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SUMMER TOO SHORT
SEPTEMBER 2013
The Colt Special
A publication of Campus High School u 2100 W. 55th St. S. Wichita, Kan.
International Baccalaureate program comes to
Campus
New security for a safer
school
Gibson Combs
Entertainment Editor
Campus High School has
taken a large step in security for
the 2013-2014 school year.
There have been massive
changes in the school’s security
department to help prevent possible break-ins and also to help
manage the tardy students in an
easier way. There have been 35
new high-resolution cameras
installed throughout the school
and a new locking system that can
lock all doors simultaneously.
Another new security measure
taken on by Campus this year
is the new buzz in system. Five
entrances will be monitored by a
surveillance camera and also have
a buzzer on the door. A visitor
or a tardy student is likely to be
stopped by the buzzer system and
questioned by Debbie Flax in the
office, who will be managing all
five monitored entrances at the
same time.
“The security of our kids is our
top priority,” Vice Principal Joe
Sailors said. “There are very few
over- the- top things that could be
done to protect the students.”
Sailors also goes on to say that
many of the students that believe
that this new system is a bit much
should remember that the system
is in place not to protect us from
ourselves, but from others. So
students should not be afraid that
the security system is trying to
invade their privacy, but instead,
it is there as a legitimate tool to
Mr. Painter teaches his IB students. Photo By Olivia Sailors
Olivia Sailors
Copy Editor
The International Baccalaureate Program is beginning its first
year at Campus this year. Very
few schools have the IB program, so this is a very rare opportunity. There are millions of
schools worldwide, and approximately 4,500 of these schools
have the program.
The IB program was founded
in Geneva, Switzerland in 1968,
and has spread out to other countries and continents since then.
IB is offered in 145 different
countries.
“IB is a different way of
thinking about learning,” said
IB coordinator Joe Sailors. “IB
focuses on developing critical
thinking skills, as well as global
awareness.”
The goal for the IB program in
brief is to develop knowledgeable, caring students to create
and more peaceful world through
cultural understanding and respect. It continues on to say that
IB encourages lifelong learners who understand that people
with different opinions can also
be right. Students who are
involved in many school-related
activities are having a difficulty
deciding whether IB is right for
them, because they will have to
give up some of their electives.
Many of those students will
choose to stay on the Advanced
Placement track, which is also a
good choice.
“I think IB and AP are both
great,” Sailors said. “I think the
major difference between IB
and AP is the connection made
between subject areas, including links made in the Theory of
Knowledge class. Additionally,
the extended essay and CAS
[creativity, action, and service]
requirements help develop well
rounded learners.”
In addition to the IB core
classes, there is a special Theory of Knowledge class that
is required to take through the
program. According to Sailors,
TOK helps us understand how
we know what we know, and
how this knowledge affects the
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vidual subject areas.
The International Baccalaure- Editor In Chief
ate program is a rare opportunity
that Campus is very lucky to
Early August saw heavy downhave, and hopefully students will pours in Kansas, having both
take advantage of it.
positive and negative effects in
the Wichita area. Students at
Campus High School express
their opinions over the recent
rains.
“All the rain was good for the
drought, but the flooding was
bad,” senior Jamie Welch said.
Kansas for the past two years
had experienced a drought. Government officials had considered
putting a water restriction in
State/Local:
The new security system includes 35 cameras around the school such as this
one. Photo by Zack Magee
fight a possible security threat.
“I believe that the new cameras could be beneficial to the
school but I think the buzz in
system might be pushing it. If I’m
late to class for whatever reason,
I don’t want to be stopped at the
door,” junior Bobby Jones said.
“I’d much rather walk into the
office like I’m going to have to do
anyway to get a tardy pass.”
Sailors commented that
although the buzz in system will
be on and functioning during
school hours, there will be a short
time period after the initial bell
rings to begin school to allow
students that are only late by a
few minutes in with ease. It is
during the majority of the block
that the buzz in system is going
to be active. The auto-lock doors
and the buzz in system will also
not be in effect during passing
period or lunch. Basically if you
get to school on time, you will not
notice much of a difference with
Campus this school year besides
the new cameras throughout the
school.
Kansas Down Pours
Much needed rain finally comes
place, but with water levels in
Wichita’s main water source,
Cheney Lake Reservoir, up from
60 percent to 86.39 percent capacity, that will not be necessary.
“It’s good for the crops, so
we can eat,” junior Chauntel
Nguyen-Saunders said.
Due to the heavy rains, crops
have done well in Kansas. According to KMUW, the rain
helped relieve stress on farmers
tending to their crops by providing much needed water.
“People were floating in the
streets,” Nguyen-Saunders said.
While bringing Kansas out
of the drought, the heavy rains
flooded several areas. Buildings
were evacuated and cars stalled
in the middle of flooded streets.
Trees fell in the strong winds
and sidewalks were covered
with water. Welch’s own driveway flooded. Hutchinson and
Reno counties declared disasters
due to extreme flooding. One
death resulted from the heavy
flooding in the Big Ditch when
a boy tried to swim in the strong
currents, making some people
skeptical of the benefits of the
rain.
“Any time there’s a fatality,
it’s not good,” senior Wesley
Serl said.
