April 2018

Red ‘n’ Green

MONDAY, APRIL 30, 2018

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VOLUME 50, ISSUE 8 222 Memorial Drive Berlin, WI 54923

A BERLIN HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT OPEN FORUM SINCE 1924 Newsbriefs Kalynn Wilson

Reporter

Red ‘n’ Green travels for awards Every yearThe Red ‘n’'Greenattends the Spring Journalism Conference hosted by the Northeastern Wisconsin Scholastic Press Association (NEWSPA). Editor-in-Chief, Caylie Krebs, and the staff sends out pieces of their work to be judged. Awards were handed out for first, second, third, and honorable mention.

The Red ‘n’ Green won multiple individual awards. The awards are certificates with the writer’s name, the piece submitted and the place the article receives.

Berlin is in the small school divison. Overall BHS won a Blue Ribbon for a Small School Newspaper, In-Class.

Two alumni from BHS spoke in a key note panel, Amberlee Perry and Karnpal Cheema. The two shared their experiences writng for The Red ‘n’ Green, and how journalism is part of their lives outside of high school.

They spoke about where they are now with their careers, and the jobs they have related to journalism.

Songwriters showcase their talent in contest Wordsmiths of Berlin adviser Andy Reise organzied a song writing contest where students who like to write songs can showcase their talents.

The contest was a partner project, which started on March 19. The two partners had to submit a copy of lyrics, a recording of the song performed and a one-page essay explaining the song writing process. The inspiration of the song and the main message also had to be included in the essay.

Reise said he hopes students feel pride and a sense of accomplishment for being in the contest. The contest was open to all students, and closed on April 6.

The submissons are now in the hands of the judges.

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- Facts about dreaming pg. 4 -Bitmoji look alike pg. 6 -Spring sports freeze out pg. 7

NHS hosts anti-bullying assembly, invites JLine dance crew

Caylie Krebs

NHS students that organized the assembly

Editor-In-Chief

The members of National Honor Society (NHS) put together an anti-bullying assembly for the high school and middle school students on April 5. Three of the presenters/entertainers came all the way from New York, the JLine dance crew.

The JLine dance crew’s performance consisted of 30 minutes of interactive dancing and singing followed by 15 minutes of each member telling their stories and the effects bullying can have.

“I feel at this moment in my life this is the only job I would ever give all of my energy to,” JLine said.

BHS students sang, danced and interacted with the crew.

This is JLine’s full-time job and the dance crew was very impressed with how BHS students interacted. JLine said they would love to come again next year to perform, and they want to thank Berlin for their hospitality.

After JLine performed, two police officers, Officer Brown and Officer Beckford, from the Fond du Lac police department spoke to the students about how serious bullying is.

“I, along with NHS adviser Jody Ziemann, coordinate and guide our NHS students in put-

JLine’s lively choreography and original music reflects his past and what he had to go through. “I knew that I was better than that, I was better than them, I just had to find my way,” JLine said.

Alyse Bartol Emily Cottello Devin Harmon Cassidy Krall Alex McClelland Rebecca Mularski Alivia Murkley Owen Reich Sam Rucks Mariah Weiss Chris Werch Mercedes Zabel

Photo: C. Krebs ting together a program that is relevant to issues that are affecting our middle and high school students,” Lynda Parman said.

The NHS students had meetings to put the assembly together and each student that helped, signed up to do something they were interested in. Some students had to ask businesses for donations, put together a powerpoint with music, write scripts and others had to speak at the assembly.

“The anti-bullying assembly is something that we tossed around a few years ago, it just

never ended up happening. We had a texting and driving assembly instead,” NHS adviser Jodi Ziemann said. “We talked about it again about two years ago, but couldn’t find the right group.”

This year, NHS was determined to have an anti-bullying assembly. Principal Lynn Mork talked to Ziemann about the JLine dance crew that he had come across. Ziemann looked into it more and contacted them. NHS then began to put everything together to make this assembly possible for the students.

Jline's performance focused on respect, responsibility, antibullying and setting goals for oneself.

Photo: C. Krebs jlinedancecrew.com/home

Heroin, opioid community awareness hearing hosted by Berlin

Alex McClelland

Reporter

The Green Lake County Wellness Coalition hosted the Dose of Reality heroin and opioid crisis community awareness event in the commons/ auditorium on April 5. The event included booth exhibits on information for substance abuse and recovery centers, as well as panel/guest speakers that shared their personal recovery stories.

