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Key Club receives outstanding recognition by

Hannah Trochinski

Key Club members interacted with other schools in workshops while also winning several awards and receiving recognition for their outstanding accomplishments at the annual Wisconsin-Upper Michigan District Leadership Conference, better known as DCON, in Green Bay on March 7-9.

“DCON is a place for us to celebreate the accomplishments from the past year, come up with new ideas, and go to different workshops,” Key Club Advisor Sarah Gumtow said.

One of the major projects the Key Club have been working on is the Eliminate Project. The project saves mothers and their children by providing maternal and neonatal tetanus vaccines.

“We’ve raised about $43,000 since I’ve been on the project,” district board member Baylee Radke said.

“To save one life is about $1.80, so we’ve saved almost 24,000 lives.”

Radke has been on the district board since she was a freshman and has been on the Eliminate Project for two years.

Along with Radke, President of the BHS Key Club, Linda Vang, also attended DCON. “This DCON was a lot more motivational than my first one,” Vang said. “It was more organized and everyone was more passionate.”

While at DCON, BHS received five awards, three of which went to

Photo Submitted Senior Baylee Radke and a fellow Key Club member announcing winners of awards on Saturday night. BHS received five awards at the annual Wisconsin-Upper Michigan District Leadership Conference (DCON).

Radke. The Key Club was awarded the Major Emphasis Project Award for their work on the Eliminate Project and senior Marissa Nikolai was recognized as a distinguished lieutenant governor, which is only given to 4 of the 23 of the lieutenant governors in the district.

“I got an Elimidallion for my work on the Eliminate project, the Sandy Nininger Award (which is an award for excellence) and the Graduation Award, which goes to a special dis-

trict board member,” Radke said.

Since it was Nikolai, Radke and Vang’s last year they were a little emotional.

“I always knew I would be on the board next year, but now I’m done,” Radke said.

While Radke took on a lot of responsibility with all of the projects she was so heavily involved in, Vang was responsible on a smaller level.

“At first, I was unsure of myself

Ally Week reaches BHS by

Lauren Schmidt

Ally Week, an event held all over the world, is a week dedicated to all of those who support the LGBTQ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, questioning) community. Ally Week came to BHS March 10-14.

“An ally is any straight person who supports LGBTQ people,” STAR Club President Valerie Sanchez said.

Ally Week is not just to recognize students who support LGBTQs, but also to raise awareness about how harsh words can affect someone.

“We want to show students that they have the support of people and also that they are not alone,” STAR Club member Madeline Bologna said.

To promote Ally Week, STAR Club hung a large banner in the commons during lunch for students to sign, pledging to stop

LGBTQ slurs and bullying.

“Students also received a rainbow pin so they could show everyone that they are an ally,” Sanchez said.

Sanchez joined STAR her freshman year and has enjoyed every minute of it.

“I decided to join STAR because I believe everybody should be treated with respect, regardless of who they love,” Sanchez said. “I also wanted to be educated and pass on what I learned to others.”

Sophomore Ripley Hansen also believes in showing support.

“I signed the banner because I think it is important to let others know someone is behind them,” Hansen said.

Just because Ally Week has passed, does not mean that allies go unnoticed.

“We hope to have allies recognized all year long,” Sanchez said. “Not just one week of the year.”

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being president, but I grew into it,” Vang said. “There is a lot of responsibility, but I knew I could handle it.”

Next year is still a ways off, but new positions have already been decided.

“Arietta Zenku was voted to be Division 13 lieutenant governor for next year at DCON,” Gumtow said.

Although the seniors are done here, they are both planning on continuing in college at Circle K,

which is a larger scale version of Key Club.

“I like giving back,” Vang said.

“That’s just the kind of person I am.”

While Vang plans on joining the already existing organization at her college, Radke will have to do a little more work.

“I definitely plan on doing Circle K, but I’m going to have to build one because my future college does not currently have one,” Radke said.

Newsbriefs Academic Bowl ends with success

The Academic Bowl team finished third place overall at the annual EVC Academic Bowl on Monday, March 17. All ten of the contestants medaled; two received bronze medals, seven received silver medals and one student received a gold medal.

TechstudentshelpoutelementarykidsforFireSafetyweek

Students in Joel Johansen’s Graphic Communication Management and Advanced Digital Media Production classes put together a fire safety video for Clay Lamberton Elementary kids.

