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Sophomore Kenny Cecil launches into the sand as he finishes his jumping event at Centennial League last Thursday. The boys division finished in fourth place while the girls finished third.

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JORDAN LUTZ

Staff Writer

1. Sophomores Isaiah Glymour, Luke Nelson and Noah Shirk play the cello during “Meditation,” where the combined orchestra played together at the final orchestra concert.

2. Principal second violinist Kyle Thompson, senior, plays the violin during his solo in the “Meditation.” Music teacher Nate McClendon shared a little bit of Thompson’s responsibilty as leader of the second violins before his solo performance.

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Orchestra finishes with tribute to seniors ANNA ALANAZI

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On a night filled with tears and silly percussion, the orchestra hosted their last concert tribute to seniors.

The night kicked off with solo performances from senior Emma Brase and the cello quartet performing “Recuerdos de la Alhambra.” The two opened for Symphonic Orchestra as they played two pieces, one by B. Smith and the other

by Grainger Arr. Dackow. Symphonic then proceeded to sit on stage quietly, waiting for Chamber Orchestra to play with as Manhattan High’s combined orchestra performance.

“All of this was hard to rehearse,” Orchestra and Jazz teacher Nate McClendon said, “because those two groups don’t meet together. But you see how they come in prepared they already knew their parts, it’s just we’ve never done it together. So, they had 20 minutes

to play together one time and we performed it. We kind of live on the edge that way.”

Alongside of it being the last orchestra concert, it was also senior night where the all seniors got to be recognized for their musical achievements and recieved a kind word from their music teacher via programs. The programs for the final show included a list of the senior class and McClendon’s personal message to each and every one of them.

“What’s great about that particular group is ... it’s such a lively group,” McClendon said.

“I’ll miss them all. We’ve been together for a very long time.

The majority of those seniors I’ve had since seventh grade, so, what the orchestra program is right now ... they’re the ones that built that. They are the nucleus of students that changed this orchestra from what it used to be to what it is now.

And so all of the kids that are coming up now, they have this

amazing orchestra to be a part of. But those are the kids that did the heavy lifting.”

After Chamber Orchestra performed its pieces, it was time for the combined Orchestra part of the evening. Before the group played “Meditation,” McClendon shared a few words about the responsibilities senior Kyle Thompson, lead Second Violin, had during every concert. McClendon’s words had many orchestra and audience members reaching for their tissues as he took a few seconds to clear his throat during his speech.

“I was crying. It was really touching,” Thompson said. “I was really happy about how I did. I thought we pulled the piece together really well relative to how much time we’ve had.”

The seniors had a chance to show their character through their last performance of “Con-

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Teachers omit final exams, assign projects CORA ASTIN

Photo Editor

Finals are around the corner, which means cramming a whole semester’s worth of knowledge into about a week, for most classes.

However, there are some teachers who opt not to give a regular ‘pen and paper’ final.

These teachers decide to assign projects instead.

The reasons teachers choose not to give a test vary, from matching the class content to not fitting their teaching style.

“I personally did not like having to memorize a lot towards the end. If there was clear purpose for it, it made sense,” English teacher Ben Sutherland said. “But in my classes it did not seem like there was much purpose in doing that. I would prefer something as low-key as possible and they could enjoy it.”

Taking regular finals aren’t always the best options for project-based classes, where it is harder for students to pinpoint a certain step or procedure of action. Teachers have realized this, and decided to give their students a project instead of a final test.

“With the computer-based classes I feel it really gives them a chance to show me what they can do,” CTE teacher Tiffany Anderson said, “because in the computer class they’re on the computers all the time and if I just had questions on the final I think it’s a lot harder for them to -- like it’s easier for them to do it on the computer than to think about the question. It’s more applicable for them.”

One of the perks that teachers have noticed is that students can learn from each other on projects or presentations.

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GLOBAL NEWS RICK BROWN Copy Editor

Global news is a vital part of news today and can directly affect MHS students.

In order to inform our readers, The Mentor has compiled small summaries describing some of the largest happenings in the world today. We encourage the reader to read about these topics, and others, in greater depth.

Russian yacht detained, then released by North Korea

On Friday, a Russian yacht was detained by North Korean authorities who suspected that the ship was a South Korean vessel.

The yacht had been in South Korea for a sailing competition and was returning to Russia when it was captured.

On Sunday, via Russian news source RIA, Russia’s consul general in Chongjin announced that the yacht had been detained “by mistake” and the yacht was released shortly thereafter. Russia is one of North Korea’s few allies.

After graduation, many seniors may think that the act of getting their diploma is the last school activity they will ever get to do. Well, that would be incorrect.

From 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. on Sunday, May 24, is a seniorsonly event called Project Graduation.

“It’s for the high school graduating seniors only,” Kari Humes, Project Graduation’s coordinator, said. “It’s at the K-State [The Chester E. Peters] Recreation Complex on graduation night.

Students will have access to pretty much everything in the recreation complex.”

The event is completely free and features prizes throughout the night.

“Everyone will get a Tshirt and all the graduating seniors’ names will be on the back of the T-shirt,” Humes said. “There’s tons of prizes.

If you stay [un]til the end, we give away a $500 cash prize.”

Seniors do not need their student ID for this event but they will need identification to check out equipment. To climb the rock wall, a waiver will need to be signed.

“If they [students] are under 18, they have to have a waiver signed by a parent,” Humes said. “I have emailed that waiver out to parents. I will send it out again to make sure they [parents] get it.”

For many years, the Chester E. Peters Recreation Complex has been the location of Project Graduation. The venue has changed in recent years and now offers more for their patrons.

“They have a new game room,” Humes said. “I think they have a TV and movies or something on. Their facility has gotten better so our event has changed since their facility has improved.”

This event serves as the last hoorah for the graduating class of the year.

“They can hang out that evening,” Humes said, “kind of for one last time before everybody goes on to do what they are going to do for the summer.”

Thursday, May 19 @ 4 p.m.

All coursework must be completed, requirements met and financial obligations taken care of in order to participate in the graduation ceremony.

Friday, May 20 @ 9 a.m.

Graduation Practice -- Bramlage Coliseum (Arrive at Bramlage between 8:30 & 8:45 a.m. - park in the west side parking & enter in the southwest doors.)

Senior Brunch -- Houston Street Ballroom after Graduation Practice (Seniors must have a ticket in hand to attend the brunch)

Junior Moriah Presley works on her stained class project in jewelry class. Presley is one of the jewelry students working in the more advanced projects.

PHOTO BY DAVID FLITER

Italy legally recognizes same-sex marriage for first time On Wednesday, Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi signed a bill that would legally recognize same-sex partnerships. The bill had passed through Italy’s lower house earlier on a vote of 372 for and 51 against. The passage of the bill is notable in that it makes Italy the last major Western country to recognize same-sex partnerships.

Though the new law allows homosexual couples some benefits enjoyed by heterosexual couples, such as the ability to adopt the same last name and to collect pensions, it only recognizes existing marriages (presumably from outside the country) and does not legalize new marriages. The Catholic Church denounced the

law, with Archbishop Bruno Forte calling it, “an impoverishment of democratic life on a question that can have an enormous impact on the future of society,” according to PRI news network, while Archbishop Michele Pennisi, in an interview with La Repubblica, called the law “creeping fascism.”

Vladimir Luxuria, a transgender politician, praised the bill during an interview with PRI news network.

“We’ve been waiting for 30 years to have such a law,” Luxuria said. “Now I feel more proud to be Italian.”

Yellow fever present in Angola, could spread to other countries

Sunday, May 22 @ 2 p.m.

Graduation -- Bramlage Coliseum (Seniors need to be in the tunnel by 1:15 p.m.)

Project Graduation -- KSU Rec. Complex until 10:30 p.m.

Organization announced that 277 people had died and over 2000 had been infected by yellow fever in Angola.

Yellow fever is a mosquitoborne disease that causes internal bleeding, according to The Economist. Though a vaccine for yellow fever exists there is a severe shortage of it, and no drugs capable of treating an existing infection currently exist.

Yellow fever currently is present in Africa and South America and kills over 60,000 people per year. However, according to the WHO’s report, the disease has spread to China and could infect and kill many more people.

On Friday, the World Health

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Surround yourself with good influences before college brings awareness

GREG WOODS

Editor-In-Chief

Sex! Money!

Unless your name is Stanley Hudson, I should have gotten your attention with that first word.

But just in case, I included a backup.

Anyway, it’s wild that I’m writing this. It’s wild I’m graduating in a few days. It’s wild I’m about to embark on a new chapter in my life. I told myself countless times my sophomore and junior years I wouldn’t make my senior column a sappy one, but alas, here we go. I’ll probably look back on this in a

few years and be grossed out at myself anyway, so I may as well be genuine.

I never planned on journalism.

I didn’t.

I wanted to enter the medical field because my dad did, and as a selfrespecting 14-year-old, I wanted to follow in Pop’s footsteps. But I took an anatomy class sophomore year, and I’m glad I did, because I absolutely detested it. The same year, I took a class called 21st Century Journalism, which eventually landed me on this staff. And in that weird year when I fused a class I hated with one the potential of which I was only beginning to grasp, I unearthed my calling.

