May 2016

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VOLUME 48, ISSUE 9

WEDNESDAY, MAY 25, 2016

Lichtfuss retires, leaves behind great memories by

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• Senior section pgs. 6-8 • Physics Day pg. 3 • Baseball injuries pg. 11

Newsbriefs

Hazel Reck

After a grand total of 33 years of teaching, science teacher Frank Lichtfuss will retire.

Lichtfuss has been teaching at Berlin High School for 16 years. Before teaching here he taught at All Saints Catholic School for 16 years and at St. Vincent’s Catholic school in Oshkosh for one year.

“I still like teaching,” Lichtfuss said.

“But now a days it seems like I am doing extra work that does not involve teaching and it is getting to be too much.”

Even though his everyday teaching may be over, Lichtfuss plans to come back and substitute. He still wants to work athletic events, as well.

“I am going to miss him here as a teacher,” junior Michael Prindle said.

“It is cool that he’ll still be around because you really can’t replace him, even though I am sure next year’s teacher will be good.”

Retiring can be a big deal and sometimes even surprising, but history teacher Gary Knoke was not too surprised.

“I was not surprised,” Knoke said. “I know he needs more time to work on his golf game, which is badly in need of help.”

Besides golfing, which he would actually like to do more of, Lichtfuss would like to spend a lot more time fishing and time with his grandkids.

He is ready to get away from the heavy work load at school, but he will keep many memories from being a teacher.

“One of my favorite memories is when an old student of mine invited me to her wedding,” Lichtfuss said. “I was not sure why, but I went anyway.

During first hour Chemistry, senior Jack Peters and junior Erich Lueck work together with soon-to-retire science teacher Frank Lichtfuss to figure out the pressure of water during a lab.

Photo: H. Reck At the wedding she said to me that I helped her and her husband get where they are in life now.”

Teachers here at school have fond memories with Lichtfuss as well.

“He sent an e-mail to Tiger Woods explaining the mechanics of a perfect golf swing,” Knoke said.

Besides good memories, his teaching is what left an impact on students.

“Mr. Lichtfuss is a great teacher,” senior Jack Peters said. “He gave every lesson a sense of humor which made it more interesting.”

Through the years, Lichtfuss has found ways to entertain and get his students involved with fun learning.

Lichtfuss always tried to make students laugh with jokes.

“I’m going to miss his bad jokes the most,” Prindle said. “They were like dad jokes with a pinch more cleverness.”

Even though Lichtfuss liked to use humor in his teaching, what was more important to him was making sure the students were actually learning.

“I am going to miss being with and helping the students the most,” Lichtfuss said. “I enjoyed watching them learn throughout the years.”

Along with his clever ways of teaching, he also knows his way around

a weather map. Lichtfuss used to be a weatherman, and often brought some of those skills into teaching.

“He is like our own weatherman here at school,” junior Angie Evans said. “We do not need to pay for cable or wait for the evening news to see how the weather will be tomorrow or even three days from now.”

Lichtfuss has bonded with his students through his jokes, teaching and snow day predictions. Peters will miss all of Lichtfuss’s qualities, and was happy to have had him as a teacher.

“Goodbye, farewell and catch big fish in retirement Mr. Lichtfuss,” Peters said.

KIND Committee challenges conference rival, Ripon by

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Emily Beltran

There have been many known pranks that have been exchanged between conference rival, Ripon and fellow BHS students. This time, the prank was in hope of spreading kindness.

“The KIND Committee has done a very nice job spreading kindness to our student body and our community,” Principal Lynn Mork said.

On the night of Thursday, May 5 several KIND Committee members along with Mork and KIND Committee Adviser Ann Ragus hopped into a school van and drove to Ripon High School.

“We put post-it notes up all over their high school with kind sayings and challenged them to pass on the kindness,” KIND member

Julie Fleegal said.

When the committee proposed this idea to Mork, he contacted Ripon High School Principal, Randy Hatlen, who liked the idea and invited the committee to Ripon.

“I thought it was an orignal idea and it was an idea that brought people together,” Hatlen said.

Hatlen said that students at Ripon thought the notes were cool, that a group of students would go to such lengths to provide random acts of kindness.

“It is a unique idea one that is simple to do. Kindness can be passed on,” Hatlen said. “I think it is great that Berlin has a KIND Committee, and we here at Ripon will hopefully promote kindness in the way we act towards all people.”

Ripon accepted the challenge and plans to pass on the kindness early next school year.

Along with kind post-it notes spread throughout Ripon High School, the KIND commitee hung a banner challenging Ripon to spread kindness to another high school. (L-R) Alaina Labbus, Julie Fleegal, Alyssa Rohde, Malerie Harmon, Emily Beltran, Destiney Krebs and Luke Dretske.

Photo: A. Ragus

Blood Drive turn out a success The blood drive had a successful day on Wednesday, May 4, with a total of 65 people who donated blood.

At the end of the day there was a total of 54 useable pints of blood. About seven people donated blood by giving double.

Over the past three blood drives, BHS has collected over 116 pints of blood.

With the amount of blood received for over three blood drives, they are able to use that to qualify for scholarships.

“How it works is that with the number of pints we got each year, we add them together,” Student Council Adviser Ann Ragus said.

“We got a total of 116 pints of blood over the past three drives. On the scale for the scholarship money we land between 101-150 pints. So we get a total of $750 worth of scholarships, which we will split up into three $250 scholarships.”

Find out tonight at the senior awards banquet who will win these scholarships.