World In Briefs
The state of Kansas is letting a federal waiver expire that allows
an estimated 20,000 Kansans to receive food assistance without
keeping a job. The Kansas Department for Children and Families
states that the expiration of the waiver will encourage employment
versus welfare dependency. Able-bodied adults without dependents
would need to work no less than 20 hours per week to qualify for
the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, commonly known
as food stamps.The federal waiver expires Sept. 30. That means
that on Oct. 1, adults will have three months to either find work or
enroll in federally-approved job training. Oklahoma and Wisconsin
officials also plan to let the waiver expire in their respective states.
Gibson Combs
Entertainment Editor
World:
The Russians have finally caved. After many years and
many wars fought by the Russians, they have finally added
socks to their uniforms. Believe it or not, the addition of socks
to the Russian army uniform was implemented this year.
Throughout every single war fought by the Russian army,
the soldiers have worn, not socks, but square cloths known
as Portyanki. These cloths were tightly bound to the feet of
the fighters and used as a substitute for socks for the simple
reasons of cost and efficiency. Before the industrial revolution,
every country used a similar technique for their armies. It was
easier for the country to produce the Portyanki for the soldiers’
use and they were easily cleaned and, provided they were
bound correctly, would provide the same purpose of a sock.
The Portyanki have come to symbolize other more significant,
but equally outdated, practices favored by the Russian army
that the minister is determined to abolish.
National:
On Sept. 2, swimmer Diana Nyad became the first person
to swim from Cuba to Florida without a protective cage. She
said the swim wasn’t easy. She was vomiting due to a large
amount of salt water that had entered her system. Nyad said
that the only thing that kept her going was singing lullabies to herself. This was Nyad’s fifth attempt at swimming
the dreaded 100 miles from coast to coast and her second
attempt since she had turned 60 years old. Despite the bad
memories from her tries in the past, including jellyfish
stings and hour-long asthma attacks, she decided to give it
another go. Many find her story is truly inspirational.
SEPTEMBER 2013
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OPINION
IB School
A new future for Campus High School
Alex McLemore
Opinion Editor/ Staff
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Out of the majority of residents in Haysville, and even
possibly, surrounding areas,
most have heard the news of
Campus’ big break in becoming an IB programmed school,
a world-wide, creditably acclaimed school for USD 261.
So what makes Campus
such a big deal? Well, as of the
summer of 2013, Campus High
School has officially become
an International Baccalaureate World School. This IB
Program offers a diploma to
students who are looking for
an accelerated, pre-university
program for their high school
years. This program is very
rigorous, and is known internationally and marks our school
on the maps world-wide.
According to Campus’
coordinator for the new IB
program, voicing his opinion
proudly, Assistant Principal Joe
Sailors said, “The IB Program
is the best school program
there is.”
“I mean in terms of developing critical thinking skills,
writing skills, presenting skills
and making connections across
all subject areas as well,”
Sailors said.
Not only are the administrators loving the new IB Program, so are the teachers, and
most importantly, the student
body.
“It’s fabulous and I think
it will change kids in ways
that we as a school can’t even
comprehend yet,” one of the
program’s course teachers,
Mandy Brazill said.
Brazill teaches a special
critical thinking course named
Theory of Knowledge, that
challenges IB students in
philosophical thinking, ways of
acquiring that knowledge, and
how they can appropriate that
in and outside the classroom.
As for the student body, IB
is absolutely centered on creating more successful individuals
for college, as well as for the
rest of their lives.
“I feel confident that
completing the IB diploma
will best prepare students for
college as well as providing
an alternate curriculum for
students who want to become
more well-rounded individuals,” Sailors said.
So what do the students
think? “IB is a good challenge, I believe I excel, or at
least I think I do,” IB student
Austin Dial said. “But I want
to have the obstacle, one that
will make me think more in my
work,” Dial said.
With all these wonderful
changes to come for students
and staff, here at Campus, what
will the students get from this
program? The International
Baccalaureate Diploma will be
given to students who complete
the rigorous two year course,
at graduation, thus, will open
doors to universities as well as
careers around the world for
our very own Campus Colts!
Honors English projects
Are they worth wasting summer?
Alex McLemore
Opinion Ed./Staff Cartoonist
From the first summer
before freshman year, to the
last summer of high school,
students who want to take
Honors English, are required
to complete a summer reading
project, in order to be successful in the class. This project
also accounts for 15% of every
honors English student’s first
semester grade.
For every grade level, the
summer project varies, based
on the upcoming Honors English class’s curriculum throughout the school year. One such
teacher, 11th Honors English
Instructor Dani Kline, believes
the summer projects benefit the
students in preparing for the
course.
“I think that the projects are
good for kids in honors classes
to be held to higher expectations,” Kline said.
Each summer project gives
students a taste of what they
will be learning during the
school year while in Honors
English.
“I believe it helps to start
off the year because it helps
in preparing students for AP
essays over their summer
projects, as well as the whole
year,” said Kline. “Since the
time period the summer read-
ing is based in is exactly the
time period we will cover over
the year.”
But, with this being a
“summer” project, this means
students will have to take time
out of their wild summer fun to
do boring school work. Many
students feel that the project is
rather more work than a learning opportunity.
Junior Jasmine Phanavong,
an Honors English student, has
an opposite outlook on summer projects.
“I think it wastes our summer, because the project was
a lot of work, and I feel like
I don’t get much out of the
project,” said Phanavong.
Many students feel the
project should be revised in
order to not give students an
over-whelming look at Honors
English courses. Although,
reading may or may not be a
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student’s preference, they dislike the large amount of work
that goes along with it. This
over-whelming work is what
causes many students to drop
out of the course.
“I think the work should
be excluded, and reading
should be enough, since most
kids don’t like to read,” said
Phanavong.
