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Friday,October 4, 2013
Volume 14 Issue 3
Rock-It
The
Rose Hill High School 104 N. Rose Hill Road NEWS
Rose Hill, Kansas, 67133
Homecoming royalty announced
Gabby Farris
man, Dallas Barnhart, and
Fall Homecoming
Logan Gardner are king
attendants are freshcandidates.
men Griffin McBride
Each grade level voted
and Jazmine Barlow.
for all the attendants. A
Haley Mermis and
few of the attendants were
Brody Hingst will be
very surprised that they
representing the sophwere selected. “I put my
omores. Nadia Khalidi
hand over my mouth and
and Logan Santo will
my heart started racing,”
be the junior attenFreshman Attendant Griffin McBride, Sophomore Attendants said Nadia Khalidi, junior
dants. Seniors Ashlyn Brody Hingst and Haley Mermis, Junior Attendants Logan
attendant, “It was on my
Babino, Brianna Appel, Santo and Nadia Khalidi, and Senior Candidates Dallen
bucket list to get it at least
and Jaelyn Glennemei- Rodman, Brianna Appel, Dallas Barnhart, Jaelyn Glennemeier, sometime in high school.”
er, are nominees for
Logan Gardner, and Ashlyn Babino pose for a royal portrait.
See Homecoming
queen and Dallen Rod- Jaszmine Barlow not pictured. Photo by Kristin Donaldson.
on page 3
Ne w Teache r ‘ Tu rns t he Page’ for
Engl ish Depar t men t
Joe Nivison
This year, Rose Hill High
School welcomes a new addition
to English and Language Arts
department, Natalie Page. Page
formerly taught fourth grade at
Irving Elmentry School in Winfield, Kansas. Page said she really
enjoyed teaching fourth graders,
but looks forward to the challenge
of educating the young adults of
RHHS.
Page said, “The teachers are
very friendly, the staff members
are extremely inviting and the
students are well behaved and polite.” As of yet, it seems as if she
enjoys our company. However,
New English Teacher Natalie Page
the year has just begun.
comes to RHHS from Winfield,
See Page on page 3 Kansas. Photo by Kristin Donaldson.
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Status
Quo? S
Editorial
Friday, October 4, 2013
TATUS N O
If everyone only played football, what
would the school be like? There certainly
wouldn’t be fifth quarters after those
football games—there wouldn’t be anyone to put them on. You might not even
be reading this paper. However, when we
only ever think about the football team,
it’s like the other activities don’t even
exist.
Our differences are what make us
unique, and our different passions highlight that. With so many different sports
and clubs, we’ve ensured that there will
be opportunities for all students, and
provide more outlets for more people.
It wouldn’t be any fun, the whole
school competing for 24 spots on the
volleyball team. We should feel lucky
our school has so much to offer, extracurricular-wise, instead of laughing at
those who chose to participate in something different than the status quo.
Even if students aren’t in the “cool”
activities, it doesn’t mean they shouldn’t
be appreciated just like the others;
they’re getting involved, which is more
than most.
Reed Strawn
All activities are important.
The many sports and clubs in our
school provide opportunities for all
students. Play volleyball? Join the team.
Good at leadership? StuCo’s for you.
Quick mind? Scholar’s Bowl is where
it’s at. And each of those many activities is equal: band members put in just
as much time as StuCo or NHS, and
Scholar’s Bowl practices just like soccer.
Students are putting in their valuable
time and effort into whatever their passion is, it’s time we started appreciating
all of those passions.
The Rock-It News is the official student publication of Rose Hill High School. The newspaper will be published
16 times during the school year of 2013-2014. The Rock-It News is produced by the journalism students in Newspaper,
Yearbook, and Video Production classes. Journalism teacher Butch Gilbert is the advisor. The school’s phone number is 316776-3360: Mr. Gilbert’s email address is [email protected]. Anyone interested in advertising in the Rock-It News should
contact Mr. Gilbert and he will designate a student to contact the potential advertiser.