Second Annual Butterfly Effect helps baby Ava Senior Elizabeth Krueger helped raised money on Saturday, May 7 at Tractor Supply Company. This funraiser was for 10-week-old Ava Trockinski who has a congenital heart condition.

There was a basket raffle, a brat fry, bake sale and hometown broadcasting by 102.3 The Bug where music played all day.

“I was incredibly thankful that the community all came to support baby Ava,” Krueger said.

There were 129 people that purchased a ticket, and 110 baskets were donated.

A total of $4,800 was raised from basket raffles and donations from Berlin Area School District and First National Bank.

This being the second year of the Butterfly Effect, Krueger is already talking about plans for next year.

“It will be early summer because I will be busy with finals at college,” Krueger said. “I will not have time to devote to it until then.”

Some of the leftover money will fund more community projects like Ava’s.

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Wednesday, May 25, 2016

Physics students take calculations to Six Flags by

Caley Huggins

The Physics students, Advanced Biology students and Physics teacher Nick Kvam decided to keep the tradition of heading to Six Flags Great America. On May 18, the students and Kvam were off to the amusement park by 7:40 a.m.

“It’s a chance for the students to see physics in action in real life. It allows us to do some stuff that we cannot do inside the classroom,” Kvam said.

The purpose behind this trip was to record speed, velocity and forces of the roller coasters. They were able to measure these components by wearing accelerometer vests on rides. The vests that the students wore gathered the data as the students rode on the roller coasters.

“It was a good idea for a field trip. It was interesting,” senior Connor Nelson said.

The students had more than one reason to be excited for the trip.

“I’m just excited I got out of the cat dissection at school. I like cats and would much rather ride roller coasters all day,” senior Kendra Besaw said.

Amusement parks tend to be fun in general, but the students also brought their own version of fun to the park.

“Some of the lines were pretty long so while we were waiting in line, Connor Heinz did some magic tricks to pass waiting time,” Besaw said.

Back in March, the Physics students earned $150 by receiving

(L-R) Seniors Kaylynn Giere, Dayna Schmidt, Kendra Besaw and Karina Mullen stop at the entrance of Six Flags Great America on May 18 for the annual Physics Day field trip.

Photo: A. Brownlow the best presentation at the Rube Goldberg competition. That money was then dispersed between the Physics students and went towards the Six Flags trip. It reduced the cost of each student greatly.

“The cost, not including food,

was only $29. That’s nothing compared to what amusement parks usually cost,” Nelson said.

Before the day was over, the students completed a series of calculations with the data they collected.

“We do it at the end of the year so they can connect the information to what they were taught over the year,” Kvam said.

The science department plans to keep the traditon of going to Six Flags for years to come.

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BHS students inducted into National Honor Society Rachel Bertzyk Emma Blazel Jasmine Boe Samuel Cason Lauren Disterhaft Luke Dretske Melissa Edinger Julie Fleegal Amanda Gimenez Jeanae Gimenez Brianna Hameister Arielle Harmon Charley-Anne Hutchison Audrey Krueger Allison Marks Kollin McGregor Brittney Meyer Hanna Nitzke Bria Osterberg Clinton Ottman Haley Polakowski Jordyn Putzke Emma Rucks Megan Sobieski William Weisensel Jack Werch Savannah Wilkins Kiersten Williams Shelby Williams Created by Allison Marks

Student Council brings back Spring Fling by

Mercedes Zabel

After a couple years gap, Student Council decided to bring back the Spring Fling dance on May 20 for all students to end the school year with a fun time and good memories.

“It’s a time to say goodbye to the seniors and just hopefully end the Berlin High School 2015-2016 school year on a good note,” Student Council Adviser Ann Ragus said.

Plenty of preparation went into this dance, such as getting administrative permission, reserving a DJ and finding chaperones, yet it was still a way to provide entertainment at the end of the school year.

“This benefits all of the students because they can have a lot of fun and just do something different with their Friday night,” Student Council President Alesha Guenther said. “It provides a place to go, something to do and, I mean, who doesn’t like dancing?”

Not only did having a Spring Fling give the students, especially the seniors, one last chance

to spend some time with other classmates, but it also made up for prom.

“A lot of people were disappointed with prom and we thought it would be lots of fun for the end of the year to have a dance where everyone can get together one last time,” Guenther said.

Many students, including sophomore Alyse Bartol, felt there needed to be more dances aside from the few there already are.

“I thought that having another dance was a great idea. I’ve always felt like we don’t have enough dances,” Bartol said. “I think that most people have a great time going to a dance on a Friday night. I know I do.”

A few requests for the upcoming years would be to put up some decorations and even have a few activities planned. But nonetheless, the people who attended this year’s Spring Fling had an enjoyable time.

“We should continue to have a Spring Fling dance. It’s a great way for seniors to have fun at one last dance before college and for the rest of the students to relax before finals week,” Bartol said.

(L-R) Freshman Camryn Reck and sophomores Isabelle Heinz, Alyse Bartol and Bethany Thoma enjoy the Spring Fling dance, held last Friday, May 20 and sponsored by Student Council.

Photo: M. Zabel

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Opinion

Wednesday, May 25, 2016

Editorial

Senior skip day not worthy of threats

Created by Hazel Reck

Letters to the

Editor

Students lack driving etiquette Dear Editor, It is always a hassle to maneuver around the parking lot at lunch and after school when everyone is leaving. I have lost track of how many close calls I have had. Unless we have some sort of protection against people driving the wrong way down aisles, it will only get worse.

