The Messenger Issue 4: November

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lot creates pursue issues for many drivers careers in modeling 6 Parking our STAFF 8-9Students What is your favorite owners show off performs their unusual pets Thanksgiving food?

12Pet 15Trampolinist tricks, posts videos online

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Green bean casserole

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Cranberry stuff

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Mashed potatoes

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Pecan pie

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Mashed potatoes

aidan teeterads manager truc nguyenphotographer Jackson Wilcox, sr., gives a pep-talk to the senior girls Powder Puff team during a timeout, Nov. 2.

Turkey with gravy

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Pumpkin pie cheesecake

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Mashed potatoes

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Cranberry sauce

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Pie

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Mashed potatoes

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jordan plowmanphotographer Jack Tobias, sr., plays his instrument during the Bandorama performance at South, Oct. 30.

Britney Ma, jr., receives a Henna tattoo from Zara Hassan, jr., at Aces in the Alley, Oct. 28.

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Mashed potatoes

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Cherry pie

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kayla vanphotographer Asian Dance Club performs a dance at the annual Asian Fest, Oct. 28.

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kayla vanphotographer Juniors Shabri Pelia and Nathan Do celebrate Halloween by wearing costumes, Oct. 31.

On the Cover: Seniors Ava Foster and Ashley Manalac pose in the studio, Oct. 30.

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Debate wraps up season with new coach

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Meet Melanie Barksdale, a junior in IB who took her love for reading and turned it into a volunteer opportunity at her local library.

What different activities are you involved in at school?

“I’m in Scholars’ Bowl and Interact Club.

Interact Club is all about community service, and you can help with different community service projects they have.”

Given that, what different community service projects have you participated in?

“I started volunteering at my library the summer between eighth and ninth grade started and volunteer every summer, and I volunteer every Sunday as well. During the summer I help kids who are in the summer reading program and help them get all set up. On Sundays I pull holds for the library and help them with any special projects.

I like going to the library and helping out there, and they’re all really nice.”

Do you want to continue this in the future?

With a new coach, the debate team continues to excel despite experiencing the major change before the beginning of the season. Michael Harris took over Vicki Fellars’ position as the debate and forensics coach when Fellars retired. Harris brings a new teaching style and atmosphere to the team. “(The team) is more laid back,” Justin Real, jr., said. “It’s ‘You’ll be in this if you want to; and Mr. Harris is really good about ‘I’ll make your debate career whatever you want it to be.’”

Real has also noticed that more of the team is able to travel to tournaments this year.

Although there are some noticeable changes to the team, the main topic of debate is still the same. This season’s topic is education policy.

“Every year there’s a national conference and people can submit different ideas,” Harris said. “Then there’s a committee that sits down and narrows a field of about 20 possible resolutions down to about five or six that are most debatable. Each state, a few national organizations then get to vote. So the state of Kansas surveys all the coaches in Kansas

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Juniors Justin Real and Quan Nguyen prepare for an upcoming debate by going over information, Nov. 7.

Scholars’ Bowl leader shares experience Scholars’ Bowl continues to improve throughout the season.

Varsity player, Teddy Barfield, soph., explained what happens during a tournament. “(Scholars’ Bowl) is a trivia competition where you go to tournaments with a team of five players,” Barfield said. “You answer

“I was thinking about helping with kids and reading, setting up a book club for elementary schools, but for my career I want to go into the medical field, being a neurosurgeon or a neuroscientist. I really like science, especially biology and chemistry.” will barfieldreporter

and says which ones do you like the best.

The coaches respond and they narrow it down to two in the country, and then all the coaches in the country get to vote again and they select one.”

After the topic is decided, students spend time between tournaments researching the topic and strengthening their knowledge on the subject.

“Everyone has to do their fair share of research, that way when you go into competition,” Real said. “If everyone does their research and their work that they’re supposed to do, then we’re able to do better; everyone who is competing is able to do well.”

Teddy Barfield, soph., competes on the Scholars’ Bowl team for his second season. hunter phillipsphotographer

questions in order to get points and make it to a final round where there’s a bracket to be the champion.”

Throughout the season, each team, varsity and junior varsity, competes in roughly 20 tournaments. Each player is limited to playing in eight tournaments per season.

“We haven’t had that many tournaments this season,” Barfield said.

“I don’t think we’ve been to that many, maybe one or two. We actually held the East Tournament - each school hosts their own.”