“It’s a lot of hard work and planning because you need to get all of your partners together, and really get people to buy into the idea of having an event like this,” Green Lake County Coalition public health nurse Rachel Chaganos said. “We had to find out what the resources are in this community so we have the right people to serve what the mission is.”

To host an event such as this one, the Green Lake County Coalition received a grant from the Wisconsin Department of Health Services and the Alliance for Wisconsin Youth.

Although the goal of this event was to promote a drug free community

Public health nurse Rachel Chaganos (L) from the Green Lake County Coalition informs community member Kathy Hatch (R) about her booth on public health. Hatch has a son that went through substance abuse and recovered. “Heroin usage in our community interested me simply because I do have family members that went through this, some more than once,” Hatch said.

Photo: A. McClelland and to inform community mem- can, we are at least doing our part bers of heroin and opioid abuse, to solve the problem.”

The booths covered topics such health educator Julia McCarrol, also from the Green Lake County Coali- as basic drug information, statistics tion, says the drug abuse crisis will of substance abuse in the community and where people can seek never be resolved.

“I don’t think there will ever be affordable or even free rehabilitaa world that we live in where there tion. School liaison officer Georgia will be no drugs or abuse of sub- Trochinski presented a booth for stances,” McCarrol said. “But, by cre- the Berlin Police Department that ating an awareness and trying to showed different heroin topics, address the problem as best as we such as how it would be packaged

and how it is seen in the Berlin area.

“There unfortunately are a lot of people that get addicted to heroin because they had some sort of injury or chronic pain and their doctor stopped prescribing pain medication,” Officer Trochinski said. “It’s highly addictive and when people tell you don’t even start, just listen to that. It’s not that we’re adults and just trying to scare you, it’s because we see the results of heroin use and we’ve seen people dead with syringes still in their hands.”

Senior Bailey Sternitske walked through the booths the night of the event and said it was a good representation of the topic since not many people in our community know how big of an issue it is.

“It was interesting seeing what actually happens and the process people go through to obtain and do the drugs and seeing the replicas of the drugs,” Sternitske said.

To receive free, confidential help, individuals can call the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Adminstration 24/7/365 at 1-800-662-HELP.

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Opinion

MONDAY, APRIL 30, 2018

The Red ‘n’ Green

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Berlin High School 222 Memorial Drive Berlin, WI 54923 920.361.2000

Later start times improve grades and stress According to many neuroscientists, teenagers are predisposed to fall asleep around midnight and not feel fully awake and engaged until 9 or 10 a.m.

With facts like that, schools everywhere have begun to implement a designated late start day in each school week.

Due to more analysis and new experiments into this matter, more and more schools have begun to push the starting time back between a half hour all the way to two hours, every day.

According to the results of an experiment conducted

by Kyla Wahlstrom, Director of the Center for Applied Research and Educational Improvement at the University of Minnesota, she began tracking more than 9,000 students that attended schools that pushed their start times back until 8:35 a.m.

After one semester, grades earned in math, English, science, and social studies typically rose up a quarter step (for example B to B+).

Jonathan Cervantes Reporter Everyone has experienced some role in bullying whether it is the bully, victim or bystander. Everyone knows bullying is wrong on many different levels. People bully others for a number of reasons and sometimes for no reason at all.

Maybe it is because people are different than others. Someone might have an unusual hobby, they might dress differently, earn good grades or maybe it is because they are nice to everybody in the hallway.

We are all unique in our own way, and that is what makes us beautiful. The best way to handle bullying is not to listen to what other people say and just ignore them. The more people ignore the bullies the more they get frustrated and then leave the victim alone.

Those who are or have been bullied might not know that

Delaying start times for one day a week is a good start, but the benefits of a later start time go much deeper than just improvement in classroom grades.

Late starts have proven to lead to an increase in attendance, lower depression rates and a reduction in car crashes among teens, just because they are allowed to get and use the extra amount of sleep needed.

Another study, done by the North Carolina school districts in 2012 showed that students who attended schools with later start times received higher scores in math and reading.

The studies also found that every school that agreed to participate kept the later start times based off of such positive results.

All of these positives are things that would not only make school more enjoyable, but create a better learning environment and give students more time to complete homework.

