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Rachael Schneider(Editor-in-Chief): We were going to use the foreign exchange students, but it was hard to contact them. So we thought about the new VP’S and seniors Alex Lund-berg and Keegan Sweeney for doing such great things! We thought using the nest was a clever idea of bringing everyone “together.”

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Burial Chamber500 N Lake St, Neenah

The Burial Chamber is located in an 80 year-old ware house, which is said to have been built on top of an ancient burial

ground. Apparently, when there was construc-tion being done, the workers could feel the pres-ence of the ancient spirits, and whenever some-one took a picture, there would be glowing orbs in the photos. This haunt is located in Neenah and opens on Saturday, September 28. It features two in-door haunted houses, one wooded trail, and four burial simulators. The first house, Adrenaline, has an industrial/military theme. The idea? Under zombie attack. This takes about 20 minutes. The next house, Insanity, is a customer favor-ite. It is said to be a “haunted house on crack.” It’s a blend of a fun house and a haunted house, and it is sure to give you chills. This is about 20 minutes, as well. Next is Phobia Haunted Woods. This re-ally makes you feel like you’re in the scene of a horror movie and gives you eerie feelings of not knowing who’s watching you. In this haunt, you are the prey, so be prepared to be hunted. In The Last Ride, Burial Simulators, you get to lay in a real coffin! They use nine-inch cylinders to move it, and it takes about four minutes. The Burial Chamber opens at 7 pm, but be sure to get there fifteen minutes early to witness the monster parade of all of the creepy creatures that roam the haunts!

Mars Haunted House734 W Historic Mitchell St, Milwaukee

Back in the 1800s, the main floor was used for retail, and, on the second floor, lived the Milton family. One day Mr. Milton

came home intoxicated because he had just lost his job. Him and his wife got in an argument, which somehow led to him pointing a gun at his family, and he ended up shooting them all and then himself. Paranormal groups have verified that the building is actually haunted. Mars Haunted House is located in Milwau-kee, and it opens on Friday, October 4. Squeeze through the tight mazes and feel the chills of the spirits and the creepy scenes in the #1 haunted house in Milwaukee. This haunt is about 15-20 minutes long.

Terror on the Fox2285 S Broadway, Green Bay

This year, Terror on the Fox is having their annual Sweet 16 for their sixteenth year of business, opening on Saturday, September

28. It takes place at the National Railroad Muse-um in Green Bay. It includes Ominous Sanctum, 3rd Dimension of Fear Fun House, The Void: Static Shock and Torment: Last Rites. After waiting in line, you take a creepy, ten minute ride on a train filled with smoke, drop-ping you off at a short trail through the woods, leading you to the haunted houses. This is one of the largest haunts in Wisconsin and has props and scenes unlike any others. It takes about 45 minutes to an hour to go through everything.

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Back in China, Sherri is used to being able to go through

her door and walk a few feet to get to a store. Here at Fond du Lac, you usually have to get into the car and drive for awhile. Back in China, Sherri is used to go-ing to a school that is much bigger than Fond du lac’s. Her school has about 3,000. Fondy High is small by compari-son. Despite the differences, Sherri is happy to be here. “I love Fond du lac; it’s small-er than my city back home,” she said. “It’s quieter.” Sherri is one of five exchange stu-dents at Fond du lac High School this

year. The others include Johannes Neuerer and Felix Heimann, from Ger-many; Vichagut Suwannawat who is from Thailand; and Kawther Makij, a student from Bahrain. All of them seem excited about having new experiences.

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“I came to Amer-ica to experience a different culture,” Sherri says. “I’d re-ally like to join a club and have as many American experiences as I can while in America.” In China, Sherri has a family of five, her mom and dad, older sister and young-er brother. She is fluent in Chinese, but Cantonese is also spoken where she lives. “I hope to have a wonderful experience in America; let the journey begin,” she said.

Johannes neuerer Another student excited for new expe-riences is Johannes Neuerer. Johannes Neuerer, from Germany.

“I’ve come to Amer-ica to experience a new culture, and I am very excited to continue learning more and more new stuff every day,” said Johannes. He is sixteen and has a family of four back in Germany.

“Fond du lac high school is very differ-ent than my school at home,” he said. “I like it better here.” In Germany they have a different schedule everyday. The students do not pick their own classes. The teachers pick them for them, and they go from class to class. They have eleven classes. Also

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“I hope to have a wonderful experi-ence in America; let the journey begin,” Sherri said

Fondy is hosting six exchange students


Sherri Chang

Kawther Maki

Johannes Neuerer

Vichagut Suwannawat

Felix Heimann

they never eat lunch at school. Most days the students only have half a day. Other days they are able to leave and have a two hour lunch break.

vichagut Suwannawat Vichagut’s name means “gun” in Thai. He has noticed that in America you have to be much more independent and do things for yourself. “I like being able to do stuff on my own and be independent.” Vichagut Suwan-nawat said. “The food in America is much different. Instead of eating like bread or mashed potatoes with every meal, we eat rice with every meal in Thailand.” The houses in Thailand are much big-ger than usual here in Fond du lac.“My house is thailand has five floors and

no basement,” Vichagut said. “It looks more like a big building than a house compared to American houses.”

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The last exchange student, from Bah-rain, is Kawther Maki, who is 15 and a junior. “I love it here,” she said. “The school is different; at first it is over-whelming.” The school in Bahrain has kindergarten through twelfth grade all in one school. In Bahrain they refer to soccer as foot-ball and it is the main sport in our coun-try. “It’s small but very busy and hot com-pared to Fond du lac which is quiet and cold,” says Kawther. “On an average day, it’s about 120 degrees in Bahrain.”

My house is Thailand has five floors and no basement,” Vichagut said. “It looks more like a big building than a house compared to American houses.”

