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Volume 48 Edition 7

Fall Fashion

Senior Jonny Dexter and other CFHS students show off examples of what is “in” for fall on the Feature page.

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All State festival auditions select 32 CFHS students Sara Strever and Nadia Honary Staff Writers

Sticking Around

Honor Heindl Photo

In one of many food drive events from last week, Associate Principal Gary Koenen volunteered to be duct taped to the wall during lunch. Students and staff paid $2 per strip for a chance to hold Koenen down. On Wednesday the third hour classes brought in food and on Monday, CF Pizza Huts donated a cut from their profits to the CF effort.

Band to host pancake breakfast fundraiser David Bergstrom Staff Writer

The band will be hosting a pancake breakfast on Oct. 27 in the Cedar Falls High School cafeteria. For $4, the community is invited to enjoy all the breakfast goods they can eat.

“We will be having pancakes, sausage, juice, homemade treats and more available,” band director Kyle Engelhardt said.

The band breakfast has had about 1,500 people attend in the past, and Engelhardt predicts the same amount this year.

The money raised from ticket sales for the breakfast will be used to fund music programs in schools all over the Cedar Falls community.

“The proceeds will be going to students grades five-12 to help repair their instruments, get new ones or other

various items their band may need,” Engelhardt said.

Some money will be going to other schools as well as staying here for our school.

“The band booster club will purchase more uniforms we may need, buy new instruments for us at the high school, repair any that we need to get fixed from over the year as well as making up for any loss in the budget that we have,” Engelhardt said.

Engelhardt encourages everyone to support the schools in our area by attending the breakfast.

Junior and CFHS band member Sarah Halloran said of last year’s breakfast, “We had a lot of fun and made a lot of money. We hope to do the same this year.

“The sale will start at 6:30 a.m. and will finish at 1 p.m,” Engelhardt said.

The results are in for the 2007 All State Honor Band, Choir and Orchestra. Thirty-two CFHS students were selected along with five alternates. Students selected for these groups will perform with other talented Iowa musicians at the All State Festival on Nov. 17, 18 and 19 in Ames. The auditions were Saturday, Oct. 20 in Hampton, Iowa.

It started out a bright and early morning. Choir students met at Alice Miller’s house at 4:45 for breakfast, then went to warm-up at Cedar Falls High School, then off to Hampton.

The first audition started at 8 a.m. and the others followed until around 12:30 p.m. After auditioning, the students had to wait for hours to find out the results. The music students kept busy by playing cards, talking and practicing their music.

Around 1:30, choir teacher Kendra Wohlert walked out with the recall list. Anxiously, students held their breaths to find out if they would recieve one last chance to prove themselves to the judges.

Minutes later, the results were going to be posted.

Hand in hand, the music students watched the scrolls fall. Students cheered and cried as they learned the news.

“I am so excited. The entire quartet made it, which is very rare. I am way excited!” junior Natalie Takes said.

Students accepted into All State choir were; Natalie Takes, soprano I, 2nd year; Ali Stoddard, soprano II, 1st year; Alice Miller, soprano II, 1st year; Emily Stortz, alto I, 3rd year; Daniel Veenstra, tenor I, 1st year; John Lantz, tenor I, 1st year; Eric Eichelberger, tenor II, 3rd year; Joe Fagersten, tenor II, 1st year; Sam Lilja, bass I, 1st year; Drake Edwards, bass II, 1st year; Kevin Hancock, bass II, 1st year; Rhys Talbot, bass II, 2nd year; and Derek Sutherland, alternate bass I. “It’s amazing, I can’t believe it.

Senior Noelle Tripolino, who recieved second chair position for the All State Honor Orchestra, practices harp during orchestra.

It is very satisfying. I don’t think that it has all sunk in yet,” junior Joe Fagersten said.

