MHS Mentor Issue 24

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NEWS BRIEFS

Page 3: Variety Show, FroYo, Summer, Entertainment preview, Dance recital, CD fundraiser Page 4: Softball senior night, Track, Swimming, Soccer, Baseball, Tennis Page 5: Senior summer, Improv Team, Sports Banquets, Lucienne Lange, Summer sport teams Page 6: Avengers, Summer crossword

Seniors prepare for graduation Kori Bridegam staff writer With graduation quickly approaching, seniors’ high school days are dwindling down and within these few remaining days, today is one unspoken senior privilege: Senior Skip Day. Seen as a tradition by the students here at Manhattan High School, Senior Skip Day is when the majority of the senior class spends the day out of school to relax and have fun before graduation.

“Seniors are going to skip every year. There really isn’t anything I can do about it,” history and government teacher Lee Woodford said.

“In most cases parents call them in anyway, and not all seniors skip because a lot of them play sports and have to be at school.”

But not even the high likelihood of many absent seniors today prevents preparation for graduation practice, brunch and the actual ceremony.

There will be a practice

COAT DRIVE Shawn Sheu entertainment editor Freshman Student Council hosted a clothing drive at the East Campus this week.

Canned food items and clothing donations went to the Caring Place, located in Junction City. “We placed a bin in the counseling office for people to put their items in,” freshman Andy Hodges said. Hodges, along with the other members of freshman class StuCo, will take the items to the Caring Place after school today. “It’s all about giving back to the less fortunate,” Hodges said.

AFS CARWASH Sarah Shi staff writer American Field Service will finish out the year with their community service project, conducting a car wash at AutoZone this Sunday, May 13, from noon to 2 p.m. The money, each wash is $5, will go toward expenses for next year’s club.

The club provides a great deal for the exchange students each year, such as yearbooks for each student, club trips to the Renaissance Festival and the Kansas City Plaza, as well as events here at school.

AFS will round out their activities this school year with a World’s of Fun trip on May 24.

senior class Vice President Laura Muller said. “We will also be showing the senior video during the brunch.”

The final ceremony will take place on May 20 at Bramlage Coliseum. All graduating seniors will be there to receive their diplomas and finally finish their high school career.

Senior class counselor Eric Ross said, “They were all fun to work with and I’m looking forward to seeing them off to the next chapter of their lives.”

Graduation will take place at 2 p.m. on May 20 at Kansas State University Bramlage Coliseum.

Seniors are going to skip every year, there really isn’t anything I can do about it --Davis

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Where the class of 2012 is going to school next year.

“My initial take is that more students are choosing to remain in Kansas. It might be due to the rising cost of college, people’s view of the economy, or the fact that state schools are investing more into scholarships.”

-Post-Secondary Counselor Eric Ross

By Cole Anneberg

IN-STATE

DONATION DRIVE Kaitlin Wichmann staff writer The Manhattan High School nurse’s office held a donation drive for multiple orphanages in the Kansas City Area on Tuesday and Thursday this past week.

The actual drive was just two days, but students are encouraged to bring items to the Nurse’s office whenever they want.

The main organizer of the drive was nurse Angie Marden.

“The purpose of the drive is to help needy children in orphanages in the Kansas City area and also to raise awareness,” Marden said.

The items collected will be donated to nine different orphanages in Kansas City.

“Most of the orphanages are in the worst part of town and are pretty rundown,” Marden said. “The kids just want someone to play basketball with and an adult figure to look up to.”

session for graduating seniors on Friday, May 18, where all those participating will run through the ceremony as if it is the real thing. After the rehearsal, all the students who purchased a ticket will be invited to partake in the Senior Brunch at the Houston Street Ballroom put together by Student Council.

“We didn’t have to do much other than sell tickets to the event due to our sponsor. They set up the caterer and the venue,”

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37% university of kansas

34% COMMUNITY/OTHER COLLEGE 29%

Survey out of 307 seniors who stated they will attend schools in Kansas.

out-of-state west region

17% south regioN 20% north-east region 25% midwest region

38%

Survey out of 39 seniors who stated they will attend out-of-state schools.

Board closes in on appointment decision Cole Anneberg news editor The USD 383 Board of Education is one step closer to filling the vacancy left when President Doug Messer resigned a few weeks ago.

During the May 2 board meeting, each Board member announced their personal “top three” candidates based on their cover letters and resumes, allowing the Board to narrow the field down to three candidates: Marcia Rozell, Patricia Hudgins, and former USD 383 board president Beth Tatarko.

Those three came from a list of candidates that was developed during a special meeting on April 25.

“I believe the greatest challenge is rapid population growth,” Hudgins said during a question-and-answer portion of the meeting, according to a Board report. “A population growth will affect

the student-to-teacher ratio, staffing, gaps in learning, educational support, funding, cost of supplies, quickly changing technology and curriculum needs.”

Tatarko agreed with Hudgins’ opinion on the growing student population.

“The student population is changing,” Tatarko said.

“Meeting the current and changing needs is the number one challenge of a school district.”

However, Rozell feels the greatest challenge facing USD 383 is educating students to be critical thinkers.

“Because of the pressure of the No Child Left Behind Act, education has focused on teaching to the test. We are doing a disservice to our students by not teaching them to think, reason, evaluate, observe; these are the deeper levels of learning,” Rozell said.

Other prospective candidates for appointment were Na’im S. Al-Amin, John E.

Ball, Mitch Beims, James McNair Sr., Keith Miller, Maria Miller and John Sanborn.

Until the Board elects new officers later in July, Board Vice President Dave Colburn will act as president and serve.

“We are going to be extremely busy dealing with the budget and several other very important issues this summer and fall,” Board member Leah Fliter said.

“The incoming Board member will need to be willing to do lots of ‘homework’ and to develop a thick skin, if they don’t have one already.”

That’s something Tatarko already understands.

“I believe the experience as a former Board member will help in representing the Manhattan-Ogden communities,” she said. “There will be new things to learn if I were to return to the Board, but hopefully my learning curve has been greatly shortened due to past experience.”

