Log - Issue 4 - December 2015

Man Buns Hot or Not?

The Northmen’s

Dec. 11, 2015 Issue: 4 Vol: 51 KC, MO What’s in Your Pack? • My Mom is My Teacher? • Confessions of a Collector

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Letters from the

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Hey Oak Park! Mabrey Wathen is the name, and managing is my game. This year Maddie Russell and I are co-editors-inchief for The Northmen’s Log newsmagazine.

For our fourth issue of The Log this year, we wanted to have more in-depth stories produced and a nicer flow between the Hey it’s Maddie here, who is excited to relay to you that different topics tackled in the newsmagazine. We have three this is the fourth issue of The Log, and that winter break big topics in this December issue, which include: man buns, is in sight! wrestling and backpack weight.

I’m not gonna lie, this year has been For the backpack feature, you’ll find students a little rough for The Log. With evtalking about how heavy their backpacks are erything going on it’s sometimes hard to and everything they have to carry around. meet deadlines, and some content can If you want to read about wrestling, read the just fall through the cracks which is unstory about wrestlers having to cut weight to avoidable, and that is why some of the stay in their weight class. content is a little iffy at times, but there Our man bun opinion feature is a popuhave also been a lot of proud moments lar topic in society right now, and may bring this year as well. negative and positive opinions, but definiteMy staff certainly stepped up their ly a topic that that should be weighed in on. game this issue and have provided you You’ll find quotes from four students who have with some amazing content you can feast or have had man buns. your eyes on like the beautiful graphic Carson OP has a massive amount of love and respect toEgbert designed for the Stars Wars story and the ward one another, which makes OP the best high schools amazing story Dakota Ake wrote on the heaviness of in the North Kansas City School District. This year we’re hopbackpacks. Even more improvements have been made by ing to push the limits and get more students and staff to read staff members and I can’t give them enough credit, you the newsmagazine. If you see something you like or find someguys rock and thanks for all of your hard work! thing absolutely amazing, spread the word.

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Contents News Opinion 2 Miss OP Candidates The Force Re-Awakens Theatre Rings in the Holidays

Feature

4 Attack of the Man Buns

Recreation

6 The True Weight We Carry What are Your Backpack Necessities?

What’s Stashed in Your Pack?

People

9 Pinterest: Does it Actually Work?

Sports

10 My Mom Works At My School?

Confessions of a Collector

12 The Great Sweat On the Prowl Slice and Ice Design By Madison Russell

Miss OP Candidates

Katie Watkins

Remy Tran News Editor

Club: Theater Feeling: I feel really good, I never thought I’d be up for something like this.

Game plan: I just want to enjoy myself, as long as I am having fun.

Favorite animal: Cheetah, ever since preschool. They are so beautiful and smart. Low key. I want one as a pet.

Model for: I would model for Pink.

Courtney Calhoun Writer

The theme is America’s Next Top Model and these are America’s Next Top Model candidates for Miss OP.

Mabrey Wathen Club: FCCLA (Family Career Community Leaders of America) Feeling: It feels really great; I was really excited when I found out I was able to do this I think it’s a way to go out with a bang senior year.

Game plan: I don’t really think I need a game plan, I’m a boss. Just kidding, I’m going to try my best, I’m going to try my best at fund raising as much as I can for United Way and I’m going to have fun.

Favorite animal: Giraffe.

Model for: Elie Saab, Love that designer their dresses are covered in glitter and they are really amazing.

Ally Laytham Club: The Axe Feeling: I’m pumped because it’s my senior year.

Game plan: I’m in it mainly for the fun and getting to know some awesome girls, I’m just going to be myself. I’m really pumped for the Jell-O contest because I eat all the time and I love Jell-O, so I feel like I got that in the bag.

Favorite animal: Llama.

Model for: I would model for anything.

Stephanie Brocato Club: Cambia yearbook Feeling: It feels kind of good, I mean I know that I’m raising money for a good charity and I’m running with a bunch of people.

Game plan: To raise as much money as I can for United Way, eat the Jell-O as fast as I can and to perform my talent as good as I can without freaking out.

