Volume 102 Edition 17

The mentor Vol. 102 Issue 17 | Manhattan High School | Feb. 10, 2015

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Homecoming lives ‘happily ever after’ Danielle Cook Entertainment Editor

Homecoming King and Queen Nicholas N. Clark and Megan Ochoa converse after receiving their crowns and sashes.

PHOTO BY CORA ASTIN

This year’s Disney-themed Winter Homecoming proved to be truly magical for Manhattan High students who participated in annual events such as the door-decorating contest, special dress-up days, the shopping cart parade and other events pertaining to the pep rally.

“Pep rallies are a great way to get everyone in the know about all the sports going on and getting people pumped up for the basketball games. It’s also an event that allows competitions and club participation. It’s a whole lot of fun and really promotes school spirit,” junior Andrea Lu said. “I do enjoy the performances and the relay race. It’s always fun to see everyone get together and excited for the basketball games. Plus, it doesn’t hurt to get out of class every once in a while.”

Throughout the busy week filled with Disney whimsy, various MHS clubs and groups worked hard create unique door and shopping cart designs in hopes to win the doordecorating contest and/or the grand prize in the shopping cart parade.

“We decorated our door and our cart and the theme we picked was multicultural Disney princesses,” junior Rebekah Hennesy, Heritage Panel president, said. “We’re excited that we finished our float.

It took us about two hours for two days after school. But there was a lot of scheduling conflicts so we almost didn’t get it done on time. It didn’t turn out horrible; that’s always

a plus.”

For most, the activities of Winter Homecoming Week served as an opportunity to boost school spirit in preparation for Friday’s Homecoming basketball games and crowning of the 2015 Winter Homecoming King and Queen.

“I felt that it was a great way to excite the people who go and support school sporting events and was overall just a good time for everyone else,” junior Carter Nelson said. “I don’t know how good they [pep rallies] are for the school or sports, but I do think they do alleviate some anxiety that classes can put on students.”

The spirit of Homecoming week came to an enchanting close as seniors Nicholas N. Clark and Megan Ochoa were crowned 2015 Winter Homecoming King and Queen, following a win against Topeka West for the girls basketball team and followed by a win against Topeka West for the boys basketball team.

“I just thought it was kind of funny because you always have those moments where you have a really good moment, but there’s always something that’s kind of disappointing about it, and just the fact that when I did get the crown it fell off, and you’re always going to have moments like that aren’t totally perfect, but that just makes those moments more real, which makes them even better,” Ochoa said.

Every fairytale has its unplanned, imperfect moments, but each ends “happily ever after,” and Manhattan High Homecoming 2015 was no exception.

CTE students participate in State CTE Day in Topeka Darian Foga-Frehn Staff Writer

Senior FFA representative Darian Foga-Frehn and sophomore FCCLA representative Angie Moss answer a legislator’s questions about FFA and FCCLA opportunities at Manhattan High School.

PHOTO BY JOSEPH SELL

Yesterday, three students participating in various Career and Technical Student Organizations at Manhattan High went to the Capitol to be part of the State CTE Day. The group of students and journalism teacher Kristy Nyp drove to Topeka to the capitol building to set up a display for the school CTE program.

“They had a CTE fair in the rotunda so they had booths that were from CTE organizations, from high schools that have pathways and from some post secondary schools that had different CTE tracks,” Nyp said. “It gave us an opportunity to talk to our legislators as they were passing through the rotunda and other state officials. It was nice to be able to explain what CTE is.”

The students informed legislators on the happenings of

their CTE pathways.

“Legislators came and looked at it and one of them talked to us. I got to talk about video, our website, and what we do as a staff here,” senior and journalism representative Joseph Sell said.

The students and Nyp were also able to see what paths other schools had and how they implemented them.

“It was nice to see what the other schools did and see how their pathways differed with what we do here,” Nyp said.

“It was interesting to see the pathways that we don’t have here that others do and also compare how other AV communications pathways function compared to ours.”

For Sell, it was not only a good opportunity to talk about journalism in the CTE pathway, but it was a prime opportunity to learn about how the state Senate works as well.

“My favorite part was when

we got to go see the Senate in session,” Sell said. “I am really interested in politics in general and it was really interesting to see how they interacted. I found it really enjoyable.”

Besides getting to talk to Senate and House of Representative members, participants went through various displays made by other schools representing their CTE programs.

“I learned that Senate meetings don’t last long,” sophomore and FCCLA Representative Angie Moss said. “I didn’t realize how many schools were like us, like Goddard High has a similar yearbook program, and it was cool to talk to Wamego about FCCLA.” Students also got to meet Governor Sam Brownback himself and had the opportunity to talk and take pictures with him.

“It was definitely a good experience,” Moss said. “I liked See CTE on page 5

Kiwanis recognizes academic success of seniors with high GPAs Elassia Cunningham Staff Writer Kiwanis Club of Manhattan honored Manhattan High seniors with a cumulative grade point average of 3.5 or higher for their scholastic achievements on Feb. 4.

Michael Dorst, senior principal, congratulated the group on their academic success.

“That’s definitely an accom-

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plishment,” Dorst said. “It’s a lot of hard work and a lot of peer support on your part. We see you studying, and working, and choosing a path to better yourself.”

According to Dorst, the honors ceremony marks the beginning of the graduation process for seniors. Out of the 400 seniors at MHS 177 seniors have been recognized for their academic achievement.

“That’s a lot of hard work,” Dorst said. “You guys are really a class that’s done that.”