Orchestra students who were accepted were; Sarah Larsen, violin, 1st year; Riley Martin , violin, 1st year; Amelia Sutton, violin, 1st year; Hannah Howland violin, 1st year; Jennifer Hurban, viola, 2nd year; Noelle Tripolino, harp, 2nd year; Olivia Hahn, cello, 3rd year; Jacob Stoner, string bass, 1st year and Nina Savage, string bass, 4th year). Vanessa Horstman is first alternate violin.

Senior Noelle Tripolino, who was accepted as second chair harp, had a different audition process. She had to record three exerpts and a solo, which were sent in a week before the others. ““Every year it varies, but for the last few years they have only accepted four harps; two for the orchestra and two for the band. I have never really thought much about the numbers, because I never see anyone else audition for the harp, since I am the only harp player at CF,” Tripolino said.

Band auditions also took place throughout the morning and afternoon.

When the All State band scrolls fell, the reaction was the same.

Band students who were accepted into the All State Band are Kavin Sundaram, flute, 3rd year; Molly Troendle, Flute, 2nd year; Elise Berry, oboe 1, 3rd year; Ellie Squires, bassoon 2, 1st year; Kiran Gustavson, clarinet 2, 3rd year; Bethany Olson, clarinet 3, 3rd year; Stephanie Koltookian, alto sax 1, 2nd year; Mark Lukasiewicz, tenor saxophone, 2nd year; Louis Redfern, Baritone Saxophone, 1st year (Holmes JH); Nadia Honary, french horn 1, 3rd year; Steve Ramsey, bass trombone, 1st year. Joe Sitta, 1st alternate trumpet; Michael Miller, 2nd alternate trumpet; Paul Strike, 2nd alternate trombone.

All-State is one of the most difficult and demanding musical challenges of the year. It requires lots of practice.

“It makes you a better player. Make it or not, it increases your musical ability,” band teacher Kyle Engelhardt said.

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Dumbledore’s sexuality offers insight Dumbledore is gay. For fans of Harry Potter, this revelation comes as a slight shock, perhaps, but nothing of epic proportions, even less so something to be viewed negatively. Inevitably, the conservative religious groups that have been against the books from the start are using this tidbit as just another reason the books promote evil, but we’ll leave those ideas to those groups. We wonder if Rowling expected this news to become as big as it has, spreading like wildfire across the nations in a matter of days. As one opinion writer from the Des Moines Register points out, it is simply a fact. Rowling made a wise choice in leaving this detail out until the end of the series until the insertion of it was absolutely necessary.

Dumbledore can be viewed as what he was intended to be the entire series: a mentor, a headmaster and a brilliant wizard, not to mention a kindhearted person and a fierce believer in self-help. It is our fear, however, that this fact will take more prominence than is necessary and cause people to view the entire series based on Dumbledore’s sexual orientation.

However, the majority of fans at the conference displayed a more likely reaction, a gasp of shock followed by a cheer of agreement. Just as negative effects are likely to be sprinkled across the fandom and America, it is obvious that positive side effects are also within reach.

The fact that the Potter series holds so much influence in today’s culture (after all, it has the ability to make people assume it is rotting the minds of millions) allows Dumbledore’s sexual orientation to open a lot of doors for gay rights. It seems a bit farfetched, perhaps, to assume that this small fact could potentially broaden acceptance of homosexuals and their rights, but is it really? If so many are able to view Dumbledore’s sexuality as simply fact, just a little bit more about the great wizard that, while out of the ordinary, is neither earth-shattering nor appalling. If Potter’s mentor could help most fans and hopefully the greater population view sexual orientation as a small personal characteristic, then this previously little known fact has the potential to positively affect a much greater movement.

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As the weather turns chilly,

Make the most of autumn Leaves are changing colors, the weather is turning chilly, and that means it’s fall again.

Most people look at this season with something like contempt, certain that all it means is an end to Torie Jochims the endless Opinion Editor fun they had in the summer, just pre-course to winter, but there are so many great things that fall has to offer, it would be terrible to pass them all up. Here are a few to enjoy: Pajama Parties. What better time of year is there to call up a bunch of your friends and get comfy with some movies and snacks than the time of year when being inside is desirable a good portion of the time. Just grab some friends, a pair of comfy pants and an oversized sweatshirt, a few good mov-

ies and you’re good to go!