Fondy students Keegan Sweeney and Alex Lun-dberg didn’t just spend summer sitting on the couch all day. Instead,

they spent a month of their time overseas helping others. Alex went to Africa on the mis-sion trip with his father who is practicing medicine. This was Alex’s first missions trip. Keegan went to the Dominican Republic on a mission trip to build homes and help provide pure water. a whole new perspective “My dad is a missionary; I’ve been doing mission trips since I was four years old,” Keegan said. He has been to the Dominican Re-public five different years. “Every year going to the dominican re-public, it just gets better and bet-ter.” He has been on other missions trips as well. “When people reflect after go-ing to a mission trip the first nor-mal thing they tell people is that we take things for granted, which is true,” Alex said. “But there’s so much more that can be said. Go-ing to a different country opens your eyes to a whole different perspective on life and the world around us.” Keegan’s mission trip consisted of about 20 people, including the two leaders. Part of Keegan’s mission trip was to help fund pure water for the Dominican Republic, the oth-er part was to build new houses for the residents of the Domini-can Republic.

“Most of the houses that the people live in our very small,” Keegan said. “I saw a family of nine living in a house with just one room and one bed.” The missions trip consisted of getting wood from a wood lumber to build houses. Then they hauled it over to the work site. Last they either build a house right next to their house and then demolish the old one. “Getting to be able to build a house for a family of seven that in their old house just had one bed was great. Being able to simply put a roof over a families house is cool.” Said Keegan. making a difference Alex’s mission trip took about a day in half to travel there; if you include the time difference. In Africa, he said, “there are about five southern doctors who are all stationed in Africa perma-nently.” One of the biggest health issue in Africa is Cancer. “One of the other big problems that no one really thinks about in Africa is crime,” Alex said. “A friend of mine was in school one day and these thieves came in and took all of the school’s computers, so the school didn’t have internet the rest of the month,” “Watching what my dad does making a difference in people’s lives is something I would like to continue to do as I get older,” Alex said. “I was truly inspired by what my dad does and what little it takes to make such a difference in people’s lives.”

Brittany Ecker // News Editor

Summer is more than just a break for some students

mission to help


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“Well, this summer at the beginning I worked a lot of hours,” said Carly Siedschlag senior at Fondy. “After about the first month I started going to Redgranite. I was in a wedding and then show-band camp started, went to the Wilderness in the Dells. I also

went to Kansas to visit my Grandma who I haven’t seen in four-teen years. Then I started my Freshman year in college and my

senior year of high school.”

“This summer I went swimming and shopping and I stayed at

chula vista in the dells with my friend,” said Ari Ebling-Hopf

senior at Fondy High.

“This summer my husband and I drove to Florida with my kids. We went to disney world. Then on the way back we stopped at

a few sight seeing places,” said Mrs. Rehfeldt, Social Worker at Fond du lac high school.

“I got my first real job this sum-mer at Culvers,”said Hannah Shea Junior at fond du lac high school.

What did youdo this summer?

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ob didn’t have just any smile. He had THE smile. A smile people remember, one that inspired reassur-ance, and trust. He spoke to people

through that smile. His friends felt it. His teachers here at Fondy felt it. His work

colleagues and family felt it. It’s the one thing almost all of them mention, the one image that most sticks with them when they try to remember him. It wasn’t rows of straight, dazzling white teeth that drew people to this smile; it was that his smile embodied the truest essence of him-self--a genuinely nice guy. It is this essence that lives on even after Rob is gone. Rob Vande Zande, Jr., a 2011 graduate of Fond du Lac High School, died from a heart attack while swimming in New Mexico last month. He was serving in the United States Army. He was only 21. He leaves behind not only family and friends here in Fond du Lac but also a wife who is eight months pregnant and a daughter he will never meet. Rob was the last person to back away from a challenge. Whether it be overcoming his learn-ing disability at the beginning of his schooling or teaching himself how to play a multitude of musical instruments. Attacking difficulties head on made Rob who he was. It was his drive and motivation to do better and be better that attracted his many admirers.

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Remembering

The community mourns the death of recent Fond du Lac graduate Rob Vande Zande, Jr., a son,

brother,husband,soldier,heroandsoon-to-befather


-Mr. Vande Zande (Rob’s father)


“He was the last person to give up on something he wants,” said his brother, Austin. “One thing that I want people to remember about my son day by day is always live life to the fullest,” said Rob’s father. And that is exactly what Rob did, even on his last day. On September 15, 2013, Rob had a day off from his post in Fort Bliss, Texas. He decid-ed to use this day to go to Elephant Butte Lake in New Mexico with his best friends and seven-months preg-nant wife. What should have been happy, carefree day took a tragic turn when Rob went under while swim-ming. Despite best efforts of his friend, Zack West, to save him, Rob’s body disappeared beneath the surface. Moments later emergency forces and Rob’s parents were notified. After two hours of searching and anticipa-tion, they were finally able to locate the body. Doctors were able to con-clude that Rob had died of a heart attack induced by stress on his heart as well as hypothermia from the cold water.

His Legacy Lives on The last conversation Austin Vande Zande had with his older brother, Rob, was about his future in the army. Though their close relationship caused them to converse on serious matters frequently, Austin admits it was usually Rob who did the talking. It wasn’t unusual for Rob to go on for hours about something that inter-ested him, and Austin spoke fondly of his brother’s “inability to shut up.” However, this last conversation differed from anything the two had had in the past. Even though Austin laughingly admits that Rob still did most of the talking, he remembers being able to voice his opinions on the matter and truly discuss what it meant to serve the country. “He wanted me to enlist,” Austin said, “but he said he would respect me no matter what I chose in the end.” “He was more of a best friend to me than a big brother, but he was also both,” Austin said.