Senior Noah Wachs

Parking lot still a mess, regardless of cleanup Dear Editor, There has been a lot of attention given to cleaning up the parking lot lately, but it does not seem to be changing. Someone should actually go out at lunch and pick up every single Kwik Trip cup lying in the gutter. I am tired of doing it myself.

Junior Nicole Kopitzke

Senior skip day is an important tradition to many in the senior class, but within the past few years this tradition has seen decreased participation due to administrative staff threatening students.

Past years’ graduating classes were warned that if they decided to participate in senior skip day, they would not be able to walk during their graduation ceremony.

This year’s senior class heard rumors of this threat as well, especially as it grew closer to the end of the year.

Senior skip day is a tradition, not something worthy of threats, especially a threat against students not walking at their own graduation ceremony.

The ceremony is something that is special to any student graduating, not something that should be taken away due to one small event.

Senior skip day is only one day of their whole high school career, a day to do something as a group, unplanned by the school.

Yet, there are still people trying to stop this.

The seniors’ last trimester of high school also does not change much when it comes to GPA or their class rank, and only goes on their transcripts.

We can understand if the administration did not want seniors to skip because it may effect their class rank, their GPA or if it could stop them from going to their college. But, none of these things will happen, and there should be no big deal about missing one day.

Even to the seniors whose grades matter a lot to them this last trimester, a day off will not affect them much. Students miss school for field trips and extra-curricular activities and do not fall behind.

Why is this any different?

After four long years of high school, seniors deserve to skip a day before they finally leave. They want to take a break and enjoy themselves.

Senior skip day is a tradition, one that should not be stopped.

It is one day of school where seniors can spend time with friends before they leave for college and move away. Let seniors skip a day, instead of threatening them to miss their own graduation.

We’ve come to realize...all good things must come to an end, including this column by

Alyssa Thiel & Emily Beltran

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This column was not easy to write. though we may be more grateful than sad that this is our last one. We will miss sharing our opinion in a brave attempt to make this school a better place.

Surely not everything suggested in this column has changed, but we believe we have helped make a small difference that will hopefully be appreciated by the rest of the student body.

In our November column, we talked about switching up the dances each year to include a formal homecoming and add more dances in general. Student Council now hosted a spring fling this school year to add a semi-formal dance that everyone can attend in a way to wrap up the school year.

Our January column touched on parking lot issues, specifically the lack of open gates during the lunch hour. After being published, the parking lot gates are now open periodically during lunch hours.

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We would consider this column successful because we made some minor changes to the school and we were never beaten up in a bathroom stall for our opinions. So, as much as it pained us writing this every month we would like to thank our fellow students for accepting us.

All jokes aside, we would like to say our farewell to BHS and to all of our loyal fans. We will be signing autographs and taking pictures after the Sunday, May 29 graduation ceremony.

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Seniors chosen Mueller bikes across nation for Student of the by Month Caley Huggins

While most high school and college students spend their summer break relaxing, ‘14 alumna Celia Mueller will spend hers on a bicycle. Celia has decided to participate in the Bike and Build program and will travel across the United States on her bike.

“My first reaction was shocked when she told me she wanted to do this,” Celia’s mom Tracy Mueller said.

The Bike and Build program opens up the opportunity to ride and help build houses for people in need. About every six days, the riders will stop to build. By the end of the trip the group will have helped build a total of 14-18 houses.

“It’s a great program and there’s thought behind it,” Celia said.

Celia is on the Northern United States Route, along with 34 other bicyclists. She will be biking from Portsmouth, New Hampshire to Bellingham, Washington.

“I’m a big part of Habitat for Humanity here at La Crosse, so that is where I found out about the program. I love road biking, and I thought that it would be a great way to see the nation,” Celia said.

The trip will take almost a full three months. She will depart on June 14, and will finish in Washington on September 3.

“We are planning to hopefully be there on the West coast to see her finish,” Tracy said.

Rachel Van Dyke by

Celia Mueller ‘14 sits on her bike with some building necessities she will need on her trip across the nation for the Bike and Build program.

Photo: B. Fish Celia will have her cell phone along the route, which is how she plans to keep in touch with her family along the way.

“I’m a little nervous. I’m just hoping that she doesn’t get hurt.

Yet, I know she is going with a group and that makes me feel better,” Tracy said.

Mueller’s family has no doubt that Celia has the personal characteristics needed to take on something like this.

“She is determined. Celia is also very outgoing and up for anything. I look up to her for this,” Celia’s sister freshman Tess Mueller said.

Mercedes Zabel

Learning to be a leader and taking her own path to what makes her happy are just a few of the many things that led senior Rachel Van Dyke to be chosen as the female student of the month for May. “I worked really hard throughout high school and I really loved all of the staff and students,” Van Dyke said. “I tried to make the most of everything that I did.”

Through Van Dyke’s four years in high school, choir director Lisa Utecht has seen all of her hard work and determination.

“She isn’t one of those kids that feels like she is entitled to something. She works for it and earns it and that’s a really neat quality,” Utecht said.

Not only does she excel academically, but extracurricularly too. Van Dyke was part of the several clubs that BHS has to offer and close friend Mattea Arndt has witnessed her enthusiasm.

“Rachel definitely made her own mark. She puts 100 percent into ev-

Jacob Caswell

Foreign exchange student leaves with memories by

Bria Osterberg

After a long year, foreign exchange student Lilit Dallakyan is leaving to go back to her home country, Armenia. She is not leaving without some great memories, though.

