Log Issue 2 Volume 50 October 2014

The Northmen’s Log October 2014

Volume 50, Issue 2

Wrapping Up the Season page 6-7

Luscious skin = Lush Life page 12-13

Letter From the Editor The second issue is finally out and I couldn’t be more excited. My staff and I have put countless hours, blood, sweat, and tears into this issue, to bring you the best magazine we could.

In this issue you will see new products, learn about different clubs around our school, see some action-filled photos, and tons more.

I hope you enjoy this issue, and stay tuned for six more .

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Have an amazing year, and remember to pick up your copy of the magazine every month.

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Hot...Or Not? Recap of Gladfest

Opinion

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Too Much Fundrasing?

Trick-Or-Treat Sprinting into Five Stars Life of a Band Member Strangers

Photo Essay Seniors Kaleb Murray and Conner Clapham laugh while playing team games at Young Life camp.

Photo credit to Brad Voigt, YL

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Fall Sports

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Wrapping Up the Seasons Spiking it to the Top Stunting it to the Next Level

People Lush products line the counters as shoppers make their way through Oak Park Mall.

Maddie Russell Photographer

On the Cover: Junior Rene Rivera Ponce turns to look for a pass as the sun sets on Friday, Aug. 15.

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Halloween Plans Fitting In Young Life

Recreation

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Footloose Sneak Peak Favorite Halloween Candy Fall Photo Contest Luscious Skin = Lush Life

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Personal Finance: Hot or Not? Mabrey Wathen Writer

Learning how to manage money, once you graduate high school, can be difficult. The district offers a personal finance class students must take and pass, in order to graduate. The class was being run a little differently this year.

The North Kansas City School District wants to try out a new way to run the class to better prepare students for the real world.

“I like having an off block, but I don’t like how much online portion there is,” said junior Mikayla Winkler.

This year, students enrolled in the personal finance class only have to come to school for that class once a week. The required days that students are supposed to physically be in class are called ‘PF Live’ days. The other days they are regularly scheduled to have that course will be treated as an off block.

“Well I go in late, so I really like it because it gives me more time to get ready, or sleep, or whatever I need to do,” said Winkler.

Mostly everything: assignments, tests, quizzes, etc. will be done on Blackboard.

“It’s the worst, and the deadlines come really fast and it’s really hard to keep track of sometimes,” said Winkler.

The students have to teach themselves a lot of the work this year, and be disciplined enough to turn assignments in when they’re due.

“It’s ok, I mean sometimes I like doing the work on my own, but some of the stuff that he gives us, it’s the harder stuff that he hasn’t taught us, so it’s really hard to teach myself that stuff,” said junior Jacelynn Hastings.

Festing in Gladstone

Maddie Russell Managing Editor Gladfest brought a flurry of colors and entertainment to the Gladstone community on Saturday, Oct. 4

Kaley Breault Freelance Photographer

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Life of a Band Member Audrey Ferguson Columnist

Six hours outside, nine hours of exhausting work, and tricks to become a great marcher. Fortunately for occasional water breaks, 60 minutes for lunch, and the freshman and newbies, you get a whole day to learn these summer sun radiating on you just to say you’re a part of without the upper-classmen.

Oak Park’s marching band. Although you work hard, and Having such a mixed group of people, grade wise and sweat a ton, it really was the highlight of a lot of our sum- personality wise, it’s not too hard to make friends. It’s mers. sort of impossible to NOT make For me marching band wasn’t “I wanted to enjoy my last two weeks a friend. You can make friends my original plan. I thought you of summer by binge watching Netflix, with the people on your instrucould do symphonic band OR ment section. You can venture marching band. I had come home or eating a whole pizza on my own.” out of your section and go befrom a great vacation to Disney come best friends with a person World to find out I had to end my summer by going to in percussion, or a sousaphone player. The great thing school every day. Something about being outside all day about being a part of band is that you’re all here for the didn’t sound so great to me. I wanted to enjoy my last two same reason. You love music. weeks of summer by binge watching Netflix, or eating a Overall marching band was a great place to make whole pizza on my own. friends, have fun, and be a part of something significant On the first few days of band camp, you learn some- in our school. Remember for next year, marching band thing we call fundamentals. These are the basic steps runs the two weeks before school starts.

