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104 N. Rose Hill Road Friday, November 1, 2013
NEWS
Rose Hill, Kansas, 67133
Successful state fair for
journalism department
Nadia Khalidi
The Scholastic Press Corporation (SPC) holds a special event
for avid journalists statewide at
the Kansas State Fair in Hutchison.
For the fifth year in a row,
Digital Media Sponsor Butch
Gilbert took five students from
the newspaper staff and five from
the video production class. The
newspaper team consisted of
seniors Chandler Boese and Colby
Woods, juniors Meredith Bartley,
and sophomores Kole Wright and
Adam Henwood. The video team
consisted of senior Alex Dinicola; juniors Ellie Ridder, Makayla
Ford, and Nadia Khalidi; and
sophomore Devon Hayes
The newspaper staff composed
a newspaper with stories over
the 100th year anniversary of the
State Fair, agriculture stories,
and more. The video production
students interviewed and reported
stories on festivities at the State
Fair as well as agriculture information.
In previous years, Rose Hill
See State Fair on page 4
Powell starts off year well
Gabby Farris
to acquire his Masters of
Arts in Teaching.
This year Michael Powell has
Powell at first was not
joined the Rose Hill High School
set
on the path of teaching
Staff teaching Psychology, World
“I
wanted
to go into social
Geography, and Current Events.
work…
my
last semester at
He is also helping the coachKState
I
substituted
here,
ing staff. Powell graduated from
and
I
liked
teaching
and
reRHHS and has returned as a
ally
enjoyed
it,”
said
Powteacher. He attended Butler Community College then Kansas State ell. He started out working
as a long-term substitute
University; there he received his
Master of Science, Social Science, at Northwest High School,
then at Coleman Middle
and Psychology. Afterwards he
went to Wichita State University
See Powell on page 3
Social studies
teacher Michael
Powell advises
freshman
Savanna
Renollet on
her project
in World
Geography.
Photo by
Kristin
Donaldson.
Editorial
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Friday, November 1, 2013
Dedicated students made
2013 Homecoming successful
As we boogie at a dance or run
plays during Powderpuff, we sometimes forget that these events don’t
just happen. We may see Community Service Day as a fun day, the
one where we get to skip school and
do some fun (or not so fun) projects. For our class presidents, this
day is their state championship, final
exam, and ACT test all in
one. It’s a source of stress,
panic, worry, anger, even
tears, but also a day filled
with meaning, purpose,
and accomplishment. As
we enjoy the fun parts of
high school, we need to
remember who makes them
happen.
Take homecoming week
for example. No one
realizes how much blood,
sweat, and tears, the student
council puts into those five
days. From the dance to
Ironman to coronation,
hoards of people are working to make them possible.
Even spirit week, one of the easiest
parts of homecoming week, StuCo
members have to go around daily and
do spirit counts.
Ironman, this time headed by
sophomore Ali Justice, takes scorekeepers, announcers, and sponsors.
Sophomore Ryan Pfaff’s event, Powderpuff, wouldn’t happen without
someone to run the clock and talk,
and takes a surprising amount of prep
time to get the balls, flags, sponsors,
and a teacher team.
Community Service Day, possibly
the biggest event of the year, took
literally hours and hours. The council held the first planning meeting
back in the beginning of September.
They’ve had many more meetings
since, and the week leading up to the
day is filled with permission slips,
projects, and class dues.
Freshmen have to organize all of
the fundraising money and decide
which level their classmates have
achieved. Sophomores, juniors, and
seniors all have to go through the
time-consuming process of putting
students into groups. Juniors, who
are given a list of possible projects,
of the county’s waste management
people assist the freshmen, while
United Way employee Becky Springer gets projects for the sophomores,
who couldn’t pull off their projects
without the outstanding Wichita
non-profits. Juniors should thank the
buildings and grounds department,
who literally spend weeks preparing
projects, getting supplies,
setting up, and working with the class, along
with the city department.