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stop bullying now they have, but it is true. Most of the time, the victims do not know why they are being bullied and often question why something is happening to them. If ignoring it is not working, then getting a teacher, school counselor, principal or a school officer involved is often the better option. They will help people with any situation in school.

When someone gets bullied, the victim can go through depression, a feeling of loneliness and a sense of why am I still here? These people may then isolate themselves from

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others, and most of the time miss school because they do not want to have the bullying repete over and over again.

Students are all unique, and they should not let others stop them from doing the things they enjoy. Knowing this from experience is a benefit because some one can help others who are in need.

If a student sees someone being harassed, they should get an adult or help them.

When we get to be a seniors, we see that bullying is a childish thing to do, but some will never understand that. The older peo-

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ple get the more they should be able to see that bullying is a foolish and very immature thing.

People are different, and that is good. The victims who have been torn apart and have risen from the destruction that they have been through will be even stronger.

There are people willing to help. Ask a parent or another adult. They will help and if somebody is in a tough situation, then call the suicide hotline at 1-800-273-8255.

If bullying is happening to someone at BHS, go to a teacher, principal or counselor. The staff will help in these kinds of situations, or ask Officer Trochinski, our liaison officer.

To those who are bullies in school, just let other students be themselves and concentrate on education. Do not ruin other peoples lives for fun and laughter.

Prom for upperclassmen

Dear Editor,

Dear Editor,

There are not enough parking spots in the parking lot for everybody. Also, not everybody follows the direction of the parking lot. There are some people, especially in the little lot, that want a certain parking spot so badly they will do anything to get “their spot.” We should assign everybody a parking spot number, which would be where you park every day for the year. This system could go by senority, all seniors getting a parking spot first, then juniors, etc.

I find it very weird that all sophomores can go to prom. I get the fact that they need more bodies, but I think they should only be allowed to go if asked by an upperclassmen.

- Senior Hannah Markowski

-Irritated junior Rhiannon Elendt

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Pizano selected for ‘Youth of the Year’

Bryn Hermanson Business Manager

Since she was five years old, junior Alondra Pizano has been dreaming of being named Youth of the Year at the Boys and Girls Club.

“I found out about Youth of the Year when I started going to the Boys & Girls Club in 2005. When a guy became it, I looked up to him,” Pizano said.

Youth of the Year is a nationally recognized Leadership Development Program that aims to develop teens’ leadership skills through experiences in and out of the Club.

The program is geared towards juniors and seniors, but sometimes younger high school age youth do apply.

“This program includes hands-on activities exploring topics such as identity, passion, personal branding, voice, teamwork, goal setting, as well as activities to prepare them for the Youth of the Year selection process,” Center Director Mindy Collado said. “Each year, Boys and Girls Clubs across the world have teens participate in the program with a chance to be recognized as and earn the title of Youth of the Year.”

To apply, applicants have to write

Left to Right: Program Coordinator Megan Lamers, Hanna Meronk, junior Alondra Pizano, Nichole Kwasny and Center Director Mindy Collado at Boys and Girls Club event, Wearin’ and $harin’ The Green on March 17.

Photo Submitted essays, garner letters of support and submit transcripts. The candidates will then participate in an interview process conducted by a group of community leaders who the CEO selects and recruits. This panel of community leaders selects one candidate to be the Boys & Girls Club of the Tri-County Area Youth of the Year.

As part of representing the Boys and Girls Club, Pizano has given a speech about herself and the club, how the the club and the kids have impacted her and how she has made an impact on the club and the kids. So far Pizano

has given her speech three times at events like Wearin’ and $harin’ The Green, which is an annual fundraising event hosted by the Club, at a competition in Green Bay to receive scholarships and at a dinner for Youth of the Year. Giving the speech has also given her opportunities to earn scholarships.

“The first scholarship I received was when I got nominated and actually chosen. The second one I got in Green Bay, which was in a competition against 20 other people that gave their speeches for being Youth of the Year,” Pizano said.

As well as meeting the qualifica-

tions of involvement in club programs, volunteer work through the club, grade point average, attendance at school, post graduation plans and goals, leadership and character traits, Pizano had a lot of support from the staff at the club.

“Alondra was a good candidate for Youth of the Year because she has been a club member since she was five years old. She is well-loved by younger members of the Club and can often be found hanging out with them on the youth side and/or tutoring them during power hour,” Collado said. “Alondra has been involved in many volunteer projects throughout her years at the Club and she has overcome many obstacles in her life. All of this played an impact in the committee’s decision, as did her goals of going to college and her essay responses, part of the required application.”

