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SILVER TROPHY

Football wins back the Silver Trophy, stays perfect JACOB CLANTON SPORTS EDITOR

In any sport, rivalry games are intense.

They are the games teams look forward to all year long. Fans are ready, players are ready, and it can be guaranteed to be a great game.

Of course, it's even better with a win.

“Words can’t describe [the feeling] honestly,” senior quarterback Ian Trapp said.

“To be able to pull through and come to J.C. and be able to get the Silver Trophy back just feels amazing.”

Thanks to an allaround team effort, Manhattan High (6-0) claimed the Silver Trophy with a 27-22 win over Junction City (5-1) Friday night.

Both teams scored on their first drives with long passing touchdowns. While Junction

senior quarterback Ryan Henington threw a 34yard touchdown to open the scoring, Trapp and Manhattan quickly responded with a 60-yard passing touchdown to senior Jonathon Taylor to even the game at seven apiece.

Passing-wise, Trapp would finish the game 3-9 for 69 yards and one touchdown. Henington completed two of nine passes for 65 yards, with one touchdown and one interception.

Even with their first scoring coming on a pass, the Indians would return to their bread and butter; running the football. MHS’ rushing attack was productive early on, something it would be grateful for later in the game.

“It saved us, honestly,” Trapp said. “We couldn’t get anything going in the second half, except for that last drive where we scored. If we hadn’t

FCCLA members pick STAR Events, prepare to host fall conference ANNA HUPP CONTENT EDITOR

Junior Kaitlin Tyler will create a prom dress out of labels from two-liter bottles of soda. Junior Makenna Eilert is planning to design a website.

They are among a handful of students who have taken on individual or small-group projects because they’re interested in them and because they are in Family, Career and Community Leaders of America. They have decided to compete in Students Taking Action with Recognition

Events, which require students to research and present information on a variety of topics.

The topics are fairly general and range from food to fashion to protecting the environment.

To present what they’ve learned, students will compete at club conferences, which are set up almost like a large science fair. Students arrange a poster, a binder with step-by-step information on what they did and a visual aid on their tables. A small panel of judges selects the best projects from each category. District winners move on to state, and

state winners go to nationals.

Since the first club meeting, chapter members have known that STAR Events were an option, though they are not required because FCCLA is an open club.

Sponsor Heide Rippert encouraged interested students to select their projects by the end of this week because judges only just finalized event rubrics, but did not assign a final due date because students will present what they’ve learned at the district conference in February.

“It’s a while, but it goes quick,” club vice

president Whitley Coke, junior, said.

The projects are a step-by-step process, and are expected to take until February. Right now, chapter members are just focusing on developing their ideas. Tyler thinks she will actually model the dress she will create, and Eilert plans for the purpose of her website to be introducing the club chapter to outsiders.

“At first I was super excited,” Eilert said, “and then I realized that it was probably going to take a lot of time. But I think it’s going to be hard but not something that I can’t

do.” Judges can view Eilert’s project online, so she is not required to attend district in person.

Because categories for STAR Events are so broad, students can approach projects from different perspectives.

“I did Environmental Ambassador [last year] and I talked about the new recycling program we have at MHS,” Tyler said. “Another team had where their actual town brought in -- they were like a food desert, so they didn’t any have SEE FCCLA ON PAGE 3

Teachers participate in Walk In For Public Education, meet with senator Tom Hawk SAVANNAH CHERMS TRENDING EDITOR

As students and busses drove up to Manhattan High Thursday morning, a large mass of educators, parents, legislators and community members stood huddled together alongside the Big Blue Marching Band in the school’s parking lot. At the bottom of the hill stood Chemistry teacher James Neff with previous principal and current Senator Tom Hawk as they welcomed district members to Manhattan High’s Nation Education Administration’s Walk In For Public Education.

While the Walk In did not originate in Kansas, it’s significance to Kansas schools is striking.

Designed originally for underfunded schools in

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poor areas like Chicago, ported and that there are teachers.

Detroit and Milwaukee, people behind us and “Any time you can get the Walk In For Public that we are all trying to teachers to be passionEducation was used by show that we are all try- ate about what they are teachers and adminis- ing to support each other doing again, that means trators as a way to show in this.” they will be more effectheir solidarity through The Walk In was di- tive in the classroom,” times of N e f f struggle. said.

With re“That “If we don’t advocate for public educacent Legshould tion, that means nobody is advocating islative transdecisions for students. If we don’t advocate for late to having better public ed, we aren’t advocating for stugreat imclassdents.” pacts on room Kansas envi--NEA PRESIDENT JAMES NEFF SAID. schools, r o n solidarity ments is something teachers rected and planned by and more learning. Will need the most right now. Manhattan High’s NEA this last throughout the “Right now in the state president James Neff. year? Probably not. But of Kansas, in public edu- Neff was contacted by it’s a good way to get cation we feel not sup- other NEA officials and things started. It’s a good ported by some people was told that Manhattan thing to do for now, it just in the legislatures and High was chosen as one gets people’s spirits up the government,” soph- of two Kansas schools to as we start to get into the omore principal Angie participate in this event. grind.”

Messer said. “This is to Neff’s goal for the event While part of the goal show that we are sup- was simple: reenergize for this movement was to

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spread positive energy, the main and more serious mission was to advocate for change.

“The only way to counteract the bad things that are happening at the state level is if we as teachers come together and be a strong unified voice,” Neff said. “If we don’t advocate for public education, that means nobody is advocating for students. If we don’t advocate for public ed, we aren’t advocating for students. And the only way to do that is to come together and be a unified strong voice. So one 35,000 strong voice is a lot better than a single voice. There are 35,000 public school teachers in Kansas. If that voice became unified and strong, the legislature couldn’t do what they want to do to public ed.”

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had that great production the first half, we wouldn’t have pulled it out.”