Seniors couldn’t do their
projects without a lot of
outside help, like local churches, some city
employees, the Senior
Center, Superwash, and
all of the seniors who
prepared projects.
That’s one day. Myriads of people spend hundreds of hours, combined,
to make those 5 hours of
service possible.
But homecoming
week doesn’t end there.
Still to come is the day of all days,
Homecoming Friday. Before school
even starts, StuCo’s already in gear.
Bright and early at 7 am, the Rocket
Pride committee is working with the
royalty at coronation practice. Then
the day is spent preparing for the big
three: the pep assembly, coronation,
and the dance.
The pep assembly, headed up by
StuCo president Chandler Boese,
senior, is planned days in advance,
then everything must be prepared for
it, like the game supplies and the Mr.
and Ms. Spirit winners.
Coronation, Rocket Pride’s big
event, headed by seniors Brianna
Appel and Lauren Stiles, includes so
many points of stress, like the voting,
“[Community
Service Day] is a source
of stress, panic, worry,
anger, even tears, but
also a day filled with
meaning, purpose, and
accomplishment.”
then have to choose which ones to do
and find the supplies for them. The
seniors have it even worse. They
have to go out and get their own
jobs. For weeks before, they handed
out flyers looking for jobs and made
countless calls. After they finally had
their jobs, they still had to go through
and get supplies, organize transportation, and assign students to jobs. All
of the secretaries and treasurers were
swimming in permission slips and
class dues, while the class presidents
have everything resting on their
shoulders.
But StuCo members aren’t the only
ones who spend hours on CSD. The
teachers are a big part of the planning
as well and numerous community
members lend a hand on this big day.
The ARC of Butler County and some
See StuCo on page 3
Friday, November 1, 2013
StuCo
News
continued from page 2
flowers, platform decoration, script, and crowns.
Finally, it’s time for the Homecoming Dance, orchestrated by senior Maddy
Nelson. Her committee,
Rowdy Crowd, and more
students worked on decorating for that dance for
more than two hours after
school on Friday. And
it takes time to prepare
the supplies for OCC
check-in and concession
area. During the course
of the dance, StuCo’s job
still isn’t quite complete.
Some members might be
running the OCC tables
at the entrance, while still
others are operating the concession stand. Even when
the dance ends, it’s still not over for StuCo. Members
are required to stay after the dance to clean up, then meet
3
quickly. Around midnight, this extremely hectic week
finally comes to a close.
Over the course of one week, these students have spent
more time working on StuCo events than they have their
schoolwork. In this one week, StuCo loses sleep (figuratively and literally) to make a better week for the rest of
their school. They put the needs of others before theirs.
Why does this matter to you? It’s because
StuCo does it all for
you. These extraordinary thirty-five people
just suffered through a
hectic and stressful week
for you. But they’re not
looking for praise. That’s
not why StuCo does what
they do. They sacrifice
so much for their school,
just because it’s worth it
to them.
Congratulations to
these great StuCo members and everyone else who helped make 2013 Fall
Homecoming a success!!!
“[Student Council]
sacrifices so much for
their school, just because it’s worth it to
them.”
Powell
continued from page 1
School, and later taught at Wichita North High for
seven years.
When Powell was asked if he had one wish what
would he wish for, without hesitation he answered,
“Just to have a healthy family, always make enough
money to provide for them and stay out here and
retire,” said Powell.
Powell has a son named Henry who’s 18 months
old, and four cats Tibby, Tabby, Toby, and Tilly.
“My wife doesn’t say no to strays and I have a hard
time saying no to my wife,” said Powell.
When Powell was here as a RHHS student he took
Mr. Woolum’s social studies class. “Mr. Woolum,
believe it or not, was my social studies teacher. He
was an inspiration to become a teacher,” said Powell. Powell and Woolum are now co-workers.