Rob’s father said among the things he would remember most about his son was his indomitable spirit. “Rob, from the time he was little to the time of his death, always gave 110 in ev-erything he did,” he said. “He had the typical teenage problems, but his life from the time he -- even up un-til his last breath, he fought. He was fighting 100% until he had the heart attack.” It wasn’t until Rob’s funeral that Mr. Vande Zande found out how much he meant to his son. During the ceremony he was approached by a friend of Rob’s who told him that he was his son’s hero and inspiration for joining the military. “He wanted to join the military and do more than I did in the mili-tary,” said Mr. Vande Zande. “He so succeeded in doing that, and it makes me proud as a father. He ac-complished so much and touched so many people’s lives. “ Among the lives affected by the loss of Rob, there are those he touched and those he will never have a chance to touch. Rob’s wife Sarah is due to give birth to their daughter, Ava Lou Vande Zande, on Novem-ber 14. Although Rob will never get to meet her, family and friends are making sure little Ava will know how much she meant to her father. Rob will never get to hold Ava in his arms or tuck her in at night. Ava will never meet her father, but she will get to hear him say three very lit-tle but very important words, “I love you.” Before his death, Rob entered a Build-a-Bear store to buy a teddy bear, camouflage, of course, for his wife. As an added bonus, he threw in a personalized voice box with a recording in his own voice. The re-cording says “I love you.” Although it was not originally purchased for his daughter, the fam-ily will make sure she gets it. As she grows up she will at least have some-where to turn when she needs to hear her father’s voice. Although Rob is gone it brings his friends and family comfort to know a little piece of him lives.¨Rob’s legacy will live on through Ava,” said Mr. Vande Zande.

-Rob’s father


And in order to protect this “lega-cy” many local organizations have held events to raise money for Rob’s new family. A memorial of Rob is set up in Horicon Bank, and visitors are able to donate money to an account in Sarah Lou Vande Zande’s name. So far it has raised $10,000 and will close on October 25th. Another organization that sought to help Rob’s family was the American Legion. Earlier this month they held a charity breakfast accompanied by a silent auction. The American Legion is social and mutual aid veteran’s organization that seeks to help those who served the country.

Military Life It wasn’t until Rob’s junior year that he became serious about joining the army, but once he made the decision to enlist, Rob lived out his life as any honorable soldier should. Friends and family fondly recall Rob wearing his uniform to school and never missing an army event. He also promptly signed up to become part of the Future Soldiers program in Fond du Lac. “As a dad and former military to hear my son say that he would support and defend the Constitution of the United States of America against all enemies foreign and domestic-- that was one of the proudest moments of my life,” said Rob’s father about the future soldiers swearing-in program here in Fond du Lac and the actual ceremony in Milwau-kee. According to his brother Austin, Rob would only tell time in military time after enlisting. “He loved the army,” said Aus-tin, “I would have to remind him, ‘Rob, I’m a civilian.’” Rob did a tour in South Korea for a year where he was a communications specialist; he laid down fiber optics, dug holes and did a lot of work with comput-ers. Though his job was hectic, Rob’s su-pervisors and coworkers said they never saw Rob without a smile--his smile. His family claims that Rob loved South Ko-rea; he made friends with many of the nation’s people, learned how to DJ and went Bungee Jumping. However, Fort Bliss, where Rob was stationed, was a nice change for Rob because that is where he got engaged to his wife, Sarah Lou Vande Zande.

More than a Soldier Though it’s easy to focus on Rob’s accomplishments in the armed forces, everyone who knew him could attest to the fact that he was so much more than a soldier. In addition to selflessly dedicat-ing his life to protect the freedoms of the nation’s people, Rob aimed to touch the lives of people locally in his commu-nity through his faith and love of music. Rob and his brother Austin were skating in the Youth for Christ park-ing lot when Steve Daniels, a leader at the church, came outside and handed the boys helmets. He didn’t want either of them to get hurt. Also at this time Daniels asked if Rob knew about Youth for Christ, an organization dedicated to mentoring young adults in the commu-nity. Youth for Christ would become a large part of Rob’s life from there on. He would go on to become a youth pastor and help two of his friends, who were formerly non-believers, find Christ. Rob’s religion was an integral part of who he was. It was his father’s belief that everything that Rob overcame in his life was a result of his firm belief in God and desire to live out life as a child of Christ. Another element that colored Rob’s life throughout his teenage years was music. While he was in high school, Rob taught himself how to play guitar, drums and bass. “He couldn’t hold a tune or read music, but he could play the guitar and drums like you wouldn’t believe,” said Mr. Vande Zande. Even he was perplexed by his son’s ability to teach himself such a wide variety of instruments without the ability to read music. Rob was a member of a band called Midnight Epidemic, composed of five other members. The band played at The Shake, Walleye Weekend and The Rave. The surviving members of the band honored Rob by hosting an event called Rockin’ for Rob at which they raised $250 for Rob’s life and soon-to-be-born daughter.

Honoring a Hero Rob’s body was flown back from Al-buquerque, New Mexico on September 20th. When it arrived back in Milwaukee, the airport was temporarily shut down. No flights flew in or flew out while Rob’s

body was transported and the honor guard performed their ceremony be-cause that is the honor given to a soldier when he returns home for the final time. Upon arriving at Fond du Lac, the Vande Zande’s were greeted by 18 American Legion Riders (motorcyclists) behind a police car that escorted their proces-sion down Main Street. On the street some people held candles accompanied by thousands of American flags while others had signs that read “Support our Troops” or “We’ll miss you Rob.” “The respect we received was incred-ible,” said Mr. Vande Zande. “The re-spect my son received was incredible.” The memory of that day burns in the back of his head as it was also his and his wife’s anniversary. There are many things that the Vande Zande family as well as the Fond du Lac community has done or is trying to do to immortalize the hero that was Rob Vande Zande, Jr. The family will have a rock with Rob’s name inscribed set below the flag pole of the church he attended and was an integral part of: Grace Christian Church. There will also be a bench donated to Lakeside Park in Rob’s memory. However, no physical object could replace the home Rob built for himself in the hearts of people from the com-munity and Fond du Lac High School. “Until Rob’s passing, I didn’t under-stand how much a student could impact me,” said Ms. Krukowski, a teacher at Fond du Lac High School with whom Rob was very close. Rob wrote to Ms. Krukowski from South Korea and visit-ed her often. Something, she said, many students promise to do but didn’t. “When he came back to visit and he was wearing his uniform and how proud he seemed,” said Ms. Krukowski describ-ing a moment she will always remember Rob by. “It’s always rewarding when you see your students who have done some-thing with themselves. Rob was one of a kind.” “Life is too short to worry about the small stuff. Always try to have smile on your face, and be kind to people,” Mr. Vande Zande said. “Rob was the kind-est person I knew. He was always giv-ing himself to friends, family, strangers he didn’t even know. He always tried to make life better.”


