PERSONALITIES
WBalancing school and the election was a troublesome task for Furla, but his grades never swayed despite the surplus workload at the campaign office. By the time the election was over, Yoder won with a lead of 51-40.
alking into the Kevin Yoder campaign office, Furla looks around at the other men and women, 20 years old, reporting for their job. Standing the crowd of bustling adults dressed in suits and pencil eyes scanned the room to spot a group of teenagers He quickly walked over feeling anxious. Intimidation At first, being a 16 year old field staffer in a Republican a Republican candidate wasn’t a hard job for Furla, but tion drew nearer, Yoder’s previously predicted 80:20 favor decreased. The field staffers, including Furla and other teenagers working at the office, were forced to expand their outgoing calls and increase the number of houses they reached before the election ended.
Seeing all of the work that went into Yoder’s campaign changed Furla’s views about the candidates.
“Having respect for [the candidates] is one thing,” Furla said. “But working side by side with Yoder and seeing him on a daily basis and working toward a common goal is completely different.”
Furla moved past the intimidation from day one, past the challenges of managing election work and school. Being a small part of a large whole gave Furla a very real-life experience that he couldn’t get elsewhere. An experience that he would take with him to further his own future career.
STORY BY HOLLY FRIGON
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Lainie Duckworth
Shawnee Mission East High School
Prairie Village, KS
Dow Tate, adviser
SENIOR EMMA VAUGHTERS SPEAKS ON THE WOMEN’S MARCH, RELAYING HER THOUGHTS ON EQUALITY AND POLITICS
Q : What were your thoughts on the women’s march in KC?
A : It was really empowering. I felt like a lot of people banded together to show support for each other. The atmosphere was very inviting and welcoming, and it felt really good to be there with that many people. I stayed for about three hours.
Q : Why did you go?
A : I’m very pro-equality, and I knew that I couldn’t miss such an important and impactful event. As much as I would’ve loved to go to the one in D.C., I was just happy that there was one in KC. I wanted to be around
people who feel the same way I do about equality and the current political situation.
Q : What do you think the message Donald Trump being president sends to women?
A : It sends the message that no matter how skilled, smart or how much experience you have, it doesn’t matter. It says that if a man is in the same position as you, then he will be better than you.
Q : What was the most important message that these women’s marches sent out?
A : Probably just that unity is really important and no matter what your political beliefs are, you’re still a woman. We need to stand by our gender because there’s a lot of disparity in the world and despite people saying that we’re equal, we’re not equal in a lot of ways. That’s what’s most important to me, that everyone needs to stick together.
PHOTO BY KATIE KUHLMAN
STORY BY ADDIE VON DREHLE
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1ST PLACE
Ryan Krogh
Santa Susana High School
Simi Valley, CA
Matthew Abbe, adviser
HONORABLE MENTION
Arrowhead Christian Academy
Redlands, CA
Crystal Kazmierski, adviser
Susan Wang
HONORABLE MENTION
Ethan Abbott
Round Rock High School
Round Rock, TX
Sharon Kubicek, adviser
JUDGES
AMY MORGAN
Amy Morgan teaches journalism and advises the student publications at Shawnee Mission West High School in Overland Park, Kansas. She is a frequent workshop and convention presenter. She is the secretary of the Kansas Scholastic Press Association executive board and has also served on the board for the Journalism Educators of Metropolitan Kansas City. She was the local co-chair of the 2010 JEA/NSPA National High School Journalism Convention in Kansas City. She was recognized as the Jackie Engel Award Winner for outstanding advising in Kansas in 2011, and was named a JEA Special Recognition Adviser in 2014. The publications have earned local, state and national recognition over the years.
MARY PATRICK
Mary Patrick is the retired adviser for the Maize South Middle Stampede yearbook. The Stampede has won numerous CSPA Gold and Silver Crowns, NSPA Pacemakers, KSPA AllKansas awards, and is a member of the NSPA Journalism Hall of Fame. A former JEA board member, Patrick has been the recipient of the JEA Distinguished Adviser and Lifetime Achievement Awards and the NSPA Pioneer Award. She also has been very active in promoting middle journalism in Kansas through her work with KSPA, and teaches middle and high school workshops.
LINDA DRAKE
Linda Drake, MJE, has advised the yearbook for 36 years, the newspaper for 22 years and the publications website for three years at Chase County Jr./Sr. High School in Cottonwood Falls, Kansas. Drake received the Kansas Associated Collegiate Press Engel Award in 1999 and was inducted into the Kansas Scholastic Press Hall of Fame in 2009. She has received both the Special Recognition and Distinguished Adviser awards from the Dow Jones Newspaper Fund. She has been honored with the Columbia Scholastic Press Association’s Gold Key Award and the National Scholastic Press Association’s Pioneer Award as well as the Journalism Education Association’s Teacher Inspiration Award and the Medal of Merit Award. In 2008, Drake was named the JEA National Yearbook Adviser of the Year. Drake is currently serving on the JEA Awards Committee.
