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VOL. 46, ISS. 5•SALINA HIGH SCHOOL SOUTH•730 E. MAGNOLIA, SALINA, KAN. 67401•4.6.18

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Tripodium Staff 2017-2018 Co-Editors Kaylee Warren Grace Hoge Copy Editor Grace Hoge Staff Members Kearra Alvarez Daniela Garcia Alivia Heard Joslyn Jones Kati Rivera Abby Teschke Trey Turner

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Cover photo: Nikki Chamberlain teaches to a class of AP Chemistry.

Chamberlain teaches two AP chemistry classes along with regular chemistry. photo by seth parnell

STUDENTS MAKE A DIFFERENCE

By Trey Turner On Feb. 14, students at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida experienced an incomprehensible tragedy. In a place considered one of the safest for students to be, Nikolas Cruz would bring an AR-15 through the front gate of the campus and obliterate 14 students and three staff members just before the end of the day.

These students have come to adopt a political voice, and across the nation, students are protesting outside of their respective state capitals. Cameron Kasky and Emma Gonzalez organized a nationwide march on March 24 in many different cities nationwide, including Kansas City and Denver.

Students are even making a change right here in Salina. On March 14, South students silently protested during ELO to advocate for heightened gun security.

Students also marched in Salina on March 24 to advocate for tightened gun laws.

We applaud the students willing to let themselves be heard in the political world.

According to Asi Lou Mailou (’18), it is time for the students to do something about school safety.

We believe these students should step up and make themselves heard. America was built to protest on, and the way that democracy works demands feeds on protesting.

Kasky has said that this is the revolution. It could not be any different here at South High.

CHEERS & JEERS

+The first meal back from spring break is crispito. +The new building is almost done. +Spring sports are in full swing. +April 23 is an inservice day. +All of the students all over the world using their voice for change. +The new schedule passed. +ELO will be everyday next year. +March Madness for letting us know how much of a god Sister Jean is. +Six weeks until school is out. +Nick Salem and Nathan Zimmerman for winning the talent show. +The new USD 305 Equity Council. +A new parking lot soon.

-Spring break is over.

-Trampling on crippled people in the hallway.

-The spike in school shootings around the nation.

-The weather in the pods.

-People for signing other peoples names when late to school.

-Recent fires around Kansas.

-Waiting so long for the new building.

-Bad internet service around the school.

-Professional journalists making fun of kids who have survived school shootings.

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South High Royalty

By Kati Rivera

Seth Parnell (’18) and Albanee Garcia (’18) “We may have eight eyes, but we can’t see the haters.”

Michael Matthews (’18) and Faith Isaacson (’18) “Grandma thinks we already won, so don’t crush her dreams and vote us King and Queen.”

Mark Luber (’18) and Hannah Baughman (’18) “Our dogs are voting for us, so you should too.”

Water Fan (’18) and Angie Hall (’18) “If you want to know why we have bowling pins, vote us for Prom Queen and King.”

ALL THE DETAILS

Noah Endreshak (’18) and Jissel Campa (’18) “Who doesn’t love chocolate and vanilla swirl?”

-Prom is held at the Hilton Garden Inn, 3320 S. 9th Street -Theme is “Afterglow” -There will be NO dinner -Doors open and valet parking will be at available at 8 p.m.

-Dance will be 8:45-11:00 p.m.

-Prom ticket and picture ID are required to enter -After Prom is Sunday, April 8 from 12-2 a.m. at Kansas Wesleyan Student Activity Center

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By Kearra Alvarez

Student Taylor Davison works on an experiment. photo by marissa russ

Melanie Hammond works with Karter Granzella (’19) to figure out how much energy is in certain snacks. photo by kearra alvarez to be more outspoken and be willing to take risks is more difficult in science classes,” Hammond said.

Taylor Davison (’19) is a young woman interested in pursuing a career in the STEM field.

With an interest in science, Davison plans on going to Kansas State Univerity and getting a degree in chemistry, where she will work as a pharmacist.

“After taking chemistry, I fell in love with it and wanted to pursue a career that would allow me to put it into practical use and pharmacy felt like a good fit,” Davison said.

Davison admires her female teachers and feels inspired by them.

“I really look up to Mrs. Chamberlain as she is extremely passionate about science and is always looking for new ways to better the kids in her classes no matter their gender,” Davison said.