In the future, Pizano plans to go into the medical field, but is mostly focused on Obstetrics or Obstetrics and Gynecology.

“The medical field really interests me and doesn’t seem like it would get boring because there’s always going to be something new,” Pizano said.

Pizano presented her speech at Wearin’ and $harin’ The Green on March 17.

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Pizano delivered her speech about the impact of the Boys and Girls Club on her at the annual Boys and Girls Club Board meeting on Feb. 20.

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Cravillion, McMartin chosen as Students of the Month

Harry Kujawa

Reporter

As the president of the Graphics Club, varsity athlete in dance and volleyball, and also a member of LINC Crew, Kelsi Cravillion has been chosen as female student of the month.

Although she is very involved in extracurricular activities, she says it is more challenging balancing classes rather than sports interfering with homework.

“It hasn’t been hard to balance sports and school, but the classes I’m taking makes some things harder. I’m taking all the classes I need to graduate this trimester so it’s important to keep my grades up,” Cravillion said.

Cravillion’s passion for graphic design was discovered in high school, and now she hopes to make a career out of it.

“I’d like to be a graphic designer. I want to see my work on billboards or magazines. I really want to see it go big,” Cravillion said.

Cravillion has also had high

praise for her biggest influence throughout high school, tech and engineering teacher Joel Johansen.

“Kelsi started taking media and graphics classes her sophomore year. Her drive and commitment to presenting her work as an accurate reflection of her passion really stood out even then,” Johansen said. “Since that she has worked hard to develop her skills so they match her passion. I look forward to seeing her work as she continues with her post secondary education.”

Cravillion plans on attending the University of Wisconsin-Stout.

A big supporter for Cravillion through high school has been junior Paige Krause.

“I met Kelsi my sophomore year and it feels like she’s been my best friend my whole life. She’s someone that I will forever look up to, she’s one of the most kind and caring people that I’ve ever met. She’s a very bright peson and I know she’ll do well in the future,” Krause said.

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Participating in Power Pals, BSALT, and being a varsity athlete in track and football, Richard McMartin is the male student of the month.

Being such an involved student does come with some set backs. McMartin has found that he does not have as much time to work on school related things.

“There definitely has been times I’ve struggled balancing schoolwork with extracurricular activities, but I’ve overcome that by taking my time and pushing through,” McMartin said.

High school has also given McMartin qualities that he will use throughout his life.

“High school has taught me that if you stay determined and work hard anything is achievable,” McMartin said.

McMartin will be attending the University of WisconsinStevens Point and hopes to continue his football career and major in environmental

management. He hopes to get a job with the DNR after graduating college.

McMartin says that varsity football coach and physical education teacher Joe Stellmacher has been his go to adult.

“Richie has been one of the best student-athletes to come through Berlin High School since I’ve been here,” Stellmacher said. “On top of being an All-Conference football player and a leading track athlete, Richie is an even better person. He is a leader, always respectful, and always does the right thing. Richie has been a pleasure to coach and have in class.”

Another person McMartin has gone to is classmate Ryan Krebs.

“He’s a good guy with a great beard. He’s always trying to make everyone smile, and he’s always respectful and definitely a person I could count on during football seasons and even for a smile,” Krebs said.

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Facts

about

Dreams

In a sleep study, researchers found that those that woke before going into REM sleep experienced increased tension, anxiety, depression, difficulty concentrating, lack of coordination, weight gain and tendency to hallucinate.

dreaming

Dreams can occur anytime during sleep, but the most vivid dreams occur during deep REM sleep (rapid eye movement) when the brain is most active. More dreaming and bodily movement, and faster pulse and breathing happen during REM sleep.

Sigmund Freud believed dreams are a window into our subconscious.

He believed they reveal a person’s unconscious desires, thoughts and motivations.

Some experts say that we dream at least four to six times per night.

Many experts say that dreams exist to help solve problems in our lives, incorporate memories and process emotions.

source: webmd.com

Created by Caylie Krebs

WHAT WAS THE WORST NIGHTMARE YOU’VE HAD?

“I had a dream that I was in a terrorist accident,” freshman Joey Femali said.

“I fell off of a building and when I woke up I was sweating,” sophomore Steven Laverenz said.