The Rock-It News is the official student publication of Rose Hill High School. The newspaper will be published
16 times during the school year of 2013-2014. The Rock-It News is produced by the journalism students in Newspaper,
Yearbook, and Video Production classes. Journalism teacher Butch Gilbert is the advisor. The school’s phone number is 316776-3360: Mr. Gilbert’s email address is [email protected]. Anyone interested in advertising in the Rock-It News should
contact Mr. Gilbert and he will designate a student to contact the potential advertiser.
Current students who make up the staff of the newspaper include:
Editor-In-Chief and Layout Editor: Chandler Boese,
senior
Assitant Editor, Copy Editor, and Feature Editor:
Meredith Bartley, junior
Assitant Layout Editor: Gabby Farris, sophomore
News Editor: Colby Woods, senior
Sports Co-Editor: Armando Mendez, sophomore
Sports Co-Editor: Joe Nivison, sophomore
Photography Editor: Kristin Donaldson, sophomore
Advertising and Social Media Manager: Haley Canfield,
senior
Assistant News Editor: Kole Wright, sophomore
Assistant Feature Editor: Nadia Khalidi, junior
Assistant Social Media Manager: Nathaniel Gregg, senior
Reporters: Devon Hayes, junior; Alex Heiden, sophomore;
Adam Henwood, sophomore; Azure Jabes, senior; Autumn
Jones, sophomore; Camille Mitchell, senior; Sydney Mork,
sophomore; Tiffany Naillieux, sophomore
Cartoonist: Reed Strawn, senior
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News
State Fair
continued from page 1
Friday, November 1, 2013
The print team, consisting of sophomore Adam
Henwood and Kole Wright, seniors Colby Woods
and Chandler Boese, junior Meredith Bartley, and
Sponsor Robin Bartley competed in the state fair
competition. Photo by Scholastic Press Corps.
On the newspaper
staff, senior Colby
High School has been awarded
Woods received an
third place overall, and won best outstanding award this
photograph at the state fair. How- year at the State Fair
ever, this year introduced comfor “The Best Agripletely new awards.
culture Story”
sponsored by
the Shell Corporation, as
well as a $500
reward.
“I was really surprised!
I didn’t think that I would
get it,” said Woods. This is
her first award for journalism, and she couldn’t be
happier. Woods doesn’t
know if she wants to conThe video team, consisting of sophomore Devon
tinue journalism in college
Hayes; senior Alex Dinicola; Sponsor Butch
quite yet, but it could be
Gilbert; juniors Ellie Ridder, Nadia Khalidi,
an avenue for a career in
and Mikayla Ford competed in the state fair
the future.
competition. Photo by Scholastic Press Corps.
Sophomore Kole Wright, following Woods, recieved remarkable award for “The Best 100
Year Story.” “I was looking down
at my phone, and when I heard
my name I was thinking, ‘Oh,
yay!’” exclaimed Wright. He
doesn’t have future plans with
journalism on a “news basis,” he
claims, but he thinks it might help
him get somewhere!
Debate team kicks off their season
Colby Woods
The debate team began their season
with a good start. This year the team
is made up of all new people, except for returning senior Nathaniel
Gregg. The rest of the team is made
up of freshmen Brandon Mork, Maci
Carlson, Breana LaFever, Kempsie
Griffin, Dresden Little, and senior
Christian Boudreaux.
“It’s been a pretty great challenge
trying to get them up to speed particularly when none of them have any
experience in either debate, theory,
or any kind of argumentation,” said
Debate Coach Mark Blauser.
Despite the lack of nearly any returning members, Blauser is hopeful
for this year’s team. Though the team
may be brand new, the objective of
the class, and the competitions, is not
changing.
“Like every other season, we
spend our time in class preparing
arguments, preparing…affirmative
arguments…practicing cross examination, and running negatives, which
is counter arguments to those arguments,” said Blauser.
Each season the team is given a
topic that they’ll prepare the necessary arguments, do the research,
and get themselves ready for the
competition. This season’s case was
written by one of the team members, Carlson. The topic, economic
engagement with Latin America, is
concerned with whether or not there
should be an influx in this foreign
trade or not.