Trapp would finish the game with 171 yards rushing on 35 carries and two touchdowns. Seniors Iverson Robb and Tariq Gerald added 53 and 51 yards respectively, with Gerald scoring a touchdown.

Manhattan scored twice more on rushing touchdowns in the first half, including a 28yard run from Gerald on the second play of the drive. As a result, MHS had the halftime lead, 21-10.

Manhattan fumbled the ball on its first drive of the half, and Junction marched down to the 13-yard line before Henington failed to accurately pitch the ball to his running back, leading to a turnover

Debate continues to push themselves with familiar judges TAYLOR BULLOCK STAFF WRITER

Last week, the debate team held a tournament with only novice debaters where the judges were their own advanced debaters. It was a challenge nonetheless.

Having familiar faces as judges didn't take the pressure off of them, though. Nothing was sugarcoated.

“Oh, no, the judges were rude as I don't know what. But that allowed us to get better in the end,” novice debater Micah Wiggins said.

Tough judges and a few bumps in the road didn't stop them though.

“Our computer broke down in the first match, so we had no evidence, and we still had three wins and two losses,” Wiggins said.

The team has spent the first quarter competing in tournaments and improving their overall skills, becoming increasing prepared with each step of the way.

“It's a preparation game,” senior Sean McGimpsey said.

This previous weekend the team had a tournament at Wichita East and Highland Park, where the team took third place.

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Shark finning heartless, pointless

SAVANAH CHERMS TRENDING EDITOR

The harsh stereotype of evil, bloodthirsty killers has followed sharks around for as long as man can remember.

Movie directors have been perpetuating this stereotype since “Jaws” and now with the upcoming blockbuster “Shallow Waters.”

W h i l e these animals are predators, they are not the deadly killers we make them out to be. The image of these creatures is what has been causing the steady and frightening decline in the number of sharks in our oceans.

One of the largest suspects in the rapid endangerment of sharks is shark finning and illegal fishing. Fishing boats are going out into open waters and capturing sharks only to cut off their fins and toss them back

into the ocean to sink to the bottom and rot. The reason? Shark Fin Soup.

The soup is considered a delicacy in Eastern countries despite the fact that the fins of these animals add no taste to the soup.

These solitary creatures are being massacred to add texture to a dish.

So why isn’t anyone doing anything to stop this? Why are we just now hearing about this?

The fin industry is a huge money-maker. Fins sell for thousands of dollars, and the illegal industry is what is bringing in funds for these poor countries.

In most cases, governments know about these illegal fishing boats that are out in unclaimed waters murdering these animals and demolishing the species in the name

of money. These money-hungry governments have zero regard for the effect that these animals have on the oceans they live in.

What can you do to help? You don’t have to go out and find these illegal fishermen yourself; there is plenty a person can do from home such as making donations supporting groups like the Sea Shepherds, Wildaid and the Humane Society International.

The easiest way to help sharks is to spread awareness. Let people around the world know what is being done to these animals, and advocate for change locally. Social media is your best friend when trying to advocate for these causes by reaching a wider audience.

Don’t let a stereotype wipe out an entire species. We must advocate for our oceans and our Earth. They are all we have left.

Importance of planning ahead BRIANNA THOMAS STAFF WRITER

Ever since my grandpa died when I was four, I’ve decided I wanted to be in the medical field. I know a lot of school and a lot of effort goes into the medical field, but I think that it is important to put in the extra work and effort for your future to be successful and make it the way you want it.

A lot of people go through high school without having any sort of idea of what they want to do in the future.

It is important to have an idea, even if it is not fully thought out. That way you have a general idea of what classes you

should take and which classes do not do anything to help you reach your goal.

This matters because, if you go through high school and do not know what you want to do and then you finally know by college, you will have less preparation and you will also have to cram your learning in college.

I think it would be way less stressful on you in the future for you to have the information in high school and go from there in college. If you have an idea by college, you can also look for jobs that correspond with the occupation you chose in high school.

For me, graduating early is planning ahead for my future. I think everyone should plan ahead for their own future because, after high school, you are practically an adult and you

have to start doing things yourself. Pushing yourself to make plans is important, not just for your high school and college career, but it is important so you do things in the future that you want to do instead of something you do not want for yourself at all.

Being prepared for the future is important because it is the rest of your life. You should start a career young -- one that you love and keep building up to your retirement rather than having to work at a low-income job you hate, all because you were not prepared in high school.

Your future is your future. Have an idea of what you want to do, plan ahead for it and take action to achieve your goals for your life.

It’s your life; start to take control of it.

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keep global warming controlled by minimizing dangerous emissions caused by coal industries and other corporations and switching to cleaner and safer energy for the planet’s well-being -- a clean and easy task on paper but ambitious in its expectations.

With the U.S and China leading the way, the agreement will give its members a five-year period in which they will have to prioritize clean and alternate energy.

The agreement will then “enforce” regulations over countries that do not follow their strict code.

The system, although favorable toward safer energy, does involve

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Finalizing the trauma of Hurricane Mathew and its destructive rise and fall, climate change has stormed once again into the spotlight, and with the highly anticipated Paris Accords to happen in just under a month, the conversation could not be anymore amplified.

Last week President Barack Obama called it the “best show to save the planet,” and with high praise going around globally, with more than 192 states and countries committed, the Paris Agreement could be looked as the light at the end of a long tunnel.

The purpose of the Paris Agreement is to

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before it ends up consuming us completely.

Before it is too late to change what has already been done.

The problem has now become bigger than ourselves, and while the agreement will have negative consequences, the risk of not helping the only home we know would be irresponsible.

Our humanity is at risk when we decide on climate change; individually, everyone one of us will be impacted in some way by this now ongoing cancer. It is the time to act.

WHAT ARE YOU MOST LOOKING FORWARD TO ABOUT HOMECOMING WEEK?