To students interested in pursuing careers in the STEM field, Hammond and Chamberlain have some advice.

Get a good background in high school,” Hammond said.

Chamberlain agrees.

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If it’s what you’re passionate about and what you love, go for it and go do it.

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Throughout history, men have dominated the STEM industry. Women interested in science, technology, engineering and math are often criticized for participating in more science based careers.

Two of our own teachers have broken the barrier and pursued careers in the STEM field. Nikki Chamberlain and Melanie Hammond. Chamberlain and Hammond are two strong women who pursued a STEM career

Both had interests in science since when they were young, however they faced criticism from some about their interest in both science and education.

“I remember growing up as a kid, maybe in middle school, feeling like being a smart girl wasn’t necessarily cool,” Chamberlain said. “I never let those pressures get to me, I didn’t really care what other people thought.”

Both women persevered and are now living their dreams teaching what they love, chemistry.

Teachers often act as role models to students who are interested in the same field of study, and both women love acting as someone to look up to.

“In class, trying to encourage girls

“Do it, just go for it. Don’t worry about stereotypes, don’t worry about the ‘what if ’s’. If it’s what you’re passionate about and what you love, go for it and go do it,” Chamberlain said.

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CONSTRUCTION UP toDATE

By Joslyn Jones and Alivia Heard

Construction of the newest edition of South High, costing $43 million, is soon to be finished.

The construction of the school has taken a while, and on May 1 the new part of the school should be ready for a final punch. The final punch will be when the schools district representative, architects and engineers meet.

They will take a walk through the new facility and check everything. They have the job of making sure things are up to date.

Principal Curtis Stevens will be one of the participants that will be there at the final punch.

“Once we have that, on May 1 they will start applying for a temporary certificate of occupancy (TCO). It is basically a document from the city, where the city inspector comes in and says this building is safe enough for students and staff to be in,” Stevens said.

No one can walk through the new area until it has been approved. So when the TCO is issued, it means that everything must be working. The fire systems, fire sprinklers and the building has been deemed structurally sound.

The building check is not biased.

An independent person from the city makes sure the building is completely safe.

Prior to May 1 there will be a couple of other things happening too. The construction crew discusses work in

“April 23 the library will close. the new commons. photo by mikayla cook The new library will not be done until later this summer. Also another room that will have a delay will be FACS room. It is also predicted that a week after school is out the pods will be torn down,” Stevens said.

It is possible that the new building

Say goodbye to a mid-day ELO will be ready to move into by the end and only seven available classes and of the school year. There are a couple of hello to last block ELO and eight things that can get in the way of that, available classes. though. like furniture. It is very expen The 2018-2019 school year will sive and ordering a large quantity from allow students a new schedule providcompanies is sometimes difficult. The ing one more course to take, as well as pricing range, along with when it will one ELO for every student at the end get here, is difficult to predict. of the day.

By the beginning of next year at

And, band kids, you will finally the latest everybody will be in the new have an ELO. building.

A view of the balcony overseeing the main office. photo by daniela garcia (left) Construction workers analyze the new staricase. photo by daniela garcia (bottom)

NEW SCHEDULE Students:

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Teachers, too, will benefit from an end day ELO as it will provide them with one more planning period, as well as a combination of planning periods with same-course teachers to plan together.

There will be more time to plan, but also more time to help. Each teacher will have an ELO at the end of the day instead of only an ELO A or B. This allows them to be available.

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School

By Kaylee Warren

With 2018 overtaken by school shootings, Principal Curtis Stevens, Assistant Principal Scott Chrisman want students to focus on safety Principal Curtis Stevens and Assistant Principal Scott Chrisman both agreed that school is one of the safest places for students to be.

They also both agreed that one of the ways that students can avoid a school shooting is reporting comments when they are heard.

“If you know anything, it’s students’ obligation to report it,” Stevens said.

Nikolas Cruz, the shooter in the Parkland, Fla. shooting, was reported to authorities. Reporting can help stop a shooting before it even happens.

Statistically, school is one of the safest places for a student to be. When a student gets in a car, they have a .012 percent chance of getting hurt, but when a student goes to school, they have a .000019 percent chance of being involved in a school shooting.

A way to make students feel safe is students including other students.

“I want the whole building being more inclusive so students feel safe emotionally and physically,” Stevens said.

Shooting Procedures

In case of an emergency, Chrisman said that information is key. Communication is important and information will be very specific.