This is Barfield’s second season competing with the team.

The Scholars’ Bowl Varsity team, led

by Dave Shelly, will compete in the West tournament, Nov. 16, and in the Heston tournament, Nov. 28.

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Students run for governor

Heights students plan to run in 2018 election

Many candidates are in the running for Kansas governor including four high school students. Two live in Wichita and go to Wichita high schools. Ethan Randleas, sr., attends Heights High School and Jack Bergeson, jr., goes to Independent.

There is not an age limit to run for governor in Kansas because in 1855 the people of Kansas were focused on making Kansas a free state and did not set an age limit.

Randleas is running for governor alongside his lieutenant governor candidate Cameron Tims, sr., who also goes to Heights.

“The reason why I’m running alongside of him is because we share a lot of the same beliefs especially when it comes to selfliberty, everyone’s individual rights, and the constitution,” Tims said.

They are both Libertarians meaning they believe in a small government and the protection of people’s rights, but are running as Republicans because running for a third party

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does not work well in politics.

“My inspiration would be Ron Paul’s 2008 presidential run and he ran in 2012 too but he came out big guns a blazing liberty liberty liberty and chanting the strict libertarian message and he had some backing to it but not a whole lot,” Randleas said.

Randleas and Tims wanted to run for governor to give people a new idea and look at politics because of the influx of politicians in the main two parties.

The biggest goal that they want to accomplish is cutting the budget immensely.

One of the methods is cutting the Kansas Corporation Commission by 50 percent.

Another goal is to shrink the size of the government by cutting non-essential services out of the budget. Randleas and Tims want to maintain a strong defense of personal liberties.

“This will be done through a multitude of legislative actions, some of which being not allowing for a transgender bathroom bill similar to the one that was passed in North Carolina, and ending asset forfeiture for those who are not convicted of a crime at a state level,” Randleas said.

The funding for their campaign comes from their own money and through a GoFundMe page from people who want to support and donate to them.

Reaching out to the younger crowd can be difficult for them due to a number of people viewing republicans and libertarians as racist and sexist because of the policies they support, but many young people are interested and are open to a different point of view of the government.

Running for governor is a full time job and if Randleas and Tims win they do not plan to go to college until their tenure as governor and lieutenant governor is over. They want to devote all of their time to being Kansas’s governor. If they can balance school and being governor then that is what they will do, but likely, they will not have the time for both.

lauren zoellerphotographer Candidates Ethan Randleas and Cameron Tims, sr., finish up their press conference at Heights high school.

Randleas’s views

Gun usage: “Citizens that have not convicted a violent felony or not have a mental illness that severely alters their thinking should be allowed to own and use firearms.”

School: “By giving tax vouchers to families to put towards education, the education system will get a breath of fresh air, and the quality of education as well as teacher salaries will increase.”

Marijuana usage: “It should be legal because the government has no right to tell a citizen what they can consume.”

Upcoming Wichita events Nov. 17 Jazz Meets Stevie Wonder, at Sebits Auditorium, Riney Fine Arts building

Nov. 18 Wichita Turkey Trot, at Century ll

Nov. 20 Moscow Ballet’s Great Russian Nutcracker, at Orpheum Theatre

Nov. 25 Cold Fusion Mosaics Class, at Rayer’s Bearden Stained Glass

Dec. 2 Cirque de la Symphonie, at Century ll Performing Arts & Convention Center

Dec. 16 Wichita State vs. Oklahoma, at Intrust Bank Arena

Q & A with candidate Jack Bergeson, Independent

Q: What are your plans on education?

A: “I plan to reverse the elimination of the Corporate Tax Rate to return education funding to pre-Brownback levels. Also I plan to raise teacher’s pay to help lure in more high quality teachers into Kansas because many have fled due to the funding issues.”

Q: Why did you run for governor?

A: “I feel we need to give voters the choice of real change. Also, I feel we need to get the younger generation involved in politics.”

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Parking lot concerns about safety, traffic call for change As the most populous high school in the state, our parking lot is outdated and needs major improvements.

The lack of space available for stop-andgo parking in our lot is the first big issue, and when parents stop and wait to pick up their kids, it creates an immense backup.

As buses leave Circle drive, they too, halt traffic for a few minutes, amounting to an even larger buildup of cars in the main parking lot.