In addition to having an all-new
team, some new changes to KSHSAA rules have had a major impact
on how the debaters approach the
case.
“For the first time ever we’ve gone
entirely digital. Usually you have
tubs of files and you’ll actually print
out the papers and you kind of go
through them and you pull out the
notes, the cards, the case evidence
that you need to present an argument. This is the first year that we’ve
done it all entirely on the computer
with laptops. New KSHSAA rules
have changed and so now those are
allowed in tournament play. So now
our teams go in with their laptops
and very little else,” said Blauser.
The results of the first debate
match, Maize South, were as follows: Carlson and LaFever 1:2,
Griffin and Little 0:3, and Mark and
Boudreaux 2:1. The team is hard at
work preparing for their next tournament, at Valley Center, next Thursday.
Narrative
Friday, November 1, 2013
Features
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A Quite
Macabre Verdict
Kole Wright
Edwin rushed out of the dorm,
having suddenly had a quite important realization. He had to find
Nicolas and warn him. It might
already be too late.
“I’ve seen you before,” said
Nicolas to the unwashed man in
the Santa costume. “But I don’t
know where.”
“Nicolas,” the man said, “you
need to come with me. You’re under arrest for illegal time travel.”
Edwin ran through the streets,
asking passersby if they had seen
a similarly dressed person. He
only got a few directions, and
was, for the most part, blindly
wandering. He knew that he had
to get to Nicolas soon. Otherwise
the Paradox Police Department
would be upon them both. Edwin
had been through this before, but
it had never occurred to him that
it would happen again.
“Why are you doing this?”
Nicolas asked, as the scraggly
santa put him into a DeLorean
converted into a police car.
“I’m officer Jules Wainwright of
the Paradox Police Department.
You are under arrest for time
travel without a warrant and multiple counts of interaction with
a sentient being from a different
time than yourself.” Nicolas sat
in stunned disbelief as the officer
read him his rights.
Edwin arrived at the scene moments later, panting. He saw the
car and ran towards it. It drove
off. Edwin sprinted after it, trying to keep up, but failed. The
car was too fast. Edwin stopped
and panted. He could not let this
happen. He continued, fatigued as
he was, and eventually he came
to an alleyway where he saw the
car. He watched the officer take
Nicolas out of the back seat and
into a building.
Edwin followed them a minute later, and as he slipped into
the door and turned around, he
gasped. The room was immensely
bigger than the building should
have been able to contain. It was
a huge dome that stretched on for
at least a mile, by Edwin’s estimation.
In the center were all the furnishings of a courtroom, made of
the same wood as the rest of the
floor. A large bearded man sat at
the judge’s seat, and creatures of
various species populated the jury.
The officer was at the witness
stand, and Nicolas was present at
the defendant’s seat.
“I caught this man,” the officer
started to say, “over 100 years after his time without a license. His
accomplice is still out there.”
The prosecutor, a green-skinned
woman at least three times smaller than an average human, turned
to Nicolas to speak.
“Is this true, sir, that you are not
in possession of a license to time
travel?”
Nicolas began to defend himself. “Well, yes, but you see--“
“And is it also true that you
were present 119 years after your
time?”
“Yes, I suppose, but--“
The prosecutor turned to the
jury, “I imagine this will be sufficient evidence.”
The judge rose to speak, “The
jury will now deliberate.”
Nicolas rose from the bench and
went to stroll around the endless
flat floor. Edwin went to talk to
him behind the jury stand.
“Nick! We have to get you out
of here!” he said, making sure no
one could see him.
“I agree, but I don’t think that’s
possible.” Nicolas said. “Just look
at this room, those people, the
idea of time travel as a regular
thing… I don’t think I have that
option. I think they’ll find me no
matter what. You need to get out
of here, Edwin. Go now, while no
one can see you.”
“I won’t!” said Edwin.
Nicolas scolded him, “We don’t
have much time. Go now!”
Suddenly, the jury started to
return. “Go!” Nicolas hissed.
Edwin had no choice. He returned to the shadows by the door
where no one was looking.
