Critters create infestation

words of a feather
October 26, 2011
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The Official Student Newspaper of
the Crete High School Cardinals
1500 E. 15th St.
Crete, Neb. 68333
Volume 6 Issue 2
Critters create infestation
News
Peace Tea finds
popularity among
students
Page 2
La Voz Hispana
Los Latinos se
involucran en
clubes escolares
Page 4
Special Section
Immigrants share
life-long sories on
documentation
Page 6
Activities
Freshmen outnumber all other grades
in band
Page 8
People
Boys’ basketball
dribbles its way into
season
Page 10
Features
Small town graduate
proves big in
Washington D.C
Page 12
Photo by Laura Tercero
Teachers and students have spotted small mice, crickets, and spiders roaming the building. Although pest control sprays the school monthly, little can be done to
control the amount of critters that creep their way into the high school.
creatures crawl in buildings,
plus they go where there is
food.” Head Custodian Leory
Hillgren said.
Hillgren commented about
“Ewwww!” OMG! Look how mice can crawl into a
at that! That just looks hole the size of a dime.
gross..!” Sudents have heard
“It’s not like a bad issue,
these sayings down the halls I have a few bugs at home
and in classrooms. The word and you can never get rid of
is that CHS has an infestation them,” Hillgren said.
issue. Spiders, rats or mice
He also commneted that
are in hidden cabinets, crick- this year isn’t any worse; the
ets in classrooms, and almost school has always had them
anywhere possible.
but the custodians try their
Creatures tend to go where best to kill them. In fact, the
there is warmth according to school has pest control come
unitedwildlife.com.
in every first Saturday of the
“Once it gets cold these month to spray the school
Laura Tercero
Staff Reporter
down.
Another issue teachers
have been seeing is crickets and mice. Last year,
around mid school year, biology teacher Dawn Draeger reached in a drawer for a
granola bar and instead felt a
mouse.
“I don’t like rodents,”
Draeger said.
After her unfortunate expericence, Draeger went to
talk to the custodians and
asked them to set up some
mouse traps.
“The custodians do an outstanding job; they do it very
well” Draeger said.
Other students have complained aobut how they see
spiders in the bulidings. They
think that the school doesn’t
care.
“If it were my issue, I think
the mice will gather up as one
and they can tackel you as an
army!” Junior Jenny Rosales
said.
Rosales expressed that the
school doesn’t care much,
She thinks that the school
needs to get better control of
these species.
“I think that they should
bug bomb our school and
close for two days,” Junior
Laken Beyrd said.
If no one gets these creatures under control then who
will? Beyrd also commented
about how the shop is open
throughout the day, speculating on how these animals get
into the school.
In all, the school still has
issues, students complain,
and custodians try their best
to get rid of them.
“You just can’t get rid
of them especially in a big
building like this,” Hillgren
said.
Whether they are spiders,
mice, or crickets, they still
roam the high school floors,
cabinets, and drawers.
Handbook addresses alcohol infringements
Shaylen Doremus
Staff Reporter
Photo by Dulce Castañeda
The schools’s handbook policy states that if students are issued an MIP or DUI, they must accept criminal charges in addition to sitting out of school activities for ten days.
It was her first time. The
freshman girl thought it
would be fun, however; she
never thought of the consequences. After taking her
first sip, red and blue flashing lights bounced off of the
walls. The minor was charged
with an MIP.
“I think that if you get
caught, you have to receive
and fulfill the punishment,”
Senior Alison Sandoval said.
MIP is an acronym for a
minor in possession of alcohol. If a minor is charged
with an MIP for the first time,
he or she can receive a fine
from $100-$500. However,
this fines can be reduced if
the minor chooses to go to an
alcohol education class. The
second offense can result in
an even bigger fine, and the
third offense can result in the
loss of a driver’s license for
an extended period of time.
A DUI is a more serious
crime. A DUI is driving under the influence of alcohol.
If a person underage, or even
of age is convicted of a DUI,
he or she can face time in jail
for up to 60 days, a $500 fine,
and an extended period of
time of a license suspension.
If the blood alcohol level is
less than .15, the license is
suspended for six months,
but if it is above that amount,
the license can be suspended
for at least a year.
The rules in the student
handbook state that if any
student athlete participating
in athletics is caught in the
act of breaking school rules,
such as receiving a DUI or an
MIP, they must sit out of all
events for ten days, plus receive additional punishment
from coaches and sponsors.
“Last year, a girl who
played softball received drug
charges, and she sat out for
ten days, and she had to run
around 93 poles to make it up
to the head coach,”Sandoval
said.
For students who don’t
participate in athletics, there
is no punishment at all.
“There is no punishment
unless the crime is committed on school grounds, at a
school event, or in school
vehicles. But if the student is
hurting others, or is putting
others in danger, then there
is a problem,” Activities Director and Assistant Principle
Jim Moore said.
Every year, there are busts
and charges given to students
most commonly for consuming alcohol while underage.
“I don’t know if there is
a growing problem in our
school, there’s nothing to
judge that on,” Moore said.
“I don’t think that the
problem is getting worse,
I just think that the people
who do it are dumb and they
won’t stop, and if it takes getting in trouble to get them to
stop, then fine,” Senior Bailey Burke said.
“I think that an MIP is
not good, but a DUI is just
plain stupid. Why would you
drink, then drive? That’s like
saying ‘Hey, why don’t I just
intentionally hurt others, put
myself and others in danger,
and spend my life in jail! All
just because I didn’t want
to ask my parents for a ride
home. Not smart at all, just
plain stupid,” Freshman Tayler Doremus said.
News
October 26, 2011
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Students question Testing time trouble
school lunch quality
Mercy Thatcher
Staff Coordinator/ Slots
Design
Photo by Emily Behrends
Photo by Emily Behrends
A-lunch students chow down on cafeteria food. Cafeteria food quality and government regulations have been called into question, especially regarding main line vs. Ala Carte options.
Mercy Thatcher
Staff Coordinator
The grumpy lunch lady
with a frown on her face slaps
a great big slab of something
that looks like it was made
for a pig on the tray, and says
‘enjoy’ in a monotone voice.
This is the stereotypical
view about what is being
served to students for lunch
in today’s society.
“Students are so used to
eating whatever they want in
as big of a portion as they
want, so yeah, they would
think school food is nasty,” sophomore Nina Sam
said.
Despite the common
misconceptions, the government decides what
portions students are allowed to have and what the
schools are allowed to serve
for lunch items.
“We try to make the lunch
menu by what we notice the
students chose and like the
most,” Food Service Coordinatior Jodi Erickson said.
In contrast, the students
are complaining that there
is not enough variety in the
lunches from day to day.
“One day it is a pork tender, and the next day it is pork
tender with a bun,” Junior Jacob Bratrsovsky said.
Many of the students are
complaining about the lunch
menu not being fresh food
everyday and that they switch
the leftover food from hot
lunch over to Ala Cart items
the next day.
“Most of the time the food
is not switched over; we don’t
take left over chicken patties
and slap some buffalo sauce
on them for Ala Cart,” Erickson said. “We might warm
up leftover soup, but that’s
about it.”
According to the USDA
the correct portions that
schools are allowed to offer two meat servings, two
only seeing a sausage patty
on the bun and asking where
the other meat is they do not
know that the egg on the biscuit is the other meat source.
The USDA is not the only
thing influencing the dietary
considerations in the school
lunch; so is religion, according to Erickson.
“We try to respect all religions and serve what each of
them are allowed to eat, that
helps with the variety,” Erickson said.
“What I don’t understand
is why Ala Cart can go up
twice in one lunch period
and hot lunch can’t,” junior Jorge Garcia said.
According to the lunch
staff, this is a common
misperception.
“Hot lunch is also allowed to go back for seconds but they are required to
get the whole meal again due
to time management,” Erickson said.
“I personally don’t have a
lot of complaints; I just love
food, but some days they just
have too many nasty foods
put on the menu,” junior Milo
Petrzilka said.
“We are always open to
getting new suggestions for
the lunch menu, not a lot of
students know that,” Erickson said.
“We are here to make the
students satisfied so anyone
can come in with suggestions
any time.”
...anyone can come in
with suggestions...”
- Food Service
Coordinator
Jodi Erickson
breads, one cup of fruits and
vegetables combined and I
cup of milk. Schools are allowed to serve three of the
five components.
“Usually the students get
more bread than what is required,” Erickson said.
“Another reason for students complaints is the lack
of knowledge of the food
groups,” health teacher Jebb
Hatch said. Foods such as
eggs and peanut butter are
considered a food in the
meat category according to
the most recent USDA food
pyramid. So while some students are
School Counselors Karen Buchfinck and Jeannie Stec talked about PLAN Testing in a recent
meeting. Sophomores are preparing to take the test Nov. 9.
Shaylen Doremus
Staff Editor
It happens every year.
Sophomores undergo a series
of tests designed to mimic
the ACT, or American College Test, and, therefore, prepare them to take the ACT in
the future.
“At the time, I thought
the tests were long, boring,
annoying, and hard...Then
I took the ACT. The ACT
is much harder, and means
more to my college career,”
Senior Alison Sandoval said.
“We do the PLAN test because it prepares the students
for the ACT,” Guidance
Counselor Geanne Stec said.
The PLAN program helps
10th graders build a solid
foundation for future academic and career success and
provides information needed
to address school districts’
high-priority issues, according to the national PLAN test
website.
It is a comprehensive
Photo by Emily Behrends
Peace Tea is a popular drink in the school. It is one of the latest fads around.
Kay Meysenburg
General Staff
“Peace Tea is a product
with a purpose. A product
to believe in. Peace Tea is
Peace, Love and Understanding,” This is what the
website peaceicedtea.com
says about their product,
Peace Tea.
A phenomenon is spreading like wildfire throughout
the halls, many Crete High
School students drink it on a
regular basis.
“Its like Heaven in a can,”
said junior Laura Benson.
Many other students agree.
“It’s absolutely amazing,” said junior Matt Scholz.
Peace Tea has become so
popular, it has an almost cultlike following.
“If I could drink only one
drink, it’d be Lemonade and
Tea Peace Tea,” said junior
Richelle Saafeld.
So just what is Peace Tea?
“Peace Tea is whatever you
want it to be,”according to
their website. Peace Tea is
an iced tea drink that comes
in a can that is about 23 fluid
ounces including “Brewed
Natural Tea (Pure Filtered
Water, Tea), Sugar, Citric
Acid, Natural Flavors, and
Sucralose,” There are 150
calories in each can and 36
grams of carbs and sugar.
