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Neighborhood Flames As Public Safety Director Jeff Olson, Director of Secondary Education Dan Conrad and the owners of 1211 W. 10th Street across from the high school look on, fire fighters control the blaze that began in a pile of leaves behind the garage on Thursday, Oct. 30 during 7th period at school. The residents were not burning leaves, and the cause of the fire remains under investigation. The garage received significant damage as well as a van and a pickup truck that were parked inside as the flames spread into the interior of the garage.

Confronting Curiousity Junior’s questions lead to life without God

“Do you believe in God?”

“No, not until proven otherwise.”

Ben Louviere steps up to the counter after hearing the previous order of a “hot monkey love, tiramisu and caramel, single shot espresso latte” and proceeds to order a small cup of black coffee.

With dozens of coffee options to choose from, Louviere is apart of the minority of Americans who prefer their coffee black. With hundreds and potentially thousands of religions to choose from, he is also apart of the 6 percent of Americans who classify themselves as atheists.

Louviere grew up in a Catholic home, going to church on most Sundays. He attended small groups on Wednesday

The television industry, which normally accepts and makes changes at a glacial pace, has just experienced two game changers.

Two of the most watched television shows in the modern era, Game of Thrones and The Big Bang Theory, are on HBO and CBS respectively.

Those two stations have offered what could change the landscape of television and how viewers can see the content they want. The two stations are now offering online subscriptions to all of their television content, and anyone who is interested does not need to be subscribed to cable.

Online subscriptions will start to affect everybody. People who watch television programs mainly on the Internet will start to see their options increase, as well as the competition for their money, and people who watch cable television should begin to see a decline in their cable bills, as these changes will start to put a strain on cable providers.

CBS’s Internet programming would be priced at $5.99 per month, whereas Time Warner Cable has not released a price for HBO. The recent influx of TV stations moving to the web have been brought on mainly because of high cable prices and a large number of channels on cable going unwatched, resultnights, prayed at night and truly believed in God and had a relationship with him. There was no questioning what he was told because just as his math teachers taught him to do addition, his preachers and church leaders taught him about God. As he continued to grow older and as the saying goes, wiser, Louviere started being more attentive to things around him. He began won-

ing in customers paying for channels they never use. Because of this, if a customer only watches The Big Bang Theory and CBS Evening News, both of which will be on CBS’s online service, that person could pay the $5.99 instead of the $70 for a full cable subscription.

Recent times have brought joy for cord-cutters, with Netflix seeing its subscriber growth grow by the month, and now CBS and HBO have brought a new wave of competition to the web.

Some people are hoping that this influx of Internet television makes it so a person can choose which channels he or she wants to subscribe to.

Junior Ben Hertz primarily uses Netflix and other Internet sources to watch shows.

“I can’t always watch right during the time slot for most TV shows, and I don’t usually have time to channel surf, so I would definitely prefer to use a subscription type deal.”

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dering why there were so many churches and why people thought different things about the same God. After late nights of lying in bed and pondering life, he began researching, reading essays, listening to lectures and began to have doubts in his faith. Then in his English class in ninth grade, his teacher assigned an argument paper. He wasn’t interested in See ‘Without God’ on page 2

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This staff car was parked in a choice spot on Division Street in front of the main entry recently.

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Staff: Set our parking spots free This fall, the team effort of Cedar Falls High School has been shining through a number of events. From sports to robotics to music performances to artistic creations to the food drive, CF pulls together to show it’s best side. So, while the spirit of togetherness is reigning, let’s address an ongoing issue to add to the harmony.

The staff parking lot is designated for only the staff that work in Cedar Falls High School, but if we take a look at it, we will notice many empty spaces at any given time.

One of the the reasons for all of those empty spaces is because some of the staff will park elsewhere.

What doesn’t make much sense is that when staff park in the choicest parking spots available for students, they will not receive tickets, but as soon as students park in the empty slots in the staff parking lot, they are risking a $25 ticket.