The head of the jury was about
to deliver the verdict. He was a
many-eyed scaly creature. He
rose slowly and hissed out in a
tone that made Edwin feel sick,
“Guilty.”
The judge rose. “The jury finds
you guilty of the charges before
you. However, we recognize that
you have committed this crime
without knowledge of the law.
Thus, I will sentence you to the
least possible punishment for this
crime.”
Nicolas relaxed and smiled
slightly.
“Death.” The judge sat down.
Nicolas stood up, wild-eyed, and
two bailiffs came to take him
away. Edwin ran out of the building.
The End
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Features
Friday,November 1, 2013
Newby anything but new
Meredith Bartley
Science teacher Stan Newby has
been educating Rockets since the
beginning of the 21st century. “I
enjoy the students tremendously, and
the atmosphere of the teachers,” said
Newby. Photo by Kristin Donaldson.
Despite a myriad of medical
problems—the lecture of diagnosis’ and injuries takes several days
at the end of the year—Biology
teacher Stan Newby has remained
at Rose Hill for a whopping thirteen years, and shows no signs of
quitting yet.
“Well, I can’t lay asphalt on the
street with my health problems,
so I teach,” said Newby, who is in
his thirty-fifth year in education.
Newby, who teaches Biology
and Environmental Science, originally started out in Agriculture. “I
ended up here thirteen years ago.
I got hired a week before school
started and I’d never taught Biology before, so it was rather challenging for a couple years.”
Newby went into teaching because he was inspired by a teacher
had as a senior in high school. He
wanted to be involved in agriculture without actually working on
a farm. He attended Kansas State
University and has a Bachelor and
Master’s degree in Agriculture
Education, with certification in
Biology.
“I enjoy the students tremendously, and the atmosphere of the
teachers,” said Newby.
For students considering a
career in education, Newby had
this advice: “Be rich beforehand!”
However, goofiness aside, his
teaching experience is an example for all prospective teachers. “Learn as much as you can in
college, because you never know
what you’ll be teaching later on.”
Farris joins the fray
Nathaniel Gregg
Sophomore Gabby Farris has
been on the staff of the Rock-it
newspaper for less than a year,
but she is already an important
part of the paper. Farris holds the
position of assistant layout editor. Being on the newspaper staff
requires many different things
throughout an issue. When asked
what her favorite part of being
on the staff is, she said, “I enjoy
interviewing people.”
Despite all her duties in the
paper, she has things to do outside of school, just like everyone
else. When she is not in school,
she enjoys, “Walking dogs with
my friends, because we kind of
have a business. I also watch my
neighbor’s kids on the weekend.”
That’s quite a full plate, especially
with Kays Club, Drama Club,
Robotics, Band, and needless to
say, Newspaper. As far as plans
after high school go, Farris would
like to go to K-State, and if that
doesn’t work out, WSU would be
the other option. Everyone has
some famous celebrity that they
would love to meet, and Farris
is no different. If she could meet
anyone, it would probably be
Jensen Ackles from the TV show Sophomore Gabby Farris, Assistant
Layout Editor, is a first year
Supernatural.
newspaper member. Photo by Kristin
Donaldson.
Features
Trends: Pokémon X and Y
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Friday, November 1, 2013
Kole Wright
After many agonizing months of hype
and anticipation for fans, Nintendo
finally released Pokémon Versions X and
Y on October 12. These are the latest installment in the main series franchise, the
last being Versions Black and White in
2011. The new games are playable only
on the Nintendo 3DS and feature a fully
3D world and many improvements to
the game mechanics, such as the ability
to move quickly with roller skates, and
a highly anticipated new feature: Mega
Evolution.
Mega Evolution allows fully evolved
Pokémon to become much more powerful in battle, and requires the player to
have a certain Pokémon specific item
(such as Charizardite to mega evolve
Charizard) and to be at a certain point in
the game’s storyline. Another new fea-
ture, which has received mixed opinions,
is the addition of a new type.