“I fell off of a cliff and woke up right before I hit the ground,” junior Abby Kolpin said.

“I have nightmares that I drop my phone in water all the time,” senior Alivia Murkley said.

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new experience is familiar but the source of that familiarity is forgotten

Déjà vu explanation: Memory - Some detail of the

Déjà vu

“I had the opposite of déjà vu, jamais vu. I walked into my room and went to turn on a light but couldn’t find it, even though it’s the same room I’ve walked into a 1,000 times,” senior Dillon Herbst said.

“I dreamt that I woke up and I went out to the barn and saw this little calf running around and the mom was freaking out and attacked my brother. All of a sudden it happened the next day,” junior Kristen Krentz said.

Déjà vu explanation: Attentioal- An initial perception that is made under degraded attention followed by a second take of full attention

Déjà vu Def.: The overwhelming sense of familiarity with something that should not be familiar Two usually simultaneous brain processes become Déjà vu Déjà vu explanation: Dual-Processingmomentarily nonsimultaneous

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Source: psychologytoday.com

Paige Krause

Students share sleep walking, nightmare experiences Reporter

Many people have had experiences with dreams, but some students suffer from a different kind of dream, such as night terrors, sleep walking and recurring nightmares.

“I have a recurring dream at least once a week that I’m sitting in my old house, which I moved out of a long time ago.

The doors and windows of the house fly open. Later in the dream, a person picks me up from the house and saves me.

That person eventually takes me back to the house and I have to go back and defeat the ghosts,” junior Stephanie Herbst said.

Herbst has experienced the same people in her dream.

“I have the same nightmare every time, with the same people in it,” Herbst said.

Other students also suffer from recurring nightmares.

“I often have a dream about

someone breaking into my house and killing my whole family. It’s a nightmare that I always have,” junior Sydney Williams said. “I usually wake up from the nightmare freaking out wondering where my family is.”

Williams explains another nightmare that she has often.

“I also have a dream that a scarecrow comes to life and chases me and eventually kills me,” Williams said.

Another phenomenon that students experience is sleep walking. Freshman Payton LoBianco has been sleep walking since he was young.

“I sleep walk about two times a year now, but when I was younger it was a lot more often,” LoBianco said. “When I would sleep walk, I would always wake up in the weirdest places like the stairs, bathtub, floor or living room.”

LoBianco explained that his dreams and sleep walking would coincide.

“The sleep walking would go with my dreams. If I was dreaming about eating a sandwich in the bathtub, I would wake up in the bathtub with a bottle of soap,” Lobianco said.

LoBianco elaborates on his sleep walking and his strange experiences that go along with them.

“I’ve had a few weird experiences; the weirdest experience would be one night I was sleep walking in the hall and was about to fall down the stairs and my dad woke up and caught me right before I fell,” LoBianco said.

Not everyone suffers from night terrors or sleep walks, but it is normal to have odd experiences with dreaming.

“I’ve never sleep walked, but one time I was having a dream and it was about yelling at someone. I woke up and I was yelling at someone. Like truly yelling,” junior Isaiah Fredenburg said.

Do you have a recurring nightmare?

Yes: 35.2% No: 64.8%

Do you suffer from night terrors?

Yes: 20.8% No: 79.2%

Do you sleep walk?

Often: 5.8% Never : 71.2% Sometimes: 23.1% 54 BHS students surveyed

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Arts & Entertainment More than milk’s favorite cookie

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look alike Steven Klika Senior

Abbey Freimark Junior

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Netflix most enjoyable platform Caylie Krebs

Editor-In-Chief

For many, cable has become a mystery. Nowadays, people do not pay for cable when they can have a better, cheaper experience.

The most popular platforms are Netflix, Hulu and Amazon Prime Video. Personally, Netflix is the most enjoyable. According to a report by AllFlicks, Netflix has 6,494 movies and 1,609 TV shows. Netflix's layout is easy and straightforward versus Hulu’s.

Hulu is more difficult to understand. The layout is not as simple, the way that they label their sections is confusing along with how many different categories one has to go through when trying to finda show. Although when someone has had it for a while, they get used to it.

Hulu is also only available in the U.S., Canada and Japan,

where Netflix and Amazon Prime Video are available almost anywhere.

Hulu and Netflix's payment plans are by far way better than Amazon Prime Video. For Amazon Prime Video, if someone does not have an account, then they have to rent the movies they want to watch, but if they do

have an account, some movies come free while some still have to be paid for.