Since the school has made a parking lot specifically for the staff to park in, then the staff should be obligated to park in it. In fact, they should be forced to move their cars back into the staff parking lot and receive a ticket for occupying a choice space out on Division.

It’s not like the staff parking lot is far away from the school either. It’s literally right next to the school, a minute walk from the lot to the door leading into the school.

When a staff member parks somewhere in front of the school, he or she is taking up a space for a student to park, and it’s not like that student can just go park in the staff parking lot without getting a ticket, so the student is resigned to the five-minute hike in the soon-to-be wintery cold after taking a spot blocks away from the high school.

We are all in this together, so, staff, please have a little pity on us. Give us our parking spots back. Keep the spirit of togetherness strong.

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Our website is www.hiline.cfschools.org. The Hi-Line is distributed to CFHS students on Fridays to read during their fifth period classes.

Columns and letters do not necessarily reflect the opinions of the Hi-Line staff or Cedar Falls Schools. The Hi-Line editorial is presented weekly in the editorial labeled Our View, and it is the view of the majority of the editors listed below. Reader opinions on any topic are welcome and should be sent to The Tiger Hi-Line staff or delivered to room 208. All letters must be signed. Letters must be submitted by 3 p.m. on Monday for publication in the following Friday edition. Letters may not exceed 300 words and may be edited to meet space limitations. Writers should include their contact information for verification.

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‘Right to Die’ is likely next big political question The United States has always had a history of progressivism. From equality for minorities and women to voting rights for 18 year olds, we have always tried to move forward.

Recently the issue of marijuana and homosexuals getting married is in the forefront, and an era of change is stirring.

But what comes next? What’s the next big issue that should change?

The big one to be fixed is euthanasia. It sounds so bad and gets spun as killing old people because they cost too much. That’s evil and selfish, but that’s not what I mean. The right to die should be a fundamental human dignity right.

There are some hard hitting documentaries on the topic, like “Right to Die,” which has gained a lot of controversy.

If you see the trials of someone with an illness like Alzheimers, you have to be near inhuman to deny them the right to die with a little dignity. If people want to go out on their

terms so that their spouses and loved ones can remember them as they were, not the ravaged individual they will inevitably become, let them. It’s not fair to let them degrade and fade away until they are nothing but a shell.

There are legitimate concerns on this topic, as there are for any other. The right to die might morph into the responsibility to die so that you don’t become a burden or economical black hole. There are some people who do believe that old people contribute nothing to society and are only using up money that can be used on something like science. So seeing the jump if euthanasia becomes widespread to a utilitarian stance is not that hard to imagine.

Religion is where all these issues come to a head. Morality: where does it stand? The afterlife and if it exists, then we treat our body as a temple and killing ourselves would damn us to Hell. But just be-

from ‘Without God’ on page 1 writing about any of the topics his teacher suggested, “As a ninth grader, what is you writing a paper on abortion going to do?” Louviere thought.

He decided to go with a topic that would be pertinent and beneficial to him and allow his own thoughts to be brought to life and solidify his beliefs that he was atheist.

Louviere is a straight A student and says curiosity, not spite towards Christians or their God, provoked his search for answers. “[Curiosity] is one of the most definitive, valuable and beneficial characteristics we have as human beings,” Louviere said. “The ability to wonder, doubt, question and want to learn more is, in essence, what makes us human.”

Many people fear the unknown, whether it’s the relative simplicity that is the future or the darkness of a newly entered room or on a greater scale questions like ‘what happens when you die’ and ‘what is the meaning of life.’ Louviere said he believes humans want a reason for everything, which led to the human creation of religion in order to get answers. As for the junior, possible answers to these questions

stream through his head, but he knows he will never be able to come to a conclusion. “I’m living in a state of what the hell does this mean. It’s crazy, but it’s exciting,” Louviere said. “It makes me happy to find meaning in my own personal ways.”

Louviere doesn’t want to be changed. He wants to be accepted and hopes that who he is as a person and how he treats others is more valuable than a difference in beliefs.

“People who I don’t know that just know that I’m an atheist, I’m assuming I get judged by them,” he said.