Current students who make up the staff of the newspaper include:
Editor-In-Chief and Layout Editor: Chandler Boese, senior
Assitant Editor, Copy Editor, and Feature Editor:
Meredith Bartley, junior
Assitant Layout Editor: Gabby Farris, sophomore
News Editor: Colby Woods, senior
Sports Co-Editor: Armando Mendez, sophomore
Sports Co-Editor: Joe Nivison, sophomore
Photography Editor: Kristin Donaldson, sophomore
Advertising and Social Media Manager: Haley Canfield,
senior
Assistant News Editor: Kole Wright, sophomore
Assistant Feature Editor: Nadia Khalidi, junior
Assistant Advertising Manager: Ellie Ridder, junior
Assistant Social Media Manager: Nathaniel Gregg,
senior
Reporters: Devon Hayes, junior; Alex Heiden,
sophomore; Adam Henwood, sophomore; Azure Jabes,
senior; Autumn Jones, sophomore; Camille Mitchell,
senior; Sydney Mork, sophomore; Tiffany Naillieux,
sophomore
Cartoonist: Reed Strawn, senior
News
Friday,October 4, 2013
Homecoming
continued from page 1
The royalty having a little fun. Underclassmen attendants, freshman
Griffin McBride, sophomores Brody Hingst and Haley Mermis, junior
Logan Santo and Nadia Khalidi, keep it simple, while the candidates,
seniors Dallen Rodman, Brianna Appel, Dallas Barnhart, Jaelyn
Glennemeier, Logan Gardner, and Ashlyn Babino, get up close and
personal. Photo by Kristin Donaldson.
Page
continued from page 1
One thing she particularly enjoys about Rose Hill
is the ‘homey’ feel that comes along with being a
small town where everyone knows everyone. “…
It’s nice and family friendly and the small town feel
is appealing,” said Page. “Rose Hill seems like a
very close knit community.”
Page, a recent transplant from Wichita, says she
enjoys her 30-acre farm ten miles south of Oxford.
Mrs. Page says, “Moving out to the quiet country
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“When I first found out, I was kind
of surprised and kind of shocked,” said
senior Ashlyn Babino, homecoming
queen nominee.
“It was just weird, I wasn’t expecting
it at all,” said Jaelyn Glennemeir, queen
nominee. “People have been really awesome about it and that’s really the best
part.”
“I was very honored that I was chosen by my class… I’m very excited, it’s
going to be a memorable night,” said
Haley Mermis, sophomore attendant.
On Friday October 11 all of the attendants and king and queen nominees will
attend the home varsity football game
against Eldorado, and there, Homecoming Queen and King will be crowned.
After the game, students may go to the
dance that is held at the high school.
is a big change from the big city.” Although it is a
lot of work she enjoys the idea of a new challenge.
With three children, three dogs, and 40 chickens, she
does have quite a challenge ahead of her. Although
she drives 80 minutes round trip to see us everyday,
Page said, “It’s worth the trip.”
If she could no longer teach, Page said that she
would rather, “Raise and train horses.” Even as a
teacher, she does keep her love of horses alive. But,
luckily for us, she plans to teach until she drops
dead in her classroom.
T hi s Da y I n H i s tory
Oc to be r 4th
Sydney Mork
US 1927: Work begins by Sculptor
Gutzon Borglum on the face of Mount
Rushmore in the Black Hills National
Forest of South Dakota. It would take
another 12 years for the granite images
of four of America’s most revered and
beloved presidents to be completed. The
presidents depicted are George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln
fatal shooting of four students and
wounding of nine others at Kent State
and Theodore Roosevelt.
University last May said that the NaUS 1954: Marilyn Monroe, the world’s tional Guard’s 61 shots within a 13-secnumber one pin-up girl, announced her
ond period was a serious error.
intention to divorce one of the world’s
Japan 2012: Nissan unveiled the NSCfinest baseball players, Joe Dimaggio, on 2015 electric car prototype at the Ceatec
the grounds of mental cruelty. They had
2012 show in Tokyo. The car can drive
been married less than nine months.
and park itself. It was also able to turn
US 1970: A presidential task force that and recognize some road signs.
looked into the Ohio National Guard’s
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News
Friday, October 4, 2013
Band staying busy with
marching festivals
Meredith Bartley
The band season is just getting started,
with three competitions in October,
parades, home football games, and
7:00-in-the-morning rehearsals to keep
them busy.
On Wednesday, October 2, the band
musicians attended the Emporia State
University Marching Festival. “Emporia,
being so early in the season, is a nice
warm-up,” said Director David Bartley.
Next on the agenda is a new festival at
Kansas State University.