Strangers:

Enemies or Life long Companions

Celeste Polanco Columnist

The first day of school is always to sit with?” as they look around, obnerve wracking. Especially when it’s serving groups of strangers conversyour first day of high school. New ing with each other. Not knowing teachers, new environment, new anyone also leads to another probclassmates. Different schools are lem, whom are you going to walk clashing together, creating a com- with to lunch? pletely new, fresh school. With so Thankfully, for every problem many new stuthere is usually dents, the odds a solution. If you “Not knowing anyone could of you getting also contribute benefits to the don’t have anyclasses with one to sit with amount of classwork you get in class, then your friends are high. be grateful that done in that class.”

Walking into most teachers class on the first have seating day of school and seeing nothing but charts. That way you will not have unfamiliar faces is the worst situa- to awkwardly scan the tables for tion. Anxiety levels are past the roof, an empty seat. Not knowing anyone embarrassment is at an all time high. could also contribute benefits to the Some may question, “Who am I going amount of classwork you get done in

that class. Typically, when one is with their friends, they spend most of their time off task, talking, and less time actually working or studying. Now, you will not have to worry about getting distracted and not getting work done in that class. If you have no one to talk to, you could try to be friendly, try striking up a conversation with anyone, looks for common grounds, topics that you both enjoy. This is a chance to start over and make new friends.

So yes, not having any classes with your friends sucks, but there is always time to make new ones. Friends make getting through a class a whole lot easier. So why not meet new people.

* Special thanks to the guest columnists from English language arts teacher Lisa Elder’s classes. Anyone who would like to write a column, or a letter to the editor can bring a printed copy to E134, or email christina.geabhart@nkcschools.org.

Letters to the editor or columns must be signed or contain your name, and be under 350 words.

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Never too Old to Grow Up Maddie Russell Managing Editor Halloween is one of my favorite holidays, mostly because it’s the one day a year you can get free candy, dress up as whoever you want, not get judged, and you get to scare some people pretty bad. It’s the perfect holiday for me because all three of my favorite things are combined into one.

Even though I’m now 17, trick-or-treating is my favorite thing of all time. Basically, all you have to do is go door to door, ask for candy, and they practically just hand it to you. Sometimes it would rain on that night, or it was insanely cold, but that’s what made it fun, and you got more candy that way, because some parents wouldn’t even bother taking their kids out in that weather. I remember spending hours sitting on my living room floor after trick-or-treating, organizing and counting out how many different types of candy I had, and trading them with my older brother for the ones he didn’t like.

Costumes are also one of the great things about the holiday. You can be whatever you want, just as long as you aren’t yourself. When I was little I never wanted to be scary for Halloween and I can proudly say I was a princess for at least three years in a row, if not more.

There are no limits on this night, and you can be as creative as you want.

Then there’s the scaring. I can’t say I’m particularly good at scaring people since I trip and bump into everything possible when I’m trying to stay quiet, but that’s why I go to the haunted houses. Most people don’t find getting scared to be exciting, but honestly I like it. I don’t get scared often and it’s one way I can get my blood pumping and my heart racing.

Depending on who is reading this, or how old you are, I don’t think anyone is too old for trick-or-treating, or the holiday itself. You’re the only one who can tell yourself you’re too

WHAT?More Fund raising?

Joseph Hass Writer and Photographer I have been in school a fair amount of time and have had my fair share of fund raising. I, myself, have had a horrible experience with fund raising.

Since I am in some extra curricular activities, like cheer and choir. I have had up to three fund raisers at a time and for some classes, if you don’t try to raise funds they get upset with you. Granted some of the fund raisers were easy to sell like candy for cheer

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and cheer t-shirts, however others like cookie dough for choir are a bit harder.

When I have had more than one going on, I feel overwhelmed. Some experiences I have had were not the best. I have had a hard time selling items for various events.

I believe it is a popularity contest, for example, when I was selling candy for cheer, so was someone more popular than I. I would ask people

and they all said, they already bought some from him.

Fund raising is a way that students and staff raise funds for expenses, like in choir, for my suit and tie.

Granted I do love competition, but I don’t like it when I am practically bothering people for their money.

While fund raising is not my favorite thing in the world, it does make things a little easier on you when you have an expense.

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Sprinting

Into Five Stars

Maddie Russell Managing Editor For the first time ever, I’ve viewed a movie without reading the book first.

Usually, if you view a movie before reading the book, the audience could become confused, not understanding all the references made.

However this was not the case, because “The Maze Runner” was so beautifully directed, it didn’t need much of an explanation.