Along the way, I collected a myriad of memories. I will struggle to forget the Monday worknights I spent keeled over

in the journalism room laughing at nothing in particular; the evenings I spent as a sophomore frustrated by how a picture wouldn’t fit the way I needed; even the fifthhour class periods when I felt alone, hollow, desolate and godforsaken inside, talking and smiling but not feeling an ounce of it.

My emotions have been stretched as far as the east is from the west by the journalism program and its many responsibilities, but the good news is that I made friends more than willing to accommodate them. I’ve made friends who are sacrificial and compassionate; friends who have refused to let me be alone when my selfish desires drove me to dwell on my overwhelming heartache and remorse. It’s reassuring

Don’t lose sight of the big picture

ALAN BROWN

Copy Editor

The way I look at it, the high school experience is like being given dozens of puzzle pieces and being asked to fit them all together. Each portion of the puzzle may symbolize friendships, school work, sports, work, standardized tests, relationships, etc. For some people, each piece seems to fall into place easily, and they find themselves in the possession of a perfect puzzle.

Other people, like me, have solid bits in some areas, but struggle to make pieces fit in others. Unfortunately, once four years are up, most people won’t leave high school with a complete puzzle. I know I certainly won’t.

I won’t pretend to reminisce on my time here in high school, because I cannot honestly say that I particularly enjoyed these past four years.

While I could easily use this column to criticize the environment at MHS, I’ll resist the temptation.

That would be disrespectful to the many amazing, influential people, both students and teachers, who have helped me grow throughout this chapter of my life. To them, I’d like to give a huge “thank you.” You have been

noticed. So rather than complain about certain aspects of MHS, I’ll take this opportunity to instead reflect on how my personal choices affected my experiences. After all, the buck stops here.

For me, I took high school at face value, seeing it just as stepping stone on my way to college. I was the type of person who would head directly home after school, hang out in his room for a while, hit the books, go to sleep and repeat the process each day. As a naturally more introverted person who hardly ever found opportunities to see anyone outside of school, socializing was difficult to say the least.

Often, I’d become lonely and wonder what experiences I was missing out on. I’d even question whether or not I’d made a mistake when choosing my path.

Looking back on it now, I realize that I was both right and wrong in my approach to high school. On the one hand, my strategy paid off. I was accepted to the college of my choice (Stanford!) last semester and now I’m unbelievably excited and optimistic for the future that lies ahead of me. On the other hand, I feel a little bit hollow on the inside, as if there was something more that I was meant to take away from my time here at MHS. Despite the spectacular ending to my high school experience, I still have a long list of regrets I’ll carry with me to

California.

To all of you underclassmen out there, listen up. During high school, I definitely believe it’s important to create one major goal you’d like to accomplish by the end of your senior year and to pursue it vigorously. It can range anything from getting admitted to an Ivy League college to being a starter on the varsity basketball team; the point is that it should be something that you are most passionate about achieving. This worked for me, and I honestly believe it can for others too. But at the same time, and I cannot stress this enough, don’t neglect the other things that make your teenage years worthwhile either. Be willing to try new things, take the time to form bonds with people and be on the lookout for ways to create lifelong memories. Live your life and do these things while you still can.

Nothing comes from being idle and reluctant to try. After all, you won’t be a teenager forever.

And now back to that corny puzzle piece analogy. You may not finish high school with a completed puzzle, and you shouldn’t necessarily be expected to. After all, that’s a lot of pieces to keep track of. But once high school is over, and you look back on what you’ve created, what will you see? Scattered puzzle pieces or an image beginning to take shape?

Question of the week: What are your best studying tactics?

“accepting defeat” --Robyn Burton, senior (@redrobyn_yuum)

“who cares school sux”

“crying while color coding my flash cards” -- Autumn Hatcliff, senior (@Sneaky-Marta Cantu, sophomore (@marta_ Autumn) cantu17) “going to the dog park so I can associate things I need to learn with various dogs” -- Hannah Park, junior (@whaylquene)

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to know they aren’t going anywhere.

But by the same token, I’ve met friends both in and out of the journalism room who don’t fit that bill. I’ve made friends who are self-centered, toxic, fake and evasive; unwilling to make sacrifices that serve as the basis of any healthy relationship.

The problem is that for a long time, I couldn’t tell the difference.

I learned the hard way that some people, as charming, witty and enjoyable as they may appear, are not worth keeping around. Some people — not friends — may be there for you, but a second thought gives them cold feet. I learned via life’s greatest teacher, experience, and through its second-greatest: Mrs. Nyp.

I’ve gotten to know a Mentor or two (this wouldn’t be a column of mine without a good pun) in the tempestuous ride that is growing up, but Mrs. Nyp has, does and will continue to stick out in my mind. She is an excellent adviser and teacher, of course, but more importantly, a steady presence in my life. It is not every day I am able to meet a teacher as invested in both my success and happiness as she. It’s through Mrs. Nyp that I’ve come to grips with many an agonizing lesson, been bent into shape, voiced internal reflections I never imagined telling another soul and realized comfort. I would say thank you, but that would only make an infinitesimal dent in my efforts to articulate how much I appreciate her.

As remarkable as she is, however, she can’t be there for everyone. So find someone, preferably several people, who are, beyond a shadow of a doubt, genuine. Don’t waste your priceless four high school years chasing friends who you have doubts about, because I speak from experience when I say your happiness trumps the inevitable feeling of sinking regret when they hurt you over and over again. It is far from worth it.

I’ve encountered friends both inside and outside The Mentor who are worth it, and it’s an unbelievably freeing feeling to be close with people who you are confident care about you. Invest in those people, because they will make all the difference.

classes and choose not to attend a postsecondary institution. It is up to you. Yeah, your parents may pressure you to work hard and do well in school, but they physically can not force it.

With this in mind, underclassmen, take advantage of next year’s advisory period so you can plan for your future. Explore your options. Avoid stress and start looking at scholarships and colleges as soon as possible and create a list of obligations in the order of importance.

For example, for those of you planning to attend a school known for its rigorous academic programs, put school and extracurricular obligations at the top of your list; taking long shifts at work to pay for college won’t matter if you can’t get into the schools you apply for.

You have to take charge of your own future. No one can do it for you.

I’m excited to move

out and be my own person. Yeah, I may miss working on the yearbook, but being one of the editors these past two years helped shape who I am today. It allowed me to explore the world of journalism while talking to people and learning about their choices and plans. I may not plan to major in the field, but journalism gave me a unique medium in which to explore my options.

Not everyone takes the opportunity to look into potential career paths as recommended. But that’s just part of growing up and choosing your own path.

While I am ready to be done with the pointless drama of high school, it taught me everyone is different. It’s okay to just skate by or set your sights up high for success. Just make sure it is your own choice and that you will be satisfied with the outcome.

Senior year isn’t as glamorous as people portray it to be. I haven’t felt like a “senior.” That could be because I’ve been confused for a sophomore ever since I got here, but still. The only thing I wish I have done sooner was join journalism.

You realize by the time November hits that your time is limited, and you have to do a bunch of things to achieve that “high school experience.”

It’s a lot of pressure on your academics and social life in the sense that you want to hang out with your friends and create those memories, but you also have to study for that test in order to keep your GPA. Senior year shows you the people that are always by your side and the ones that are using you.

Granted, you’ll be seeing those people wherever you go, because that’s life and we’ll just have to suck it up.

This year is pressuring us to live up to that “high school experience,” to re-

alize how we’ll act in “the real world” and make memories while maintaining a high GPA. However, that shouldn’t limit us. If you want to focus only on your academics this year, then go for it. If you realized that you don’t particularly like a certain club or organization that you’re in, then that’s okay. Don’t feel like it’s too late to find another passion or to create yourself. Don’t let the pressure of senior year overwhelm you.

It’s okay to graduate high school having never gone to a football game or never been a part of a club; everyone transitions on their time, and it’s okay to take longer.

Senior year can be bittersweet. Parting your friends and teachers isn’t an easy thing to do, but that’s also how life is going to be.

This year helped me create myself and who I want to be. It made me see the possibilities of trying something new, the rise and the downfall.

I have to say though, I have never imagined writing my final feature and sports story to be this emotional. I’m going to miss pulling kids out of their classes in the name of journalism. Joining the newspaper was the best decision I didn’t

make. It was so scary because I was mainly a yearbook writer, so adjusting to the newspaper style was nothing short of challenging. However, I’m glad I’m a part of this.

I will never forget my days here. What started as a passion for photography transitioned to photojournalism and landed at designing and writing stories. I hope one day I’ll be writing or taking photos for a bigger paper, and maybe someday, I’ll hold a bigger position. I will never forget the time we all screamed for earning an All-Kansas award, or all the silly quotes we wrote on our signs. This paper will forever be a part of me.

So with this column, I bid you my farewell.

With this column, I sign off my Blue M account.

Writing for this paper and for the yearbook will forever be the highlight of my year.

Thank you for all the teachers that have helped me, not only academically but personally as well. Thank you for all the lost friendships for making me realize that I don’t need you. Thank you senior year for all the all-nighters and for helping me understand what needs to be done to succeed.

