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Junior explores electricity interests, wins free trip Junior Sabrina Leistcow will be joining 1,900 other students from around the world on June 14-20 in an all-expense paid for trip to Washington, D.C., to build leadership and public speaking skills and to enhance her knowledge of the energy industry and how cooperatives work. Earlier this year Leistcow learned about the Living With Energy Youth Tour Contest through her family’s interaction with the Butler County Rural Electric Cooperative (REC), which supplies energy to get family’s farm. Farming has been in Leistcow’s family for many generations and still is today, with a modern twist. Her father’s works as a lawyer during the day, and farms during the evening. Often getting home in the wee hours of the morning from working on the farm. An electric cooperative is a
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Junior Sabrina Leistcow will be taking a trip to D.C. this summer paid for by the REC to expand students’ knowledge on electricity. non-profit business that is oper-
ated and owned by various people in a community. The focus of the business is to provide reliable power, not make a profit. On top of her interest in environmental science and farming, Leistcow wanted to understand her dad and grandfather’s job more. “Kind of taking after my grandpa and my dad because it is something they interact with on a daily basis with their jobs. It’s interesting because I want to understand how they do stuff and how the business is run,” she said. Leistcow was selected based on an essay she wrote about one of the REC cooperative principles: concern for the community and will be joining 37 other Iowa students this June. Despite her extensive knowledge on the environment and farming from taking AP environmental science this year, her fami-
ly’s involvement in agriculture and being a part of the environmental awareness team, Leistcow said, “I hope to learn about what rural electricity is and how electricity affects America and me and the impact it has on my daily life even if I don’t know it.” On top of immersing herself in a week full of agriculture learning, Leistcow is ecstatic to talk to new people and explore D.C. “I am so excited because we get to go with kids from all over the United States. There are going to be representatives from other states, so I am so excited to talk with people from California. I’m also excited to see all the memorials, “ she said. “I get to lay down flowers on the Tomb of the Unknown Soldiers with other people from Iowa.” By Co-Editor-In-Chief Sophia
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Students graduate early to explore options after high school
As this school year is coming to a close, four juniors and one sophomore will also be joining the seniors by graduating early. For junior Sabine Martin, graduating early means going to school in France for one year. She will be participating in the Rotary Youth Exchange. The Rotary Youth Exchange is an international organization that allows students from all over the world to be a part of the exchange program. Martin is being sponsored for this trip by the Rotary Club of Cedar Falls. She said, “I thought that I would gain a lot from it, like learning a new language, ab-
sorbing a whole new culture, and I am open to that and really excited for it.” Martin will be living in Lyon, France, with three different host families. She will switch host families every three months. She said she is most excited to be immersed into a new culture and the opportunity to be surrounded by French every day. She said, “I’m so excited to take everything I learn there back to Cedar Falls and tell people all about my experiences.” “I feel like I’m going to get a lot more authentic experience. Rather than just going to Paris and being a tourist, I’m
going to be in a family that is originally from France, and they already have their lifestyle set, and I’m just going to be placed into it,” Martin said. Junior Sierra Miller is graduating early to prepare for college. “I wanted to spend a year working and saving up money so that I could actually afford college,” Miller said. After Miller saves up enough money, she said that she would like to go to college in another country. She said, “I have Spanish citizenship, so I will most likely move there once I’m ready.” Sophomore Grace Boez-
inger isn’t exactly graduating early, but she is leaving Cedar Falls to attend an arts school in Minnesota to pursue her dream of being a professional ice skater. She will be living on the school’s campus dorms and will be practicing full time with her coach. In addition to attending the arts school, Boezinger will also be taking online classes that go along with her curriculum. What Boezinger said she is most worried about is being away from her family. She said, “They are really supportive of me, but I am really close to my mom, so it is going to be difficult to be away from her.”
Martin said the most difficult thing about graduating early is “mentally preparing to leave a whole year early and leaving everyone behind is kind of hard, but I’m excited for the future that is coming.” For Miller the most difficult part was coordinating how and when she was going to take her required classes. For those interested in graduating early, Martin said, “Do it, if you want to. It’s a lot of work, but if you have a goal and something you are working toward, it’s a really cool idea.” By Staff Writer Clare
New enrichment gives students outlet for creativity Peet student leader Abigail Brodhead has added a student offbeat teaching a game to the options for enrichment this May. She teaches and plays Dungeons and Dragons with fellow students. Brodhead helps students make characters and embark on fantasy adventures. “To teach newcomers, [I use] notes that I write down, and I want to start using models and objects to show them.”