Having only a few exits in the parking lot does nothing to help the situation, and most of the conflicts stem from the fact that the parking lot has a poor layout.

Another contributing factor to the poor traffic surrounding East High is the habit of parents dropping off and picking up students on Grove in the lane of traffic.

Although convenient for them, stopping for their kids delays everyone else around them.

However, the lack of efficiency in the parking lot gives parents few options, and most cannot afford to get stuck into the wait of the parking lot, as they have places to be.

In addition to parent behavior, some students contribute to the problem by darting in front of vehicles while crossing Grove, instead of using one of the many crosswalks where drivers expect them. Not only is this illegal, but it is also a hazardous safety issue that needs to be addressed.

Delving further into the parking lot issue itself, the student designated parking for seniors is arbitrary because it does not allow easy access out of the parking lot and gives no benefit to seniors. A solution to give senior lot a purpose is to release seniors from school five minutes earlier to relieve a wave of traffic.

The size of our parking lot is also inadequate for our large student body, and the lack of space causes accidents, constant pedestrian traffic, and cars driving the wrong direction.

No space is given for two-way traffic; as a result cars to go the wrong direction

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which potentially leads to more backup and wrecks.

Solutions to all of these problems exist.

To prevent parents from dropping off kids in moving traffic and students running in front of traffic, we should a have patrol team, people monitoring the flow of traffic at East. The patrol would direct flow into the parking lot, prevent cars from stopping on the street, and monitor kids running

into traffic to avoid accidents.

More signs about speed and direction should be added in the parking lot to prevent collisions and backup. More funds and attention should be given to improve and give modern updates to a small parking lot for one of the biggest schools in the state. This will improve traffic and benefit students and parents in an efficient way. kali soyezreporter

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Senior expresses opinion on parking lot issues

Cortney -----------------------------------------------Hawkins I think that the parking lot at East is an absolute disaster. After school if you don’t hurry and get out to your car minutes after school ends, you could end up waiting centuries to leave this place. Many students have jobs or other obligations that they cannot be late for.

In my experience the hold up often comes from parents blocking the lane so they can wait for their

kid, who is often taking their sweet time to wander out to their car.

I believe a possible solution for this is making parents pick up their kids across the street or designating an area for parents to get their kids.

Hopefully administration can find a solution to this problem because soon I’m going to break my horn and have to resort to yelling.

Out of 100 students polled, nearly half of students do not have a problem getting to class on time. However, less than one fourth of students are often late to class because they cannot get through the parking lot.

22% Yes

48% Sometimes

30% No

do you think is the biggest issue Q: What about the parking lot?

A:

“I have been late to class a few times because how busy the parking lot gets when other students are late and their parents drop them off in the way of traffic.”

Elisa Rouse, jr.

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Ashley Manalac, sr., Joanna Johnson, soph., and Ava Foster, sr., show off their years of modeling experience in a serious group picture.

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Ashley Manalac Ashley Manalac, sr., launched her modeling career at the age of 10 when her mother signed her up to try it out. Years later, in her sophomore year of high school, she got an agent and walked in Kansas City Fashion Week, which opened doors for even more opportunities.

“I started getting ads with Sprint and several designers from Nebraska, and then I walked for them,” Manalac said.

During the summer of her junior year, Manalac took classes at the Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT) to gather knowledge in her pursuit of an advertising career and experience what campus life was like at FIT. Spending only half the day at classes learning about the basics of advertising by taking courses about communication design, Manalac decided she wanted to spend her free time doing something that she could dedicate her time to.

Manalac interned with a showroom in New York to gain hands-on experience.

After sending out resumes to many college internships she qualified for, Manalac landed a spot with the Park Showroom. While at the showroom Manalac helped set up showings of smaller designers’ clothing lines that wanted their clothes to be sold in bigger retail or department stores.

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Joanna Johnson

At just 5’1”, she is shorter than average, but she can strut her stuff.

Joanna Johnson, soph., got her first modeling gig in autumn of 2016 and instantly loved it.

“My sister was scouted, and they asked her if she had any sisters,” Johnson said.

“She showed them a picture of me, and they told her to get me down there as soon as possible.”

In the beginning, Johnson took modeling classes offered by the company that scouted her and her sister, Models and Images. The classes were free and meant to break in inexperienced or firsttime models like Johnson.