Also some details are to not get into cars and to get where it is safe. South’s safe space is the First Southern Baptist Church on the corner of Ohio and Magnolia streets.

The most asked student question is if they live close by, can they go to their house. If a student does that, they need to update a teacher or a friend of where they are so there are not people looking for them.

If a student ever feels unsafe at school they should talk to teachers and staff.

STUDENT CONCERNS

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In the new school there will The new main entrance will be 100+ security cameras. have Officer Dani Lemon’s office right next to it, and the entrance will be locked and monitored.

Chrisman reminds students they never have to be a victim, they have a brain, so in an emergency situation, use it.

Students should be asking all of their teachers what they should do if there is an active shooter situation while in their room. Some important information for them to know is where they exit and where could they hide.

Guns in schools

President Donald J. Trump wants to arm highly trained teachers in case of an emergency. In the case of USD 305 and guns, the Board of Education has that choice and so far there has not been anything said about guns in schools.

Since the president has talked about arming teachers, there has been no other talk of it. South High is a

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Feb. 14- Parkland, Fla. A former student opened fire with an AR-15, killing 15 and injuring 14.

Feb. 5- Oxen Hill, Md. A student was shot and injured in the school parking lot during an attempted robbery.

Feb. 8- New York, N.Y. A student fired a gun into the floor of a classroom.

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Four students were injured.

Jan. 4- Seattle, Wash.

Bullets fired by an unidentified shooter entered an administrative office. No injuries.

weapon free campus prohibiting any student from bringing any weapons to school.

There have also been incidents of teachers accidentally shooting off guns in the past month.

According to the student handbook, students who bring any firearm or weapon can be expelled and the police will be notified.

D.C. on March 24, and urged other students in other cities to do the same.

Asi Lou Mailau (’18) and Katelyn Billings (’18) planned a march in Salina for the same day.

On Dec. 14, 2012, Adam Lanza walked into Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn. started shooting into classrooms of kindergartens and first graders. Lanza ended up killing 26 people- 20 students and six adults.

Since then parents of the survivors started an organization called The Sandy Hook Promise.

“Sandy Hook Promise is to make students feel safe,” Billings said.

According to the organization’s website, they offer programs and practices that protect students from gun violence. For more information go to www.sandyhookpromise.org.

Mailau and Billings hope to get more support from the community.

“Schools are doing everything they can do keep us safe, but the community needs to support the schools too,” Billings said.

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Change in schools

On March 14, there were nationwide walkouts. The walkouts lasted for 17 minutes, one minute for each victim of the Parkland shooting.

Some school walkouts included seven minutes of silence, others walked with signs. Each had the same central idea: change.

“Emotions are important because they give a catalyst for change,” Stevens said.

Many South High students stood outside for 17 minutes in silence, others were also in the gym and collaborative areas.

The Parkland students organized a March for Our Lives in Washington

Jan 15- Marshall, Texas Gunshots fired from a vehicle in the parking lot of a college dorm entered through a window.

Students join hands during the walkout honoring Parkland, Fla. victims on March 14. photo by kati rivera

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Lizzy Franco ’21

HUMANS OF

“I want to improve myself in like everything I do, with sports mostly. Like tennis, basketball and soccer, I try to work at them in season and then I work at them out of season. I like my teammates and coaches, they’re just fun in general to play with. The competition is fun, being able to learn new skills and continue with them is fun.”

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Brady Walker ’21 “In middle school it took me awhile to get used to the new rules and once I found a way to get used to it, it was a breeze.

High school is kinda the same way, but just a bit more freedom and a bit more fun. It’s kinda hard to get used to it.”

Tristan Kinderknecht ’20

Emily McIntire ’20 “I think I'm closest to my mom in my life. She is the person who has influenced my life the most. She is always there for me. I know I can always talk to her and if there's something really important I need to talk to her about, I know she's not going to tell other people. Without her I wouldn't be where I am today. She has had such a huge impact on me in many ways. My mom inspires me and I would like to be just like her when I'm older. She is kind, smart, funny and she knows what she wants in life and she knows how to get it.”

“I look up to my mom, for what she has gone through in life, like a bunch of cancer treatments, and all of that and still fighting through everything. It’s kind of influenced me to fight and never give up and just try. I just work towards being my best self and work towards doing my best in school and different things. Whenever I feel like something is getting too hard, I’ll stray away from it and that just kind of bugs me. I mostly try to focus and zone into what I’m doing and zone everybody else out so I can get back on track.”