Being judged doesn’t bother Louviere at all and he welcomes people that want to have a conversation about his beliefs to just come talk to him. “It’s never affected what I’ve done or what I’ve said or who I’ve been,” he said. “If those people that are judging me want to come talk to me about it and ask me why, tell me what they think and hear what I think, then by all means come do it.”

Even with his differences in Christian beliefs, he still sees good in religion such as their lifestyle ethics. “It inspires them to be a good person be-

cause religion exists doesn’t mean it controls things. We need to draw the line and take religion out of controversial issues because when religion is brought into politics, rights get trampled.

The big issue would be where do we draw the line?

Can just anyone end his or her life if he or she is unhappy? Do only physical illnesses qualify for euthanasia? Why not mental illnesses?

This is why it’s the next big thing that should be discussed in America. Dying people should not have to suffer, but where is the line drawn? It’s a question of human dignity, but where do we keep people from making rash decisions in cases of treatable illnesses, like HIV? Ready or not, the newly elected representatives are sure to be determining just how much life to give or take to this increasingly debated question.

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cause it’s what is morally right,” said Louviere, who said that’s a characteristic he shares with the people of the Christian religion.

Louviere is looking forward to his upcoming track season and does after school lifting every day after school. He is proud of his strong vocabulary and wants to try as many different things as possible in his lifetime. He said that he has a great understanding of who he is and is one with himself.

“That’s one of the most crucial things that I value in myself as a person. I feel very comfortable and complete as the person that I am and I am proud of it,” said Louviere, who admits he believes in the possibility of a God. As he receives his coffee, the barista asks Louviere if he would like room left for cream at the top of his cup, and he accepts. He used to put cream in his coffee but now just drinks without it. Now sitting down he takes the first sip of his hot, black coffee.

“You’re not gonna use cream?”

“I figured I would just see what it tasted like black, and I really like it.”

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Red and white lights flashing and people slam-dancing, throwing bodies asunder and jumping to the hard riffs of the music. The mosh pit two rows from the stage was a mess of flung saliva and spilled beverages. The jumping crowd and smell of an explicit substance overwhelmed the senses as Dope, a band from Los Angeles, rocked out on stage.

The nu-metal band, a genre formed from a fuse of hip hop and thrash metal, clothed in American flags and dreadlocks, sent the crowd into a frenzy with popular song after popular song.

Spicoli’s, a bar and grill just on the edge of the Cedar Falls border on University Avenue, wasn’t that full for Dope, but then again not many people know Dope. It was 6:45 p.m., and there was hardly anyone in there, minus the band members wandering around and talking to people. It was surreal to see someone who had somewhat made it famous just walking around like normal people.

At 7 p.m. the opening bands started playing. A bad solo artist, cleverly named “Cheesus” as a play on Jesus, was first up. His music was a rip off of other’s rap music just in a heavier voice. Most people then went outside for a ciga-

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Dope was the closing act at a recent all ages concert at Spicoli’s bar and grill on University Avenue. rette and eventually Cheesus got off the stage. Cheesus was followed up by a decent band called “The Rumors” who come right out of Waterloo. Still very few people, but the band was good and people started to get up from their tables and come forward.

At around 8:15 the third

band came out, and they looked to be in their mid-40s and you could hear the collective groan of the loss of youth.

But the first song brought the energy back with the heavy guitar, brutal screaming and catchy choruses.

At this point the blackhaired, heavily pierced people

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started coming in, and it looked like the kind of concert everyone came to see. The fourth and final band before Dope came on and played a heavy, punk-like music and got the rest of the people to come forward.

The lights went down and the bar got smokey, let’s just say from smoke machines. The drummer came on the stage first with his face painted and dreadlocks hanging messy. The backdrop turned on, surprising everyone with an LED American flag with the band name in the foreground. Edsel Dope, the lead singer, walked out with a flying-V guitar and asked how we were doing, a choice word or two put in his question. Everyone screamed and the bass guitar player strung out a chest shaking chord and walked out, followed by the lead guitar.