“We want to add a personal touch to Fire Safety and Prevention Week for the little kids by showing them that high schoolers get involved too,” project leader Celia Mueller said.

The video ran on March 27 at Clay Lamberton.

RapearticlecreatescontroversyatFondduLacHighSchool

Sophomore Ripley Hansen shows her support to STAR Club by signing the poster pledging to stop LGBTQ slurs and declaring that she is an ally.

The publications staff at Fond du Lac high school were criticized for writing and publishing an article entitled, “The Rape Joke” in the February 2014 issue of the school news magazine, ‘The Cardinal Columns’.

Superintendent James Sebert and Principal John Wiltzius found the article inappropriate for the high school audience and announced that they are changing the publication guidelines from open an forum to a limited forum, which would allow the administrators to review all publications before print. A petition to reverse the guidelines can be found at change.org.

Opinion

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Fond du Lac forced to face unjust consequences

The entire Red ‘n’ Green staff would like to commend reporters of the Fond du Lac High School Cardinal Columns news magazine for their exceptional work in their February edition.

The FDL news staff wrote an article called “The Rape Joke” about a difficult topic in their school and others around the nation.

Many students hear jokes about rape on a normal basis and remain unfazed or do not take care to notice that, while it is a “joke,” it really is not a laughing matter. One such example would be the phrase, “It’s not rape if you like it.”

When handling an article such as this one, it is extremely important to be as sensitive as possible, which the reporter was. Most importantly, she broke no ethical or legal guidelines.

In the Cardinal’s article, the reporter changed the names of students who were interviewed that had been sexually assaulted in the past.

When the magazine first came out, “The Rape Joke” article was largely recieved by students and parents in the district, but the harshest criticism came from the school’s principal and superintendent.

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The FDL High School had an open public forum policy on their news magazine before the article’s release, like we have here at Berlin.

In an open forum, writings are not censored by the school district or viewed by anyone outside of the staff before print, meaning that students have the full freedom of the press and First Amendment rights, as long as it does not disrupt the educational process.

The principal notified students soon after the article’s release that their open forum will now be changed into a limited forum. This means that the principal can review and make changes to the paper before it is published Other schools in our area seem to be trending away from such limited forums, such as Appleton North High School.

So the question now seems to be, what can be written in a high school newspaper if students are not allowed to write thoughtfully about a real life issue?

To join the Red ‘n’ Green staff in support of The Cardinal Columns, go to change.org/petitions and search Fond du Lac High School to sign the petition to let FDL remain an open forum.

Calm down, Freak out, it’s only s p i h s r a l scho

important it is to fill out these scholarships, our parents are by Lauren Schmidt right, once again.

It is important to be timely Almost every single one of the when it comes to completing seniors know exactly what I am these applications. Know that altalking about. Scholarships suck! most all scholarships have a speSpending countless hours sitting cific deadline by which they need in front of the computer, writing to be completed and sent in, so 600-word papers about things stay on top of that and just get it that in reality, one could not care done.

I guarantee seniors will regret any less about.

However, we need to realize not filling out as many scholarthat these scholarship applica- ships as possible when scholartions are not the end of the world, ship night rolls around and we witness all of our peers receiving they are there to help.

These scholarships are essen- this free money, while our names tially free money. Instead of com- have yet to be called.

Even though it may be ‘third plaining about them, take advantage of the situation and apply for tri, why try?’ and the worst season of senioritis for the senior as many as possible.

We all know how expensive class, it is important not to totally college is, just looking at the total give up. Be sure to put time and cost is enough to make parents effort into these scholarships.

Seniors have my permission gasp and maybe even suffer a mito go ahead and freak out. This nor heart attack.

Even though we may get an- month it is perfectly acceptable noyed with the constant nag- because scholarships are a big ging from our parents about how deal.

The Red ‘n’ Green Berlin High School 222 Memorial Drive Berlin, WI 54923 920.361.2000 redandgreen@berlin.k12. wi.us The Red ‘n’ Green is printed monthly by Berlin High School and circulated free to students.

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Whats up with... JUAN PABLO by

Payton DeMaster

“The Bachelor” is one of the most dramatic, entertaining reality TV shows. With Juan Pablo being this year’s bachelor, there has been much controversy if Juan Pablo was actually a good bachelor. We all know Juan is sexy, dreamy and charming, but it is impossible to say his personality matches his appearance.