There are seven different
flavors of Peace Tea including Razzleberry, Sweet Lemon Tea, Imported Ceylon Tea,
Diet Green Tea, Green Tea,
Unsweetened Tea, and Caddy
Shack. Razzleberry has more
of a berry-like taste.
Sweet Lemon tastes like
“Lemon peels,” junior Alex
Webber said. Imported Ceylon is more like regular tea
“ I thought it was cool that
they gave us career options,
but I can’t remember what
my suggested career was,”
Sandoval said.
“It was nothing like the
ACT, except for the science
section. I didn’t think it prepared me for the ACT, but the
results that I got were pretty
accurate for what I was going
to receive on my ACT test,”
Senior Emily Manning said.
Manning feels like taking
the test was a waste of time.
“I honestly didn’t think we
were ready to take the PLAN
test. I don’t think that the test
was really worth our time,”
Manning said.
“I think I have to take it
so that I can see what I need
to improve on for the ACT,”
sophomore Linda Sengdara
said.
Segndara is not bothered
by having to take the test.
“I’m fine with having to
take the test because it will
help me see what the ACT is
like.”
Photo by Emily Behrends
Sophmores are preparing themselves for this years PLAN test. The PLAN test is like a preACT.
Peace Tea pleases people
New beverage craze hits Crete
guidance resource that helps
students measure their current academic development,
explore career/training options, and make plans for
the remaining years of high
school and post-graduation
years.
The PLAN can help all
students—those who are college-bound as well as those
who are likely to enter the
workforce directly after high
school. PLAN serves as the
midpoint measure of academic progress in ACT preparations.
The PLAN test has four
sections: English, mathematics, reading, and science. The
test contains these areas because these are typically the
four major areas of study in
high school.
The test also includes a
career exploration component that stimulates students’
thinking about future plans
and relates personal characteristics to career options, according to the website.
as is Unsweetened. Diet
Green and Green taste like,
well, green tea. As for Caddy
Shack, its lemonade and tea
mixed together.
Many people don’t even
know what Peace Tea is.
“I have no idea what that
is,” Nurse Abbie Page said
when asked about the effects
of Peace Tea on health.
However, there are some
kids in the school who dislike
Peace Tea.
“I don’t like it… I think
its stupid,” said junior Alan
Poteet.
“Anyone who drinks it is
a poser,” said senior Shane
Kraus.
For most of these students,
Arizona Tea is where it’s at.
Many of these kids feel that
Peace Tea is a rip off of this
other tea brand that came out
before Peace Tea.
“Peace Tea is for hippies
and a spin-off of Arizona,”
said junior Caleb White.
The Arizona Company not
only makes teas, but according to their website drinkarizona.com, they also make
tea mixes, smoothies, juice
blends, and even bottled water.
“Arizona Tea is where it’s
at and caring about Peace Tea
is for ill-mannered brutes,”
Kraus said.
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Peace tea is overrated
Kay’s korner
Kay Meysenburg
Staff Reporter/Columnist
Peace Tea. I have never
witnessed
something
like this before in my life.
This delightful blend of
sugar, citric acid, natural
flavors, and sucralose
is just one of the newest trends that have come to our school.
Flavors like Razzelberry, which isn’t
even a real word frustrate me; and Caddy Shack, which I’ve been told numerous times by Mr. Hobza is a fabulous
movie, still don’t save this product
from being overrated in my book.
Peace Tea has become so popular that those who sell it are actually
complaining about how much teens
drink. Why would you complain about
how much of something you’re selling? At least you’re making money.
Many who are ‘new’ to the Peace
Tea craze may wonder where it came
from and how it got started in Crete.
That depends on who you ask. If you ask
Mason Roth, he started it. But if you ask
others, it started with skaters. Some people
even claim it started in Wilber of all places.
In my opinion, Peace Tea is stupid. Sure, the can looks cool, but that’s
about it. It’s an okay drink, but how
people basically worship it is stupid.
It’s like a cult. Their website talks about
how it’s not just a drink, it has a meaning… It’s just a drink for goodness sakes
The only thing that is kind of cool
about Peace Tea is the price. For a
can that’s bigger than most other
drinks, 99 cents is a pretty good deal.
Most drinks are what, almost two dollars
for a 12 fluid ounce bottle? But Peace Tea
is 23 fluid ounces of non-caffeinated tea.
The can art is kind of neat, too. It
makes no sense, but it looks cool, kind
of like anime shows such as Naruto, Vampire Night, and Dragonball Z.
The cultish following of this drink has
gotten so bad there’s even a festival for it.
That’s right, a festival. If you want to go next
year, it’s in Arizona (ironic isn’t it, considering their biggest competition is Arizona
iced tea?). Pretty soon the people who run
Peace Tea are going to take over the world.
Everything would have “peace”
in front of it and there wouldn’t be
anything to drink except for tea.
This is bad for people like me, who
really don’t like the way tea tastes or
how it messes with my digestive system.
The company would turn the
world into some sort of eternal hippie camp that has to pee a lot.
In short, Peace Tea is just a drink
people, lets not get angry or offended
when people say that they don’t like it.
Maybe if teens started to care about
school, being respectful to others,
world hunger, or any other real problems the way they care about Peace
Tea, then maybe we wouldn’t have as
many problems in this universe today.
Kids, I say get out there and get involved.
Go volunteer at something or do something
more worthwhile with your time. Spending
99 cents on tea is not a community service.
So what if Arizona Tea is where its at?
So what if people think Peace
Tea sucks? Its just an opinion,
like this column, so get over it.
Mercy’s marks
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MIP’s, DUI’s should not define us
A Few Words
From the Words Staff...
At the end of the day, we’re all human;
therefore, we make mistakes. Yet there comes
a point when each of us has the decision to
let us correct our mistakes or let our mistakes
define who we are. Another option we also
have, though, is to stay away from the situation completely.
Getting into a circumstance that involves
alcohol entirely defines the use of judgment
that a person used when deciding what to do that night.
Mistakes are little; but getting
a ticket for drinking while in
high school or drinking while
driving is an enormously easy
way blow to one’s self image.
Drinking in high school is
the quintesential definition of
carelessness and irresponsibility, both of which shouldn’t define or even be associated with
a high school student.
High school already comes with so much
chaos; who would want to ruin their reputation by the littlest things? Unfortunately,
their self image isn’t the only thing that these
choices are hurting.
Schools that acquire numerous students
who get in trouble with the law, gain a disap-
pointing reputation that consists of recklessness and abandonment of good judgment.
From the regular students who just show
up for the regular school hours to the top athletes that are in three sports, getting an MIP,
DUI, or even having the reputation of a partier
can ruin everything. Already, that student who
chose to intentionally make the wrong decision gives off the impression they are not only
extremely irresponsible, but that they can’t be
taken seriously.
Yet above all else, negligence embodies the
overall figure of that person. And let’s face it,
people just don’t like people who are apathet-
Having students who have gotten in trouble
with alcohol and who are then not disciplined
is crossing a different line. We don’t want to
be the type of school that plays students because of their abilities and throws aside every
bad decision they make which hurts themselves and potentially affects others.
Honest, hardworking students making up a
team is a better idea than giving certain positions to the top athletes who forget about their
teammates and all they work for once the
weekend starts.
The students of a school are like a handknit scarf. A scarf that was poorly put together can show obvious flaws
and ruins the overall scarf. No
one would want to wear a scarf
that has snags and messed up
pieces, right?
Since we are all a small
fraction of this school, we decide what our school turns out
to be.
Making good decisions
helps not only our school, our
classmates, our teachers, but
more importantly, ourselves.
In conclusion, mistakes are what they are.
One can either fix the mistake that has already
occurred or better yet, not even put his or herself in that position to begin with. However,
hurting one’s teammates, team, group, school,
or friends is another idea they should consider
before filling their cup up on Saturday night.
“Drinking in high school is the
quintessential definition of
carelessness and irresponsibilty.”
ic, especially when representing a school.
While destroying a student’s reputation,
multiple students doing the same thing can
ruin a school’s reputation, as well. Once
schools get a bad rep, it all goes downhill. It
could take years to get back to having a decent status as a school system. But hold on,
this situation could even get worse.
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La Voz Hispana
Homecoming: Baila Ritmos
Diferentes
Mayelin Carranza
Reportera
Felicidades a Jeovana
Lopez y Shane Kraus por
ser coronados rey y reina
del homecoming 2011.
Esta pareja que fue coronada le pareció ideal a la
gente.
Hubo doscientos veinte
estudiantes y treinta estudiantes del student council.
Por todo fueron docientos
cincuenta personas en el
baile este ano. La música
comenzó alrededor de las
ocho y como para las nueve
todos tenían mas confianza
de bailar libremente. Una
escena divertida que se
miro fue le de la Señora
Eckerson y su esposo bailar muy talentosamente
una de las canciones.
Había una variedad de
comidas dulces, ricas galletas, quequitos, fruta, y
bebidas. Toda la comida ya
no estaba cuando todo termino queriendo decir que
también talvez se disfruto
mucho de los aperitivos,
segun por el comentario
de Tom Tran “Una de mis
Foto de cortesia
Los Nominados para la realesa de homecoming. (Los Hombres:
Izquierda a derecha) Adam Bauer, Corey Kalkwarf, Mitchell
Marvin, Shane Kraus, Derek McGinnis Colten Mach, Ethan
Renner, Ian McGowan. (Mujeres: Izquierda a derecha) Jeovana
Lopez, Shaylen Doremus, Assenet Garcia, Karly Phipps, Macy
Sorenson, Caroline Cote, Julie Jirovec, y Nicole Muff.
favoritas partes de el baile
fue bailar con mi novia y la
comida galletas!”
Cámaras sobraban por
todos lados. Algunos ni si
quieran se daban cuenta
que les estaban tomando
fotos bailando muy raro.
Ahora, todas esas fotos se
pueden ver en la página
de facebook, en cada perfil de personas que atendieron. Las memorias sobran
igualmente.
Kayla Schaben comenta:
“Me gusta que el rey y la
reina eran como diferentes,
diferentes en que Jeovana
no era una animadora y
Shane no está en el equipo
de fútbol.”
La verdad es que todo
puedo ser divertido o aburrido dependiendo en como
es la persona que atiende.