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Make it what you will TARA MAGAÑA

Blue M Assistant Editor for Verbal Content High school can be anything you make it. If you choose, you can be a straight A student, you can take all college-level courses and have no free time. If you choose, you can skate by, barely passing. No one can control you at this age, no matter how hard they try.

High school is that last step before the real world, meaning your high school choices matter. You can be proactive and ease yourself into the amount of college-level work that will be expected of you once you enter college, as I did, or you can take all of the easy

Decisions led me here ANNA ALANAZI

Blue M Photo Editor

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Life makes unexpected, yet wonderful turns

MAYA MINOCHA

Blue M Organization Editor While sitting down to write this, I couldn’t decide if I wanted to approach this the way Taylor Swift sat down and wrote “Wildest Dreams” with her soft delicate hands, or if I wanted to approach it the way Nicki Minaj wrote her 2015 VMA acceptance speech where she roasted everyone. So I think I am going to make it a little bit of both.

You might know me as the girl that shows up to school 25 minutes late every day, or as the girl that runs a mildly successful Taylor Swift blog, or you may have been scrolling down a humor Instagram account and saw a beautiful Indian woman in squirrel pajamas and thought to yourself “wait is that my school?”

Yes that is me. I am the meme that goes to your school. Anyways, I guess I am supposed to write a farewell column

or something to symbolize leaving the journalism staff.

It is so weird to me to think about how much different my life is now compared to my freshman year. World-class 21st century philosopher Taylor Swift once said, “I know nothing now compared to what I will know someday.” I think about how different my life is now and how different it probably will be in the next four years. So many things have changed since freshman year. My iPhone doesn’t die within an hour, One Direction only has four members, I am six inches taller and I can drive. If you were to tell me as a freshman that by graduation I would be invited to Taylor Swift’s house and be hit with a golf club by her, I would have laughed in your face. But look where I am now.

It is honestly amazing how much life can change in four years. Freshman Maya would show up to school 15 minutes early every day; now look at me. I haven’t been early to school since March of sophomore year. Although the person who entered MHS in 2012 is a different person than the one exiting this week, all of the things in between

have shaped me into a person I have learned to become proud of. One of my favorite characteristics about myself is that I am independent. Some of the best advice I have ever received was that people can say what they want about you, but you can be independent and choose to take it in or block it out. Because ultimately you are what you believe you are, and not the opinion of someone who doesn’t know you.

I remember sophomore year a kid that literally looked like a stalk of asparagus told me I would be prettier if I didn’t have circles under my eyes. If someone were to say that to me now, I probably would have yelled at them and told them how they resemble a mediocre-tasting vegetable that can genetically affect someone’s urine.

But sophomore Maya was weak. I spent so much time worrying about it and I let it affect my confidence.

I remember one day I finally realized that there are things that we just can’t change. I feel like everyone spends so much time worrying about things we hate about ourselves, but most of the time, they’re things we can’t control.

It may have taken me 18 years to figure it out, but once I stopped hating the things that I didn’t like about myself, my life became much more beautiful. Moral of the story is don’t let a creepy sophomore guy that weighs like 98 pounds and probably owns a meninist shirt, but also One Direction’s entire discography, tell you how you should feel.

There are lots of things I want to be remembered for. Maybe I’m the girl you will tell your kids about when they ask you who Taylor Swift is or maybe I’m the person who threw bread sticks onto the dance floor at SubDeb. But whatever I may be to you, I hope that I have made you laugh at some point over the past four years.

If you want to see if I become a successful marketing manager living in a fabulous apartment overlooking a city, or fail out of college my first semester because I couldn’t wake up to my alarm, then follow me on Twitter @mayaminocha13. Sorry I had to get that last bit of self promo in before graduation.

working the system and an education that values grades above knowledge.

I burned out. I was only just getting by. And for the most part, I was okay with it because I was conducting perpetual discussions in my mind on the fateful misstep that is human consciousness and the triviality of it all and convincing myself that nothing I did or felt here mattered. I deemed my time as a high school student trifling and that’s where I went wrong.

In 100 thousand years, Aristotle, Shakespeare and Isaac Newton will vaporize out of existence.

By then, no one will recall that I ever existed at all.

In a couple billion years, our universe will whimper and stop. There will be nothing and no one will recall that any of us ever existed.

Where does high school teeter in the grand scheme of things?

It is evident that a lot of the relationships I manufactured during my time here will be reduced to soot by the time I turn 25 and it is irrefutable that there will come a day when I don’t remember who I went to school with let alone how derivatives and integrals work or who Henry Clay and Booker T. Washington were.

In the future, I may remember nothing of my high school days nor may I care to, but that does not make any of my present

experiences meaningless.

For years, I looked to the so-called future, always the future, and that’s where I went wrong. I made light of living in this moment to make more room for the future to wear the crown when the here and now is truly everything; it’s all we ever have.

In an instant we can become enlightened, we can laugh with friends and family and feel at peace with it all. In an instant we can question impossibilities, plunge voluptuously into being.

We can focus on an arm and see cottony cilia jut out like whiskers. In an instant we can recognize that beneath the skin there are tireless veins and nomadic vessels and layers of flesh and muscles and life. We can be exhausted by the vividness of our own experiences and suffocate in the beauty of the existence of trees and stones.

It took me four years to sincerely realize this, but I am thankful for my time at Manhattan High. I am thankful for the compassionate, ethereal friends I made and the teachers who inspired and inflamed me and pushed me to think for myself. I am thankful I stumbled into this school’s 21st Century Journalism class my freshman year and fell into the newspaper and yearbook staffs.

But mostly, I am thankful for the moments:

going on adventures with my friends and letting the wind caress our skin, seeing the smile on someone’s face when I complimented their Tshirt, choking on insuppressible laughter during newspaper work night, watching three yearbook editors dance the “Hoedown Throwdown,” welcoming a riveting disorientation spawned by the immensity of my love of literature and photography, listening to my teachers’ stories about their dogs, finding myself surrounded by people I care so much about.

As a species, we effloresce under the illusion of having a self. Though we are frequently blinded by the nothingness in an impending horizon; we see colors fused with wonder and desire, golden tresses disturbing spring rain.

In the grand scheme of the universe, our time here is trivial. But we are not the universe. We are human beings, individuals with thoughts, emotions and an incurable passion for life.

And in defiance of our cynicism, we are disgustingly idealistic. A hail of empathy downs upon us like hyacinths hatching from muddied soil and though we discern that somewhere out there the world must have an end, we ache with it all. Somehow we know that just existing in this moment is a grand thing.

human nature, dedication and progress.

Human nature hosts many aspects from controlling to loving. One such aspect that is ever present in people, especially us as adolescents, is the despotic attitude we host toward others.

In short, we like to reign over and destroy anyone we look down upon or view as a threat. This nature has been drilled into all of our brains since birth as something that needs to be obliterated.

You know, “don’t punch her” or “don’t call him fat” or whatever else people think they need to say to brainwash anyone under 18 into finding shame in themselves.

The fact is, everyone has a moment of appalling nature -- including myself -- that turns us into a complete recreant.

Whether we lack respect

and empathy, physically abuse our peers or gossip about whatever, it’s impossible not to show the ugliness that is really there in us. Still, simply because it is human nature to destroy everyone we know, does not excuse taking part in such actions. We all have this nice little thing called self control and all of us should start using it to help both ourselves and others.

But all of us have dedication within our human nature. Whether it’s to academics, sports or relationships, we all aspire to succeed in something.

These allegiances can only go so far though, and to truly succeed in high school, and life, we need to organize and distribute our devotedness to all aspects of our lives. If we only enhance our efforts in one area we will fail.

I’m going to use myself as an example because I know there are others who feel the same way.

Dedication was, and is, hard. These past three years of high school have been, quite literally, a hell on earth. After contemplating ending my life due to issues with my peers, I came to a realization: why should I throw away my life when I can try to leave as soon as possible?

We all know that a lot of the time school officials can’t, or won’t, take care of the issues at hand.

“Kids will be kids,” right?

Anyway, it was my dedication that has helped me succeed this much, and although it has been highly demanding, I have been able to achieve a level of happiness with my prosperity and greatly suggest taking those risks that accompany

Life simultaneously trivial, magnificent adventure

TRACY LE

News Editor As a species, we wither away under the illusion of having a self. We think and we are aware of it. We are so self-aware of the labors of our mind, too self-aware of our senses, our own cognizance. Perhaps we haven’t even the right to exist. Perhaps, like trees and stones, we exist out of chance alone.

It is utterly foolish of us not to admit the smallness of our significance in a universe that snickers at our superiority complex.

Why, even the dinosaurs that commanded the earth for over 180 million years slipped sprucely out of existence (our mere 200 thousand loses luster in comparison). Perhaps then, it would even be humbling to renounce any value to what we observe and experience and drift aimlessly through life like phantoms in one vertiginous dream.