After watching every episode this past season, it is easy for me to say that I do not like Juan Pablo. He is self-absorbed and stuck up. Instead of actually falling in love with one of the girls, he instead fell more in love with himself. I mean, he has not even told the girl he gave the final rose to that he loves her yet.

Besides being in love with himself, he also has many other unattractive features. He is very rude.

We know English is not his first language, but he

cannot use that as an excuse after every rude thing he says. Juan has a hard time remembering what he talked to the girls about. He asks, “where do you see yourself in 5 years?” and then two days later he asks her, “where do you see yourself in 3 years?” Hmm..

I wonder.

This season, two girls left the show willingly, and props to them for leaving this cocky, selfish jerk. Although, when they both came to say their goodbyes, he repeatedly said “It’s okay.” Juan, is it okay for the two girls that probably would have been the two finalists to leave? His words show that he did not care too much about them and he does not mind replacing them for another hot body and tasty lips.

“The Bachelor” is a show that just makes me laugh because it portrays the opposite of true love.

Juan Pablo and Nikki will most likely not get married, hopefully because Nikki will realize she is dating a man who is obsessed with himself.

Dear Editor, I am really annoyed with the way that some students act while other people in my classes are trying to work, or listen to the teacher.

It interrupts class and some people cannot concentrate. It would be appreciated if people would actually be considerate to their classmates.

Sincerely, Annoyed Classmate Photo: L. Schmidt

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Markham recovers after life changing ride by

Danielle Fralish

Freshman Richard Markham set out on a snowmobile ride with family on Feb. 4 around 8 p.m., not realizing it would be life changing.

One of the family members with Richard was his cousin, senior Zach Brooks.

Brooks said that he will never forget any detail about that night.

“Richard was riding in the back of the group and when we got to the stop sign, we turned around and saw he was not there,” Brooks said.

Richard was riding cautiously, but he happened to hit some drifts in an open field.

“The first drift I bounced over,” Richard said. “When I hit the second drift I got knocked unconscious.

By the third one he was lying on the ground with a hole in the side

Day in the by

Sierra Klawitter

Many people imagine lifeguarding as a dream summer job, a time to get paid for sitting poolside and improving one’s tan.

What some do not think of is the training for the job.

The most popular way students in Berlin train to become a lifeguard is through the yearly Oshkosh YMCA course that is currently running.

“This will be my second year lifeguarding,” junior Tiffany Pribnow said. “The class was four days a week, from 7:30 in the morning to 5 at night. Half the time was spent in the classroom and half was in the pool.”

Even if one does not automatically get hired after the class, the skills learned are still important.

“Lifeguarding is easier than it seems,” Pribnow said. “It’s also really helpful outside of the pool environment because you are still certified to help others if the occasion arises.”

Aquatics manager and director Shannon Colburn also enjoys what she does.

“I was on the swim team from fifth grade through college,” Colburn said.

“Lifeguarding just seemed fitting and something that I would be interested in doing.”

Along with doing what she loves,

of his face, half an inch away from a main artery, and a broken leg.

“His recovery has been going very well,” Richard’s mother, Amy Markham said. “We have had to make many adjustments at home.”

Richard’s jaw and mouth were wired shut until March 18, so he could not eat solid food for the first month and a half.

Because of his broken leg, he had to have a metal rod placed in his thigh. He went from a wheelchair to a walker, to crutches, and is now using a cane.

Not only has this impacted Richard’s life, but it is naturally hard for his mother as well.

“The most difficult thing as a mother was having to explain to my son what the doctors were going to do to him,” Amy said. “And, not knowing when he was going to wake up.”

The doctors told them that he would need a full three months to recover.

“He is actually ahead of sched-

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Photo: D. Fralish Freshman Richard Markham eats his last Go-Gurt supper through a syringe on March 17. He currently walks with a cane and stands 30 pounds lighter a month and a half after his snowmobile accident. ule with his healing process,” Amy said.

Although he is having a smooth recovery thus far, there are many frustrating moments.

“All I ever eat is applesauce, GoGurt and Powerade,” Richard said.

“And when I get mad, I can’t yell.”