“On Saturday October 19th we’re
going to K-State, which is the Central
States Marching Festival. There are 40
bands performing, from 10:00 in the
morning to 10:00 at night. We have a
1:00 clinic with Dr. Tracz, and then a
2:30 performance in Bill Snyder Stadi-
um.” That’s right—Bill Snyder Stadium,
home of the Wildcats, recently renovated
and seating 50,000 people.
This is the first time the band will attend the Central States marching festival.
Said Bartley, “We’ve been looking for a
festival to challenge us further. This festival is bigger and has a higher expectation level. It’ll be a different experience.
It kind of pushes us.”
The band finishes their competition
season on October 26 at Ark City’s
Arkalalah, with a parade, field show, and
a special glow-in-the-dark expedition.
“We’re going to Arkalalah because the
students really like that, because it has
the glow-in-the-dark show and all of
that,” said Bartley.
K-State isn’t the only new challenge
the band is facing: Bartley has amped up
the difficulty level of the show.
“We are a little behind where I’d like
us to be, but part of that is my fault
because the music and the drill are a lot
harder this year,” said Bartley. “I’m expecting more out of people and it’s really
pushing us to get to that performance
level.”
Homecoming Week
Monday, October 7
‘Merica Monday
Fr/JV Football at Mulvane
C-Team Soccer at home
Senior Bailey Decker votes for
homecoming candidates at lunch.
The king and queen will be crowned
at halftime of the football game next
Friday. Photo by Kristin Donaldson.
Junior Grant Pruitt practices for the
marching show during first hour.
Photo by Adam Henwood.
Tuesday, October 8
Time Machine Tuesday
Fr- Babies
So- Toddlers
Jr- Adults
Sr- Elderly
Teachers- Teenagers
JV/V Volleyball at
Wellington
Soccer at home
Ironman after soccer game
Wednesday, October 9
Class Color Day
Fr- Pink
So- Orange
Jr- Green
Sr- Blue and Purple
Community Service Day
C-Team Soccer at home
Thursday, October 10
Disney Day
Cross Country at Circle
Fr Volleyball at Circle
Powderpuff at 7:30
KAYS Bonfire
Friday, October 11
Red and White Day
Pep Assembly
Football at home
Coronation during halftime
Dance 9:30 pm-11:30 pm
Friday,October 4, 2013
Features
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Green C lub begins to sprout
Gabby Farris
Green Club is an environmental
group that helps recycle throughout
the school. “Our main goal is to do a
lot of recycling, it’s the easiest way
to fix a lot of problems, doing things
that are good for the environment,”
said Roger Grier, Green Club Sponsor.
“We have a game plan for recycling,” said sophomore Ali Justice,
Green Club’s Vice President. The
football stadium now has blue bins;
every classroom has cardboard
boxes; and the cafeteria has bins
beside the trashcans, all placed for
recycling.
The club is planning to reach
out to the middle, elementary, and
primary schools. “We’re planning on
getting the other schools involved
with our recycling,” said junior Josh
Vines, Green Club Member.
Meetings are every other Wednesday in Mr. Grier’s room. At their
meetings, the club discusses and
plans upcoming events. They are
planning to create an outdoor nature
Freshmen Madison Jordan and
Amanda Clark organize the recyling
during seventh hour. Photo by
Gretchen Johnson.
center in the field behind the high
school. “We’re trying to turn it into
a nature site” said Member Brady
Mounts, junior, who is in charge of
this project. During the 2nd Annual
Fishing Derby, they will be hosting
a recycling contest. This event takes
place on October 13 from 1:00pm to
4:00pm, located at the pond behind
the primary school.
“The club has grown over the
years,” said Mounts, “There’s a lot of
really cool people, and they make it
exciting.” The club has 25 members,
who are pushing students to recycle
more. Every Wednesday they recycle
after school, and Fridays at home
games. Their hard work seems to be
paying off. “Kids this year are recycling more than they have last year,”
said senior Megan Willson, Green
Club President.
Community Service Day approaches
Chandler Boese
“Community Service Day is important
to students because it shows them how
much of a difference they can make in
the community, just by volunteering their
time,” said Sophomore President Scott
Tesser. Community Service Day, or
CSD, is the school-wide event in which
RHHS students come together to give
back to the community.
Scheduled for next Wednesday,
October 9, Community Service Day is
StuCo’s biggest, and arguably the most
important, event of the year. The student
council has been planning for more than
a month, with the help of teachers and
community members. Each class has a
different focus and a different project.
