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New Hawaiian restaurant pops up, excels A highly anticipated restaurant hit the northland in time to ring in the new year. Hawaiian Bros opened their fourth location on Jan. 7 in North Kansas City after announcing their plans in 2019. The small chain was created by brothers Cameron and Tyler McNie to spread Hawaiian culture to the Midwest, starting with the Kansas City metro area. The menu features a traditional “plate lunch” with variations of their signature combo of meat, white rice, and macaroni salad. Alongside the entrees, other famous Hawaiian treats are for sale as well, including Spam musabi and Dole Whips. Even three days after the grand opening, the restaurant was packed wall to wall to get a taste of what Hawaiian Bros had to offer. At lunch Jan. 10, there was upwards of 30 people in line to order, the staff was relatively quick to get orders in and out for us excited customers. It took about 25 minutes to get through the line and finally receive the food, so even with a rush of people, it was faster service than many sit-down restaurants. I ended up going with the small order of the hulli hulli chicken, which is advertised as their signature dish. The small order came with a significant portion of food, including one scoop of rice, one scoop of macaroni salad and a quarter pound of chicken. Besides the chicken, there were pork and vegetarian options as well. I also ordered the classic pineapple Dole Whip, which was essentially just pineapple-flavored and non-dairy soft serve ice cream. Once I tasted the food, it was easy to understand why there was so much anticipation for this location to open. The quality of the chicken, rice and macaroni combination is unrivaled to any other fast food setting in the area. The hulli hulli was the perfect amount of fresh, juicy and savory flavors from the teriyaki marinade, though, the macaroni salad surprisingly stole the show with its delicious taste. To top it all off, the Dole Whip was the ideal sweet yet subtle dessert to finish the meal. Ethnic fast food, other than Mexican or Chinese takeout, is in short supply in the area. These easily accessible and affordable Pacific Island flavors are a game changer for the city. The hype for Hawaiian Bros was certainly warranted after getting to experience what they have to offer. Written by Hailey Milliken photos by hailey milliken

Flying photog raphy Student shares story behind lens A fter working with small unmanned aircraft systems for more than a year, senior Murphy Corum has plans to take his drone aviation activity to the next level. His stepfather used to fly helicopters for the U.S. Army but then got into commercial aviation and inspired Corum to get into it too. “Before my parents got divorced, they were both educators, so I didn’t really have that military aspect,” said Corum. “When my stepdad came into my life, he brought that military side, especially the aviation side, to really be able to give me a glimpse on what aviation looks like.” He recently started his drone photography business called Aerial Heights Productions and has a Twitter account, @HeightsAerial, and a website, aerialheights816.wixsite.com. He started the business for the main purpose of providing footage to companies and their marketing processes. “It’s a new business type adventure that I’m starting,” said Corum. He has a photography business and tries to stay local with the jobs. He has been hired by people to take photos, but he is looking into the process of selling large prints of his photos like his Kauffman Stadium photographs. “I’ve done some business for the people who did our new track so they could use the photos for their marketing purposes. I’ve worked with a couple real estate people, the Chiefs stadium photos. I’ve done some small businesses like Play Try Kansas City,” said Corum. Corum said he tries to take photos of any landscapes he can and wants to share his work with others. “I’m trying to do more highlights of K.C. It depends on what people want,” said Corum. “Not only do I think it’s fun for me, but it’s cool to see other people enjoy what I’m doing.” When he started off his drone aviation, he had to learn the ropes and research different techniques but soon discovered there was more he could do with it. “I realized what else was out there, like being commercially qualified to be able to sell pictures and to be able to go into different waiver stuff because I have waivers to be able to fly at night which many people don’t,” said Corum. Corum said that in Missouri there is an organization called the Silver Patrol where he is the only person under 18 who is qualified to do drone operations. “What Silver Patrol has done in the past is stuff for search and rescue for manned aircraft and stuff like that, but they just started coming out with a new drone program in about June of 2018. So, I kind of hopped on the leading edge of that,” said Corum. After starting out with drone operating, Corum hoped to end up in the U.S. Air Force. “Being able to go in as a pilot for the Air Force would be fantastic for me, but I’ve got to get there first,” said Corum. Written by cassie Ford Photos by Murphy Corum

Super bowl win impacts, excites students T he Kansas City Chiefs broke their 50-year Super Bowl championship drought, beating the San Francisco 49ers 31-24 Feb. 2. While students and faculty have been wearing jerseys for their favorite players and new championship shirts, the impact goes beyond the clothes people are wearing. “It is important for a variety of reasons,” said social studies teacher Scott Anderson. “From a community standpoint, it’s just great because it brings Kansas City together and just makes everybody happy and love each other.” For many older staff, the championship is significant due to the city going 50 years without a Super Bowl championship, which was the second-longest drought in NFL history for teams that have won previously. “I was exactly two months old last time we won in 1970,” said Anderson. “So, 50 years later, I get to experience something I didn’t get to experience before. I grew up in the ‘80s when we were God-awful bad, and 10,000 people went to Arrowhead. So, for it to come full circle and for the city to embrace a team I have loved for a long time is just so fun and just makes me so happy.” As students have never gotten to experience the Chiefs winning before, reactions were positive. Many students were joyous following the win. “Whenever we were down 10 with six minutes to go, it was so hard not to lose hope,” said senior Luke Winkler. “Whenever we pulled it out, it was just unbelievable.” Students are also optimistic of another championship in the future. Some believe 2018 NFL Most Valuable Player and Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes and defensive end Chris Jones can lead the team. “I think the Chiefs have a lot of potential. Chris Jones says he wants to be a Chief for life. Mahomes is getting a large amount of money,” said freshman Nathan VanDruff. “There is a lot that the future holds.” As a parade ensued Feb. 5, fans from all over the area lined Grand Boulevard and stood outside of Union Station for a pep rally. An estimated 800,000 celebrated the championship. “It was insane,” said senior Seth McGrew. “Insanely loud. Insanely excited. Everyone was just very high energy.” Winkler and McGrew camped out overnight to get the best spots for the rally. “I wanted to have the front row spot,” said McGrew. “So, I figured the only way to get the front row spot is to be there first. I was willing to endure that pain and do it.” Because of their effort, they were rewarded by being able to meet Kansas City, Missouri, mayor Quinton Lucas. “It was awesome,” said Winkler. “I had no intentions of meeting him, but I saw him running around. He took a picture with us. It was really cool. I didn’t realize how big of a Chiefs fan he was, so that was awesome.” Students’ spirits have been high as fans looked toward next year with aspirations of another championship. As fans celebrated, they used the words of head coach Andy Reed. “How ‘bout those Chiefs!” What does winning the super bowl mean to you? Written by Landyn Goldberg Photo by Murphy Corum Caroline Ray, 09 Alex Gonzalez, 10 Patrick Mendoza, 11 D.J. Pitia, 12 “We waited a long time for this, so it just feels good to bring it in a long time, so I’m hoping we can continue forward and keep winning it.” “It felt good to see the Chiefs win in my lifetime, and it was good for the city.” “I’ve seen so many disappointing losses throughout the year, and you just have to fight through those losses and they suck. But, in the end, they pay off.” “It was just fun watching the excitement on my dad’s face when the Chiefs finally won the Super Bowl.”