“Wednesday bc my twin partner and I are gonna be the best twins,” senior Aaron Castro, @_a_castro

“Dancing wooooo!” junior Jayme Hay, @jaymesuee

“Getting confused on why everyone is dressed weird and realizing that it’s homecoming week,” junior Jane Yoo, @yolocheetos “Not being asked to homecoming !!” junior Addy Stone , @Addy13United

“Not being able to go to the only homecoming dance of my time at MHS because of marching band,” senior Camille Fellers, @Camillieonn

NEXT EDITION QUESTION: HOW ARE YOU SPENDING YOUR HALLOWEEN THIS YEAR?

Remain calm in face of hysteria ALLI BRUCE STAFF WRITER

Clown hysteria has taken over the country since late August in South Carolina, where people reported that clowns tried to lure small children into the woods.

Since then, there has been an outburst of scary clown sightings reported in over two dozen states, including Kansas.

While many were hoaxes, a handful of the incidents resulted in arrest.

Yes, it’s scary. I don’t think I have ever met anyone who was excited about having a bunch of clowns running around.

However, I do think there is a correct way to respond to the situation.

Since the beginning of this “clown craze” social media has done an excellent job of fueling the problem. People’s need for a sensation drives the way things are interpreted. For example, it has recently come out that the Manhattan High cross country coaches have required their stu-

dents to start running in groups of three for safety reasons because of everything that has been happening. This has been misconstrued as the cross country coaches requiring students to run in groups of three because they have seen clowns on their routes.

Part of this is also

making sure you have reliable sources. It’s easy for things like this to get passed along if you have nothing to check it with.

And as it gets passed along, it gets more blown out of proportion. I’m not saying this because I don’t take it seriously or I don’t care. I do care, and I do take it seriously. But I think the situation has become something that it’s not.

As more clowns are being spotted, clown hunting has become more and more popular. I’ve seen countless videos of this on social

media and the news. I’ve noticed that it’s mostly the people who have been hurting the clowns.

Like I said before, there have been a few incidents that resulted in arrest, but the rest are just hoaxes.

And according to the news, the police haven’t been able to do much about reports they have received.

Their job is to arrest people that are breaking the law. The last time I checked, dressing up as a clown and standing in the s t r e e t wasn’t a crime.

However, if we attack the clowns, like shown in the videos shown on social media, we can get in trouble for attacking someone who wasn’t armed to begin with.

As we approach Halloween I wouldn’t be surprised if we see more clowns start to show up.

Regardless of whether that’s true or not, we can’t control the situation. But we can control how we react, and we should stop and think about if what we are doing helps the situation or makes it worse.

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Marines inspires MHS students Jury duty provides service hours, ELIZABETH ALEXANDER FEATURES EDITOR

In the mind of every student lies a passion, a dream, a goal, and for some students, those thoughts revolve around the idea of joining the Marines. Many kids find themselves living within families involved with the military, and many become inspired to follow in their relatives’ shoes to protect the country they live in. Of course, others do have their own rea-

sons for wanting to join, especially when it comes to picking their branch. “[The Marines] push you the hardest,” senior Lea Montanez said.

“Their current motto is ‘the few and the proud,’ and I take that personally.”

While a fear new recruits often have is the idea of boot camp -known for being intense and challenging -- they also like to focus on

what they look forward to in being part of the Marines, such as coming together with common goals, the experiences they will gain, and the pride that comes with de-

fending one’s country.

“I will look back on those times in my life and realize they were a lot of fun,” senior Adin Croft said. Croft will be the 22nd Marine Corps branch in his family.

With school, social life and the overwhelming idea of simply planning out one’s future, students might be unsure as to where they should start when it comes to joining the Marines. To promote

their branch and encourage students to join, Marines visit Manhattan High School during lunch

hours.

T h e y have information and pamphlets to get interested students started.

Along with that, students and military troops meet on Tuesdays at the Recruiting Center located at the mall to do cross fit, eat, get to know one another and work together through the process of recruiting. Students can even find themselves striving to do better when it comes to education due to the help they were given, according to Croft. The Marines are more than happy to help their future recruits.

“Go for it,” Montanez said. “If you think you can do it, do it. If you think you can’t, do it until you can.”

“What should I wear KARMEN MARTINIE STAFF WRITER

Don’t wear your fanciest dress, but don’t wear your simplest either. To help you pick what you should wear to a semi formal event, try and use the

fancy and simple scale. For our Homecoming event, try and stay closer to the simple side of the scale. Since this year Tribe is trying to revamp Homecoming, they don’t want to make it too formal, that could overwhelm people.

In the picture there is an individual wearing the correct attire for the semi formal event while the others are wearing what not to wear. Examples of items not to wear include

athletic shorts, Tshirts, tennis shoes, Crocs, jeans, leggings, etc.

Examples of what guys should wear include either a button down shirt or a nice polo with khaki pants or dress

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exposure to repercussions

and observe.”

The trials also served as a valuable learning experience A significant part with many rules and of a high school sturesponsibilities. Any dent’s responsibiliinformation specific to ties is gaining service the trial was to be kept hours, and a unique strictly confidential way of doing so is and all participation in shadowing jury duty the program must be in court. By sitting in handled with respect on various trials, stuand decorum. Followdents not only receive ing these regulations volunteer hours but are crucial to everyone also gain exposure to in a courtroom. the system of a court“I had to keep evroom and a jury. This erything a secret from prepares them for futhe trial and I learned ture years, when their that actions have conofficial involvement in sequences,” Singh the jury is a responsaid. sibility for citizens of The vast nearly every importance county in the of a jury sysnation.

“It’s not what you see tem and how The opporon television here, it is a the involvetunity for any lot different than that but ment of young Manhattan members of a High School it’s very interesting becommunity in student to cause I don’t think a lot of it is emphatake part in sized greatly people understand the lea year-round within the proshadowing gal process.” gram. program was -- JURY COORDINATOR PAM “I think that presented to CLARK SAID it’s important them on Club for the stuDay this year dents to come as an out-ofschool volunteer proj- nator Pam Clark said. in and observe,” Clark “Actually, here at the said. “It’s not what you ect possibility.