The freshman class focuses on working with the special needs population.
In the weeks leading up to CSD, the
freshmen collect donations as a way to
fundraise for the Association for Retarded Citizens, or ARC, of Butler County.
Additionally, the freshmen will hold a
“Dump Day” tomorrow. They are charg-
ing $20 to haul a truckload of junk to the
dump. On the actual CSD, the freshme
who raise a specific amount will be taken
to the Alley to bowl with ARC kids.
“It is so important that we collect money and donations or at least participate
in Dump Day for the sake of the ARC of
Butler. Rose Hill High School has been
this organization’s largest contributor in
helping fund the program. Students need
to be more involved with kids that have
developmental and other disabilities in
their lives, for they are innocent kids,
humans, just like us,” said Freshman
President Maci Carlson.
Wichita non-profit organizations host
the sophomore class. Groups are going
to places such as Botanica, Great Plains
Nature Center, His Helping Hands,
Ronald McDonald House, and Wichita
Community Theatre.
Juniors are going all around Rose Hill,
doing projects to benefit the school and
city. “We are planting trees, painting
the baseball field, painting staff parking
spots, and planting plants and more,”
said Junior President Brooke Wheeler.
For their last project, the senior class
is working with the young and the old.
“We, like usual, are going to go to the
senior center and eat lunch with the
elderly. Then we are going to disperse
into different groups. Some are going
to people’s houses that need help, some
going to the nursing home and the senior
center. And our new one is that we’re
going to having some people ‘TAing’ at
the elementary school,” said Kylie Pfaff,
Senior Class President.
According to StuCo Sponsor Becki
Evans, “[CSD] starts something in them
so that they have the ability to help even
just one person, whether it’s to make
their day brighter, help them clean something up, just get out of the school building and see the rest of the community.”
In order to participate in CSD, student
must turn in their permission slips and
class dues to their StuCo officers. Freshmen also need to submit their fundraising
materials. Sophomores and juniors must
turn in a Project Request Sheet.
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Friday, October 4, 2013
RHHS Students
Damion Cundiff III: Guitar Extraordinaire
only was tension between the band and
its singer tight, money issues started to
Everybody has that extracurricular
take a toll on Cundiff’s decision to even
thing they do after school. Sports, vidgo to some of the shows. “There were a
eogames, clubs, there’s a lot to choose
lot of shows where I didn’t break even
from, and a lot to do. But for a handful
going there,” he said, “I lost money payof students, it’s straight off to work…
ing for gas and all that.”
Straight off to being a rockstar.
Aside from money troubles and
Senior Daimon Cundiff is one of those
constant
negative feedback, the perforfew students. He is now signed to LMC
mances
were
enough to keep Cundiff on
Records out of Buxton, England, the
the
Jake
Gill
bandwagon.
“Performances
same first label as Coldplay and Pink
were
great.
When
we
were
onstage Jake
Floyd. You’d think that would be a little
couldn’t
really
control
anything,
he was
intimidating right? Not for Cundiff. “It is
pretty
much
at
the
band’s
mercy.”
They
what it is. That’s what one of my favorite
were
booked
weekend
after
weekend,
sayings, ‘It is what it is’…I won’t dare
brag about it because I think some of the playing at places like The Rusty Needle
in Hutchinson, the Stiefel Theatre in
musicians in this school are way betSalina, Country Stampede, and the Salina
ter than me.” Referencing senior Gabe
Nickel and teacher Ward Hilgers, Cundiff Bicentennial Center. “My favorite to play
was the Cotillion…it was everything I
said, “They’re both great guitar players
could ever dream of,” Cundiff said. “The
and I think [they] deserve a shot.”
crowd was so energetic, and we threw it
Cundiff started his guitar obsession
around age six; his dad would end up get- right back in their faces and they loved
ting him his first guitar at age twelve. “It it.” Onstage is a place Cundiff belongs,
was one of those electrics from Walmart. and his favorite thing to do is please the
fans. “Do something that no one is goIt was like a hundred bucks.” Cundiff
said. “I actually learned my first full song ing to see coming. I appreciate Marilyn
Manson because he’s so shock-rock,” he
on that. It was ‘Knockin’ On Heaven’s
Door.’” After a few years of tinkering on said. “If your crowd can’t handle it, they
shouldn’t be at the show.”
his Walmart-Special, he dropped it for
After a few months of playing with
what he calls a “real guitar” worth around
Gill,
Cundiff got an offer he couldn’t
eight hundred dollars, and now knows
refuse.