Favorite animal: Koala bear because they are just cool.

Model for: Model for some department store because I would be good at that.

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Mikayla Winkler

-What club do you represent?

-How does it feel to be up for Ms.OP? -What are some fun facts about you?

-What is your game plan for winning?

-What is your favorite animal?

- If you could model for a company, what company would you model for?

Club: Stuco/Leadership Feeling: It’s really exciting to know that people want you to represent them for what they’re doing for the school.

Game plan: Probably going to do a really good fund raiser and showing everyone can give back in their own way.

Favorite animal: I like elephants because they are so peaceful.

Model for: I would model for Michael Kors because their watches are perfect.

Kelsey Mason Club: Science Olympiad Feeling: Pretty cool to be able to be up for something like that.

Game plan: Be very competitive and just do my best.

Favorite animal: Elephants or dogs because that are awesome.

Model for: Anything, I would be down for anything.

Natalie Greenig Club: AVID (Advancement Via Individual Determination) Feeling: Exciting and stressful.

Game plan: Eat the Jell-O the fastest.

Favorite animal: Wolf, because they get to run around and play.

Model for: I would model for Oak Park High School.

Wanna be on top?

The Force Re-Awakens On Friday, Dec. 18, just a week from now, the new Star Wars movie will come out. It will kick off a new trilogy that has been anticipated for more than two years, and no one quite knows what to expect.

“I think that it will be a good story,” said math teacher Phillip Gegen. “I feel the series is going in the right direction.”

Yet there are some others who are skeptical of how the new series will turn out. Many believe another movie was unnecessary.

Others fear it won’t be as well made as the older movies. The older movies are a source of a lot of nostalgia.

Gegen first saw a New Hope, the first movie, his fourth grade year, in 1977. “I went and saw it five times at the theater,” he said.

“I saw it when it first came out.”

Many of the students are fans as well.

“One of my first memories is watching the ‘Attack of the Clones’ with my parents when I was about three,” said freshman Caitlin Anderson.

Assistant principal Mike Dial was born in 1976 and grew up with Star Wars.

Graphic by Carson Egbert

“‘The Empire Strikes Back’ was the first movie I saw in theaters,” he said.

Freshman Emily Hilderbrand saw the movies first at home when she was little.

“My dad ordered Papa John’s and sat us on a really comfortable piece of furniture and we watched the ‘Phantom Menace,’” she said.

“I became a fan when I saw it in [the movies] for the first time,” said sophomore Nick Brannan.

“I think the new movie is going to be great. I’ll be very sad if it’s not.”

Some are expecting negative results.

“I hope that Disney didn’t ruin it,” said sophomore Bryce Bledsoe, referring to the Disney purchase of Lucasfilm in 2012.

Others are a little more optimistic over how the movies will turn out.

“It’s good to have a new trilogy. It’ll expose Star Wars to a new generation,” said Dial.

“It’s going to be great.” said Brannan.

Theatre Rings in the Holidays

The Kansas City Reparatory Theatre revives the age old tale, “A Christmas Carol.

This classical story follows Ebenezer Scrooge as he is visited by the ghosts of his Christmases, past, present and future.

Nov. 20 – Dec. 24, 2015

Mina Buchholz Writer Adam Yazell Writer

The Coterie’s “A Charlie Brown Christmas” is the stage adaptation of The Peanuts story. Filled to the brim with holiday songs, playful banter, and good tidings, this musical is sure to be a family favorite for the season. Suggested for audiences of all ages, the musical teaches that Christmas isn’t just about the glitz and gifts.

Nov. 17 – Jan 3, 2015

Carson Egbert Photography Editor

In “The Santaland Diaries,” another show from the Kansas City Reparatory Theatre, is directed toward a more mature audience. David Sedaris shows us his experiences in working as a Macy’s elf in this holiday satire, poking fun at everything the world enjoys about the holiday season.

Dec. 3 – Dec. 24, 2015 News Design By Remy Tran

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Attack of the Man Buns Bailee Treat Writer

Man buns are a huge trend right now, and whether or not you love or hate them, these four guys love their man buns.

