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Select seniors say early farewell Allison Olsen Photo Editor The time has come.

For most seniors, this last year is about getting involved in year-long activities and connecting with friends before they head off to college. For the 30 students graduating in December, this semester has been dedicated

to ensuring that they have the right amount of credits needed and finishing up any last minute details in order to graduate early.

“I’m ready to get my life together,” senior Serena Beltz said. “I’m going to work and start classes at Barton.”

For most of the seniors, the reasons for graduating early usually fall under the

categories of working to pay for college, or to get a head start on college classes.

“I’m going to Bellus Academy and then to L.A. to the art institute for fashion and design,” senior Caleb Deines said.

Students graduating early also have more pressure put on them to decide their plans after high school than stu-

dents who still have another semester to consider their future. Seniors Jarrod Booth and Jenny Rogers know exactly what they want to do after high school. Both plan to go to Kansas State University. Booth intends to study mechanical engineering and Rogers, psychology.

“I was going to start school early, but now I’m not, so I

just need to work,” Booth said.

For some of the students, graduating early is an opportunity to get out into the real world ahead of their peers.

“It’s nice to be able to try and live on my own before being thrown into college,” Booth said.

A majority of the early graduates agree that they

are just ready to get out of high school.

“My least favorite thing here is the drama,” Rogers said. “I feel like I’m more mature than people in high school.”

“I’m going to miss some of my teachers throughout the four years I’ve been here,” See Early graduation page 5

IPS gives back to Crisis Center Liz Logback Editor-in-Chief

Seniors Tyler Belin and Adelle Sloan present Crisis Center manager Judy Davis with the money the Interpersonal Skills class collected throughout the semester. The total amount presented was over $1,300 and benifits women and children living in abusive homes.

Liz Logback, photographer

Crisis Center manager Judy Davis gasped as the amount of the check was announced to her, then cried in disbelief. The Interpersonal Skills class collected $1,355.58 for the Manhattan Crisis Center through donations at the Manhattan High football games.

“We don’t receive gifts of this magnitude,” Davis said after receiving the check. “Thank you all for your hardwork and dedication.

You do not understand how many families this will affect.”

“We learn about the organization, we serve and we have elected every year to collect at football games and then we reflect on what we did, how we could do things differently then we celebrate. And we always celebrate this one with a big breakfast and we invite other schools and the administration. I know it impacts them a lot,” IPS teacher Barbara Crooks said.

Senior Edward Joung attended every football game to collect donations.

“What I really enjoyed about collecting at the football game was the joy of the charity receiving the money,” Joung said.

Para Jamie Schnee felt collecting not only benefited the Crisis

Center, but the students who collected as well.

“I think that it helps having Judy Davis come and talk about what is happening in the community. I don’t think that people realize that there are other people in need like that in the community so it brings awareness that there are people who need help.”

IPS has collected money for the Crisis Center for eight years, continuing even after they lost their grant for the class a few years ago.

“This class was started in 1998 and a couple years later we got a grant from Learn and Serve America, giving kids the opportunity to work in the community.

And even though we no longer get that grant we believe in that,” Crooks said.

Crooks understands how important the donation is for the Crisis Center.

“I got a letter from Judy last week about all the cuts they have made,” she said. “The city has cut, the state cuts, the federal cuts and the problem doesn’t go away of the abuse of women and children and they've lost two or three fulltime positions and some half time positions so this has helped them a lot.

Faculty members fight sexting BOE explains Retta Lazaris Staff Writer

A group of teachers and administrators have started a process to combat the dangers of sexting and cyberbullying among Manhattan High students, beginning with an information session for parents.

Media production teacher Kathy Ricketts, sophomore principal Angie Messer and counselor Erin Spreer coordinated the assembly together.

“I did a unit on digital citizenship in my Computer Applications class, and then Mrs. Messer and myself

got the idea to do the social media presentation for the school district and their patrons,” Ricketts said.

At the meeting Dec. 2, parents of children in public elementary, middle and high schools, as well as the Catholic schools, were invited to attend, with around 150 in attendance.

“We wanted to involve as many parents as we could,” Messer said. “And so we wanted to have a way to start sharing information and dialoguing with parents. And our next step is to hopefully now begin to information sharing with students.”

The committee is explor-

ing the option of creating an assembly in spring 2014 to teach both students and parents about the responsibility of cell phone usage.

“As a mom, I think that this is important, because I don’t think always that students know the ramifications of some of the things they're doing,” Messer said.

Technology changes, such as computers, cell phones and even gaming systems now being equipped with the means to access social media, can sometimes have a negative result.

“You know, back in the day when I was in school, people could write a note;

well, notes are easily torn up, and gotten rid of and never seen again,” Messer said.

“But nowadays, with the technological imprint that you make, it doesn’t ever go away. And I know for all my years as being an educator and being involved, we don’t always see our future at the age that we’re at to know where it’s going to take us, or how it’s going to effect us. And I don’t want our students, to make a choice on impulse at this age, and have it effect them for the rest of their life.”

Issues such as sexting and See Sexting page 5

Holiday spirit catches clubs Rachel Beach Staff Writer From one household to another, people everywhere this time of year come together to celebrate different holidays. Manhattan High School is home to several clubs, many of which are taking advantage of the season and celebrating.

Parties within clubs are rare. Often, clubs are focused on fundraising, planning and organizing and therefore have little time to celebrate anything. But this season many clubs already

have plans made for their parties, including FFA, NHS, Earth Club, StuCo and Youth Impacting Community.