They rocked the club for about two songs before one of the two pedals on the bass guitar broke and Edsel was forced into a monologue. Ten minutes passed trying to fix the pedal and Edsel teasing and having the whole crowd just stare at the drummer to make him uncomfortable. Eventually they were wrapping it up and he had his “stage cannabis” and fired it up, followed by a notso-convincing assurance that it

was just stage weed.

The concert came back to life with the fixed pedal and started the show back up with their hit song with a name that cannot be mentioned in a school paper. The crowed was back to sweating, jumping and shaking a select finger at the stage. The lyrics played on the bright LED screen, along with video clips from music videos.

Hair was flying, beer was spilling and music shook your eardrums as the concert continued on.

I got involved in a mosh pit for a little bit, got knocked over and immediately picked up so I wasn’t trampled. Even though the concert goers were either scary looking or burly, they were decent people helping to protect the women and people who just wanted to watch the show and not get run into by the slam-dancing rockers.

At the end of the concert, sweaty and sore, the band assured that they were working on a new album and that it would be released shortly, as they haven’t released an album since 2009. Sore and happy, everyone started to pile out of the bar or stay after to hit the merchandise and have some drinks.

That concert was pretty dope.

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Art Club adds spooky touches to Halloween party produce

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Senior Anya Gedlinske and the other members of the art club celebrated Halloween at the their meeting on Oct. 28 with treats and an artisic activity of carving a wide variety of vegetables.

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At right, math teacher Linsey Zimmerman and her son stand in awe of the fun at the Trunk or Treat event on Thursday, Nov. 30 in the high school parking lot.

Below is junior Taylor Hylton.

At right, starting with nearest picture is business teacher Brad Remmert with his kids in a Ninja Turtle photo op designed by the art club, as well as a cuddly lion and cute fairy.

Below, starting with picture on the left, sophomore Madison Schulte and junior Emma Gruhn hand out treats, and in the photo to their right is junior Gabby Holtzman working on one of her face paintings.

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At left, sophomore Madison Platt hands out some of the treats. Below is junior Michael Flanscha. In all the event raised about $320 and took in about 430 cans for the food drive.

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At left, starting with farthest picture is Platt and sophomore Tim Bass. This trunk earned first place in the contest. The art club took second, and junior leadership took third. In the middle is junior Hunter Lavallee, and to his right is Platt again at the Green Thing.

Below, starting on the left is junior Madison McCann handing out candy and dressed as witches are juniors Josie Johnson and Sara Ashar.

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Senior captain Makaela Malin danced at the state solo competetion in Newton over the weekend where she finsihed in 12th place in class 7.

Her next contest will be with her team on the state competetion in Des Moines on Dec. 5

What was the atmosphere like performing at State?

This is my third year performing at State solos, and so I went in with a more positive attitude. I wasn’t as nervous because I had done it before, and I had a really upbeat dance. I decided that my placing didn’t matter; I just wanted to have fun.

Are you looking to continue dancing in college?

I would love to be on a college dance team either in the Big Ten or at a Division 1A school that has a big football program and a big stadium and also compete at a national level.

What are you going to miss most from dance team in high school?

I practice with the girls on the dance team every single day, so going from working with those girls every day to not seing those girls ever becauase those are my best friends and the girls that I look forward to seeing most every day.

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Stomping Senior The Tigers were fueled early and often by their inpenatrable defense led by linebacker Jared Halterman [top] who returned this interception for a touchdown.

After a late game drive fueled by this deep pass to Ben Fienup [right], the Tigers were able to grab a 20-16 lead over the Rams and never looked back.

The Tigers went on to play undefeated Cedar Rapids Washington at Kingston Stadium. The defense once again impressed, holding Washington to their lowest point total of the season, but ultimately the Tigers fell short 25-14 in Washington’s narrowest win of the season.

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Stately Strides Looking like a prototypical runner dressed in a grey sweatshirt and red sweatpants, Sam Schillinger sat at his desk soaking in a big round of applause from his fourth hour entrepreneurship class. The applause Schillinger received was not only for his 11th place individual finish but for the CFHS men’s cross country fourth place finish overall. In both circumstances Schillinger and the Tigers as a team were one spot away from being recognized on the podium. “It boosts my confidence knowing people know who I am and what I’ve done. It makes me feel really good,” said Schillinger, who set the CFHS record for the fastest time recorded by a sophomore.