Tatarko served on the

Mentor, Blue M compete at KSPA State Competition Lindsey Goff editor in chief The Mentor and Blue M don’t just create the paper every week and work on yearbook, they also participate in competitions with some of the best schools in Kansas.

Last Saturday, student journalists traveled to Lawrence to compete in Kansas Scholastic Press Association’s State Competition. There are a variety of areas that the students competed in.

Juniors who competed were Ben Shields in Editorial Writing, Kaitlin Wichmann in Advertising, Kassidy Scroggs in Newspaper Sports Writing, Kayla Dieker in Editing and Kori Bridegam in both Editorial Cartoon and a

carry-in sports photo.

Seniors who competed were Cat Bridegam in Yearbook Sports Writing, Cole Anneberg in News Writing and Shawn Sheu in Feature Writing.

Senior Keziah McNair qualified for State back in February, but was unable to attend.

“A few years ago Manhattan used to be known as a top journalism school at State,” adviser Kristy Nyp said. “Just getting more kids there is an accomplishment.

We have 10 kids qualifying from Regionals, which is more than last year. Six of those 10 are juniors and can compete again next year and do even better.” continued on page 6

Board from 2005 to 2009 and went on to serve on the Superintendent’s Advisory Council, as Manhattan Community Foundation trustee and as Lee School PTO President and Site Council Chair.

“Honestly, I enjoyed being involved with the Board of Education before and I am willing to serve if they need a volunteer,” Tatarko said. “As far as running for the Board of Education in the future, I would not be seeking a term. I would value the opportunity to serve in a one-year position and work with the Board of Education to address the current and future needs of the Manhat-

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tan Ogden school district.”

Each candidate submitted a letter of interest as well as a resume highlighting his/her achievements and qualifications.

“Qualities of a good Board member include knowledge of ManhattanOgden school system and the challenges it faces, willingness to be part of a team, a desire for public service and a true commitment to hard work,” Fliter said.

The next step for the Board is an interview session with the three finalists during the next Board meeting on May 16. The final decision will be made at that time as well.

The incoming Board member will need to be willing to do lots of ‘homework’ and to develop a thick skin, if they don’t have one already --Fliter

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Prospective members of the MHS Dance Team practice dance numbers at tryouts in the north gym on Wednesday, May 9. More than 20 students attended tryouts.

Photo by Dheepthi Perumal

Opinion

The Mentor bids Senior Commentaries adieu Oh hey. MHS is nice and stuff. I moved here for my senior year and I’m already the most popular guy in school, no big deal. Moving high schools was a pretty

Shawn Sheu entertainment editor Last week, the school finally gave me a parking ticket. Congratulations MHS! You got me after three years of parking permitless.

The next day the city gave me a real parking ticket.

Turns out, I’m an adult now - which means my parents won’t pay for my parking fines anymore, which means I can’t go around parking at random

Cole Anneberg My high school career has been defined by my involvement, specifically this year.

This year alone I was involved in a wide array of activities. On certain days I went from school to a swim meet, to newspaper work nights, to Board of Education meetings, to going to work and somewhere in between

Taylor Weisman staff writer Miss: It’s the last month of school and Egypt still sucks.

Over my four years at Manhattan High School I learned many things that will help me throughout my life.

High school has given me experience and lessons learned the hard way.

If I had to leave something to the underclassmen

Lindsey Goff Hit: Mick Jagger hosting and performing on the season finale of Saturday Night Live.

Miss: North Carolina banned gay marriage.

editor in chief Everyone always told me that high school will be the best four years of my life and to make the most of it while I can.

Honestly, I must have had the wrong experience because until my junior year I was having a pretty rough

Cat Bridegam features editor

Hit: Obama comes out in favor of gay marriage.

Finally, graduation is around the corner and recollection is in everyone’s eyes.

Looking back on the three years I have been here, I’m both happy and sad, because I have gathered several good memories and a few bad ones.

It’s difficult to explain how Manhattan High has af-

days). On top of that I joined the newspaper because Cole and Lindsey suggested it. I hate them. I spend 25 hours a day reading articles and the other three writing my own. Now that it’s all over I wouldn’t change a thing.

Regrets? I’ve had a few. But then again, too few to matter. I’ve been waiting for this moment for all of my life. So call me maybe.

(and illegal) places anymore (gingerbread, graveyard and gumdrop lots anyone?). Now that we’re leaving the age of angst and narcissism, we have to take responsibility for actions instead of doing whatever the heck we want.

Easier said than done.

Honestly, the thought of growing up and leaving freaks me out, because boy do I love MHS. I’ll miss wondering what the point of TRIBE is, walking through Egypt after it rains and the ridiculous amount of PDA in the old C-hall. I can’t imagine any other high school having as much character as

ours.

Teachers: thanks for putting up with my sub-par work ethic. Underclassmen: make friends, not enemies and do what you love. Before you know it, there will only be four (!!) days left of high school, and you’ll be writing a nostalgic senior commentary. Seniors: I am so lucky to get to graduate with the best class at MHS. You will go on to do such great things and change so many lives.

Make the most of your last four days at MHS, and of the rest of your life. Bon voyage!

maintaining a social life.

After all of my work, I expected someone would recognize me with a “gold star,” but it didn’t come from within the school as I had expected.

I received an e-mail from my Americorps NCCC Admission leader who said, “Being in Americorps is an honor in the fact that you go above and beyond every day to make the world a better place.” I understood then that my accomplishments meant something and I was recognized by one of the

world’s largest leadership organizations. I knew that in the grand scheme of things, whether you win awards or not, the things you do for others are always appreciated.

Here’s advice to any underclassmen: Get involved and stay involved at MHS. Whether you get recognized for it while at MHS or not, it pays off in the end. Getting involved takes you to greater places in life and gives you skills to succeed with whatever you do after high school.

of the school I would say to not worry about what others think of you. That is the story of my life in high school and one of my biggest regrets. Think about it this way, will it really matter what these people that hate you think of you 10 years in the future? Chances are you will be their boss if you work hard.