The parties will all be hosted at MHS or at a member’s home. Students will take time and enjoy the season. Several clubs asked that each member who chooses to attend bring a dessert of drink to share.

“We haven’t had our party yet,” NHS member Nick Bandy said, “but it’s going to be wild.”

There are a few clubs that have special plans for their parties other than just eat-

ing and socializing. Earth Club, which had its party on Dec. 11, allotted time during their celebration to make a project that helped both the school and the Earth. Earth Club was one group that decided to do something to help both MHS and the Earth as it celebrated the holiday.

Each member of the club was asked to bring an item to turn into a plant holder. Watering cans, mason jars and many more like objects were brought. The club decorated the containers and made them into functional plant holders that can be found in

the MHS greenhouse.

Tonight, YIC will have their party, which will be unique as well. The club recently had a meeting in which they chose which charities they would give its grant money to. Just over $6,000 in grant money was divided out among eight charities.

“The grants are helping people that really need it,” YIC member Gage Benne said. “It will be great to finally give the grants out and see how they help.”

YIC will formally present See Holidays page 5

Clubs gather for annual Feast Sarah Shi Opinion Editor In an effort to exchange club ideas, Student Council coordinated its third Club Feast at Manhattan High.

The StuCo sophomores were in charge of the event, which took place last Wednesday.

Each club brought a dish and a few club members to par-

ticipate in the potluck event.

Sophomore Corbin Sedlacek took charge of Club Feast and organized the responsibilities for each grade.

“I split each grade to have their own jobs. The freshman were in charge of the decorations, the sophomores were supposed to give main dishes, the juniors were silverware and seniors were supposed

to bring drinks. We sent invitations to club sponsors a couple of weeks ago.”

Before Club Feast commenced, Sedlacek said, “It’s a great experience for clubs to get together and interact.

I’m hoping for a big turnout.”

StuCo member sophomore Krista Burton agreed and hoped for “more than two clubs to show up. It

would be great to see the clubs join together.”

For senior Kayla Maghirang, talking to people from all the different clubs was what she enjoyed most. “I’m having a good time,” she said.

“I got to talk to a lot of people so it was a great experience to meet new people.”

k12’s termination Madeline Marshall Staff Writer Since USD 383’s contract with current virtual school K12 Inc. has been terminated, many questions have been aroused. Why? What Now? How does this affect us?

“When we started our virtual school back in 2007, the company was owned by KC Distance Learning,” Board of Education president Curt Herrman said. “At that time, there were less than 30 online learning companies in Kansas. Now there are over 90.”

Two years ago KCDL was bought out by K12 and became one of the majority of the virtual education companies in Kansas that are now owned by K12.

“K12 has changed their curriculum and it is no longer as rich as it used to be. Classes such as Chinese, Japanese and AP Physics have been removed,” Herrman said. “The class offerings have been changed to what gives the most enrollment for the online school, meaning there is a threshold of the number of students that need to be enrolled in the class before they offer it, thus eliminating a lot of the enriching classes.”

Because of this virtual school’s magnitude, individual needs were not being accounted for in the way the district wished it to be.

“I want to be certain that we are serving our students as a priority and then out-ofdistrict students as a second priority,” Herrman said.

The district’s contract would have been renewed for another two years at the end of December if they hadn’t gone ahead and can-

celled.

“An automatic renewal event would remove the district’s option of exploring a different model,” Superintendent Bob Shannon said.

“Non-renewal of the contract will provide staff an opportunity to explore alternative programs. This could include, but not necessarily be limited to, a blended learning model which offers virtual learning opportunities in core classes, enrichment classes, and/or college and career ready opportunities.”

The BoE is looking into creating their own virtual school, as well as exploring other preexisting schools.

As far as students planning to take courses this coming summer, decisions still have to be made.

“We are not certain how that [classes this summer] will be approached, but we will be certain that our students will be taken care of.

Either an MHS online class or another avenue,” Shannon said.

More concrete decisions will begin to be made at the board meeting this Wednesday and more research is to follow.

“We want to step back and take a look at other models for virtual learning,” Herrman said. “We need to continue virtual education.

It provides learning opportunities for students that are not available in a traditional sense, not just through the ‘brick and mortar’ curriculum. There are a lot of students that benefit from virtual education. Kids learn differently and some do not do well in the traditional classroom, but thrive in the online environment.”

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Our focus declining Question of the Week: as iPads take over What’s on yo ur wish list?

The editorial is a compilation from a discussion held by the Editorial board.

Teachers now ask you hold up your iPads instead of those small square white boards. What has happened in the last 10 years?

In our age of technology, the digital classroom offers a deeper level of learning with more connections and creativity outlets but also can be a distraction. According to psychologist and author of “Focus: The Hidden Driver of Excellence� Daniel Goleman, “Attention is under siege more than it has ever been in human history. We have more distractions than ever before. Children I’m particu-

larly worried about because the brain is the last organ of the body to become anatomically mature. It keeps growing until the mid-20s.�

It’s easy to lose concentration quickly with how many websites, apps, and games are accessible and some of us that we don’t develop the capacity to concentrate as we need to, when we want to.

While the advancement of technology into our lives and our education has expanded our curriculum and reduced the amount of paper we use, our opportunities to communicate to face to face or socialize with people to gain social skills decrease.