Throughout the course of my four years at Manhattan High, I drifted a lot. In between taking notes automatically and regurgitating answers, I lost sight of what I wanted, what I loved. I found my legs walking me to class after class after class and without even realizing it, I limited myself to

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High school, though difficult, ‘hero in disguise’

The time has finally come for me to graduate and it’s not how I pictured it. Frankly, I didn’t know what I had in mind to begin with, but I guess I thought I would feel different or somehow at peace with myself and accomplished.

But, to be honest, I don’t feel anything out of the ordinary. I’m 18, a senior in high school and I’m about to head off to college soon. It’s all kind of surreal and I don’t think it’s set in that my life is going to dramatically change. It’s exciting but equally terrifying.

There’s so much that I don’t know and so much of the world that I haven’t seen. My future still feels somewhat uncertain and the amount of college debt I’m going to rack up is something I’d rather not mull over. And yet, I feel oddly content knowing that I’m about to complete a chapter of my life in just a couple of days.

It’s bittersweet knowing that my days at Manhattan High are short-lived.

There will definitely be aspects that I’ll miss dearly but also cherish greatly. On the other hand, the countless homework assignments and projects I did, the all-nighters I pulled and days when I walked around like a zombie in sweats and a T-shirt won’t be missed, although they also won’t stop anytime soon.

But enough about my all that; here’s to the past four years of my life.

Everyone says that your high school years are the best years of your life and while I may not completely agree with that -- not even slightly -I can say that high school has truly expanded my horizons and made me more aware of the world.

Of course, high school was a struggle in a myriad of ways but also a period in my life replete with once-in-a-lifetime opportunities and eternal memories of sheer joy and bliss -- crying of laughter from hearing the weirdest stories on the late work nights with the newspaper/ yearbook staff, seeing

One Direction in Kansas City, meeting Harry Styles -- OK, OK, I waved at him and he waved back --, baton twirling down Main Street at Disney World and so much more.

High school was a place where I gained perspective. High school allowed me to have these experiences that were essential to help me grow as a person tremendously. I look back on my ninth-grade self and see someone so innocent and ignorant as opposed to me now.

In retrospect, these past several years have been invaluable because of the knowledge I’ve gained, the people I’ve met and the experiences I’ve obtained.

None of this would have happened without the teachers I’ve had who’ve encouraged me to try my best and willingly dedicated their time to help me succeed.

And to my fellow journalism staff, who have been so positive and supportive, you’ve all been such a pleasure to work with. I’ll always remember those late nights when we were all delirious, when we’d talk about the most bizarre topics while always keepin’ it real. I’ve truly enjoyed my time on staff and I’ve learned so much, from AP style rules and graphic design to funny, absurd facts about some of you that allow me to get to know you in ways I never thought I would.

In the future, I hope to continue to acquire new knowledge and fresh experiences. I know I’ll hold dear these memories I’ve created here during my time at Manhattan High.

And as I end the last column and article I’ll ever write for The Mentor, I’ve realized that high school was, to put it bluntly, terrible but also a hero in disguise. High school may not be the best years of your life and not exactly the utopia you imagined but don’t throw these years away. While everyone’s high school experience is different, you can learn and take away ever-lasting memories and knowledge that will assist you later in life and will help shape the person you are.

Use this time to learn and explore your academic and extracurricular interests. Your high school years are a time to discover yourself. Pursue your passions and fall deep into the unknown.

devotion. Although a lot of success stems from our own perseverance, no one can go about life and achievement without progress and support.

Through our years here in MHS, we all have grown and progressed into individuals different from how we started. We discover and develop our personalities, find our passions and our breaking points. Despite the identity crises, mental breakdowns and pointless drama that we all probably go through in these four years; we create bonds and improvements in our lives that no one younger can. I mean, we’ve all made some great friends who have helped us through so much, and not to mention a few teachers who always know how to make the day seem brighter and help lead you onto

the right track.

Despite hardships and atrocious people, just finding the good things and letting them push you and help you toward success is all that can help us.

In the end, my final words of wisdom are that yes, high school is relatively terrible and so are the people, but to make this experience worth going through and a better memory, just do three things. One, find the people that brighten your lives, whether friends, family or teachers. Two, apply yourself to activities you wouldn’t always put effort into. And three, don’t let the actions of others drive you to give up.

Prove everyone wrong and fight through the obstacles that are ever present in high school and life.

ANDREA LU

Graphics Editor

Negative experiences motivate to fight through obstacles

ELIZABETH UNDERWOOD

Features Editor Here it is: my final column for The Mentor and I have no clue what to write about.

My high school experience was pretty terrible, but I won’t go too much into that because I’m not going to waste 700-some words just to go through my life story. Let’s just stick to people are sexual and violent animals and they motivated me to graduate high school as soon as possible (aka junior year).

Anyway, I guess I’ll focus on three main ideas:

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Life makes unexpected, yet wonderful turns

MAYA MINOCHA

Blue M Organization Editor While sitting down to write this, I couldn’t decide if I wanted to approach this the way Taylor Swift sat down and wrote “Wildest Dreams” with her soft delicate hands, or if I wanted to approach it the way Nicki Minaj wrote her 2015 VMA acceptance speech where she roasted everyone. So I think I am going to make it a little bit of both.

You might know me as the girl that shows up to school 25 minutes late every day, or as the girl that runs a mildly successful Taylor Swift blog, or you may have been scrolling down a humor Instagram account and saw a beautiful Indian woman in squirrel pajamas and thought to yourself “wait is that my school?”

Yes that is me. I am the meme that goes to your school. Anyways, I guess I am supposed to write a farewell column

or something to symbolize leaving the journalism staff.

It is so weird to me to think about how much different my life is now compared to my freshman year. World-class 21st century philosopher Taylor Swift once said, “I know nothing now compared to what I will know someday.” I think about how different my life is now and how different it probably will be in the next four years. So many things have changed since freshman year. My iPhone doesn’t die within an hour, One Direction only has four members, I am six inches taller and I can drive. If you were to tell me as a freshman that by graduation I would be invited to Taylor Swift’s house and be hit with a golf club by her, I would have laughed in your face. But look where I am now.

It is honestly amazing how much life can change in four years. Freshman Maya would show up to school 15 minutes early every day; now look at me. I haven’t been early to school since March of sophomore year. Although the person who entered MHS in 2012 is a different person than the one exiting this week, all of the things in between

have shaped me into a person I have learned to become proud of. One of my favorite characteristics about myself is that I am independent. Some of the best advice I have ever received was that people can say what they want about you, but you can be independent and choose to take it in or block it out. Because ultimately you are what you believe you are, and not the opinion of someone who doesn’t know you.

I remember sophomore year a kid that literally looked like a stalk of asparagus told me I would be prettier if I didn’t have circles under my eyes. If someone were to say that to me now, I probably would have yelled at them and told them how they resemble a mediocre-tasting vegetable that can genetically affect someone’s urine.

But sophomore Maya was weak. I spent so much time worrying about it and I let it affect my confidence.

I remember one day I finally realized that there are things that we just can’t change. I feel like everyone spends so much time worrying about things we hate about ourselves, but most of the time, they’re things we can’t control.

It may have taken me 18 years to figure it out, but once I stopped hating the things that I didn’t like about myself, my life became much more beautiful. Moral of the story is don’t let a creepy sophomore guy that weighs like 98 pounds and probably owns a meninist shirt, but also One Direction’s entire discography, tell you how you should feel.

There are lots of things I want to be remembered for. Maybe I’m the girl you will tell your kids about when they ask you who Taylor Swift is or maybe I’m the person who threw bread sticks onto the dance floor at SubDeb. But whatever I may be to you, I hope that I have made you laugh at some point over the past four years.

If you want to see if I become a successful marketing manager living in a fabulous apartment overlooking a city, or fail out of college my first semester because I couldn’t wake up to my alarm, then follow me on Twitter @mayaminocha13. Sorry I had to get that last bit of self promo in before graduation.

working the system and an education that values grades above knowledge.

I burned out. I was only just getting by. And for the most part, I was okay with it because I was conducting perpetual discussions in my mind on the fateful misstep that is human consciousness and the triviality of it all and convincing myself that nothing I did or felt here mattered. I deemed my time as a high school student trifling and that’s where I went wrong.

In 100 thousand years, Aristotle, Shakespeare and Isaac Newton will vaporize out of existence.

By then, no one will recall that I ever existed at all.

In a couple billion years, our universe will whimper and stop. There will be nothing and no one will recall that any of us ever existed.

Where does high school teeter in the grand scheme of things?

It is evident that a lot of the relationships I manufactured during my time here will be reduced to soot by the time I turn 25 and it is irrefutable that there will come a day when I don’t remember who I went to school with let alone how derivatives and integrals work or who Henry Clay and Booker T. Washington were.

In the future, I may remember nothing of my high school days nor may I care to, but that does not make any of my present

experiences meaningless.

For years, I looked to the so-called future, always the future, and that’s where I went wrong. I made light of living in this moment to make more room for the future to wear the crown when the here and now is truly everything; it’s all we ever have.

In an instant we can become enlightened, we can laugh with friends and family and feel at peace with it all. In an instant we can question impossibilities, plunge voluptuously into being.