“I would go to court district court, there are see on television here, and listen to trials signs on each of the it is a lot different than and the testaments, courtroom doors that say that but it’s very interthen come up with a either open or closed esting because I don’t punishment,” Tanya hearing, if they say open think a lot of people Singh, freshman, said. hearing then students understand the legal Those who attended and anybody can go in process.”

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were to pay close attention to a trial in court.

They would then be taken into a separate room and asked their opinion on the trial, the accused and what consequences, if any, they should face.

For every trial, students also receive three service hours, which contribute towards the required 100 hours for any distinguished service program participants.

However, observing court cases is not limited to volunteers.

“Anybody can come in and watch any court case here,” Riley County courthouse jury coordi-

to homecoming?” pants. For girls, go with a nice dress or nice shirt with a skirt.

To fancy up your outfit, try some heels, glitzy jewelry, or maybe a new hairstyle. Girls, also try and stay away from too short of a dress or too long of a dress. A good length to stay between would be mid-thigh. To measure that, you can put your arms to your sides and see where the tips of your fingers end.

Whatever anyone de-

cides to wear, just make sure you’re comfortable with style.

Remember to stay more casual than fancy but try and jazz it up with an element of style.

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FOOTBALL FROM PAGE 1 on downs.

“At times we were struggling to stop them,” head coach Joe Schartz said, “but [our] defense did pretty well cause [Junction has] a lot of weapons, and you know, we kept them out of the endzone just enough.”

Any hopes MHS had for keeping Junction City off the board in the second half were quickly dashed on J.C.’s next drive, as Henington ran 60 yards in two plays for a touchdown.

Neither team would score until midway through the fourth quarter, as both defenses dug deep and came up with big stops.

With around five minutes left, J.C. scored a touchdown to take a 22-21 lead. The MHS offense then took control of the ball at the 33-yard line, needing to go 67 yards to score a touchdown. The Indians got one quick first down, be-

Senior Iverson Robb runs the ball upfield against Junction City. Robb would run for 53 yards as Manhattan went on to win the game 27-21 to stay perfect.

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fore running into a fourth down with seven yards to go. Trapp stepped back to pass, and threw it to Taylor. It bounced off his chest and rolled along a J.C. defender’s back before being caught by senior Parker Beer.

“I saw the ball there,” Beer said, “and it was fourth down, and I knew I was going to make a play. I wasn’t letting that ball hit the ground.”

Schartz said that was the biggest play of the game.

“It was huge,” Schartz said. “[If] we don’t convert there, [and] get the first down, game’s over basically. We had to convert.”

Manhattan continued to drive the ball, with Trapp running five straight plays to reach the end zone, and put MHS up 27-22, as the two-point conversion failed.

Manhattan’s defense went to work with 2:02 left in the game. It allowed two quick runs from Henington before

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creating its biggest play of the game.

Henington went back to pass, and threw to his receiver running down the right sideline. He threw it too far left, and put too much under it, leading to an interception by none other than Trapp, basically sealing the game for Manhattan.

“All week they’ve kind of been practicing me at just playing deep safety coverage so I could jump up make a play on the ball,” Trapp said, “knock it down, whatever, and they put me in to close the game out. [I] just stayed over the top, pretty simple assignment, and I was just glad I had the opportunity to make the play for the team.”

The Indians would run the ball a few times before kneeling to end the game with the win.

Even though the biggest game of the season is behind them, the Indians still have two more games to play. Next up for Manhattan is Emporia at home this Friday.

Soccer preps for long week after cancellations Varsity cross country takes break ERICK ECHEGARAY OPINIONS EDITOR

With little over half of the season finished, the chance for redemption still exists.

The Manhattan High boys soccer team have three games in three straight days this week, an opportunity to break their record even if they manage to continue their ongoing win streak.

With Wichita Northwest, Hayden and Highland Park all on the schedule, the Indians will prepare to improve their 3-6-1 re-

cord.

“It’s pretty strenuous,” junior Elijah Jespen said.

“We have three games in a week, [so] we’ll probably be sore by the second game. By Thursday, we’ll be almost done [in stamina]. We won’t be able to do as good as we what normally do.”

While the Varsity team had a week-long break of games due to multiple weather delays, the J.V team competed in their annual J.V. Quad Invitational, winning the competition that took place at Bishop Stadium.

The J.V. Indians beat Seaman, Topeka West, Emporia and Wichita South in order to win the competition. While a loss to 2-1 loss to Washburn Rural gave them their first loss of the season, Manhattan still left Bishop stadium victorious; something the Varsity has yet to do on a regular basis.

Manhattan will play on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, with their next home game being against Hayden on Wednesday.

JOHN OSTERMANN STAFF WRITER

On a beautiful Saturday morning the Manhattan Cross Country team took to the course at the Haskell Invitation, but this meet looked a little different at the starting line. The Manhattan team competed without most of the top runners as the team was trying to rest their legs to prepare for the postseason.

Even though many of the varsity runners were not competing, they did come to cheer

on their teammates. The boys varsity had two runners, junior Will Erickson and sophomore Carson Gros; the girls team had only one competitor, freshman Ella Rosencrantz. Erickson finished in eighth place and Gros finished in 16th, while Rosencrantz finished 16th as well.

“It was different having only me and Will [Erickson] out there, but it felt good to have everyone cheering us on,” Gros said. “The weather was beautiful and it made the run a bit easier; it wasn’t so cold it

was hard to breathe but it also wasn’t so hot that we were dehydrated, it was just perfect.”

Coach Susan Melgares was pleased that the usual Varsity runners came to attend and cheer on their fellow runners.

