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Many students are enthusiastically reading the Twilight series by Stephanie Meyer. This romance series tells the tale of a human woman and a vampire man and the tribulations of their dangerous relationship. See FEATURE page for story.
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Performers prepare for upcoming fall debut Arlene Freudenberg Staff Writer
Normally, people think of being on stage as a nerve-racking, stomach turning adventure. However, the students in the fall plays students feed off the energy to make their show the best possible. “By the time we get on stage, we’ve been doing it so long it’s [stage fright] just gone,” senior Matt Moore said. “I usually don’t [get stage fright], but if I do, it’s about five minutes before I go on stage on the first night of the show. It’s just the classic clenching your stomach before you go on, and it goes away about a minute into the show or less,” junior Chris Bowden said. The play “You Can’t Take it With You” and the one act play “Mary Just Broke Up With This Guy” will be held in the high school C.C. Stanard Auditorium on Friday, Nov. 2, and Saturday, Nov. 3 at 7:30 p.m. “This play’s about a family that’s out there to enjoy life, and they don’t care how they’re doing it either. The father makes fireworks for a living, their mother writes plays for fun, one daughter likes to dance ballet constantly, a son-in-law plays the vibraphone and the grandfather collects snakes. Yes, live snakes. They meet the Kirbys who are Alice, one of the daughters, boyfriend’s parents. They are you’re
classic, conservative family who are in big business and do things the ‘proper’ way. It’s very (he pauses) interesting to see how these families get along when they first meet, but you’ll have to come to the play to see what happens,” Bowden said. The cast members practice every night, sometimes staying as late as 9 p.m. In the middle of the scrambling to memorize their lines, setting up the set and doing their homework, they actually have to perform. However, in spending all this time together, the cast created a special bond that helps them through every moment until their performance. “Being with the same people three hours every day for about three months makes the cast really close and often spurs an on set romance,” junior Ben Main said. Because the cast spends that much time together, their friendships become really strong and the audience will see it when they watch the play. “I enjoy being in the play because of the people you become friends with. You meet some great people who really care about you. You develop a type of ‘family’ with these guys. Plus, we get to do some pretty sweet stuff on stage, and we like to have fun with it. We get to create an entire story that was written on paper and make it real and pretend
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Sophomore Jane Thode and senior Joe Kruempel share an awkward cup of joe on a speed date in “Mary Just Broke Up With This Guy.” to be different people as well. We can picking up lines and developing believbe goofy, and we can be serious. We’re able relationships between characters. actors after all,” Bowden said. We also love to make it fun,” Bowden “It makes you act as a family, but said. when play is over, it is really sad be“There are many opening night tracause you feel you don’t see anyone ditions: dancing to ‘Wannabe’ by the from the play anymore,” Main said. Spice Girls, dance party in the make-up The cast goes the extra mile to help room, cast parties and going to Perkins one another out to make the best per- or Village Inn the opening night,” Main formance possible. said. “What we do to help each other at Part of their ability to shine withpractice is to make sure we’re staying out a problem is the fact that most of in character, making our entrances, them have been performing almost all
of their lives. “I’ve been in 10 productions since 2nd grade,” Bowden said. But the other benefit to all the effort polishing performances and building relationships is how comfortable they feel on stage and how much energy they can capture from the audience. “When I’m on stage I feel energized. I get out there, and I’m instantly alert and thinking, making sure I get everything done I’m suppose to and remembering my lines. It’s also a lot of fun to see the audience to react to jokes we’ve been putting in and working on,” Bowden said. However, after rehearsing the same lines over and over, day after day, the cast cherishes why they love to act on opening night. “The best part of plays is the two seconds before you have to go on, and you are freaking out thinking, ‘Why am I doing this.’ Then you get on stage and a whole different person takes over what you do,” Main said. Tickets will be sold at the door for $6 for adults and $4 for children. The students of Cedar Falls High School may also use their activity passes to see the show. “The audience will roar with laughter so hard they’ll almost cry,” English teacher and play director Michelle Rathe said.
Two students earn top delegate distinction at the Iowa Youth Model UN Symposium Kristen Counsell Staff Writer
Two CFHS students were named outstanding delegates at the Iowa High School Model United Nations Youth Symposium on Oct. 23-24 in Des Moines. Seniors Kavin Sundaram and Stephanie Koltookian were among the eight outstanding delegates chosen at the event based. They received this honor based on their participation and diplomatic efforts. The event was attended by 17 schools and approximately 250 students. Every year hundreds of students from all over the state research and debate current event topics at the event
as United States United Nations del- research a country to represent (which “Students need to do some indepenegates, including 20 CFHS students, in the fall is always the United States), dent research on topics that are before under the guidance of advisers Andrea write an opinion paper on one of the (currently in debate) the United NaAykens and Natalie Brown. four topics and get together with the tions; they participate in a The four topics that regional meeting at a high We role-play as members of the the students discussed school and participate in were honor killings (so- United Nations using parliamentary the Iowa Youth sympocial topic); buying, selling sium in Des Moines. Anyprocedure. and relief of national debt one can participate who is (economic topic); para CF student in grades 10ticipation in international —Andrea Aykens 12. No (previous) Model agreements concerning the Model UN Adviser U.N. experience required,” environment; global warmAykens said. ing (science topic), and the Students resolve each genocidal intents of government and other people who researched the same topic by debating with the other schools topic at the regional event with Hudson and writing a resolution together. Then political leaders (political topic) To participate in Model U.N., stu- students and eventually the sympsium delegates in favor or against the spedents must do the following: select and in Des Moines. cific amendments in the document are
given an opportunity to speak. After all speeches are done everyone takes a vote to see if it passes. This club is for students who are interested in debating, learning about different cultures and discussing political issues. “We role-play as members of the United Nations using parliamentary procedure. We use the information that we gathered about a specific country throughout the semester to represent each nation as delegates at the fall and spring conferences,” wrote Aykens in her Fall Model U.N. brochure. Students learn how to express viewpoints diplomatically, develop leadership and responsibility from Model U.N.