But what can we do about it? Only if you as an individual

make the conscientious decision to change your technology-use habits and start focusing more -- reading the text, understanding and listening to what teachers say -- will your performance throughout the day will improve.

However, most of us are looking for the next best thing and not everyone has the self-control needed. Like the iPad situation, the next generation will grow up using iPads and whatever will happen is going to happen.

There’s really no way to fix our lack of focus that has grown from the distractions of our various technology devices.

Stop focusing on grades Madeline Marshall

Hands clench, eyes widen, a thick cloud of fear hazes the room. As each test is passed back, relieved sighs and low grumbled moans fill the air. “A’s� rejoice, “F’s� slink into their seats, and one by one each test is crumpled into a bag, never to be seen again – which turns out to be the real mistake.

It seems that in the modern educational world more emphasis is put on the “letter in red� than the effort put in and the information learned.

We spend so much time worrying about how a grade will affect our GPA (and therefore our college admissions and the rest of our lives, as hyperbole is never lacking) that the real reason for education is forgotten. School is not just a grade-fueled vehicle taking us to a “real life� destination. It is its own destination where learning is the focus and grades are just the exhaled by-products.

I admit, my grades are good; I’ve set the curve on many a test. But that “A plus� isn’t what I’m striving for. My goal is to learn from every assignment, quiz and test. To take it in, digest it, and look to see how it fits into my web of previously attained in-

formation. When a teacher passes back a test, I don’t just look at the grade and then shove it into my backpack. Instead, I try to learn from my mistakes. If I miss a question on a test or quiz, I simply ask ‘why?’ Was it a silly mistake, a bubbling error, a brain fart, or did I truly not understand the material?

If it is the latter, I take the opportunity to look at the material again. There is truly no other moment in school where one can so easily “learn from your mistakes.�

Unfortunately, there are many classes that enable and perpetuate this grade-first mentality -- classes where you can slide through with little effort or that you can cram for the day before a test and still feel satisfied because you made an “A.�

While you can’t always avoid such classes, you can make the most of your time in them and learn the material.

In order for this to happen, students must take learning into their own hands.

The first step is finding a way in which the material covered in each class relates to your own current or future world. In doing so, you give yourself motivation to do more than the bare minimum and therefore a reason to focus on the information rather than the grade.

There are countless ways to do this, but the Internet is a great place to start, as you never know what will pop up when you Google a word or

phrase. Once interest levels are elevated, take advantage of your resources. With textbooks, notes and the Internet, knowledge is literally at your fingertips. So, crack open that book, read that article, and watch that YouTube video. Copy your notes for each class at least once and try to read through them every few days.

If doing the above isn’t enough, ask a teacher. They, along with the rest of administration, are your biggest resource of all. Teachers are more than happy to explain things and counselors are here to help – so make the most of them. Really, they are paid to help you learn, so use them.

If, instead of focusing on making the grade, you focus on learning the material, then the other stuff, including grades, will take care of itself. What you learn will actually stay with you. And as you gather more information, the bigger picture will become clear. A surprising thing also happens at the end of each semester: you won’t have to cram to re-learn everything for finals. Instead, the information is there, connected, and easily accessible with lightly refreshing your memory. In short, as you focus less on the grade and more on the material at hand, stress will diminish, the grades will come, and you’ll be left with a work ethic and knowledge base that will help you for the rest of your life.

“A Hobbit. Preferably Frodo.�

- Sydney Bannister, junior

‘Aubrey Jung’s eyebrows.�

- Hanna Hayden, senior

Next edition’s Question of the Week: What is yo ur N ew Year ’s reslotion?

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“Popsicles.�

- Lani Fischer, senior

‘Ugly sweaters.�

- Justin Gittle, junior

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“For all the deployed troops to come home.�

- Logan Dunham, sophomore

“Novelty socks.�

- Haley Heaton, junior

“Sense of self.�

- Trevor Bashaw, junior

Bring light on human trafficking Kristen Batson

In history classes we’re taught about slavery. We sit there appalled by the way our ancestors treated human beings. Slaves were degraded, literally stripped of their humanity and treated as property that profit was made from. It’s a disgusting and terrifying thing to even attempt to imagine, but what’s even more horrific is that slavery still occurs and is often ignored.

We hear horror stories of human trafficking and turn a blind eye to the situation.

I would love the comfort of telling myself it isn’t happening, that children and young adults aren’t being ripped away from their family and sold as sexual objects and slaves, but they are. It can happen at any place and time.

There are victims of this horrendous crime that live in America and walk around amongst us everyday and we may not even notice it. It isn’t always a matter of being sold in a corrupt third world country. There are many “businesses� that find their employers in troubled young people lacking finances and guidance. Girls who have barely graduated from their teen years are lured into positions as “masseuses� making much more money than they otherwise could.

In the illegal brothel they call a “spa� these desperate young women are coerced into pleasuring men for money. Some are trying to pay college tuitions, support their children and even just survive. The fact that these establishments exist makes me feel sick to my stomach.

Why is nothing being done, you ask? Nobody cares.

These women are called every vulgar name in the book. “It’s their fault�, “they made the decision�, “they don’t want to change� -- all excuses you could make regarding why society should

ignore it.

However, by allowing this to happen we will create a domino effect. Next thing we know prostitution will be a normal part of life.

People are not property to own. They do not exist to be sold and used as sex objects. We’re far from a solution to this worldwide issue but making people aware is the first step.