“The classes teach you what to do in an interview or at casting, what the industry is like, and especially how to do runway,” Johnson said. “They also taught me about print. Sometimes it’s editorial, which tall people usually do, and sometimes it’s commercial, which short people usually do.”

Johnson has done two runway jobs and one media print. Her favorite was the media print, which is more suited to shorter people like herself.

Pictures from that photo shoot were published in the August issue

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Girls model outside of school, share experiences

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Runway modeling is fashion-oriented while print modeling is product-oriented, because the clothing is being advertised for sale. For the models, big differences exist between the two.

“In runway, you don’t look at the camera,” Johnson said. “Your face is relaxed and your arms can sway some as you walk, but not a lot. Basically, you’re concentrating, but you have to look like you aren’t. With commercial, you’re constantly smiling and looking at the camera. But you have to remember that you’re not selling yourself; you’re selling the clothes. It’s complicated, but after a while you just get into the zone, and it all seems like a blur.”

Johnson loves what she does, but her jobs depend on whether scouts notice her and like her. She doesn’t mind that it isn’t a steady job. She simply enjoys modeling when she can.

“I love performing,” Johnson said. “I love feeling like ‘I tried on that outfit, I showed it to people, and now they’re putting it in stores.’ It’s cool knowing about something really popular before everyone else does.”

After being put into photos shoots by her mom in third grade, Ava Foster, sr., began to take part in some catalog modeling and now models as a hobby.

“I do it in my free time so it isn’t a main priority, mostly in the summer,” Foster said.

Staying positive during and after open calls is a must for Foster, making sure her body image and self-worth are not shaken by whether or not she receives a call back. She reminds herself that the open calls are not competitions and not something she needs to do to validate herself.

“You will get rejected and it is kind of hard because you ask yourself why you get rejected, like ‘Is it because of my size?’”

Foster said. “‘Is it because of how much I weigh?’ and that takes a toll on body image.

You may get rejected but that does not mean you give up.”

Foster is a free agent model which means that she does not have an agent to go through when she is asked to be part of a photo shoot.

The freedom of being able to accept or decline offers depending on whether or not she has the time is what lets Foster stay in the industry as a hobby.

Foster is considering studying to become a surgical nurse in college.

“I want to go into the science field because I love science,” Foster said.

Foster is also considering keeping modeling as a hobby throughout her college years when she needs something to take her mind off of all of her studies.

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Salvation Army's Angel Tree Nov. 24 - Dec. 11 in JCPenney Towne East and Towne West The Salvation Army sponsors a program that allows young children to receive presents for the holidays when they normally might not be able to given their family’s financial circumstances.

A tree is set up with papers that outline the name, age, and hopeful gift for each child. Anyone can come to choose a paper from the tree and bring back the gift that child wanted. Whether it be volunteering to run the booth and tree and organize gifts and papers or participating in the program, the Angel Tree provides an opportunity to help children experience a happier holiday season.

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Hats and Mittens Drive Nov. 11- Dec. 4 at East Collection boxes throughout the school will be in place for students and teachers to bring new hats and mittens as part of the hats and mittens drive.

“We will have boxes around school asking for students, staff members, and anyone to donate,” Dat Nguyen, sr., said.

Nguyen is organizing this drive in partnership with the Salvation Army. Any supplies collected will be distributed to those in need within the Wichita community as the weather gets colder.

Assistants' League Gingerbread Village

“I chose to do this project because I think I have a good platform as the vice president of National Honor Society that will help me because I am trying to promote this event a lot more this year and get the whole school involved,” Nguyen said.

Nov. 24 - Dec. 31 at Botanica Botanica hosts a yearly event with beautiful lights and displays around the entirety of the gardens complete with a projected Christmas movie in the children’s garden. Children can visit Santa here as well and live musicians perform throughout the month.

Guests can pay a $5 entrance fee to experience this display. However, the staff also accepts volunteers to help with the event - especially setting up and tearing down the significant amount of lights around

Nov. 13 5:30-8:30 pm, Nov. 14 10-6 pm, Nov. 15 11-5 pm at Exploration Place The Assistants' League of Wichita hosts the Gingerbread Village that allows visitors to build their own gingerbread houses to take home as well as being emerged in the holiday spirit with Christmas carollers and decorations. Several events also take place like the building of one giant gingerbread house.

Anyone may pay the $5 entrance fee to join in the festivities by building their own house. The Assistant’s League also asks for volunteers to help everything run smoothly for guests as well as cleaning and replenishing supplies behind the scenes.