“Everyone at school is so nice and friendly, and the school is just so perfect,” Dallakyan said. “I always looked forward to American prom and Christmas. I am very excited to wear the gown at graduation.”

Dallakyan took a few months to adjust to the American lifestyle and make memories with her host family, the Markses.

“Lilit was willing to try new foods, experience new things and learn our culture,” host sister Allison Marks said. “She is good at taking jokes and she picks back, too.”

The host family loves to make jokes about Dallakyan’s accent and she accepts them with laughter.

“We always joke about the way she pronounces words,” host mother Brenda Marks said. “It will be like a void after she has lived with us for a year. She became a part of our family.”

There are ups and downs to leaving for Dallakyan.

“I cannot wait to just hug my

mom again and watch movies with my friends,” Dallakyan said. “But, I will miss everyone here and I know I will never be in a situation like this again.”

Dallakyan has learned a lot about the American culture and about herself.

“I got more patient, flexible and learned to accept different rules while keeping my own values,” Dallakyan said. “I also started having dreams in English rather than Armenian.”

Becoming fluent in English made it so that she is not so fluent in Armenian anymore.

“When I Skype my parents I have a hard time speaking and understanding Armenian now,” Dallakyan said.

New experiences have popped up everywhere for Dallakyan, not just with the language.

“I loved the cross country and track teams, cross country skiing, brownies and macaroni,” Dallakyan said. “I don’t really like running, chicken patties or waking up early.”

Dallakyan’s host family witnessed and tagged along with all of her new experiences.

“I will miss showing her and watching her with all the new experiences,” Brenda said.

Dallakyan’s host siblings were also

Photo: A. Marks able to be there through it all.

“I enjoyed being with her as she played catch and walked our dog for the first time,” Allison said. “Seeing her experience football games was very exciting, too.”

All these happy memories must end, but Dallakyan and her host family will try to keep making more.

“I intend to apply to an American university and visit my sister in America,” Dallakyan said. “Every chance I get I will come back to Berlin and see my host family and friends.”

The Marks family will try to do the same.

“It would be cool to visit Armenia, see the different culture and to meet and get to know Lilit’s family just like she did with mine,” Allison said.

Photo: Eagle Studios As a constant reminder to others of what it is like to succeed, salutatorian for the class of 2016, senior Jacob Caswell, has been chosen for May’s male student of the month.

From being number two in his class to having his name up on the track and field record board, Caswell has always pushed himself to the limits while learning valuable things along the way.

“You just need to be yourself and not take for granted what you have here,” Caswell said.

Photo: Majella Photography erything. She is the person who will encourage others to succeed,” Arndt said. “In show choir she is always on top of things and does everything with passion. You can tell she loves what she does.”

After finishing a high school career filled with accomplishments, Van Dyke is prepared to tackle what her future holds. She has plans to attend UW- Eau Claire with a major in biology.

“I really did everything I love, so I have no regrets here,” Van Dyke said.

Throughout all of his hard work and many achievements, Caswell has made an impact on others at BHS, including senior Emily Beltran.

“He has reminded me that if you work hard you can pretty much get to any place you want to be,” Beltran said.

Cross country and track and field coach Matt Willett has been alongside Caswell all four years of his high school journey and he has given Willett many reasons to be proud.

“I am proud of him for his determination. He set goals for himself way back when he was a freshmen and to see them coming to fruition just really makes me proud,” Willett said. “I think just as a person he has grown so much and he is going off to do great things.”

Caswell was able to be successful during his high school years because of the support given from friends and teachers. He now has plans to attend Columbia University in New York to run track.

“I think I just comprehended what I was given coming here and used them to my advantage,” Caswell said.

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BCSC gives Botany students makeover local grape arbor away one millionth by Alyssa Thiel dollar in scholarships by

Allison Marks

The Berlin Community Scholarship Corporation (BCSC) has been awarding high school graduates and college students with scholarships since 1985 and is run by community volunteers.

The idea to start a program like this in Berlin was sparked at a school board convention many years ago.

“Sue Yankowski, who was on the school board at the time, came back with the idea and we thought it would work well in Berlin,” BCSC Vice President Peggy Seaman said. “We give away a combination of scholarships between high school and college students.”

The first year, about $400-$500 in scholarships were awarded.

The amount has greatly increased since then.

“On awards night this year, the Berlin Community Scholarship Corporation will award 77 scholarships totaling $91,995 to Berlin area students graduating from high school or currently attending college,” Seaman said.

After 31 years, BCSC will be giving away their millionth dollar.

“Since 1985, BCSC will have awarded 1,167 scholarships totaling $1,086,060,” Seaman said.

To have money to give away as scholarships, BCSC relies greatly on donations from community members, who are willing to help out.

“Our scholarships are funded by donations and earnings on donations made by individuals, businesses and estates,” Seaman said.

The BCSC website (www. berlinscholarships.org/), tells more about the program. Any community member can donate by joining annually for a $10 minimum donation, providing a named scholarship according to their wishes and including BCSC in their estate planning to provide ongoing scholarships for students.

Science teacher Patrick Arndt’s Botany class recently volunteered four class periods to help community members and fellow classmates.

The class traveled to junior Gabrial and sophomore Erica Naparala’s house to refurbish the grape arbor in their yard.

“Mr. Arndt noticed it was in rough shape and asked if we could fix it up and make it look nicer,” junior Jordan Krentz said.

Students walked to the yard each day and followed a series of steps taught to them by Arndt, an experienced grape grower.