“I met the singer off Craigslist,
how to play seven different instruments
and
it
was
right before I had got with
including the ukulele, violin, and drums.
Jake,
and
I’d
already said I wanted to
The first real band Cundiff was introplay
with
them,
but it was a little late
duced into (after spending his sophomore
because
the
singer
was getting ready to
year tinkering around with a local garage
move
to
California.
We meant to meet up
band) was called “Jake Gill,” after the
and
jam
a
little
bit
so
we could both leave
lead singer. It had productive practice and
that
relationship
with
something, but we
shows to go to nearly every weekend,
just
never
got
around
to
it,” Cundiff said.
but the main problem was what went on
“He
came
back
to
town
this
past month
backstage after the shows. “It was fun
or
so,
and
he
texted
me
saying
‘Hey, do
onstage, but offstage it was miserable.
you
want
to
be
in
this
band?
We
just got
The first thing [Gill] would have to say
signed
and
we
want
to
tour
in
England
was negative. Always,” Cundiff said. Not
Azure Jabes
this December.’ I instantly dropped Jake
for that band.”
After joining the band, the lead singer
Mark Ryans informed Cundiff that he
needed a bassist and a drum player.
Lucky for Ryans, Cundiff already had
a man in mind. “I pulled kind of a low
blow, I took Jake’s drummer,” he said.
Warren Hallack, the drummer, then called
in a very close, and very talented, bassplaying friend of his, and The Fifth Fire
was born.
So far the band has three legs of a tour
coming up in the States, (west coast,
Midwest, and east coast), and then plans
to move over to play in England and possibly South America. “I’m really excited.
The first leg is 28 days with 20 shows,
and I’m expecting it to be that way for
the whole thing.” Cundiff said. He has
no plans other than moving to California
after the tour to record some songs with
the band, and maybe settle down there for
a while. For right now he’s just working
on getting through the tour, pleasing the
fans, and doing what he knows best…
guitar.
Senior Daimon Cundiff is a part of
the band “The Fifth Fire,” who was
recently signed by LMC Records.
Publicity photo.
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“Rock It” on stage
Prisoners of Hope: Future Super Stars
Alex Heiden
RHHS Students Armando Mendez, Joe Nivison, Noah Escobal, sophomores are three of the members of the rock band
Prisoners of Hope. Photo by Leticia Mendez.
Out of 600 students in Rose Hill High Noah has been with the band since it was
James Bennet, the band’s bass player
School only four of them are in their own created in 2009.“I have been playing
was unavailable for comment since he
rock band. That’s only .8% of the total
guitar since my fifth grade year,” said
is not a RHHS student. The whole band
students population
Escobal. That’s a total of five years.
normally meets in a shed behind MenOne of these bands is made up of three
Sophomore Joe Nivison, Prisoners of
dez’s house. This is where they spend
students and one non-RHHS student.
Hope’s second guitar player, has been
most of their rehearsal time.
These talented individuals make up a
playing rhythm guitar since he was
Mendez said, “We have written some
band called Prisoners of Hope. They
eleven. Nivison has also been in the band songs but we are still trying to rough
created the band four years ago and have since they started back in 2009. he said,
them out.” However, they are working to
written five songs. They usually play
“My favorite song that we have played
get a demo album, also known as an EP,
cover songs written by other bands such is going to have to be ‘My Curse’ by
out by spring with the record label Polaras Hail the Villain, Killswitch Engage,
Killswitch Engage.”
ized Productions. Once this album is
and Bullet for My Valentine. They have
Every rock band needs a beat, and this recorded and released, Prisoners of Hope
played at many different school activities beat is Armando Mendez. He has been
will have taken the first steps on the road
in the past, such as the middle school tal- playing drums since he was five, a total
to super stardom.
ent show and a gig in Haysville.
of eight years. Mendez said, “My favorNoah Escobal, a sophomore at RHHS, ite song probably has to be ‘My Curse’
plays guitar and is the lead vocalist.
by Killswitch Engage.”