However, no matter how
students feel about these
projects, we must take into
consideration that the responsibility of taking accelerated
classes will result in more
work for the students. This is
the key principle to all honors
courses offered at Campus
High School. This extra work
will either make or break a
student and will better prepare
them for college all together.
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Campus security
Gibson Combs
Entertainment Editor
I first heard of Campus’ new
security measures from a few
students shortly after school
started this year. There were
many complaints about the
new cameras and especially
the new buzz in system that
will be in effect shortly.
Students are afraid that if they
don’t get to school on time,
it is going to be a hassle to
get through the door and into
their respective classes. That
being said, there are also other
students who either think it
was a great decision to install
new high-resolution cameras
and auto-lock doors and many
students who just couldn’t care
less.
After talking to Vice Principal Joe Sailors about what is
being rumored around school
versus what was actually installed, it is clear that there are
many differences. There are 35
new high-resolution cameras that have been installed
throughout the school and a
new system that can lock all
73 entrances to Campus with
a push of a button. In the near
future, the buzz in system will
be in effect, so visitors and
tardy students will have to
buzz in and be questioned by
the office administrators.
I think that it is great that
Campus is taking all the necessary precautions to help keep
the high school students that
go here and the faculty safe.
The buzz in system must be a
simpler way to keep unwanted
people out of our school and to
help manage the tardy students
that come in during the middle
of the block. I think the school
is being reasonable in their
push for security. It’s not like
they’re stopping us at the door
in the morning and during
passing period and make us
walk through metal detectors. There is not a significant
increase in police officers that
are roaming the campus looking for naughty students. The
auto-lock doors system is autolock and auto-unlock. During
passing period and lunch, the
doors will be unlocked for
the students’ convenience.
Over-all, I believe that it is a
completely understandable that
Campus installed the cameras
and other security equipment.
It is the best way to keep the
students safe.
Books to movies
Is summer too short?
Photo Courtesy of Topeka and Shawnee County Public Library
Kelsey Kendall
Editor in Chief
AlexMcLemore
Opinion Editor/ Staff
Cartoonist
The same old question
goes around on the first day of
school, year after year by students and staff alike. That is, is
summer too short, or is school
getting longer? For USD
261, school has started in the
middle of the second week of
August and ended on the third
week of May. That is roughly
about nine and a half months
of school, with two and a half
months off for summer.
Now, along with summer,
students get many days off during the year, such as in-service
days, where teachers have to
come to school and grade stu-
dents work. School is out for
holidays like Presidents’ Day
and Martin Luther King Jr.
Day, as well as holiday breaks
like Thanksgiving and Christmas, and the much needed
Spring Break for test-burned
students. For administrators,
this is plenty of time off for
students, giving them enough
days off, at certain times, to
maintain a healthy balance between school and personal life
outside of the classroom.
But, for many students, especially those who are placed
in more accelerated classes,
“school burnout” seems to
occur much faster than the average student. Causing students
to start to wind down long before the school year comes to a
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close. The stresses of school,
as well as extra-curricular
activities, and simply trying to
have fun and be a kid can be
very hard to balance for many
students.
Not only do students want a
longer summer, so do parents
who want to spend more time
with their children before they
return to school and staff members, who also have families
and lives outside of school. So
in the end, it is safe to say that
if there was a way to extend
summer, I think it’s easy to
say that everyone would enjoy
it! Even if it might hinder the
amount of time to cover whole
course curriculums.
The whole point of Hollywood
making books into movies is
to get more views. It’s almost
always exciting to see your favorite novel on the big screen.
You get to see your favorite
characters come to life and
see the excitement, action, and
emotion through the actors.
Unfortunately, it can also be a
real disappointment. Hunger
Games was great and I have
high expectations for Catching
Fire coming out in November.
Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightening Thief was
terrible. They couldn’t even get
the ages of the characters in the
movie actually included right.
Sea of Monsters, even if they
dyed Annabel’s hair blonde,
the correct color, has no hope
of redeeming itself.
Honestly, if Hollywood
wants to make a movie out of a
book, then they should at least
try to follow the story line, and
with all the books these days
that are being made into movies, I hope that they succeed.
Stephen King’s Carrie is being
remade and Wolverine, Ender’s
Game, Great Expectations, and
more are all getting more attention because of the upcoming
movies.
Have you noticed that when
a movie based on a book is
advertised, the book often
disappears from the library?
I’m suddenly seeing a lot more
Mortal Instruments novels in
the hallways since The City
of Bones came out. It’s cool
that people are getting into the
books also. If you think about
it, just watching the movie
means you’re just seeing someone else’s interpretation of the
book. You miss so much of the
emotion and thought in a novel
by just seeing the movie. Now,
I’m not saying read the book
first, even though I highly suggest it. I’m just saying that you
should experience the story in
full and create your own images and interpretations.
SEPTEMBER 2013
FEATURES
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In it to win it Some friendly advice
Seniors describe why students should try to win this year’s competition
Merrie Shaver
Feature Editor
It’s all about the fun of competition,
and it’s even better that the reward for
winning is a day off of school. This year
is the second year that Campus is holding the Class of the Year competition,
where each class is rewarded points for
showing school spirit. Not only does the
winning class get a day off, but it will be
named Top Class.
Last year the winner was the class of
2014. Many of those students agree that
it was nice to have a day off and that everyone should try to win for their class.