Make sure you also put academics ahead of most other things on your priority list.

If you do that then you will be successful in all aspects in high school. Believe me, my biggest regret is not working hard in school, and I would hate for anyone to feel the regret of not working hard.

So here’s some advice, be your own person and the friends will come naturally.

Academics is key. Work hard in school because the results are more rewarding than you will ever realize.

time. Manhattan High is probably one of the toughest places to try to fit in. Almost everyone has known each other since kindergarten so when you’re the new kid it can hurt when everyone else already has a best friend.

For the longest time I was stuck on the fact that I didn’t have a best friend here like I did at my old school. I was so stuck in the past and worrying about my old friends that I wasn’t allowing myself to live in the present.

It took some time for me to realize how distant I had become from the people around me, but once I did I finally started to have fun.

High school isn’t that fun. You’ve got a bunch of hormonal teenagers judging one another for looking a certain way. I’d much rather just float and not have to worry about what people think about me.

fected me. I have grown and learned quite a bit in these halls. I’ve adapted to change, both in the school and in myself. I’ve gained and lost friends, and I’ve learned how to stand strong when everything is leaning against me, begging me to break.

MHS has taught me how to survive high school. There really isn’t much else to say about defining moments and miraculous discoveries. Being in high school has taught me to survive gossip, drama, difficult courses, pressure

and my peers.

I can’t say that I have an incredibly positive feeling towards this school as I make my departure, but I can’t say I have a negative one, either.

MHS has failed to make me feel one way or another, but I will thank everyone inside of it for giving me a very typical high school experience.

Kori, thank you for always and forever being the only person here who loved me through it all.

the term was being able to write. The aspect of becoming close with the other staff members and working together to create a decent final product week after week did not occur to me.

Luckily, those things ended up happening to me anyway.

The mission of The Mentor, and any newspaper, is to cover the news in an objective way as well as provide readers an opportunity to think about the issues in a new way. I’d like to think we have done that in 2011-2012, and I genuinely look forward to making it an even better publication next year.

Question of the Week What’s number one on your summer bucket list?

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Burn each assignment piece by piece.

Haley Heaton, freshman

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Nothing anyone can know about.

Zane Reeves, sophomore

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Get colleges to look at me.

Joel Fry, junior

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Swimming and tie-dye.

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Savanna Floyd, senior

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staff writer

good time, because I got to tell all of my jokes twice and they were still funny. My senior year here in Manhattan has just been one lonnnngggg homework assignment, with a bigger workload than I ever want to experience again. With five AP classes -- even if one of them WAS Kipp’s class -- homework was never kind and never just a worksheet (those were the

It’s a bit sad looking at the senior commentaries on this page, knowing these guys won’t be on staff with me next year. The Mentor will have almost a completely new line-up, an exciting and nerve-racking thought.

Everyone that has worked on The Mentor this year has given me, and everybody else, a tremendous experience. It was never easy, but I know we all have fond memores of the time spent spent in the newsroom.

Most people took the prerequistite Newswriting class prior to joining staff, but I didn’t. The only thing that interested me at the start of

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Jimmy Risberg

news editor

Hit: The seniors are gone for the day. Juniors, prepare yourselves.

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Paint the trim on my window.

Kane Davis, history teacher

the Mentor staff editor in chief -Lindsey Goff news editor -Cole Anneberg opinions editor -Carly Tracz entertainment editor -Shawn Sheu sports editor -Kassidy Scroggs features editor -Cat Bridegam photo editor -Kori Bridegam copy editor -Jimmy Risberg circulation manager -Taylor Weisman adviser -Kristy Nyp

staff writers -Sarah Shi Kori Bridegam Ben Shields Kaitlin Wichmann Tristan Knott photographers -Melissa Birdwell Kori Bridegam cartoonist -Kori Bridegam contributing writers -Zane Hayden Connor Bliss

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Entertainment May 11, 2012 Manhattan High

Photo by Jordan Morris

Photo by Shawn Sheu

Kassidy Scroggs sports editor

Jimmy Risberg copy editor Emotions were running high for the girls of the Washington Dance Studio last weekend. Friday and Sunday marked the last recitals of the dance season and the last dances for senior dancers leaving Washington behind for college.

The junior company, consisting of seventh, eighth, and ninth graders; the senior company, consisting of 10th, 11th and 12th graders; and the jazz, pointe, lyrical, ballet and tap classes performed a series of dances to round out their season, and in four girls’ cases, their high school dance career.

The senior company performed “Another One Bites the Dust,” “You Are Loved” and “Be OK, and collaborated with the junior company on “Hip Hop Throwback.”

“My favorite number was the last one, ‘Hip Hop Throwback,’” junior Patrick Day said. “Because it was so exciting to see the junior and senior companies come together for such an unforgettable finale.”

“Be OK” was a popular favorite among the dancers due to the intense practices preparing for the number -the whole dance was learned and rehearsed in only four weeks -- and the complex emotions involved.

“We got to put in a lot of emotion,” senior company member Emma Miller said.

“And it was just fun.”

“At the beginning of the dance we’re sad, and then at the end we’re happy. It explains dance,” Annie Roberson, another member of the senior company, added.

“When I’m sad I dance, and it makes me happy.”

Many of the dancers have been dancing for many years, much of that time spent dancing with the same group of girls.

“I’ve danced since I was four,” Caroline Fry, one of four seniors moving on this year, said. continued on page 6

The acts of the 56th annual Variety Show took center stage last Friday and Saturday in Rezac Auditorium.

The show’s theme was Mystery Science Theater.

Once the show began, the audience was greeted by a mad scientist played by Master of Ceremonies senior Samantha Stephens.

Stephens was joined by senior Ryan Seymour and sophomores Mary Matthews and Hannah Schmidt.

Act One began with the

Pride Bluegrass Combo performs “In the Name of Love.”

Photo by Jordan Morris

Pride Bluegrass Combo comprised of seniors Hayden Anderson on guitar, Chris Davis on bass, Alex Fees, Brady Hendricks and homeschool student Jack Keeley on the violin playing “In the Name of Love.” He was also part of the closing act.