“First, we pruned it which is cleaning out dead stuff, invasive weeds, and unproductive buds,” junior Samantha Hill said. “Then, we zip-tied the vines to support wires that will stay with them when they grow.”

When pruning vines students had to be careful how much of the vine to trim.

“When the buds get to a certain point you want to trim them,” ju-

nior Craig Borst said. “The ones on the end may not grow so you want to ensure that the young ones get a chance to grow and grow efficiently.”

While tying up the vines, students kept in mind the most effective way to grow them.

“We tied up the vines across the top so that the grapes will hang nicely from them for picking,” Hill said.

Lots of hard work and cooperation made the end result a success and left students feeling proud of their good deed.

“It felt good giving back to the community,” Borst said. “They do so much for the school.”

This experience also taught students general knowledge on how to grow their own grapes.

“I now know how to properly prune grapes and even grow them for myself in my own garden,” Borst said.

Hill also pictures herself using this new knowledge in the future.

“Maybe I’ll be a grandma one day tending to my beautiful garden of grapes,” Hill said.

Junior Craig Borst connects the grape vines to the support wire using zip-ties. This is one of the final jobs science teacher Patrick Arndt’s Botany class accomplished before fully refurbishing a community member’s grape arbor last month.

Photo: S. Hill

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Senior fast forward UW-Fox Valley

Shy Medrano Mackenzie Shroeder Brianna Stumpner

UW-Green Bay Conner Heinz Shawna Vetrone Noah Wachs

Senior Playlist

UW-La Crosse

Alaina Labbus Alyssa Rohde Emily Vlachina Savannah Wilkins

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Kendra Besaw Alicia Brownlow Felicia Cain Melissa Edinger Carter Jodarski Mitchell Kramer Destiney Krebs Brooke Malnory Kylee Murkley Jacklyn Stumpner Ryan Wenig Mitchell Yonke

UW-Platteville Noah Pomplun

UW-River Falls Fallon Goetsch Hannah Olsen

UW-Stevens Point Elizabeth Krueger Rachel Merrick Karina Mullen

Senior pranks thumbs up, down Bring your pet to school day

UW-Madison

Alesha Guenther Arielle Harmon Connor Nelson Dayna Schmidt

UW-Stout

Jack Peters Stephanie Melchor Jordan Konrath

Wisconsin Private Colleges:

Marlee McAllister

Austin Haedt

Mattea Arndt

Columbia University

Carthage College Concordia University

Jacob Caswell

Jordyn Putzke

Gnomon School of Visual Effects

Marian University

Nujerry Vang

Haley Polakowski

North Dakota State

Marquette University

Lucas Gravunder

Malerie Harmon

Ocean County College

Ripon College

Galen Vancampenhout

Kailee Betler

St. Mary’s University of Minnesota

St. Norbert College

Alyssa Thiel

Emily Beltran

University of Minnesota Twin Cities

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Fox Valley Tech

Samuel Marks

Katie Becker Brandon Brey Dylan Bortz Sky Brotz Evan Draves

Winona State Julia Silloway

American University of Armenia Lilit Dayllakyan

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No one likes to say goodbye to a pet when leaving the house for school. Seniors decided to bring them to school on Wednesday, May 11. Sadly, most did not make it through morning announcements before being sent back home.

“My favorite part was being able to bring my puppy and let everyone see her and love her,” senior Ashley Fish said. “Overall, I think it was a successful prank.”

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“It was kind of a fail/success. No one could agree on a day so it was hard to make it seem like a senior skip day,” Krebs said. “But, I think there was enough people gone to know that something was up.”

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“Connor Heinz would do a magic trick for us every Tuesday in Spanish 5 class and would narrate it in Spanish. That was pretty awesome,” Spanish teacher Jody Zeimann said.

While he has been gaming professionally for years, senior Nujerry Vang has taken an even more serious look at a career in video game development.

“I’ve been accepted by Gnomon School of Visual Effects in Hollywood, California,” Vang said.

Vang had to overcome a 50% acceptance rate; a much harder challenge than UW-Oshkosh’s 84% acceptance rate.

“The school specializes in computer graphics, visual effects and animation,” Vang said. “I’ll be moving there, and paying for it on my own.”

Many graduates of Gnomon have found work in California on various movies including “Frozen” and “The Book of Life.”

“The school is known for placing its students into jobs immediately after graduating,” Vang said. “That was something I was looking for.”

Vang, while still being very attached to the industry, wants to put his gaming on the backburner so he can focus on his education.

“Gaming will become more of a hobby,” Vang said. “I’d like to fo-

Senior Nujerry Vang works on a Twitter banner in tech ed Joel Johansen’s computer lab.

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Vang had set himself up on the Resource aide Marian Kobishop path of gaming a long time ago, has been a close adviser of Vang for and feels like Gnomon can help his high school career, and is very him start a career. supportive of Vang’s school choice.

“Who knows? I might even help “I really hope to hear from him make the next Call of Duty game,” in a few years, of the success he’ll Vang said. have,” Kobishop said. “I know he He also realizes that it will take has a bright future ahead of him.” a lot of work to get ahead in this For the past few months, Vang industry. has made himself a job by design“Gaming will always be a part of ing Twitter banners. me. Maybe even the biggest part,” “I charge $10 a banner,” Vang Vang said. “I just have more imsaid. “I design them myself. I make portant things to do now.”

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“It has to be the fun and success we have had in the track season, boys and girls.

The seniors and their leadership and their success was pretty cool,” track coach Bob Prellwitz said.