Senior Devon Rogers is one of those
who took advantage of winning last
year’s competition. He enjoyed his extra
day off of school, only showing up to
take a trig test.
Rogers urges people who want to
win to come to pep assemblies and win
the games there to show school spirit.
He describes how he helped his class
earn its victory by competing in various
activities, such as the school Olympics.
“We smashed in Tug-of-War, the
obstacle course and pretty much every
event at the Olympics,” Rogers said.
Rogers is determined to win this
year’s competition. He plans on competing in and winning many of the activities
the school holds and asking for more
supporters. He is already planning what
he will do if his class wins the day off
again.
“My friends and I want to make a
pool out of our trucks in the school parking lot,” he said.
Senior Allan Martinez also plans on
helping his class win. He shares Rogers’s enthusiasm for competing and has
confidence that his class will win.
“We shall not lose!” Martinez said.
Both Martinez and Rogers encourage
students to show school spirit and help
their class become the top class. It’s still
early on in the year, so each class has a
chance to get out there and earn points.
It’s still anyone’s game, although other
classes may have some tough competition to watch out for because, according
to Rogers, “the seniors are back with a
vengeance.”
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Have you ever wondered what kids
do over their summer? The main thing
people do on summer vacation is travel
to see new and different things. Summer is full of sleeping in late, hanging
out with friends and family, going on
vacation, swimming, you name it and
you could really do anything over your
summer break. Senior, Elijah Alarcon,
said the best part of summer is spending
time with your family and friends.
“My family and I went to go see the
movie Man of Steel and it was amazing!
Alarcon said. “I personally enjoyed it
because I love to watch action movies.”
The rain this summer really hurt a lot
peoples plans because you cannot really
do much when you are stuck inside all
day staring out the window watching the
rain fall to the ground. Alarcon bought
a new pool to build with his family and
they barely got use it because of wonderful Mother Nature.
Alarcon also said that he does not really
keep in touch with his friends from
school over the summer because he
thinks summer is more for spending time
with family. A lot of people could agree
with what he is saying; others could say
they like doing other things with their
friends and having fun. Senior, Morgan
Shetler, went to Oklahoma for the summer and spent time with family there.
“When I went to Oklahoma, I went
through the Illinois River and I thought
that really cool,” Shetler said. When
most people go out of town or state, it is
usually to see family or friends. Also, for
girls, summer is a time to shop and get
new clothes for the next school year and
same with some guys.
Most teenagers in high school in this day
and age have jobs, so some kids even
spend their summer working to earn
some extra money in their pockets.
All kids do something different over
the summer, no matter if it is something
big or small, kids still like to have fun
and do what they want to do… remember to always make your summer fun!
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Caele Shaffer
Assistant Editor
Campus High School first opened in
1960 and had their first graduating class
in 1961. Times have changed throughout
the years just by new discoveries and
technology.
Science Teacher, David Balsters has
been working here since 1985. Only
a few things have really made a great
impact on high school between then and
now, such as, Computers. Campus did
not have computers until the late 90’s,
and have only had the Power School log
in page for only for about 10 years. The
other big thing is cell phones. Campus
did not allow cell phones to be in school
until up a few years ago.
Campus used to have only six blocks
a day with no seminar with a 10 minute
break between 2nd and 3rd block. They
soon had to change the breaks, though,
because too many kids were getting into
fights during that time. The school itself
was not connected until 2007-2008;
that is also when they put in a separate
science building that was disconnected
from everything else. Before, science
was in E hall because then they did not
have very many electives to take.
“I thought the monkey was really cool to have in my room because
I always got different reactions from
parents and students when they saw or
heard about it,” Balsters said. He also
mentioned how much he enjoyed how
he used to have a pet monkey in his
class room.
There are so many electives, clubs,
activities and other sports that have
gotten more popular through the years.
History teacher, Russell Herman said
that he thinks kids have gotten more of a
spirit because of all the choices we have
to choose from. Before, it used to be
just basic school with not very many fun
activities.
“The main thing that I enjoy is our
Screaming Stampede; it really gets kids
in the spirit for sports and activities,”
Herman said. Campus used to only have
about 800 students in 1985, and now we
have almost 1600.
Campus High School has come a
long way from when it first opened in
1960, and with the school in better shape
than ever, that just proves we have great
teachers and staff who take pride in their
work. Teachers were much stricter with
their students then than they are now.
Teachers try to treat students as adults
to get them ready for their future. That
is what high school is all about; forming
who you are so you can be an even more
successful person after high school and
be able to live your life the way you
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September 2013
Features
Fresh Faces Page
This page is dedicated to the new students and faculty we have at Campus High
School for the 2013-2014 school year, including new teachers, freshman, foreign exchange students and transfer students
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Meeting the new teachers
Zach Magee
News Editor
Last year several Campus teachers decided to either leave the school for a different job or retire altogether. Seven new teachers have been added to the staff this year
to fill in the holes left by the teachers that moved on.
Micah Bright is the new face in
the Tech department where he teaches
Drafting. He has replaced J.L. Walker
who retired last year. He grew up in
Iowa and attended Pittsburgh State. His
last job was at Cunningham High School
where he worked for two years.
Wrylie Finkle has joined the Math
department in C-Hall filling in the spot
left by Billy Roudybush. She teaches Algebra I, Geometry and Tier II Math. She
grew up here in Wichita. She attended
Campus High School before moving on
to Cowley Community College and then
McPherson College.