As citizens of this nation and even just people on this planet we should be disgusted and outraged. This is the kind of thing we should be furious about, not the fact that national security is screening our phone calls and that our president took a selfie at a memorial service.

People’s lives are being ruined and we aren’t stopping it. According to www. unglobalcompact.org only one person is prosecuted for every 800 victims of human trafficking. There is no way to end the suffering these people are experiencing unless it’s made public. This is something everyone should be talking about and campaigning and fundraising for.

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Annual One Acts a hit again Maddie Ross News Editor After weeks of student directors and actors working together to produce plays, including original works, Manhattan High School Thespians presented their annual One-Act Play Festival in the drama room, better known as the Black Box Theater, last Thursday and Friday night.

“We had a nice variety including three originals, which I am always am very happy about,” drama teacher Linda Uthoff said.

Rehearsals were different for everyone involved, but in general were far less strenuous than those of a bigger production.

“It’s a real good experience for young directors and young actors without having to have such a time commit-

ment,” Uthoff said. “I always love the One-Acts because they really give students a chance to apply themselves in what they have learned during class.”

Many students participated in multiple plays and multiple positions.

“For the one act I directed, we practiced for an hour and bit, twice a week,” sophomore Toula Sweeney said. “We just kind of went through the acting and blocking process, for the one I acted in, it was basically the same.”

The night of the performance the theater room was packed, with standing room only. The audience watched as the five casts performed portraying topics ranging from super heros, dystopian societies, secrets and experimental theater. They experimented with a new setting

this year elevating the audience as opposed to the performers.

“We were trying really hard to learn how to use the space and we wanted to achieve a thrust theater which is an audience on three sides,” Uthoff said. “A lot of professional theaters do this now. This makes them reimagine their space, and open themselves up to the audience.”

“It was a really unique experience,” junior Tahir Gadimov said. “My directors Mary Matthews and John Debeck were really great to work with. I worked with Mary during the Musical and was excited to work with her again.”

The one-acts give students the opportunity to explore their self-directed learning and leadership skills.

“It’s fun because its just

like doing a play, but you’re in a sense on your own,” Reever said. “It’s a lot less pressure because it is only one act.”

“It’s very self-directed, I like how it forces the students to be problem solvers,” Uthoff said. “We make things available to them such as props and costumes but the rest is up to them.”

“You have complete control over it,” Reever said.

“You can decide how good it’s going to be.”

The one-acts as a whole were considered a success for most involved and were received well by audience members.

“Overall one-acts went very well this year,” Sweeney said. “They went better than expected.”

Photographer, Noah Schnee

Small groups showcased Danielle Cook Copy Editor Wednesday night, Manhattan High’s Rezac Auditorium played host to the school’s annual showcase, a collection of performances by some of MHS’ small music groups, Pops and Varsity choirs and Jazz Band.

Varsity choir kicked off the show by performing a few select songs, most of which were not songs that they would typically rehearse for a regular show.

“I love Showcase because we get to do lots of fun songs that aren’t just like the ones we usually sing. It was nice to practice some different styles [of music],” Varsity member, junior Rose Gruenbacher said. “One we did was ‘I See the Light’ from ‘Tangled,’ which was cool.”

Next, it was Jazz Band’s turn to perform. The ensemble played a number of selections, all including improvised solos by members of the band.

“It was kind of nerveracking to do improv on a solo,” trumpet player junior Krista Dix said. “But I did practice for it a lot, so it was good to just do it.”

When it came Pops choir’s turn to take the

stage, they entered with a holiday number, “Carol of the Bells,” but performed a wide range of music, from more traditional choir-style songs to hits like The Beatles’ “Twist and Shout.”

The audience, throughout the performances, was kept on its toes, waiting to see what each diverse music group would bring to the

show. Among the performers, there was appreciation for the work of showcase’s other small groups.

“I like getting to perform with the other small groups.

Listening to the Jazz Band is always good. Everybody works hard, so seeing some of the performances is fun,” Gruenbacher said.

Principal Greg Hoyt, who

attended showcase, was impressed with the small groups’ hard work as well.

“Those students spend a lot of time practicing, and it really does show,” Hoyt said. “I think performances like these are special because the students put a lot of hard work into what they do.”

Dancers host clinic Tracy Le Graphic Designer Washington Dance Studio’s Senior Company put on a fundraiser, the Holiday Dance Clinic, last Saturday.

“The parents really like it,” senior Madi Fellers said.

“Any parent loves the opportunity to see their kid perform and the kids think it’s really fun so the parents make sure they’re all decked out in Christmas stuff. Parents come, grandparents come, friends come, they have everyone come and they take hundreds of pictures and they’re all so excited to watch their kids dance.” Fellers is one of the head choreographers this year and has been choreographing for Senior Company, the studio’s oldest performing group, for three years. ”We do it every year,” junior Sammi Adams said, “it’s a tradition.”

According to Fellers, it’s a great way to raise money for the competition that they attend in the spring. ”It’s a really great fundraiser because it’s really easy,” Fellers said. “They’ve [the studio] been doing it for so long. The teachers put together the t-shirt designs and putting together the dance isn’t that hard, we all like to do it so it’s really fun and it’s just a really fun, fast Saturday. We all did it when we were kids so it’s fun to be on the other end of things.”

Over 150 boys and girls took the stage to perform dances the Senior Company had choreographed and

taught them to an audience of over 350.