We can focus on an arm and see cottony cilia jut out like whiskers. In an instant we can recognize that beneath the skin there are tireless veins and nomadic vessels and layers of flesh and muscles and life. We can be exhausted by the vividness of our own experiences and suffocate in the beauty of the existence of trees and stones.

It took me four years to sincerely realize this, but I am thankful for my time at Manhattan High. I am thankful for the compassionate, ethereal friends I made and the teachers who inspired and inflamed me and pushed me to think for myself. I am thankful I stumbled into this school’s 21st Century Journalism class my freshman year and fell into the newspaper and yearbook staffs.

But mostly, I am thankful for the moments:

going on adventures with my friends and letting the wind caress our skin, seeing the smile on someone’s face when I complimented their Tshirt, choking on insuppressible laughter during newspaper work night, watching three yearbook editors dance the “Hoedown Throwdown,” welcoming a riveting disorientation spawned by the immensity of my love of literature and photography, listening to my teachers’ stories about their dogs, finding myself surrounded by people I care so much about.

As a species, we effloresce under the illusion of having a self. Though we are frequently blinded by the nothingness in an impending horizon; we see colors fused with wonder and desire, golden tresses disturbing spring rain.

In the grand scheme of the universe, our time here is trivial. But we are not the universe. We are human beings, individuals with thoughts, emotions and an incurable passion for life.

And in defiance of our cynicism, we are disgustingly idealistic. A hail of empathy downs upon us like hyacinths hatching from muddied soil and though we discern that somewhere out there the world must have an end, we ache with it all. Somehow we know that just existing in this moment is a grand thing.

human nature, dedication and progress.

Human nature hosts many aspects from controlling to loving. One such aspect that is ever present in people, especially us as adolescents, is the despotic attitude we host toward others.

In short, we like to reign over and destroy anyone we look down upon or view as a threat. This nature has been drilled into all of our brains since birth as something that needs to be obliterated.

You know, “don’t punch her” or “don’t call him fat” or whatever else people think they need to say to brainwash anyone under 18 into finding shame in themselves.

The fact is, everyone has a moment of appalling nature -- including myself -- that turns us into a complete recreant.

Whether we lack respect

and empathy, physically abuse our peers or gossip about whatever, it’s impossible not to show the ugliness that is really there in us. Still, simply because it is human nature to destroy everyone we know, does not excuse taking part in such actions. We all have this nice little thing called self control and all of us should start using it to help both ourselves and others.

But all of us have dedication within our human nature. Whether it’s to academics, sports or relationships, we all aspire to succeed in something.

These allegiances can only go so far though, and to truly succeed in high school, and life, we need to organize and distribute our devotedness to all aspects of our lives. If we only enhance our efforts in one area we will fail.

I’m going to use myself as an example because I know there are others who feel the same way.

Dedication was, and is, hard. These past three years of high school have been, quite literally, a hell on earth. After contemplating ending my life due to issues with my peers, I came to a realization: why should I throw away my life when I can try to leave as soon as possible?

We all know that a lot of the time school officials can’t, or won’t, take care of the issues at hand.

“Kids will be kids,” right?

Anyway, it was my dedication that has helped me succeed this much, and although it has been highly demanding, I have been able to achieve a level of happiness with my prosperity and greatly suggest taking those risks that accompany

Life simultaneously trivial, magnificent adventure

TRACY LE

News Editor As a species, we wither away under the illusion of having a self. We think and we are aware of it. We are so self-aware of the labors of our mind, too self-aware of our senses, our own cognizance. Perhaps we haven’t even the right to exist. Perhaps, like trees and stones, we exist out of chance alone.

It is utterly foolish of us not to admit the smallness of our significance in a universe that snickers at our superiority complex.

Why, even the dinosaurs that commanded the earth for over 180 million years slipped sprucely out of existence (our mere 200 thousand loses luster in comparison). Perhaps then, it would even be humbling to renounce any value to what we observe and experience and drift aimlessly through life like phantoms in one vertiginous dream.

Throughout the course of my four years at Manhattan High, I drifted a lot. In between taking notes automatically and regurgitating answers, I lost sight of what I wanted, what I loved. I found my legs walking me to class after class after class and without even realizing it, I limited myself to

High school, though difficult, ‘hero in disguise’

The time has finally come for me to graduate and it’s not how I pictured it. Frankly, I didn’t know what I had in mind to begin with, but I guess I thought I would feel different or somehow at peace with myself and accomplished.

But, to be honest, I don’t feel anything out of the ordinary. I’m 18, a senior in high school and I’m about to head off to college soon. It’s all kind of surreal and I don’t think it’s set in that my life is going to dramatically change. It’s exciting but equally terrifying.

There’s so much that I don’t know and so much of the world that I haven’t seen. My future still feels somewhat uncertain and the amount of college debt I’m going to rack up is something I’d rather not mull over. And yet, I feel oddly content knowing that I’m about to complete a chapter of my life in just a couple of days.

It’s bittersweet knowing that my days at Manhattan High are short-lived.

There will definitely be aspects that I’ll miss dearly but also cherish greatly. On the other hand, the countless homework assignments and projects I did, the all-nighters I pulled and days when I walked around like a zombie in sweats and a T-shirt won’t be missed, although they also won’t stop anytime soon.

But enough about my all that; here’s to the past four years of my life.

Everyone says that your high school years are the best years of your life and while I may not completely agree with that -- not even slightly -I can say that high school has truly expanded my horizons and made me more aware of the world.

Of course, high school was a struggle in a myriad of ways but also a period in my life replete with once-in-a-lifetime opportunities and eternal memories of sheer joy and bliss -- crying of laughter from hearing the weirdest stories on the late work nights with the newspaper/ yearbook staff, seeing

One Direction in Kansas City, meeting Harry Styles -- OK, OK, I waved at him and he waved back --, baton twirling down Main Street at Disney World and so much more.

High school was a place where I gained perspective. High school allowed me to have these experiences that were essential to help me grow as a person tremendously. I look back on my ninth-grade self and see someone so innocent and ignorant as opposed to me now.

In retrospect, these past several years have been invaluable because of the knowledge I’ve gained, the people I’ve met and the experiences I’ve obtained.

None of this would have happened without the teachers I’ve had who’ve encouraged me to try my best and willingly dedicated their time to help me succeed.

And to my fellow journalism staff, who have been so positive and supportive, you’ve all been such a pleasure to work with. I’ll always remember those late nights when we were all delirious, when we’d talk about the most bizarre topics while always keepin’ it real. I’ve truly enjoyed my time on staff and I’ve learned so much, from AP style rules and graphic design to funny, absurd facts about some of you that allow me to get to know you in ways I never thought I would.

In the future, I hope to continue to acquire new knowledge and fresh experiences. I know I’ll hold dear these memories I’ve created here during my time at Manhattan High.

And as I end the last column and article I’ll ever write for The Mentor, I’ve realized that high school was, to put it bluntly, terrible but also a hero in disguise. High school may not be the best years of your life and not exactly the utopia you imagined but don’t throw these years away. While everyone’s high school experience is different, you can learn and take away ever-lasting memories and knowledge that will assist you later in life and will help shape the person you are.

Use this time to learn and explore your academic and extracurricular interests. Your high school years are a time to discover yourself. Pursue your passions and fall deep into the unknown.

devotion. Although a lot of success stems from our own perseverance, no one can go about life and achievement without progress and support.

Through our years here in MHS, we all have grown and progressed into individuals different from how we started. We discover and develop our personalities, find our passions and our breaking points. Despite the identity crises, mental breakdowns and pointless drama that we all probably go through in these four years; we create bonds and improvements in our lives that no one younger can. I mean, we’ve all made some great friends who have helped us through so much, and not to mention a few teachers who always know how to make the day seem brighter and help lead you onto

the right track.

Despite hardships and atrocious people, just finding the good things and letting them push you and help you toward success is all that can help us.

In the end, my final words of wisdom are that yes, high school is relatively terrible and so are the people, but to make this experience worth going through and a better memory, just do three things. One, find the people that brighten your lives, whether friends, family or teachers. Two, apply yourself to activities you wouldn’t always put effort into. And three, don’t let the actions of others drive you to give up.

Prove everyone wrong and fight through the obstacles that are ever present in high school and life.

ANDREA LU

Graphics Editor

Negative experiences motivate to fight through obstacles

ELIZABetH UNDERWOOD

Features Editor Here it is: my final column for The Mentor and I have no clue what to write about.

My high school experience was pretty terrible, but I won’t go too much into that because I’m not going to waste 700-some words just to go through my life story. Let’s just stick to people are sexual and violent animals and they motivated me to graduate high school as soon as possible (aka junior year).

Anyway, I guess I’ll focus on three main ideas:

SPORTS

THE MENTOR // MAY 17, 2016 // MHSMENTOR.COM

Golf second at regionals GAVIN LARIOS

for a while and I couldn’t push through but today I put everything together and played a nice round.”

The golf team brought Gritton won the three home second place with previous tournaments ina team score of 317 from dividually but yesterday yesterday’s regional meet his short game at MacDonald was off and that Golf Course in “Today I put everything together set him back to Wichita. sixth place.