Dungeons and Dragons is a dice tabletop game with lots of role playing from the players as they play different characters such as wizards, thieves, rangers and clerics. Creativity is practically a must when it comes to playing. Broadhead tries to give freedom to the players, “I really want to get people involved and get them to know each other better. I also want to let everyone be creative with designing certain things. Since Dungeons and Dragons is
about being creative and thinking outside of the box, it would be fitting to let people.” With the enrichment just starting out, Brodhead already has some plans for what she wants to do. “I want to get to making characters for playing D&D and learning how to be a Game Master/Dungeon Master,” Brodhead said. Dungeon Masters dream up the quests filled with monsters, mazes and treasure for the players to explore.
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“I was really inspired by my siblings and by a podcast,” Brodhead said. “My siblings at home love to play Dungeons and Dragons, and I was really curious about what they were doing. The whole idea I thought would be really fun and something different from the normal ‘leadership, yay!’ Tiger time enrichments.” By Staff Write Jamie
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Jackson Gutknecht Photos On May 11, students and their guests attended Night at the Gala Prom at the Electric Park Ballroom. The prom was organized by Junior Leadership.
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At after prom, 30 students were hypnotised by Dr. Al Snyder. Senior Anthony Aldrich participated in a fake weightlifting competetion where he believed he was a heavyweight champion. Below, junior Austin Cross argues with senior AJ Jackson over a suspicious smell.
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With the stress of upcoming finals and the ever taunting pull of summer right around the corner, one couldn’t help but yearn for some stress relief. For some that might mean meditation or hanging out with friends, but why not attempt to redirect that stress to try to do something new like, making a chocolate cake and chocolate frosting from scratch? With minimal ingredients that you might already have at home for each, these recipes should be a cinch! Ingredients for cake: 1 cup boiling water 2 teaspoons vanilla extract ½ cup vegetable oil 1 cup milk 2 eggs 1 teaspoon salt 1 ½ teaspoons baking soda 1 ½ teaspoons baking powder ¾ cup unsweetened cocoa powder 1 ¾ cups all-purpose flour 2 cups white sugar
Directions: Set oven to 350 degrees, allow to preheat. Pour all ingredients into a large bowl. Mix with an electric mixer on medium speed for 2 minutes in order to fully combine. After mixing, prepare two 9 x 1.5-inch pans or one large pan by thoroughly spraying the bottom of the pan with Pam. In other words; thoroughly grease your pan(s). This will help you later in the process of removing the cake from the pan. Pour the batter as evenly as you can into the pans. Be aware that the batter will be
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Frosting can be made using ingredients from an average pantry. slightly watery/runny though the consistency won’t affect the quality of the cake. Place the pans into the center of the oven and set a timer for 30-35 minutes. It is recommended to bake the cake at first for 30 minutes, then to take them out to check if they’re ready by sticking a toothpick into the center of the cake. If the toothpick comes out of the cake clean, meaning it has little to no cake residue on it, the cake is done baking. Once the cake is done baking, set the pans on top of the oven and allow to cool for at least 10 minutes. Then, carefully remove cakes from the pans and set aside to allow them to cool further for approximately 10 more minutes. If you have made it safely to this step,
congratulations, begin to frost the cake. Unfortunately for myself, I was not able to safely remove my cakes from the pan. If you too have had trouble and find yourself picking up the rubble of destructed cake bits, please proceed to the next steps. It’s OK that you haven’t been able to get the cakes out of the pans. That part is a lot harder than most let on. You just need more practice. Until then, don’t throw away your cake remnants. Continue to deconstruct the cake by tearing it apart with your hands in a large bowl. (Proceed to frosting instructions before continuing next steps). Using a generous glob of frosting you will have made, place it into the bowl of cake remnants.
Mix cake and frosting together with hands until it is at a consistency where it sticks together like dough. Take the newly made “dough” and roll a portion of it into a small ball. Repeat until batter is used up, placing each ball onto a baking sheet or a plate. This step is optional. You can either choose to dip your cake balls into chocolate to complete the full cake ball look or you can, like me, decorate the plain cake balls with extra frosting. Finish decorating and enjoy, but don’t forget to refrigerate extra cake balls to save for later. Ingredients for frosting: 1 teaspoon vanilla 1/3 cup milk 2 cups powdered sugar 2/3 cocoa powder 1/3 cup butter Directions: Melt the butter in a bowl using the microwave for approximately periods of 15-20 seconds. Careful not to overheat! Pour in the rest of the ingredients with the melted butter. Mix together with a whisk or an electric mixer until you reach the desired frosting consistency. Note: You may add in a tad more milk or powdered sugar if consistency is not to your liking. Use your frosting to frost your cake or to decorate your cake balls or just about anything else. It’s your frosting to do with as you wish. Enjoy it right out of the bowl if that’s what you’re here for. By Staff Writer Skylar
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Senior embarks on journey with UNI to open her own business for college? “After two years at Hawkeye I am transferring to UNI for business.”