“Creo homecoming fue
mejor este año porque mucha más gente vino, había
mejor música, y no hubo
drama,” Dice Kayla Schaben, “el año pasado, las
personas tenían un montón
de rupturas de relaciones
durante el baile.”
Homecoming fue mejor este año o el anterior?
Comentarios sobre eso se
debaten entre si y no. Esto
tal vez debe de ser por la
música que tuvo más variedad con DJ Complete Music. No solo hubo música
hispana, sino también mucha variedad y diversión
de ritmos. Reina del homecoming 2011 Jeovana Lopez dice “pudo haber sido
mejor, talvez con otro DJ
hubiera sido mejor.”
Latinos Involucrados
Elizabeth Santoyo
Reportera
Este año, contrario a los
años pasados, el número de
latinos involucrados en los
clubes escolares aumentó.
De acuerdo con los patrocinadores de los clubes
este año hubo una mayor
cantidad de hispanos en
casi todos los clubes que
ofrece la escuela.
Se recomienda a los estudiantes latinos involucrarse en actividades escolares para poder llenar su
curriculum. También se recomienda por que les dará
una mejor oportunidad en
becas para la universidad.
En la escuela hay ocho
diferentes clubes que son
dirigidos por diferentes
maestros con diferentes
propósitos. Estos incuyen
World Language Club,
Prizm Club, Drama Club,
FBLA (Future Business
Leaders of America), FSA
(Future Scientists of America), FFA (Future Farmers
of America), Robotics y
Speech.
Prizm Club es el único
club de la escuela con una
mayoría de hispanos. De
los noventa miembros,
setenta y nueve son hispanos. Sra. Buchfinck comentó, “Prizm Club ayuda
a la comunidad, tiene ac-
tividades divertidas, y también presentaciones como
en la que participamos en
Doane College el 15 de
Septiembre.”
“Desde que comenzó el
club de FFA nunca hemos
tenido un solo oficial que
sea hispano. Sería muy
bueno que este año alguno
se atreviera a participar.
Siendo hispanos e involucrarse en FFA provee mucha ayuda y más oportunidades de recibir diferentes
tipos de becas para asistir a
la universidad y tener mejores trabajos y mejor salario.” Dijo Sr. Wittstruck
quien es el encargado del
club de FFA.
De acuerdo con todos
los maestros encargados
de alguno de los clubes los
hispanos tendrían muchas
mas oportunidades en sus
futuros trabajos si se involucraran más.
La mayoría de los estudiantes se quejan por falta
de tiempo para entrar a estos clubes. De acuerdo a
con la información de algunas universidades, son
muchas las oportunidades
que tendrán después, como
las becas que podrían recibir.
Intentarlo no daña a nadie. Al contrario esto realmente se vería bien en tu
currículum.
Teresa
Maribel López
Reportera
“Entre ser o no ser...Yo
soy.” Ese es el lema de la
malvada Teresa.
Las novelas son muy
populares entre los latinos.
Así como los americanos ven
muchos reality shows, los latinos vemos novelas. Una de
las novelas más popular entre
muchos de los estudiantes en
la escuela, es Teresa.
“La odio pero a la vez no
puedo dejar de mirarla!” dijo,
junior, Brenda López.
Teresa se trata de una mujer ambiciosa que hace hasta
lo imposible para obtener lo
que se propone. Al principio
de la historia Teresa está en
la universidad para ser licenciada y su novio, Mariano,
estudia para ser médico. Pero
cuando la hermana de Teresa
muere, ella no puede esperar
para salir de la pobreza entonces empieza a seducir a su
profesor quien es un millonario. Y lo consigue.
“[Ella] no me cae bien
pero la novela esta interesante” dijo, senior, Jeniffer
En breve
Prizm Club ban a
Roca “Scary” Farm
Jéssica Vázquez
Reportera
Este pasado domingo,
Prizm club fue ha Roca Scary
Farm a disfrutar del Psycho
Path y el “Hayrack ride”.
Roca Scary Farm es un lugar
para celebrar el día de Halloween que aparentemente es
atractivo especialmente para
los jóvenes. Por esta razon,
Prizm club lleva a sus miembros cada año a disfrutar un
rato de diversión.
No se pudo llevar todo los
de prizm club, se estima que
fueron unos veintiséis a treinta miembros llevados en bus.
Señora Buchfinck, la líder
del grupo, tenía reservado un
campamento donde los estudiantes podían ir y acomodarse alrededor del fuego y
comer s’mores y salchichas.
La señora Buchfinck dijo
que a ella personalmente disfruta tanto del viaje, “ No,
soy bien miedosa y no me
gustan las cosas de miedo,
por mi esto no es algo que yo
quisiera hacer.”
Pero ella lleva a los estudiantes para que los jóvenes
salgan y disfruten un tiempo
con sus amigos y que se diviertan ellos mismos en Roca.
Todos los estudiantes se
fueron y formaron sus propios grupos de amigos y
Foto por: Maribel Lopez
Miembros de Prizm Club
alrededor de una lumbrada
en Roca Berry Farm
fueron a caminar a ver que
les llamaba la atención. Algunos quedaron bien asustados mientras otros no les
daba mucho miedo.
El “Psycho Path” era una
de las diversiones en la cual
todos se metieron porque se
les parecía más divertido y
miedoso. Las chicas en particular fueron las que tenían
mas miedo y decían que las
había asustado mucho.
Al contrario, los chicos
dijeron que no estaba tan mal
y que el año pasado estaba
mejor.
Activismo
Jessica Vazquez
Reportera
Por tercera vez, la clase de
español para hispanohablantes nivel dos ha comenzado
un proyecto de activismo.
La Sra. Eckerson explicó,
“Aprendemos sobre que es la
conciencia política y como es
que uno toma acciones políticas y al mismo tiempo practicamos un poquito el idioma
profesional.”
La primera parte del
proyecto les requiere a los
estudiantes que empiecen a
buscar individualmente temas
activistas nacionales o internacionales. Los temas varían
entre: obesidad, manejando
bajo la influencia de alcohol,
embarazo en adolescentes,
abortos y el Dream Act.
Junior Kenny Baires dijo,
“Nuestro tema de activismo
es algo que sentimos muy
fuerte.”
La segunda parte del
proyecto consiste en compartir los diferentes temas y
acciones con los otros miembros de la clase y tomar una
decisión colectiva entre grupos pequeños para traer el
activismo a un nivel local.
“Es bueno tener tú
opinión y hacer algo que piensas que es correcto,” comentó
Vanesa Salcido, junior.
El proyecto tiene como
meta ayudar a los miembros
de la clase a entender el activismo y como ser activistas. Y
eventualmente compartir sus
conocimientos con los otros
estudiantes de la escuela y la
comunidad.
Como observo junior
Alberto López, “Como no
podemos votar y hacer pasar
leyes podemos poner nuestra
voz para que nos puedan escuchar y saber lo que pensamos.”
Reprobando
Brenda López
Reportera
Martínez.
La novela continua cuando
Teresa se casa con su profesor pero lo engaña con Mariano y los lastima a los dos. El
tiempo pasa y Teresa aprende
a querer a Arturo, su profesor, y acaba enamorándose
de él. Cuando Arturo pierde
su fortuna, Mariano ya es
doctor pero rechaza a Teresa.
El problema es que Teresa no
es tonta, tiene un respaldo...
El novio de su cuñada. Teresa
le pide el divorcio a Arturo
aunque sí esta enamorada de
él.
“Pienso que Teresa es
la persona más malvada en
el mundo pero es la razón
porque la novela es interesante y llena de acción.” dijo,
freshman, Ruby Méndez.
Angelique Boyer es la
protagonista de esta novela.
Boyer es nativa de Francia.
Crecida en México, empezó
a participar en la televisión
a los doce años. La primera
novela en la cual participo
era en Rebelde. Hizo el papel
de Victoria (Vico).
Foto de cortesia
El final de Teresa fue el
tres de octubre. Después hubo
entrevistas de los actores que
participaron en la novela, en
el programa Don Francisco
Presenta.
En el programa presentaron otros dos posibles finales. El original fue donde
Teresa fue perdonada, el segundo fue donde Teresa sigue
en malos pasos y no cambia,
y finalmente el último fue
donde Fernando la mata por
arruinarle la vida.
La Escuela Superior de
Crete concluyó el primer cuarto académico el viernes 14
de octubre con 573 páginas
de F’s.
“Son más páginas este año
por que la clase de los freshman es más grande que la del
año pasado”, dijo Sra. Bradley.
Con eso dicho, la clase de
los freshman son los que más
tienen F’s. Como es su primer
año en la escuela superior, se
supone que les es mas difícil
acostumbrarse a estudiar mós
y no sólo prestar atención
para pasar la clase.
Cuando entran los fresh-
man a la escuela superior les
cuesta trabajo acostrumbrarse
a las reglas de la escuela. Cuando tienen tareas tardes o no
vienen a la escuela, los maestros no los van a perseguir
hasta que las entreguen.
Pero no a todos los freshman les ha ido mal, “Mi clase
de hispanohablantes nivel
uno en que la mayoría son
freshman, este cuarto ha sido
la primera vez que no he dado
ni una D ni una F”, comentó
Sra. Eckerson.
“Es diferente este año
porque tienes que estudiar
mucho, pero voy bien, tengo
A’s y B’s”, dijo freshman
Gaby López.
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Detras De GuateYankee
Brenda Lopez
Reportera
La gente le ha demostrado
desprecio al igual que apoyo
a Alberto Perez, freshman.
Su gusto por el reggaeton
comenzó con su llegada a
los Estados Unidos y creció
cuando fue comprando los
discos de Daddy Yankee. A
pesar de los malos comenarios recibidos por sus vidos en
You Tube, el no se va a dar
por vencido. Paso por paso
es como se crea a alguien
grande. Alberto toma esos
pequeños pasos bajando sus
videos y siendo participante
del talent show el año pasado. Con el apoyo, o sin el, él
piensa lograr sus mentas con
sus esfuerzo y el apoyo de
sus amigos.
LVH: ¿Cómo se te ocurio
el nombre Guateyankee?
Alberto Perez: Cómo yo
soy de guatemala, entonces
de allí salio.
LVH: Cuéntame sobre tus
videos en Youtube. ¿Como
se te ocurrió bajarlos?