Cedar Falls has a history of consistency in athletics. The football team just concluded its 16th consecutive winning season, and former head coach Pat Mitchell led the program for 47 seasons before stepping down this summer. Dick Marcussen has lead the the women’s swim team for the last 45 seasons, and they haven’t lost a regular season dual meet since 2007.

The equal of these impressive records of consistency, however, resides in the 23 consecutive appearances in the men’s state cross country meet, an Iowa state record. “It’s a great achievement,” said senior Dylan Southall, who has been on the team for four seasons and ran at the state meet the last two. “It shows how great our team and coaching is, to be great for 23 straight years.”

Leading up to State, the third ranked Tigers called the meet “super meet two” because both of the teams that beat the Tigers in the MVC super meet, Linn-Mar and Cedar Rapids Prairie, would be the team’s stingiest competition. “We didn’t want to have all the hype of State get to us,” Schillinger said sporting his new mohawk. “We didn’t want to psych ourselves out so we stayed calm and said it was just like any other meet.”

Schillinger led the Tigers with an 11th place finish, and junior Ethan Smith joined Schillinger on second team All-State with a 16th place finish. The next two Tigers to cross the finish line both were dealt a difficult hand that they had to overcome. Junior Jake Hartman battled back from an injured

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“State cross country was a great experience and a really fun course. It was awesome to have the team cheering me. I can’t wait to see what next year brings,” sophomomore state qualifier Allie Zierke said.

IT band in his knee earlier this season to finish 21st, followed

by Southall at 33rd who was slowed by anemia throughout his senior season.

Junior Isaac Smith, senior Hiram Marquez and junior Andrew Nurse were able to finish in 38th, 77th and 82nd place respectively, contributing to the team’s fourth place finish, just eight points away from being able to stand on the podium with a top three finish. “Like in life, in athletics what you really look back at is did you do ev-

erything you could do,” head coach Troy Becker said. “This team and those individuals did everything they could to have the success that they had.”

Both seniors Southall and Marquez are leaving behind a team that returns four of their top five varsity runners and will be poised to compete once again in 2015, but Becker understands the value those two brought to his program. ”The entire senior class, especially those two, have done a great job setting the tone and pro-

viding the leadership,” he said.

“The program reflects its senior class most years, and the success we’ve had this year is a direct reflection of those guys.”

With the return and off season improvement of the steady Nurse, emerging Isaac and Ethan Smith and getting a full healthy season out of Hartman to join Schillinger, the men’s cross country team will be showered with plenty more applause in its future.

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Senior Captain Lauren Hudson cheered in Des Moines at the state meet for the third year in a row and helped her team collect a second place finish.

She now has nationals in Myrtle Beach, Fla., over spring break before her high school cheer career concludes.

What was the atmosphere like performing at State?

It was a really fun and kind of intense enviorment at State. We had worked really hard, so we were excited to see it all come together. I was kind of nervous just because I was taking it all since it was my senior year and I wanted us to do our best because I knew we could.

Are you looking to do cheerleading in college?

It depends where I go.

What are you going to miss most from cheerleading in high school?

I’m going to miss the girls because I see them so much. It’s like a second family. I’m just going to miss cheering for Cedar Falls High School just because it’s been such a big part of my life for the last three years.

I’m going to miss it.

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At the powder puff volleyball event on Tuesday, Oct. 28, the faculty claimed the championship, but everyone was a winner in raising $644 for the food drive.

In the pictures, those with the ball are as follows: 1. Junior James Kinsley, 2. Counselor Chris Wood, 3. Senior Eric Poe, 4. Senior Drew Marchesani, 5.Sophomore Ethan Hayes, 6. Senior Brennan Brimeyer, 7. Junior Jesse Nicholson and 8. Junior Chris Keys.

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