Kiwanis Club of Manhattan presented each student with a certificate and personal “Kpad.”

“We just want to encourage you to stay involved in the community somehow,” senior honors chairperson Kent Foster said.

Though the ceremony was

simplified to an assembly during the school day, senior Katie Dixon and senior Madeline Wilson were still happy to be recognized for their hard work. “[Being recognized is important] because it’s a milestone of the accomplishments that I’ve always been working for,” Wilson said. “Besides getting scholarships and colleges saying, ‘hey, you have a good

GPA’, it’s another thing that kind of affirms that, yeah, I have been working really hard and all of it is leading towards something worthwhile.”

Dixon agrees that being recognized for academic success is significant.

“It basically means I've tried really hard all these years and I've put some effort into it and I'm glad that some people were able to acknowledge that.

. . this is actually good to be recognized for trying,” Dixon said.

Wilson and Dixon both attribute their accomplishments to self-determination.

“Being able to have a good future [pushes Wilson to work hard],” Wilson said. “Part of it is just wanting to be able to afford college. And part of it is that I’ve always just been a See Kiwanis on page 5

More than 100 cases of measles reported in US this year

cine because their parents are “anti-vaxx.” As such, it has been stated by public health officials that vaccinations are safe, and they work. The antivaccination movement is getting large enough to reverse advances in the reduction or elimination of certain diseases.

northern Syria, intending to avenge the life of the pilot.

ISIS then claimed that Jordan’s bombings killed an American woman held hostage by the group.

hold on same-sex marriage.

Judge Callie v. Granade of Federal District Court in Alabama ruled in January that the Alabama ban on same-sex marriage was unconstitutional, but she put a hold on her order until Monday to give the state time to appeal. There are now 13 states left that ban same-sex marriage.

main unaccounted for, while 15 people survived, authorities said.

As crews continue the search, more revelations have emerged on what led to the crash. According to Taiwan’s aviation safety agency, before the plane took off they were dealing engine problems. The pilots received a series of alerts while they were in the cockpit, starting with an alarm related to one of the engines and followed by five stall warnings as the plane lost thrust.

The outbreak of measles -- more than 100 cases in the United States so far -- has ignited a nationwide discussion about the safety, importance, and requirement of measles vaccination. The majority of these cases are related to one outbreak linked to Disneyland in California and at a daycare in Chicago. All of the cases involve children younger than one who are too young for routine measles vaccination.

These infants were put at risk because of older children who didn’t receive the measles vac-

ISIS burns hostage alive; Jordan responds In response to ISIS burning Jordanian pilot Lt. Muath alKaseasbeha live on video, Jordan has executed two jihadists, including a prisoner whose freedom had been sought by the Islamic State militant group. Jordan also bombed

Same-sex marriage legalized in Alabama Alabama became state number 37 to legalize samesex marriage this Monday despite an attempt from the state’s chief justice to block the weddings. As weddings occurred across the state, some Alabama officials lamented the Supreme Court decision, which denied a request by the Alabama attorney general to extend a

Taiwan plane crashes The death toll from a TransAsia Airways plane crash in Taiwan has been raised to 40 as details have emerged that both engines lost power.

Flight 235 (with 58 people on board) crashed into a river in Taipei shortly after takeoff last Wednesday. Three others re-

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Sports Illustrated sacrifices quality for profit THIS EDITORIAL IS A COMPILATION FROM A DISCUSSION HELD BY THE EDITORIAL BOARD. TO LISTEN TO THE CONVERSATION THAT LED TO THIS PIECE, VISIT WWW.MHSMENTOR.COM Sports Illustrated has been in the spotlight a lot recently -- both good and bad. Many headlines have been praising

them for their first-ever plus sized model in their swimsuit edition (never mind that she’s a model in a paid advertisement, not actually for the magazine); however, they also laid off all of their photographers.

In a statement made to News Photographer magazine regarding the termination of its remaining six photographers, SI’s director of photography Brad Smith claimed the

cuts to be just a part of the company needing to “restructure various departments” and that the magazine will uphold its standards for coverage, it will just be relying on freelance photographers to do so.

The Mentor editorial board met to discuss the fate of the journalism profession when such cuts continue being made and the field grows continually less stable. It’s no secret that the

Question of the Week: “It’s a reminder that society expects us to be miserable if we aren’t romantically linked to another human,” senior Madeline Wilson, @MadelineLady17

“I’m mostly confused on how the tradition started when the holiday comes round,” senior Noah Schnee, @noahschnee

What are your feelings about Valentine’s Day?

“It’s nice to celebrate love,” senior Connor Bliss, @connorblissful

“It’s a day filled with me whining to ease my pain that I have no one,” freshman Emma Landsowne, @epicemma55

“All the hearts are just upside down butts,” senior Xavier Hayden, @Hayvah “Commercial holiday that’s kind of annoying if you’re not in a relationship but then chocolate is on sale the next day so how bad can it really be,” junior Emma Galitzer, @em_galaxy

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Your friend tells you they like a new song on the radio but you don’t so you say “kill yourself.”

Well isn’t that the common thing to say now a days? It is, and it’s the most unfortunate thing about our society. With the loss of significant people like Robin Williams and a fellow Manhattan High student whose deaths by suicide were not but in the last seven months, why would we have the nerve to use that phrase?

Because it’s so frequently used in our school, it is thought to be an expression of sarcasm and humor. It is used for comedy shock value, but for some people it’s just the shock. How would you feel if you told someone to kill themselves as a joke, not knowing what they were already going through, and they went

through with it the next day?