Richard would take the temporary inconvenience of his recovery over the alternative any day.

“Luck was definitely in my favor that night,” Richard said.

of a lifeguard:Tiffany Pribnow Colburn also has many obligations to the aquatic center.

“I run the entire center,” Colburn said. “This entails hiring, organizing schedules, ensuring the public’s safety, and especially ensuring that the staff knows what is expected of them.”

Although Pribnow has never faced a life or death situation at the pool, she is trained to be ready for anything.

“I’ve never had to formally save anyone,” Pribnow said. “We watch over the patrons throughout the day to see if they are too tired to be in the pool so we can prevent accidents from happening.”

Even though one may not have to save a life, there are still frightening moments that can take place poolside.

“There was a boy who slipped off the diving board last summer,” Pribnow said. “He fell in the water, so it looked bad, but everything turned out okay and he wasn’t hurt.”

Being able to respond quickly and clearly during an emergency situation is of utmost importance.

“While I haven’t had to save anyone, we all know how to respond in the case of an emergency,” Pribnow said.

“We start with our EAP, or Emergency Action Plan and continue with routine CPR or whatever the case may call for.”

Student of the

Lauren Schmidt Whathaveyouenjoyedmostabout high school?

“The Red‘n’Green, Student Council and being involved.”

What subjects are you most interested in?

“English.”

What college do you want to attend, and what will be your major?

“UW-Eau Claire for either early childhood or special education.”

Tip for high school students: “Don’tfeelpressuredtobeperfect, be you.”

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Photo: S. Klawitter Junior Tiffany Pribnow is one of eight lifeguards working at the Indoor Aquatics Center this year. Lifeguards on staff are American Red Cross certified and normally go through training at a month long course at the Oshkosh YMCA.

Lifeguarding Stats and Facts: • Average cost of the YMCA training course is $200.

• When first taking the class, it is good for a two-year certification. After two years, a refresher course is required.

• The National YMCA Lifesaving Service was founded in 1912.

• In order to become certified, one must be 15 years or older.

What have you enjoyed most about high school?

“Sports and the people.”

What subjects are you most interested in?

“History.”

What college do you want to attend, and what will be your major?

“UW-Fox Valley for psychology.”

Tip for high school students: “Studyalotanddonotbestressedout.”

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Students reflect on competing in pageants by

Payton DeMaster

Today there are community, state, national and universal pageants. Multiple students at BHS have competed in “Little Miss” pageants when they were younger and their experiences either drove them to want to do another one, or the complete opposite.

Seniors Bailey Miller and Nicole Klassa have both won the title “Little Miss Berlin,” as well as junior Stacie Klika.

“I wanted to participate in the pageant because I thought it would be something different to do and I enjoyed watching pageants,” Klika said.

In fourth grade, Klika competed in the Little Miss Berlin pageant and learned to overcome her fear of stage fright.

“I’m glad I was able to overcome my fear, and I think it would be a great experience to participate in bigger pageants in the future,” Klika said.

Senior Bailey Miller does not feel quite the same way about pageants.

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• The swimsuit portion motivates contestants to get fit and live a healthy lifestyle.

“Doing the pageant made me more confident, but at the same time I would never want to compete in another one,” Miller said.

Miller feels that unless one wins, it can kill a contestant’s self-esteem.

“I remember competing my first year and not winning and then feeling sad and wondering what I did wrong,” Miller said. “Although I wanted to try again and won, I felt bad for the contestants that did not win.”

The girls are judged on four events: interview, theme wear, talent, and formal wear. Klassa thinks the talent is the most important in any pageant.

“The talent part is my favorite,” Klassa said. “It is a way to express who you are and what you like to do.”

Klassa also believes that one has to have a sophisticated talent to win.

“I would love to do another pageant, but I think that judges look for a well-rounded girl, instead of a girl with a more unique talent and personality,” Klassa said.

Freshman Megan Sobieski also has competed

in local pageants, but she competed in the “National American Miss” in August of 2012.

“From participating in the pageant, I gained confidence skills and met a lot of people,” Sobieski said. “I would love to do another pageant and see what other skills I could gain.”

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Senior Nicole Klassa crowns junior Stacie Klika as the new “Little Miss Berlin 2006.”

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Should scholarship pageants have swimsuit competitions?