“The bleachers were completely full,” Fellers said. Every year I feel like we move locations because there are so many people that come to watch and we never are able to fit everyone. We used to do it at the mall and then it got way too big for that and then we went to another place, which was bigger, but not big enough, so now we’re doing it at Anthony Middle School.”

The studio’s performing companies, Senior, Junior, and Core Company, also performed pieces that they will take to competitions in between the dances so that the audience could see where all the funds would be going to.

This fundraiser is not only loved by the people who come to watch the dances, the choreographers and everyone who is a part of it seem to enjoy it just as much. ”It’s really fun to do and working with little kids is fun,” Adams said. “It’s just a good experience and it’s a good fundraiser to do instead of just a typical fundraiser.”

Fellers agrees. ”It’s a pretty relaxed atmosphere so we’re not like ‘you have to learn the dance!’ because it’s impossible for a 5-year-old to learn a 3 and a half minute dance in just a Saturday. The choreography isn’t too intense, there’s not a lot going on and everyone knows that it’s not going to be memorized like a recital but that’s part of the fun.”

Live Music

Pops choir at Manhattan High School dances during the annual showcase. Pops and Varsity Choirs and Jazz Band performed to the community for free, with pieces that have would normally never be performed on a typical show.

Danielle Cook, Photographer

The Hollow Earth, a band of MHS sophomores, sing at the Sisters of Sound concert. Hollow Earth along with E.R. performed some of their pieces that were from MHS Battle of the Bands.

Brent Morrill, Photographer

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Swimming places between Lawrence schools Madison Newman Staff Writer Ready, set, splash.

Plunging into the water at Kansas State University Natatorium last Wednesday, Manhattan High School’s swimming and diving team took on Lawrence and Lawrence Free State. The team placed second to Lawrence. Lawrence Free State got 113 points, MHS 186 points and Lawrence 232 points.

“They weren’t really much of a competition.

They looked like they were young,” senior Evan Olson said.

Olson placed first.

“I think that I scored about 209 points or so,

I’m not for sure. I didn’t do as well as I usually do and I plan on working at it,” he said.

“I think that it went pretty well, our team was confident," senior Nathan Mirts said "Although, I was a little bit nervous about my last dive.”

Mirts’ last dive consisted of doing a backward half somersault with a half twist.

Junior Derek Williams felt that he was not competing to the best of his ability due to a lack of rest in between his events, which resulted in placing lower than usual.

"I placed eighth. I practically had no time to rest in between events, so I was really tired. I felt sick,” Williams said. “I’ll work on that,

though.”

Senior Cameron Beauregard placed first in the 200 free with a time of 1:54.

“I also placed first in the 500 free. My time for that was 5:15. Our 400 free relay took second to Lawrence and 400 medley took second also,” he said.

The team’s other event for the week, the Olathe invitational meet on Friday, was cancelled due to weather considerations.

Right: Senior Evan Olson, 2013 State qualifier, does a warm up dive before last week’s meet at home.

Below: Junior Derrek Williams warms up before one of his races.

Jennie Jordan, photographer

Boys dismantle Dodge Girls lose on the road Greg Woods Staff Writer Defense, defense, defense.

It is a critical deciding factor in every basketball game and that reigned true in Manhattan High’s boys basketball team’s 55-37 victory over Dodge City Friday night. The Indians’ defense forced Dodge City into 22 total turnovers.

Manhattan opened the game on a 12-0 run and never looked back. The first quarter was all Manhattan’s, forcing turnovers and turning them into points on the other end. Senior Darian Taylor recorded three takeaways in just the first frame, setting up the Indians for a 21-2 lead going into the second quarter.

The second quarter resulted in more of the same. MHS continued to force Dodge City into mistakes and capitalized on them offensively.

“We got in the passing lanes a lot, and we pressured the ball,” Taylor said. “Just great defense, having each other’s backs, helping each other out.”

The Indians turned it on in the second half and continued to outscore the Dodge City Red Demons 25-22. Junior Payton Stephens tied his then-season high with 13 points, and junior Pierson McAtee notched a career high with 10.

“We pushed the tempo a little bit,” McAtee said.

“Defensively, we got out, got some steals, which got us going at the beginning of the game.”

MHS was as statistically dominant offensively as it was defensively. The first half resulted in a 30-15 Manhattan advantage, and the Indians’ defense forced Dodge City into 22 total turnovers, a majority of them coming in the first half alone. MHS also

shot 18/37 from the field, good for 48 percent.

“I think [our offensive efficiency] had a lot to do with our defense,” head coach Tim Brooks said. “We were able to get out and pressure and get steals, and we were able to get the ball in the paint in transition.”

The MHS offense also saw a wide variety of contributors. Eight different Indians scored. The large lead late in the game allowed Brooks to put in players who haven’t had as much playing time this season.

“There’s playing time to be had,” Brooks said. “It’s really up to [the underclassmen].”

Manhattan is now 3-0 after downing Great Bend 65-44 on Saturday, again led

by Stephens in scoring, this time with 17. MHS will play again on Friday in Manhattan against Emporia.

Michael Melgares Assistant Sports Editor In its first road trip of the season, the Manhattan High School girls basketball team broke even against two respectable opponents, Dodge City and Great Bend.

The Indians’ first matchup was against the Great Bend Panthers. This contest was a back-and-forth battle the whole way between the two teams, and the game wasn’t decided until the final seconds.

“We did some good things, we rallied late when we were behind and made some good drives to the basket,” head coach Scott Mall said.