The main character, Thomas, wakes up in an elevator, having no memory of who he is or how he got there. After the elevator opens he is greeted by a large group of guys who have also been in the same position he is in. Thomas soon realizes the seriousness of the problem at hand when he finally analyzes his surroundings: surrounding him at all sides are the walls of a large maze that has been trapping the other residents for over three years with no escape route.

What I was most impressed with was the wonderful acting job of Dylan O’Brien, who plays the main protagonist Thomas. With every scene he impressed me with his incredible gift of acting, presenting a new attitude with each scene, never over, or under doing his role.

However, his co-star Kaya Scodelario, who played the role of Theresa, was a bit disappointing to me. Playing the only girl in the whole movie you would think she would be quite a significant character. Much to my dismay she had next to no personality in the entire film, only coming in at the last moment of fight scenes to finally slay the bad guys.

With technology advancing each year, I am more and more impressed with the graphics and picture quality every time I go to see a movie. However I was a little disappointed in the

Photo credit to imdb. com quality of the graphics for this movie. Don’t get me wrong, they were superb, but the lack of focus on them was what threw me off. There were points in this movie where there was so much detail and focus on the graphics that you couldn’t even tell what was going on in the background with the characters during fight scenes. There would be maybe five seconds of outstanding footage, and

then it would go on to show five minutes of black flourishes, and a mess of shaky camera work.

Usually, I can predict the ending of a movie 80 percent accurately, leaving me hardly surprised when I get to the ending and find the outcome, but with “The Maze Runner,” the plot was solid throughout each and every scene, having me on the edge of my seat throughout the entire movie.

What most actors seem to lack these days is the emotion that needs to be portrayed in order to fully understand their character. Without it, the character is basically invisible, and adds nothing to the film. O’Brien was the perfect protagonist for this movie; and I would definitely consider watching the next two movies in the series.

Fun Facts About the ‘MazeRunner:’ The main character Dylon O’Brien also stars in the hit show “Teen Wolf.”

Blake Cooper, who plays Chuck in the film, recieved his role via a few tweets with the director.

Producer Wyck Godfrey had his son, Wyatt, help choose roles for the characters, since his son is a huge fan of James Dashner’s novels.

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Wrap Up Fall Sports

the End of the Season

Junior Julian Garcia chases after the ball on Tuesday, Sept. 9.

Katie Westberg

Photographer

Senior Cydney Newton prepares for a serve against Northtown on Thursday, Oct. 9.

Senior Lauren Sullivan forehands the ball, returning it to Park Hill South on Thursday, Sept. 4.

Photo credit to Jerry Wopata

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Senior Huso Rizvanovic comes in with a kick on Tuesday, Sept. 9.

Katie Westberg

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Senior brothers Joe Dyer and Jake Dyer pace the field together on Tuesday, Sept. 9.

Katie Westberg Photographer Seniors Cydney Newton and Rebecca Saari and junior Karli Reichert brace themselves for the next serve on Thursday, Oct. 9.

Photo Credit to Jerry Wopata

Junior Kaitlyn Henderson comes in for a hit on Thursday, Sept. 4.

Junior Alan Salgado (No. 9) and senior Jake Dyer (No. 4) get their heads in the game on Friday, Aug. 15.

Katie Westberg

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SPORTS WRAP: The End of Great Seasons Nathan Roppa Writer

The fall sports season is coming to an end and our Lady Oakies and Northmen have reportedly worked hard.

FOOTBALL

Football has put in hard work over the summer and during this fall season.

“We’ve accomplished a lot more than in years past. I feel like we’ve accomplished a lot more as a program,” said senior Austin Warman.

According to players, the football team also has come together as a team.

“Were more of a unit; and we trust the coaching a lot more,” Warman said.

SOFTBALL

Softball, just like football, worked hard over the summer to improve as a team. The softball team was very proud of its season.

“Varsity did better than last year because they made it to districts,” said junior Kayla Alexander.

Softball also participated in weights and conditioning,

over the summer. Going to the weight sessions at 6:30 or 9:30 a.m. paid off.

“It helped with our infield drills and our hitting,” Alexander said.

CROSS COUNTRY

Crosscountry has had a wonderful season according to, sophomore Joey Anello and he has high hopes for next year’s season.

“I feel like we’re making improvements and we’re going to be really good next year with us being older and upper classmen,” Anello said.

GIRLS GOLF

Girls golf had a great season according to head coach Seth DeRose.