Alberto Perez: Me gusta
cantar. Yo quiero ser famoso
y ser un cantante. Entonces
yo puse mis videos en Youtube para todos los que me
conocen.
LVH: ¿Cómo realizas
tus videos y con quién?
Alberto Perez: Con Armando, Luis, y Chuky;
hacemos los videos en mi
casa.
LVH: ¿Cuántos videos
tienes en Youtube?
Alberto Perez: Ahorita
tengo ocho videos.
LVH: ¿Cuáles son algunas de tus canciones?
Alberto Perez: Baile
Donde Quiera, Baby, En la
Noche, y Manos Arriba.
LVH: ¿Cómo se te ocurren las canciones?
Alberto Perez: Yo las
hago. Yo mismo.
LVH: ¿Cuáles son tus
planes para lograr ser famoso?
Alberto Perez: Yo y mi
amigo bajamos videos en la
computadora, pero mas adelante sacare mis canciones.
foto por Laura Tercero
LVH: ¿Piensas lograrlo
solo con sacar tus canciones o piensas estudiar
música?
Alberto Perez: Si voy a
estudiar más.
LVH: ¿Cuéntame sobre el talent show del año
pasado?
Alberto Perez: Un amigo que se llama Jhonny
me pregunto que si yo
podía ir a cantar en el talent show y le dije que esta
bien y fui.
LVH: ¿Todos estaban
gritando tu nombre como
te hizo sentir eso?
Alberto Perez: Muy
bien y orgulloso.
LVH: ¿Los malos
comentarios, cómo te
afectan?
Alberto: A mi me vale
lo que me dicen.
De que te vas a disfrazar para
Jose Valdovinos
Monica Mendez
Reportera
Jose Valdovinos, jóven
de 16 años nacido en Michoacan, México es uno de
los miembros del equipo de
fútbol americano, uno de
los deportes más populares
de los Estados Unidos. El
quizo mostrar más de lo que
le gusta hacer y como es que
tiene buenos calificaciones y
participa en el juego. Él nos
cuenta como es su personalidad en combinación con
el fútbol americano.
LVH- ¿Cuánto tiempo llevas jugando fútbol americano y qué puesto juegas?
Jose- Desde hace cuatro
años. Empecé cuando estaba
en el grado ocho. Ahora estoy
en el grado once. Pienso estar otro año más, si dios quiere. Juego defensa “takle” y
siempre soy responsable por
la “bigap” y para recuperar
la pelota para el equipo.
LVH- ¿Nos puedes platicar más de lo qué es el “bigap”?
Jose- Es donde esta el centro del otro equipo. Luego
esta un “guard” y el “takle”
y yo tengo que ir en medio
de esos dos.
LVH- ¿Por qué te gusta
este deporte?
José- Me gusta porque
hay mucho entretenimiento
y te diviertes. También hay
mucha agrecividad y a mi
me gusta ser agresivo .
LVH- ¿Siempre te a gustado ser agresivo?
Monica Mendez y Elizabeth
Santoyo
Reporteras
Jose - De vez en cuando.
Cuando te hacen enojar
tienes que responder.
LVH - ¿No tratas de resolver las cosas en otra
manera sin ser agresivo?
José - A veces si. Pues uno
tiene que guardar la agrecividad en la casa para aventarle
al fútbol americano.
LVH- ¿Cómo haces para
completar tu tarea?
José- Cuando llego a mi
casa me echo un baño y luego como y me pongo a
hacer mi tarea. Empiezo a la
ocho y aveces termino a las
diez de la noche.
LVH- ¿Por qué te gusta
enseñar que eres un chico
malo si sabemos que tienes
buen promedio?
José- Porque me gusta divertirme pero al mismo tiempo quiero ser responsable en
mis cosas.
LVH- ¿Cuándo empe
foto por Laura Tercero
zaste a enfocarte más en
tus estudios?
Jose- Pienso que siempre
estuve enfocado en mis estudios.
LVH - Eres un Líder Latino, ¿verdad?
José- Si, allí tienes que
tener buenas calificaciones
para representar a los latinos.
¡Chiste!
. “¡Papá, papá! ¿vos te casaste por la iglesia o por el
civil?”
“¡Por estúpido!”.
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Crete, NE 68333
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Correo electrónico:
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Personal Editorial:
Diseño, Redacción
y Coordinación:
Dulce Castañeda
Maribel López
Laura Tercero
Reporteros:
Yulieth Alarcon
sophomore
Yo me voy a disfrasar
de Campanita. Un vestido
verde, medias y unas alitas.
Angélica Vázquez,
senior
Octavio Perez
freshman
Yo voy a ser un ángel negro. Es solo un vestido negro
con las alas negras también.
Yo me voy a disfrasar de
brujo. Voy a andar todo de
negro, con un sombrero y
una escoba.
Abduction
Cristal Cardona,
junior
Yo compre el disfraz de
SWAT en Lincoln. Es un
vestido negro, dos cinturones
con brillos y una blusa debajo que dice SWAT.
Jeniffer Martinez,
senior
Me voy a e voy a disfrasar
de vampira. Voy a usar una
falda y blusa negra, medias
rotas, tacones y una capa
roja con negro.
de mentiras desde niño y que
los que aparentan ser sus papas no lo son. La verdad, que
lo deja temblando, lo quieren
matar. Él aprende a como
sobrevivir, a confiar en sí
mismo, y hacer todo porque
ahora, lo han dejado más solo
que nunca.
Si te gustan las películas
de acción, deberías de ir a ver
esta película. Está es una de
esas películas que te pone “
los pelos de punta” cuando
la vez. Esta película tiene
muchas partes de suspenso y
te deja mordiéndote las uñas
durante casi las dos horas que
dura. No solo eso, pero es un
foto de cortesia
bonus poder ver al guapo actera que sí es él y empiezan tor Taylor Lautner por esas
los problemas. Se va enteran- dos horas también.
do que el vivió en un mundo
las convierte en problemas. antes los conocimientos que
Cambiar una pieza cuando se necesitaran?
Si hay dinero para nuevas
descomponen es una solución
televisiones,
hay dinero para
temporal.
nuevas
computadoras.
Creo
La tecnología se ha conque
los
estudiantes
necesitan
vertido en una gran parte de
nuestro mundo. Con el re- tener computadoras nuevas y
traso tecnológico que dem- disponibles que los ayuden
uestra la escuela, no se esta en la escuela. Y si no se pupreparando a los estudiantes ede comprar tantas computalo suficiente para lo que les doras, se debería de considerar invertir en el sueldo de
espera.
¿Por qué no mejoramos la un especialista que cuide las
que se provee en nuestra es- que ya tenemos.
cuela para darles a los estudi-
Mayelín Carranza
Josselyn Escobar
Brenda López
Maribel López
Mónica Méndez
Elízabeth Santoyo
Evelyn Segura
Jéssica Vázquez
Consejera:
Sra. Janet Eckerson
‘La Voz Hispana’ dentro de ‘Words of a
Feather’es producida
¿A quién no le gusta ver
por la clase de hisuna película llena de acción
panohablantes nivel
personificada por un acIII/IV de la secundaria
tor tan guapo como Taylor
de Crete. Esta sección
Lautner? La nueva película
del periódico se ha
Abduction, es la historia de
diseñado para que esun chico, Nathan, cuales patudiantes periodistas
dres son asesinado. Después
informen y eduquen,
de lo que se entera que ellos
específicamente
en
no eran sus verdaderos paespañol y procuren redres y hay gente que lo quiflección y discusión en
ere muerto.
la comunidad. El conEs una película de mistenido de ‘La Voz Histerio, acción y drama. La
pana’ se determina por
película tiene un rating de
la clase de hispanohabPG-13. Es dirigida por John
lantes nivel III/IV, con
el apoyo del personal
de periodismo escolar,
y el contenido no refleja la opinión del pertienen que estar hechos a cuenta que la mayoría de las
sonal de la secundaria,
La Voz Hispana
computadora. ¿Pero qué si no computadoras no sirven. Las
únicamente de los eshay computadora en casa?
computadoras que parecen
tudiantes
quienes lo
Las computadoras localLa respuesta que usual- tener treinta años, no prencrearon.El
propósito
izadas en la biblioteca de la mente nos dan es, “Usa las den, son lentas, tienen probde
esta
sección
es pubescuela son necesitadas por computadoras de la escuela.” lemas con el Internet, o no
licar
la
escritura
de estodos los estudiantes para
La opción de ir a la bib- contienen programas como
tudiantes
hispanos
en
completar tareas y hacer vari- lioteca no favorece a todos. Microsoft Word.
una
vía
pública
para
os proyectos que asignan los Es fácil, accesible y eficiLas maquinas en si están
facilitar el aprendizaje
maestros.
ente tener computadoras a la bien, pero es el no tener a
de
los fundamentos de
Varios de los ensayos y mano. Pero no cuando éstas alguien especializado para
escritura
y fotografía
bosquejos que nos asignan no funcionan. No se toma en su mantenimiento lo que
periodística
escolar en
Póliza de cartas al editor
conjunto con la clase
La Voz Hispana acepta gustosamente cartas al editor y noticias actuales de estudiantes, docentes, administración, residentes de la comunidad y público en de español para hisgeneral. Pedimos que estas cartas no consistan de más de 300 palabras y que incluyan el nombre del autor, dirección, número telefónico y firma original. Todo panohablantes
nivel
material entregado será verificado en persona y por escrito. Nuestro equipo editorial tiene el derecho de rechazar cualquier carta y/o partes de cualquier carta
III/IV.
Josselyn Escobar
Reportera
Singleton y escrita por Shawn
Christensen. Los actores incluyen a Taylor Lautner, el
famoso actor de la serie Twilight, Lily Collins, y Alfred
Molina.
Dependiendo en donde
veas la película, el precio
varia del promedio de ocho
dólares.
La película de acción, empieza con Nathan, representado por Taylor Lautner, se
pone a hacer un trabajo de la
escuela con la chica de la que
esta enamorado. En lo que ellos están en la web aparece lista de los niños “perdidos”.
una foto de él cuando era Pero solo para ponerle una
niño. Esta foto aparece en la trampa. Poco después se en-
Computadoras Chafas
y podrá devolverla para revisión si contiene lenguaje inapropiado o errores que cambien el significado. Favor de enviar sus cartas a Sra. Eckerson en el salón
708.