“Daily entertainment in the ceramics room was senior Ashley Fish. She took a classmate’s piece of unfired pottery and staged a dramatic fall in the ceramic room to shatter the piece all over the floor. The class was in tears of laughter when they realized it wasn’t hers for the grade, and it was all an act,” art teacher Angela Breunig said.

“I’ve known many students in this class their entire lives. It has been fun watching them grow into the wonderful people they are. I will remember this class for its kindness and willingness to help one another. I will especially miss team dinners with the various teams Ryan (Wenig) was part of. Good luck to all of you,” English teacher Amy Wenig said.

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“I will miss the endless amounts of laughs, jokes, pranks and Qdoba dates with my best friends and coaches from cross country and track,” senior Emily Beltran said.

“I’m going to miss early morning workouts with the distance squad and all of our not so school appropriate playlists,” senior Alyssa Thiel said.

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​ “I’ll miss having a schedule created by someone else. Now, I’ll actually have to take responsibility,” senior Tyler Ostrowski said.

“I am going to miss free classes and all the clubs/sports I was involved in. They were unforgettable,” senior Hazel Reck said.

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Senior Wills; what will you pass on

• Hawaii became the first state to make the legal smoking age 21 • Janet Jackson became pregnant with first child

I, Dillon Milner, will the nickname ‘Milly’ to my sister, LilliAnne Milner (9).

I, Alicia Brownlow will my car and everything in it to Kevin Sanchez (9) and Toby Rademen (9).

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I, Abby Mamerow, will my smart aleck attitude to Sara Tollaksen (11).

I , Aerin Putzke, will my Netflix password to my sister, Delaney Putzke (8), so she can watch Netflix in class instead of pay attention.

I, Alyssa Ponto, will ‘the wobble’ to Rachel Disterhaft (11).

• Yik Yak caused trouble throughout BHS • Science Club traveled to San Diego, California • Girls cross country competed at state

I, Mike Mularski, will my computer to Mercedes Shallock (11).

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Arts & Entertainment

You tweet it, we repeat it Junior Luke Dretske @lukedretske

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The orange taco truck on the corner of Broadway and North Washington Street has exceeded all expectations for authentic Mexican food or eating food from a truck in general.

From the time we got our food until the worker handed me the change, it was a ten-minute visit for ordering a burrito, tacos and nachos.

The young man working behind the counter receives five stars himself. He gave me plenty of options to chose from even with five out of the 12 menu options being out of stock.

He talked me into getting three tacos with roaster pork and even let me try it before I ordered it.

I ate all three tacos and some nachos. Personally, I am not a fan of nachos, but I could not stop snacking on these. Also, the taco shells were not just the typical Taco Bell shells or tortilla shells. They evened out the spicy flavor of the pork on the inside and gave it an interesting taste.

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guaranteed was cool, tasty and 100 percent sugary.

There was no place to sit while we waited for our food so we sat in our car. When our food was ready, the server brought our food over to us and gave us our total.

The worker there definitely knew the menu well, was super friendly, made sure our visit was worthwhile and made us want to come back again.

La Playita belongs on a busy intersection like it is. It definitely draws in a lot of first-time customers and is the perfect stop for a last-minute dinner date.

The one complaint about the

visit was the location of the taco truck. There were no organized parking stalls, but the employee was quick to assist us when we got parked in.

The cleanliness of the truck was definitely worth five stars.

There was a garbage can outside for people to throw away their garbage after taste testing some options.

I am not sure what La Playita’s plan is for the summer, but I hope to see them stick around Berlin.

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“My friends, of course,” freshman Evyn Stadler said. “They always have my back so I would have to have theirs.”

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“My dog. He seems to always have my back so I would feel bad not risking my life for him,” sophomore Trenton Weiss said.

“John Hammond-Featherston,” junior Bradley Block said. “He has a billy goat beard, and I would miss it a lot.”

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Mostly A’s: you are a Smartphone You love to be active and love to binge watch the latest season of “Walking Dead” on AMC. You even wish a zombie apocalypse would happen in school.

That way, you can show off those moves you’ve seen from Rick, Carol and Eugene.

Mostly B’s: you are a Flip Phone Hey, the 1990’s called, they want their flip phone back. You love looking at flash back pictures with ones you love. And you always have time to watch some Grey’s Anatomy with your grandma since she got you intrested in the re-runs of those soap operas.

Mostly C’s: you are a landline Well, this is awkward, you only took five steps before the cord pulled you back. Even though this is not as high tech as the others, you still have the chance to talk all night long to your best friend. With your favorite app being Powerschool, it is really the only “social” in your life. At night you have a serious addiction to crime shows, which is not too bad, but no one is really as intense as you watching it.

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Wednesday, May 25, 2016

Huntsman: Winter’s War’ twists Snow White Story Bria Osterberg

“The Huntsman: Winter’s War” is a twisted, yet exciting story about Snow White’s huntsmen. It is a thrilling tale about deception and love.

This story tells of two sisters who were both deceived by men, so they rose up and conquered the land. One of the sisters, Ravenna, wanted to be the fairest of them all and she did everything in her magical power to get rid of whoever stood in her way.

Freya, the other sister, had been heartbroken by her fiancé and ran to the northern kingdom and conquered it with her fierce ice power.

She forced everyone in her kingdom never to love and only to be loyal to her.

The irony of Freya and Ravenna is that they are complete opposites, but yet they are they are both evil in their own special ways.