“I think it was a confidence boost to have our usual seven/eight runners be out in front of the MHS team,” Melgares said.

The team is headed to Topeka West next weekend to compete in the Centennial League meet.

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On Saturday, the girls Varsity tennis team travelled to Wichita East High School to compete in regionals with hopes of making it to state. Senior Lauren Robben and junior Olivia Belin will move on as a doubles team along with another doubles team that includes Neely Joyce and Joanna Park. In addition, freshman Kira Schartz will advance in singles.

The team faced Derby, Washburn Rural and Junction City.

Only four days removed from league, the girls had to practice hard to fix any flaws in their performance. The main point of success, however, was teamwork. “[Belin] and I just clicked,” Robben said.

“We started to work together as a pair and not two individuals.”

The team as a whole was ecstatic about the achievement.

“I was so nervous until the last point and then I was so proud and happy,” Robben said.

It will be the first shot

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In her final year as a Manhattan High tennis player, senior Lauren Robben finally qualified for the state tournament.

“It’s kind of cool to be able to have this opportunity as a senior,” Robben said, “to just kind of go, I guess.”

Robben said she was

to compete at state for the entire team. The excitement and happiness the team contains is undeniable.

“Honestly just going is the most exciting,” Robben said. “I’m just excited to be there and have an opportunity to play and do well.”

State will be held in Topeka on Friday and Saturday. Going into the tournament, the team feels confident.

“I think that if we play as well as we did today we have a really good shot,” Robben said.

“This was worth waiting for.”

Along with the excitement comes nerves.

“I’m definitely excited, but nervous at the same time,” Joyce said.

“We’ll be playing some Kansas City teams that are really good.”

Joyce was not surprised with the advancement to state, but is proud of the team for their efforts this season.

“I thought we had a good chance of making it to state because of how well our season has been going,” Joyce said. “It will be my first year and hopefully we can do it again next year.”

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• first time state qualifer • regional doubles sixth excited to finish her career at state.

“As a senior,” Robben said, “you kind of realize this could be your last match every time you play at regionals but we fought, and it wasn’t. So I’m excited to finish it out with my teammates.”

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Playing their first tournament at home, the Manhattan High School Varsity volleyball team had their ups and downs.

They finished third in the tournament with three wins and two loses.

Starting the tournament at 9 a.m., the Lady Indians played their first match against Olathe East. The girls won the game 25-20 and 2826, with the second set reaching a deuce.

“That was probably our best game so far of the season,” sophomore right-side hitter Kia Wilson said. “I thought we played really well. We played like we wanted to win in the first game.”

Their next game was against Topeka High.

With some trouble in the beginning, Manhattan eventually won this game as well, scoring 25-18 and 25-14.

“I think we just kind of thought that this would be an easier game so we let our guard down a bit more than we normally should so we didn’t take it as serious,” junior middle blocker Mackenzie Pease said. “On the second set we got it back

and got our flow.”

Manhattan’s third game of the day brought

setter Kenzie Smith said. “[They are] probably the hardest team in the tour-

Senior Jaylie Thornton sets the ball for junior Kia Wilson during the tournament this past Saturday. The varisty volleyball team finshed in third place.

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the team’s first loss. The Lady Indians lost against Blue Valley West, the 2016 State Champions, 18-25 and 13-25.

“We’re not unfamiliar with them; we played them last year,” junior

nament. We did pretty good the first set, maybe could have started out better. They have a fast game, a fast played game. We did all right blocking. We didn’t necessarily give up; maybe

in the second set we kind of died down on our confidence.”

For their fourth game of the day, Manhattan went up against Bishop Miege. The girls won 2520 and 25-21.

“Bishop, they weren’t as big and they were scrappy,” senior middle blocker Gigi McAtee said. “We came out from the break and we competed well. We could have been tired, not really ready yet, but we finished that game. We kind of let them get back up in the second game.

But we did a good job finishing.”

The final game of the day was against Shawnee Heights. The girls lost both sets 13-25 and 22-25.

“Shawnee Heights has a lot of talent,” McAtee said. “I’m proud of us for competing against them. Every time we’ve played them, we’ve played them close.

They’re a really good team but so are we.”

The Lady Indians will play their next game today in Lawrence. Their next home game will not be until Oct. 18, which will serve as their Dig Pink game for breast cancer awareness and their senior night.

Golf earns victory at regionals, prepares to compete at state competition JOHN OSTERMANN STAFF WRITER

With a great season behind them, the Manhattan Girls Golf team took to regionals with lots of confidence and determination to make it to State. That determination paid off as the girls were able to place in second as a team, sending them to state.

The team had to deal with lots of adversity yesterday, mental and physical. The tourna-

ment at Rolling Meadows in Junction City was postponed for some time with lots of rainy weather.

The girls had to be mentally tough to overcome it but continue to play well after the break.

"Before they called us in I played one hole and played really well," said junior Delaney Wisdom.

"We were pretty limited with what we were able to do during the delay so we pretty much just sat around, but then after we went back out it took

me a couple holes to get back on track."

The weather definitely was an issue for players on the course as well.

The wind forced players to adjust their shots and the wet green's made it difficult to putt.

"My putting was not good today,” sophomore Camy McAtee said. “If I shore that up then my game will be back on track.”

The Indians excelled in the Individual game as well with junior Ma-

cie Myers scoring an 83, Wisdom scoring a 94, junior Lydia Fry and sophomore Elise Jackson both scored a 97, McAtee scoring a 108 and rounding out the scoring was freshman Kami Bussman.

The team will finish the season on Monday in the State tournament at the Country Club of Leawood.

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From Origins to Revelations: Zombies End PRESTON HARRISON ENTERTAINMENT EDITOR

Eight years ago, Treyarch added a different game mode to the new “World at War” game in the popular “Call of Duty” franchise. This fresh game mode was “Zombies” -- a classic idea with an insane twist, and an eerie storyline to be followed, or better yet, discovered.