Michaela Corbin Writer Joe Haas People Editor

“I like man buns because it gets my hair out of the way. I use Hemp’s shampoo.

I don’t know how long my hair is, but it need to be 5 to 6 inches long [to be able to pull a man bun off]. I’ve grown my hair out since sophomore year. I honestly think Donny’s hair is nice with that little gray that he added in this hair. I feel like this trend will die off eventually. I feel like this is going to be the mullet of our generation,” said senior Mario Guerra III. “I have to say not everyone can pull them off. It’s really hard to pull off and it’s really hard to maintain, but they’re fun to have. I like them because they’re different and they separate you from other people and I don’t like them because hair gets in your face and that gets really annoying. If it doesn’t go past your chin, then it probably won’t stay up. I cut my hair, so I don’t really have one anymore but I just run my fingers through my hair. It’s a lot easier to get ready.

[It took me] two and a half months to grow it out. I can’t pull it off. I tried, but I couldn’t. I feel naked [when it’s not in a man bun],” said senior Ricardo Campos.

The Tarzan

Graphic Credits to Gavin Reifert

“I like man buns because I can have my hair long again and when I get annoyed with it, I can put it back up. I don’t have to be annoyed with it for a bit.

Your hair length should be past your ears. If [your hair doesn’t go] past your ears, you’re trying too hard. It’s not faster to get ready in the morning because I just get up and my hair does itself. I’ve been growing my hair out for nine months.

Since it’s so long, it gets dry really quick. I use coconut oils in it. I use hair wax to pull my hair back in the mornings. I feel better when my hair isn’t in a man bun.

I like it down and hair flowing. When I get annoyed with it down, I will put it in a man bun. I feel like attention is drawn to me [when I wear it around school].

A lot of the times people will touch my man bun. I will always walk around and hear people saying, “Oh wow, he’s got a man bun” or “that’s what I want to do with my hair.” A lot of people are either envious or astonished; and it’s just hair,” said senior Donnie Rudulfo.

“Only certain people can wear them. People in my opinion don’t have the facial structure for the hair that some people want. I like man buns. Only a certain few people can pull them off. When people try to pull it off, I think it’s funny. I think your hair needs to be about as long as your shoulder length. I use Garnier.

I use my mom’s conditioner and shampoo hair wash every night because I don’t know if there’s a guy brand. Oh, and it’s makes my hair smell really good when it’s down so I really like Garnier. I haven’t had a haircut in about three years.

When it’s [down], it’s okay. I like it when it’s soft and plush, I don’t like it when it’s knotty and I haven’t brushed it in a couple days. That’s when I normally wear it up. A few months ago I didn’t feel comfortable in front of my friends. I didn’t think they would be okay with me having that long of hair. I still get joked about on a daily basis. It’ not that big of a deal anymore because every once and a while, you see me in the hallway with it down. I’m used to people coming up to me now saying “Oh my gosh! I love your man bun. Keep on rocking it.” That to me makes me want to keep wearing it because it’s awesome getting the recognition for being unique and having something different about yourself. A lot of schools Catholic and private schools, they don’t allow long hair and I don’t think I could last at a school like that so when people come up to me and say “Hey, you’re awesome for your hair and what you do!’, that makes me feel special. It’s been an experience. I went from a kid having short hair and glasses to being a soccer player with long hair and feeling great about myself,” said junior Jacob Barry.

The Samurai

Graphic Credits to Gavin Reifert

The Low Rider

Graphic Credits to Gavin Reifert

Opinion Design By Mabrey Wathen

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The True Weight We Carry Dakota Ake Writer

Photo by Madison Russell

“[You] have to buy a backpack each year if it’s not strong enough,” said senior Kira McKee. McKee has torn three backpacks throughout high school. In her freshman year, a book fell out of her backpack when she was picking it up and it broke the lining. In the years where those incidents occurred, she was carrying about three textbooks at a time. It wasn’t an easy task, but she needed the textbooks so it’s something she had to get used to and endure. Switching out textbooks between classes at her locker along with carrying some of her books in her arms has helped the strain.