Eric and Sarah are two of Freya’s outstanding huntsmen. Every story has to have a good love story so they fall in love, betraying Freya’s rule. Freya finds out and she deceived the two lovers into thinking that they had lost each other forever. It is heartbreaking for the audience and it seems Sarah will stay lost and Eric will be heart-

broken forever.

After this happened, the story line jumps to seven years later. It was interesting how the movie was set up.

People who have not seen the first movie would not understand what was going on. Sequels that make the audience have to see the first one are eye-catching.

Eric had met Snow White in the first movie and became a loyal huntsman to her. They thought the danger was gone because they had killed Ravenna, but what they did not know was that her sister was still as evil as ever. The mirror on the wall was the one thing that could make Freya invincible and she had to have it from Snow White.

The race between Freya’s men and Eric, to see who could get to the mirror first, was heart pounding and ac tion-packed.

All good movies have more than one twist, but spilling the beans about another would be very rude.

There is a light shining at the end of the tunnel for the kingdom, but the end of the story cannot be told here.

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Station wagons get a bad rap. Back in the day, they were American legends. They occupied every driveway, ferrying people to school, to work, hauling boats and becoming living spaces for the homeless.

Now, it is believed they are just for the homeless.

Station wagons filled a market demographic for fifty years. Families with more than two kids bought a wagon. Families who needed a lot of space bought a station wagon.

Or, today, station wagons are picked up for $300 by high school students, such as in senior Adrian Laude’s case.

The 1995 Chevrolet Caprice wagon is still a premium vehicle, showcasing the best and worst aspects of what a full-size station wagon is.

For example, this wagon offers a huge 5.7 liter V8 engine taken from the Corvette, making 260 horsepower and allowing for some impressive takeoffs from stop signs.

It also offers nine-passenger seating.

Three people across three rows of seats, of which the farthest back faces out the back window, forcing passengers to stare at other drivers the whole ride.

Everything on the car has at least two uses, such as the dual-action tailgate, where the back window flips up and the lower section folds down or swings out.

The greatest part of owning such a station wagon is the feeling of sailing.

The driver feels like they are riding waves, as the suspension floats over every obstacle, like a sailboat.

The front of the car stretches on for miles, like the horizon on an open sea.

It also feels like an inflatable dinghy, as all points of impact are at least four feet away.

Even more so, the entire car sounds like a powerboat, due to a decaying exhaust system.

Plus, this car has the gas economy of a hundred-year-old coal-fired power plant.

But these are not bad things, as they come with the experience of piloting a land barge. Those points would be

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Although it may look like a boat, and handle like a boat, it is as roadworthy as anything else.

Thank you, Adrian Laude, for keeping an American icon running after 21 years, after everyone else has moved on.

Now, the only thing he could do to make it better would be adding wood panels on the sides. That is a sign of class.

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Wednesday, May 25, 2016

Baseball sees unusual injury, a first for Bednarek

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The baseball team has sustained a couple injuries during games, one of the more significant ones involving freshman Dylan Gravunder and senior Carter Jodarski.

It was one of the more serious injuries varsity coach Bryant Bednarek has seen while coaching baseball, and it happened during the first game out of two home games on April 23 at their tournament “I was playing third, Dylan was catching, and there was a pop fly between the two of us,” Jodarski said.

“We both went for the ball and he ran into me and his mouth hit my elbow.”

Jodarski first made sure he was not hurt and then checked to see if Gravunder was injured.

“I had no injuries, but I got the wind knocked out of me,” Jodarski said.

“By the time I was up, other people were already helping him out.”

Gravunder did not know what to think at first because he collided so

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Heights Golf Course, time TBD • Girl’s Soccer @ Berlin High • Senior Awards night, 6 p.m.

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hard with Jodarski he was knocked unconscious.

“I wasn’t sure what happened at first because I got knocked out, so I was not awake,” Gravunder said.

Bednarek was not exactly sure what happened at first, either.

“At first, when I saw both Carter and Dylan on the ground, I was thinking they collided heads,” Bednarek said.

“My first thought was that I would lose both Carter and Dylan because of concussions in the first game of a tournament, so I thought it was going to end up being a long day without them.”

Gravunder’s injury ended up being a little more serious than Bednarek first thought it was going to be.

“When I got closer I could see Dylan was spitting out blood and I could see some teeth were moved,” Bednarek said. “It did not really hit me though until I saw how much swelling was in his face the next Monday at school.”

Gravunder was not short on help out on the field. Not only did his own team try to help, but the other team

did as well.

“Lots of people came over when they saw two players were down,” Bednarek said. “Not just our team, but also members from the other team and their coach came to help.”

It was up to the coaches to figure out what they should do for Gravunder.

“There was no trainer there at the time, so we were left to figure it out on our own,” Bednarek said.

Gravunder’s injury was fixable, just not out on the field.

“They had to take my braces off and move my teeth back into place,” Gravunder said.

Along with Gravunder’s injury, there was only one other pretty significant injury during the season.

“Mason Luker hurt his shoulder during pregame of the same game,” Jodarski said. “But, other than that there has not been any other significant injuries.”

Gravunder is back playing, but Luker will not be playing for the rest of the season. Other than that, there have not been any more significant injuries.

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Sports Briefs Softball loses players, entire JV team

The softball team started the season with full JV and varsity teams. They have not had full teams in a couple of years.

The varsity team lost players, which made it so a JV pitcher had to be moved up, ending the JV team’s season.

A few other girls were moved up, but there just was not enough room on varsity for everyone. The JV girls are still welcomed and encouraged to come to practice.