In order to reveal this story line, players would have to do certain tasks and gather specific objects around the map to unveil an Easter egg, which in video game terms is a special achievement award obtained by solving puzzles. The zombie’s Easter eggs would become some of the most satisfying achievements in all of video games.

“Call of Duty” players made the zombies game mode a huge success for the entirety of the “World at War” game, as well as three other games that had the zombies mode, all of which falling under

the “Call of Duty Black Ops” series with the game mode ending in the latest “Call of Duty” game “Black Ops III.” Now the final map is out and players and storyline followers are looking back feeling mostly satisfied… for now.

When “World at War” came out in late 2008, the new zombies mode, first known as “Nazi Zombies,” was a surprise and immediate fun.

The first map was “Nacht der Untoten” (Night of the Undead), a map of an airfield in the eastern pacific that originated from the campaign. This map featured nothing special but the Treyarch Zombies basics: wallbuy weapons, powerups, doors to open, a mystery weapon box, and the first wonder weapon known as the ray gun. “Verrückt,” a German asylum, was soon to follow.

In this map, “Perka-Colas” (perks) would be introduced. Perks allowed players to survive much longer and achieve much higher rounds by giving the player more

health, increased stamina and many other enhancements. “Verrückt” was also the first map with a miniature Easter egg; however, it would only be discovered nearly two years after the maps release.

Then “Shi No Numa” (Swamp of Death) came out. “Shi No Numa” was the first map to introduce the main characters of the zombies storyline: Tank Dempsey, Nikolai Belinski, Takeo Masaki and Edward Richtofen.

These characters would carry the players through the entirety of the zombies storyline, including the very first map that seemed to precede the characters themselves.

Finally, “Der Riese” (The Giant) came out as the last delayed content (DLC) map for “World at War.” This map was the first to feature “Pack-aPunch,” a point costly machine that would upgrade the entirety of your weapon and the inclusion of a map based wonder weapon: the “Wunderwaffe DG-2.”

“Der Riese” was the first

Netflix releases new shows this fall TAYLOR BULLOCK STAFF WRITER

With autumn finally here, favorite fall activities are piquing many students interests, from enjoying pumpkin spice lattes to hitting all the haunted houses in the state with friends. Other students would much rather stay at home and enjoy Netflix.

Whether you’re into thrillers, comedies or dramas, Netflix has something for you.

“I’d like to quit thinking of the present, like right now, as some minor insignificant preamble to something else.”

If that quote rings a bell, you’re likely a lover of underrated classics.

“Dazed and Confused” is one of the many iconic films of the ‘90s recently added by Netflix.

It covers all viewpoints of high school, from the freshman to the seniors. The movie follows students through the last day of school

and the night to follow.

“Dazed and Confused” has it all: the drama, the love and the partying of the ‘70s. It’s a great film to add to your watch list.

For those into series about mysterious epidemics, there’s a new show for that too. “Containment” is an American drama tv series available on Netflix on the 21st. The series revolves around a sudden epidemic outbreak in Atlanta. The outbreak leaves a number of people quarantined and journalist Leo, played by Trevor St. John, to uncover the truth.

Also coming in late October is Netflix original, “I Am the Pretty Thing That Lives In the House.” The movie is centered around a young nurse who scares easily.

In her case it shouldn’t be too hard, considering the dark secrets within the film. She ends up caring for an unwell horror novelist in a house

that may be haunted.

With the weather cooling down, this is the perfect time to get your friends together and hang out watching new series such as “Stranger Things,” the original Netflix series written

by Matt and Ross Duffer. It follows the disappearance of a pre-teen boy and the help of a telekinetic girl named Eleven, along with other unusual happenings in the town. It’s a bit of a thriller and is perfect if you plan on doing nothing for your Halloween.

Netflix has a wide variety of new releases for you this season, including the titles listed above, plus “A Cinderella Story,” “London Has Fallen” and “The Uninvited.” With over 50 recently added films and shows, feel free to binge watch Netflix all fall. And, if you don’t have a Netflix just know, “It’d be a lot cooler if you did.

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official map that included an official Easter egg to kick off the story line.

All four of the World at War maps became major hits and instant classics.

They would set the stage for the rest of the Zombies epic.

About two years after World at War was released, “Call of Duty Black Ops” was introduced to the gaming world. This would be Treyarch’s second ever game with the Zombies mode. With each map, new storyline pieces were placed and were out to be discovered by the many Zombies fans.

New maps included parts for buildable machines that would help the player achieve the Easter egg and higher rounds. Many new perks were also introduced as well as updated weapons. Boss fights were introduced in a small scale for the first time too. “Black Ops” also ushered in the alternate zombies mode known as “Dead Ops Arcade,” which was simple arcade like mode where a player

would control the character in third person and try to survive the undead in a new fashion.

Another long time period would pass by and finally “Black Ops 2” would come out. This would also be the third edition of Zombies.

“Black Ops 2” offered little in storyline at the time of its peak; however, it would bring in the banking system and the first ever full-scale boss fight.

The majority of the game was based with other characters who would assist the four main characters achieve their goal.

However, in the last map of the game, “Origins,” the four main characters returned and gave the players a hint about the new storyline to be discovered when the next Zombies game was released which would be about two years later.

Finally, “Black Ops III” was debuted in late 2015. This game would feature the ending of the Zombies storyline. It would be the first game to give player challenges and “GobbleGums” (a

small powerup that could give the player various new abilities ).

The DLCs were slow to come but never failed to be rich in content for the players. With each new map, the focus was to draw closer to the final fight with the creator of the evil: The Shadowman. Now, the final ever Zombies map, “Revelations,” has been released. The first Easter egg of the many promised has been found and has disappointed the large crowd of fans to Zombies. However many still search for clues that could lead to an alternate ending. An ending that would allow the game to truly be concluded and put to rest forever.