Two New Administrators“Gotta Love It” Here at Fondy

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We have two new wonderful principals,both from the Milwaukee area. Mr.Pizzo is the assistant principal for last names M through Schm. Also, Mrs.Hagen is the assistant principal for names Fr through L.Hagen is previously from Alexander Mitchell Art High School where she was principal. Pizzo was assistant principal Arrowhead High School. They both love the staff at Fondy and working with the students. They feel very welcomed. They both agree getting the opportunity to work with teachers and students who struggle in certain ar-eas is so rewarding. Hagen grew up in Milwaukee. After high school, she attended University of Wisconsin Milwaukee for her master’s in Social Work and a master’s in administra-tive leadership. She also attended Lake-land for a bachelor in art. She is married to husband, John, who is a retired police chief from Milwaukee. They have two daughters, Valerie and Heidi, who both

are attending UW Oshkosh. “I think the freshest approach, is see-ing things from a different point of view,” said Mrs. Hagen. Hagen loves to shop and spend time with her family. She has traveled to every continental state in the US. Pizzo grew up in Hartland, Wiscon-sin. He attended UW Eau Claire and Concordia University. He is married to Becky,with a six month old daughter named Gemma. “I believe that as a principal,” said Mr.Pizzo. “We need to prioritize what we need to do and when we need to get it done. There’s not enough hours in the day to get everything done at once.” Pizzo loves to be outdoors doing things such as; hunting, fishing and playing with his dog. He has traveled Europe. He also just ran his first marathon “I will miss Gonzo and Mez,” said se-nior Andrea Dawson. “But, I think the opportunity to have Pizzo and Hagen will be nice. They seem very nice.”

“Students think that the job of a princi-pal is to discipline students,” Pizzo said. “When really that’s not even close to being true. Principal’s at Fondy are here to help them grow as a student and as a person in general.” “Mr.Pizzo and Mrs.Hagen are sim-ply a breath of fresh air,” said principal Mr.Wiltzius. “Their enthusiasm, leader-ship and positive nature have made an impact on our school and community. Mrs.Hagen has a unique memory of the best compliment she’s ever received. “I was working with a student who had some honesty issues and I had left some money out on my desk. When asked why he didn’t take it by another staff mem-ber he replied, ‘I like Mrs.Hagen. She’s cool.’” Hagen and Pizzo agreed that it’s re-warding to able to to help students, fam-ilies and teachers and make a difference in their lives. They are both very happy here and can’t wait to see how the rest of the school year will go.

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“Mr.Pizzo and Mrs.Hagen are simply a breath of fresh air,” said Mr.Wiltzius

At the end of last year, Fondy High lost two long-time administrators. It’s a big change, yes, but don’t be too alarmed.

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Ten Year Old CHeddar PrOVeS THey’re nOT CHeeSY!

Ten Year Old Cheddar is quickly gaining popularity in FDLHSS h a n e F e r n a n d e z - E n t e r t a i n m e n t E d i t o r

At the local Mancino’s Pizza, it’s a bit more packed than usual. Why, you might ask? Ten Year Old Cheddar is performing live there. As you go inside, you can smell the usual scent of pizza, and you can also see a medium-sized crowd waiting for the local band to start playing some jams. The band’s all there: high-school senior Jon Ebert on guitars and vocals, junior Brandon Resop on gui-tar, senior Nigel Magana on bass guitar and junior Jake Stadler on drums. As they tune their guitars and get their amps prepped, the crowd eagerly awaits the mu-sic. And as the first song “This, That’s, The” begins, you can tell that their musical style is similar to that of other indie instrumental bands. As the night goes on, the songs sound better and bet-ter. When their final song of the night “Mythical Being, Satanic Chants and Dances” wraps up, the crowd cheers and claps as TYOC begins to put away their equipment.Local band, Ten Year Old Cheddar, has been turning some heads ever since their formation in 2011. From playing at Mancino’s Pizza, Buttermilk Park and some of their friends basements, Ten Year Old Cheddar has become well-known in Fond du Lac High School. Starting out as a hobby, being a part of the band has changed the way they live their lives. When asked about how the band got named, Jon simply said “We got the name from a cheeseburger that

had ten year old cheddar on it.” When they were first starting the band, they actu-ally had other names for the band such as “My Brother Michael Morbius” and “ Phunky Phresh with the Phri-tos.” They all just thought the name “Ten Year Cheddar” sounded the best.