Whether you were the reason or not, you would still feel bad, right? I would never be able to live with myself and I don’t think many of you would either. Death by suicide is one of the most tragic things for a family to go through and you never know who you could offend by saying it. To you it is just a surface joke but to the person to your left, it is deeper than that.

Another thing I found to be common is the hand signal of a gun in which you hand to someone to express the phrase “kill yourself.” Let’s think deeper than that. Did you know that over half of all suicides are completed with a firearm? For some people, guns are an easily accessible weapon in the household. It’s easy to act on your impulse with it, and it’s thought to be a quick and painless death. But is it? For the suicide victim it

actually employ people to take them. It’s also inappropriate and wrong for SI to no longer provide those photographers with a steady income simply because they can. Providing benefits to employees is a requirement and while it may be taking more money from your company it’s necessary. They shouldn’t be firing personnel to avoid fulfilling obligations they have as employers.

Vaccinations not the problem

Modern medical acheivements save lives

A baby just got vaccinated for this disease that would kill him if he ever got it. However for some reason after getting that vaccine the baby seems to not be developing correctly.

The child is taken to the doctor and the doctor realizes that this child has a mental disorder.

I’m sure everyone has heard this story before, the “my child was fine until he was vaccinated” story.

However it is highly unlikely that the vaccination caused the child to develop the mental illness. In fact because most mental illnesses are caused through genetics, it is impossible for a vaccine to cause your child to be mentally disabled.

There are plenty of mental and developmental disorders that can show up later on in your life. For example, According to the Huntington’s Disease Society of America

Huntington’s disease will not show up at the birth of a child but will later on start to effect a normally-functioning human, eventually leading them to be unable to care for his or herself.

Another example is autism, which according to the Autism Society can develop within the first six years of a child’s life. This is the most common claim to anti-vaccinators claiming that vaccinating will give your child autism. It is most likely just a coincidence that after being vaccinated for a certain disease that a child is diagnosed with autism. In fact the Center for Disease Control and Prevention sites measles as a disease that can lead to mental disorders.

In addition, the public figures who continuously go out and speak out against vaccination need to stop. Most of the public figures who do go out and speak have no degree in the fields of biology or medicine, which leaves them no credibility to argue that one shouldn’t vaccinate their children.

If you haven’t heard about

this disease measles, I think you should look it up. Through vaccination we were able to almost eliminate it on United States soil until mid-December when a measles outbreak erupted in DisneyLand. The outbreak spread like wildfire and raised up to over 600 cases of measles last year. Measles can cause pneumonia which will kill your child. However, if your child is vaccinated you help prevent the spread of this disease and will prevent the untimely death of your child.

According to the CDC, worldwide every year 20 million people will be diagnosed worldwide with measles, primarily from areas that do not have the vaccination. An average of 17 people will die from measles every hour. In the US, before the incident at Disney, the average number of incidents since 2000 was around 100 with a low in 2004 of 37 people.

In conclusion, vaccinate your children to prevent the spread of diseases. It worked to prevent polio from spreading ever again and can lead to the extinction of other diseases.

Accountability in teaching.

It’s an idea that pops up a lot when politicians talk about education.

Recently, teachers have been put under a microscope.

There are many in the Kansas government that argue that they are not doing enough.

Benefits, such as the right to challenge a dismissal and tenure, have been attacked. Funding to education is getting slashed at an alarming rate.

On top of all this, if students underperform, it’s usually the teachers that gets the brunt of the blame. No matter the obstacles or setbacks that have to be faced, it always comes down to the teacher. They are the ones that seem to be held accountable for any issues that occur.

But maybe it’s time we

started holding the Kansas government accountable.

Recently, Kansas Senator Forrest Knox of Altoona proposed a bill with the purpose of eliminating Common Core standards from the state of Kansas. Knox cited “the fear of Federal outreach” as one of the primary reason for the bill’s creation. This is emphasized in the bill’s passage that bans Kansas from adopting any standards from outside organization. This could directly affect AP classes, which rely on the nationwide standards set by the College Board. If passed, education standards would be pushed back to those of 2010 for two years until a new set of special Kansas standards could be put into place.

The power in education that would be given to the state via this bill would be immense.

What reasons do we have to trust the state to make these major decisions in education?

The Kansas Legislature has been sued multiple times for failure to pay the proper funds,

set forth by the state constitution, to multiple school districts. Despite this, major state budget cuts to education are looming due to financial shortfall caused by government irresponsibility.

To sum it up, Kansas hasn’t been handling education properly but there are those in power that insist on having even more control over it.

Love it or hate it, the Common Core sets in place a standard that all states can be compared to. Under these standards, if Kansas significantly falls short of the national average due to it’s funding for education, it will show.

How will Kansas compare to North Dakota for example, a comparable Republican ruled state that raised their education funding to record highs last year? Under its own standards, it would become even more difficult to hold Kansas accountable for its failure to properly support education.

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Suicide not subject for jokes or ridicule: be considerate of others’ experiences Michaela Vick Guest Columnist

consumers; however there are other places funds can be cut.

No doubt the company has several persons in executive positions that could be paid less or even eliminated by combining responsibilities.

Terminating their photographers is detrimental to their credibility and reputation. The magazine can’t uphold their tradition of having incredible photos when they no longer

Letting go of Common Core dangerous leap of faith

“lol” senior Sydney Bannister, @sydbann “It’s corporations tricking consumers into believing that if they don’t buy their s/o chocolates they are bad life partners!!” senior Trevor Bashaw, @flirtydad

demand for print newspapers and magazines is diminishing.