“It’s hard when you have people with zero playing experience, but it was fun. We may not have beat as many other teams as before. But I don’t look at it as that. I look at it as the girls are learning a sport that they can play for the rest of their lives if they choose to,” DeRose said.

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Editor in Chief

“At the beginning of the season, we played hard teams who showed our weaknesses,” said senior Julia Wopata.

Wopata has been playing volleyball here for four years. This is her second year playing for varsity. She said that to prepare for districts, her team worked on defense, offense and being consistent.

“I think the team takes every game seriously,” said Wopata. “The teams there have a chance of being successful, but I think we are a good team.”

Wopata said that their hardest game was against Platte County. She was excited for districts, because they were here this year, and she said that it was more likely for the bleachers to fill up with fans, and when there are lots of fans, the team tends to do better.

“I’m not looking forward to having the possibility of having a lot of tests

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that week,” said Wopata.

Last year the team only had two seniors who played varsity, and this year they have four seniors: Kelly Andrews, Rebecca Saari, Cydney Newton and Wopata.

This year, Wopata said, “We get along and love playing with each other.”

Wopata said that during her freshmen year, the varsity volleyball squad was close and they did better when they knew each other better.

“We will do pretty well, as long as the team stays composed and works together,” said junior Orie Agbaji.

Agbaji has been playing volleyball here for three years; all on varsity.

Recently she confirmed that she will be playing volleyball at Texas University when she graduates.

“My favorite part is making more memories with my team, winning conference and districts, and making

my last memories with the seniors,” said Agbaji.

Agbaji was not excited for the practices ahead and she said that this year, since the volleyball squad is smaller, seven girls, everyone gets to play.

“Everyone wants to believe that we will win,” said senior Rebecca Saari.

“Hopefully we will win.”

Saari has been playing volleyball here for four years, one of those was on varsity. She was looking forward to winning districts, but not the running during practice. To prepare, Saari said the team does 70 touches, scrimmages against JV, butterfly drills, three-person pepper and block control.

“We are more of a team this year,” said Saari. *As of press time Monday night, the results of the district contest played this week were unknown.

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The varsity cheer squad performs a stunt at the first home football game on Friday, Aug. 22.

Maddie Russell Managing Editor

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Bases, flyers, back spots.

All of these have to work together to make the final production spectacular. Cheer has been working on making its production spotless these past weeks, in hopes of wooing the judges at state.

“I think if the kids stay focused, give their 100 percent, they will do extremely well,” said head cheer coach Kelsey Mayabb.

This was Mayabb’s first year of being head coach, since the former head coach, Megan Pabon, recently had her baby. For state: Grain Valley, Ray-Pec, and Fort Osage are all in the same division for cheer.

“I’m really looking forward to watching them,” said Mayabb. “They are the most talented I have seen, and when they put on a show, they

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put on a show,” To prepare for state, the cheer team had three separate practices a week.

Mayabb was not looking forward to state being over, because it is a fun time of year, when she gets to see a lot of new progression.

“Everything we do, we do great,” said senior Kelly Andrews.

Andrews has been on the cheer squad one year, and was trying to balance it out with volleyball.

“To prepare, we have practices, full out routines, and a pre-show we do before we head off to state,” said Andrews.

Andrews was looking forward to state being over, but she was not looking forward to the number of full-out routines she had to do before

state competition.

“There is always a possibility something could go wrong and my nerves are always racing,” said junior Katia Newell.

To make practices go smoothly, the cheer team keeps a positive attitude, that way they work better, and harder together.

“I love the feeling right before we go on the mats,” said Newell. “It is a terrible but an amazing feeling. I love going out on the mats with my family. That’s what we are.”

At the state meet for cheer, the squad earned seventh place. And qualified six All-State including Andrews, junior Katia Newell, junior Landon Patterson, junior Bailey McQuillen, junior Winnie Adenic and junior Jenna Heinz.

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Young Life Olivia Eissler Editor-in-Chief You may have noticed all of the creative photos advertising for Young Life popping up all over Twitter. It is that time of year again for clubs to be starting up, and Young Life is one of them.

Brings the Fun

“Young Life to me is a place to stay,” said senior Kaleb Murray. “During high school, you can get off the right path, but Young Life helps me stay on the right path with my friends.”

When Murray attended Young Life camp this summer, he said it changed his life. It gave him connections, a sense of a backbone, and support by friends. It is a new journey for him.

“At club on Mondays, we start at 7:27,” said Murray. “Till 7:45 we sit around and talk, then we go in and sing songs, do a skit, sing a more spiritual song, have a message, then we go to Taco Bell afterward.”