MHS was down 56-58 late in the fourth quarter when junior Caroline Ballard completed a layup to even the game up. Ballard, however, would then go on to pick up her fifth foul on Kaylie Doll of Great Bend, sending Ballard to the bench and Doll to the

free throw line to give her team a two-point lead. The Indians did have a chance with seven seconds left to get the tie or the lead, but was unable to get a shot up as time expired.

Mall says that the team’s mistakes late in the game are things that can simply be worked out in practice.

“It’s just something we’re going to have to work on and drill on over and over and over,” Mall said. “We still have to work on guarding people out away from the basket because we’ll face a lot of teams that are small and quick, so we’ll have to work hard on that.”

The Indians rebounded against Dodge City the next day. This matchup was not as close as the team’s game against Great Bend. MHS ran away with the game in the second half, outscoring the Blue Demons by 16 points and rounding out a final score of 49-30.

“Part of [the offense’s success in the second half] was just hitting short shots.

We missed, I think, like five in the first half,” Mall said.

“However in the second half, we did a better job of focusing and putting those in the basket. We made extra passes and extra plays to give us good shots.”

This victory came behind the performances by two of the team’s star forwards, Ballard and senior Darby Price. The two bigs scored a combined 27 points, 15 from Price and 12 from Ballard, respectively. The offensive attack from the Blue Demons was more one-dimensional.

Over half of the team’s points came from Katrina Roenfeldt, who put up 16. Dodge City’s next highest score had three points.

The Indians’ next matchup is a home game against Emporia on Friday.

Bowling ready Wrestling takes second place for season John Rockey Staff Writer

Matt Bandy Staff Writer Although the team will not compete until January, the Manhattan High School bowling team started the season this past week by holding tryouts at Little Apple Lanes.

"We bowled three games, then practiced skills," returning senior Meghan Dooley said.

All nine girls who tried out made the team and only one boy was cut from the team.

Tryouts involved different aspects including a skills assessment putting pieces of tape on the lane to work on their accuracy.

"We weren't taught much," senior Alex Huerta said. "We just test basic skills." Huerta has been on the bowling team for four years.

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The team is allowed no coaching or evaluation offseason according to Kansas State High School Activities Association rules.

“A lot of newcomers have yet to prove themselves,” head coach Chris George said.

Last year the boys team was the first ever to qualify for State. However the school record-holder graduated last

A lot of newcomers have yet to prove themselves.” - George year, leaving an opening for new leadership.

The first bowling tournament of the season will have both boys and girls and is on Jan. 11 at West Acres in Wichita.

Between the GardnerEdgerton meet on Dec. 7 and the Manhattan Dual Tournament last week, the Manhattan wrestling team has taken the steps for improving its game and placed second at the dual here Saturday.

The team hosted the dual Saturday to Goddard, Abilene, Smith Center, Shawnee Mission East and Shawnee Heights. They placed second overall behind Goddard in the tournament.

“I feel like we became closer as a team,” senior Michael Leeper said. “We increased the intensity throughout all of our weight classes, but we still have a ways to go.”

The team is working at dealing with its recent personnel changes, which includes five freshman wrestling at their Varsity level.

The wrestlers each look to improve their game in different ways from footwork to just the mentality going in to wrestle.

“I need to be more mentally prepared for my first match of the day,” senior Austin Chauncey said.

The JV team saw tremendous success placing first

overall with 118 team points at the Shawnee Heights Invite last Saturday out of 12 other teams.

“The guys really worked hard and just went crazy,” coach Daniel Farley said.

“We responded very well to a higher level of competition.”

Thirteen out of the 22 JV wrestlers that went to the meet placed in the top three in their different classes with

five first place finishers, five second place finishers, and three third place finishers.

“We really went out and competed this tournament with a lot more people in the finals,” freshman Jacob Ashmore said.

JV now has the Council Grove Invite to look forward to this Saturday after having just come back from the Shawnee Heights win.

“I want to see how we

handle success and see what we do with this next tournament,” Farley said.

Varsity sees a big weekend coming up when they leave Thursday to the Grand Island Tournament in Nebraska with 31 other teams.

The team placed ninth last year out of 32 and is seeking to improve to a better finish this year.

Athlete of the Week Austin Chauncey

Chauncey, a senior, won all five of his rounds at the Manhattan Dual Tournament Saturday. A State finalist last year, he wrestles in the 160-pound weight class.

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Student pursues programming hobby Alan Brown Multimedia Editor It’s look like dots and lines on a screen.

But for sophomore Louis Melgarejo, it more than that.

This is about proving himself and being able to post his name on the high score board. It’s his big game.

Almost in a trance, his eyes focus on the luminescent screen, and his fingers slide from button to button.

A trickle of sweat rolls down his forehead. This could be his moment. The seconds seem like hours. How long can he keep this up? His fin-

gers begin to stiffen, and he feels faint. Then, when he least expects it, his heart stops. Game over.

Cheers begin to echo throughout the lunchroom.

The screen flickers: first place.

Sophomore John Benfer can only sit back and smile as he watches the celebration unfold. For him, it is mission accomplished. He’s succeeded in infecting his lunch table with game fever, but it is hardly the usual type.

It’s the calculator craze. All around him, his friends compete with each other on their calculators to beat each oth-

er’s high scores. Benfor, the creator of these calculator games, could not be more pleased that they have made such an impact.