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Fond du Lac High School has been home to many local bands before such as “Charybdis” and “What Lies Ahead.” However, their sound and style was not like that of Ten Year Old Cheddar. TYOC is easy-listening music while Charybdis and What Lies Ahead made music that would make you want to destroy everybody in a mosh pit. Ten Year Old Ched-dar’s music style can vary from be-ing experimental, instrumental to ska-sounding. Some even consider it to be easy-listening music, But the band members just want to make music that they think sounds good. They want to make music that them-selves and others would want to lis-ten to. On occasion, the band will cover some songs, but they mainly try to write original songs. When TYOC was first starting out, their songs would have some lyrics such as the songs “Ti-Ya Flo” and “Kyle Murphy Convention,” but they have also made some instru-mental songs such as “Hhgregg” and “This, That’s, The.” The band says that overall they’ve written about 10-15 original songs and have had about 10 live shows. They released a CD with some of their earlier songs about a year ago, but they’ve recent-ly done some professional recording with former Cardinal Columns en-tertainment writer Bob Frank. After the professional recording, they plan on releasing an EP album sometime in the near future. Ten

Year Old Cheddar was personally asked by Bob if they wanted some of their songs to be professionally recorded, and they thought it’d be a great opportunity to have some pro-fessional-grade music. TYOC hopes to get more people to enjoy their

music by putting out some more EPs. At the moment, they know a good portion of Fond du Lac High School knows about their music however, they feel as if they’re not too well known outside of Fondy High. Local senior Erin Cawley said, “ Ten Year Old Cheddar is like one of my favor-

ite things in the world.”Senior Kora Schultz said, “ It’s re-ally nice to have a local music scene again!” The members of Ten Year Old Cheddar have all known each other for about four years. Since then, they have all been best friends. On aver-age, they try to have band practice at least once a week. They all know that the band has become a main focus of their lives. They strive to make better music and to just have a good time making music. But form-ing the band has changed their lives for the better.

Looking for more cheddar? Follow them on Twitter! @10YrOldCheddar Like them on Facebook!

TYOC MeMBerS

Jon ebertSeniorVocalsGuitar

Brandon resopJuniorGuitar

nigelMaganaSenior

Bass Guitar

Jake StadlerJuniordrums


boys Soccer hoping for a Playoff runVarsity Boys win first playoff game 2-1 versus Hartford

Katie Nett// Staff Writer

Since the end of summer, boys soccer players have been working hard to achieve the best possible performance. Right now, boys soccer is about halfway through their

season, and have one thing on their mind: playoffs. Currently, the boy’s record is 10-5-1, and in the conference they are 3-2. “It’s going really well,” coach Greg Winkler said. “We started the season with lots of inexperience, and we are getting better each game.” Not only does the team have a few things they need to work on, but there are also many things that they have done well. “We have been able to attack well so far,” Coach Win-kler said, “and we are good at keeping the other team on their heels.” “We bond very well which makes us come together as a team,” junior Connor Reams said, “and makes us play together more”. So far this year, the boys soccer team has captured at least one big win for their season. They were successful in beating one of their rivals, Appleton North. During the victory against Appleton North, Fondy

was winning two to zero at half, with goals by Casey McCardle and Brock Lisowe. During the second half, Appleton North came back, and by the time there was only ten minutes left in the game, the score was tied two to two. Thanks to Lisowe, at seventy- one minutes and thirty- two seconds, Fondy pulled ahead, winning the game three to two. It was a big win for Fondy boys soccer. Unfortunately, the season hasn’t been all successes. The team also suffered a tough loss against conference rival Kimberly. The final score was zero to two. “We didn’t show up to play in the first half, and they outworked and outplayed us,” junior Eric Fritsch said about the loss. “We played better in the second half, but it’s hard to win a game when we only play one good half.” Now that the season is half over, the playoffs will be coming up shortly. There are still a few goals to be met before the end of the season. “We have to continue to get better,” Coach Winkler says. “I want to go as far as we can in the playoffs, and still have fun along the way”.

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looking to improveA preview of the Milwaukee Bucks season

The Milwaukee Bucks are a very young and inexperienced team that will improve each and every game in the upcom-

ing season. No one is expecting the Bucks to make this up-coming season’s playoffs, but I am. The Bucks will a seventh or eighth seed in the 2013-14 season, and get bounced early in the first round again. Overall, there are high hopes for the Bucks in the foreseeable future with the acquisitions of a veteran Head Coach, and the trend to get younger in this past offseason. The Bucks made numerous acquisitions during this offsea-son. They Acquired Carlos Delfino, Luke Ridnour, Caron But-ler and Brandon Knight, but the most intriguing acquisition of all was the drafting of Giannis Antetokoumpo. The Milwaukee Bucks ended last year’s season with a 38-44 record and finished 3rd in the central of the Eastern Confer-ence. This rewarded the Bucks with the 8th seed in the play-offs. This was the Bucks first playoff appearance since 2010, after missing the playoffs two years in a row. The Bucks were led offensively by no other than Monta El-lis and Brandon Jennings. And there were some contributions on offense by Ersan Ilyasova and John Henson. But on the defensive end of the court Larry Sanders was a shot blocking machine, and a dominant force throughout the whole season averaging 2.8 blocks per game. Unfortunately, the Bucks were matched with the num-ber one seed in the playoffs and the defending champs Miami Heat. This led to an early exit for the Bucks. The Bucks could not even defend their home court as the Heat made the series a clean sweep. The most recent struggles of the Bucks led to the firing of interim coach Jim Boylan, after the early exit in the playoffs. Even though it was a small sample size, Boylan showed that he was not the man for the job. Boylan led the Bucks to a disap-pointing record of twenty-two and twenty-eight after the firing of longtime coach Scott Skiles. The Bucks general manager John Hammond was very de-cisive as to who he would pick to be the next head coach in Milwaukee. Many thought that it could have been Stan Van Gundy. Van Gundy was most recently fired by the Orlando Magic organization in attempt to bring back Dwight Howard. When it was all said and done Hammond chose Larry Drew to be the next Head Coach for the Bucks. Drew led the Hawks last year to a forty-four and thirty-eight record, and an early exit to the Indiana Pacers. It is astonishing to me that they got the sixth seed in the Eastern Conference, considering how weak the guard play was for the Hawks. Over-all Drew led the Hawks to three straight playoff appearances,

including an appearance in the second round of the playoffs in the 2011 season. The signing of Drew as the Bucks Head Coach was looked upon as a good acquisition, but with this came the departures of Monta Ellis and Brandon Jennings. Ellis and Jennings were not a part of the future plans in Milwaukee, because of their need to chuck up the ball in every opportunity given to them. Ellis was not resigned by the Bucks, and eventually signed as a free agent by the Dallas Mavericks. And Ellis was acquired by the Detroit Pistons via a sign and trade, and the Bucks received Brandon Knight in return. The Bucks made numerous acquisitions during this offsea-son. They Acquired Carlos Delfino, Luke Ridnour, Caron But-ler and Brandon Knight, but the most intriguing acquisition of all was the drafting of Giannis Antetokoumpo. The Bucks drafted Antetokoumpo with the 15th over-all selection in the 2013 NBA draft. Antetokoumpo grew up in Greece, and played basketball for the Greek professional basketball league. He is currently only 18 years old. He is six foot ten inches, and will play the small forward position in the NBA. Some scouts compare Antetokoumpo’s game to Kevin Durant’s.