Murray likes Young Life, because it connects school and religion together, but not in a school setting.

When club gets cancelled, he is not very happy.

“Young Life is a way to learn about God, and having a one day a week to him,” said senior Sophia Contreras.

At Young Life camp, Contreras said the camp made her see things from a different perspective now.

Also she said there is someone out there who cares.

“At club, we sit around and learn about God,” said Contreras. “We meet new people, and everyone is nice.”

Contreras’s favorite part

Taylor Dorrel throws up a peace sign after getting covered with mud, flour, and shaving cream at Muckfest on Wednesday, Sept. 3.

is having a new experience every week, and learning something new about God every week.

“It is a way for people to have a fun time and be themselves while feeling God’s love through their friends,” said senior Conner Clapham.

Clapham switches off hosting Young Life at his house with other members.

This summer was Clapham’s first time attending Young Life camp, and he said that the camp taught him a lot about himself and how to be patient.

“My favorite part is all the people I get to meet from all four schools,” said Clapham. “I get to know the Oak Park people better. There is always a rivalry on the field, but there is no separation between schools at club.”

Clapham wishes Young Life was more than once a week. After Young Life club, everyone heads over to Taco Bell, and Clapham loves to order the burritos. He said that was the most fun thing.

Some of the big events Young Life hosts are muckfest, which is the biggest mud, flour, and shaving cream fight ever, Young Life camp, and RadDog, which is a road trip the club goes on.

Young Life also does campaigners, a bible study once a week, themed clubs, and does small things like playing Frisbee as a club, and going out to eat.

“God changed my life in a better way,” said Contreras.

Young Life members pose at Timber Wolf Lake, Michigan, after an eventful week over summer 2014.

Photo credit to Brad Voigt

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Fright Night Plans Junior Brianna Kruse

Mabrey Wathen Writer and Photographer

Q: What are your plans for Halloween?

Senior Courtney Bowman

Q: What are your plans for Halloween?

Junior Brianna Kruse: “Well I’ll dress up in a costume obviously, and I will hang out with friends, and watch scary movies, and sleep; eat all our candy. [I might dress up as] a cop.”

Senior Courtney Bowman: “I don’t really know yet, but I know I’m going to dress up, so even if I’m at my house doing nothing, I’m going to dress up. I might be a ghost.”

BK: “I had a Halloween party in the past, I guess.”

CB: “I normally take my little cousin trick-or-treating, and that’s pretty fun.”

Q: What have you done in the past?

Q: What’s the coolest thing you’ve done for Halloween?

BK: “Probably costumes, my costumes. It’s fun to dress up and go to costume parties.”

Q: What have you done in the past?

Q: What’s the coolest thing you’ve done for Halloween?

CB: “I went to [Halloween] Haunt [at World’s of Fun] on Halloween that was like crazy fun. It’s a completely different vibe on Halloween [at haunted houses].”

MY VOICE: Fitting in = Not Important Andrew Curtis Freelance Writer Almost everyone wants to fit in, but nobody really knows how. I could give you a step-by-step guide, or I could just tell you the truth.

Fitting in isn’t all that important.

We live in a society where people are judged for being different, then, when they try to fit in, they’re judged for being like everyone else. People will judge you no matter what, so you might as well just do what makes you happy.

However, there are some traits people accept more than others, and you can acquire these traits without changing who you are. Especially in high school, interests and opinions can change drastically and quickly.

For example, people’s sense of humor changes all the time. Let’s be honest, making people laugh is one of the quickest ways to make friends, so a good sense of humor is a great trait to have. But humor isn’t the most import-

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ant thing in school, or anywhere else.

One of the most important things for fitting in or even just meeting people, is how you carry yourself. It’s good to be confident, but without coming off as rude or cocky.

But like I said, fitting in isn’t all that important.

Nobody needs to look, talk, or act like anybody else. Unfortunately people are constantly judged whether they’re different or the same as everyone else but when it comes down to it, the best anyone can do is just ignore it.

Especially in America, people like to put labels on everything.

The best thing anyone can do is just be unique. Don’t try to be like anyone else. People will always have opinions and chances are they won’t always be fair so just be you because, in the end, society’s opinion of the average person won’t matter.

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‘Footloose’ Sneak Peek Maddie Russell Managing Editor Two years ago it was “Beauty and the Beast.” Last year it was “Legally Blonde.” This year’s musical is going to be one the district will never forget: “Footloose.”