For the first and played a nice round.”

“Personally I time this season sophomore Ben -Ben Robben didn’t play very well,” Gritton Robben was the said. “I hit the team’s top scorer, ball really well but my placing second with a per- ing,” Gritton said.

Robben didn’t only putting was terrible.” sonal record of 76. Senior The team will continue Cole Gritton placed sixth place second but also with a score of 78 and se- broke personal season on to 6A state next Monday at Manhattan Counnior Trever Dillon placed challenges.

“It felt good,” Robben. try Club. eighth with a score of 80.

Despite the messy “I’ve been kind of hovweather and the gloomy ering around in the 80s

Staff Writer

day the team was still willing to put effort into winning and still working together as a team.

“At the start I mean that definitely didn’t help it was kind of distract-

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Track readies for postseason ANGIE MOSS

Features Editor The Manhattan track team kicked off postseason last Thursday at Centennial League, with girls finishing in third and boys in fourth.

The top placers from MHS in the girls division included junior Adanna Okere, who placed third in the 100 meter dash; junior Cara Melgares who finished first in the 1,600 meter run, second in the 3,200 meter run and second in javelin; senior Montana Kubista, who placed first in pole vault and the 4x100 meter, and 4x800 meter teams each

bought home third place.

The boys division had several placers as well: senior Brandon Religa, third in the 400 meter dash and second in the 800 meter run; junior Tom Haug and senior Christian Carmichael, who brought home second and third respectively in the high jump; juniors Josh Haus and Ian Trapp, first and second place in javelin; junior John Haug, second in triple jump; and the 4x800 meter relay team finished in third place.

Amidst all of the medals MHS brought home, there are also several personal records. Those include sophomore Joy Gru-

enbacher, who earned a new PR in the 1,600.

“I felt relieved when I PR’d because until the finish, I don’t actually know my time,” Gruenbacher said. “I just know how the race felt. It felt really good when coach told me my time and confirmed how I felt during the race.”

Regionals will take place at 3 p.m. this Friday at Lawrence Free State.

“Honestly, for the way [Centennial] went, I would say to be the best you can be,” junior Amber Gloria said. “You can’t control what others do.

Coach [Kory] Cool says that to us all the time and it’s what gets me through practice.”

Indians medal at state tennis meet; Easton leads with fifth placement ANNA ALANAZI

Blue M Photo Editor “Let’s go ‘Hat,” the boys chant during every match to boost up their momentum and to support their team mates during their matches. The boys’ ability to keep their positive energy throughout them all landed them as third in the region. The boys brought back three medals home on Saturday and finished tied for third with Washburn Rural at the Class 6A state tennis meet.

Junior Bryce Easton placed fifth for the highest finish in his singles bracket.

Seniors Kirkland Lambert and Collin Queal took sixth in their doubles bracket while seniors Matt and Ben Turnley took 11th to support the team’s score.

The team was tied for a score of 26 with Washburn who took home the trophy.

With a first-round bye, Easton won five straight after losing to Blue Valley West’s Anil Chakka, 6-0, 7-5. The junior came back with force beating Olathe East’s Carson Fitzgerald, 9-5, before beating Olathe North West’s Cutter Sander who beat him earlier in this season, 9-7.

“He beat me once before once in a home meet here and once in a Kansas City tournament,” Easton said.

Easton continued his winning streak beating Shawnee Mission East’s Billy Louiselle, 9-8, and Rural’s Nathan Osburn, 9-6. With his last match, Easton avenged his lost from earlier that day by beating Chakka, 9-6. Easton finished the weekend as fifth in his bracket with a 5-1 record, making him the star of the day.

“The hero of the day was Bryce Easton, who beat a kid who had beaten him twice this year, one real badly,” coach Robert Kelly said to the Manhattan Mercury.

“And he beat another kid he lost to in an earlier tournament. It was real good.”

In doubles, Queal and Lambert finish sixth with a 3-2 record after narrowly missing a spot in the semifinals.

The two started with a first-round bye and defeated Blue Valley North West’s Alex Downing and Alex Batrouny, 6-4, 7-5. Fighting for the semifinals the pair lost to Blue Valley North West’s Jonathon Lowe and Arvind Rachuraman in a three set tiebreaker, 4-6, 6-2, 7-5.

“It was close, the whole match I could say,” Lambert said. “I mean first set was reasonably close, second set was reasonably close ... the third set was back and forth the entire time. We played reasonably well and we were winning for most of the match.”

After a two-hour match, the pair win over Rural’s Clifton and Driggers, 9-6, and Shawnee Mission Northwest’s Reagan Walsh and Tyler Garland, 9-2. The two lost in a rematch to the second match against Downing and Batrouny, 9-4.

The second doubles pair Matt and Ben placed 11th with a record of 4-3. The two won the majority of their matches starting off with a win over Haysville Campus’ Mykel Alsley and Trevor Page, 6-0, 6-1, before losing to Walsh and Garland, 6-0, 5-2. The Turnleys came back with a win against Olathe East’s Braden Fain and Alden Vogel, 9-2, and Derby’s Daniel Dunn and Brady Walls, 9-3.

The pair lost the next matches against the end of the day the two capped their Lawrence free state’s Ian Pultz-Earl and weekend with a win over Free State’s Erik Czapinski, 9-5 and Blue Valley West’s Seamus Ryan and Jonah Pester, 9-5.

Bradley Mills and Ryan Moody, 9-5. At

ATHLETE OF THE WEEK BRYCE EASTON Junior Bryce Easton shined with his senior teammates by placing fifth at the Class 6A state tennis meet. Easton overcame many obstacles by staying consistent through his matches. He is a tough player to beat for a singles player. Easton beat Cutter Sanders, a player who beat him previously in the season and was able to finish with a 5-1 record.

“I beat Cutter Sanders, who I already lost to twice before 9-7,” Easton said. “I beat Billy Louiselle 9-5 to push me up to the top eight. I played Nathan Osborn from Washburn Rural and won 9-6. For my last match I played Anil Chakka, who beat me in the first round and I won 9-6. Most of my opponents were bigger and stronger than me so I was forced to chase down a lot of balls. I played a consistent and didn’t miss any unnecessary shots.”

Swinging for it, junior Bryce Easton plays against Blue Valley West’s Anil Chakka during the Class 6A state meet. Easton finished the weekend placing as fifth in his bracket with a 5-1 record.

PHOTO BY ANNA ALANAZI

TENNIS

Swim team awaits news on state position Softball sweeps Junction City on senior night MEGAN KLUG

Staff Writer

Three points. That’s all that kept the girls swim and dive team from placing third at Friday’s regionals. Although the team did not rank as high as it would have liked, a total of five state considerations will be determined on Tuesday.

Besides the possible five state competitors, the rest of the team was faced with a hard goodbye to their coach Jerry Carpenter.

“It was so hard,” sophomore Kathy Burton said.

“It was weird after the meet because after the adrenaline of competing was over it kind of hit everyone that it was the last time we would be com-

peting with him as our coach.”

Even though the team will miss him greatly, the swimmers have taken away life lessons and learned from their coach.

“I get very anxious before competing, especially with my 500,” Burton said. “All of last week I was really stressed about league and Jerry [Carpenter], in the nicest way known to man, basically told me that I was being dumb for stressing because I work hard and to trust myself as a swimmer.”

Multiple lessons over the course of the year were accumulated and will never be forgotten by the team members.

“He taught me that the only way anyone can

ever change is if that person himself decides to change,” Burton said.

The season as a whole was fast paced and memorable.

“The season was hectic, and fast and amazing,” Burton said. “We had some rough patches, but we really pulled together as a team and I’m really proud of us.”

In regards to next year, the swimmers are already looking forward to the next season and setting goals.

“Well I know that some of us, myself included, are already excited for next year and we really want to be an amazing team,” Burton said. “I really want to improve my 500 and hopefully make state cut.”

Baseball splits final regular season games with T-West GREG WOODS

Editor-in-Chief

With Thursday’s regionals fast approaching, Manhattan High baseball would have appreciated a sweep of Topeka West last Thursday, so as to grab the highest seed possible.

The Indians failed in that category, and perhaps frustratingly so, because a sweep of Topeka West would have allowed MHS to host regionals.

They did take a game, however, in a split. The Chargers took game one in walk-off fashion, 4-3, while Manhattan salvaged game two, 4-2.

The split puts the Indians at 11-9 for the season, good for a No. 3 regional seeding, pitting them against Olathe North Thursday in Topeka.

Junior Nick Wohler, who went 3-for-4 in game one, said the split, in a way, represents the season as a whole.

“Sometimes we’ll show up for both games, and then lately we’ve

been not showing up for the first one but showing up for the second one,” Wohler said. “This week, we’re going to have to show up for both games.”

Headlining game two was Luke Grieger’s performance on the mound: the senior brought a no-hitter into the seventh inning, before Topeka West’s Skyler Proctor came through with a single. Still, though, Manhattan appreciated the outing. “[Grieger] got ahead on batters; he didn’t walk many batters at all,” Wohler said. “And in the field, we were making plays.”