Photo courtesy of usd261.com
Transfer students compare Campus to
their previous schools in a Q and A
Kelsey Kendall
Editor
Reyna Martinez, Sophomore
1. Where did you go before you came to
Campus?
Valley Center
2. What do you like about Campus so
far?
Being able to meet a lot of new people
3. What activities/ sports were you
involved in at your old school?
Wrestling, soccer, cheer
Landree Baker, Sophomore
1. Where did you go before you came to
Campus?
Northwest
2. What do you like about Campus so
far?
We are allowed to have earphones
3. What activities/ sports were you
involved in at your old school?
Nothing
Julisa Martinez, Junior
1. Where did you go before you came to
Campus?
Clearwater High
2. What do you like about Campus so
far?
It’s big, cell phones, not so much drama,
not everyone knows your business
3. What activities/ sports were you
involved in at your old school?
Volleyball, basketball, STUCO, Spanish
Club
Aileen De Luna, Sophomore
1. Where did you go before you came to
Campus?
I went to Kapaun Mt. Carmel
2. What do you like about Campus so
far?
Everyone’s friendly and you feel at
home.
3. What activities/ sports were you
involved in at your old school?
I was involved in soccer.
Luke Howarth, Sophomore
1. Where did you go before you came to
Campus?
Ramstein High, Germany
2. What do you like about Campus so
far?
It is big and the students are very
friendly. The school is fun to be in.
People are funny.
3. What activities/ sports were you
involved in at your old school?
Wrestling, ROTC, Drama, Civil Air
Patrol, Army Raiders, Track
Reianna Chase, Sophomore
1. Where did you go before you came to
Campus?
Warner, OK
2. What do you like about Campus so
far?
Block scheduling
3. What activities/ sports were you
involved in at your old school?
Bowling
Julie Guthrie, Sophomore
1. Where did you go before you came to
Campus?
El Dorado
2. What do you like about Campus so
far?
Better learning. They go at your pace.
3. What activities/ sports were you
involved in at your old school?
Tennis
The Transition:
Students moving to high school from middle school is
an adjustment
Chance Reighard
Sports Editor
From middle school to high school,
freshmen at Campus are learning to
adjust. Many freshmen are enjoying
themselves already and have joined various clubs and activities such as Gamers
Club and FCCLA.
“I like the teachers,” Freshman Fayth
Nesbitt said. “They’re more involved
and know what is going on.”
Campus provides plenty of clubs for
the freshmen to join and they enjoy that
kind of variety. From Electric Car & Robotics and sports to Theater and Debate
there are clubs for any interest group.
Joining clubs is a great way to make new
friends and having a friendly student
body helps freshmen get involved and
feel like they belong.
“I like the people,” Carmin Butterworth said. “They just let you in and
they are really nice.”
Now that Campus has a new IB program, some freshmen came to Campus
because they were interested in join-
ing the program. Some freshmen have
joined the AVID program, too.
“You get a better education at Campus,” Cheyenne Goodson said. “Campus
also has better food.”
Although having good food is a nice
way to get freshmen to enjoy the school,
the mix of providing a great education,
friendly students and a vast amount of
clubs and activities to participate in all
play a major role in having a freshman
year that will be remembered when they
walk across the stage their senior year.
Darral Garner has taken the spot
left by Michael Stoppel in the Business
department. Stoppel retired at the end
of last year. He teaches Business Law,
Computer Applications I and II, as well
as Web Design. He grew up in Haysville
and graduated from Campus in 2003.
He attended Friends University playing
football for a year and half before joining the Air National Guard. He returned
and finished at Southwestern College in
2008.
Dani Kline has taken control of the
room left empty by Sandra Bailey in
the English department; Bailey retired
at the end of last year. She teaches both
English 9 and Honors English 11. She is
from Connecticut and attended Wichita
State University. She joins Campus after
teaching for a year at another school.
Raymond Torkelson helped to
fill the void in the Foreign Language
department left by his friend, Richard Butler, who had to retire last year
because of problems he began having
with his health. Torkelson is the new
German teacher here at Campus. He
attended Augusta High School before
going to Emporia State where he earned
a few degrees including one in School
Counseling. He also worked as a school
counselor for 12 years and an assistant
PE coach for two years.
Joshua Shirley is the unexpected
new teacher here at Campus. His predecessor Bryan Kaplan did not announce
his plans to leave before the end of the
school year. Shirley can be found tucked
away in the corner of the Social Studies
department in room B7. He teaches both
World Studies and World History. He
attended Rose Hill High School before
making his way to Wichita State University. He has both taught and coached
at two previous schools, Sacred Heart in
Salina and Conway Springs.
Photos by Liz Hanes
When asked about working with the students and staff there was a general consensus amongst these new staff members. For many of them Campus is the largest
school they have taught at as well as the most organized. They have enjoyed working
with both the students and staff. “The students have been very outgoing and a joy to
work with,” Finkle said. The staff received high praise as well. All of the new teachers seemed to agree that the staff has not only been helpful but also respectful.
Speaking with foreign
exchange students
Olivia Sailors
Copy Editor
Silvia Jacquin is a foreign exchange
student from Italy this year. Jacquin, like
the other exchange students, is going
through many changes at school, with
friends and at home. There are many differences in culture that the students are
going through. One thing that Jacquin
has had to adjust to is that Haysville
is much smaller than the town she is
from. She said that the city she lived in
is about as big as New York City. We
interviewed Jacquin and asked her a few
more questions.
Q: What is a major difference
and similarity between your
school at home vs. Campus?