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Special
Artwork by Felipe López
Immigration
Documentation
A Feature on the Implications Toward Becoming a Legal Citizen as a Current
Student or Recent Graduate of an American High School
by Dulce Castañeda
With a broken stystem of immigration and documentation in the United States, both new and old immigrants struggle with the process. From beginning to end, this
feature follows three students with three distinct stories to tell about their experiences. These include an undocumented student, a student midway through the process of
becoming a legal citizen, and a student who has successfully become a legal resident. Despite thier unique stories, all three students aim at one goal: legal status in America.
Undocumented student utters dreams
Dulce Castañeda
Copy/Content Editor
Layout/Design Editor
The definition of “American Dream” is skewed when
immigrants lack one component: papers.
The word “papers” has
evolved from its original
meaning. Not only does it
mean “material manufactured
in thin sheets from pulp or
wood” as stated by the Merriam-Webster dictionary, but
it also suggests what gives
immigrants legal status in the
United States: documentation.
Provided
that
nearly
65,000 undocumented students graduate from high
schools across the nation every year according to the National Association of Secondary School Principals, it is
only fitting to ask the simple
question: What do these students do after high school?
The answer to the question,
however, is not so simple.
Senior *Estefanía Cárdenas has been asking herself
this question for over four
years. Having found her pas-
sion, she currently wonders
if she’ll ever accomplish her
dream.
“Ever since I was younger,
I’ve wanted to do peoples’
hair, make-up … I’m into
cosmetology,” Cárdenas said.
“I want to go to College of
Hair Design.”
Yet Cárdenas’ dreams are
distant.
Lincoln, Nebraska’s College
of Hair Design
requires a social
security number
in order to graduate with a license
in cosmetology.
“I can’t go to
the college I want
to go to,” she
said.
Besides not being able to provide
a social security
number, Cárdenas
has little parental support.
“My dad said I have to
pay it on my own,” she said.
“My dad has been telling me
to find a job, but I really have
nowhere to go. Yeah, I get
mad at him sometimes because he yells at me and tells
me to get a job because I’m
already gonna’ turn 19 and he
gets mad and it’s like ‘Well,
it’s not my fault I don’t have
papers. I didn’t ask you to
have me in Mexico. If I had
papers I would get a job without you asking,” she added.
Cárdenas
knows
her
dreams well.
“Supposedly my dad’s
brother, he was doing something about that. He was supposed to put them in for me,
my dad, and my mom. They
say it lasts like twelve years.
I don’t know how long it’s
been now,” she said.
With an uncle attempting
to file for legal documentation for his
brother, sist e r - i n - l a w,
and niece, the
process is said
to take between twelve
to
fourteen
years, so for
now Cárdenas waits patiently.
Not only
has Cárdenas
had to face
parents who
are reluctant
“I would have really liked to pay for her schooling,
to be a cosmetologist.”
but she also feels ill-adapted
Because neither her mother among her peers.
not father are legal residents,
“All my friends have pahowever, it has become near- pers and it makes me feel out
ly impossible for Cárdenas of place like I don’t belong
to acquire legal status and with them because I feel like
achieve her goal.
they actually have a future
“I never knew it
was gonna’ affect
my life like this.”
-Senior Estefanía
Cárdenas
Courtesy Photo
and I feel like I don’t because
I can’t go to the college I
want to go to,” she stated.
Nonetheless,
Cárdenas
hasn’t given up hope.
“Now that I know I can’t
go to the college I want to,
I’m not gonna’ give up still.
I’m gonna’ graduate and go
on. If it’s not the college I
want to, then at least I want
a job. I would have liked a
career, but if that’s all I can
get…,” she said.
Although at a younger age
she knew little about the re-
percussions of her legal status, Cárdenas now has a full
understanding of her situation.
“I never knew it was gonna’ affect my life like this,”
she said. “I guess as I grow I
learn more and I see the bad
things that that brings to my
life.”
*Name has been changed
to protect student’s identity
On the Net:
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/papers
http://www.nassp.org
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Arita accelerates to legal status
thought ‘Oh my gosh. Honduras is in … this thing with
America’ … where he can get
his temporary visa for three
“I don’t know how it came years and he has to renew it
about, but he told me he every year.”
Given that Arita was born
wasn’t here legally,” junior
in Honduras, he was able to
Emily Schmitt said.
A 2011 graduate, Marlon apply for TPS, or Temporary
Arita never thought he’d meet
a family like the Schmitts.
“Marlon and I started dating last November,” Schmitt
said.
Between the ages of two
and nineteen, Arita had been
living on his own with little
sense of direction on what to
do after high school.
Because he was still a
child when his parents made
the decision to come to the
U.S,, Arita had no say in his
future.
“He was two when he
came here, so it’s not like
he could have said ‘Dad, no
this is bad’. It’s not really his
fault,” Schmitt said.
With being undocumented Protective Status. This allows
and a mother and father unin- Hondurans to obtain a threevolved in his life, Arita found year visa and renew it every
little hope in attempting to year. This makes the future
apply for citizenship until he process of applying for citizenship much faster.
met Schmitt.
“Having this, if I ever look
“Honestly, I didn’t think
I could do anything,” Arita upon getting married with
said. “Not having my parents someone that’s a citizen, that
around makes it even harder would make the process of
for me. Gladly I met her and getting my citizenship way
easier.”
her family.”
Arita’s lawyer gave him
Because he had no set
home, Arita moved in with immediate directions after
Schmitt and her family after analyzing the situation.
“The lawyer said ‘I need
dating for some time. In January of this year, Schmitt’s $1500 and a passport photo
mother began to guide him of you and your birth certowards obtaining legal sta- tificate so I can get this all
started and so we were like
tus.
“We went to this first law- ‘Well, where are we gonna’
yer, and she didn’t really help $1500?’” Schmitt said.
The Schmitts were more
us much … She pretty much
told Marlon that he couldn’t than surprised when one of
do anything and so my their own family members
mom’s like ‘There has to be decided to contribute to Aria way,” Scmitt said. “So we ta’s cause.
“Out of the blue, we were in
went to this lawyer in Omaha
… He was thinking that there Iowa and my grandpa texted
wasn’t much he could do ex- my mom in this big text and
cept for go back to Honduras, he said how he loves Marlon
but then all of a sudden he and he wants the best for him
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so that he’s gonna’ give him
the check for $1500,” Schmitt
said. “She just looked at all of
us…said ‘Oh grandpa,’ and
started crying.”
Arita was shocked.
“It was actually very surprising and at the same time
scary,” he said. “It was just
“It’s not like he
could have said
‘Dad, no this is
bad.’”
-Junior Emily
Schmitt
the happiest feeling ever because he was gonna’ pay for
everything.”
“My grandpa is just a nice
guy,” Schmitt said.
After sending in the money to begin the process, Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) contacted
Arita.
“It was about three weeks
later and we got a letter from
INS saying that they had received all the information
and that Marlon had an appointment on August 29. He
went to that appointment and
got his fingerprints taken like
fifty million times,” Schmitt
said.
After Arita’s appointment,
INS contacted Arita again
to ask for more proof of his
having resided in the United
States for seventeen years.
“Well, then the lawyer
contacted us again saying
that they needed more proof
that he had been here for the
time we said he had. We had
to call up the schools that he
was in California and they
had to fax this
sheet to immigration,” Schmitt
said.
The Schmitts
contacted Arita’s
previous schools
in order to acquire
more proof for
INS. Now, Arita
waits for his identification number.
“Right
now
we’re just waiting
to see if he can
get his identification. The lawyer
said it could take
from three weeks
to
whenever,”
Schmitt said.
This process
has no definite
time frame, but
Arita is now midway through the
process of residing in the United
States legally.
“Before,
he
didn’t think he
could have anything. He couldn’t
go to college; he
couldn’t get a job,
but now he has
hope,”
Schmitt
said.
“I know that if
this works out, I
know that I’ll be
able to go to college which has
Courtesy Photo
always been my
dream,”
Arita
said. “I’m glad Junior Emily Schmitt and her family have been guiding last year’s graduate
that I met (the Marlon Arita through the process of applying for legal status in the U.S.
Scmitts) because
right now I probably could lawyer to explain a case.
sent away and then some othbe out not doing anything
“That’s a good place to ers don’t know where to go
with my life or doing bad start if you really want to get or where to start to get help
things, but now hopefully I’ll started and really do some- from,” he said. “Now that I
be able to do something with thing about getting legal,” he actually got help, I know that
my life.”
if you get help it’s not actusaid.
Arita advises other unHe says that fear in undoc- ally a bad thing.”
documented immigrants to umented citizens should not
Schmitt agrees.
ask for assistance before they intervene in the search for
“They’re not there to send
turn eighteen, when the pro- acquiring citizenship.
you back. They’re there to
cess of applying for citizen“Some of them are scared help you,” she said. “They
ship becomes more compli- that they think that if they go want you to be here making a
cated. He suggests going to a get help they’re gonna’ get difference in America.”
Documentation alleviates Alarcón stress
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Junior Rosa Alarcón no
longer worries about being
forced to return to her native
country.
Upon applying for residency in 2010, she was granted
her request this year.
Alarcón was eligible to
apply for legal status along
with her brother, a 2011
graduate, Francisco Alarcón.
Her mother’s permanent residency made this possible for
the both of them.
After having requested
legal documentation, Rosa
received her social security
number. She can now attend
college without the fear of
being declined an education.
“I can go to college now. I
don’t have to wait like others
who don’t have the opportunity to go to college,” she
said. Rosa plans on staying in
Nebraska for college.
“I want to study anesthesiology … Since middle school
I found about anesthesiology
and then last year in Career
Ed., I got more into it and I
really did like it,” she said.
“Yes, I know, (it’s) a lot of
schooling, but it is worth it.”
Courtesy Photo
Rosa’s brother, Francisco,
will be entering the Air
Rosa Alarcón and her brother Francisco Alarcón successfully received a social security number after their mother, a legal resiForce.
He will be leaving for
dent, submitted paperwork for them. Rosa aims at attending college and Francisco will join the Air Force.
San Diego soon.
“He’s starting in January,”
Rosa said.
Francisco’s attitude has
changed, now having legal
documentation.
Contrary to feeling unfortunate for not being able to
prove his legal status, he now
feels alleviated
“He seems happy, like
lucky I guess,” Rosa said.
Rosa’s mother is more optimistic, as well.
“She’s really happy that
we have a permit to stay here
and on our way to get our citizenship … (it’s) like a better future for us because she
wants us to go to college,”
she said.