“I wanted to create games that would interest people,” Benfer said. “They are very interactive and somewhat competitive, especially with the scoring system.”

Benfer’s unusual calculator programming hobby can be traced back to a school supply list. Entering Algebra 2, he was required to purchase a graphing calculator for the class. After learning to graph functions and formulas, his fascination with

programming began to grow.

Using the internet as a guide, Benfer taught himself basic programming knowledge. It was then that he hatched the idea to create games.

“I was fascinated by the ability that the calculator had to do exactly what I wanted it to do. I wanted it to execute something, and eventually I found games,” Benfer said.

Even though he has programmed several games and formulas, “Snake” is considered Benfer’s greatest accomplishment as a programmer so far. The goal of the game is move the snake character (a line) around the

screen for as long as possible without touching a single dot.

Benfer takes pride in that fact that he programmed the game from scratch. While it may not be XBox or Playstation worthy just yet, the game marks the first step towards what could be Benfer’s future career.

“I am considering programming as a career,” Benfer said. “This gives me a feel for what it would be like.”

So far, Benfer has devoted over twelve hours of his time to developing his calculator games. Whenever he feels the need, at home or during a dull class period, Benfer

pulls out his calculator and commences his work. He is currently developing a new game, “Space Invaders,” which he hopes to release soon. Meanwhile, his friends have the opportunity to show their appreciation of his accomplishments.

“The games aren’t too bad considering they are on a calculator,” sophomore Spencer Parish said. “It is cool that he programmed them all by his lonesome.”

Rock candles give students business experience Liz Logback Editor-in-Chief

Senior Darnell Stewart drills a hole in a rock in the process of making a rock candle. Students create the rock candles in class then sell them locally. The Interrelation Resource class selects, drills, chips and shapes the stone before making it into a candle.

Photographer Taelor Jones

A little hard work pays off, quite literally for the students in Conn Harrison’s Interrelation Resource class.

Shelves of granite, petrified wood, slate and other stones line the walls of Harrison’s classroom and students can be found chipping or drilling the material to make rock candles.

“The students make and process something. It has turned into their business,” Harrison said.

It all started two years ago when Harrison was searching for a project that would be unique but still educational for his classroom.

When he discovered making rock candles was not only abstract but easy, he began a small business.

“We started in March 2011. We made and sold 200 candles in six weeks in 2011. And then last year we sold at the Farmer’s market, Walmart, local business and local craft shows,” Harrison said. “This year we have expanded into craft shows throughout the state because

we tried to add another dimension.”

Harrison has involved the students in every step of the process, beginning with picking out the stone all the way through selling the candles.

“This year we have a group of high [functioning] students that are capable of creating the candles. In past years I have had students that function at infant and toddler age,” he said.

Sophomore Darnell Stewart is in Harrison’s class and has worked a few hours on the candles.

“You get to drill rocks. I like the drilling,” Stewart said.

Harrison has set up a clock-in/clock-out process so the students can keep track of their hours and get paid at the end of the year for all of their work.

“Their school work must be done before they can clock in. They get paid at the end of the year on a debit card and they also get paid extra for working events,” Harrison said. “It’s not just a learning opportunity, it’s become a job.”

He hopes the students learn life skills from their time working on building candles.

“A lesson for the real word is the more you work, the more you get paid. I also want the students to learn how to maximize their money. Part of the lesson is working hard for money and sometimes you don’t always have enough,” Harrison said.

At the end of the year after the students have been paid, Harrison takes them on a trip to celebrate and to spend their earned money.

“We’re taking the kids to Colorado. We’re going to stay at the YMCA in Estes Park that the company will completely pay for and then the kids will take their debit cards to shop with,” Harrison said.

Freshman Lynne Jones is hoping to earn enough money to buy a Kindle.

“I’ve worked 35 hours. I like chipping the edges of the rock. It makes it look more unique and gives it layers,” Jones said.

French foriegn exchange student Exchange student enjoys U.S. ventures out from small town Madrid, Spain, population 3.3 million, is the city that sophomore foreign exchange student Pablo PerezLaorga calls home.

However, he currently lives with a host family almost 5,000 miles away in a town of 56,069 people -Manhattan, Kan. Since being at Manhattan High Perez-Laorga has dived in to various activities that were not offered to him previously when in Spain including wrestling and football.

“In Spain they don’t have them [football in wrestling] and those are pretty much the only sports that are here and not there,” Perez-Laorga said. “So in the beginning of the year I did football and now I’m doing wrestling.”

While he has been enjoying parts of the American culture such as a more laid back

atmosphere at school and closer relationship between teachers and students, he also feels there are negative aspects.

“I have to wake up too early here and it’s killing me.

I wake up at 6:25 a.m. here and in Spain I didn’t have to be up until 7:40 a.m.” PerezLaorga said.

From his perspective that’s the biggest difference between Manhattan and Madrid.

“The time I have to wake up, eat meals and go to bed.

In Spain it was later,” PerezLaorga said. “Also, [in Spain] we have places where all of the youth meet but here they’re more separated. We would have groups of 20 or 25 and that is basically who you’d hang out with.”

While Madrid is a much larger city than Manhattan, everything there is much closer together.

“You can’t drive until

you’re 18, so if you want to go somewhere you have to walk or take public transportation. There isn’t as much of that here since they drive younger and things are more spread out,” Perez-Laorga said.

He has been enjoying being here and gets along very well with his host family and says they have the same sense of humor.

