointed to potentially take down undefeated No.1-ranked Kentucky.

“It’s not something you even dream of until it happens,” said Buss, who is joined

by Seth Tuttle and Wes Washpun on the cover. “It’s a once in a lifetime experience.”

The country certainly has taken notice, but Cedar Falls has been buzzing with excitement for this team all year.

CFHS alum Austin Hansen is an electronic media major at UNI and films and edits highlights for UNI. He’s gotten to travel with the team and has been on the inside of the action as well as a fan on the outside cheering for his favorite team. His fandom shows through as his Twitter handle is @UNIPantherFan. Hansen is also a part of the Panther Pep Crew, an organization that is dedicated to driving student attendance to athletic events as well as spreading

overall Panther Pride across the UNI campus.

With the success of the team as well as the Pep Crew, the McLeod Center has seen record attendance including consistent sellouts, creating what Hansen believes to be a new culture of waiting outside for tickets and getting them in advance. “It is a really special season, and the students can feel it. I see a lot more purple and gold on campus,” Hansen said.

With the team continuing to win throughout the year, it’s hard for people around campus to ignore. “People are always going to take notice when we succeed,” said Buss, who was named the MVC ScholarAthlete of the Year. “It’s fun to hear people say they’re really proud. It makes all of the hard work worth it.”

After taking home the MVC tournament championship in St. Louis last weekend, the Panthers automatically qualified for the NCAA tournament, although it’s safe to say they would have made it without the automatic qualifier. After being undervalued in 2010, this year’s Panthers are likely to get a No. 4 seed when the field is announced on Sunday.

“I hope they can carry us to a National Championship,” Ahrenholz said. “Their confidence is at a high level right now, and it will take a lot to stop this team from doing some damage in the NCAA Tournament.”

The Panthers will be challenged, and if they make it to the Sweet 16, likely will be matched up with a No.1 seed.

That doesn’t stop Hansen from thinking UNI will be a force to

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The UNI Men’s basketball team has experienced an extrodinary run this season. After finishing the regular season 30-3 and winning the Missouri Valley Conference tournament, the Panthers are anxiously awaiting the release of the brackets this Sunday to find out where they will start the NCAA tournament. be reckoned with.

“I think UNI can make it all the way to Indianapolis for the Final Four,” Hansen said. “The thing I always tell people when asked about it is, ‘Why not?’

This team has the talent to play 40 minutes with anyone in the country.”

Iowa and Iowa State will also be NCAA tournament bound, and all three have brought a buzz to the state that hasn’t been seen in some time. With 11 of UNI’s 15 players being from Iowa, UNI isn’t just playing for Cedar Falls or Panther fans, but for the entire state of Iowa.

“We have the capability to make a deep run in the tourney,” Buss said. “We have a lot of confidence that we have the talent and toughness to make a big run.”

Farokhmanesh will always be remembered by fans of UNI and will still be talked about for years to come, but the Panthers are back. This team is ready to send its own shockwaves throughout the country and once again go on a tournament run that fans of UNI and beyond, will never forget.

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Allison Griffin has started off her senior season with a boom, breaking the CFHS school record for shotput indoors at the recent Dickinson Relays.

Were you trying to break the record?

I really didn’t know what the record was, so no. It was a goal to PR, and that was a PR for me.

How did you find out you broke the record?

Mr. Becker’s tweet. He just tweeted, and I was like ‘“Alright, sounds good.”

Are there more records you want to break?

I didn’t come into this season looking to break any, but now that I’ve already broken one, the sky is the limit, so you never know.

Is there a big difference between the runners and the field event particpants in terms of being a team?

We all warm up together and do a lot of the beginning stuff at practice together. I don’t think it’s separated because the girls come watch me throw, and I watch them run, so we’re all just a big fam, and we really try to promote that image.

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