Pokémon includes many elemental
types, including the obvious fire, water,
electric, rock, etc. and also other not so
obvious types, such as bug, dragon, steel,
and ghost. The new type being added in
X and Y is fairy.
“You think fairy types are going to be
really dumb but then they’re so great!”
said sophomore Ashley Clifton, who
plays version X. Fairy types are weak
to steel and poison, and deal double damage to dragon, dark, and fighting types.
The games have become exceedingly
popular in the two weeks since their
release. “I really like it,” said sophomore
Mackenzie Webster. Many students at
RHHS who own X or Y (or both) bring
their 3DS’s to school to battle and trade
before and after class.
Two new highly-anticipated
video games, Pokemon X
and Y, released on October
12. Photo from softpedia.
com.
Life in Space is Impossible
Nathaniel Gregg
Gravity, a film directed by Alfonso
Cuarón, is the first movie in a long while
to capture raw human emotion, and to
keep the audience enthralled through the
use of superb special effects. Set against
the backdrop of endless space, George
Clooney and Sandra Bullock play two
astronauts who are stranded after their
ship is hit by a shower of space debris.
They have 90 minutes before the debris
comes around again. Bullock plays Dr.
Ryan Stone, a young astronaut who is
on her first shuttle mission and has just
lost her four-year-old daughter. Clooney
plays a veteran astronaut by the name of
Matt Kowalski, who becomes Stone’s
only salvation, as her oxygen tank is depleted, and she’s spinning out of control,
with nothing to help her stabilize.
Stone (Bullock) and Kowalski (Clooney) work on the Hubble. Photo from
comicbook.com
Surprisingly, one of the most impressive things about Gravity, is how it truly
isn’t about space and astronauts, instead
it centers aroun the psychology of the
brain, and how it deals with trauma, although the space bit does help a lot when
dealing with the loneliness and looming
threat of death. In the beginning of the
movie, a couple of facts about space
show up on the screen, to show how
humans are not designed to live in space,
followed by five remarkable words that
define the whole movie experience. Life
in space is impossible.
The quality of the film is extremely
high. Cuarón has created a masterpiece
with the way the camera is able to move
around space, giving the impression that
you’re floating in space. Pair that with
the fact that the movie has about four
total scenes, and you’re left with a movie
that captures multiple aspects of humanity, and leaves you in awe. Gravity is a
must see film, whether in 2D or 3D, it
doesn’t matter. Out of five stars, Gravity
earned all five.
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Features
Successful marching
season comes to a fine
99
Friday, November 1, 2013
growth, the band has grown tremendous- kovich and Doctor Taylor because I have
ly in maturity, especially in the freshman. great respect for them; they’re nationally
With fall winding down, many high
known band directors,” said Bartley.
Though the marching is over, there are
school activities, such as football, are
Congratulations to Bartley and the
still
many
upcoming
band
events
to
look
coming to an end to make way for the
band
on a great marching season!
forward
to.
winter activities. A memorable part of
“The
next
biggest
event
is
‘Get
game halftimes, the marching band, also
Trombonified 2013’ on Saturfeels their season coming to a close this
October. This past weekend, on October day, November 23, featuring my
26, the band traveled to Arkansas City to college roommate, and US Army
band trombonist as a clinician,”
compete in their final competition. The
results of the competition delighted Band said Bartley.
Apart from band awards, this
Director David Bartley.
past
September Bartley was
“We received a 1 rating in parade
inducted
in to the Phi Beta Mu
marching, a 1 rating in the color guard
Honorary
Band Fraternity. This
competition, and 1 rating from each of
is
an
elite
group
of band directors
our four judges in the field show,” said
who
promote
better
bands across The band has been rehearsing their show since
Bartley.
the
world,
and
is
a
great
honor. early August and their hard work has paid off
As a season overall, Bartley was
“It
was
an
honor
for
me
with an outstanding season. Photo by Adam
pleased with the development that the
to
be
nominated
by
Doctor
MarHenwood.
band showed. In addition to general
Colby Woods
Writers prepare for National
Novel Writing Month
Gabby Farris
NaNoWriMo participant
Meredith Bartley, junior, works
on her novel. Photo by Kristin
Donaldson.