“I don’t really miss my parents yet. I Skype them every two or three weeks and my friends too but I can’t every week because it’s not good for my English,” PerezLaorga said.

He will return to Madrid a month after school ends in June. While he doesn’t think he’ll spend so long he hopes to come back to America someday.

“I hope I can come for at least a month or two in the summer to see people and friends who I’ve made.”

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the grants to representatives of the charities with large checks. Grateful representatives, all members of YIC, and even the mayor will be present. After the presentation of the grants, the club will proceed to have its party.

The clubs will enjoy activities ranging from helping others to sipping hot chocolate in an effort to get everyone in the holiday spirit.

cyberbullying have everlasting effects on the ones making these decisions to put inappropriate decisions out there in the digital world.

“My older son was bullied in school, so I’m very passionate about trying to help make that go away,” Messer said.

Students believe that anything they do on an app or on the Web can be erased, forever. But for every app or website that is created, another will come out trying to top it.

The app ‘Snapchat’ lets users send a temporary picture to another user, and after the picture hits its time limit it disappears “forever.”

Now, there is an app called, ‘Snaphack’ that allows users to save the pictures with alerted the user that their picture was saved.

Basically, there is no deleting information on your phone permanently. This is why Messer, Spreer and Ricketts would like to hold an assembly for the students on this topic.

“We would like to accomplish informing parents on just what their children can do with their cellphones,” Ricketts said. “And educate them on how they can talk to them about making good choices with the use of their cellphones, so nobody gets in trouble with sexting, or Snapchat or Facebook.”

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From a small town called Chanac in southern France, junior Andy Grenier made a journey to the United States, Manhattan-bound, to spend some time here as an exchange student.

“I just kind of wanted to get out for a while because my school is pretty hard,” Grenier said on his reasoning for getting involved in the AFS program. “And I wanted to learn better English, but basically, just wanted to get away from France for a while -- that’s the main reason, I think.”

Upon arriving in America, Grenier said that his first impression of the country was that it would definitely be worlds different from home,

especially considering its size.

“I think my first impression was like, ‘Wow. It’s huge.’ It takes a long time to get everywhere here,” Grenier said.

One of the other major differences between the U.S. and France, Grenier pointed out, is the way the governments and public school systems are set up.

“I think the government is so, so different here. We have [in France] a social economy, a social government,” Grenier said.

However, for Grenier, the difference of those two that took the most getting used to was school.

“And I think the way school is in France is different from here, too,” Grenier said. “It’s like, there are more differ-

ent types of classes you can take here. And sports after school – it’s like, cool sports, where you’re with the people from school after school. In France, it’s club sports.”

Grenier explained that because, like most American high schools, MHS has its own sports teams, it was enjoyable for him participate in cross country in the fall, and now he looks forward to continuing to participate in swimming.

In his free time away from schoolwork and sporting events here in the states, Grenier said that he enjoys hanging out with his host-siblings, senior Amy Levin and sophomore Ethan Levin.

“They’re cool. Having a new family is an experience,” Grenier said.

Students of the Month Tyler Belin, senior

Gabby Edwards, senior Early Graduation From page 1

Q: How does it feel to win this award?

A: It was an honor to be selected by my teachers and to be recognized for good work.

Q: What activities are you involved with?

A: I’m on the swim team, vice president of NHS, and IPS. Q: What do you think separates you from other students?

A: Hard work and effort.

Q: How does it feel to win this award?

A: It nice and it can help me win scholarships.

Q: What activities will you be involved with?

A: I plan to be in track and NHS. Q: What do you think separates you from other students?

A: I’m a well-rounded person.

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Beltz said. “I’m also going to miss seeing my friends at school.”

Unlike the students who are graduating in May, early graduates will miss out on some second semester activities that they would have normally been able to participate in if they were graduating on the regular high school time line.

“I’m going to regret not being in the experience of graduation stuff, like Senior Skip Day,” Booth said. “In the end, the good outweighs the bad, which makes this worth it.”

Congratulations to the winners of the Best of Manhattan Chipotle gift card drawings: Casey Maynor- $25 Christine Shiau- $10 Paul Wichmann- $10 Please come to C107 to pick up your prize by Friday.

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Holiday gift Guide Dheepthi Perumal Entertainment Editor It’s that time of the year -- holiday spirit is in the air. But the dreaded task has come that puts stress on all the procrastinators out there: presents. It’s hard for any age group but especially for teenagers. You can’t just get that special someone a toy anymore, we are so specific now with a certain video game or a certain pair of shoes. So in this graphic I have provided a very generic gift guide that you can get someone who is a teenage boy or girl.

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Caffeine is essential to every high school student with finals and all nighters. Why not make coffee easier with a Keurig Machine? It’s perfect for a family present or for an upcoming college student. Keurig just doesn’t make coffee it also other hot/cold beverages for a year round treat.

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College Stuff Maybe its time to think of those seniors who have only a semester until they turn into college freshman. They need new and efficient appliances and home decor to put in their college dorm room. There is a variety of things to get including a microwave, bedding, TV, and etc.

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After the Naked 1,2 and basics palettes by Urban Decay, the new Naked 3 Palette has been released. It costs $52.00 but the palette has 12 new, never-before-seen eye shadows, all rose-hued neutrals. If you are a girl and love make up, it’s a must have. Although the Naked 3 is running out of stock at most places, the other Naked palettes are also a great option.

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