But for as sharp as Manhattan’s pitching was in the second game, it struggled in the first.

The Indians grabbed a quick 2-0 lead in the first inning, but West tied it with a run each in the third and fourth innings.

Senior Josh Chapman hit the Chargers’ Trevor Cregut with a pitch with the bases loaded in the seventh, forcing in the gamewinning run.

Manhattan’s performance in the second

game, however, was much cleaner. Grieger allowed just six baserunners total, including only two in the first six innings. On top of that, the Indians’ offense produced two runs each in the third and fifth innings, providing the run supported Grieger needed to escape with a win.

Junior Brady Woborny caught Grieger’s efficient effort.

“Luke was just getting a lot of strikes,” Woborny said. “Getting that first out. That’s big when you’re wanting to take control of the game.

He filled up the zone really good.”

Manhattan is faced with an unfamiliar foe in Olathe North in the opening game of its regional bracket. If Washburn Rural knocks off 5-15 Gardner-Edgerton, the Indians will clash with the Junior Blues, a squad MHS swept last month.

Before that, though, Manhattan has a task on its hands in the Eagles.

The first pitch is set for 2 p.m. Thursday.

JACOB CLANTON

Staff Writer

Being able to send seniors off with a sweep is what any team wants.

Having the sweep come against your biggest rival makes it even sweeter.

The Manhattan High softball team sent seniors Anna Hegarty and Suzanna Gevock off in style as it swept Junction City Friday night. The Lady Indians won the first game 13-0 in five innings, and the second game 11-1 in six.

Manhattan jumped out to an early lead in the first game, as it scored 10 runs in the second inning, including a threerun inside-the-park home run from junior Chelsey Henry. The Lady Indians were able to take advantage of errors and walks to get 11 runners on base in the inning.

“We bunted in a [sacrifice] situation,” head coach Monty Enright said. “They weren’t able to get a out, and then we got the hits, and then things just started to take off. So we took advantage of getting extra hitters.”

The Lady Blue Jays had a chance to score

some runs in the third inning. They loaded the bases with no outs. A popup and two strikeouts later, Henry and the Lady Indians were out of the jam.

“That was one of the things we’ve tried to talk about to the girls. The other team’s going to have some offense too,” Enright said. “We got the first out, and you could see some confidence. We were fortunate they did not [score], but I don’t think we panicked, and we made plays on balls so we could get outs.”

The second game was much the same, as the Lady Indians scored early and often. The biggest inning for Manhattan came in the second, as it scored five runs to take a 6-0 lead.

“I remember Kenzie [Smith, sophomore,] got us a big hit,” Enright said.

“She cleared the bases with that triple, and that kind of opened things up.”

Junction City’s only run of the twinbill came in the fourth inning off of junior Kylecia Taylor’s insidethe-park home run. That was one of only six hits sophomore Anna Batt

gave up while recording three strikeouts.

“In prior weeks we’ve been struggling,” Gevock said. “Like, we’d always have a bad inning, and lose it, but this week we’ve been able to execute better, and that’s been such a good feeling to be able to finish on a high note.”

In between games, the team recognized Hegarty and Gevock’s contributions to the team and the school.

“It’s just kind of surreal,” Gevock said. “It never really feels like the end for me. It was definitely a good way to finish though.”

Enright said that he was sad to see the girls go.

“You know, you get fortunate who you get to be with,” Enright said, and I’ve been very fortunate that those two have been involved with us this year, and we’ll miss them.”

The Lady Indians now move on to regional play. They play Lawrence Free State at 3 p.m. on Tuesday at the College Boulevard Activity Center in Olathe, Kansas.

Soccer finishes regular season, moves on to playoffs ERICK ECHEGARAY

Sports Editor

With the regular season coming to a close, there was still one thing for the Manhattan girls soccer team to accomplish before its year came to an inevitable end: the annual victory against their rivals Junction City. This year was no different for the Lady Indians as they defeated the Lady Blue Jays with a mercy rule win of 10-0 in their senior night game.

Seniors Brooke Henry and Maddie Taylor both struck two goals in their final regular season home game. Sophomores Sadie Samenus, Tessa Irvine and Addy Stone also con-

tributed to Manhattan’s triumph with goals of their own. This was also Manhattan’s fifth shutout of the year.

“I think we’ve done a decent job [defensively],” junior defender Molly Smith said.

MHS then finished its regular season with an away win against Shawnee Heights which brought its record to a final 12-4 for the season.

“There were times where we weren’t working together as well as a team as we could have, but we’re peaking right now and we’re working really well together now and that’s right where we want to be for the play-

offs,” junior Gabriella Radina said.

With the postseason on the horizon, the Lady Indians reflect upon an injury-filled season which they overcame.

“We have to take it one game at a time and just see where it takes us,” sophomore forward Hannah Religa said.

She scored four goals in the regular season.

“We really want to get to state and try to win it.

One of our goals was to beat Washburn and we did that so if we can play [how] we did then, we can win,” Smith said.

The Lady Indians played their first round playoff game yesterday.

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FEATURES

Drama classes perform for an audience ANNA HUPP

You make your way through the dim hallway, looking for the right door.

There it is. You step in: walls completely black, a few rows of chairs arranged against three sides, an open floor. The lights dim, the actors step onstage and the play begins.

If you squinted your eyes, you could imagine an off-off-broadway stage, but it is simply Advanced Drama in the Black Box Theater.

The class performed a 45-minute play at 10:30 a.m. and 7 p.m. on Wednesday. The show, titled “Dystopia! The Hungry Maze Game of Divergent Death,” was about people randomly selected to perform in a potentially fatal reality show, clearly a parody of recent teen novels. Drama One and Advanced Repertory Theater classes also performed at various times throughout the week.

Admission to the event was free, though donations were welcome. The audience of 75 was mostly made up of the performing students’ friends

and family, who clapped loudly after each scene and joined the young actors after the show for coffee, cake and cookies.

End of the year performances are typical for Manhattan High’s drama classes, according to teacher Linda Uthoff.

“We normally do several [plays] a year, and we like to do end-of-theyear ones, though it can be hard with scheduling at the end of the year,” Uthoff said. “I also think part of the experience of being a drama student is, ‘oh, we’ve been working and rehearsing-- what are we rehearsing for?’ So you need the experience of being in front of an audience. You also need it to get the timing down and learn how to handle it when they [members of the audience] laugh, and to learn how to handle the nerves when you have to be in front of them. It’s also good for parents to see what they’ve been working on. We always encourage that.”

Three weeks ago, students selected their scripts, which ranged from dramas about sexual assault in college to light comedies.

“[The play we picked] worked best for our class because of all the characters,” junior Ashley Szymaniak of Advanced Drama said. “There was a lot that we could do with it.”

After selecting a script, drama students read it aloud together. Then they decided whether they wanted to act, direct or work behind stage.

If they chose to act, they auditioned for specific roles in front of their peers. Once Uthoff selected roles, class time was spent in preparation.

Students enjoyed their performances.

“It was fun,” sophomore Winona Climenhaga said. “I was just kind of nervous because I’m, like, a generally nervous person, but once you get out there you just kind of, you know you’re like, ‘these are my lines.’”

“I liked seeing the whole show come together after days and days of rehearsals,” sophomore Gabrielle Smith said.

“And then the final product was so much better than the rehearsal that day had been, so I’m just really proud of [the students I directed]. Like, they’re my children.”

concert.

at that performance. Now

for choir members as well as alumni. After all individual choirs have performed, every choir member and all alumni in the audience take to the risers and perform a song together.

“All the seniors are excited to graduate but it’s definitely going to be sad because choir has become another family for us over the last four years.” Harris said. “It will be tough.”

Staff Writer

Acting out a scene from chosen drama-parody “Dystopia! The Hungry Maze Game of Divergent Death,” junior Isabelle Diller towers above her subjects while explaining the rules of the game. Sophomore Kalea Fraiser and senior Olivia Groninger participate in the year-end play as contestants in the reality show.

PHOTO COURTESY OF DOUG GRONINGER

Showcase Concert prepares choirs for final concert SAVANNAH CHERMS

Entertainment Editor

With only a week left of school, the end of this year’s choirs career is coming to a close. Before the big final concert of the year, the groups take the stage for their Showcase concert.

“Showcase is a big pumped up concert for the jazz band where the band shows all their pieces,” sophomore Trenton Lopez said. “Then Pops and Varsity are thrown in there for good measure.”

At the concert, Varsity Choir performed a multitude of pieces from their library this year, including pop songs and a jazz piece. “[Chad] Pape purposefully gave us a harder piece this time around, but we still did well,” Lopez said.

“I think [the concert] went really well. It was super fun,” senior Charlie Harris said. “It wasn’t nearly as emotional as the final concert will be though.”

Despite the signifi-

cance of the final concert

At the Showcase Concert last week, teacher Nathan McClendon recognized and honored the seniors who played on his Jazz Band.

PHOTO BY ALE FLORES

of the year, the Showcase concert is held at a higher standard than the final

Biersack’s solo album good, not great TARA MAGAÑA

Blue M Assistant Editor for Verbal Content Let’s talk Andy Biersack, the lead singer of Black Veil Brides.