National Novel Writing Month
(NaNoWriMo) has taken place
since July 1999 and started out
with only 21 members. This year,
NaNoWriMo consist of over
150,000 members and is still
growing.
This year, during the month of
November, writers are given the
goal to write a novel consisting
of 50,000 words by 11:59 p.m. on
November 30. “NaNoWriMo is
really good ‘cause it challenges
you to do it in just one month…
For one month I can set a lot of
time aside to write and get this
novel down,” said junior Meredith
Bartley
NaNoWriMo gives many writers
the opportunity for their creative
side to shine. “I have a flood of
thoughts and ideas in my brain
and it’s a way to get them out and
have them manifest,” said sophomore Kole Wright.
There is an endless amount of
topics a novel could be written
about. When sophomore Jacob
Whitesell was asked what his
novel is going to be about he
answered without hesitation, “the
civil war and dinosaurs.”
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Features
Friday, November 1, 2013
Boese and Stuewe announced
as October Senior Citizens
Armando Mendez
People who have a great attitude, work ethics, grades, and
personal ethics are, needless
to say, people who deserve an
award. Rose Hill High School
picks one male and one female
each month for the “Senior Citizenship Award.” October’s senior
citizens are Andrew Stuewe and
Chandler Boese.
Boese was honored saying,
“I’m really honored that the
teachers chose me for this. It
makes me feel like I’m making a
difference in this school.” Boese has been attending Rose Hill
since she was in second grade,
making this her eleventh year attending Rose Hill. To the teachers who picked her she would
like to say, “Thank you very
much for this honor and it means
a lot to me.” After she graduates
Boese would like to attend KU
and definitely double major in
English and Journalism.
Stuewe, on the other hand, was
surprised but not surprised about
getting the award. He
has been attending Rose
Hill Schools for thirteen
years. “I would like to
just thank them,” said,
Stuewe when asked
about the teachers that
chose him. “I didn’t realize I had that kind of
impact on everybody”.
After high school
Stuewe would like to
attend WSU and major
in engineering.
Hats off to Boese
and Stuewe, our senior
citizens of October!
Seniors Chandler Boese and Andrew Stuewe were
both very honored to be October Senior Citizens of
the Month. Photos by Kristin Donaldson.
T hi s Da y I n H i s tory
Nove m be r 1s t
Armando Mendez
1512: the Sistine chapel, in
Rome Italy was opened to the
public. After about four years of
painting Michelangelo
finished the celling,
making it one of his
most memorable art
works.
1952: Hydrogen bomb is tested
successfully in the Marshall Islands by the United States.
1800: The second
President of the United
States, John Adams,
Is the first president
to live in the White
House.
1918:New York City On this day in history, in 1512, Michelangelo finished
subway derailment
painting the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, which
kills 102 people.
would later become one of his most famous works.
Photo from habeeb.com.
Friday, October 4, 2013
Sports
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This is Halloween
scare patrons. Most attractions are
seasonal Halloween businesses.
Have you ever asked yourself,
Origins of these paid scare venues
“Who in the world ever thought of
are difficult to pinpoint, but it is
the idea of walking around in weird
generally accepted that they were
costumes, trick or treating, and/or
first commonly used by the Junior
putting a carved-out pumpkin in your
Chamber International (Jaycees)
window?”
for fundraising.[90] They include
The custom of trick-or-treating
haunted houses, corn mazes, and
and the use of “jack-o’-lanterns”
hayrides,
comes from Ireland. Hundreds of
The history of the term Halyears ago, Irish farmers went from
loween is a shortened version of
house to house, begging for food,
All Hallows’ Eve, which comes
in the name of their ancient gods,
from the Old English term Eallra
to be used at the village HalHalgena aefen.