Each platform has different payment plans. For Netflix, the standard tier, which allows subscribers to watch on two screens at once is $10.99 per month. The premium tier, which is available in Ultra HD and allows users to watch on up to four screens is $13.99 and the basic is $7.99 per month.

For Hulu, there are a variety of subscription plans, starting as low as $7.99, or as high as $39.99 for Hulu with Live TV. For Amazon Prime Video, it is $8.99 a month or $10.99 a month for all the Prime services.

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They are milk’s favorite cookie, but now Oreos are also milk’s favorite cinnamon bun, birthday cake, hazelnut spread, red velvet cake and coconut thin. Most are familiar with the iconic Oreo, but what happens when the classic cookie combines with multiple delicious sweets? These creative combinations will keep a person coming back for “just one more.”

Breakfast for dinner is a popular concept, but what about breakfast for dessert? The cookie of the Cinnamon Bun Oreo resembles a graham cracker flavor, where the creme fulfills the icing and cinnamon aspect of a cinnamon roll. It truly tasted like breakfast in a cookie. After The Red ‘n’ Green staff tasted five different Oreo flavors, this one was a favorite.

The Birthday Cake Oreo was two desserts in one bite. What more could one ask for after eating cake and a cookie all at once?

As the package was opened, a strong cake batter scent wafted out and the sprinkle creme filling tasted just like frosting.

Stuffed with a cream cheese filling, the Red Velvet Oreos had a rich flavor. Just like the Birthday Cake Oreos, these strongly resembled cake in both taste and scent. Although the Red Velvet Oreo was tasty, its rich flavor makes a person only able to eat a

couple at a time.

Expecting the Chocolate Hazelnut Oreo to taste just like Nutella sandwiched between vanilla cookies, most were excited to try them. However, just about all were disappointed with the strong nutty flavor that hardly resembled Nutella, accompanied by a harsh aftertaste.

Contrasting an original, thick Oreo, the Coconut Oreo Thins were a refreshing change. This oreo consisted of two thin, chocolate cookies, with a small amount of faintly flavored coconut creme. Not only do they smell exactly like a Yankee candle, but taste similar to a Caramel deLite Girl Scout cookie.

These flavors took a unique twist on the original Oreo cookie.

The combinations of Oreos and other sweets made it easy to eat an entire row without noticing.

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Cinnamon Bun Oreo: Birthday Cake Oreo:

Red Velvet Cake Oreo: Chocolate Hazelnut Oreo: Coconut Thin Oreo:

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RATINGS OUT OF FIVE: Netflix: BHS students were asked what platform was their favorite.

59 students surveyed

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Q: What has been in your trunk the longest?

A: “My Algebra book has probably been in my trunk the longest, and I am not even in Algebra anymore.”

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A: “Two things I thought I would need and never used are a wig and a hotdog costume.”

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Spring sports freeze out

Mercedes Zabel and Alex McClelland Reporters As Blizzard Evelyn hit Wisconsin in the middle of April, the spring sports schedule was put to a halt.

With snow covered tracks, golf courses, fields and ball diamonds, athletes and coaches were trying to make up for as much lost playing time as they could.

“Our players are making the best of each practice until we can get games in again,” assistant softball coach Kasea Roman said. “We understand that practicing every night is not ideal, but we know we need to be ready to go when it’s game time.”

On April 17, Athletic Director Joe Brandl attended a spring sports meeting to discuss what could be done to salvage the schedules.

“We talked about ways to get the conference scheduled games, events and meets completed before the playoffs start,” Brandl said. “The goal as of now is to complete everything with the exception of track quads, without shortening games for baseball and softball. Unfortunately, this may cause us to lose some of the non-conference games.”

As May approaches, athletes’ week nights and even partial school days will be dedicated to making up sporting events.

“With the weather delaying the season, we need to fit a bunch of matches into a short amount of time which is going to take a lot of us golfers out of school a couple times,” senior golfer Steven Klika said. “In May we’re going to have a busy schedule trying to catch up on the conference matches that were canceled, we need to have those in before the conference tournament at the end of May.” Although a significant portion of the spring schedule was delayed, the playoff games at the end of the season will not be postponed.