• Contestants are judged on physical fitness, poise and wardrobe. The swimsuit competition showcases these attributes.

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NO • Pageants should focus on talent, intelligence and personality, not the definition in a woman’s legs.

• It is stereotypical to judge females based on how they look in a swimsuit.

• Making body image such a large part of the judging discourages many women from entering pageants.

• Getting on stage in front of so many people takes a lot of guts, but even more so in a swimsuit. This just proves how much confidence these women have and it inspires others to be confident as well.

• Choosing between a conservative swimsuit or a bikini shows what kind of person the contestant is.

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• Receiving an academic scholarship should not depend on physical appearance.

• Having to worry about achieving the perfect pageant body puts unnecessary stress on contestants.

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“I’d probably do sign language,” freshman Josh Berger said. “Because I have a deaf family member.”

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Pharrell Williams brings the funk by

Alex Grams

Pharrell Williams is here and he is bringing back the funk.

Featured in two of the biggest hits of 2013, “Get Lucky” and “Blurred Lines,” Pharrell Williams is in the spotlight of the music world.

Over the past decade, the trend in pop music has been fewer real instruments and more generated sounds. Williams on the other hand, has plenty of guitar and bass giving his songs lots of life. The Motown, R&B, and Soul influences also give his music a funky retro flare.

Williams was born April 3, 1973 in Virginia Beach. He formed a high school band called The Neptunes where he was discovered by record producer Teddy Riley.

The Neptunes were signed for a record after they graduated from high school with Williams as the lead vocalist and drummer. Williams and his friend

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Chad Hugo then formed a production company with the same name, The Neptunes. Williams wrote and produced for several rap, hip hop and pop artists. He also designs his own clothes.

Williams released his first solo album, “Girl” on March 3, 2014.

The album includes 10 songs and has featured artists including Justin Timberlake and Alicia Keys. It already has a top 100 song, “Happy” from the film “Despicable Me 2.”

Williams has collaberated with more artists than I can count and he is here to stay. I am looking forward to more of his throwback style of music being released in the future.

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Natalie Speers

There are lots of interesting burger joints to be found in North-Eastern Wisconsin, and Zuzak’s of Ripon is among them.

When I walked into Zuzak’s, the first thing that caught my attention was the heavy 1950-60s retro theme.

Everything from the actual glass bottles of soda to the “The Rolling Stones” playing in the background was like a mid-20th century flashback.

Tacked high up on the wall next to the burger bar was the menu, which focused primarily on bugerz, gyroz and friez. Yes, Zuzak’s added its own twist by changing every “s” on the menu to a “z”. The french fry menu was the most impressive, with nearly every edible topping for a salty slice of potato available.

I decided on the Cha Chi burger, an original burger creation consisting of melted provolone cheese, lettuce, salsa, bacon and chipotle sauce.

For a side, I chose the Silly Vanilly fries, which were sweet potato fries smothered in powdered sugar and

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The Silly Vanilly fries with a side of Nutella in all their greasy, sugar-coated glory. served with a cup of Nutella for dipping. Needless to say, I did not leave a fry behind.

My total came to $13, after I had purchased a bottle of Orange Dream soda and sampled a mint oreo Swirleez, which was basically an average shake with a funny name.

Considering the fact that Zuzak’s is a locally owned restaurant, the prices were fairly reasonable.

In addition to the superior quality of the food, the ten minutes it took

for my order to arrive was extremely short. Despite the fact that I had to leave my coat on due to drafts, it was an overall four-and-a-half star experience.

I would reccomend Zuzak’s to anyone looking for an original burger and fries. Satisfaction is a guarantee.

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Sophomore Jordyn Putzke stands with her white 2009 Pontiac G6 nicknamed Penny.

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Sophomore Jordyn Putzke wins Queen of the Lot for March with her 2009 Pontiac G6. Putzke nicknamed her car Penny for no reason in particular. She has owned the car for nine months now. Her parents gave Penny to her for her 16 birthday as long as she agreed to pay for a portion of it.

Penny is a remote starter, gets 28 miles to the gallon, has a USB plug-in and a “great smell” according to frequent passenger Alesha Guenther. Penny will not be found close to the school though, after two different scratches on Penny, Putzke does not mind parking her car a little farther back to avoid some of the crazier drivers.