Rosa’s views differ from
how she used to feel.
“How I felt before: I’d say
no hope. I knew for sure I
wouldn’t be able to go to college and then I wouldn’t be
able to work,” she said. Now
she feels “free, you don’t
have to worry now… about
college,” she said.
Rosa is glad to have the
same rights as documented
sitizens.
“We have equal rights as
they do,” she said.
Having equal rights has
now given the Alarcóns a
stress-free life pertaining to
immigration and documentation.
October 26, 2011
Page 8
words of a feather
Activities
Cardinals blast bolts, take victory
Alex Weber
Staff Reporter
Blast the Bolts.
And that’s exactly what
the Crete Cardinal football
team did last Friday night.
With an ending score of 4014 the Cardinals are still undefeated.
As to why that theme?
“We felt like with the ending of the NASA program we
should do something in honor
of it… And we just really like
space,” said Senior Meghan
Shrewsbury.
On Saturday, October 15,
Seniors Shane Kraus and
Jeovana Lopez were crowned
King and Queen at the Homecoming Coronation at 7 pm.
The Homecoming dance followed at 8 pm.
Senior
Adam
Medley said he enjoyed the
dance, but would have gone
with a different theme.
“Maybe
something
m o r e
along
the lines
of Mythology,”
agrees
Junior
Emily
Schmitt.
Schmitt
also said
N e r d
Day was her favorite day to
dress up for, while Junior
Alexis Determan said Spirit
Day was her favorite. Monday was Mythology Day,
Tuesday was Hunter’s and
Hick’s Day, and Wednesday
was Nerd Day. Thursday was
Futuristic Day and Friday was
Spirit Day.
Homecoming
King Shane
K r a u s
believes
anything
is
possible and
as to being Homecoming
King, “I
feel like
society
wants me
to be happy, so whatever.”
With homecoming done
Photo by Drew Amen
and over with, all the stuSeniors
Colten
Mach,
Adam
Bauer
,
and
Derek
McGinnis
burn
cardboard
lightning bolts at the
dents have to look forward to
Homecoming
pep
rally
Wednesday,
October
12th.
The
burning
of
the
bolts
took place last at
is prom.
“I feel like society wants me
to be happy, so
whatever.”
-Senior Shane
Kraus
the rally following a Jeopardy game and parent skits.
Choirs sing their way through first concert
both freshmen, and Evelyn
Ornelias sophomore were the
three girls who performed
solos. Ornelias wasn’t origiAfter weeks of prepar- nally going to sing a solo, but
ing for that day, the fall vo- when the girl that was supcal concert was held Sunday, posed to sing, failed to show
up, she took her place. Sosa
October 16th.
“We would go out to the and Ornelias both sang their
auditorium and practice there solos during the same song.
“I was excited to sing on
in the stage. We go over the
songs, and if we mess up, we stage in front of everyone.”
go over it until we get.” soph- Sosa said.
Cardinal Choir ended
omore Yulieth Alarcon said.
The auditorium was full their performance with the
of parents and loved ones song “Love Story” by Taylor
of those who were perform- Swift.
“Faithfully”, “Just
ing. The concert was started
off by the 8th grade choir the Way You Are”, and a rubclass. After the eighth grad- ber ducky song was perforers preformed cardinal choir mered next by swing choir.
began their performance. The boys and girls moved all
Maggie Bock, Alexis Sosa around in their sparkly purple
Maribel Lopez
Staff Reporter
dresses and tuxes.
Then it was concert choirs
turn they sang songs like the
“Beggar Man”, “The Voice”,
“Amazing Grace”, and “Tribute to the Armed Forces”.
Emily Manning sang solos
for both concert and swing
choir.
“During Swing choir I was
just focusing on my performance. When we preformed
the last song for Concert
choir, I got a little emotional
because this is going to be
my last year here and I’m going to miss everyone.”
“ I think it was a good start
to build off of for our concert
in December.” Mr. Morris,
choir director said. He went
on to say that the support of
the audience was just what he
expected it to be.
Photo by Maribel Lopez
The concert choir preforms in the Fall Vocal Concert on October 16th. The concert took
place in the auditorium and included the 8th Grade Choir Class, Cardinal Choir, Swing
Choir, and Concert Choir.
Freshmen make up most of band
Drew Amen
Staff Reporter
In band the freshmen
are the majority. 37 freshmen are in band along with
35 sophomores, juniors,
and seniors. Fifty-one percent of band is freshmen.
It’s a big jump for freshmen from the middle school
to the high school. In middle
school the band only plays
for their concerts. And if
individuals choose to they
can play for Fine Arts Night
down at the middle school.
But when they come up to
the high school they have
a lot more responsibilities.
Freshmen have to play
for varsity football, varsity
volleyball, and varsity boys
and girls basketball. With all
them playing at the games
Photo by Jackie Ourada they also have to play at the
Pep band beings playing as the volleyball players warm up. Pep band has played at three out of Harvest of Harmony. Harthe four volleyball games.
vest of Harmony
is where all the high school
bands in Nebraska come together and march down the
streets of Grand Island. And
there we are judged if we are
a superior band or not. It is
a big deal for band. That is
a big crowd that they have
to perform in front of. Some
of them might get nervous.
“They try to show bravery
but I know on the inside
they are still like timid does
waiting for the brutal collision of an automobile, Sad
really.” Senior Shane Kraus
said. “They are doing pretty
well about playing in front of
big crowds. Not really shy.”
Sophomore Dyana Keola
said. It all depends on who
you ask when you are asking
about how the freshmen are.
This is all new to freshmen
so they should be nervous
when they play in front of
big crowds. Also, the band
plays in the high school concerts. Then when spring rolls
around the band plays for
districts in Norris and again
are judged. That is where the
pressure is on. Also if they
choose they can play individually and have a solo or
duet with their instruments.
But the big question is are
they stepping up into their
role? “Yeah a few are. Some
are still trying to learn the
music.” Junior Ryan Weide
said. “I think we are doing...
well I don’t really know
how to describe it.” Freshman Meagan Keola said. “
They are doing okay. But
they should be doing better.”
Shane Kraus said. “They
are an outstanding class and
play well in front of crowds.”
Band director Eric Fahrlander
Even though this is all new
to them they really seem like
they are getting the hang of it.
Speech grows and adds members
senior Emily Potter said.
Nerves are running high as
the first
compe“There are many peotition is
ple who have gone out for
creeping
speech this year,” Speech
up. Stucoach Angie Wagoner said.
dents are
The numbers are continufinding
ing to grow as the speech
themteam prepares for the seaselves
son. Practices are beginning
juggling
to take place and people are
m a n y
starting to choose their acts.
activi“I have chosen my act
ties and speech at the same time.
already and I am pretty ex“I have a full schedule and I
cited to start competing,”
Mercy Thatcher
Staff Cordinator
am in many other activities as
well, so speech can be a pretty hard
thing to
add on
but I love
it,” senior
Shane
Kraus
s a i d .
“Other
students
are happy
for
the se+ason to begin and
are very focused on the
“Other students
are happy for the
season to begin and
are very focused on
the activity alone.”
activity
alone,”freshman
Gabriel
Hajek
said.
“We just recently met and
were rehearsing our lines
this week,” Wagoner said.
Because of the large numbers joining speech there
are more volunteer coaches
this year. Such as freshman english teacher Melissa
Casper and sophomore/freshmen teacher Laura Kibbler.
“It is all quite chaotic but
I like the job,”Casper said.
“I hope this season
Photo by Jackie Ourada
goes well,” Wagoner said. Freshman Emily Thody practices her speech with Mrs. Kibler
during MAP. Speech has gained more members this year.
People
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October 26, 2011
Senior Spotlight
Karlee Reistroffer
Staff Reporter
Kellie Parks
Q: Do you plan on going
to college, if so what
college?
A: Yes, Doane.
Q:What do you plan on
majoring in?
A: Elementary education.
Q:What’s your favorite
thing about Highschool?
A: I like new experiences.
Q: What was your
favorite class?
A: Intro to ed, or forensic
science.
words of a feather
Brain Calisthenics
Mercy Thatcher
& Alex Weber
Staff Reporters
1. In baseball, how many outs are in an inning?
2. Which weighs more, a pound of pennies or a pound of dimes?
long
3. If a doctor gave you three pills and told you to take one every half hour, how
would they last you?
4. If I dropped a bowling ball in a bucket of water which is 45 degrees F, and dropped
another ball of the same weight, mass, and size in a bucket at 30 degrees F, both of them
at the same time, which bal would hit the bottom of the bucket first?
5. Do they have a 4th of July in England?
6. How many birthdays does the average man have?
7. Some months have 31 days; how many have 28?
8. Divide 30 by 1/2 and add 10. What is the answer?
9. If there are three apples, and I take away two, how many do I have?
Tom Tran
Q: Do you plan on going
to college, if so what
college?
A: Yes, SCC.
Q:What do you plan on
majoring in?
A: Electronic system
technology.
Q:What’s your favorite thing about Highschool?
A: Friends and soccer.
Q: What was your
favorite class?
A: Trig, or anything
dealing with math.
10. A clerk in the butcher shop is 5’10” tall. What does he weigh?
11. A farmer has 17 sheep, and all but nine die. How many are left?
12. How many two cent stamps are there in a dozen?
Meghan Shrewsbury
Q: Do you plan on going
to college, if so what
college?
A: Yes, but I’m not sure
where yet, hopefully
somewhere south of
Nebraska.
Q:What do you plan on
majoring in?
A: I’m thinking Pre-med
with a minor in Spanish.
Q:What’s your favorite
thing about Highschool?
A: Learning new things.
Q: What was your
favorite class?
A:I enjoyed Algebra 2
with Dr. D, but I also like
physics.
Answers
1. 6 outs
2. Both weigh the same.
3. 1 hour
4. 45* because 30* is frozen.
5. Yes.
6. 1
7. All of them
8. 70
9. 2
10. Meat
11. 9
12. 12
All Thinking Quiz questions
courtesy of math teacher,
Jeremy Fries.
Question of the Month
Drew Amen
Staff Reporter
Freshman Foster Reckling
“Transformers 3”
Calvin West
Q: Do you plan on going to college, if so what
college?
A: Yes, SCC in Lincoln.
Q:What do you plan on
majoring in?
A. Motorcycle, ATV and
personal watercraft
technology.