“The spring athletes have had to spend so much time in the gym when they are set up to be outside sports. These innings, minutes and events will never be able to be made up as we will not have any teams that play a complete schedule,” Brandl said. “The playoff dates will not be pushed back at all, but the sample size of comparing records will be much smaller.”

Rescheduled Sporting Events •

Softball doubleheader changed from April 24 to today vs.

Winneconne at home, begins at 4 p.m.

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Soccer game changed from April 6 to today vs. Adams Friendship at home, begins at 4:30 p.m.

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Baseball double header moved to Berlin vs. Campbellsport May 1, begins at 4 p.m.

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Softball double header changed from April 19 to May 4 against Plymouth at Plymouth, begins at 4 p.m.

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Soccer game changed from April 17 to May 4 at Kewaskum, begins at 4:45 p.m.

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Golf changed from April 17 to May 9 at Mascoutin Golf Course, begins at 12:30 p.m.

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Golf changed from April 23 to May 14 at Quit Qui Oc Golf Course, begins at 3 p.m.

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Dancers transition from half-time performances to recitals Mercedes Zabel

Reporter

Going from half-time performances at basketball games to performing on stage, four Berlin High School dancers have dedicated the past eight months to The Danceworks studio in preparation for their recital on May 20.

“I’ve been doing studio dance for as long as I can remember and I’ve enjoyed it ever since,” freshman Emily Jahnke said. “It has been helpful when it comes to dancing for the BHS dance team because it’s easier to remember choreography and not all the moves are new for me.”

Along with Jahkne, freshman Brooklyn Ballard and juniors Ashlynn Thrasher and Ashlyn Ballard practice at the studio, which is located in Ripon, Wisconsin.

“Since class is only once a week and the occasional Sunday, it doesn’t usually get in the way of school work. However, as we get closer to the recital, we tend to have a lot more practices,” Thrasher

Dancers from The Danceworks studio pose for their 2017 class portrait. This year, they have been practicing for the past eight months for their recital on May 20. The recital will include a variation of routines from tap, jazz and ballet to sign language and guy-girl dances. “I like recital day because at first you are nervous, but when you get out onstage you forget about that and it’s really fun,” freshman Brooklyn Ballard said.

Photo Submitted said. “Also, it is sometimes difficult for us to manage dance team and studio dance at the same time.”

With several different classes and ages dancing at the studio, the recital consists of a variety of routines

from tap, jazz and ballet to guy-girl and sign language dances. One of the males performing in the guygirl dance is junior Timo Roberts.

“Ashlyn asked me to do it with her, and I just wanted to do stuff outside of what I am used to doing at home and work,” Roberts said.

“I’ve been practicing for a couple months now, and learning the choreography is actually a lot easier than I thought it was going to be.”

With less than a month until the debut of their routines, performance day is one of the most anticipated parts of studio dance.

“The recital is my favorite because you get to show off what you’ve worked on for so long,” Ashlyn said.

Although the four dancers have been preparing for the recital since October, they have been doing studio dance since a young age. Starting at just two and four years old, Brooklyn and Ashlyn have grown up with dance as a significant part of their lives.

“I didn’t have a choice doing dance when I was little, but then I just continued to do it growing up

because I love it,” Brooklyn said.

“I’ve liked dancing with my sister because we used to put on little recitals at home and we could help each other out.”

Freshman Emily Jahnke poses (two years ago) for studio portraits at The Danceworks.

Jahnke has danced since she was three years old.

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Sports Briefs Jon Cervantes

Reporter

Varsity baseball has busy season due to weather

Beginning the season, Berlin baseball is currently 2-4.

“I feel like we have really improved from last year, but we do still have to put all the pieces together,” junior Lane Sobieski said.

The team has reschedued games lined up the next couple of weeks and had a double header on April 24, because of Blizzaed Evelyn.

The double header played on April 24 was a lockout against Berlin.

“We played a double header on Tuesday the 24. We went against KML that day.

That was a big game since it was a conference game,” Sobieski said.

New challenges for softball

There are four new faces on the varsity softball team, all freshmen. Currently, there is no JV team due to the small number of players.

Berlin softball has a 0-2 conference record, having faced conference champs, Waupon, in their very first game.

“We need to work on our discipline and our batting.

Inside practice is helping us, but we have to get used to the difference with the ball.

Weather has also played a major role on our games, too,” sophomore Karisa Wiese said.

The weather has played a factor in their games, as the first four games have been canceled and rescheduled.