Corbin Thompson// Staff Writer

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Several Fondy Athletes Sfuffer ACL Injuries

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“A guy got blown into my leg and I heard it snap,” said Jack Nejedlo. “I remember just scoring a touchdown against Kimberly. We were going for a two point conversion.” That snap he heard was his ACL tearing. He will be out of the rest of football sea-son and hockey season, where he is right-wing forward. Your ACL is the Anterior Cruciate Ligament. It’s one of the four main ligaments in the knee and is the primary stabi-lizer.When it happens you may feel or hear a pop, and the knee may give out , causing you to fall. The knee swells and often is too painful or unstable for you to continue any activity. He’s out until March with rehab everyday after school.

Nothing has ever happened like this before to him, usually it was only four to five weeks that he was pulled from games. “I can’t choose which sport out of football, hockey, or baseball,” said Jack. “ But I guess the hardest one to be out of will be hockey.” “You know it’s a dramatic change losing Jack,” said Fondy Football Coach Mike Gnewuch. “Nobody wants it to happen. But the guys on the team have really stepped up to help replace Jack.” Jack plans on being a mentor for the football team. He shows up to the games and tries to be a role model for the other guys. He also plans on going to as many games as he can during hockey season. “It’s going to be a change not to have Jack on the team,” said hockey teammate sophomore

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Ben Pertl. “But, we know he’ll be there supporting us every step of the way. I think the team still has a good chance at winning games.” “We will definitely miss him on the team,” said hockey coach Ryan Sarazin. “But, we have great guys this year like Ian Tess-Wanat, Alex Graf and Michael Wilson, who will step as the se-niors and help make us strong.” A torn ACL is extremely com-mon, especially in high school football and hockey. Over thou-sands of high school students tear their ACL and most all seem to lead to the same rea-soning of these little notches in by the ACL that are causing the traumatic tears, according to Tarek O. Souryal from an ar-ticle on texassportsmeds.com. Jack isn’t the only Fondy athlete who tore his ACL. A long with his injury is Makenna Mitchell tore her ACL and meniscus, and Brianna Wagner tore her ACL. “I was jumping to hit a ball dur-ing warm ups for volleyball, and then on my 5th hit I went up, and when I landed my leg just gave out,” said senior Makenna Mitch-ell. “I didn’t want to think anything of it, so I got up and walked off the court with assistant coach Nett and went to the training room, and Cory told me he thought I tore my ACL. Then I went to the doctor that Wednesday, and he also thought I tore my ACL.” Unfortunately, Makenna wasn’t lucky to just have a simple torn ACL. When she got the MRI back the following Monday, the doctor said that she not

only tore her ACL she also tore her meniscus, which is also by your knee along with the ACL. She then had surgery the next day to repair both her menis-cus and ACL. She currently is unable to put any pressure on her leg for six weeks. It takes a minimum of six months to re-cover, and it can take up to a year. “I know that it is going to be a long hard recovery,” said Maken-na. “But my goal is to be able to play my senior year of softball in the spring. I will work as hard as I can to gain strength back in my leg to be able to play again.”She’s lucky to have her friend Brianna Wagner to help her through everything. She pushes her because she had the same injury as Makenna. She’s also lucky to have Jack Nejedlo to be by her side the whole way through this because he tore his ACL a few months before her. Brianna Wagner tore her ACL back in Febuary during a basket-ball game. She had surgery and worked hard all summer, but was still having problems with it. “I went back to the doc-tor and had a second surgery,” said Brianna. “I’m hoping to be cleared and November and be able to play basketball again. The biggest thing is to just stay postive and never give up!” It’s hard for them to sit and watch every game their team plays, because they worked their tails offs all summer for their sport. Everything happens for a reason, they just haven’t figured out why it happened to them yet.

“It’s going to be a long hard recovery” said Makenna Mitchell.

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Upcoming moviesNew Movies for the WinterTatiana Bell // Entertainment Editor

This winter, there is a lot to look forward to for movies. Some of the biggest movies coming out

this winter include an action film legend making his third return to the big screen as a main character after a short cameo in the first Expendables movie, another re-make of a classic romance between two star-crossed lovers Chloe Grace Moretz, Nicole Kidman and Naomi Watts going head-to-head as two of the world’s most famous princesses and an actor who is known worldwide for playing a bespecta-cled wizard putting on a different pair of glasses in order to portray a homosexual beat poet of the 1940s.

october: In April 2009, Somali raiders held for ransom the crew of a cargo ship called the Maersk Alabama in the Indian Ocean, causing a deadly standoff with the U.S. Navy warships and leading Tom Hanks to step forward and protect his crew as Captain Phillips (October 11). Douglas Booth and Academy Award-nominated actress Hailee Steinfeld (True Grit) star as the doomed star-crossed lovers in Romeo and Juliet. (October 18). Kick-Ass star Chloe Grace Moretz stars as Stephen King’s telekinetic high school outcast in Carrie, with Julianne Moore as her religious mother who feels an over-whelming need to control her daughter (October 18). Sylvester Stallone plays a prison expert locked up in a facility that he designed and Arnold Schwarzeneg-ger plays a fellow inmate who becomes part of his plan to escape, but not before the two of them throw a few punches at each other first. Rambo vs. the Ter-minator. Who will win? You’ll have to find out on (October 18). Naomi Watts is one of Wales’ most scrutinized figures during a lesser-known period of her life in which she was involved with British Pakistani surgeon Hasnat Khan in Diana (October TBA). Children, cover your

eyes! Harry Potter-alum Daniel Radcliffe portrays beat poet Allen ginsberg in the 1940s while he explores his homosexual-ity and first encounters other Beats icons of the era William Burroughs, and Jack Kerouac. Kill Your Darlings has yet to be rated. (October 18).