Q:What’s your favorite thing about Highschool?
A:Seeing friends, but
that’s the only part I like.
Q: What was your
favorite class?
A: World studies with
Mrs. Conway.
Sophomore Katie O’Brien
“Harry Potter: Deathly Hallows
Part 1 and 2”
What’s your favorite movie?
Senior Katelyn Roesler
“Toy Story 3”
Junior Jorge Garcia
“Fast Five”
If you Really Knew...
Maribel Lopez
Staff Reporter
Q. Where did you come from?
A. Wahoo
Q. What was your first impression of
Crete High?
A, It was way more organized than
Wahoo
Q. Do you like it here?
A. Yes, it’s pretty nice.
NATE MATLOCK
Q. How many siblings do you have?
A. Two. (Colton and Breann)
Q. What do you like to do for fun?
A. I like to hang out with friends.
Q. What activities are you involved
in?
A. Band, and I’m planning on basketball.
Q. Which one is your favorite?
A. Band.
Q. Did you know anyone here?
A. Yes, one person, John Hollman
Q. What is your favorite class?
A. Band class
Q.Which class is the hardest for
you?
A. American Studies
October 26, 2011
Page 10
words of a feather
Sports
Football keeps rolling with wins
Skyler Doremus
Sports Photographer/
Editor
Staff Reprter
When asked if Crete
had one of the best football programs in Nebraska,
Head Coach Chuck McGinnis cracked a smile and said,
“That’s a hard question to
answer. We’ve been successful for years, so I guess that
answers that question.”
Up until October 11 all
of the high school football
teams were undefeated. The
freshman football team fell
to Lincoln East.
The lack of games for the
JV team has been a disappointing issue for some of the
boys. From lack of players,
to bad weather, games have
been cancelled, which give
them less playing time.
“It kinda sucks because I
look forward to the games,
and then when they get cancelled my hopes are just kinda turned down,” sophomore
Cole Bodfield said.
The Varsity team traveled
to Plattsmouth to take on the
blue devils. The final score to
the game was 41-0, resulting
in another win for the Cardinals.
“We played very well
against Plattsmouth. Our
defense was excellent, and
we played very well against
a good passing team. Our
passing game was effective
and that’s what won us the
game,” McGinnis said.
On October 7 the boys
traveled to Beatrice. The
orangmen put up a fight,
but in the end the cardinals
pulled it out with a final score
of 14-10.
“I’m very proud of the
boys because they hung in
there when things weren’t
going their way, and in the
end they found a way to pull
the win out,” McGinnis said.
Through all the homecoming and spirit week festivities
the boys came out with a win
against Pius with a final score
of 44-14.
“The boys played with no
distractions, and though it
was a fun week with spirit
week and the pep rally, they
kept their focus on the game
and played like they should
have,” McGinnis said.
On Friday, October 21
the boys played Seward, and
ended with a score of _-_.
“We were looking forward
to playing Seward because
when our coaching staff first
started coaching together
Photo by Skyler Doremus
Seward was one of our bigJunior Cory Hintz carries the ball past Waverly defenders and runs the ball in for a touchgest rivals. It’s always a good
game when we play each down. The cardinals won over the vikings 33-0.
Softball season ends at districts 1-2
Alex Weber
Staff Reporter
“We lost a lot of seniors,
but we did improve throughout the season,” said Senior
Ali Sandoval. The softball
record this season ended at
8-14 compared to
the record of 1213 last year.
Head Coach
Shawn Carr said
“We improved all
year; some of the
improvements are
items you cannot
see in stats or on
paper. We gained
game experience,
and this is invaluable moving forward. Every girl
who played this
year got better
and learned what
we expect from them. We
have a new hitting and pitching coach, and both of those
areas got stronger as the year
went on. Our defense was
solid in the infield all year,
and as an outfield [we] got
Photo by Shaylen Doremus
better every week.”
Junior Alexis Determan
Junior Alexis Determan slaps the ball during a regular season game. Determan was second
said, “I feel the season went
batter in the line up. Determan is one of the softball girls who Head Coach Carr said stepped
pretty well. I wish we would
up this year and had a great season.
have won more games be-
cause I know we were capable of doing that.” Determan
said.
Softball went to Districts
this year and walked away
with a win. First game they
lost to Pius. Second game
they swept away Waverly.
They lost to Norris by a few
to go. Player-wise, adding
Jamie Lefebure and Sydney
Nieveen as freshman and
having the impact they did
was a huge boost to us this
year and in years to come.
But we also had kids who
didn’t have huge roles last
year step up and
play really well,
like Alexis Determan, Claire Allen,
Rachel Pedersen
and Tristan Shaw.
We are young and
look like were
ready to make a
run next year,” said
Carr.
As for Coach
Carr’s expectations
for next year, he has
a lot of confidence
in the girls’ talents,
“Same as every
year, play hard,
compete, get the most out
of the kids we have out, win
Conference and Districts, and
make state. I do believe that if
we can add a couple of girls
to our team we have returning we can have a huge year.
So to say they are high is an
understatement. We can, and
should, break out and have a
year similar to what we did
two years ago.”
“I feel the season went
pretty well. I wish we
would have won more
games because I know
we were capable of doing that.”
-Junior Alexis Determan
the third and final game.
The softball team had
quite a few changes this year
too. From younger players to
the way practices were run,
“We added a lot of new
pieces to our team, both players and staff. Having Josh
Siske, Becky Kalkwarf and
Al Moore join our staff, we
have a great staff that will
help us get to where we want
Volleyball team looks forward to districts
Drew Amen
Staff Reporter
The seniors wrap up their
last volleyball season. They
have played hard and have
helped make women aware
of breast cancer. Now the seniors deal with the fact that
this is their last season they
get to wear “Crete” on the
front of their jerseys. Also
this is the last time they get to
play volleyball on the Crete
court. Even though they
didn’t get to play here much
this season, they still had the
honor of doing so.
The Crete Volleyball
team’s record is 12-18. This
year they played in some major tournaments. When they
played in the Lincoln North
Star tournament which is
name the Silver-Star tournament they won one match
and lost two. Then next they
went to the Norris Invitational which had four teams
there. We won two matches
and lost won there. After that
the volleyball girls went to
the Aurora Invite which had
four teams there. We won
one match and lost two. After
that tournament they went to
the Skutt Catholic Invitational which is a three day tournament. Volleyball girl then
won the first match then lost
the next two. Then we won
another one and lost the next
match.
The volleyball team then
went to conference. Conference was held in Schuyler. In
Conference they won the first
two matches. Then we lost
the next two. After that came
the controversy.
The Crete Volleyball
team beat York. Then York
beat Aurora then Aurora beat
the Lady Cards. This is then
where the problem happens.
All three teams were two and
two. So this made all teams
tied.
The NSAA rules state
that the two tied teams play
each other in a head to head
match. But there were three
tied teams. Then the officials
went to the next tiebreaker. Which the number is of
games won.
“The York Athletic Director tried to argue that games
meant sets not matches. Aurora and York only play two
sets when they play matches.
We play three.” Coach Kaye
Bradley said. “All the coaches agreed that games meant
games and not matches.”
Bradley said.
Schuyler then decided to
go by sets which then put
York in second of the pool
and Aurora in third. The
Crete Cardinals were then
out of the tournament. But
besides the whole controversy the Lady Cards think
they did well this year. “We
both pulled together and fell
apart. It just depended on
the game,” junior Alex Edwards. Edwards also said the
team had good chemistry and
played well together.
“We had huge improvement over the season,” senior
Natasha Kingston said. “if
we played like we did in prior tournaments we could do
well in the post season,” “We
should go pretty far,” Coach
Courtesy photo
Jill Oltman said. “We played
really well this year. We had Junior Bailey Sorensen receives high fives as she comes off the court. Sorensen is active in
a lot of great potential.” Olt- Varsity volleyball this year along with four other juniors. The lady cardinals look forward to
districts this week.
man said.
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October 26, 2011
words of a feather
Cross Country finishes season
Jackie Ourada
Staff Reporter
Multiple members of
the team have expressed
their devotion for their new
“family” which was formed
this year. That may be the
reason to the team’s success
this fall.
A sense of pride captured
the fans that came out to
support the team this year.
Encouragement lit a spark
underneath them and it
spread like wildfire.
“Our unity and team
bonding is probably the best
part about cross country,”
sophomore Charlene Skillett said.
One could almost mistake them as an enormous
family driving into Lincoln
for practice and to eat at
Spaghetti Works.
The teams is rarely separated on the 3:21 bell rings.
That could be the explanation to the increase in Personal Records and improvement in times throughout
the season up to and through
conference and districts.
At conference, the
boys placed third and the
girls placed fifth out of
eight teams. Carlos Arita
placed the highest out
of the Crete boys at fifth
place with Jordan Walker
next at twelfth place and
Felipe Lopez running in
at sixteenth place. There
were 113 runners that
finished the boys’ race at
conference.
For the girls, Logan
Sieck placed seventh with
Emily Manning closely
behind at thirteenth place
out of eighty-six runners.
Forty-eight
athletes
made up the district race
that took place at Pioneer’s Park on October
13th. Overall, the boys’
team placed fourth, and
the girls’ team placed fifth
out of eight teams.
Placing ninth, Arita
moved through districts
and into the state meet
along with Logan Sieck
who placed fourteenth at
districts which qualified
her for state as well.
“We went into districts
knowing we had that hardest district competition
in the state, but despite the
obstacles we went out and
gave it our best and I think
it showed,” junior Logan
Sieck said.
Being the only two Crete
runners moving onto state,
their team seemed proud of
Arita and Sieck.
“They ran as hard as they
could. They practically died
at the end,” sophomore Caleb Sholz said.
All in all, Arita came in at
41st and Sieck placed 33rd.
“I started the race out
pretty well, and then it got
harder. The course was hard
to run on, but I’m glad I finished the race,” Arita said.
Though, he didn’t let the
loss get the best of him.
“Cross Country is a great
sport because it’s mentally tough and physically
tough,” Arita said.
Runners who stood out
this season relied on their
team for moral support as
well as they continued to
advance throughout the
strenuous times of the fall.
The team improved over
the past three The Cardinal
runners showed up strong
again this year and finished
the end of the season even and a team sport. While you
“It is a lot of fun and you
stronger. Though there was learn about yourself, you’re meet and interact with so
an increase in numbers to also learning more about many people, “Keller said.
this year’s roster, the main your teammates,” Keller
difference this season was said.
the unity.