loween celebration. They would
Though it was regarded up until
promise good luck to those who
the last few decades of the 20th
gave them good, and made threats
century as primarily a children’s
to those who refused to give. They
holiday, in more recent years
simply told the people, “You treat
activities such as costume parme, or else I will trick you!”
ties, themed decorations, and
Typical festive Halloween
even trick-or-treating, have grown
activities include trick-or-treating Probably the most popular tradition, jackincreasingly popular with adults
(also known as “guising”), attend- o-lantern carving, has many variations, like
as well, making Halloween a
canaballistic pumpkins. Photo from pintrest.
ing costume parties, decorating,
celebration for all ages.
com.
carving pumpkins into jack-o’Kristin Donaldson
lanterns, lighting bonfires, apple
bobbing, visiting haunted attractions,
playing pranks, telling scary stories,
and watching horror films.
Haunted attractions are entertainment venues designed to thrill and
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Sports
Friday, October 4, 2013
Lady Rockets
dominate sub-state
Chandler Boese
Now that they have taken the sub-state
tournament, the Lady Rockets compete
today and tomorrow for the title of 4A
Division 1 State Champions.
“One of our goals this season was to
not only make it to state but to win state
and I’m thrilled to say that we’re halfway
there,” said senior Miranda McElroy.
Head Coach Melissa Segovia said,
“We’re going to compete at a very high
level. We’re going to put the work in
just like we have all season. Our goal is
to out-work other teams and hopefully
we’ll come out on top.”
“I’m so proud of how hard my team
has worked and I definitely think we deserve to be there,” said senior Co-captain
Kylie Pfaff
Mulvane was the host for the sub-state
tournament, which took place last Saturday, October 26. In their first match,
the Lady Rockets trounced the Winfield
Vikings, 25-6 in both games. In the
sub-state championship game, Rose Hill
defeated the Mulvane Wildcats 25-11
and 25-16.
The previous Tuesday was also a
momentous event for the Lady RocketsSenior Night, not to mention the two
defeats. After defeating the El Dorado
Wildcats 25-8 and 25-15 and the Augusta Orioles 25-18 and 25-13, the team
honored seniors Victoria Egidy, Olivia
Lipsey, Madi Mermis, Erin Walls, Pfaff,
and McElroy. Segovia said, “They have
Some of the varsity girls celebrate when they beat the Mulvane Wildcats in
the final game of substate. Today the ladies are playing at Salina, trying to
continue their success at the state level. Photo by Lisa Slade.
contributed a lot of leadership, putting
the hard work in.”
Pfaff said, “High school volleyball
has brought some of the best memories
of my life. I’m definitely going to miss
it so much. But at the same time, I ‘m
ready to move on and play at the collegiate level.”
“I’ve learned so much through high
school volleyball. One of the big things
was just loving the game and learning
to work as a team,” said McElroy. “My
favorite memory is probably all the team
dinners and all the fun times we’ve had
together on and off the court.”
Co-captain Erin Walls said, “High
school ball has given me lots of memo-
ries and experiences I wouldn’t have had
if I didn’t play. I’ve also gained leadership experience that I’m very grateful
for.”
Also on Senior Night, junior varsity
played their last games. They defeated
El Dorado and Augusta to finish off
their 2013 season. The youngest Rocket
team ended their season the night before,
when they defeated the Conway Springs
Cardinals and Douglass Bulldogs.
Saturday, October 19, varsity was at
Clearwater, doing well in yet another
tournament. Rose Hill easily beat the
Haven Wildcats, Clearwater Indians, and
Lady Bulldogs. Despite an early loss to
the Wichita Trinity Knights, the Lady
Rockets played them again for the championship game and won in three sets,
giving them first place in the tournament.
Meanwhile, in Andale, the freshman
were fighting their own battles, against
the Kingman Eagles, Circle T-Birds,
Andale Indians, El Dorado Wildcats, and
Lady Vikings. Though they defeated the
Lady Eagles, Wildcats, and Vikings, the
Rockets fell to the Eagles and Indians.