november: Jennifer Lawrence deals with the revo-lution that she sparked in March of 2012 as Katniss Everdeen, the girl on fire, tries to protect her family as a rebellion starts in other districts and she attempts to maintain the image the media wants her to portray and the way that other people see her: a beacon of hope (November 22). Nicole Kidman portrays Grace Kel-ly, the Philadelphia socialite, Oscar-win-ning actress, and, eventually, princess of Monaco in Grace of Monaco(November 27). Chris Hemsworth dons the red cape and metal armor once more as Thor when Malekith the Curse, an Asgardian warrior, starts an intergalactic war and Thor must do what he can to protect his Earth-bound love Jane Foster (Natalie Portman), while Loki has his own plans for revenge (November 8). Leonardo Dicaprio reunites with Martin Scorsese in The Wolf of Wall Street as Jordan

Belfort, a New York stockbroker who made millions through stock market ma-nipulation and was eventually sent to jail for 22 months in the early-’90s. Film has not been rated yet but will most likely obtain an R due to drugs and orgy scenes (November 15).

december: The Great Gatsby’s Carey Mulligan gets her vocals ready as the female sing-er of a Peter, Paul, and Mary-type folk group that also consists of Oscar Isaac and Justin Timberlake in Inside Llewyn Davies (December 6). David O. Rus-sell follows Silver Linings Playbook with American Hustle, a period film about a fictionalized federal investigation direct-ed towards political corruption in 1978. The cast is made up of Oscar nominees/winners that include Amy Adams and Christian Bale as con artists/lovers, Jer-emy Renner as a power broker, Bradley Cooper as a slight unhinged FBI agent, and Jennifer Lawrence as a loose-cannon housewife (December 13). Robert De Niro and Sylvester Stallone clean the dust off their boxing gloves in the sports comedy Grudge Match where they play two rivals who decide to step back into the ring for one last fight (December 25).

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it has been three years since Odd Future rapper, Earl Sweatshirt, released his debut album Earl. Many of Sweat-shirt’s fans were desperately awaiting Earl’s next full album release, and many thought he had given up on making mu-

sic. However, on August 20, 2013, Earl released his first stu-dio debut album, Doris. This album proved to me that Earl Sweatshirt could do better than he did in Earl. Not only is his rhythm and flow as strong as ever, his lyrics are ten times better than they were in Earl. Instead of rapping about doing inde-cent things with girls, Earl now raps about problems in his life such as his father leaving him. It shows how much Sweatshirt has matured since his first album. The beats are slower than I was expecting but they were still really good regardless. The other musicians featured on Doris either help or wreck the song they are in. Vince Staples, who was featured in more than one song, did a pretty good job. Sometimes I felt as if his rhymes were as solid as Earl’s. Tyler, the Creator also managed to do a fantastic job on “Sasquatch” and “Whoa”. Not only did Ty-ler feature in those songs, he produced them as well. Fellow Odd Future rapper, Domo Genesis; who was featured in “20 Wave Caps” and “Knight”, managed to be the best feature on the al-bum. Domo really did better on this album than he has done in other album features. However, in the end Earl Sweatshirt was the best lyricist out of all those who featured in his album. Overall, this is one of the best albums I’ve heard all year.

Earl Sweatshirt really proved that he is one of the best rappers out there. Dark and gritty beats accompanied with solid lyr-ics make Doris an album worth listening to. “20 Wave Caps”, “Knight”, and “Centurion” are some of the best songs on this album in my opinion. But to be fair, every track on Doris is just fantastic. I give this album a 9.5 out of 10 for just being a great album but for having some issues. There were two tracks that were instrumentals that were just too short and could’ve sounded a lot better. Also, I felt as if almost every track on this was too short. In the end, Doris is one of the best albums out there right now and I’d highly recommend listening to it whenever you get the chance.

i had no previous listening experiences to The Weeknd, so when I heard about this album, I thought it would be nice to listen to something new. I was dead wrong. Kiss Land (which released on September 10, 2013) is not my cup of tea. I was

expecting something better after hearing many great reviews from many others. I suppose it’s alright as a love/soul/R&B album with some tracks having a somewhat decent beat, but I just couldn’t handle The Weeknd’s voice at all. Granted, his voice isn’t terrible, but it just felt really out of place. To be completely honest, the only good sounding song on this album was “Belong To The World”. I feel like The Weeknd is trying to sound like Michael Jackson. But in the end, it just sounds like every other pop or love song out there. Even song remixes by other artists are better than

the garbage provided on this album. The only good thing about this album was the instrumental background music. Overall, this album was bad in my opinion. The Weeknd did not do this album any justice at all. I might consider listening to one of his earlier works later to see if my opinion changes on him, however, I doubt it will. In all fairness, one or two of the tracks were bearable, but, everything else was pure garbage. I would not recommend listening to this unless you’d enjoy bad music. I give this album a 4 out of 10 stars for being one of the worst albums I’ve listened to in a while;but at the same time having some decent instrumental beats. I was expecting something better than this. In all fairness, it was greatly done as an album but it’s just not my choice of music.