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T h e s t u de n ts b e hi n d t h e s t o r i e s
Me redi t h Bar t ley
Colby Woods
Narrative
Feature Editor, Assistant Editor, Copy
Editor, and English Major at heart Meredith Bartley has been an instrumental
addition to the newspaper staff for three
years now. The people and the ability to
have her work featured in the newspaper
are her two favorite parts of writing for
the paper. When she’s not editing, learning the ropes of InDesign, or writing stories, Bartley is involved in Stuco, Band,
NHS, Scholars Bowl, and soccer.
Outside of her busy schedule, Bartley
enjoys a variety of activities.
“I write, I’m a film maker, which
sounds weird, but I make my own short
films. I like hanging out with friends and
playing piano,” said Bartley.
Once she’s completed high school,
Bartley hopes to go to college at Brown
University in Providence, Rhode Island.
She aims to earn a degree in political
science and filmmaking. In addition to
her big college aspirations, Bartley has a
variety of life goals as well. “I would like
to travel the world, meet J.K. Rowling,
win an Oscar, and publish a novel,” said
Bartley.
One of her greatest accomplishments
so far was completing NaNo Wrimo
(National Novel Writing Month). Nano
Wrimo is an online challenge, in which
writers complete 50,000 words in November. Bartley succeeded twice, and
hopefully will this year as well. In addition to that, Bartley wrote, directed, and
filmed a short movie in the time span of a
week this past summer.
The author of the world renowned
Harry Potter series, J.K. Rowling, is one
of Bartley’s biggest heroes. So if she
could meet anyone, J.K. Rowling would
be her choice. Scottish actor David Tennant would come in second.
Junior Meredith Bartley, a threeyear member of The Rock-It, enjoys
writing novels, playing the piano,
making short films, blocking soccer
goals, and drumming out cadences.
Photo by Kristin Donaldson.
A Rather Vexed
Desk Clerk
attempting to find temporary residence
so he could begin trying to get back to
It was at this point that nothing was
his own time. He entered a hotel and
said. Edwin and Nicolas simply stared at walked up to the front desk.
each other in fury, their moustaches ac“How can I help you?” said the old
centuating their expressions of rage. Af- woman at the counter, clearly annoyed
ter twenty minutes, people had stopped
by Nicolas’s unusual dress and the fact
watching, and went on with their lives.
that she was about to have to deal with a
After forty, still neither of them moved
weirdo. It was not her turn this week.
or spoke. Eventually, Nicolas broke the
“It would be of great assistance if I
stalemate by walking away at a brisk
could have a room for a few weeks,” he
pace, against the flow of foot traffic. This said in a very proper way. He was going
made several bystanders quite annoyed
to charm her into giving him a discount,
with him.
he thought. The old woman typed for a
“Hey, watch it, you moron!” one man
few seconds. “Our cheapest one for two
said to Nicolas.
weeks is 1400 dollars.”
“What shall I watch?” Nicolas replied
Nicolas jumped back and threw his
dryly, not having the patience to obey
arms in the air.“This is robbery! 1400
these unwarranted commands.
dollars should buy me the room for a
After it was explained to him what the decade! What do you think you’re doing,
expression meant, he went on his way,
Kole Wright
charging that much?”
“It’s just policy,” she said, “Take it
or leave it. “ Nicolas left the premises,
furious.
Edwin was with Amanda, at her college dorm. She had offered him a place
to stay until he could afford one, since he
was staying in 2013.
“We’ll need to hide you,” Amanda
said, “The university doesn’t allow us to
share our dorms like this, so no one can
know you’re here, alright?”
“It makes perfect sense, my dear.” Edwin replied, distracted by her computer
screensaver. “How did these fish get so
flat? And why does the aquarium only
have one transparent side?”
“It’s a computer,” she said, really not
wanting to explain modern technology
at all. “I’ll explain later, just don’t touch
anything.”
Features Friday, October 4, 2013
September
The Butler: senior
ShouId you citizens
announced
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see it?
Nathaniel Gregg
In Lee Daniels’ The Butler, the character of Cecil Gaines is
loosely based on the story of Eugene Allen. Allen was a butler
at the White House and served for the duration of several
presidents. However, the influence that Allen may have had
doesn’t translate over to this movie.
The casting could have been much better, Forest Whitaker, who plays Cecil Gaines, is the sole shining spot in this
muddled mess. Jane Fonda is laughable as Nancy Reagan,
and John Cusack, even in passing, bares no real resemblance
to Ronald Reagan. The story of Gaines, if it truly is based off
Jaelyn Glennemeier and Owen Zimmerman were the
September Senior Citizens. Photos by Kristin Donaldson.