A: There aren’t similarities! It’s all different. We don’t choose the subjects at
school but we choose the high school,
like scientific, classic, tourism, linguistic, artistic, etc. We start school at 8:10
a.m. and finish at 2:05 p.m. The school
is very formal: when the teacher enters
in the class we must stand up, we use
a very formal language with teachers.
They don’t tell you when there is a test
because they claim that you study every
day. We have the same classroom and
the same classmates every year.
Q: How is the food at Campus
compared to the food at your old
school?
A: In Italy we don’t eat at school, but I
like Campus’ food.
Q: Have you enjoyed the people
you have met?
A: Yes, but I think it is difficult to make
new friends because every block we
change classmates and so we can’t speak
a lot.
It’s nice to see our exchange students
getting along with their peers and feeling
welcome at Campus.
The Campus clocktower. Photo by Chance Reighard
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SPORTS
SEPTEMBER 2013
Coach Greg Slade
Photo by Liz Hames
New coach, new hopes for the future
Chance Reighard
Sports Editor
Many students remember last year
when we lost our football coach. Despite
the loss we now have a new coach, Greg
Slade. Although the football program
has a new coach the athlete turnout for
football has had a positive change.
“I think we have more out this year
than last year.” Slade said.
The players aren’t the only ones that
make a team though. The new staff has
brought energy to the football program.
Slade hopes to bring “a new era of Colt
Strong Football.” Even with the new
found enthusiasm for the program Slade
still came from another program.
“We have had some success over
past years,” Slade said. “Being a new
program, I’m kind of nervous.”
Even though Slade is not entirely
sure what this year will turn out to be, he
has goals for this year. His goals include
having more discipline and making the
playoffs. Slade would also like to en-
courage the entire school to attending all
the games and cheer on the team.
So far this year, Campus has a 0-2
record for football. In the first game
against Andover on September 6th
Campus lost with a final score of 12-41.
Against Hutch on the 13th, Campus lost
again with a score of 48-0. With the current record, Campus has a long way to
go before making the playoffs but Slade
is determined to turn this season around
and end Campus’ long losing streak.
Fall sports preview
ZachMagee
News Editor
Cheer & Dance
There are quite a few seniors making
a return to the cheer and dance teams
including Allison Jerome, Cera Magana,
Hunter Emond, Madi Converse, Marissa
Sullivan and Alexis Woods. There are
also quite a few new faces as well, such
as: Jordyn Hopkins, Presley Moreno,
Hayvn Miskell, Shianne Rey, Emilie
Goforth, Alyssa Graham, Alexis Miller,
Emma Morrow, Whitney Reeves, Jenni
Thompson, Mikayla Hackett, Jaycee
Hill, Lauren Journey, Isabella Perez, and
Asiah Parris who recently moved here
from Alaska. There are even a few new
yell leaders too with Devin Hopkins,
Austin Osborne and Bryce Shipe joining
the group. The cheer and dance teams
have a few competitions in their future.
The dance team will be performing at
the North High Dance Show on a date
yet to be determined and the cheer squad
will be performing at the Heights Cheer
Show some time in November.
Cross Country
The cross country team begins the year
with three returning seniors on the
varsity squad including John Labelle,
Mitchell Greenlee and Paige Thompson.
There are some new recruits who coach
Russell Herman believes will have an
impact on the season in Erica and Sydney Rodriguez as well as Kaitlyn Darmbows. Herman plans to build some depth
with a larger girl’s team, and hopes that
the veteran boy’s team which lost no
varsity members from last year will be
able to win at league and regional’s and
make it back to state. The cross country
team will be competing close to home at
the Wichita Southeast Invitational which
will take place at the Cessna Activity
Center on Sept. 21.
Girls Tennis
This year we have a couple of seniors
returning to the squad in Betsy Burke
and Ashley Gamble. They will be joined
by freshmen Ariel Williams, Kaylen
Davis and junior Katie Woods. Coach
Dennis Matzen hopes that the five girls
will be able to put together an impressive season. Matzen hopes to get a
couple of teams into the state competition this year, last year senior Samantha
Baylosis and sophomore Amanda Zavala
narrowly missed a trip to state in a close
tie-breaker. The Campus Invitational
will be held at the Riverside facility
on Sept. 30. The team competed in the
Newton Tournament on Sept. 10 where
they finished in eighth place out of eight
teams with a total of 17 matches won.
Football
Campus starts the new season with a
new coach, Greg Slade. There are several seniors on this year’s varsity line-up
including: Nathan Chrisman, Joel
Burba, Chance Barnard, Cody Brooks,
Kaiden Ivy, Drew Townson, Lucas
Payant, Mitch Landreth, John Agnew,
Antonia Fussell, Devon Rogers, Damian
Bradford, Robert Stone, Zane Vickers,
Joe Morse, Andrew Phillips, Levi Hall,
Trevor McGraw, Jonny Hyde, Kaleb
Taber and Allan Martinez. Freshmen
Alex Harbour, George Ayes and Colton
Miller have made the jump from middle
school straight on to the varsity team.
The team was not able to secure a run
to state competition last year but hopes
to do so this year. Coach Slade joins the
Campus staff replacing Mike Schartz,
who left last year, leaving behind a large
group of players who signed a petition
saying that they would not play football
next year without Schartz as their head
coach. Despite the petition the football
team roster remains as large, if not larger
than it was last year. The teams only win
last year came against the Wichita South
Titans.