Botanica’s Illuminations

Dat Nguyen, sr., organizes the Hats and Mittens Drive. The drive will last until the first week of December.

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Aces show off their strange pets Ella Townsend, soph., owns Saffron, the affectionate, one-yearold hedgehog, who was given to her as a gift from her aunt eight months ago. Townsend adores Saffron and every quirk that comes with her.

“She loves to take little naps in my sweatshirt pocket,” Townsend said. “She’ll lay there as I read my book.”

Townsend’s family is also very fond of Saffron, and they all enjoy feeding, caring, and playing with her.

As small as Saffron is, she has an extremely versatile appetite, consisting of daily meals of dried mealworms and protein supplement pellets, with occasional treats of watermelon or apples.

Townsend characterizes Saffron as a very loving and amusing pet.

“One of my favorite things to do with Saffron is take her outside because she goes crazy over the grass and different smells of the out of doors,” Townsend said. “It’s one of the many adorable things she does.”

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Jace Holt, soph., holds her two bearded dragons.

Jace Holt, soph., received her two bearded dragons Asuna and Mushu approximately a year apart, but got both of them from a family friend, perhaps explaining the strong bond between the two reptiles.

“They’re very friendly towards each other and will often play or chase each other around,” Holt said.

Asuna and Mushu have large appetites, ranging from lettuce to live mealworms to baby mice.

“They’re actually really social animals,” Holt said.

“They love to lie on my chest and cuddle.”

Holt’s bearded dragons also spend time running around, waving to each other, and can even bob their heads in time to music.

Ella Townsend, soph., plays with her beloved and playful hedghog Saffron.

Although Spike the bearded dragon technically belongs to the younger brother of Brookelynn Hootman, fr., Hootman enjoys feeding Spike live crickets, and taking him out of his cage to run around.

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Starla Knight-Reamer, soph., first began buying unusual pets one year ago, and now lives with a total of 18 animals, including two rats, a chinese water dragon, a snake, two anoles, a crested gecko, four cats, six fish, and a dog.

Benton, John Budde’s, fr., four foot long corn snake enjoys being held and socializing with Budde’s cats. Benton may not be that big around, but he’s able to eat a whole mouse by unhinging his jaw.

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Marvel finally reveals the Hulk’s bare butt cheeks, and Thor is scarred with the memory of his front side.

Released Nov. 3, “Thor: Ragnarok” became the final installation of Thor’s trilogy and the forebearer to “Avengers: Infinity War.” “Thor: Ragnarok” begins extremely humorously with Thor’s narration (Chris Hemsworth), providing the audience with the context to his current caged and chained predicament, but the scene also seems to suggest that “WONDER” the fourth wall is being broken. However, it is quickly revealed that Thor NOV. 17 is actually speaking with his cellmate, only to dangle down to listen to, but Based on R.J. Palacio’s periodically interrupt, the monologue of the fire demon, Surtur (Clancy best-selling novel, Brown), before ultimately taking his “tiara” and defeating the beast.

“Wonder” follows Auggie When Thor returns to Asgard, he finds that “Odin” is lounging and (Jacob Tremblay), a boy watching a theatrical performance of Loki’s “death” scene from “Thor: The with facial deformities, Dark World.” Thor sees through the scam, and forces Loki (Tom Hiddleston) to entering the fifth grade reveal himself and lead him through Midgard and to the real Odin (Anthony and struggling to find Hopkins). Just as they find him, Odin passes on to Valhalla. Consequently, acceptance from his Hela (Cate Blanchett) arrives to battle Thor, catapulting both men into Sakaar, classmates. where Thor will participate in the Contest of Champions. Thor gathers his allies and encounters the Hulk (Mark Ruffulo), but while he struggles to escape, Hela “Justice League” wreaks havoc and death upon the Asgardians waiting to be saved by Thor.

NOV. 17 As confusing as that sounds, the plot is fairly easy to follow due to the humor This film introduces and the gags throughout the movie that overshadow most of the drama and The Flash (Ezra Miller), destruction. While this may seem like a major pitfall, it does not drag down the Cyborg (Ray Fisher), overall bearing. In short, this movie is refreshing, more specifically, it is worth and Aquaman (Jason watching more than once.