Senior Jackie Gonzalez always played around with photography. It wasn’t until two years ago until she realized she wanted to pursue a career in photography. Now Gonzalez plans to open her own photography business.
7. Do you want do anything in the future with photography? “I am going to major in business and open up my own photography business. I am actually working with UNI right now. They have a business program that helps young entrepreneurs.”
1. How did you get into photography? “I kind of just always played around with it. I decided to actually do it when I was still living in Texas. I took classes and I was in yearbook and everything. And I was like okay, this is what I am going to do now.” 2. Are you taking any photography classes at the high school? “I took Creative Digital Photography l and ll.” 3. What is your favorite thing to photograph? “I would have to say sports. I like how it gets very hands on. I feel like those are really good shots to get.”
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Above is one of Gonzalez’ photos. She enjoys taking photos of events as well as people, like graduation photos. 4. What is your inspiration for taking photos? “I wouldn’t say I have a person who inspires me, I would say it’s more of just getting a story from a photo. When other people try to interpret a certain story I like to hear different perspectives of what’s going on.”
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8. What kind of business do you want to open? “It’s just going to be me advertising to take photos. I am just going to wait a little to open it up.”
5. What’s your biggest accomplishment regarding photography? “We had this gallery in Texas. One of my photos got put in there for film. For digital I got a whole page in our yearbook for one of my photos for soccer.”
9. Do you do any photo jobs now? “Yes, I take photos of my peers. I don’t really charge them too much though. I make a deal with them and I say “hey, I can take these photos for you if I can put them in my portfolio.’”
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Our View Students face threat of possible shootings In the past two weeks, school shootings have happened in a Colorado K-12 school and at the University of North Carolina-Charlotte. With the growing number of school shootings, how can we keep track of these tragedies? According to the U.S. Naval Postgraduate School, 94 incidents of school gun violence were documented in 2018, an increase of nearly 60 percent over the previous record high in 2016. State legislatures in Florida, Missouri, Montana, North Carolina, Oklahoma and Texas have proposed one solution. These states propose to put more guns into schools by having teachers carry them. Teachers will be trained to carry guns and make shooting decisions when necessary, but this is contrary to the message of anti-school violence. Although a March 2018 Gallup poll found that 73 percent of U.S. teachers do not want to carry guns in schools, these states now have guns in schools with the intention to prevent school shootings. Putting more guns into schools increases chances of an accidental shooting or the ability for a student to obtain a gun from an educator. How can adding guns solve this problem? When the Bill of Rights was signed, the Second Amendment called for “A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.” Students and schools were never in mind when this was written, so why does this justify putting more guns into schools when guns are the sole problem? Thoughts and prayers don’t work anymore for the students who are killed in school shootings. There is a generation of students who are coming up through schools across the United States who will be in fear of guns entering their school through an intruder, and also from the ones that might be carried by educators.