Nathaniel Gregg
Gaines (Forest Whitaker), cleans up Dwight D.
Eisenhowers’ (Robin Williams) desk. Photo from New
York Daily News.
the story of Eugene Allen, could have done its research a bit
more thoroughly. Gaines’ mother is brutally raped, and then
his father is shot through the head for protesting against the
plantation owner taking liberties with his wife. While that adds
to the dramatic side of the film, it would be much better if they
didn’t act like Gaines is a mirror image of Allen, since Allen
never had those experiences.
Despite all those little problems, credit must be given where
credit is due. The Butler attempted to span a large amount of
time and events in one single movie, which has never been
done before. While it may have sounded like a great idea in the
board room, the scope of the idea is nearly, if not completely,
impossible to fit into one movie. With that said, If you’re not
into historical dramas, especially those that move incredibly
slow, and then extremely fast, don’t bother seeing the Butler in
theatres. Simply wait for the DVD.
Every month RHHS teachers elect two senior
citizens, one male and one female, based upon
grades, attitude, and personal ethics. This September, Jaelyn Glennemeier and Owen Zimmerman
were selected.
Glennemeier has been attending Rose Hill
Schools for most of her life, and was astounded
upon receiving the award, and had this to say about
the honor, “It was really cool to get the senior
citizenship award, but the whole point of getting it
and being appreciated, is showing respect and treating others with respect.” Take notes, seniors who
want to be the future citizen of the month! As for
the teachers, who picked her out of a wide selection of possible seniors she said, “Thanks to all the
teachers who thought that I made an impact in their
classroom.”
Zimmerman was, needless to say, excited and
honored. “I like being the Senior Citizen because
I’ve always wanted to be the person to be able to
help when needed, or do the right thing inside and
outside of class.” Unlike Glennemeier, Zimmerman came in to the Rose Hill School system in his
freshmen year of high school, and has been heavily
involved as a Rocket. He would like to thank all his
teachers who picked him.
Congratulations to Glennemeier and Zimmerman,
on being the outstanding senior citizen of September!
Friday, October 4, 2013
Sports
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Lady Rockets defeat
former state champs
Chandler Boese
In the past two weeks, the volleyball team has triumphed
over the Garden Plain Owls, Great Bend Panthers, El Dorado Wildcats, Buhler Crusaders, and Winfield Vikings. The
Cheney Cardinals, however, did manage to defeat the Rockets.
On September 24, arguably volleyball’s most exciting night of
the year, Rose Hill beat the McPherson Bullpups, the number
one ranked team and last year’s state champions.
Last Tuesday, the El Dorado Wildcats fell to the Lady
Rockets, 25-17 and 25-8. Rose Hill was also victorious over
the Buhler Crusaders, 25-18 and 25-10. The junior varsity did
likewise, beating both teams.
Clearwater High School was the site of the September 28
tournament. This competition, however, was exclusively
for the freshman team. The Freshman Rockets defeated the
Andover Trojans, Clearwater Indans, Wellington Crusaders,
Andover Central Jaguars, and Circle T-Birds to win first place
in the tournament.
The youngest Rockets also faced off against the Andale
Indians, Lady Bullpups, and Wellington Crusaders on September 26 at Wellington. Although the team managed to defeat
Wellington, the girls fell to Andale and McPherson.
September 24 was the remarkable McPherson game. First,
the Lady Bullpups won,
15-25, but the Lady Rockets were victorious in the
second game, 25-18. In a
final game, Rose Hill triumphed over McPherson,
25-22. Junior varsity won
as well, 31-29, 20-25, and
25-21.
Co-Captain Kylie
Pfaff, senior, said, “That
McPherson game will be
the most memorable game
of my high school career.
We fought so well and
worked together as a team.
Everything just came together perfectly. [McPherson] is a very talented team
and beating them brought
us a ton of confidence for Junior Kynnedy Myers sets
to her teammate during the
the rest of the season.”
Also on that same night, McPherson game. Photo by Lisa
the Lady Vikings fell to the Slade.
The varsity volleyball team celebrates their major victory
against the McPherson Bullpups. We fought so well and
worked together as a team. Everything just came together
perfectly,” said senior Kylie Pfaff.” Photo by Lisa Slade.