Our generation is too heavily dependent on technology to observe a need for a physical news source when the same content and information can be absorbed from the screen of a smartphone, laptop or TV. We understand the issues news organizations may be faced with financially when it’s becoming so difficult to attract

might be, but what about the family?

The aftermath of suicide within a family is a very complex and terrifying thing. Why would we take something so deep and turn it into something so simple and lightweight. Not only is it heartless to say to someone but it’s offensive too. I myself have experienced depression and have been in the shoes of those wanting to take their lives and have tried. When I get told this, it hits home with me and may with others too. Isn’t this generation not only about selflove but understanding of others too? I see it on Twitter and throughout my Tumblr feed.

It is preached by many kids in our generation to understand what others are going through and not to judge them.

Let’s take the knowledge that we retweet and reblog and put it into action. If we know this phrase could be offensive

to someone around you, let’s try not to say it. Even if you think you’re being funny, you never know who could take it more seriously. If you hear someone say it and it bothers you, don’t be afraid to tell them. Suicide and everything that comes with it is a very tragic and painful occurrence.

Next time you think about saying think of the impact you would make if that person struggled with depression or lost a family member or close friend to suicide.

Some of you aren’t here much longer, show love and compassion towards your peers and rid of the hatred and anger. If you or someone you know is battling with suicidal thoughts or actions don’t hesitate to tell a counselor or an authority figure you trust. And remember to be careful what you say -- you never know how your words can affect the people around you.

EDITORS: Kristen Batson -- Print Editor-In-Chief/Opinions Joseph Sell -- Online Editor -In-Chief Danielle Cook -- Entertainment/Content Editor Madeline Marshall -- News Editor Alan Brown -- Features Editor Greg Woods -- Sports Editor Tracy Le -- Trending Editor Anna Hupp -- Photo Editor Allison Clauss -- Cartoonist Senior Staff Writers/Photographers -- Madison Newman, John Rockey Staff Writers/Photographers -- Elassia CunninghamYounger, Darian Foga-Frehn, Eric Echegaray OTHER: Cora Astin, Barry Zhang Angie Moss -- Business Manager Kristy Nyp -- Adviser Circulation -- Kristyn Baker, David Clinkinbeard, Charlie Dickey, Karl Drown, Rachel Efken, Jordan Hatley, Colten Kirk, Joshua Kohls, Kendall Oatney, Megan Ritthisorn, Zane Smith, Darnel Stewart, Austin Tatum The Mentor is published each Tuesday that school is in session at Manhattan High School, 2100 Poyntz Ave. Manhattan, Kan. Telephone (785) 587-2114. More than 1,500 Mentors are printed each week and distributed free of charge to all faculty members and students. MHS journalists are members of the Kansas Scholastic Press Association. The Mentor is an open forum that accepts contributions from the public. E-mail us at mhsmentor@ gmail.com.

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Features

Baking and pastry competes in cupcake wars

Throughout last week, Lorena Ingmire’s Baking and Pastries class participated in Cupcake Wars, an activity in which students’ knowledge and skill of cake-baking and cake-decorating are put to the test against each other in friendly competition. Supervised by Ingmire, Baking and Pastries students researched and brainstormed winning cupcake recipes and designs and, in small teams, executed their cupcake creations. The teams’ cupcakes were judged and constructively criticized by judges on Friday.

“My favorite part is watching them figure out what they want to do and put it all together,” Ingmire said. “It’s entertaining to see how creative they get and I think they enjoy doing it.”

Juniors Anna Hegarty, Madi Fief and Jacklyn Dawson scored first place with a Disney’s “UP”-themed batch of cupcakes.

“Decorating was the most fun part. We were just looking through Pinterest to see what other people have done for cupcakes, and we saw some decorated with an ‘UP’ theme, and we thought it was really cute,” Hegarty said.

Winning cupcake wars was a surprise for the team, and all-in-all, Cupcake Wars proved to be a rewarding experience.

“We were surprised when we won, but we’re proud. It was just really fun,” Dawson said.

PHOTOS BY DANIELLE COOK

Married teachers experience Valentines Day Hodges, Klein get start in medical field Elassia Cunningham Staff Writer Valentine’s Day and high school.

When Valentine’s Day is associated with high school, the most common image is young students in “puppy love” sending each other cute cards and love letters. However, the students at Manhattan High are not the only ones in love.

The Hoyts, McClendons, Gonzalezs and Gittles are all married couples whom work together at MHS. Building principal Greg Hoyt and his wife Leslie Hoyt have worked at MHS for many years. Their romance began right here at MHS when they joined the staff.

“I had flowers delivered to her room the first day of school, and that kind of started our dating process,” Greg said.

Greg believes that working with his wife, a history teacher, is a luxury that most couples do not have.

“Just being able to walk down the hallway or up a flight of stairs and even just a twoto-three-minute face-to-face chat, as opposed to texting or sending an email, that’s a blessing, and that’s not something that all couples really have,” Greg said.

Like the Hoyts, Jari Gittle, Color Guard director, and her husband, head Band director Joel Gittle, fell in love

while working at MHS and have been a part of the faculty for over 20 years. They spend the first semester of each year together working with the marching band.

“I really enjoy it. Since we work with the same class, that’s interesting,” Jari said. “I don’t know a lot of people that work at the same place, even if it’s a company, that really get the opportunity to work as closely as we have.”