Anderson took the stage two other times that night.

For his second act he performed “City and Color” singing while playing the guitar.

Bates Dance Studio’s performance team, Pride, danced a routine they will be performing at their recital to “Awake My Soul” by Mumford and Sons.

Following the dance team, junior Summer Senn sang and played her guitar to “Brand New Key” by folk artist Melanie.

Freshman Audrey Reever took stage with a talent not often seen by audiences when she played the song “Reflection” from the original artist Lea Salonga with hand bells.

Senior Jamey White played “Funeral for a

The Men of the Pop’s choir sing “The Man who Can’t be Moved” at the Variety Show last Friday.

Photo by Jordan Morris

Friend/Love Lies Bleeding”

by Elton John while seated at the grand piano.

Act One wrapped up with foreign exchange students Jules Guilleman playing guitar and singing and Nils Keilhau on the piano performing “Les 3 Accords.”

The Blue Notes Jazz Ensemble brought intermission to a close with well-rehearsed songs from their other performances.

The Nerdz With Attitude performed “I’ll Be There” by the Jackson 5 with a

twist to start Act Two. Senior Daniel Dissmore was playing the trumpet when he suddenly burst out into a rap of lyrics to the song.

White was back on piano, senior Phillip Dix played trombone, senior Taylor Lund played the clarinet, junior Kareem Tippin played the drums and senior Ethan Pauls played the guitar.

Juniors Mason Wheatley and Andre Middendorf picked to the song “Bistro Fada.” continued on page 6

Orange Leaf reigns as froyo king Connor Bliss staff writer “Let’s get ready to rumble,” the famous words of boxing announcer Michael Buffer.

In our four corners of the ring are three frozen yogurt places, with me in the fourth ready with my spoon and bowl. In our first corner we have Orange Leaf, the seasoned veteran of Manhattan. We have Nuberri in our second corner, the underdog of this yogurt free-for-all.

Our last yogurt place is the hometown rookie Purple Swirl.

First round: flavors Orange Leaf has the most at 16 different flavors at a time, and Nuberri has the least with only eight flavors at a time. Purple Swirl sits in the middle with 12 at a time. Nuberri has the worst yogurt: it’s harder and less creamy than its competitors.

Purple Swirl has the best

yogurt: it’s creamy and bursting with flavor. Orange Leaf falls just short of first place due to not being as flavorful as Purple Swirl. Round one goes to Purple Swirl.

Purple Swirl: 1 Orange Leaf: 0 Nuberri: 0 Second Round: toppings With toppings, bigger is better, and no one has more toppings than Purple Swirl at 44 different toppings. Nuberri lines up their toppings side by side and gives you the feeling that they have more even though they only have 39. They’re like a chihuahua who barks like a pitbull and Purple Swirl is like a pitbull who barks like a chihuahua.

The second round goes to Nuberri for its larger than they appear toppings. Oh yeah, and Orange leaf has 36 toppings.

Purple Swirl: 1 Orange Leaf: 0 Nuberri: 1 Third Round: Atmosphere When you eat frozen

yogurt you want to be in a happy place full of yogurt and color, and there’s only one place in town that actually does that. That place is Orange Leaf, with its bright tiles that dot the walls and the space-age chairs that are full of happy people eating.

It’s a totally different story when you walk into Purple Swirl. It is one of the darkest stores in Manhattan. I understand their choice to go with purple for marketing from K-State, but they could’ve had at least used purple and white instead of using a dark purple and a light purple.

Eating frozen yogurt in Purple Swirl is like wearing a My Little Pony T-shirt at a horror convention. Nuberri is a whole other monster.

Since it is part of Mr. Goodcents, you eat sweet, fruity frozen yogurt while you smell sandwiches.

Purple Swirl: 1 Orange Leaf: 1 Nuberri: 1

Fourth & Final Round: Customer service As I keep saying, frozen yogurt is a happy thing, so the people who work there should be all smiles. Well, someone tell that to the people at Nuberri. Every place I walked into I was greeted with a smile and a welcome, but not at Nuberri. Minus one point from Nuberri. Purple Swirl was understaffed, with only one person working outside, while Orange Leaf had plenty of people to help me out.

The winner of the battle of the froyo is Orange Leaf with its comfortable atmosphere and awesome customer service. In second place is Purple Swirl by judge’s decision with its bursting flavors.

In third place is Nuberri with boring flavors and unfriendly customer service.

Final scores Purple Swirl: 1 Orange Leaf: 2 Nuberri: 0

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Dance Variety show shines a light on MHS talent studio has final recital

Students raise funds for studio Ben Shields staff writer “Unplugged” is a new compilation CD of songs performed by students at Manhattan High School. It was available to buy in the cafeteria all week long and will remain so until next Friday, May 18. Senior Chris Davis led the project, and the artwork on the flier posted around the school was done by junior Aaron Cole..

“It’s a really good opportunity for people to hear the talent at our school,” senior Noah Schmidt, contributor to the CD, said. “I put an experimental song on it I wrote awhile ago that was really fun to record.”

The proceeds for “Unplugged” are going to be used for the MHS recording studio that is in development. The goal is that a music production class will be offered in the future.

summer entertainment PREVIEW graphic by cole anneberg Ben Shields staff writer Film: The Dark Knight Rises 7/20 Kit Nolan’s “epic conclusion” to his Batman trilogy is sure to be the movie of the summer, as dictated by fanboys everywhere. Christian Bale, Michael Caine, Gary Oldman and Morgan Freeman all will reprise their roles from the first two installments, though unfortunately, the Cher-as-Catwoman thing turned out to be a

rumor. Shame on you, Hollywood. The storyline will focus mainly on the Batman story arc in the comic series Knightfall, an excellent decision. Batman was fleeing Gotham City at the end of “The Dark Knight,” and this final film will see him return after a 10-year absence. Nolan’s style isn’t for everyone, but his Batman movies are the best ever made, easily topping Tim Burton’s ambitious failures and Joel Schumacher’s George Clooney debacle. If you see only one

blockbuster over the summer, this is the one.