Lady Rockets in a blowout, 25-6 and 25-4. The JV Rockets
also defeated the JV Vikings, 25-16 and 25-12.
Saturday, September 21, the freshman Rockets were again at
Wellington, again facing the Clearwater Indians and the Lady
Crusaders. The Lady Rockets were victorious against Clearwater, but failed to defeat Wellington.
But they were not the only Rocket team at work that day.
The Junior varsity was competing in the Andover Tournament,
defeating the Mulvane Wildcats, Derby Panthers, and Lady
Jaguars. Unfortunately, the Lady Trojans did prevail over the
Rockets, 12-25 and 23-25.
Cheney hosted the Lady Rockets on September 19. The varsity girls prevailed over the Lady Owls, 25-14, 20-25, 25-18.
The Great Bend Panthers also fell to the Rockets, 25-22 and
25-20. Unfortunately, the Lady Cardinals bested by the Lady
Rockets, 20-25, 25-17, and 16-25. In a particularly successful
night, the junior varsity defeated all three teams.
While the varsity and JV were busy at Cheney, the freshmen
were playing at Winfield against the Mulvane Wildcats, Lady
Vikings, and Lady T-Birds. All three teams fell to the Lady
Rockets.
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Sports
Friday, October 4, 2013
Rocket soccer strives for state
Haley Canfield
Since the start of the season, the boys’
have competed against nine teams and
currently hold a record of 6-2-1. Senior
Adam Sissel said, “I think the team is
doing good, we just need to improve on
our team chemistry.”
Most recently, the Rose Hill Rocket
soccer team hosted the McPherson
Bullpups on October 1. With the
Bullpups scoring the first goal, the
Rockets looked to put one in the back
of the net. They got their chance when
they received a penalty kick. Sophomore Chance Beckham scored the goal,
making it a tie ball game. Unfortunately,
the Bullpups scored three more goals
throughout the game. The Rockets just
couldn’t catch a break and were unable
to score a goal for the rest of the game. The score at the end of the game was
1-4. Junior Alek Santo said, “I was disappointed with the score of the McPherson game. We will redeem ourselves next
game.”
The Rose Hill Rocket soccer team
traveled to Goddard Eisenhower on
September 30. After a 17-minute stalemate, the Goddard Eisenhower Tigers
found the back of the net. Shortly after
the Tiger goal, Santo, with an assist
from junior Christian Helmke, tied up
the game again. However, the tie was
short-lived for the Tigers. Sophomore
Davin Harden, assisted by
Helmke, scored the next
goal. Senior Czyz Taylor
scored the third and last
goal of the first half, with
an assist from junior Brett
Burns. Coming back from
the half, Santo scored his
second goal of the night.
The assist came from
Helmke, which happened
to be his third of the
night. Sophomore Chace
Beckham scored the next
goal, with an assist from
Taylor. Junior goalkeeper
Geoffrey Stitcher did an
outstanding job in the
second half by blocking Senior Czyz Taylor steals the ball from a Trinity
six shots on goal. The
Knight. Photo by Kevin Fisher.
Rockets ended the game
the Circle Thunderbirds. Three goals
with a score of 5-1 over the Tigers.
were scored in both halves. Goals in the
Thursday, September 26, Rocket socfirst half were scored by Santo, assisted
cer traveled to Valley Center to take on
by Helmke; junior Elijah Gould, Taythe Hornets. Taylor, with a pass from
lor; and Taylor, assisted by Santo. Even
Helmke, quickly found the back of the
though the Rockets were ahead by three
net. Burns scored the second goal of the
night from an assist by Taylor. After half goals, they still came out strong after the
half. Taylor’s second goal, with an assist
time, Helmke assisted Santo in scoring
from senior Kenton Weber, was scored
a goal. Sophomore Parker Austin, with
Taylor’s second assist of the night, made in the first minute. Chance soon scored
from a penalty kick. Santo, assisted by
the last point against the Hornets. The
Gould, scored the sixth and last goal of
game ended with a score of 4-0.
Two days before that, the team hosted the night.
RHHS dominates Goddard meet
The cross country team had
a great meet at Goddard on
September 26. Senior Emily
Terrell took first place in the
girls’ 4k with a time of 16:38
and junior David Reaves won
the boys’ 5k with a time of
17:57. The girls team also got
second place as a team. The
next meet will be tomorrow,
October 5, at Winfield. Photos
by Chandler Boese.