“I like Penny exactly how she is and I do not plan on making any changes,” Putzke said, “I hope to be driving her well after high school.”

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Roving Reporter: What would you do if you caught a leprechaun?

“I would go on a shopping spree with him and all of his gold,” English teacher Amy Wenig said.

“Then we would go get Shamrock Shakes.”

FineBros, hysterical, creepy, heartwarming by

Hannah Trochinski

For those who have been living under a rock, meet TheFineBros. Yes, they are actually brothers, Benny and Rafi Fine, and they have a popular YouTube channel that has a little bit of everything.

They upload new videos twice a week ranging from spoilers of the month to reactions to some of the coolest and most popular videos on the web.

The reaction series itself has four different strands: kids, teens, elders and YouTubers all showing their different reactions. These videos can be anywhere from hysterical to touching to just plain creepy as the brothers show a video and film the reactions of the

subjects (see list mentioned before) then follow up with some questions about what the viewers just saw.

They also have an animated short series called Emo Dad which is just as odd and funny as it suggests. The plot follows a father’s journey to becoming emo, like his teenage son, after his wife leaves him.

As with every great YouTube channel, the brothers also make music videos, some funny, some serious, but mostly original.

Their spoiler series is usually three to five minutes of quick speaking as they spoil 50 things for the internet community. This just ends up sucking viewers deeper into the dark corners of the internet since they have just given us 50 new things to obsess over.

Explore beauty, adventure

“Once, I dreamt I was a gummy worm,”sophomore Emily Vlachina said while eating gummy worms before softball practice. “Another time I dreamt I was friends with a tornado.”

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Paris, France

Miles Away: 4,090

Virgin Islands

Miles Away: 2,238

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If travelers are looking for culture, fashion, busy streets and of course love, Paris would be the place to travel.

There are many unique and antique statues and buildings, as well as trendy people walking around in hip clothes. The Eiffel Tower is a well known attraction to visit in Paris.

Waitomo, New Zealand “It would be my best friend and we would eat Lucky Charms together,” senior Rafael Pizano said.

Miles Away: 8,346

The Virgin Islands are beautiful, tropical islands that are perfect for snorkeling, scubadiving or just lying on the beach. Most likely visitors will be able to snorkel with tropical fish, sea turtles and maybe even other scary or fantastic creatures.

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New Zealand, east of Australia, is said to be one of the most gorgeous countries. Many excursions and activities are available, such as caving through the Waitomo Cave.

While talking about the temperature at which they straighten their hair, junior Makena Betler said to junior Megan Werch,“My hair is so long and thick, I have to set my straightener at 350 degrees.”

“What?”Werch exclaimed,“I only have to set mine to like 35 degrees.”

Frustrated with her inability to decide on a solving method in PreCalculus, math teacher BethAnn Vaubel informed her class, “I have indecisiveness. That’s why they created capris, for people like me.”

“I wish you could erase your memory after you’ve read a book you really like,”sophomore Alyssa Rhode said in English teacher Shannon Kuehmichel’s Historical Fiction class.“Then you could read it again and again.”

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“I would sell it on the black market,” junior Traci Vang said. “Or I guess keep it as a pet.”

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“Since they are supposed to bring luck, I would bring it to school and have it help me on all my finals,” sophomore Malerie Harmon said.

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Sports

Monday, March 31, 2014

Trapshooting league seeks participants by

Lauren Schmidt

Although there is no official coach for the trap team, teacher Mark Trampf is one of the many who volunteer to make the league possible.

“I volunteer with the club to help encourage youth to get out and become more active,” Trampf said.

“The leagues consist of volunteers and certified firearm instructors.”

There are multiple local leagues that one can join, some at the Conservation Club and others like the Kettle Moraine Trapshooting Conference (KMTC), which is a traveling club that began on March 24.

“The Central Wisconsin Youth Trap League (CWYTL) is located at the Berlin Conservation Club and started on March 1,” Trampf said.

Students can still join this local league. Their practice shoots are on Tuesdays and Saturdays or Sundays. The league consists of eight weeks of shooting.

“There is no limit to the number of students that can be on a team,” Trampf said.

This league is open to any student who has successfully completed a hunter safety class.

“Requirements to be on a team include the hunters safety class and possessing your own gun and shells,” Trampf said.

