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VOLUME 51 ISSUE 5 1015 Division St. Cedar Falls, Iowa 50613
Wifi available at select locations, not yet city-wide Chandal Geerdes Staff Writer
Trying to find a place other than home or school to write that long English paper or do that research project in Chemistry? Well, here are the hot spots in the Cedar Valley where you can enjoy a nice, fast, sweet or spicy treat while you do your homework. Instead of your typical library run or trip to the campuses of Hawkeye or UNI there are many other free Wi-Fi locations where you can relax and get your school work done at the same time. Starbucks, Panera Bread and McDonald’s in both Cedar Falls and Waterloo provide free Wi-Fi. Other restaurants include Bourbon Street, Carlos O’Kelly’s in Cedar Falls, Roux Orleans and CU in Waterloo. The most popular places tend to be Panera Bread, Cup of Joe in downtown Cedar Falls, and Barnes & Noble in Waterloo. “When I go to Panera or Starbucks I go on Facebook, or look up things on the Internet like YouTube,” sophomore Gwen Davies said. A good amount of cities around
News Flash •Senior Pictures
The deadline for seniors to turn in pictures for the yearbook is Friday, Nov. 19. The pictures should be color head and shoulder shots, and they can be emailed to yearbook adviser Brian Winkel. Digital photos must be saved a minimum resolution of 300 dpi. All seniors who do not turn in their pictures by the deadline will have their junior picture in the yearbook instead.
•Yearbook Orders
Yearbooks are still on sale for $40 with a check made payable to Cedar Falls High School. After Dec. 18, the price goes up to $45.
•Spanish T-shirts
Spanish T-Shirts are on sale until Oct. 25 in the main office for $10. Colors are navy blue with white letters.
the world are making it possible for their residents to be connected to the Internet all day by having Wi-Fi connectivity throughout their city limits. The US is starting to follow the lead of Japan, Hong Kong, South Korea and many other places in Asia by having a wireless mesh of networks that work to transmit signals that are able to travel large distances and offer service to many people. They can do this because the networks connect in receivers around the city rather than one central location. Currently in the US there are 79 cities and region wide areas that have municipal Wi-Fi projects. In St. Cloud, Florida the network that spans 24 square miles is free of charge and after six months, 77 percent of the inhabitants had registered for the network service. While in Tempe, Ariz., their 40 square mile Wi-Fi network only has about 15 percent of the residents subscribed. Mountain View, California, Google’s hometown, “as a reach out for (their) hometown” offers free wireless Internet. In Corpus Christi,
Junior Nate Hua kicks back and surfs the web on his ipod while waiting to be called up during play practice. Texas the large 147 square mile Wi-Fi network is mainly for the public works and public safety departments. It is saving the city a large sum of money, and the police are able to conduct their jobs better by having the instant Internet access. As for Cedar Falls, CFU is not
looking into the Wi-Fi for the municipal area. If there ever were to be a WiFi connection for the city there would most likely be a charge depending on the equipment needed. “It would be cool if CF did that , I know I would use it,” junior Alex Stensland said.
Harmony Happenings: Club prepares for new year Sandra Omari-Boateng Staff Writer
The start up of Harmony is just around the corner. The club will kick off Tuesday, Oct. 26 from 7-9 p.m. The kick-off will include food for everyone who attends and a talk given by a panel of students about what Harmony is all about. After the panel, students will be split up into committees to discuss what will be going on this year. The main focus of the kick-off is to inform everyone about the mission and belief statements of Harmony. The mission statement is, “To raise awareness and encourage acceptance of diversity to create a more united and unified community. The main goal of Harmony is to get Cedar Falls High School to be more accepting of differences like religion, handicaps, race and sexual orientation. The club has been around for awhile and successful each year.
Harmony was started during the 1994-1995 school year when Langan, another retired teacher and four students went to a conference about diversity and acceptance. They were the minority, and when they returned they wanted to show that the school was proud and accepting of diversity. Ever since then they have done many presentations at conferences and AEA 7, and they have won the Waterloo Human Rights Education Award. They have also met with a group from England hoping that a partnering program could possibly begin in England. “Harmony is a place where people come together to solve issues and problems inside and out of school,” junior She-She Bullock said. Another thing that is promoted is to eliminate the use of slurs, demeaning, offensive or bad language around the high school. Harmony initiates many projects throughout the year in additon to their work in promoting tollerance. One of
annual project is performing community service at Country View. This gives students a chance to step out of their comfort zones and to be positive role models and employ the mission statement of Harmony. “[ I learned] lessons on never staying in your comfort zone, but in your courage zone,” Bullock said. After the kick-off, there are monthly morning meetings in the gym. This year’s goal is to have six to seven morning meetings throughout the year. Usually there are over 100 students that participate, and adviser Susan Langan expects no less for this year. However, she does have a few concerns. “The biggest concern is that people don’t know what Harmony is. Most of the time people think it’s a music group,” Langan said. All students are welcome to attend the kick-off and participate throughout the year. Contact guidance counselor Susan Langan for additonal information.