Sophomore Sydney Brogdon usually carries three to four textbooks daily. She said she thinks carrying this many books is annoying. She has to walk home and to school every day which causes her shoulders to get stiff from the weight of the books. She needs the textbooks for her homework most nights, so she has no choice but to carry them there.

Last year when walking between classes her backpack broke and everything fell out in the hallway, and this year she is already on her second backpack.

“A lot of the textbooks we need are online,” Brodgon says.

She thinks that using more online textbooks and hav-

ing handouts of the problems that are assigned could help eliminate the problem.

Brodgon estimated the weight of her backpack to be 20 to 30 pounds. When weighed, it was 17.5 pounds.

“If you are carrying it properly it helps,” said school nurse Shannon Souder.

Heavy backpacks can lead to back pain and strained muscles that can cause headaches. Souder suggests that if you wear your backpack on both shoulders rather than one it should reduce the muscle strain. Having your backpack hang off one shoulder puts more weight and pressure on one shoulder than the other. “[I’ve] realized working here no one uses their lockers for books’.”

Souder also suggests the use of lockers to store books.

Souder said using an online book could be a good solution if they are being provided and the student can still learn properly from them.

Souder has noticed that not many students complain about the weight of their backpacks though.

“It’s more shocking for me,” Souder says.

When moving her son’s backpack, she was surprised by the weight. It weighed at least thirty pounds.

What are Your Backpack Necessities?

Bailee Treat Writer

Junior Aleticia Powell “My chapstick is my necessity. I don’t want to go throughout my day with chapped and crusty lips.”

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Freshman Joseph Blackborn “I need my binder because it has all my stuff in it.”

Feature Design By Madison Russell

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Senior Mikayla Winkler “Money is my necessity because sometimes a girl gets hungry.”

What’s Stashed in Your Pack?

Madison Russell Editor-in-Chief

Three students were asked to empty the contents of their backpacks and share some of the interesting things inside.

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Freshman Cali Terrell Back Pack Weight: 10 lbs.

What Items Do You Keep and Why? 1) I liked the colors and the pattern on it. It was very creative and different.

2) I got it in seventh grade; and I like it because it’s a cute pink little monster and when you open it it has little teeth on the inside. I keep all my pencils and erasers in it.

3) I like dark lipstick, but not something too dark so this shade is medium light It’s called “Toasted Almond” and I use it daily.

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What Items Do You Keep and Why? 1) My bag was a Christmas gift that I got; and I think I got it because it was on sale.

2) These pens were based off a beach theme and had names like “Guava” and “Papaya,” they were just really cool and had really great colors.

3) The Coach purse was a valentine’s gift for myself. I had just gotten a job and decided that I wanted to spoil myself.

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Junior Maddi Caton

Back Pack Weight: 15 lbs.

What Items Do You Keep and Why?

1) I’ve been trying to get this backpack for about three years. I’ve always wanted a nice leather bag that would last me basically for eternity. So I went online and I was looking around on Etsy and I found one shop in particular that I really liked the bags and the leather that they used and I actually contacted them about a specific design and asked if they could customize it for me. I talked to them and we ended up just fully designing me a custom backpack.

2) I carry around the gum with me because well it’s school, gum is basically currency here, when I’m not drinking coffee I’m chewing gum.

Senior James Macken

Back Pack Weight: 25 lbs.

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3) Primarily because the little Macbooks we have are too small for me to type quickly on so if I’m writing a big report I’ll write it on my laptop and just use a USB drive to transport it over.

Pinterest Mabrey Wathen Editor-in-Cheif

Remy Tran

News Editor

Two staff members of The Northmen’s Log newsmagazine set out to see what pins on Pinterest actually work, and what pins are purely just myths.

Does it actually work?

Pinterest says lighting a dandelion on fire will turn the flames purple and pink.

LIES. Setting a dandelion on fire shrivels up the dandelion and turns it to ash. The flames also don’t change colors; they stay the same color as normal fire.