Concert: Def Leppard and Poison with Lita Ford at the Sprint Center 6/27 Kansas is missing out on the KISS/Mötley Crüe tour this year, the bummer of all bummers, but the good news is that two of the ultimate hair metal bands, Def Leppard and Poison, are also embarking on a U.S. tour together and will hit the Sprint Center for a rocking, glittery one-night-only. Lita

Ford will also be there, for whatever reason. Here’s to hoping Poison plays everything off of “Look What the Cat Dragged In.” Album: Hot Chip, “In Our Heads” 6/12 The always clever and occasionally brilliant five-piece dance group will release their fifth studio album in June. They are coming off of an amazing string of albums (especially the underrated “One Life Stand”), and the songs that have leaked online

sound great. If The Beatles had gone electro, they would have sounded like Hot Chip (“While My Guitar Gently Weeps” always sounded like it needed some thumping bass).

Film: “Moonrise Kingdom” 6/22 Wes Anderson takes longer than almost anyone else to make a movie, so it’s a cultural event whenever he does. The Manhattan theatre may not even carry this film, but a car trip to Lawrence or

Kansas City would be well worth your time. Not a lot of plot info is known about “Moonrise Kingdom,” but the cast looks phenomenal: Billy Murray, Tilda Swinton, Frances McDormand and Bruce Willis, just to name a few. While Sacha Baron Cohen is sure to examine human nature in his typically hateful way in “The Dictator,” Anderson will again look at mankind with loving exasperation. A must-see for sure.

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Senior Night Softball honors seniors during Topeka High game Sarah Shi staff writer

Sports Notes Swimming Cat Bridegam features editor Freshman Lindsey Hageman takes her stance and gets ready for her at bat during the junior varsity game against Topeka High. Varsity lost both their games on Senior Night to the Trojans. The Lady Indians will play in the Regional tournament on Tuesday night.

Photo by Tristan Knott

Tristan Knott staff editor Last Friday, the Manhattan High Track team attended the Salina Central Invitational bringing home, seven golds of the possible 36. They will attend three more post-season meets following this week.

"They are a great team and have slacked a bit, but once State comes they should perform better and be more focused," head coach Jesse Woodard said.

Starting with the girls, in the female shot put, senior Mary Jo Massanet took first with a throw of 41-00.50 and freshman Kaylee Kipp placed second. Massanet later went on to win first in discus with a 125'9" toss.

In the long jump, senior Tarian Reeves placed second with a leap of 16'1", and freshman Tia Cooke placed third. In the high jump, senior Sarah Tatarko won third. Sophomore Taylor Smith took third in the pole vault.

In the 4x800 female relay, the team placed first with a time of 9:52.91 minutes. Junior Rejoyce Bryant dashed to first in the 100m hurdles with a time of 16.19 seconds.

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third in the 300m hurdle.

In the 800m run, junior Emilie Liebe placed second with a time of 2:23.23 minutes, sophomore Alyssa Smith placed third in the 1600m run and freshman Rachel Beach won third in the 400m dash.

The female 3200m run was dominated by sophomore Alaina Schroeder and juniors Jessica Smith and Emily VanNatta -- Schroeder won first with a time of 11:49.35 minutes, Smith took second and VanNatta placed third.

With the boys, javelin thrower junior Jacob Holloway placed second with a distance of 162' 1".

Senior Logan Mahan took first in the male long jump, leaping 22' 3". Mahan went on to place third in the triple jump.

The 4x800 male relay team placed second with a time of 8:27.10 minutes.

Senior Ben Bolton placed second in the finals round of the 110m hurdles.

Senior Colt Skidmore placed second in the 300m hurdles while freshman Chris Martin placed third in the 400m dash. Sophomore Chris Melgares placed third in the 3200m run.

As the year comes to an end, Manhattan Girls Softball hosted their senior night this Tuesday at Anneberg Park, recognizing five seniors: Cat Bridegam, Ashley Hageman, Kaitlyn Motley, Jessica Trundle and Blake Woborny. The girls celebrated with matching pink shirts for the seniors, gifts, and senior recognition.

Tuesday night’s lost against rivals Topeka High of 8-4 and 11-0 wrapped up their last game before next week’s regionals. The second inning of the second game allowed Topeka High to score three points, seven points in the third, and a home run in the fifth inning.

“We waited too long to hit the ball,” Varsity Girls Softball Coach Scott Mall said. “They were hitting well and scoring runs. We got behind early and it was a combination of not hitting well and not fielding as well as we’ve usually done.”

However, the spotlight of the night was geared towards raising awareness for breast cancer, allowing for donations to be given at the during the game to be sent to help find cures for cancer.

“The pink out was a way for the girls to remember their relatives that have a specific cancer and raise awareness to encourage them to donate to help find a potential cure,” Mall said.

The pink out began in the League and then moved to just individual softball sports hosting their own cancer awareness, Mall said. “I also know that a lot of other girls sports do it as well.”

Junior Jenna Stigge, along with juniors Kylie Smith and Tyler Hoyt, decorated 24 pink T-shirts Monday night and organized their senior night decorations before the game of Tuesday.

“We set up a donation jar to support breast cancer as well. It was about showing support for Mall and it’s fun to wear pink,” Stigge said.

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The Manhattan High School girl's swimming team is heading to Topeka West High School today to try for a League title.

Swimming against Washburn Rural High, Emporia High and Topeka High, the MHS swimmers hope to take the title home.

"I think we have a very strong team. I think we've seen Washburn Rural and they have a deep and powerful team so it'll be a challenge," head swimming coach Jerry Carpenter said.

The 15 girls who are participating in Centennial League are freshmen Mariah Scipio, Madison Manako and Katie Bussmann; sophomores Pilar Dritz, Alana Bucholtz, Emma Bartlet, Emily Cady, Marlee Evans and Sammie Grieger; juniors Mikayla Walters, Hannah Funk, Meagan Williams and Lucienne Lange; and seniors Keziah McNair and Janae Horchem.