This year’s cast is full of surprises and new lead characters including junior Chaun Tanguay, senior Emily Cunningham and senior Seth Argyle.

Tanguay plays the lead role of Ren McCormack, who is the main protagonist of the musical.

“I’ve been waiting for this. Last year I was kind of a major role but I wasn’t really the lead. I’m super excited this year and I’m ready to go and just ready for the show to premiere,” Tanguay said.

With Tanguay juggling multiple activities at once, including Oak Street and cheerleading, he’s pressured with everything he’s taken on.

“The show is very stressful on me,” Tanguay said. “I have a lot of lines in a lot of scenes. I have a lot of songs to memorize. It’s very very stressful trying to get everything down especially when people are counting on me.”

As the show progresses and the date comes closer, the cast is working harder than ever to produce a great show.

“Everyone is trying really hard to make sure the show is being the best it can be,” Argyle said. “We have a lot of added stuff you wouldn’t usually see in a high school play.

We’re all practicing really hard and working to memorize all the lines and music and we’re all just working hard to make it the best it can be.”

In the coming together of the show, the director, Brian Gehrlein, isn’t the only one working to put the show together.

“Mr. Gehrlein, Mr. [choir teacher Chris] D[roegemueller], and [choregrapher] Kenny all work together trying to mesh our musical into what it actually is. Gehrlein is in charge of acting, Mr. D is in charge of the vocals, and Kenny is in charge of the choreography. On Mondays we have vocal rehearsals, and Mr. D always works with whatever numbers he feels like we need to get done. Even this week we have to memorize most of our songs by now. Then on Tuesday sometimes Kenny comes in and does a review session or he teaches a number so that we know it for a later on review session. On Wednesdays and Thursdays Geraline has acting prompts and you have to do whatever

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scenes that are on the calendar for that day. And then Kenny choreographs again on Friday, so they all kind of work together in a weird kind of way where it somehow all meshes together and it seems to work.” Cunningham said.

Overall, Argyle says he thinks the show will be a hit.

“I think the show is going to run really well. We might have a few hiccups because some of the singing parts a little higher than most of us are used to, and the dancing that Kenny wants us to do is a bit more difficult than what we’re used to, but I think that once we get the idea of what we can do and what our limitations are we’ll focus on those and we’ll work together to make the show turn out really well.” Argyle said.

Have you ever wanted to be a photographer? Well now is your chance. As fall has just begun, the leaves are changing to bright vibrant colors and fall fashion is starting up again. This is your chance to get out and enjoy fall.

Starting Friday, Oct. 17, send in your best fall photo to omeissler@gmail.com or russell.madisont@gmail.com and you could win two tickets to the upcoming musical “Footloose” and have your photos featured at NorthmenNews.com If you have any questions or concerns, email the addresses above.

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Luscious Skin=Lush Life Maddie Russell Managing Editor Many people use one or more products to make their skin blemish free or even younger looking, but how many of those products have little to no preservatives?

Located in Oak Park Mall, Lush is one of the only stores in the metro area that sells handmade cosmetics such as face masks and moisturizers that are perfectly healthy for the skin and body, but they don’t sell just face products. From bubble bars, to bath bombs, to conditioners; Lush has just about any product you need to keep your body fresh.

I recently found this store a few months ago, and was amazed at everything the store had to offer (and how good it smelled).

Not knowing exactly what to get, I settled on the Bubble Gum Lip Scrub paired with a Honey Trap Lip Balm one of the employees had suggested to me. Honestly, I have no idea how I’ve been getting through life without it.

Within one use, I noticed a big difference with how my lips felt before and after. I usually have chapped lips around the fall time, but this year I’ve barely had to use any chapstick whatsoever.

The bath bombs, however, are my favorite. They’re very easy to use and they smell amazing. If you want something to help you relax, this is definitely for you. If you’re setting up your tub for a relaxing bath, drop one of these bad boys in the water for a refreshing scent and a

beautiful display of colors.

Most of these goods are very inexpensive and can cost anywhere from $5 to 20, depending on the size of the product and what it’s made of.

What I also like is that the soaps and scrubs are long lasting and don’t expire very quickly even though they have no preservatives.

I 100 percent recommend these products to anyone who is looking for a healthier way to keep their skin clear and refreshed, without using so many chemicals.

Cody Green Writer and Photographer October 2014 The Northman’s Log

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