Pinterest says applying lip gloss or lip balm as a base for your lips will make sprinkles stick to your lips.

SURPRISINGLY NOT A FAIL. Just slathering on lip balm as a base makes the sprinkles stay on your lips.

Pinterest says using cooking spray after painting your nails will dry your nails faster.

TRUTH. Spray cooking spray on your nails 30 seconds after applying your final coat of nail polish.

Wait 1 minute after spraying the cooking spray on your nails and then you can run wild knowing your nails are dry.

Pinterest says braiding your hair into two braids and runnning a flat iron over it, will give you perfect beach waves.

SEMI-TRUE. Run your flat iron over your braids two to three times, let the braids cool, take them out and voila, ok-looking beach waves.

Recreation Design By Mabrey Wathen

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My Mom Works at My School?

Madison Russell Editor-in-Chief

Q&A Session

Missi Weinzerl (middle) is one of the few faculty members at Oak Park who work with her children sophomore Preston Weinzerl (left) and junior Bailey Weinzerl (right).

Preston Weinzerl

Q: How do you feel having your mom 1 work at school?

A: I love having my mom work at my school. Don’t get me wrong it has its disadvantages, but I absolutely love it.

Q: What are some advantages and 2 disadvantages?

A: Some of the many advantages are, well, for one, I never have to eat school lunch.

But I really love the fact that I get to see my mom every day. Considering the fact that my mom and dad are divorced they share the time [with us] so I wouldn’t get to see her nearly as much if she didn’t have this job. A disadvantage of her being here is I really got to keep myself in check.

Like [my] grades can’t slip and I can’t misbehave too badly. But at the same time that is an advantage because I always have her keeping me in check which I love.

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Q: Do you have any extra pressure because your mom is at school?

Well there is a little bit of added pressure to keep my grades up and don’t misbehave because I don’t want to get chewed out about it, but either way it would happen because my parents are involved in everything I do and like to keep me in check to make sure I live up to my full potential and am ready for the real world by the time I reach college.

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Each of them were asked a series of questions about how they liked being at school together.

Missi Weinzerl

1 Q: How do you like having your children at school?

A: I love it. I like getting to see them every day and I like getting to go have lunch with them. I feel like the teachers are more involved in their work because I am close to the teachers and I feel like having that relationship with teachers allows them to feel more comfortable coming to me and telling me about the things the boys need to improve on.

2 Q: What are the advantages and disadvantages?

A: I love being able to communicate with the [son’s] teachers, working so closely with them and being able to check grades at any time and check attendance anytime, that’s definitely an advantage. I’d say a disadvantage is I feel like they are a little bit enabled. They’re quick to come down when I leave for lunch. It’s very easy for them to say “hey mom, can I go to lunch with you today?”

3 Q: How do you think they feel about having their mom work with them at school?

A: I think Preston loves it. He told me that if I didn’t work here he’d probably be at Winnetonka. I know he likes it, he and I are super close though so I think he likes being able to pop in and say hi and get a hug and go onto class. I think Bailey doesn’t want to admit it, but I think he likes it more than he lets on but I think deep in his heart he likes it.

Bailey Weinzerl

1 Q: How do you feel having your mom work at school?

A: I honestly love having my mom work at Oak Park for the most part. Having my mom work at the school has just as many perks as it does downfalls, but overall its nice having her here.

2 Q: What are some advantages and disadvantages?

A: There are quite a few benefits of having my mom at Oak Park. I don’t see my family a lot during the week days because I stay so busy with my job so it is nice to be able to talk to my mom for a little each day. It is also nice to have her here in case I forget to have a permission slip signed, or if I don’t want school lunch I can run down and ask her to get me something when she leaves for her lunch. A disadvantage is that my mom is able to get to me at any part of the day. She is always on me about my attendance and grades.

3 Q: Do you have any extra pressure

because your mom is at school?

A: There is a lot of extra pressure because my mom works here and does have such easy access to my grades, but my dad is pretty on me about my grades too, so honestly if my mom didn’t work here I feel like they would still push me just as hard to get good grades and have good attendance.