Athlete profile: John Agnew
Chance Reighard
Sports Editor
John Agnew, a senior linebacker for
the Campus Colts, has played football
for Campus all four years he has been
enrolled at the school.
Agnew has been playing for a total of
six years, starting his seventh grade year
of middle school. Of course everybody
has their reasons for participating in a
sport.
“I thought it would be fun to hit
someone as hard as I could without getting in trouble,” Agnew said.
Agnew has a special love for football
that didn’t diminish with the changing of
coaches this year.
Volleyball
Seniors Jessica Cowell and Jordan Keck
make up the senior leadership for the
volleyball squad this year with some
new talent arriving with sophomores
Kortney Schutt and Cheyenne Bosley.
Coach Mary Askren has stated that the
team’s main focus this year is “mental
toughness” and winning the close matches. Some of the main goals this year is to
break through the 500 mark and compete
with the top teams in the state.
“We have an incredible group of athletes
this year!” Askren said. “We are looking forward to our players growing and
developing into better Volleyball players
throughout the season. Our Varsity
squad is off to a rough start with a 1-7
showing.”
The Campus Home Tournament is
scheduled for Saturday, Sept. 28.
Above: Varsity Cross Country team
Boys Soccer
The boy’s soccer team starts out the season with nine seniors: Jose Silva, Logan
Johnson, Brett Werth, Frank Runa, Greg
Kegley, Trace Vaden, Jim Munoz and Issac Cruz returning to or joining the varsity lineup. Eleven freshmen have made
it on to the junior varsity squad including: Dawsen Crum, Juan Munguia, Zach
Allred, Josh Werth, Jarrett Neal, Josh
Stoner, Jayden Grimsley, Drake Shea,
Ramiro Munoz, Ever Morales and Nathan Speirs. Last year the team ended the
season with a record of 3-11 with wins
against Goddard, Mulvane and Ark City.
They lost in the 6A Semifinals against
Wichita East. The team has started out
0-3 with a five-nil loss to Goddard, a
six-nil loss to Maize South and a fiveone loss to Goddard Eisenhower.
Above: Senior girls taking part in tennis this year.
“I would’ve played either way,” Agnew
said. “It’s just a love for the game for
me.”
Last year the Campus Colts ended
their season with a record of 1-7 for the
varsity team. In the future Agnew would
enjoy playing football if he has the opportunity to.
Above: The senior boys taking part in soccer this year
Team photos courtesy of Wichita LifeTouch
Last year’s highlights
Zach Magee
News Editor
Football
Last year the Colts finished the
season last year without a trip into
the post-season. They finished the
regular season with a record of 1-7,
well under the .500 mark. Their one
victory came against Wichita South.
Volleyball
Girls Tennis
Boys Soccer
Cross Country
Last year the Lady Colts finished the season with a regular
season record of 6-15, also well off
of the .500 mark. Their wins came
against Wichita West, South Haven,
Wichita East, Wichita Southeast,
Topeka West and Salina South.
They also finished the season without a run into the postseason
Last year the team had some
good meets. In Emporia they came
in sixth, while in Winfield they
came in fourth. Here at the Campus
Tournament they came away with
a fifth place finish. At the AVCTL
Tournament they walked away with
a seventh place finish and at the 6A
Regional they came away with a
sixth place finish to end the season.
The boys ended their regular
season play with a record of 3-10.
They too fell short of the .500 mark.
On the brighter side of things they
walked away with well-earned
victories against Goddard, Mulvane
and Ark City. The team went to the
6A Semifinals where they lost to the
Wichita East Blue Aces.
At the JK Gold Classic the girls
finished in eighth while the boys
finished in fourth. The boys took part
in the Ark City Invite where they
walked away with a third place finish.
At the Seaman Invite the girls ended
up with a tenth place finish while the
boys came away with another third
place finish. At the AVCTL Invitational the girls took sixth and the boys
took third. The season ended at the 6A
Regional where the girls took seventh
and the boys took fifth.
Artifical blades of glory
Zach Magee
News Editor
Most Campus students have
already seen the new field that was built
next to the bus drive. Over the summer,
a new practice field able to accommodate multiple sporting activities
including football, soccer, baseball and
softball.
“It’s essentially a new classroom,” athletic director, Richard Elliott
said, “it can be used for, P.E. classes,
athletics practices, and it can also be
used by the band for practice.”
The field means better facilities for Campus athletics as a whole.
This new field will be available for yearround use without the required upkeep
of a natural field. It will not need to be
watered, fertilized or mown. The field
was scheduled for completion around
mid-September; the goalposts and goals
still needed to be put up and a few
cosmetic changes around the edges were
still needed to reduce the potential for
mud to develop around the field during
wetter weather.
The new practice field
Photo by Chance Reighard
ENTERTAINMENT
SEPTEMBER 2013
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Campus Got Talent: Gabby Top five concerts Campus students want to
Griffie, orchestra
attend
Merrie Shaver
Feature Editor
Over the ages, there has been a wide variety of music and famous musicians, especially in the last century. Everyone has their favorite group or singer who they would love to see in concert. Many Campus students were asked
who they would see if they had a choice to attend anyone’s concert, whether that person or group was alive or not.
Answers ranged from bands like Queen and Nirvana to singers such as Carrie Underwood or Michael Jackson. Below
are the top five answers that were most frequently said.
photo by Merrie Shaver
Merrie Shaver
Feature Editor
Senior Gabby Griffie pulls a few
“strings” for her fourth year with the
Campus Orchestra.