Orchestra and Jazz Band director Nate McClendon and his wife, English teacher Judy McClendon, taught together at a previous school before joining the MHS faculty. The McClendons have taught at MHS for over eight years.

Both Nate and Judy explained that being at school is like being at home.

“I think as long as we both stay teaching, we’re happy here,” Judy said. “Both of our children went here or go here, and that’s nice too.”

Nate enjoys occasionally joking with Judy during the school day.

“I love to joke, and one of the ways I show affection to people is by joking, so having my wife work at the same place allows me to constantly show my affection to her,” Nate said.

“Last semester, I took a class and we marched through her room, sometimes I’ll send musicians over there, sometimes I’ll just go and sit in her class

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and get them all riled up. I’ll just go in and start talking to them and get them all excited, and then I’ll just leave, and then she’s left with that.”

Judy enjoys teaching at MHS because it is more like a close community than just a school.

“It really feels like a family or a community to me; it’s very positive with both the students and the faculty and staff,”Judy said.

East campus security Carlos and Lucia Gonzalez began working together when Carlos joined the East campus faculty.

“I was working here about 10 years before him,” Lucia said. “He retired from the fire department so I asked him if he wanted to apply here as a security officer and he did.”

Working at East campus has given the Gonzalez’s extended time together, which Carlos enjoys.

“It’s great right now because for 28 years, I worked away from her in the fire department, and we were away every other day,” Carlos said. “So it’s pretty good.”

Lucia believes that are no bad parts when it comes to working with her husband.

“The good parts are that we get to drive into work together, and we work as a team,” Lucia said. “There really aren't any bad parts.”

You’re my bestfriend & I love you! you’re the bestest. I’m crying. :)

Adelle Sloan

Ever since I started Special Olympics, you’ve meant a whole lot to me. I’ve gotten a lot TO: MADISON ROSS better at basketball and track, and I’ve found a whole bunch of friends. In school, it’s been a pleasure seeing you in the mornings, and I’ve had the opportunity to sit with you at lunch a few times.

I love having you as my coach in Special Olympics and I love sharing a close bond. I hope this bond will last forever and I love your charming personality in school, the journalism room and in Special Olympics. Special Olympics has taught me to keep trying, and without you, I wouldn’t have the chance to keep soaring.

[clinic] as a CNA.” Hodges works for multiple doctors in the clinic as he assists with taking back patients for triage and vitals, removing their sutures or staples, and also helps in the scheduling of MRIs at Mercy hospital.

big learning experience.”

While Hodges was working in the clinic, Klein started in assisted living at Meadowlark Most high schoolers don’t Hills. As opposed to treating always find a fellow student injuries or conditions, Klein taking their patients’ pulses gets the residents started in or helping grandparents with their daily routine. their morning routine.

“I work Seniors in the mornAndy Hodges ing shifts, so I and Alex Klein help get them got their start up,” Klein said. following their “Some of the certifications residents have as nurses’ aides and found Certified nurse’s aides taking I think that’s just more aware- a daily schedwork soon af- the course through Manhattan ness of the fact that the course ule to shower.

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Area Technical College study is available.”

“I had al- independently at Manhattan With the certification coming shower whenways been High School four days out of after the students pass their ever they want interested in the week with clinicals every state test in May, students are or when they m e d i c i n e ,” Thursday at MATC. In April able to work in clinics and need to. I take Hodges said. of every year, the students start accomplishing different them to breakfast.

Some “And wanting will accomplish three sepa- tasks for nurses and doctors. to do that, I rate eight hour clinicals at the “I have a student that was go- need help eatfound the per- Via Christi Village. The $150 ing to continue to get their ing. It was fect opportu- course is a third of the cost of BSN (Bachelor’s of Science scary for me nity to get my most certification courses and and Nursing) and they wanted because I was CNA through is a dual credit course with the to be able to work in the field only 17 and I the school.” student able to earn five credit on weekends while they go to was the youngAs part of hours at MATC. college to get their Bachelor’s,” est person at CNA train- It’s exciting to know that we Rippert said. “So then that my work.”

But over ing, students can offer this to students tu- they could be working in the Klein participate in ition-free,” facilitator Heidi field and not just have some- time, a residency Rippert said. thing to put on their resume, saw herself beat Via Christi “Last year we only had nine have a foot in a door maybe at coming more Village as [students]. This year, we have a hospital or facility. So that af- comfortable in they finish the 18. We’re pretty excited hav- terwards, it keeps them famil- the job as she handles both course. Hodg- ing doubled the amount and iar with the terminology.” big and small es went from tasks for the geriatric care other residents that he par“I’m learning so much every as she thinks of her future in ticipated in for his certification to working in the same ortho- day,” Hodges said. “Every day medicine.

“My mom’s a nurse and I paedic sports clinic his father I learn a tremendous amount owns. His transition from the just from following. When the want to get into the medical retirement home to the clinic doctor says to examine the pa- field,” Klein said. “So it’s a good tient, the CNA will follow him way to get started and learn was difficult to start.

“Going into the job, I had in and there it’s almost doctor more about it. I’ve started reto learn [more],” Hodges said. training. And when you’re do- membering what the residents “I’m still learning everyday ing that, you get tremendous like to drink. Little things like how to work in an orthopaedic offers to see the X-rays. It’s a that are easier to do.”

John Rockey Senior Staff Writer

About certified nursing through MATC program

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Micah E. TO: JORDAN SHADBURN

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Sports

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Boys edge Topeka West in dramatic fashion

Sophomore Trevor Hudgins scans the T-West defense Friday night. Hudgins finished with 10 points and five assists, and teammates Pierson McAtee and Gabe Awbrey finished with 18 points apiece.