“It is tough on everyone,” sophomore Bailey Sternitske said. “When you lose girls, no matter what the reason, it affects everyone.”

Baseball heads toward regionals

The baseball team has been suffering from a few injuries, but they are recovering and are in full swing to get to regionals.

“We are trying to get momentum going into regionals and make a run in the post season,” senior Alex Brunke said.

The players try not to worry about their record. They just take it one game at a time.

“We are just trying to find a way to get hot and start playing Berlin baseball,” Brunke said. “We need that one more hit or one more big play to get us going.”

Their regional game is tomorrow at 4:30p.m. vs. Omro at home.

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The girls track and field team captured their third Conference Championship in the previous four years at Ripon High School on Tuesday May 17.

“It was so amazing to win conference again,’ senior Stephanie Melchor said. “Everyone individually did their part in their events.”

Ten girls set personal records that night.

“I broke my personal record in the 100-meter dash with a time of 13.13,” sophomore Isabelle Heinz said.

With being a sophomore and only having two years of high school experience, Heinz often gets nervous before every race.

“I was really nervous,” Heinz said.

“I knew that everything I did that night was for points.”

The track season is not over yet.

There are still races to run and hurdles to jump.

“I’m sad about the seaon coming to an end, but it’s not here, yet,” Melchor said. “I can’t wait to run in college next school year.”

While Melchor views the end of the season being bittersweet, Heinz is already planning for next season.

“I’m excited to get to know the new freshmen, form new relays and break school records,” Heinz said.

At this point in the season, every race, every hand off, every throw and every jump counts.

“The depth definitley helped the girls win conference,” Coach Matt Willett said. “We means we had multiple scorers in each event.”

With seniors having three con-

Golf onto post season

The golf team is heading to the post season, but they have been struggling to keep a consistent record. They are currently fourth in the conference as a team and need to play a little bettter to make it out of regionals.

“As a team we tried to play well at the conference tournament to give us some confidence going into our regionals,” senior Sam Marks said.

If the team is to make it, they must be one of the four low teams and at sectionals they must be of the two lowest teams to make it to state together.

Marks has made it to state the past three years and is hoping to make it again this year. He has to be top three at regionals and sectionals to move on individually.

“Getting there the past three years makes me want to get there even more,” Marks said.

This morning at 9 a.m. the boys golf team left for regionals against Xavier at Shamrock Heights Golf Course

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Sophomore Isabelle Heinz (middle) sprints to the finish line, taking third place in the 100-meter dash at the conference meet at Ripon High School on Tuesday, May 17.

Photo: E. Schmidt ference wins under their belts, the coaching staff is just as proud.

“It’s fantastic! I am so proud,” Willett said. “It’s cool to see longevity of what we’ve done.”

Melchor has high expectations for next year’s girls track team.

“I want them to remember to always have a great attitude and be good leaders,” Melchor said. “Having fun is all that matters.”

Willett gives credit to the team for their success.

“My key to coaching is simple: good kids,” Willett said. “Good athletes make great coaches.”

Girls Personal Records broken at Conference meet Isabelle Heinz: 100 m dash, 13.13 Stephanie Melchor: 200 m dash, 26.99 400 m dash, 1:02.67 Malerie Harmon: 800 m dash, 2:26.17 1600 m dash, 5:23.42 Mackenzie Kurczek: 800 m dash, 2:29.23 Julia Silloway: 1600 m dash, 5:24.67 100 m hurdles, 17.38 Audrey Krueger: 100 m hurdles, 16.39 300 m hurdles, 51.18

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A proud moment for both, seniors Mitchell Kramer and Julia Silloway were each selected to be part of an All Star team.

Kramer, chosen for his excellence in football, was nominated by both his current coach and the head coach of the All Star team to play running back for the North Squad All Star football team.

“All of my coaches have pushed me to be part of this game,” Kramer said. “It was my goal to make this team since freshman year.”

It was not just his motives that were driving him to play this game, the influence of who he was playing for had an equal impact.

“I wanted to be part of this game to be able to support the Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin,” Kramer said. “Also because my coach was part of the game and I get to represent Berlin.”

Football coach Joe Stellmacher knows Kramer is very deserving of the honor to play in this game.

“Mitch has a great passion for the sport of football and is very dedicated,” Stellmacher said. “He had an excellent high school career and has proven to be one of the better players in the state.”

In addition to Kramer getting the chance to play in an All Star game, Silloway has also been selected to play with an All Star team.

“It just shows that all my hard work is finally paying off,” Silloway said. “I’m going to be put on a good team with other good players and I’m excited to meet them all because I don’t know any of them”.

Silloway’s father has given her everything she needed to succeed in basketball, but basketball coach Joe Brandl has also had a helping hand in her success.

“She has worked her tail off over the years,” Coach Brandl said. “I’m excited for her. It’s a neat experience not many get to have and she gets the chance to do it.”

Alumna Callie Walker ‘13 was also selected to play for the All Star game her senior year.

“I knew when Callie was in the All Star game that I wanted to be in it, too,” Silloway said. “It has been my goal since I was a freshmen.”

Thinking along the same line as Kramer, Silloway knows this will benefit her future in basketball at Winona College as well.

“It’ll help me get back in the groove,” Silloway said. “I haven’t been playing basketball the whole time I’ve been in track this season so it will help.”

The All Star football game will take place at the UWOshkosh Titan Stadium on July 16, and the All Star basketball game will take place on June 17 at the Just A Game Fieldhouse in Wisconsin Dells.

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