In order to letter in trap, one must obtain enough points, which are given through participation and volunteering.

“Parker and I are in five different leagues,” junior Alex Konen said.

“Including the KMTC. It’s something we both enjoy and it’s great that we can letter in it.”

Students must comply with all academic requirements and the school’s code of conduct in order to participate.

“I enjoy it because we get to compete against other schools,” freshman Parker LaBuda said.

Anyone who is interested in joining a team can contact Mark Trampf, Vicki Konen or Steve Klika.

Photo Submitted

Photo Submitted The Kettle Moraine Trapshooting Conference (KMTC) consists of mostly Berlin students. Their practices are held Monday nights and Saturday mornings, with Sunday mornings open as a make up shoot.

Senior hopeful to advance in ultimate by

Congratulations to junior David Meza for this third place finish in the 195 lbs. weight class at the state wrestling meet.

Lindsey Vang

Senior Alec Huggins plans to try out for the UW-Madison’s ultimate frisbee team this summer.

“It’s fun and an original sport that not a lot of people play,” Huggins said.

Senior Alex Vang has been playing with Huggins for the past five years.

“He was the one who introduced ultimate to me,” Vang said.

Huggins chose to try out at the end of junior year when he was

looking at which college to attend.

“I decided to try out because I do play it all the time and I realized I was good at it,” Huggins said. “It’s a good challenge for me to get better at it.”

Vang has seen improvement since the first time both played together.

“His throwing skill has really improved and is really good,” Vang said. “He also jumps really high.”

Each team has a total of seven players on the field. UW-Madi-

son has two teams of 20. Madison has 20 returning players currently and is a known university for ultimate frisbee. The team has won national titles multiple times and for the past two seasons has taken second.

“The tryouts are at the UWMadison campus and it’ll be held during mid-August,” Huggins said.

With many others waiting for tryouts, Huggins is ready to see the competition level.

“I’m excited but nervous and anxious too,” Huggins said.

Sportsbriefs Archers take aim, prepare for hunting Baseball begins with full varsity roster

Going into the season with every varsity player returning gives this year’s team an advantage. “Having that year of experience for the younger guys is only going to make us better,” Head Coach Bryant Bednarek said. “Many of the guys gained quality, varsity experience in other sports which should also equate to more confidence and more success.” The team’s first game is tomorrow at Winneconne.

Seniors prevail in dodgeball

As the highly anticipated annual dodgeball tournament came to an end, a team comprised of seven seniors took home the gold.

Alec Huggins, Alex Vang, Rafael Pizano, Kinsey Harmon, Stephanie Klika, Ryan Viertel and Mitchell Krause not only won the whole tournament, but also won the prize of best dressed. “It was an amazing feeling to win the whole tournament with my best friends in my senior year,” Pizano said.

Track takes off with strong start

Head Coach Bob Prellwitz is hopeful for a strong season. “This season I expect to have a very good team for both boys and girls,” Prellwitz said. “I feel like our relays have a lot of depth with talent and I have seen some real potential with our jumpers.” The track team’s first outdoor meet is Thursday in Wautoma.

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Sierra Klawitter

Instead of participating in a regular, more recognized sport such as football or track, senior Kayden McGregor decided to take the road less traveled and shoot archery.

“I’ve been shooting for five years,” McGregor said. “My dad got me into it and it’s great practice for the hunting season.”

The indoor archery league is run by the Berlin Conservation Club and takes place during the school year from January to early March.

“We shoot against other teams at the conservation club on Wednesdays and if we miss a day, we make it up on Sunday morning,” McGregor said.

When shooting archery, the most important part of the sport

Shooters receive six points for a heart shot.

Four points are given for a lung/liver shot.

Photo: hunterschoice.com is focus.

“I like to listen to music when I shoot,” McGregor said. “It helps me tune everything else out.”

The point system for the meets in Berlin is the same as other leagues across the state.

“We get six points for a heart shot on a 3-D target,” McGregor said. “Then the points decrease, four points for a lung or liver shot and zero for a total miss.”

To enhance shooting skills and become more involved, some teens who participate in archery during high school plan on continuing the sport in college.

“I’m definitely shooting archery in college,” McGregor said. “I’m going to Fox Valley Tech in Appleton and I plan on going for a DNR/ Forestry Degree, so it relates to what I want to do.”