PHOTO BY CORA ASTIN Greg Woods Sports Editor It may not have been preferred, but it got the job done.

The Manhattan High (122) boys basketball team beat Topeka West Friday night, 55-48, despite shooting 8-for16 at the free throw line in the fourth quarter. Head coach Benji George wasn’t sure of the reason behind his team’s struggles at the line.

“We need to shoot more free throws in practice,” George said. “I think that we have better free throw shooters than that. I don’t know if it was a confidence thing, that their confidence got shaken after we missed the front end of two one-and-ones…. We hit enough late to keep the margin

at a point where were able to eek out a win.”

Senior Pierson McAtee and junior Gabe Awbrey both tallied 18 points in the win, and McAtee grabbed 11 rebounds as well. The senior was pleased with his performance after totaling just eight points and one rebound in Manhattan’s first meeting with the Chargers in December. “[The first game] was on my mind coming in,” McAtee said.

“It was a little bit [of] extra motivation.”

“Without speaking to him, I think that [McAtee] knew he had a subpar performance against [Topeka West] last time,” George said. “I think he was ready to show them and the crowd that he’s probably a better player, and he stepped

up for us big tonight.”

The first frame featured back-and-forth scoring as neither team was able to gain a significant lead. Manhattan held a two-point advantage at the end of one, 13-11.

The Chargers opened the second period on a 4-0 spurt off baskets from Josh Reynolds and Adrian Aguilar, but Manhattan sophomore Trevor Hudgins responded with a three-pointer to retake the lead for the Indians. Awbrey hit two of his four three-balls in the second frame, and Hudgins hit another one later in the quarter. Manhattan scored just one two-point basket in the frame against T-West’s zone defense, something George explained was a challenge for his team to play against.

“It’s hard for kids to play against a zone because there’s always going to be iffy shots available,” George said. “Sometimes we fell into the trap of taking those iffy shots. The times that we shot the good ones, on kickouts and skips, we were pretty successful…

It’s a hard mental game for kids. They have to be self-disciplined enough not to shoot iffy shots.”

Manhattan survived a 7-0 run from Topeka West to end the second quarter to take a 27-25 lead into intermission.

The third quarter was a low-scoring one, as Manhattan outscored the Chargers 10-7 but shot just 1-for-5 from beyond the arc. The Indians clung to a 37-34 lead heading into the final frame.

The Chargers began the fourth quarter on a 5-0 run from Aguilar alone, who hit his lone three-pointer of the game and retook the lead for T-West at 39-37. Reynolds, who stands 6-foot-7 and scored 10 points, then fouled out and the Indians went on a 7-0 run. McAtee said the stretch impacted the game in terms of rebounding. “[Reynolds] is such a shot-blocking presence, and especially rebounding late,” McAtee said. “It’s tough to get offensive rebounds, and to get him out of the game was really good. Gabe rebounding, and Grant Munsen, especially late, he got a bunch of big boards.”

Munsen grabbed five rebounds total and made three of his four free throws in the fourth quarter, and explained

that he was comfortable shooting foul shots.

“I was [comfortable] today,” Munsen said. “I felt comfortable; I shot well all week. I was really comfortable up there at the line.”

Manhattan hosts Shawnee Heights tonight, the lone undefeated Centennial League team.

“We’re going to have to be ready to go [Tuesday],” George said. “I know the guys are already excited about [the game]; they’re already talking about it. They want a good crowd here Tuesday night because Shawnee Heights is a heck of a team.”

Girls pull away from Chargers in second half Greg Woods Sports Editor

Junior Tarrah Bammes goes up for a shot Friday night against Topeka West.

PHOTO BY CORA ASTIN

There weren’t many offensive standouts Friday night, and that proved to be a nonissue.

Behind 12 Lady Indian scorers, the Manhattan High girls basketball team used a dominant third quarter to pull away from Topeka West and rout the Chargers, 56-31. Head coach Scott Mall said the third quarter, in which Manhattan (11-3) outscored T-West 21-9, was a game changer.

“I thought we played a little more team basketball [in the third quarter],” Mall said.

“Girls who were passing up shots in the first half looked for them a little more. And some girls who were focused on where they could score went back to hitting open teammates. I thought that made a big difference.”

Friday’s outcome was significantly different from the teams’ first meeting this season: the Lady Indians trounced the Chargers 72-22 on Dec. 12.

Mall explained that a few factors were to blame for the difference in results.

“The last time we played

[Topeka West], we came out and shot the ball really, really well,” Mall said. “In this game, we didn’t…. In the first half, [we] missed a lot of, it seemed like, underneath shots either right under the basket or within six or eight feet that we haven’t missed before, so that helped a lot. And then some little things. The girls realize how things went against Topeka West [in the first game] so their focus wasn’t quite as high as it has been other games.”

Manhattan took a 15-6 lead after the first quarter, and scored just six points in the ensuing frame. With just three made field goals in the period, MHS held a 21-12 advantage at halftime.

“I thought our team play wasn’t as good as it could be [in the second quarter],” Mall said. “We missed a lot of shots.

We got some inside shots under the basket and couldn’t get them to roll in. We needed to go back to a little better team play.”

The nine-point lead for Manhattan ballooned to 21 after the third quarter. Runs of 7-0 and 5-0 helped the Lady Indians widen their lead, and senior Caroline Ballard scored

her first points of the game in the third frame. MHS led 4221 after three.