Sure, everyone seems to hate everything about him and the band he’s passionate about, and I can tell you, even I don’t like BVB’s older music.

In fact, I only began to appreciate the band last year, and even then I only liked the two most recent albums: “Wretched & Divine” and the self titled “Black Veil Brides,” where the band let go of much of their scream-heavy vocals and began focusing on musicality.

So when I saw Biersack released his first solo music video “They Don’t Need To Understand” as Andy Black, I was intrigued.

I was disappointed that it took over a year for anything else to come from Andy Black, but hey, releasing the debut digital solo album, “The Shadow Side,” last week is better than Biersack totally abandoning the solo project, though I wouldn’t say it was worth a year of waiting.

For everyone who doesn’t like BVB, let me just tell you that from the beginning, for his first solo venture, Biersack planned to explore sounds he didn’t want to mix with the band he had formed nine years prior. This was probably a wise move as Andy Black’s first album fea-

tures an almost entirely soulful pop alternative vibe -- the total opposite of the Kiss and Motley Crewinspired “rock’n’roll” BVB prides itself in. So definitely don’t expect to hear too many similarities between BVB and Andy Black as the main thing the two have in common is Biersack’s recognizable voice and passion.

To start his album, Biersack describes his expe-

ics and rhythm of the song, though, Biersack showcased his limited vocal ability. After years of screaming for BVB and smoking, Biersack can’t reach most high notes, but he somehow makes it work for him by rhythmically emphasizing the few higher notes he can reach and making full use of his gravely voice in his lower register.

The rest of the album follows this pattern of relatable, catchy and syncopated lyrics with interesting instrumental arrangements.

That’s what makes the album just short of spectacular: there aren’t enough standout pieces. Yeah, each song has its own unique story and musical tricks, but the album just doesn’t PHOTO COURTESY OF SPOTIFY stand out like rience as an outcast in a the most recent releases small town with “Home- from some of my favorcoming King.” The song ite musicians -- Panic! At definitely sets the tone The Disco, Fall Out Boy for the album with lyri- and Shinedown, just to cal syncopation and who name a few. knows how many differI know being a solo ent instruments working artist is new territory together to powerfully for Biersack, and he tell his story of watching showed that inexperithe popular kids “rise and ence in this album. Yes, fall” while feeling like each song on its own is “the invisible man.” good, and I like the alBiersack then transi- bum’s vibe, but I can tions to the only track on see myself getting bored the album with a music with it quickly, unlike video so far, “We Don’t many other artists I find Have To Dance.” This is myself drawn to. probably the song I relate Despite the average, to the most. In my mind, I suppose, nature of Birelatability can make or ersack’s first Andy Black break a song if it’s not album, I look forward catchy. And what’s more to seeing where he goes catchy and relatable than from here. But that may wanting someone who just be because I love Bijust doesn’t get it out of ersack’s voice. your life? Beyond the lyr-

“For Varsity choir this was it,” Lopez said. “We threw everything we had

we have to top it.”

The final concert of the year is a big moment

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it] just because of the title ... and then when I told them it was for three kazoos that sealed the deal and then when they saw all the other percussion in there ... it was like a no brainer for them ... that’s all they wanted to do.”

“Concerto Gross” was that last performance of the night and it was one for the combined orchestra to play as one. The piece was similar to “Concerto Grosso” the chamber orchestra played, therefore the crowed was not expecting seniors Ar-

nav Das, Thompson and Nathan McClendon to follow the rhythm with their kazoos. The crowd, as well as Symphonic Orchestra, couldn’t hold in their laughter during the performance. “[My favorite part was] definitely ‘Concerto Gross,’” senior Spencer Parish said. “It was pretty fun to get all of those things together. Every single senior had their own little things they had to do during that piece. It was fun having us all do strange things.”

fer over the few possibilities that a test limits them to.

“I think tests are really strict on what [the teachers] think you know and projects you can kind of show what you know,” junior Sierra Sparbanie said. “I think with projects you have more freedom and time and space to show what you know.”

As with a theory-based class, there is more to do

with a project versus a ‘pen and paper’ final.

“For, like, physics, the project that I am doing is designing a robot,” sophomore Jacob Clanton said. “So instead of taking a test that shows how well I know my physics, I am teaching myself how to program a robot and just applying that learning more. Whereas a test it’s just knowing the answers.”

certo Gross.” The piece featured percussion such as three kazoos, pitched bulb horns, slide whistle and a scream. The piece the seniors chose had a very serious and playful character to it and it was sure to end the night with a laugh. “[They choose it] because they’re dumb.

That’s where it started,” McClendon said. “They have a very playful character to them. I knew that when I grabbed that one that they would [choose

FINALS FROM PAGE 1 “[English 10 class is] writing expository papers, then they’re going to give a presentation,” Sutherland said. “Hopefully, it will be a good experience for them. As a teacher too, I’m always learning about what is the best experience and what makes for the best opportunities for kids.”

Students enjoy the freedom that projects of-

Yearbook distribution is coming up!

Seniors, get your books at Graduation practice this Friday.

West Campus receives them next Monday at lunch and East Campus next Tuesday at lunch.

Interested in design, photography, marketing, art or writing?

The Mentor is still in need of illustrators, graphic designers, ad reps, staff writers and photographers, as well as a Features Editor!

Contact Angie Moss at amossmhsmentor@gmail.com or talk to Kristy Nyp in C107.

from MHS.

going after their departure

Megan Herpich - K-State Nicholas Higgs - K-State Claire Huber - K-State Rheagan Jackson - K-State Colton Joyce - K-State Dalton Juenemann - K-State Anna Keeley - K-State Kailey Koopman - K-State Kirkland Lambert - K-State Ethan Levin K-State Amanda Mack - K-State Tara Magaña - K-State Lilly Marshall - K-State Alejandro Martinez - K-State Jennifer Meierer - K-State Sarah Middendorf - K-State Samuel Morgan - K-State Carter Nelson - K-State Sam Nelson - K-State Ivanna Nemeth - K-State Kyndall Norris - K-State Lydia Parish - K-State Markis Perez - K-State Jessica Phillips - K-State Jace Priddle - K-State Collin Queal - K-State Phillip Randall - K-State Dakota Santiago - K-State Corbin Sedlacek - K-State Carly Smith - K-State Elaine Snowden - K-State Chloe Swanson-Lhullier - K-State Darien Stokes - K-State Josiah “Ben” Stonebraker - K-State Raegan Terrill - K-State Kyle Thompson - K-State Isis Thornton-Saunders - K-State Greg Woods - K-State Blake Wewer - K-State Robyn Burton - KU Antonia Camara - KU Rachel Chang - KU Muhammed Ciftci - KU Jamera Ewing - KU Cole Gritton - KU Peter Gruenbacher - KU Michaela Hayes - KU Anna Hegarty - KU Nabil Hossain - KU Bailey London - KU Christina Osarczuk - KU Andrea Waldron - KU Varun Govind - KU Justin Wickham - KU Gabe Awbrey - Manhattan Christian College Nathan Harden - Manhattan Christian College Nathan Talarico - Manhattan Christian College Grant Munsen - McPherson College Jacob Bussmann - Mid-American Nazarene University

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map of where our seniors are

far away exactly? We have a

ing super-far away. Just how

crying because they’re mov-

senior friends graduate and

probably watching all of your

senior. If you’re not, you’re

they are. That is, if you’re a

telling you how proud of you

parents are probably in town

ation party and your grand-

probably attended a gradu-

your cap and gown, you’ve

is finally upon us. You’ve got

It’s finally here. Graduation

Where are our seniors going?

Gardner Blanck - Allen Country Community College Sydney Zafran - Allen County Community College Toula Sweeney - American Academy of Dramatic Arts Sakif Hossain - Arizona State Univesity Amber Daveline - Benedictine College Carlos Martinez - Bethany College Andrea Lu - Boston University Caitlin Rusk - Boston University Tracy Le - Carnegie Mellon University Benjamin Turnley - Central College of Iowa Kyrstyn Kinzie - Cowley County Community college Nate MacCharles - Dodge City Community College Jemell Richardson - Dodge City Community College Adam Al-Sotani - Dodge City Community College Madalyn Taylor - Emporia State University Madison Mittie - Fort Hays State University Claire Kringen - Fort Hays State University Cathy Lei - Georgia Institute of Technology Arnav Das - University of Illinois UrbanaChampaign AJ Pablo - Illinois Tammie Melton - Iowa State University Maya Minocha - Iowa State University Tanner Holen - Iowa Western Community College Anna Alanazi - K-State Emma Brase - K-State Mark Buckwalter - K-State Jon Chen - K-State Jacklyn Dawson - K-State Emma Devane - K-State Tanner Dillon - K-State Michael Everett - K-State Fatoumata Faburay - K-State Frank Felber - K-State Madison Fief - K-State Austin Franco - K-State Emma Galitzer - K-State Suzanna Gevock - K-State Luke Grieger - K-State Mackenzie Gwinner - K-State Kevin Harper - K-State Charlie Harris - K-State Evan Heger - K-State

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