Walters, who is swimming the 200 individual medley, 100 butterfly, 200 medley and 400 free relay, hopes for success.

"I'm hoping I do really well. It's going to be a good meet, Washburn is a very good team but so are we.

We've been training hard with a lot of improvement," Walters said.

McNair, one of two seniors participating, is swimming the 200 I’M, the 100 fly, the 200 medley relay and 400 free relay and is looking to see overall team improvement.

"I expect to lose time again on my events and I expect a lot of people to get times that will make State because this is the last meet to qualify for State," McNair said.

Lange, a foreign exchange student from Germany, is swimming the 200 medley and 100 breaststroke and is excited to try and win a League title.

"It's my first year swimming and it's not common in Germany. It'll be great to be in Topeka, it's a nice pool," Lange said.

The team takes the top three swimmers for each event every year.

"All the girls have a chance for points. I think it'll come down to Washburn or us," Carpenter said.

Photo by Tristan Knott

Photo by Tristan Knott

Sophomore Caroline Ballard maneuvers the ball during the game against Junction City at home on Tuesday. Seniors Amy Stockton, Annissa Durar and Onyeka Ehie walked onto the soccer field at Anneburg Park as Indians for the very last time on Tuesday night. The Lady Indians took on the Junction City Blue Jays for the last game of the regular season. The stands were packed with students to support the team. The Lady Indians begin post season play for on Tuesday.

Photo by Tristan Knott

Hallowell, Seaton head to State Kaitlin Wichmann staff writer A week ago the Manhattan High varsity boys tennis team took second as a team at Regionals, just missing swiping first from Washburn Rural. There were 16 singles and 16 doubles teams.

Senior Kenton Hallowell took first place in singles with a record of 4-0, beating out teammate junior Jake Seaton, who finished third with his only loss being to Hallowell.

“At Regionals and State there aren’t No. 1 or No. 2 players, so teammates sometimes must compete against each other,” head coach Charles Kipp said.

Juniors Riley Ratliff and Dustin Hayes competed in doubles and ended the season with a 1-2 score at Regionals. “[Ratliff and Hayes] won’t advance on to State, but they were able to help by adding points and making it possible for the team to earn second place,” Kipp said.

The other doubles team consisted of junior Claib Harris and sophomore Samuel Hong. They were knocked out of the bracket after losing the first game.

Both Hallowell and Seaton are representing MHS today and tomorrow at the State meet in Wichita.

The season is wrapping up for the team.

“We have had open practice for those that wanted to come,” Kipp said. “Thursday we had our last practice of

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Baseball wraps up League second Taylor Weisman staff writer The Manhattan High School baseball team continues to run past teams within the Centennial finishing second in the league behind the Seaman High Vikings.

The Tribe, with a 14-4 record, currently sits at second in the Centennial League with their first game of the post-season coming up next week. Right now the Tribe looks to play the Topeka High Trojans in the first round, who are currently the last seed in the tournament.

"We're pretty confident," senior Taylor Hilgers said.

"We don't really like to look at records, but they've struggled against a lot of the teams that we've beat so if we go out and play like we should we should be fine."

The Tribe has demonstrated its firepower several times throughout the season, outscoring their opponents which will put the Indians on many teams’ radar as the tournament approaches.

The Indians have also been solid on defense and the Indians defense is going to be a key factor in their

success going into the summer tournament.

As the season comes to an end, the Tribe looks to prepare for the post season and the seniors prepare to make their final shot at State before graduating.

"Hanging out with friends and being able to play senior year with all my friends I grew up playing with," senior Brooks Lindsey said. “I think that's my highlight, being able to play with them for the last season.”

c -team baseball stats Thursday, April 26: Manhattan, 7 vs. Jefferson West JV, 2 Manhattan, 15 vs. Wamego JV, 0 Saturday, April 28: Manhattan, 11 vs. Royal Valley JV, 5 Manhattan, 14 vs. Jefferson West JV, 5 Monday, April 30: Manhattan, 9 vs. Seaman, 10 Manhattan, 4 vs. Seaman, 1

Features May 11, 2012 Manhattan High

Seniors make most of last high school summer Shawn Sheu entertainment editor In May, seniors will grab their diplomas and say goodbye to high school forever. Though there are some going directly straight to full time jobs or schooling, the majority of seniors have a summer break to relax and prepare for next fall.

“I’m going on a trip to Europe with my parents,” senior Alex Fees said. “It’s kind of a graduation present, and just a chance to see the world before college.”

A lot of students take the summer after senior year to travel. Students are also

taking smaller trips with friends, employing the idea of a classic “senior roadtrip.”

“My friends and I are planning a road trip to California,” senior Alex Booth said. “We want to go to L.A. and the beach.” Booth has started saving up for the roadtrip, and says his group plans to sleep mostly at campsites instead of renting expensive hotel rooms. “It will be our one last hoorah before we split up for college.”

Not everyone is taking a trip in preparation for college, though. Lots of seniors are taking advantage of the three month break to work.

“I’ll be working at the pool,” senior Kathy Knox said. The newly renovated Manhattan pools are a popular place for Manhattan High students in the summer -- to work and hang out. Students can be either lifeguards or customer service representatives.

Even with the busy years of schooling ahead of them, there are several seniors who are planning on getting ahead start with college this summer. Summer is a good time to prepare for intense college courses, as well as get a head start on credits.

Senior Onyeka Ehie is doing the Multicultural Academic Program Success program at

Kansas State this summer.

“It’s a program that lets me stay in the dorms and take classes over the summer for free,” Ehie said. Ehie plans on taking Accounting and Calculus.

Seniors who are playing sports next year are also busy preparing for college. Senior Jared Truman says he will be practicing soccer all summer so he’ll be ready when he plays for Indiana Community College next fall. “I can’t slack or sit around really,” Truman said, “because I need to be in shape for an intense season.”