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Georgia Bell ’19 “It’s pretty exciting trying to get back on a team right now, and it's been fun. I’ve made some new friends. The first day of cheer tryouts was awkward at first cause no one talked to me and I was kind of singled out, but then they kinda reached out to me and now I have new friendships, so it's going good. Cheer at Central is a whole different experience, I feel like it’s more organized here at South and I’ll be better off with the teammates here and everything. It’s kind of sad moving schools because I miss a lot of my friends and moving away from all of them... it’ll be weird to compete against them when I’ve been growing up with them.”

Devyn Donaldson ’18 “After high school I’m most scared of... just life itself honestly. I’m scared I’ll end up on the streets or something. I do know everything will work out in the end, but I’m just scared of not succeeding in what I want to do. My dream is to be a singer and it’s a hard business. I want to pursue it because I want to make people happy. I’m still trying to decide on which pathway to take, whether it’s schooling or something like American Idol. I have also started to make videos on Youtube. I have not put them up yet because it’s scary to be honest.”

Seth Parnell ’18

Brogen Willich ’19 “I want to start a business, a clothing line.

Right now I’m actually in Marketing and I’m going into a Youth Entrepreneurship challenge. Between school and sports there’s not much time to focus on that. I want it bad enough I guess. I work at it. That probably won’t be my only business, I want to do multiple things, like photography and maybe incorporate it together. After high school I’ll probably go to college. I don’t know if I’ll go for sports yet, but if I don’t go for sports I’ll have more time to work on this in college.

I’ll have more free time. I’ve always kind of wanted to be my own boss.“

“I go over to Mexico for spring break and build a house for a family who, sometimes they have a house, sometimes it’s a shack. Two years ago, they were living in literally a shack, their roof was like a tarp and they had no door, or floor, it was just sand. Living in America you forget how much you really have and going over there and seeing that they don’t even have a door to their house or a solid roof, it really makes you realize how much you have and how blessed you are. I don’t know, if I ever want something or feel like life’s unfair, just thinking about the mission trip to Mexico, it really puts into perspective that my life isn’t as bad as I think it is.”

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“We’ve been to state two years in a row, so I want us to go back this year.”

Tiger Humm (’18)

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“I’m excited for this season because this is the best group we’ve had in a while.”

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By Kearra Alvarez, Abby Teschke, Dani Garcia, Trey Turner, Kati Rivera, Grace Hoge, Alivia Heard

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“I get to meet new people all four years and play with my friends.”

Jacie Marcotte (’18)

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STUDENTS DIRECTING STUDENTS

By Abby Teschke

1. Cameron Post (’20), Trevin Sader (’18), Maisy Lowers (’20), Robyn Logan (’20), Katalina Rivera (’20), Haley White (’19) and Addison Praytor (’18) stand together for a bow after their performance.

2. Augustus Greenwood (’19), Adena Sheridan (’20) and Noah Turner (’19) joke together as they act out a news segment.

3. Santiago Vasquez (’20) dramatically turns to the audience as he questions his life in Albanee Garcia’s (’18) one act, “A Play With Words.”

4. Bayleigh Hultgren (’18), Blake Jeske (’20) and Jadyn Cliffton (’19) perform together.

5. Rep. Theatre takes a bow after their performance of “Nerdicous”.

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1,017 total students

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263 seniors

232 juniors

271 freshmen

251 sophomores

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SOUTH'S GOT TALENT

1. Eric Einhaus ('19) does a trick with his tech-deck over volunteers from the audience.

2. Amaya Dungan ('20) plays the guitar as she sings.

3. Bayleigh Hultgren('18) plays the ukulele as she sings an original song.

4. Nick Salem ('18) and Nathan Zimmerman ('18) glance at each other as they perform a winning duet.

5. Hope Schuman ('19) and Jadyn Zamecnick ('19) put the finishing touches backstage for the posters they will use in their performance.

6. Noah Endreshak ('18) sings with the accompaniment of Santiago Vasquez . ('20) 7. Whitney Turner ('20) performs her own choreographed routine.

8. Stuco members throw confetti after a successful talent show.

9. Trey Turner ('19) stands proudly as the emcee for the night, Loren Banninger, holds up the magic card.

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