Momoa) as they fight Regardless of its categorization under the genre, Fantasy and Science Fiction, along side Wonder it is far more suitable to expect this movie to be comedic. The tone of this movie Woman (Gal Gadot) is not nearly as serious nor as dramatic as its predecessors, “Thor” and “Thor: The and Batman (Ben Dark World,” but is instead similar to the likes of “Guardians of the Galaxy” and Afleck).

“Deadpool,” in the sense that these movies refused to take themselves seriously and were filled with dirty jokes and witty sarcasm. It should be noted that each Thor movie was directed by a different director.

“COCO” The most valuable developments from this movie come from the individual NOV. 22 characters. Thor and Based on the holiday Bruce Banner were Dia de los Muertos, once far from being as this film follows popular and interesting Miguel (Anthony as their fellow Avengers, Gonzales), who, to but this movie managed to prove his musical turn them both into very talent, goes on a enjoyable characters that journey to unlock perhaps for many are now his family’s past. favorites; even the dullwitted Hulk is likeable.

“Star Wars: Loki, still unquestionably The Last delightful, no longer Jedi” outshines Thor, who is DEC. 15 absolutely hilarious in this Luke Skywalker Thor, Valkyrie (Tessa Thompson), and Loki prepare to face Hela. movie. For the best, spoiler Hulk, (Mark Hamil) Photo courtesy of IMBd image. free preview of this newis unnerved by and-improved Thor, watch the video “Team Thor - Official Marvel | HD” published on Rey’s (Daisy Youtube by the channel Marvel UK, because though it seemed like these short videos Ridly) strength. were just parodies of Thor, played by Hemsworth himself, these videos foreshadow his Seemingly, this new-found charisma. is what may This movie is purely too much fun and simply too hilarious, just to be dismissed as lead her to another boring Thor movie. question her alliances, and herself.

As 2017 comes to a close, the variety of movies making it to theatres increases drastically, making it difficult for cinema fanatics to settle on a ticket. To ease the decision, here are quick synopses of four highly anticipated movies of varying genres and tastes to chose from.

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Lane Matzeder, soph., is caught in mid-air while doing a back flip. betsy chairezphotographer

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Tricks lead to being an inspiration

Lane Matzeder, soph., is known as a ‘Trampolinst’ and maybe even an ‘inspiration.’ Flipping for over two and a half years, Lane started posting videos of himself doing tricks on Instagram, and people started recognizing him.

Now, Lane is up to 13,900 followers on Instagram and is getting thousands of views of his videos. Also, every of couple months he posts a video on YouTube of the things he has been doing The most views he’s ever gotten of a video is 3.8 million.

As he keeps jumping, the numbers increase.

“It was my idea to start jumping, and I have some inspirations to keep me pushing myself to do more tricks,” Matzeder said. “What made me start was just loving trampolines,” Lane said.

Lane considers trampling both a sport and a hobby. It takes up a lot of his time on the weekend but not during the week. He typically does his jumping at: Aviate: Sports Forum, Get-Air, Acrobatics, and Academy or jumps at the trampoline at home. Lane said that he thinks he will go far in trampling as along as he doesn’t “break his neck.”

His best tricks are the “Quad Front” and the “Quad Back.” He is now working on a trick called the “Triple Layout” which is a triple back but completely laid out.

When he is working on something new, it can take him just a couple of weeks to learn a new trick, depending on how high or difficult it is.

If it’s more challenging it can take him a couple of months, (such as the full full), but the longest it has ever taken him to learn to do a trick was two years. The trick was to get a good “Quad Back.”

The easiest trick he has ever learned to do was a “backflip” and the hardest was the “Quad Full.”

Lane said that he gets a lot of support from his friends and family, but mostly from his followers.

“I don’t consider myself an inspiration, but lots of people tell me I am an inspiration to them,” Matzeder said.

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suzannah youngeditor Ending the fall season, truc nguyenphotographer the girls tennis team sent four players to State while Emilee Endsley, sr., on the cross country team placed 17th alongside six of her teammates also competing. Despite challenges in team numbers, the golf team sent Zoe Lee fr., to State, while the new coaching staff of the volleyball team focused on team bonding and individual improvement. Meanwhile, Will Clayton, jr., represented the boys cross country team at State, placing 11th and setting a personal record. The boys soccer team, (11-7) finished their season with a tough loss against Dodge City in the second round of Playoffs, while the football team won three games.

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