Confessions of a

Collector Mabrey Wathen Editor-In-Chief

The numbers 172 and 82 are pretty big numbers. Senior Katherine Berislavich doesn’t think those numbers are too big. Berislavich owns 172 t-shirts and 82 sweatshirts, and she’s not stopping there.

Berislavich has accumulated many, many t-shirts and sweatshirts over her lifetime.

“Just over the years from gymnastics meets I’d get t-shirts, or when I visited places like Chicago or Florida I’d get a t-shirt from there as a memory, and then like Royals shirts and different sports shirts I’d get,” said Berislavich.

Her friends have noticed her obsession as well.

Senior Kelsey Mason said, “I think it’s totally acceptable. She can wear whatever she wants to. It’s her own life.”

She owns a lot of different types of t-shirts from all over the place.

“I own Arkansas ones, like Arkansas gymnastics [and] Arkansas baseball.

Then I own a bunch of gymnastics ones from meets [and] ones that just have funny sayings on it or any kind of saying on it. I have Royals ones, I have Oak Park ones—just Oak Park in general and then I have Oak Park sports. I have College World Series t-shirts and then I also have t-shirts from travelling that just have the name of the city on it,” said Berislavich.

Within the OP category, Berislavich owns t-shirts from tennis, swim and dive, track, baseball, and spirit wear shirts like Oak Park’s 50th year gear.

“It’s taken me seven years [to collect this many],” said Berislavich. “I knew I owned a lot, I thought I owned 100 or 125, or something like that. I didn’t

think it was 172, I didn’t think it was that much.”

Berislavich has been collecting t-shirts since she was 10 years old, and doesn’t plan to stop anytime soon.

“I don’t have a goal; I just want to keep getting them. I need Chiefs t-shirts, I don’t have hardly any Chiefs t-shirts, I need those,” said Berislavich.

It’s not all fun and games collecting t-shirts though.

“Yeah, [I fear running out of space] a lot. I always have to keep buying hangers and trying to cram it in there, it’s not fun. I organize them by color and then in the color I organize them by sports or whatever topic, like certain topics, and I keep them all in my closet,” said Berislavich.

Though Berislavich loves all her t-shirts, she does play favorites.

“I’d have to say any of my Royals ones are my favorite. Probably my favorite Royals ones are the championship ones, like the world series, or the AL championship ones that we just recently got and then I also like my gymnastics ones from meets that I’d get that have all the names on the back of all the teams that competed in it. Just ‘cause I like to look back at them and remember the good days when I could do gymnastics and then I like Arkansas ones cause I love Arkansas,” said Berislavich.

“I’ve travelled to a bunch of different places, so all those [t-shirts] I’ve gotten are pretty cool because I got to go somewhere else to get them. I’ve gotten quite a few from Chicago and then I got some from Gulf Shores, Alabama and Orlando, Florida and Tam-

pa Bay, Florida. I have a sweatshirt from Texas from when I went to Fort Worth so that was fun, that was like a last minute thing ‘cause I didn’t have time to get a souvenir so I spotted it at the airport and I was like “I’m going to buy this.” It was really expensive and I didn’t want to pay that much but I wanted a souvenir,” said Berislavich.

Berislavich also knows her favorite t-shirt when it comes to the OP clothing she owns.

“I like my swim and dive one, even though I hate swim and dive, because its got like a cute little duck on it,” said Berislavich.

Out of all the different types of t-shirts Berislavich owns, she also has a few funny ones.

Berislavich isn’t necessarily a hoarder, because she’s worn all her t-shirts.

“I don’t wear all of them but I’ve probably worn all of them at one point ‘cause I keep ones that I’ve out grown…for memories.”

If Berislavich could design her very own t-shirt, she would combine everything she loves together in one t-shirt.

“I’d probably make it either red or blue, ‘cause I like those colors and then I would put all my favorite things on it. I would have Royals, baseball, Arkansas, gymnastics and football on it ‘cause I like those things,” said Berislavich.