Conference games will be rescheduled for a double header, non-conference games will be canceled due to the lack of time before playoffs in May.

Boys track meets rescheduled

The boys track has mostly ranked first or second in their meets. A canceled game due to the weather got rescheduled as a quad in Ripon. The four teams participating in this meet were KML, Winneconne, Berlin and Ripon.

Berlin won the Quad.

“We are training really hard, but the weather is taking part in the situation. We have been running more in the hallways this year than last,” sophomore Garrett Simon said.

On their sixth meet on Thursday April 12, Berlin took first at the Westfield Invitational. The boys track team will have 12 games in total this April.

Their next meet will be tomorrow at Plymouth.

Kelsi Cravillion

Sports

Track team hosts first quad of the season Reporter

The Berlin High School’s track team held their first quad of the season on Tuesday, April 10. A quad does not affect overall scores and is many times used as an advantage for teams.

“Quads are specifically set up within our conference, giving us all an opportunity to run against each other before our conference meet,” Coach Matt Willett said. “There are unlimited entries at quads meaning everyone can participate no matter what. We like these events as we try to get everyone involved and give individuals a chance to try new events.”

Sophomore runner Kara Block used the quad to practice a new event that was assigned to her at the beginning of this season.

“A new event for me this year is the open 200,” Block said.

“Overall it is going a lot better than I thought it would be. I am actually starting to like it better than some of my other events.”

Though most of the track members are open to trying new things, they do not always end up loving their new event.

“When we ask individuals to try new events, their response after completing it is usually 50/50,” Willett said. “Some love finding a new event and can

Sophomore Kara Block sprints in the open 200 at Berlin’s first quad of the season. “My nerves were way down in this event,” Block said. “Because not as many people attend quads, the pressure and intensity seems to be relieved.”

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see themselves succeeding in it. Others admit that the event was not for them and that is okay, too. As coaches, we take their response positively, as it gives us a better idea on where to place them.”

Being the first quad of the season, it was only the beginning for improvement and trying new events.

“Every event is a new opportunity for improvement,” sophomore Olivia Bartol said.

“I have a personal goal to improve my times in all my events throughout the season.”

Even with the loss of some members due to earlier injuries, Block continues to push for her end of the season goal.

“This season I would like to excel in my relays,” Block said.

“Even though we lost one member in our relay due to an injury, the rest of us are doing our best to reach our pre season goal of qualifying for state

again this year.”

No matter what the event may be, or who takes a chance to try a new event, the track coaches are proud of every participant.

“Senior Bethany Thoma was another individual that we entered into a new race. We had her run an open 200 to see if she could be a part of a 4x2 relay,” Willett said. “It was great to see Bethany try a new event and we appreciate the cooporation of all the team members.”

Girls soccer season destroyed by weather Kalynn Wilson

Reporter

Many sports have been interrupted due to Blizzard Evelyn. Players are still focused on competing in soccer.

“It sucks. All we do is practice, and the practices feel longer,” sophomore Leah Vang said.

The weather has perhaps been the biggest factor this season, from canceled games to indoor practices.

“We can’t play outside because the fields aren’t clear and they are muddy. We have to practice in the Clay Lamberton gym since there are thirty girls,” sophomore Stephanie Laude said. “I am really happy it’s finally starting to feel like spring and the season can start.”

Most of the season has been ruined for players, but some still have goals for the season.

“I’d like to improve myself, together as a team and I also hope we have a winning season,” sophomore Emily Klawitter said.

Even though games have been canceled, players say they still learned a lot from the prac-

Last year's weather was bright and sunny, unlike this year's, making the girls miss many games.

Due to Blizzard Evelyn the soccer team has missed eight games in April.

Photo: C. Streck tices.

“Soccer taught me time management. It also taught me to focus at school, to work during work time and to appreciate sports,” Vang said.

The team is used to having their season go by fast, but they have never experienced a season with so many delays

and cacelations.

“It’s upsetting because we have to cancel some games, and practices are indoor most if the time. We don’t get to play to our full potential,” freshman Autumn Ferrel said.

For the past three weeks the girls have missed eight games.

The team now has to make up

the games that were lost.

“I feel like it will be stressful with having four games in one week. There is not enough practices and most of the seniors are disappointed,” junior Damarisa Monarrez said.

The team plays tonight at home against Adams-Friendship.