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Environmental club zeros in on campus cleanliness The Environmental Awareness Team (EAT) focuses on bettering the environment and letting people be aware of how they can support it. “The state of the environment currently has been hurt by human development, and we need to bring awareness to that and help show students how their efforts play a role in determining the fate of future conditions,” senior EAT member Rachel Dailey said. Senior Aimee Robinsky also said, “The idea of this club was started at the end of last year. My co-leader Maya and I talked about how we wanted to start a club that brings awareness and teaches others about how we can help the environment.” Dailey is doing even more to help the world around her, a cause that is very close to her. “I am currently working on
this important issue and in turn seeing more students getting involved,” Sophomore Liz Shatek said. By connecting with the earth, more appreciation for it comes to light. “I feel that this group is really important because we only have one earth, and we should be doing all we can to preserve it and keep it green,” Shatek said Many different projects have come to light by the appreciation as well. Robinksy hosts and heads many projects that benefit the club and the community. E.A.T and the Volunteer Club help to pick up trash on campus. “We have been able to install the 30-day calendar, and I hope Many different aspects of the some recycling bins around the that students will listen to the anclub help different people and school and currently we are worknouncements and follow EAT members participate in ways that ing on getting composting in the work best for different schedules. social media to learn how their aclunchroom to combat the issue tions impact the environment and “I love the outreach and conof wasted food,” Robinsky said. what they can do to help.” necting with the students about “We realize that it’s not enough to
rely on only our club members to do all the work and know all the information. Our goal is to bring awareness and open the majority’s eyes at the issue going on in our government.” Within the month of November, the club is implementing challenges such as shopping local and reducing waste to make the community interested in being involved. “These challenges are a fun way to show what little effort can achieve. They are simple and short and only take a few minutes out of people’s day, but we hope that when people achieve them they realize that. That small challenge they just achieved could potentially become a habit in their daily lives,” Robinsky said. By Staff Writer Grace
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Singing festival brings junior high students to Ames
The yearly Opus Festival Concert is being held in Ames at Iowa State University on Thursday, Nov. 15 at 4 p.m.. Each year about 3,000 students audition to participate in this elite, all-state style concert. The students in grades five through nine had to prepare three different pieces that were recorded and sent in to judges who volunteered to listen to the entries and are selected based on experience and skill level. Out of the 3,000 students, only 720 were selected for four choirs consisting of 180 students. At Holmes Junior High, Gabrielle Bamford (grade seven), Amelia Bryant (grade seven), Adriana Parziale (grade seven), Abby Forsyth (grade eight), Xanti Castillo (grade seven), Varun Gulwadi (grade seven), Stockton Neibert (grade seven), Torin Brown (grade eight), Colby Cryer (grade eight), Matthew Edler (grade eight), Henry Rouw (grade eight), Alex Stoner (grade eight), Carson Wirtz
(grade eight), Christian Becker (grade nine), Koro Castillo (grade nine), Ryan Marten (grade nine), Isaac Morlan (grade nine), Emma Shepard (grade nine), Ella Stineman (grade nine) and Aaron VanRoosendaal (grade nine) all made it into Opus. At Peet Junior High, Nathan Standing (grade seven), Ethan Beneke (grade seven), Henry Giddens (grade eight), Ahmad Madlock (grade nine) and Caroline Schafer (grade nine) successfully made it into Opus. These five students have practiced with their choir teacher Samantha Eilers a couple times a week and every day on their own. “I try to make sure I’m in the right mindset. Being in the right mindset is so very important to practicing effectively. I’m very proud of all the work everyone has put in, and I’m looking forward to the fruition of it,” Madlock said regarding the hard work the musicians put in.
Adam Orban, a high school vocal music instructor in Algona and the chair of the Opus Festival who is in charge of the details of Opus such as directors, music, audition materials, programs and facilitating the audition process, said, “Opus [is] a way to encourage our younger singers in the state and to give them an All-State caliber performance opportunity…. [The day of the performance] the students rehearse from 9 a.m. until about 3 p.m., and then put on a concert at 4. It’s a long day for those students, especially the younger grades.” Even though it takes a lot of work and time, the students found the effort worth it. “Music is a means to escape from reality for a short period of time kind of like relaxation,” Standing said.
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Libertarian sees success after governor election loss The Primary election for the Iowa Secretary of State this year was quickly impending. The election was held on Tuesday November 6th, 2018. The three main parties, Democratic, Republican and Libertarian all have main candidates designated in the top running. Kim Reynolds won Iowa governor on Tuesday, Nov. 6, and Jake Porter was the main Libertarian candidate in the race. Though he lost the race, Porter said he feels he and his party made many strides. Porter said, “I that some of the big things that we’ve been talking about this year would be trying to include everyone in the process [of voting]. I think if we look back at the campaigns that the Democrats and Republicans have been running this year, a lot of it has been very negative and back and forth and hasn’t really been anything of any substance.”Another subject Porter targets is relevant neglected issues that he feels need
to be tended to. “I think something that really excites people is that we talk about issues that people really care about that were things that used to be often ignored. If you look at the issues we’ve had the past couple years in the state’s budget, this is something that impacts all Iowans whether it be school funding or anything else. The state has spent more money than they’ve taken in the past couple years, not this year though, and that has caused the state to do mid-year budget cuts,” Porter said. There are many things Porter would like young voters newly joining the Libertarian party to know. Porter said, “One of the key things is that there has to be a major understanding of how minor parties have won in the United States before. One of those was the Republican party that started out as the Wig party in the 1800s, so that’s always a possibility. Another
way is to know that minor parties have done well enough in many elections that the Democrats and Republicans adopted our ideas and used them as theirs,” Porter said. Many people have their doubts and criticisms, and Porter is working to spread the knowledge and wider acceptance of the Libertarian party. Porter said, “Democrats tend to believe in more personal freedoms, but fewer economic freedoms. Republicans tend to believe in more economic freedoms but fewer personal freedoms. Libertarians tend to believe in maximum personal and economic freedoms. So for example, Democrats might be in favor of things like having gay rights, higher taxes and support more government intrusion into your economic life whereas Republicans tend to support less government intrusion into your economic life. As a comparison, they might be in favor of lower taxes and
not support personal freedoms such as gay rights. Libertarians would support lower taxes and support personal freedoms like gay rights so as to have maximum freedom all around,” he said. In 2017, the Libertarian party gained major party status as a group and has helped it grow while also supporting Porter through the election. Porter said, “We have been a party in Iowa since 1975, so when we established in the state of Iowa, we went for decades as a non political party or organization. By gaining that major party status, it allows us to have primaries, so I had to win a primary. That gives us a lot more attention along with more media opportunities, in the past we couldn’t file to get on the ballot until mid August, and now we can file in February and March. It gives us a more even playing field with the
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