Everyone has their hobbies, and their own secret hoarder within, just waiting to come out.

Berislavich loves t-shirts and if you see her in the hallway, chances are she’ll be wearing one. We all have our keepsakes, and for Berislavich, its her t-shirt and sweatshirt collection.

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The Great Sweat

The wrestling season is in full swing and competition has already started with two duels, 2-0, and two tournaments in the books.

This also means wrestlers have to manage their weight to wrestle. Wrestlers have to weigh exactly or less than their weight class. For example, if one wrestles at 170 pounds, he has to weigh 170.0, or less in order to wrestle at 170 or else he bumps up to 182 pounds.

Cutting weight has been dangerous in the past and since then there have been rules and guidelines to help prevent harm from coming to wrestlers.

The thing that most wrestlers dread is cutting weight.

“The hardest part about cutting weight is trying to work as hard as you can while you’re tired and hungry,” said junior Hunter Shelton.

The most typical way to cut weight is showing up to practice in multiple layers of clothes like: sweatpants, shorts, long sleeve t-shirt and a hoodie. All of this is so the wrestler can try and sweat out as much water weight as he can in order to make his weight class leading up to competition.

“My weight cutting routine consists

Nathan Roppa Sports Editor

of not eating and working hard,” said junior William Ng. The hardest thing wrestlers have to get used to is skipping out on meals.

JV wrestlers found this out the hard way. The first tournament JV wrestled in was two days after Thanksgiving, which means they had to skip out on the precious Thanksgiving feast.

“Thanksgiving was stressful. It was a struggle watching everyone pig out while I was eating a salad,” said junior Salem Abu Namous.

On the Prowl Look out for these wrestlers

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Chronister made sure to get to know his teammates.

“Our team is the Kansas City Fighting Saints, we play at Line Creek and I only know a few people.

I’m the only senior on the team. I’m still getting to know quite a few of the other players but most of them are really cool,” said Chronister.

Like other sports, hockey is also a thinking game, whether playing offense or defense.

Chronister said, “The hardest thing is reading the situation around you and what you have to do to get into the game. Just knowing what you have to do and when you’re going up and down the ice or noticing someone coming in. When I’m in the defensive zone, someone coming in the middle, crashing the net to get a shot off or to get a pass or a shot off, you just have to watch and pay attention to that so you don’t allow them to score.”

Slicing and dicing across the rink, senior Johnathan Chronister has been skating sice he was four years old.

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When you hear winter sports, you think of basketball, girls swim and dive, and wrestling, but do you think of hockey?

Senior Johnathan Chronister is one of the many students at Oak Park who has done something outside of the box.

Chronister said, “I have been playing hockey since I was four. I like it.

It’s been great, really fun. It’s been one of the really fun sports I’ve been in to.”

Chronister changed states and had thoughts of moving forward in his hockey career.

He said, “My older brother played when we lived in Minnesota and when we moved here. We just kind of looked more into it. My older brother started playing hockey and I thought “Hey, why not.”

Chronister plays multiple positions in order to accomplish his team’s goal to win.

He said, “I play forward, center, or wing. I’m mainly the person who gets to take the face off every time and protect the crease and the people in front of our net and the D-Zone and then I just go after the puck and try to make plays in our offensive zone.”

Hockey, just like any other sport, requires exercise and discipline.

He says, “It’s mostly cardio, stick handling, just stuff to get you better in the game. We just do skating drills to get our legs warmed up and then stick handling, shooting, mini drills to just help those [aspects] get better.”

Although hockey is practiced more on ice, many aspects of other sports are included.

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Senior Katie Watkins knows you’re never too old to dream, and so does her Disney counterpart, Rapunzel.

Sophomore Chadwick Humphrey looks as if he is about to drop a fire mix-tape. That doesn’t come as a surprise since he resembles actor/ rapper Donald Glover.

Diamonds are junior Sarah Collingsworth’s best friend, as well as her doppleganger Marilyn Monroe’s.

Junior Brianne Bender’s fair skin, long blonde hair and green eyes make her a shoe in to be an Elle Fanning impersonator.