Yet Zombies will always be one of Treyarch’s biggest successes. Many players will most likely return to the game that created the some of the most challenging and satisfying experiences a videogame has ever delivered.

Choir kicks off performance season

Members of the Pops choir performed several songs throughout their first concert of the year last Thursday.

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MIKAYLA LARKIN BLUE M ORGANIZATIONS EDITOR

The Manhattan High School Choir kicked off the year with its first concert at Manhattan High in Rezac Auditorium last Wednesday. All the groups combine sang a total of 15 songs.

The choir has dedicated a lot of time to prepare for the concert.

“We’ve been working on those song for a very long time. I think it all came together tonight,”

senior Sydney Morrison said.

Due to the block scheduling at MHS, the choir was not able to rehearse for the concert the day of the performance. But according to the performers, that didn’t have a negative impact on the show.

“It went really, really well,” senior Emily Augustine said.

Senior Trey Hafen agreed.

“I feel like the concert went really good for our

first concert,” he said.

For freshman Nathan Paukstelis, it was his first high school performance.

“It’s been a very good start to the year and I hope it goes on,” he said.

The vocal music area has many strong voices that will continue to perform throughout the year at various events.

“The choir has a strong group this year,” senior Kaylee Fritchen said. “I’m excited for the months to come.”

tiled floors and rotten wood panels.

The enemies largely consist of barely recognizable humanoid women with knives, men clad in trench coats with sidearms, and clowns that bum rush you. Their textures are in the same state of the environment, but it only serves to improve the desolated, chaotic and grim atmosphere.

Enemy animations often have peons teleporting and zipping everywhere, surprising from every angle, only cementing the fear that you’re surrounded and all hope is lost. The freakish blood spattered clowns with legs rotating

like wheels on bicycle like the Roadrunner only further pound the nail in.

The only real fault in Unloved lies with its endings. You’re fully loaded on weapons, ammo and upgrades; but unlike others playing, who bring parties of friends to cooperate with, you came alone. The exit to the level is most likely impossible. You’re in the elevator to your escape, tasked with holding E while aiming in a certain degree to the button (or else it won’t even appear), while fending off the hordes of hellions flinging projectiles like lead and fireballs. If you want to hold E, you can’t veer far enough to gun

down any demons, and the cage isn’t bullet proof itself. You’re left with hope either that they all miss long enough for the contextual prompt’s excruciating slow bar to fill up, or that you can take enough of them out for there to be a break in spawning long enough for the prompt to end.

Unloved is $14.99 on Steam, and with appropriate pricing in mind, I’d give the game a 7 out of 10.

It’s incredibly fun alone, and an absolute blast with friends, though not without its own fundamental flaws.

‘DOOM II’ mods released out for fans on ‘Steam’ JEREMY WOOLEVER STAFF WRITER

A complete recreation of the DOOM II mod released on Steam on Sept. 29, and it’s actually pretty good.

As it is a remake of a DOOM II mod, the gameplay is almost identical. You’re tasked with sweeping through a chaotic maze for items such as color coded door keys, and eventually, the key to the elevator -- that being your escape and the end of the level.

The levels are randomized every time you play them, and they can seem confusing, but the flow is generally consistent and fluid. Items such

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as ammunition, health and upgrades are scattered throughout levels.

Upgrades are something that are new to the title; they’re non-permanent and restricted to the level, often refined to increasing fire speeds, reload speeds, or giving damage increases.

They aren’t hard to come by as they are scattered everywhere, and by the end of the level, you’re typically a fully loaded pleb killing machine, making sweeping back through the decayed maze a breeze.

The meat of the game is in the enemies. Unloved by heart is a horror title to an extent only in its atmosphere and

vation to research and present STAR Events, but other club members say passion drives them.

“I’m taking website design right now, and I’ve always wanted to build a website so I thought, ‘why not try?’” Eilert said.

setting, but it sure does have its moments.

Graphically, the game is not pretty by any means. It is really ugly.

For a UE4 title, texture resolutions are very low and pixelated, making something on the UE2 engine look like a modern day marvel. The blue hued fog that forms in a visible circle around your character in the dark only serves to break the immersion as well.

However, this doesn’t necessarily bode badly for the game. In fact, it makes it all the better.

The environments often consist of metal walls with striped rust peeling off like dead skin, or gritty and musty cement

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SCIENCE rules

Sightings, occurrences of extraterrestrial life DAVID FLITER ONLINE EDITOR-INCHIEF

When it comes to science, space is one of the most mysterious subjects. Even more of a mystery comes with the question, are we alone in the Universe? Do we live day to day unbeknownst of extraterrestrial life exploring each and every one of our moves? The thought of otherworldly beings living among us is terrifying and almost impossible to some, but certain events exist to make us dwell on our spot in the universe.

Roswell incident, New Mexico, 1947 After a severe thunderstorm, rancher W.W. Brazel and a son of the Proctor family rode out to a pasture to check up on how the ranch’s sheep were doing. On their way, they came across strange debris covering a large area. Upon investigating, they discovered a trench burrowed deeply across the ground that was over a hundred feet long. After Brazel brought home the debris he collected, the Proctor family suggested that he had found pieces of an otherworldly spacecraft.

After consulting with

military personnel, it was revealed that the military had been tracking an unidentified flying object, and that it had crashed over 40 miles northwest of Roswell. Major Jesse Marcel investigated the debris, describing them as “I” beam structures with strange, indecipherable characters on them.

The strangest thing he discovered is that the material could not bend or break and that they were virtually weightless. After bodies h a d b e e n found within the crashsite, an official press release was put out that the military had discovered wreckage of a UFO.

Mercury Theatre on Air” had a Halloween special known as “The War of the Worlds,” an adaptation of H.G. Well’s classic book of the same name.