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America needs progressive abortion laws On Tuesday, May 7, Georgia’s governor signed a bill that has the potential to ban abortions in the state as soon as a heartbeat is detected, when the fetus is around six to eight weeks old. This “heartbeat law” is something that many other states have tried to implement, including Iowa. Although Governor Kim Reynolds signed the bill, it was later struck down for being “unconstitutional.” This topic is the newest debate at the center of pro-life and pro-choice arguments as new states each day try to pass similar laws. The truth is, anytime a woman enters into a clinic that offers abortion services, she’ll most likely be met with harsh words from protestors. A documentary filmed by Emily Cameron highlights the protestors who stand outside the Emma Goldman Clinic in Iowa City, who spend most days berating the women who enter. They call them “murderers,” and tell them “not to kill their child today.” Their goal seems to be focused on degrading women, women who have the legal right to choose what they want to do with their bodies. Women who, if that service wasn’t provided legally, would opt for back-alley abortions, which often fail and put the mother’s health at risk. True Christians are not people who protest the decisions of others, but those who offer comfort and support to those in need. Mother Teresa was known for sitting outside abortion clinics, not judging those who entered but offering to sit with them and hold their hand. Our country seems to focus so much on penalizing women who have abortions but forgets to implement laws that prevent unwant-
ed pregnancies from happening in the first place. If our government would protect women’s rights and provide contraceptive education to young people, abortion rates would drop significantly. The reality is that most people know someone close to them who has had an abortion, whether or not they are aware of it. Busy Phillips, the host of Busy Tonight, highlighted the fact that one in four women have an abortion before the age of 45, and she herself had an abortion at the age of 15. “No bill that criminalizes abortion will stop anyone from making this incredibly personal choice, but these laws will put women more at risk,” Phillips said. These new heartbeat laws basically make it impossible for women to get an abortion. At six to eight weeks, most women have just found out about the pregnancy. If lawmakers want to make sure women take time and make a smart decision, they need to actually allow time to do so. If a woman finds out she’s pregnant and she’s already at six weeks, she’ll have to make a quick decision that most people aren’t emotionally prepared for. In a report published by the CDC, it was recorded 89 percent of abortions take place during the first trimester (13 weeks) of pregnancy. That means that only 11 percent of abortions are taking place after the first trimester. The need to shorten the time period available to get an abortion is just another step toward reversing Roe vs. Wade. Recently, the pro-life movement has come forward in trying to ban abortion completely. In countries where this has occurred,
more unsafe abortions take place in unregulated locations, causing damage to the fetus and mother, and are often unsuccessful. The United States needs to have safe, legal abortions available because it is a legal right. Women get abortions for a multitude of reasons, but we have to remember that it is their reason, not our country’s. The decision to have children is always and should always be a woman’s personal choice. If we’re going to start saying that a fetus should have every right that a grown human should have, then there are a number of other issues that accompany that. Will child support start at conception? Can mother’s insure them and collect if they miscarry? Heartbeat bills are just the latest in a mind-boggling movement to take away reproductive rights and put the lives of oppressed women in the hands of a majority male government. Abortion is perhaps one of the most personal and private decisions anyone could ever make. Whether or not a member of the government thinks it’s morally justifiable is their own opinion, and does not have a place in our laws. If these heartbeat laws pass, America will be moving backward. The goal should be to get to a brighter and more progressive tomorrow, not move back to medieval governments that decide women’s futures without even asking for their own opinion.
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Netflix doc highlights women in government In the United States, we’re so used to our government looking like one type of person that we don’t even question it. A white male, usually a lawyer, wearing a suit and a smile: this is our picture of a politician. When it comes out that the same congressman who killed a bill that would tax carbon emissions is accepting money from the companies that make them, we aren’t shocked or surprised or even offended. This is the norm in our country. Netflix’s “Take Down the House” opens citing the record numbers of women, people of color and noncareer politicians who ran for office in 2018. It introduces the viewer to four Democratic
congressional candidates: Amy Vilela, Cori Bush, Paula Jean Swearengin and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. This film follows them on their campaign trails, and one thing quickly becomes apparent: these candidates are not the norm. They’re not fighting Republicans; they’re fighting the Democratic establishment that has become too complacent. Democrats have lost over 900 seats across the nation since 2008, and this new wave of candidates doesn’t intend to sit back and relax while their party’s leaders drive that number into four digits. These campaigns are nothing like the expensive,