After gaining the large lead, Mall substituted in a few players who haven’t seen as much playing time this year. Manhattan players on the court at the end of the game included two juniors, a sophomore and one freshman. Mall said that he was happy with how they performed.

“I thought they came in and really played well,” Mall said. “They played for a little while against some of the other team’s starters and they did a good job of playing good defense, getting rebounds and being opportunistic on offense.”

Senior Amara Ehie paced Manhattan with 11 points to go along with eight rebounds, and explained that the team’s offense relies on movement.

“It makes our offense when we do get penetration,” Ehie said. “It gets people open and when we have a lot of movement, that’s when we’re at our best.”

The Lady Indians return to action tonight to host Shawnee Heights.

Two bowlers record personal bests at Junction City tournament Joseph Sell Online Editor-in-Chief Thursday’s bowling tournament at Junction City was marked with two of Manhattan High’s bowlers, sophomore Dustin Wichmann and junior Andrea Miller, shooting personal bests.

Wichmann shot a 684 series to win first as an individual. “[Shooting my personal best] felt really good,” Wichmann said. “It’s mostly just the coaching, the coaches helped line me up and then it was just executing the shot.”

This was Wichmann’s first win in a high school tourna-

ment. “[Winning] was a very nice feeling,” Wichmann said. “I’ve never won a tournament in high school before so it was very rewarding to feel my work has paid off.”

Miller shot a 563 to finish second as an individual. “[My score] was pretty

Swimming takes second at Manhattan Invitational Angie Moss Business Manager Manhattan High’s boys swim team’s hopes of winning the Manhattan Invitational last Saturday were lost after taking second to Maize High School.

The Manhattan Invite was the last regular season meet before the League meet as well as one of the biggest meets in the state with 16 teams competing.

“We knew coming in to the meet that there would be a lot of good teams like Maize and really I just expected to have

some good race times since our team’s been on taper for about a week now,” sophomore Nate Clark said.

Junior Ben Spielmen, a student from Clay Center who is on contract with MHS, has been scoring many points this season. Due to the contract, Spielmen in ineligible to compete for Manhattan at the League meet, which will result in a lack of points.

The swim team has been plagued with various injuries all season, making it difficult to be at their best for meets and the previous meet was

no exception. One swimmer missed several days of practice due to kidney stones and another fractured some toes, which affected his starts and kick in a negative way.

Although there have been difficulties with the injuries, the team is still confident in its chance at winning the League meet.

“If we can get over the injuries then having a healthy team along with tapering, we still stand a very good chance at winning League,” senior Derrek Williams said.

good,” Miller said. “I just wish that other people did better so that we could have done better as a team.”

Although the two bowlers shot very well, the conditions on the lane were different. “[The lane conditions] were different,” Miller said. “We’ve usually never shot on that shot

before, so it was a lot harder, but you just had to make the right adjustments.”

There were also individual struggle from the bowlers.

“I missed one spare that I probably shouldn’t have missed but other than that I thought I rolled the ball really well and hit my mark so it was

a good day,” Wichmann said.

The bowling team will next compete at 2:30 p.m. on Monday against Washburn Rural, Topeka High and GardnerEdgerton.

Wrestling finishes second behind Junction City John Rockey ATHLETE OF THE WEEK Senior Staff Writer The Centennial League meet came to down to Manhattan finishing second only to Junction City with 185.5 team points. Five Indian wrestlers took first place medals, three more took second and two more wrestlers finished at fourth place. Senior night is Wednesday as MHS hosts Seaman.

S at u rday ’ s res u lts 1. Junction City 2. Manhattan 3. Emporia 4. Seaman 5. Washburn Rural

6. Shawnee Heights 7. Highland Park 8. Topeka High 9. Topeka West 10. Hayden

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Sub Deb scores nearly $7,000 for charity Madeline Marshall News Editor The Kansas State University Alumni Center transformed into Paris at midnight as Manhattan High Students attended the annual Sub Deb dance Saturday.

“Sub Deb has been going on for a long time,” senior Matty Mahan said. “Each year girls get elected to be in the committee from the girls in the year before.”

The “Sub Deb girls” have been planning for months.

“Planning for the dance was somewhat stressful at times because there was lots to do especially the week of,” Mahan said. “We had to plan all decorations, buy them, organize all the ticket sales, reserve the DJ and organize all the parental chaperones.”

The annual girls-ask-guys dance was seen as a success by those running, but the attendees’ experiences varied.

“It went well,” Mahan said.

“Everything went as planned.

There weren’t any major issues.”

Others disagreed.

“It was awful,” sophomore Andrea Kelly said. “I would not go again next year. The music sucked. Unless you go with someone that is fun, it’s not really enjoyable.”

“Yes, it was lots of fun but I don’t think I would go again next year,” sophomore Isabel Dritz said.

Despite some people not enjoying the music, most people enjoyed the Sub Deb experience.

“It was very fun and I would definitely go again,” sophomore Blake Meis said. “The music selection was nice but I think there could have been more slow songs.”

All of the proceeds ($30 for each pair) of the dance went to charity.

“We made near $7,000 for charity and we will have more from previous fundraising.”

Manhattan High students pose for a selfie in lthe lobby of the Kansas State Alumni Center, just outside of the ball room where the dancing took place. photo by madison newman

Seniors Jack Cunningham and Madison Newman converse in the lobby of the Kansas State Alumni Center.