Members of the MHS forensics team won’t be

seen slacking either. Seniors Linda Pei, Lucy Liu, Brodie Herrman, Kaeli Wefald and Augie Fitch will be traveling, along with two underclassmen members, to Indianapolis this summer for the National Forensics Tournament. The team will compete in categories such as International Extemporaneous Speaking and Oration.

Whether tossing a Frisbee in the Ultimate Summer League or backpacking across Europe, graduating seniors will be busy with activities as diverse as the class itself.

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Winging it

Foreign exhange student reflects on MHS

Club flies under the radar

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Ben Shields staff writer The Manhattan High School Improv team, captained by junior Ilana Budenosky and co-captained by senior Brian Burton, meets every Thursday after school. It’s a club that not many students know about and is a fun, no-pressure group that is a great way to connect with other interesting and creative students.

The members of the Improv Team play various improvisational games together. One such game is Goon River, a favorite of Budenosky’s. “[Goon River] is an exercise in character development,” Budenosky said. “You stand in a line and you decide the name of the fictional town. The

first round you go through and say who you are in the town, what your occupation is, why you’re there. The second round, after hearing everyone else’s story, you say how you are connected to the other characters. This is where it gets really fun and entertaining. The third round you go through and say how you die. This is an entertaining game for both the participants and the audience, because they can follow it so easily.”

Most members of Improv Team go to State Thespian Conference, though it is certainly not a requirement to join. This is where many of the new games are learned. Budenosky says that they are always trying out new techniques from State Conference, experimental theatre, International Thespian Conference, or

simply ideas from other members.

Budenosky believes all thespians can gain from joining Improv (as well as non-thespians), and stressed the benefits of improvisational acting.

“Improv makes you think fast on your feet,” Budenosky said. “If lines are forgotten by you or another character in a play, you will know how to fill space with lines that are meaningful to your character. It also gives you confidence and is a fun way to let loose.”

The Improv Team held their final meeting of the school year yesterday. The members encourage even those who have never participated to come join in next semester when they resume meetings.

Sports celebrations end seasons Sarah Shi staff writer After a season of sweaty practices and rough competition, an end-of-the-year banquet to officially close the season is how many of Manhattan High students finish the year. Club picnics are yet another way clubs can celebrate their achievement throughout the year from organizing bake sales, community service projects and club activities.

Sports banquets, more formal gatherings, are where awards, slideshows, senior recognition and moving speeches are given.

“Last year, girls swimming and diving hosted their banquet at the Country Club,” sophomore Pilar Dritz said.

“We had food, of course, recognized our seniors, handed out funny awards like who was always the happiest at practice, and recognized who was on League and the State team.”

Track will host their banquet at Anneberg Park, also recognizing their seniors and celebrating their accomplishments as a team.

“Letters are passed out and the coaches give a speech about how Regionals and State went,” sophomore Anna Jackson said.

Clubs like Thespians are putting a unique twist on their banquet, turning their dinner into a theme. This year’s will be a mystery, basing their dinner decorations and costumes on the characters of Clue. They will

also recognize next year’s officers, the Actor of the Year Award and Techie of the Year Award.

StuCo will stray away from their casual ice cream social this year and gear towards a more of a banquet like celebration, even having Cox Brothers cater the event.

“We’ve done a lot things this year and we kind of owe it ourselves to celebrate with something a bit bigger,” StuCo president Cole Anneberg said.

Although clubs and sports may not share the exact same traditions, they have many in common, such as senior recognition, awards, leaders in the team and club, and the same theme: to celebrate the year’s accomplishments.

If you saw Lucienne Lange in the hallway, most likely you wouldn’t think she was any different than the rest of the students shoving towards their awaiting classes. In truth, she isn’t much different than the normal teenager. She enjoys swimming and listening to music, hanging out with friends and she even has a curfew. Lange is like any of the rest of us except for one large factor, she is not native to the United States.

Lange traveled to the States at the beginning of last semester with American Field Service, a foreign exchange student program, from her hometown in Marburg, Germany. She left behind four siblings and many friends at a private school to jump into the American culture.

Lange first learned

English in first grade and progressively learned more though out her school years.

Once she decided to travel overseas for a year, she was placed into a two-week intensive course of English to insure she was prepared. Her temporary home was made with the Webbs, who have two children at Manhattan High. At first she was very shy and found it hard to call Suzanne Webb “mom” but she says now she feels very comfortable around the family.

“The first month I wanted to go back home, but after that the time flew by and now there are only two months left,” she said.

Kansas wasn’t all it was rumored to be for Lange.

She believed she would be living in a flat state with a lot of cowboys and cows.

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Summer sports keep athletes active Taylor Weisman staff writer When summer starts, classes might be over, but athletics aren’t. Many athletes from Manhattan High School take part in summer leagues for the sports that they play during the school year.

“It’s a lot of fun and it helps me improve what I need to work on,” junior soccer player Kristen Thompson said.

Summer sports allow many athletes to improve things that they may have struggled with during the school season or maybe just to keep up with their skills during their downtime.

Summer sports are also a way to build chemistry with teammates and to build a strong relationship with the team.

“Oh definitely,” senior

wrestler Anfernee Kelly said.

“It helps with team bonding and to me team bonding is the most important thing.”

There are many differences that athletes enjoy between the two leagues.

Athletes have a longer time to rest during the summer and not as much stress as during the school year. Kelly said he has more time to focus on the sport in the summer.

“With school it’s school, sports, come home, homework and then repeat,” he said.

Summer league will have kids participating from across the state, allowing kids to participate on teams with athletes from other schools and giving them a different experience from what they have during the school year.

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Foreign Exchange student continued from page 5 The popular Disney movie “High School Musical” in German also added to her expectations.

“I was very excited to see all of the yellow school buses here,” Lange said.

And although American students don’t actually sing and dance, Lange said she sees many similarities between the teens in the movie and the students at MHS. The two countries both have a lot of pasta and fast food restaurants, but Lange’s favorite food is nowhere to be found in the United States. Grueve Sovbe or “The Frankfurter,” received its name from the town Frankfurt, Germany. It’s basically a potato dish with a German green sauce.