gaudy ones run by their opponents. In the film, Ocasio-Cortez points to various features of a campaign ad put out by her opponent, Joe Crowley. She points out his multiple mentions of Trump, who he promises to fight, and his lack of commitments to his district. She points out that his campaign is being run by a veritable political machine. Later, she states, “We meet a machine with a movement.” Her opponent is the fourth most powerful Democrat in the country, and he’s run uncontested for 14 years in his district. He’s everything you’d expect a politician to look like, and she’s a bartender. Every article that covered
her campaign was written like she’d already lost. In a country more stable and less angry, she would have. Before a reality TV president shook the states to their core, none of these candidates would have made it on the ballot. This film covers these candidates going door to door, talking to American citizens and listening to the concerns of the people they want to represent. It shows a new type of congressperson, one we desperately need now. Ocasio-Cortez once said, “Women like me aren’t supposed to run for office.” But she did. And she won. By Staff Writer Sierra
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Film features shockingly evil story of criminal On May 3, 2019, Netflix released the slightly controversial movie, Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile. The movie details the relationship between Elizabeth “Liz” Kloepfer and Ted Bundy, played by Lily Collins and Zac Efron, respectively. The film is mainly from the point of view of Liz and is heavily influenced by Kloepfer’s own novel, “The Phantom Prince: My Life with Ted Bundy.” The movie begins at the end with Liz visiting Bundy in prison just hours before he is to be executed, asking him if he remembers how they met. We are then flashed back to when Liz and Bundy first interacted and the whirlwind romance that then ensued. We get an interesting point of view as we see Bundy really become a part of single mother Liz’s life. Gradually we are brought through the many accusations and trials Bundy faced, without ever witnessing him committing the crimes. I thought that this was an interesting take on the story as such a vital part of Bundy is the brutal murders he committed. It plays with the idea of whether or not he really was innocent. Once we see Bundy convicted of his crimes, we are left kind of in limbo as he continues to proclaim his in-
Featuring Zac Efron and Lily Collins, this movie focuses on the life of the mass murderer Ted Bundy. nocence. It isn’t until we cycle back to where we began that we see the truly horrifying part of who Bundy really is. We are brought back to specific moments through-
out the movie where Liz may have suspected something was wrong with Bundy, only this time we are seeing it from his own point of view. It was utterly chilling. The movie first sparked
controversy when it’s trailer was released. Many people worried that the movie would romanticize Bundy by casting a teen heartthrob such as Efron. However, I think the casting of Efron was truly brilliant on the director’s part. They took a man who is seen by many as kind, handsome boy from movies like “High School Musical,” and turned him into one of the most prolific serial killers of all time. I truly believe this was intentional, as this is sort of how Bundy used to be viewed as well. During the trials of the Chi Omega murders, young girls would come to watch Bundy out of pure fascination. Bundy coaxed many of his victims to come with him by being charming and luring them away from their friends. Efron is regarded in many of the same ways with young girls today. The directors chose him to show that sometimes the people we should fear are the ones we trust the most. Overall, the movie was fantastically put together. I feel that it truly encompassed Bundy for who he truly was, a manipulative, intelligent, handsome man who thought he could get away with murder. By Staff Writer Clare
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Every year the Gallagher Bluedorn brings in big Broadway shows into little Cedar Falls. They’ve held shows such as “Rent,” “Once” and this year they brought in the smash hit “Kinky Boots.” Because this is an area that often gets unnoticed by touring shows, the Gallagher does its best to bring some in. These shows bring in the energy of Broadway into Cedar Falls, giving the people of Cedar Falls a taste of New York. This year they’re planning on bringing even more Broadway hits to Cedar Falls. They just recently released their 2019-2020 artist series which includes artists such as Tony Bennett, Billy Gardell, Gladys Knight and many others. The Gal-
lagher is also bringing multiple Broadway shows such as “We Will Rock You the Musical,” The Minnesota Ballet, “Bandstand,” “The Office! A Musical Parody,” “Finding Neverland,” “Beautiful- The Carol King Musical” and “STOMP.” After the premiere, most were excited for “Beautiful-The Carol King Musical” and for good reason. “Beautiful” was nominated for seven Tony awards including Best Musical, and the lead actress, Jessie Mueller, won best actress for her portrayal of Carol King. The next musical everyone was excited for was “Bandstand.” “Bandstand” was nominated for three Tony awards and won best choreography.
The final musical everyone at the premiere was raving about is the new “Office” parody musical. This brand new musical just recently opened Off-Broadway, containing an all-new score and song titles paying homage to the original “Office.” And the original cast on the Off-Broadway will be part of the tour cast, so Cedar Falls will get to see some of the original cast. Everyone was very excited for this year, and hopefully there’s more to come next year.