Seniors Zach Salem and Krystyn Winiecki dance at Sub Deb. photos by Cora Astin

‘Eye Candy’ thrilling mystery with message from all shows that Justice has starred in; maybe some people will look at that as a problem, but I think is important to see different characters in an actress or actor to see how good they really are, so this is Justice’s opportunity to do that, and I think she is doing just fine.

This show is creepy in a way, but also exciting, and if you are a fan of thrillers, such “Pretty Little Liars,” this show for you. I also like the fact that the show is not only interesting to see, but also gives a huge message to all those people that go into dating apps. I am not saying that’s a bad thing, but everything has its ups and downs, and this show portrays to the ups and the downs of going in online dates.

photo courtesy of MTV.com

“Eye Candy” is an MTV thriller series, adapted from R.L. Stine’s novel with the same name. The show portrays Victoria Justice, who you might know for the nickelodeon series “Victorious,” as Lindy, a young computer hacker, who, after her little sister’s abduction, has been trying to help people with similar problems by hacking into the her workplace’s system and getting illegal information.

Lindy lives in New York with her roommate/best friend Sophia, portrayed by Kiersey Clemons, who has been on Disney Channel in “Austin and

Ally” and “Cloud 9.”

The pilot episode introduces us to a serial killer stalking Lindy after she, persuaded by her best friend, goes into a dating app with Eye Candy as her username; that’s how he [the serial killer] got ahold of her.

After the serial killer murders her cop boyfriend, Lindy begins working with her friends, Tommy Halligan, (played by Casey Deidrick) who works at the New York Police Department, and George (played by Harvey Guillen), Lindy’s coworker, also a hacker, to use their hacker skills to find her stalker and investigate murders caused by the same app.

In my opinion, this is a really entertaining show. It has aired just five episodes, and has been a great hit. The show airs at 7 p.m. on Mondays.

“Eye Candy” is so different

(Ian Harding) as well as Jim McAllister (Matthew Broderick) and Tracy Flick (Reese Witherspoon) in “Election.” A new romance has made its way onto the big screen in “The Boy Next Door” and Jennifer Lopez happens to be the star.

J-Lo plays a newly single mother of a teenage son. Her character, Claire Peterson, also happens to be a high school teacher. Her romance starts out like any other, with innocent flirting. After a seemingly short time, things get steamy

between her and her love interest, Noah (Ryan Guzman).

She is unaware of how big the mistake she made is until Noah switches into her class and she realizes that Noah is still in high school.

Peterson then finds out that Noah is not only her student, but also aggressively attached to her. He begins to get obsessive and does anything he can to be around her. Noah soon becomes best friends with her son, Kevin (Ian Nelson), and begins to hang around the

house a lot. At the same time that this is happening, Peterson’s estranged husband Garrett (John Corbett) begins to wedge his way back into the family.

Later on in some twist, Noah shoots Kevin and kills Peterson’s boss Vicky (Kristin Chenoweth) at some point.

Every single thing that Peterson went through could have easily been avoided or fixed. I mean, the police do exist for a reason. I would call them if a 19-year-old boy is harass-

ing my family and constantly watching me.

I have high standards for anything that J-Lo is in, but this movie is disappointing.

Although it only had a $4 million budget and 25 days to shoot, almost every aspect of the movie could have been better.

Casting could have been better, too. Guzman is 27 and definitely looks it, despite the fact that his character is 19.

There was nothing thrilleing about the movie like I

had anticipated, either. Most of the events that took place were predictable and unoriginal. The entire movie was unrealistic. J-Lo is great and all, but what normal 19-year-old wants a middle aged woman and then gets obsessive over her? The plot is unrealistic and so is almost every event that happens.

In conclusion, “The Boy Next Door” was mediocre and could have been a lot better and more thought out.

Kiwanis from page 1

Dixon believes that working hard in school now will help her in college and her future career.

“It’s basically self motivation and like also the fact that I'm going to go to college and I want to try hard so I can get scholarships and stuff for that

and I want a good career in my future and I know that the more intellect I acquire the easier it will be for me to get a job or pick whatever route I want to go into,” Dixon said.

Senior Ben Lindsey believes that working hard in high school will be worth it in

the future.

“I know that if I work hard now the dividends will pay off later and that will pay into my plans for the future,” Lindsey said.

Overall, being recognized is important to some students and gives them motivation to

work harder.

“I have the warm fuzzies,” Wilson said. “I’ve done a good thing. It’s like when you’re a kid and your teacher gives you a nice gold star. It just feels like a nice gold star.”

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‘The Boy Next Door’ mediocre, not well-planned Everyone loves a controversial teacher-student romance.

Most of the time.

There is no doubt that this is a trend on screen -- you see it on the hit television show “Pretty Little Liars” between Aria (Lucy Hale) and Ezra

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hard worker. It’s kind of something that I just do. It’s never occurred to me to not to try to get good grades. It's just like I have a task that I am presented with and I am going do it to the best of my ability.”

CTE from page 1 taking a selfie with Governor Brownback and shaking his hand. How many people can say that? I also liked to see how the Senate operated and how Senate meetings happened.”

Due to the recent state budget cuts on education, Nyp felt it was important to inform their legislators, as well as Brownback, about the value of CTE in education at MHS. “CTE funding is tricky because some of it is from the

state and the rest is from a federal grant,” Nyp said. “One of the things that Governor Brownback emphasized in his first term was wanting every kid to choose and follow a pathway. We didn’t get any answers specifically about the funding [yesterday] but due to the budget cuts in education, it was nice to remind him of the priority he had set on CTE funding in the past. Hopefully he’ll remember that when they’re considering what areas to cut in education.”

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