T h e broad-

From a young age we are taught what a scientific discovery is supposed to look like.

Months to years of research, endless trial and error until finally, Eureka! But that is not always the case. Plenty of brilliant scientific discoveries were complete accidents Penicillin: The most talked about happy accident in the science world, this revolutionary medicine was discovered simply because of some dirty dishes. After a Scottish scientist had been studying Staph Infection, he discovered a fungus that had killed all the bacteria in his culture. Thus this life-changing medicine was born.

Velcro: The stuff that

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thought that a legitimate martian invasion was being reported.

The cause of the confusion stemmed in the fact that many people tuned into the station during a musical intermission in another program and did not realize that the broadcast they were listening to was fiction and not actually happening as they sat comfortably in their homes.

Kenneth Arnold incident Widely regarded as the first famous UFO incident and the beginning o f the

War of the Worlds radio panic Back in 1938 on October 30, a radio broadc a s t known a s “The

Scientific breakthroughs that happened unintentionally SAVANNAH CHERMS TRENDING EDITOR

cast incited mass paranoia, panic and fear in the population as peop l e

held your shoes in place as a kid was actually inspired by burrs found in the woods. Swiss engineer Georges de Mestra was hiking when he noticed these little plants had hooks that were clinging to anything with a loop shape. He took this design home and revolutionized the fashion industry for better or worse.

Frosted Flakes: What we know today to be a delicious sugary cereal came to be by chance. After the creator of Kellogg had left some wheat boiling for too long he noticed the wheat had become flaky. After cooking the wheat longer the Kellogg family had created a brand new cereal.

Playdough: While now we know it as something that gets smooshed into carpets of homes across the globe, Play-

dough started out as a cleaning product.

Originally marketed as a wallpaper cleaning product, it quickly became a source of entertainment for schoolaged kids everywhere.

The twist of marketing is what saved the company and has kept it afloat ever since.

Microwaves: Developed at its heart during World War II, radar found a new purpose when a company called Raytheon took to finding a new use for the technology. After one scientist noticed the candy bar in his pocket had melted after working on the premature microwave. Then, as all good scientists do, he conducted more experiments using popcorn kernels. From there, the conventional oven was born.

modern UFO era, the Kenneth Arnold incident occurred at Mount Rainier, Washington, in 1947 as the man himself, Kenneth Arnold, reported his sightings of UFOs while flying his plane. He described them as being high speed and was actually falsely reported saying they moved like saucers across water, which is where the term flying saucer originated.

Aliens in the B.C. Scribes of the pharaoh Thutmose III reported him saying he witnessed fiery disks hovering across the sky.

This recording is known as the Tulli Papyrus and is often cited as the first recorded evidence of alien spacecraft.

Cape Girardeau UFO crash In one of the most mysterious cases of potential UFO crashes, an entire town’s first responders and fire department were forced into silence about an unidentified vessel that crashed into the town.

Military personnel removed all evidence from the incident, so the situation remains shrouded in mystery.

Top five medical discoveries in 2016 JEREMY WOOLEVER STAFF WRITER

Every year, there are medical breakthroughs from thorough research and testing. In no particular order, here are the top five advances this year:

Brain-limb connection

The problem with prosthetics has always been the method of controlling them, as prior implants were somewhat spotty. New research has made progress in that one would no longer have to concentrate on individual tasks, but accomplish them passively just like a normal limb; without putting much active effort into the action.

3D printing

3D is a recent technological advance that allows someone to use blueprints to “print” complex objects in three full dimensions. The use of this technology has ranged from endless recreational items such as toys, costume parts and weapons. Most recently however, its uses have been turned to the medical side. In some relation to the above, prosthetic limbs such as hands and legs have been printed, and there are now a few organizations focusi n g o n honi n g and improving the technology specifically for the purpose of creating prosthetics. These advances are also being used to help animals, like a prosthetic foot for a duck or a new wheelchair for puppies everywhere.

Immunotherapy

Traditional cancer treatments such as chemotherapy leave patients

with loss of hair and other ailments from side effects. Immunotherapy seeks to be a more effective and pleasant alternative treatment by clamping down on the body’s immune system, which cancer has a tendency of running into t h e

ground, by putting so much pressure on it that it just gives out, making the patient more susceptible to illnesses like colds and the flu. This new method has been introduced in hopes of alleviating some of the extra pain patients face.

Tau PET

The Tau PET is a new technique for treating Alzheimer’s patients by finding the Tau protein in the brain. The disease leads to a mass accumulation of the protein, and eventually the death of it. With this diagnostic tool, the disease will be much easier to find and combat, and the creation of drugs to combat the disease would be less difficult as well.

spired by prior research in which the drug Metformin had lengthened the life in animals. This enables researchers to learn more about diseases such as Alzheimer’s with less pressure from time constraints.

Augmented Reality

An Augmented reality lens has been developed by Google that will allow a person to view glucose levels and is predicted to revol u tionize the field of diabetic research. The lens is also said to be a great help to medical students who are doing long dissections and studies without the smell of formaldehyde and human cadavers.

Artificial Retinas

The life of a legally blind person could be forever changed with the new technology of artificial retinas. A small implant would be inserted and would allow the user to have their vision back entirely along with a pair of eyeglasses to ensure optimal results.

The implant would also encourage cell regrowth through electrical charges that will not be felt by the wearer. The technology will be available later this year.

Artificial Skin TAME

A new clinical trial called TAME, or Targeted Ageing with Metformin, is set to occur next winter. The hope of this trial is to stop or decrease the process of ageing to not just lengthen life, but to stop or slow down the path to age-related health issues and diseases. The idea of this trial was in-

Skin graphs just got an upgrade. Scientists out of Massachusetts have discovered what they have dubbed “second skin.” The material mimics the look of smooth, youthful skin, but it gets better than that. The polymer material is also in the works of being able to repair itself.