Pink’s “Hurts 2B Human” album presses all the right buttons. The production is immaculate, the writing isn’t terrible and follows a familiar structure, the choruses are catchy enough, and the singer is wellestablished enough to gain more than a few hits from it. For all intents and purposes, it’s the perfect pop album. But the music consumers of 2019 don’t want the perfect pop album. We want trap music produced in some nobody’s basement. I’m not even going into how gloriously out-of-touch styling it “2B” is, but suffice to say, it’s somewhere between President Obama’s response to the Flint water crisis and Mitt Romney’s every action. In 2000, Pink, then stylized as “P!nk,” released her first album, “Can’t Take Me Home.” Classified as R&B and dancepop, it was full of songs like “Most Girls,”
which detailed her determination to find “real love,” as opposed to just financial security in a partner. Most of her subsequent work defined her as outspoken, intentionally alternative to the mainstream, and proudly critical of society’s expectations for her. She released songs like “Dear Mr. President,” in which she criticised former President George W. Bush’s conservative policies, “So What,” where she flaunted her ability to enjoy herself without a partner, “Please Don’t Leave Me,” where she displayed brutal honesty regarding her failings in relationships, and “Slut Like You,” in which she flipped gendered double standards regarding promiscuity and declared it to be her “really unsophisticated way of taking the power back.” Then, five years after her 2012 album “The Truth About Love,” she released
“Beautiful Trauma.” Its lead single “What About Us” embodies the same “screw the mainstream” attitude that made her an interesting artist in the early 2000s, but it’s shown with hindsight and nostalgia. “Can’t Take Me Home” was genuine. “Beautiful Trauma” could’ve been sung by anyone. It was released when acoustic, reflective ballads were all the rage, and as far as acoustic ballads go, the ones on “Beautiful Trauma” were pretty good, but no matter how much emotional vulnerability this album tried to project, it was not believable. “What About Us” felt like a corporate plot and so has every song Pink’s released since then. “Hurts 2B Human” is a good album, but it’s about as authentic an expression of Pink as Taco Bell is of Mexican cuisine. It opens on the track “Hustle,” which is
the result of A.I. attempting to write a selfempowerment anthem. This song cautions the listener, “Don’t hustle me/ don’t f*ck with me.” It’s empowerment pop at its worst and most inhuman. “(Hey Why) Miss You Sometime,” which follows “Hustle,” is flat-out awful in the way that Cascada’s “Evacuate the Dancefloor” is awful: not technically bad and has no discernable flaws, but leaves the listener feeling wrong somehow. It’s like eating cheap takeout: overblown and amazing until it’s gone; then you feel like you ate six times more than you did, and your wallet is $20 lighter. Overall, the album is well put together. Flawless. Absolutely perfect. But perfect is impossible and unattainable, and I never want to hear “Hurts 2B Human” again. By Staff Writer Sierra
“Alice’s Adventures In Wonderland” is a widely known and beloved children’s story written by Lewis Carroll and published way back in 1865. Most people have at least heard of this popular story many times throughout their lifetimes. Reason for this worldwide recognition is not only for the story’s unusual and rather mystifying events and dialogue but also because of the many film adaptations since it’s making, most recognizable of all being the Disney animation “Alice In Wonderland.” Though if one would assume the book is at all like the Disney adaptations, one would be proven to be wrong. One may think the movie to be a mix and match of scenes and characters, only to see the book has much more nonsense to it than the movie could ever let on. “‘I wonder if I shall fall right through
the earth! How funny it’ll seem to come out among the people that walk with their heads downwards!” The story begins with the main character, Alice, and her sister sitting and reading books (much similar to how the popular Disney movie begins). The plot moves quickly from there, having Alice fatefully find herself falling down the rabbit hole within the first few pages. Things just get stranger and stranger from there, or in this case “curiouser and curiouser.” Lost in “Wonderland,” Alice must continue to follow the white rabbit, hoping to eventually find her way (If not her way then the queen’s way!) home, but through the confusing twists and turns of the land to the curious mess of characters from the famously known Mad Hatter to talking flowers, Alice finds herself to be quite
lost. She must decide what path to take to make it home again from this backward world. Throughout the story, one may find plenty of similarities to the text and the early Disney adaptation, though don’t be disappointed, the book has plenty to offer that the movie did not. With 256 pages and some rather large text, “Alice’s Adventures In Wonderland” is a quick read that shouldn’t take more than a few hours to complete. One thing is for sure, this story is sure to brighten up the reader’s day and/or offer up some well-needed confusion and wonder that otherwise would not have been there before in the absence of such a wonderous nonsense of a book.
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How long have you been playing soccer? “I have been playing since I was four. I played for YMCA leagues.” What has been your biggest accomplishment from this season or a past season? “Last season we beat Linn-Mar, and they were ranked eighth in the state, so that was a big deal. We all worked together really hard to win that game.”
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Do you have any personal goals for this season? “This season I want to score goals and try to build the team because we are a really young team right now.”
Bottom left, senior Sean Miller gets ready to shoot at the Cedar Falls Gun Club on Tuesday, May 14.
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What position do you play? “I play forward.” Have you faced any injuries or struggles? “I have not had any major struggles, but there is always the aches and pains that come with playing soccer.” Do you plan on playing soccer after high school? “No I am not.”