Caramel Apples. Make them instead of buying them. It’s a great way to spend a fall afternoon. Just run to your local grocery store, buy a dozen apples and a couple bags of caramels.

Of course, don’t do it alone, have some friends join in the caramel melting fun. Once the caramel is melted, you can cut the apples and dunk, or completely submerge the apples in the caramel sauce. Tada! Instant homemade caramel apples. If you’re feeling really adventurous and willing to spend the money on a tank of gas, run yourselves to the nearest apple orchard for your apples. Can’t get much more fresh than that!

Leaf Piles. Of all the things fall can offer, if you’ve passed this one up year after year, that’s a big mistake. Quick!

Find the nearest yard (preferably belonging to yourself or someone you know) some rakes, a few friends and go. Rake those leaves into one big pile, discard the rakes, step away from the pile, take a run and jump. Bury yourselves in the leaves if you want. Bring a camera and take crazy pictures of each other jumping into the leaves while

posing. Fall memories to last a lifetime, right there.

Indulge. Let’s face it, with fall comes a variety of fall “specialty” drinks. Drop by Starbuck’s and try the Pumpkin Spice Latte, or run to Cup of Joe for their fall specials, found on the blackboard right behind the register on the wall.

And for Harry Potter fans, there’s a great butterbeer recipe that can be found at http://www.mugglenet.com/ misc/rosmertas/butterbeer.shtm. It involves butterscotch topping and cream soda, so it’s surely a fall treat.

Take a walk. Simple, yet effective.

Toss on a warm fuzzy sweater, pull on a pair of tennis shoes and walk out the door. You can go alone, with a friend, a significant other, a group. But the scenery this time of year is absolutely priceless. The color on the trees is breathtaking, and if you walk the bike trails or through downtown, you’re bound to be left breathless.

With all these fall opportunities, a new outlook on the season usually considered “dreary” is certainly in order.

So get out there with your friends and enjoy your fall.

Campus police deserve guns Policemen on our state campuses are the same as regular policemen.

They deal with rowdy crowds and campuses, with drunk students and with situations that could spiral out of control.

Alex Entz The offiStaff Writer cer’s need for firearms on campus has become an absolute after such horrific events as the Virginia Tech shootings.

When a person on campus is wielding a weapon and the campus cops are the first on the scene, or when they’re the targets, Tasers simply will not quell the threat fast enough. Tasers have a pitiful effective distance. They require cops to be well within the killing dis-

tance of a gun, or quite a bit closer than how far they’d like to be from a psycho wielding a knife.

If we are putting these men and women in harm’s way every day, then they deserve to have adequate protection from potential possibilities. If we arm these cops with firearms, then not only will crowds think twice before becoming riotous, but they will no longer be able to intimidate cops.

Right now when an incident involves guns, campus officials are forced to call in the Cedar Falls police, but if there is a dire situation or if a problem develops rapidly and UNI police are nearby, they could be in mortal danger. As a member of the Cedar Falls community, I feel that we owe to these officers the best protection that we can give them. They deserve to be armed, for their safety, if not for ours.

Officers are trained to use them. Why shouldn’t we use their training and put it to work? If the physical gun itself can help dispel crowds and allows campus

officers to react more quickly to dangerous, life-threatening situations, then the fact remains that this gun could save lives of innocent bystanders as well as make our community more safe. If Cedar Falls police officers cross over the boundary into the campus cop’s protection, then it is possible that if there is a rash of incidents in Cedar Falls that the campus officers could shoulder some of the burden. The police department could work as a two-way street, not the one way street that it is currently.

The reasons abound, and I would like to think that they are pretty selfexplanatory. If UNI police are in pursuit or attempting to arrest a dangerous criminal, a gun could prove to be a helpful deterrent/last-ditch effort.