Along with food, sports are a similarity for the two countries. When she was younger, Lange participated in gymnastics and a sport originated in Germany known as Rhönrad. Rhönrad is like gymnastics in many ways except for the fact participants roll in a large continued from page 1 KSPA Junior Kayla Dieker was the only one from Manhattan to place at State.

“I was disappointed that I didn’t place. I felt really strong about my story, but I had fun going. Lawrence is always cool,” junior Ben Shields said.

The Blue M and The Mentor plan on doing even better next year.

“We’re all looking forward to the critiques so that we can be even better next time,” Nyp said.

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‘The Avengers’ lives up to hype Zane Hayden guest writer $200 million opening weekend US gross. 93% approval average on Rotten Tomatoes. Normally folks expect these statistics to be associated with movies about Leonardo DiCaprio being murdered by an iceberg, or teenagers competing with each other to see which school district really has the most athletic young white people. But superhero movies? In the words of former US President Ronald Reagan, “Nah.” But these are the nummetal ring and performing their stunts. While here, Lange has participated in swimming. In Germany, Lange knew how to hold herself up in the water and play around with friends in the pool, but had never tried competitive swimming. Her mother received numerous medals in high school for swimming, and would be proud to see Lange now as she prepares to head to Centennial League.

Germany and America are similar in a lot of ways but also have quite a few differences according to Lange. In Germany if you are caught raising your arm the way many previous Germans did to “hail Hitler,” you can be arrested or severely fined.

The Pledge of Allegiance is very common for MHS students, but at home Lange says they don’t have a pledge and only sing their national anthem if it is a national event.

“America is such a proud country. Germany is not proud of its history,” Lange said.

Although she’s not proud of some aspects of its history,

bers for “Avengers,” Marvel Studio’s magnum opus, following in the footsteps of its recent slew of successes like “Thor” and “Iron Man.” Directed by Joss Whedon (of Buffy and Dr. Horrible fame), headed by an all-star cast, and crammed to the brim with jokes and cameos for comic and non-comic readers alike, this movie is the closest thing to the perfect comic nerd dream that doesn’t involve the Slave Leia costume.

The movie’s plot is simple enough: When the god Loki comes to Earth in search of the Tesseract, an object

capable of unlimited energy output, S.H.I.E.L.D director Nick Fury (Samuel L. Jackson) sets out in search of a superhero team to save the world from its would-be conqueror.

The pacing of the movie seems slow at first, but when the team is together in one room, you really notice how good the casting is. With Robert Downey Jr., every word that comes out of Tony Stark’s mouth is a neverending snark bullet, Mark Ruffalo gets scared, green, and mad as the Hulk (even the big guy’s voice actor is a cameo), and all Samuel L.

Jackson had to do to nail the part was put on an eye patch.

It’s one thing to talk about the cast and story, but it’s another thing to watch the movie and see what unfolds in it. Portals to other dimensions opening, New York being blasted apart or an aircraft carrier the size of Rhode Island rising out the ocean, everyone’s going to have a scene where they will just sit back and go, “wow.”

And what’s a superhero movie without some fights?

“Avengers” is no exception, whether it be Thor giving Iron Man a hammer to the gut or Hulk and Black

Germany is still Lange’s home and she is anxious to get back. She says she will miss her host family and all of her friends here a lot along with the American culture that allows “you to be who you are and to be more open,” but her private school and family will be nice to see again. While in the States, Lange said her German has become a little choppy and she has to use English words sometimes instead of German words, but she is confident it will be easy to jump back into the culture she knew for 14 years.

“It’s a great opportunity to be an exchange student and get to know the culture it helps me a lot to find myself,” Lange said.

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dred hopefuls, admission to the Classy Cats is helping Fry realize her dreams in ways she hadn’t thought possible and definitely takes the edge off the sadness of leaving her fellow dancers behind.

“This end of the year has been surreal. I went into it with the attitude that whatever happens, it’s out of my hands, and God just said ‘Here, this is for you,’” Fry said with a huge smile on her face, hardly containing her well-earned excitement. “It’s so true that when one door closes another door opens. I feel spoiled with support. I’m just so content right now.”

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“So I’ve just kind of built a family.”

The loss of the older girls is hard on everyone, especially the juniors who have been with them the longest.

“We were really close with the seniors this year,” Roberson said.

“We’re like a family,” Miller said. “It’s like members of your family are leaving you.”

For Fry, the end of her time as part of the Washington Dance Studio is far from the end of her dance career.

Just this past weekend she was accepted to become a Classy Cat, a member of the Kansas State University dance team.

As one of only 24 accepted from a pool of over one hun-

Widow fighting knee-deep in a crowd of alien-skeleton-robots. Whatever the scenario, the cinematography, tension and action never fail to make the fights satisfying.

Major credits to Joss Whedon for making this movie live up the immense amount of hype people were heaping on it. As translations from superhero comics to cinema go, “Avengers” raises the bar with every ounce of action, pace, tension, and just pure awesome. Just mind the shwarama.

Variety Show continue from page 3 The MHS colorguard spun their flags to the popular Hot Chelle Rae song “Tonight, Tonight.”

Junior Carly Tracz played the guitar and sang Australian artist Missy Higgins’ song “Scar.” Tracz was also the bass player in the Blue Notes Jazz Ensemble throughout the show.

“There wasn’t much variety,” Tracz said. “But everyone who performed was extremely talented at what they did.”

The men of the Pops choir performed an a cappella version of the song “The Man Who Can’t Be Moved” by the Script. The men’s choir was the final act before the curtain fell.

Summer Lovin’

the season. Six to 10 weeks of tennis season is just not enough time, you need to be able to hit year round. We would like to continue to have practices over the summer and maybe even a tennis camp for both the boys and girls teams.”

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Indians Our staff cannot be at every indian athletic event, but we still want to cover all of the schoo schools teams teams.

please e-mail scores to mhsmentor@gmail.com and you may upload photos of any sporting event to replayit.com

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