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Page 2 Page 3 Page 8Page 7Page 4 & 5How to Have a Good

Halloween

Ebola is a deadly virus, but is not a new one. Ebola has been around

since 1976. Recently it has become increasingly active in parts of west Africa. Ebola has killed approximately 3,330 people in west Africa, and has infected over 7,000. An Ebola infection typi-cally means a 50 to 90 percent chance of death depending on available health care. The virus is only transmit-table through bodily fluids such as blood, semen, vomit, feces, urine, and animals, like bats and primates. It is not thought to be transmitted through air, food, or water. Ebola commonly causes symp-toms such as fever, abdominal pain, sore throat, headache, vomiting, diarrhea, and some-times severe bleeding known a hemorrhaging. A vaccine is being made but is not yet completed.

Why it matters to you:

Some cases have made their way into the United States.

A man in Dallas, Texas has died. Approximately 50 others who may have been in contact with him are is quarantine. Our local airport, Manhat-tan Regional, frequently has flights that come from Dallas. Does this mean you should bathe regularly in hand sanitizer? No. To put this in perspective, common illnesses such as pertussis (whooping cough) and measles which are spread by coughing are much more infectious. In addition to being a medical crisis in western Africa, it is rapidly becoming a humani-tarian crisis as well. Rice prices have risen 20% in some of the infected areas. Some preventive measures include washing your hands and knowing the travel history of your companions, especially if they are sick.

First Cases of Ebola In U.S.

Many may recognize the date of Octo-ber 31 as a night

of spooky fun and buckets of sweet treats. Most do not know the history of the holiday. Evolving from the ancient Celtic holiday of Samhain, modern Halloween has be-come less about literal ghosts and ghouls and more about costumes and candy. According to History.com, the Celts used the day to mark the end of the harvest season and the beginning of winter, and

also believed that this transi-tion between the seasons was a bridge to the world of the dead. Over the millennia the holi-day transitioned from a som-ber pagan ritual to a day of merriment, costumes, parades and sweet treats for children and adults.“I like Halloween,” sopho-more Kevin Leister said. “It is fun to walk around town, hang out with friends, and eat candy.”

Religion in Schools Effects of Bullying

Kansas governor elections are November 4. The

incumbent is republican Sam Brownback. His challenger is Paul Davis, a democrat. To this point, the race between Brownback and Davis has been very close. Each have been ahead of the other at various times. Basically, Brownback is conservative. Conservatives opposes abortion, support traditional marriage, and support gun rights. While Davis is more liberal. Liberals support abortion, support stricter gun control, support same sex marriage.

Why it matters to you:

State governors greatly influence school funding; however, the deciding factor in the end is the strength of

the state budget. As a student in high school, this affects you directly by reducing or increasing school funds that pay for items like new computers, art and music equipment, and sports gear. Davis says he will increase school funding, but Brownback says they need to fix the state budget first. This is a key debate in the race. Gubernatorial elections affect everyone.

The biannual Chap-man All School Pro-duction or ASP is

coming up soon! This time the musical will be “The Boyfriend”. A teaser will be shown Nov. 5 at 2:00 p.m. for CMS and 2:45 p.m. for CHS. The play will take place at the high school au-ditorium Thursday Novem-ber 6 and Friday November 7 at 7:00 p.m. Tickets are on sale now for $5 in the high school front office.“I think this play is going to be great,” junior Jaran Hedstrom said. “We know our lines fairly well. We are ready to rock the house, or auditorium in this case.”

Fall ASP Opening Nears

Opening for The Boyfriend: November 6 and 7

Dallas man is first U.S. casualty of EbolaKansas Governor Elections

Brownback vs. DavisSchool funding just one key factor to consider in the upcoming gubernatorial election

Kansas City Royals Ford Driving Challenge

Origin of HalloweenThe origin of Halloween dates back to early farmers celebrating their bountiful harvests

Seniors Cole Sutterfield and Christina Hoffman dance the Carnival Tango on stage. The Boyfriend play will be Nov 6 and 7. (Photo by Jennifer Green)

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Putting it in perspec-tive, a little over 8 out of 10 girls are cyber-bullied.

almost eight out of ten guys,

have been antagonized through social media

On average, a student is bullied in a pub-

lic school once every seven minutes. In the United States, 77 percent of teenagers are bullied physically or verbally, with cyber numbers almost matching it. Each month, 280,000 high schoolers are physically attacked. The numbers are staggering, and they only get worse. Turn on the news and there are stories of high schoolers and middle schoolers committing suicide because of bullying.