Earl Debuts With Doris

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a “traveSty” in ruSSiaArt Censorship on display overseas

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Freedom of expression is the build-ing block of modern humanity. It feeds musicians, fills a writer’s

lungs and keeps the creative mind afloat. Here at home, when the average artsy kids are confronted with censorship, they laugh. Spit at the audacity. Walk away with heads high. Artistic persecu-tion in America is regarded as a sin to those who live for their freedoms, and most censorships are met with a fight of mass proportions. But in Russia, artists are living in a whole other word. On August 26, in a normally sleepy St. Petersburg, the exhibit of a young painter, Konstaintin Altunin, was raided by a Russian police team, lead by the infamous, ultra-conservative Deputy Milonov. The officials apprehended four paintings, including his “Travesty” paint-ing depicting President Vladimir Putin and Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev in “drag lingerie”. They not only managed to take the paintings without warrants but to also shut down the exhibit until two days later.

The painting was meant as a stand against Russia’s current “anti-gay” laws that prohibit the “propaganda of non-traditional sexual relations,” including pride parades and public displays of af-fection. Russian of-ficials, obviously, are not pleased. Altunin is currently seeking political asy-lum in France, fearing a lifetime of incarcer-ation back in Putin’s unforgiving Russia. A life of prison, for be-ing an unapologetic freethinker. Art censorship in Russia is not a new concept. In fact, it dates back to 1922, when books and visual art were censored by Gla vit, a Soviet group dedicated to artistic persecution. Stalin’s Russia was infamous for removing paintings, litera-ture, and even films from public view in order to maintain the look of certain “higher standard” of government. The

current censorship beg the question of whether Putin is really only President of Russia, or if he is beginning to take on the form of a Stalin-istic dictator.

Situations like this force us to ask how far we, as a humanity, should be willing to go in or-der to put our artistic expression and belief out into the world. My opinion? Nothing should keep a creative mind from growing, or a gen-eral public from learning. Creativity and the power of having an open mind are things that should

not only be taught (and encouraged) to the youth, but also the adults with the ability to make changes. Limiting a community’s passion is imprisonment in its own right. What Russia needs now are people who are willing to fight for human rights. In a world built to alien-ate such a beautiful group of human beings, Altunin is a hero.

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robin thicke:is it really a “blurred line”?

Six months ago Blurred Lines by Robin Thicke came out and began a bit of an uproar. People said it was discrimination against women, saying that he was writing a song about “rape” and how women were

‘animals’ when in fact that’s not what Robin Thicke meant at all. Blurred Lines is about how women are confusing men with their bodies and body language. Women can be walking around completely naked, but what are they meaning? Are they saying yes? Are they saying no? That is what the blurred line is, what women mean by their body language. No-body but the woman herself can understand what they are trying to say or hint at, and Robin Thicke tried to musically explain what is going on, but many people haven’t taken the time to listen to the song and really un-derstand and research what the lyrics mean and what he’s trying to say. He wasn’t trying to discriminate women, or put them down, he was trying to make it easier for people to understand what is happening. There’s a point in the song which confuses people. When Thicke sings, “now he was close, tried to domesticate you, but you’re an animal, baby, it’s in your nature, just let me liberate you,” he’s trying to say that she was being controlled by somebody, trying to be brought down from who she actually is. By saying she’s an animal, and it’s in her nature, he’s pointing out that yes, it may be your nature to have wants and needs, but he wants to set her free (liberate). He doesn’t want her to be stuck with somebody who is only going to treat her as if she is an animal, a slab of meat. Later on in the song there’s the lines, “what do they make dreams for, when you got them jeans on”. Personally, I be-lieve that Thicke is pointing out that she doesn’t have to try to show off and make herself look more appealing when she could just wear whatever she wants to wear, like jeans, to make him feel attracted to her. Another problem that I have is the fact that Justin Timberlake had a music video for his song ‘Tunnel Vi-sion’ where women were nude. People thought that Timberlake’s music was more of an ‘art form’ and meant to ‘send a message’ but so was Thicke’s song. In ‘Tunnel Vision’ the message is how he only has eyes for one person and that’s it. In ‘Blurred Lines’ the message is how women use their bodies to give mixed messages to men and are constantly doing that, and it’s true. I honestly feel bad for Robin Thicke because he wanted to point out a real problem that is going on in society and people turned on him and judged him without really understanding what he was trying to say, which is really say-ing something about how our society thinks.

When the song ‘Blurred Lines’ by Robin Thicke came out it stirred up the feminist

community. There is a huge uproar over the in-ternet and all social media websites on how this is promoting rape and rape culture. Yes, I do believe it is discriminating against wom-en, because there are lyrics in the song that say, “you know you want it” and “you’re the hottest b**** in this place”. He also describes women as “animals” like that having sex is in their “nature” and even if they don’t want it they want it by “nature”. The whole song is pretty much canceling itself out because instead of calling girls girls, he calls them bi****** and he wants to liberate them but yet he can’t even call them ‘women’ or ‘girls’. He doesn’t care about who the real woman is he just cares about what she looks like or just having sex with them. I kind of think it is ridiculous how women in order to be beautiful have to be a certain clothes size, and how you have to look or act a certain way to be “acceptable”. It is not just pop culture, it’s how everyone is nowadays. Women are brain-washed to think that they have to wear makeup in

order to be beautiful. Pop culture is now about sex, drugs, and partying. For example, Miley Cyrus‘s song ‘We Can’t Stop’. This song is also one that is a bit ridiculous. I do agree that it is catchy, but it has lyrics “Trying to get a line in the bathroom, We all so turned up here, Getting turned up.” That means they are snorting crack in the bath-rooms at this party. She also goes on to say that they are “dancing with Molly.” Molly is a term for marijuana. This is really the kind of stuff that is catchy and we catch us singing it in our cars. Songs about getting messed up at parties or songs about blurred lines about sex. The pop artists can show off what they want. Like ridiculous songs and profound concerts but is this really what we came down to? This has just been “accepted” into our society but it’s not okay.

Caitlyn Oestreich // Staff Writer

More Misunderstood than Blurred Samm Nelson // Staff Writer

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This blast from the past is from 1951 issue for Fondy. It was their homecoming! Look at how different the dresses are that girls wore compared to 2013. They’re a lot longer!

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