Griffie has been playing the violin
since she was in fifth grade. She was
first inspired to take up orchestra by all
of the talented violinists she saw.
“I wanted to be real fancy,” Griffie
said. “I also wanted to play ‘Paganini’s
Caprice.’”
According to Griffie, the size of the
orchestra at Campus has doubled since
her freshman year. Griffie hopes to that
it will grow even more in the future, and
claims to anyone who ever wants to join
an orchestra that it is fun. Some of her
favorite things about it are being around
her friends and being challenged.
“I like learning music and orchestraing,” Griffie said. “Mr. Samuels is cool
too.”
One of Griffie’s favorite moments in
her years of orchestra was doing electrifier strings, which Griffie describes as
sounding like a rock concert.
“We’re thinking about doing electrifier strings again,” Griffie said. “We did
it either my freshman or sophomore year
and famous violinists like Brigid Bibbens came.”
Griffie works hard to help the Campus Orchestra be the best that it can be,
and claims that she practices frequently
when she’s not too busy. Right now she
doesn’t plan to play in college, but will
continue to play in the future for her
family. Until then she is looking forward
to enjoying her last year playing for the
Campus Orchestra.
Students with style
Caele Shaffer
Assistant Editor
Everyone has their own kind of
clothing that they like to wear and show
off to others. From a guys’ prospective,
have you wondered what guys actually
like to shop for, if they shop at all? Senior, Devon Hake thinks that everyone is
intended to have your own style.
“A slender look would be wicked
cool, so I would not feel left out by
wearing the clothes I wear,” Hake said.
Guys really have their own sense of
style because they do not really care too
much about what they wear or like.
“Clothes definitely have an outlook on a persons’ perspective in life.
Sometimes it is easy to predict what that
person could be like if he was wearing
certain clothes,” Hake said.
“Some people could even guess what
music that person listens too; people
tend to judge quicker on by what people
wear not by what they do or say and that
is not a moral that should be followed.
Cowboy boots are coming back for guys
again and also, Toms and Sperries are
surprisingly in style for men,” Hake
said.
Girls are so much different than
guys; we can go to the mall all day and
just shop continuously until closing
There were several good movies that
came out over the summer. Some were
more popular than others, but with such
a diverse school, there is a wide variety
in the types of movies students like at
Campus. Students were asked what their
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First place – The Beatles
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Tied for Second – Taylor Swift and One Direction
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Tied for Third – Elvis Presley and Fall Out Boy
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Tied for fourth – Demi Lovato and Linkin Park
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In fifth place - Skillet
COLT SPECIAL STAFF
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photo by Caele Shaffer
time. Senior Amanda Zogelmann had
some things to say about how girls like
to dress and show off what they wear.
High waisted shorts with tucked in shirts
are very in right now. Every year is going back to the 70’s or the 80’s. Tribal
print long dresses are quite in style now
too.
“We have the Gladiators, which girls
love to wear with their summer clothing.
The Bandeau Bra is most popular right
now… a lot of people wear white v neck
t-shirts with one of those bras. Red lipstick is very much in style with the other
clothing pieces, and girl’s make-up now
a day’s tends to be getting less and less
the older you get,” Zogelmann said.
“I do not wear Jean Jackets anymore,
but jean style shirts are in style. And
then for our shoes, Toms, Sperries, Combat boots, are in major style with any
type of clothing. And Converse high top
tennis shoes are making a comeback,”
Zogelmann said.
Everyone has their own style
of clothing and once you get into high
school you can pretty much free to wear
whatever clothes you would like within
reason, because it does not matter what
other people think. Be yourself in the
clothes you wear! Make a mark in this
world with whatever new ideas come
into style.
Top five movies of the summer
Olivia Sailors
Copy Editor
favorite summer movie was, and below
are the top five answers.
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The Conjuring
The Heat
Iron Man 3
We’re the Millers
Grown Ups 2
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Who’s spending A Year With Frog and Toad
Gibson Combs
Entertainment Editor
The Mane Stage Maniacs are excited
for an upcoming performance of A Year
With Frog and Toad. The musical is
based on a compilation of three children
books written by Arnold Lobel and is
meant to teach children about friendship.
The cast list is as follows:
Frog-Devon Hake
Toad-Aaron Hein
Man Bird #1-Kolten Landreth
Man Bird #2-Robby Gerdes
Lady Bird #1-Madison Hays
Lady Bird #2-Morgan Shetler
Lady Bird #3-Kayli Lantz
Squirrel #3-Jessica McAllister
Lady Bird #4-Rachel Wahl
Squirrel #4-Megan Montoya
Snail-Amanda Zogelmann
Mole #1-Lynn Andrews
Mouse-Dominique Curry
Mole #2-Chayna Hardyway
Turtle-Kim Widener
Mole #3-Tristen Reynolds
Lizard-Elijah Alacorn
Mole #4-Avary Finch
Mother Frog-Kelsey Kendall
Student Director-TJ Keazer
Father Frog-TBA
Stage Manager-TJ Leach
Young Frog-TBA
Asst. Stage Manager-Hope Bohannon
Large and Terrible Frog-TJ Leach
The show times for the musical are
set for Thursday, Nov. 14 (this will be a
matinee preview of the musical), Friday,
Nov. 15 and Saturday, Nov. 16, both of
these will start at 7:00 p.m.
Squirrel #1-Kelsey Kendall
Squirrel #2-Caele Shaffer
Drawn by Alex McLemore