If the Viriginia Tech tragedy taught us anything, it was that anything can happen.

Why shouldn’t our officers be armed against a myriad of possibilities that, without warning and without provocation, can spiral out of control?

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SPORTS SPORTS Athlete Week of the

Leah Blanchard Senior CC Runner

Do you have any plans for running after high school?

Possibly. I haven’t decided whether or not I will. If I do, it would probably be at UNI or Central College.

What keeps you going during the race?

Knowing that if I don’t, I’m going to be disappointed or mad with myself.

Do you have any pre-race rituals?

This year I have led the prayer at the line. We always hold hands; pray at the line. Normal warmups I guess.

What are your expectations for the state meet?

Do better than I have the past three years finishing top 30 individually. My ultimate team goal is top three, but top five would be good too.

District Champs

In the top photo, beginning their quest for a district title are sophomore Kate Bucknam, senior Leah Blanchard, junior Paige Hersom, junior Liz Bauer and senior Kelsey Davis. At top right is the eventual district champion, senior Alex Mark, and below him, junior Paige Hersom also braved the elements on her way to a 7th place finish. Both the men’s and women’s teams captured the district title and will be running at State in Fort Dodge on Saturday, Oct. 27.

Do you have a role model? Why? In running, I guess you could say Sam Nygren. She was a senior when I was a freshman, and she was amazing and still is. She was always really positive and motivated everyone.

Looking back on your four years of CC, how have your benefitted most?

By growing closer to God and also being part of a close team and making friendships.

Ben Bremner Photos

Softball team polishes up in ‘off season’ Coach, field remain questions for Tigers Kristen Counsell Staff Writer

One may not think to find softball action in the months of September and October in Iowa, but think again.

The CFHS Fall Softball League had about 12 to 14 high school girls that participated in the league this year.

“Players should go out for the league because it’s fun and the girls are really nice. It’s a fun sport to play,” sophomore April Newton said.

During the “off season” games, the regular season coaches can not work

with the players or help the team win at league; however, some parents who played college ball, like Sue Beach and Cane Fairman, stepped up to organize the team practices and coach games.

Beach is a “mom figure” to the girls.

She gives them new ideas on what they can do to help their games, and she suggests other leagues they can be involved in. She also organizes tournaments during regular season, and she makes sure the players have something to eat.

“The fall league just kind of lets you keep playing after the season is done, and it lets more people play and allows people to play different positions, just to see what it’s like. It’s a good way to learn new stuff,” Newton said.

There are no required practices in fall league, but those who did practice did so on Monday and Wednesday nights.

Sophomore player Sarah Korte said, “It helps you get ready for the season, even though it’s a while away, but you still get in practice on hitting, throwing and working on fundamentals.”

All the games this year were on Sundays at Wartburg. The times ranged from around noon to 4 p.m.

Up until the last tournament of the season, the Tigers only won three of their eight games, though they did win their last tournament against Turkeyfoot, the team’s biggest competition.

In the past years, the women have been spoiled and had Ryan Jacobs, an

experienced UNI softball coach, as their head coach.

Now that he has left, they will need to fill his shoes.

“We want someone who will make it fun,” Korte said. She added that they’ll need someone to “help us get better and have a good season this year.”

The team will also faces changes on their home field.

UNI is upgrading their field at Robinson Dresser, so the Tigers will start playing their home games there.

The changes include painting the dugouts and lengthening the field to make it more college appropriate.

Tigers in Action Football (7-0) beat IC High 20-3 Next Up: Against D. Hempstead (Home 7:30 p.m.)

Men’s Cross Country Finished first at Districts Next Up: State Meet in Fort Dodge (Away 11:30 a.m.)

Women’s Cross Country Finished first at Districts Next up: State Meet in Fort Dodge (Away 11:30 a.m.)

Women’s Swimming Next up: Regionals at Home (Diving 10/25/07 and Swimming 10/27) Volleyball Lost against CR Prairie1-3 Next Up: Regionals at Home 10/24/07

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