“Along with being fun
and being able to interact with different people,
there’s a lot of support,” junior Leah Keller said. “Every time we came out and
gave it our all.”
As the team wraps up
their final days together,
they are definitely reminiscing over all of the obstacles
and adventures they went
through as a team.
“I’m so impressed with
all of the new-comers, and
how they did so well,”
Keller said.
Even though it’s bittersweet, every one’s already
looking forward to next
year.
“If anyone is considering
Cross Country next year,
they should definitely join,”
Skillett said. “Everyone fits
in here and anyone will love
the atmosphere.”
“Cross Country is different from any other fall sport
Courtesy Photo
because it’s an individualJunior Logan Sieck runs at the Seward Invitational early this
year. Sieck ran at the state meet and placed 33rd.
Girls Golf puts away the tees
Karlee Reistroffer
Staff Reporter
The girls golf season is
now over. The girls are putting their clubs away.
“It was a little frustrating that we didn’t have a
team score for conference
because of injuries.” Head
Coach Scott Johnson said.
“It just goes back to needing more golfers,” Johnson
said.
Overall, the three golf
girls said their season went
well.
Johnson and all the golfers said their main goal was
just to improve and they all
met that goal.
They all said the golf season went well and that they
improved; every day they
wanted to be the best they
could be.
“I think our season went
well because every girl improved and the girls that
were there wanted to be
there,” Johnson said.
All the girls said they had
fun.
“I had a lot of fun, I
learned so much.” sophomore Lorena Islas said.
Every girl that went out
for golf this year says she is
going out again next year.
“I learned some about
golf which helped me,”
freshman Laura Drevo said.
They got along really
well according to each girl.
“We all became closer
over the golf season,” sophomore April Blackledge
said.
All three of the girls said
they were very glad they
went out.
“I hope everyone that finished out this year’s season
goes out again, also there
are eighth graders coming
up that are joining the golf
team.” Johnson said.
“It’s also going to help
because most of the eighth
graders’ families play golf
so they have been playing
golf themselves for a while
so I think that will help our
team score next year” Johnson also said.
All the golfers and Johnson wished they had a longer golf season.
“I know it’s a drain on
the girls’ school-wise, and I
wish that meets weren’t on
school days but I do wish
the season was longer,”
Johnson said.
The girls say they had
great weather this year;
it was rarely cold so they
barely had to wear sweats.
“ Being on the golf team
was a good experience and
I’m glad I was apart of it;
I can’t wait till next year,”
sophomore Lorena Islas
said.
Freshman Laura Drevo
was just a few points away
from going to state after dis-
trics.
Everyone in golf lettered
for being on varisty.
There wasn’t as many
home meets this year so the
girls were traveling more.
They are hoping there are
more home meets next year
that way they won’t travel
as much and miss a lot of
school.
“If you didn’t get a
chance to come watch us
this year come out next year
and watch, it will be great
to have more people watching,” Blackledge said.
Photo by Karlee Reistroffer
Sophomore Bailey Hooper walks with her clubs at the Crete
Invite. The Lady Cards are focused on getting more girls for
next year.
Wrestlers prepare despite potential football hangup
Emily Behrends
Staff Reporter
The season is approaching for mats, singlets and
pins.
Pre-wrestling has begun, but the wrestling
season doesn’t get started
until November 14 that is
when the first practice begins. There will be a new
weight class system this
year.
The new system, according to Head Coach
Matt Anderson, is to align
the highest percentage of
wrestlers with the largest percentage of weight
classes that most high
school boys are currently
seen wrestling in.
“There really isnt any
set time line they change
the chart. They do it periodically,” he said.
There are three weights
that stayed the same becasue that’s where there
are many wrestlers in that
weight class. Officials
try to keep those weight
classes closer together.
“I think it was a good
idea to change the weight
classes. it’ll be wierd, but
after a couple years it’ll be
normal.
Those wreslers who are
in football may be a little late
to start wrestling because of
post-season football games.
This causes a variety of
issues the dual athletes must
deal with, including making
their particular weights they
will wrestle at during the
winter sports season.
“I just condition, and I
have better eating habits,”
sophomore Daulton Stejskal
said
Following the football season , wrestlers many need to
drop some weight.
“I eat less and I work out
in more clothing,” sophomore
Vince Thatcher said .
Most wrestlers prepare in
their own ways for the wrestling season.
“When wrestlers feel like
they want to drop weight
we encourage them to eat
healthier. To eat leaner meats
like turkey and chicken not
fried,”Assistant Coach Aaron
Wagoner said.
The team will see a different kind of member this
Out with the old,
in with the new:
Wrestling Weight Classes
Courtesy Photo
Sophomore Vince Thatcher wrestles an oppenent at the Crete
Invite last year. Thatcher qualified for state last year
year in the form of a female
teammate, freshman Jasmine
Perez. Perez planes on training in a variety of ways.
“I’ll go work in the weight
room, but I don’t think weight
should matter. It should be
skill, and not weight that
holds you back from winning,” said Perez.
Beatrice and Seward are
some of the rivials the team
will face, according to Anderson.
“I think the year is going
to be good,” senior Chase
Sherman said.
The Cardinals start their
competition season Dec. 1
at Schuyler Central High
School at 7 pm and will have
three meets at home.
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words of a feather
Features
Smith looks back on Crete High
Emily Beherends
Staff Reporter
Some people in Crete are
struggling with immigration
every day.
Abby Smith was an immigration lawyer in Washington D.C., and now resides in
Georgia.
she graduated from Crete
High in 2000.
Since then, she has moved
onto work on the other side
of what people here have to
deal with every day: to help
people get legal immigration
papers.
She always knew that she
wanted to go into public service and work for the government in some capacity.
Her dad worked for
Lancaster County, so she
grew up learning about government.
She went on the trip to
Washington D.C with Bernie
Ludvik, which showed her
the importance of government.
She went to college for
seven years, first at Simpson
College in Indianola, Iowa
for a four-year bachelor’s degree and then to the University of Nebraska for another
three years.
“The courses that were
most helpful to me were writing and literature. Effective
writing is an essential skill
for any lawyer, and I believe
necessary for any professional occupation,” Smith said.
“Literature courses are
also useful for any law school
student because you have to
be able to read something,
process it, and articulate your
thoughts.”
Smith thought highly of
many of her teachers at Crete
High.
“I cannot really pick one,”
she said.
She is still in contact with
Ludvik and English teacher
Mary Georgi.
“Whenever I am in the
Crete area, it’s always fun to
run into my former teachers,”
Smith said.
She works in the immigration law enforcement for
the department of Homeland
Security so she sees various
situations.
“One of my favorite parts
of this job is that immigration law is an area that is constantly evolving and directly
affects people’s lives,” Smith
said.
Smith has never handled a
case from the Crete area. So
far, she has only represented
the federal government, so
she has not represented anyone on an individual basis.
So, did Crete High School
prepare Smith for her occupation?
“I do feel that Crete High
as well as the Crete community did prepare me for my
occupation,” Smith said.
“Growing up in a small
school in a small community
taught me the importance of
relations and that every day
kindness really matters.”
This skill has helped her
to develop good relationships
with multiple people, she
said.
Photo Courtesy
Abby Smith
is sitting with her dog in her home in Georgia. Abby graduated from Crete High School in the year 2000 and is currently
working for an immigration agency in Georgia.
Photo Courtesy
immigration lawyers do not only do work for illigal citizens
but like Smith work for the goverment.
Immigration Lawyer: focuses on
providing undocumented citizens
with legal status by doing research
on individual cases and submitting
paperwork to Immigration and
Naturalization Service (INS)
Getting to know Savanna VanMeveren:
the girl with a loud voice and personality to match
Q: Do you idolize any- friends are usually there
one?
and I like to play on tall
A: No I do not idolize a things.
Out of 514 students single person.
whom walk the halls every
Q: Why do you have
day, a few outgoing stuQ: What’s the story with short hair?
dents stand out.
your headband?
A: My mom won’t let
Some bystanders probA: I don’t know, it is dif- me (have long hair). But I
ably know the littlest in- ferent and It’s fun.
do like long hair and want
formation about the people
to grow it out.
they glance at in the hallQ: Is there any specific
ways, yet a countless num- meaning behind the headQ: How would you exber of students can identify band
plain your personality?
freshman Savannah VanA: Nope,not at all I guess
A: I am really bubbly
Meveren.
I never needed a reason to and I like to be really soOften seen sprinting wear it i just do.
cial.
down the hallways and
speeding around the corQ: What do you do in
Q: What’s your opinion
ners, her voice can be your spare time?
on rules?
heard over others’ as if she
A: I will read or doodle
A: They’re kind of cool.
has her own microphone.
for fun.
They give you a reason to
In short: she is a force to
say no.
be reckoned with.
Q: What is your favorite
Curiosity about this subject?
Q: If this was your last
freshman has stirred up
A: I would say social day on Earth, what would
multiple questions and has studies
you do?
everyone scratching his or
A: I would throw a parher own head.
Q: Why is social studies ty.
To set the rumors and your favorite subject?
crazy beliefs straight, SaA: I learn new stuff that
Q:If you could change
vannah was willing to sit I’ve never learned before anything about your high
down and answer a few about how we came to be school experience so far,
questions in a recent inter- what we are today.
how would you change it?
view.
A: Hm, I would have
Q: Why do you yell and more classes.
Q: What is your favorite scream in the hallways?
time of day?
A: *Giggles* I Don’t
If everyone judged a
A: My favorite time of know.That is just part of book by it’s cover, no one
day is two o’clock.
being me.
could even start to read between the lines.
Q: Why Two o’clock?
Q: What do you think of
All in all, there are more
A: Because it is almost high school?
than 500 different stories
the end of the school day.
A: Oh, it’s pretty fun.
one could learn about. So
many students walk down
Q: What is your motto
Q: Where is your favor- the hallways, or run in SaPhoto by Jackie Ourada on life?
ite place to be?
vannah’s case, who have
A:
I
have
no
idea.
I
don’t
A:
My
favorite
place
to
so much more to them than
Freshman Savanna VanMeveren enthusiastically jumps for joy. VanMervin has had a voice in
even
have
one.
be is at a park because my meets the eye.
the school since day one, and she does a good job of letting everyone know it.
Jackie Ourada
Staff Reporter