“When I see the stories on the news about teens commit-ting suicide because of being bullied,” Principal Kevin Suther said, “it makes me hope that here at Chapman High School we’re doing more to help our students.”

We talk about bullying all the time. There are posters all around the school advising students not to harass others. It’s strictly outlined in the student handbook that “The Board of Education prohibits acts of harassment, intimi-dation, or bullying.” In case you’re curious about where that is, it’s on page nine of the student handbook.

All of this material around us, and yet it still seems like a case of “all talk, no action”. There are still people sitting alone at lunch. Cruel nick-

names are used to describe those not in a main crowd. Yet people still call it teasing in order to make it sound okay for them to continue their actions.

“I think that if they really knew that they were being teased,” junior Alex Whitting-ton said, “then they wouldn’t hurt themselves, wouldn’t try to hurt other people, and wouldn’t feel broken inside. If they knew you were kidding they wouldn’t feel as terrible as they do.”

It seems like a simple dif-ference, but when things get all mixed up, it’s hard to fig-ure out what causes it. Junior Stephanie Mead explained her theory on the subject of teas-

ing and the different issues that circle around bullying.

“Honestly, I think people need to be more educated about things;” Mead said, “on what these types of things are, and what they do to others.”

If you check the web, there aren’t too many statistics de-fining what the anti-bullying

campaign has done. It’s a nice thought that the nation does something like National Bullying Prevention Month, but are these efforts actually doing anything?

“People need to do more,” Whittenton said. “We need to have more of an outreach to tell people that they’re not alone by more physical things, not just by word. Not many people listen to teachers when they say a kid’s getting bul-lied, but if people were more willing to step in, I feel like

that would be more helpful.”Teacher’s will agree, that

there hasn’t been that much of a change in how much bully-ing there is. Spanish teacher Eileen Beavers is one of those who think that way.

“I don’t think it’s doing much,” Beavers said. “I still see quite a bit of it. I think that the schools are doing everything they can, but a lot happens at home that makes kids do what they do.”

Even Suther thinks that the month isn’t doing as much as the nation might have hoped for, but he has an optimistic point of view on what the month does.

“Nowadays, there’s a month for just about everything,” Suther said, “and even though these kind of months don’t do too much in my opinion, it’s always a good thing to get awareness to students. I hope that students know that they can come to anyone in the fac-ulty about bullying problems, and that the other students will stick up for eachother.”

Maybe one day we can get the national statistics on bul-lying and teen suicide in rela-tion to bullying to drop. Until then, we can work within this school, making it a safer environment for all those who walk through these halls.

The truth about sticks and stones

Students in Mrs. Divel’s English class made posters advising students against bullying. They then posted them around the school in hopes of helping those who are struggling with bullying, and asking the student body to stop bullying others. (Photo by Valerie Taylor)

Caitlyn HartungEditor

Is National Bullying Prevention Month succeeding?

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The truth in the numbers: quick facts on bullying

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Taylor MajorEditor

Favorite things to do on Halloween

A boo-tiful night to Trick or Treat

“I stay at home and think about how bad my feet would hurt from walking around trick or treating.”

Jaran Hedstrom

Halloween is a time of sweets and scares. For

the younger kids that is. Though as kids get older the need to go out once a year and visit strangers’ houses for free candy seems to decrease. The assumption is made that it is no longer cool to trick or treat when in high school. For Halloween I feel the best thing to do as a high school is to stay in. To avoid that awkward question, “are you to old?”. Stay in, and have your own little Halloween. You can even invite some friends over, hang out and just watch a horror movie. Doing some-thing simple for the holiday is the way to go. As a high schooler I find that

my peers are evenly divided on the subject. The younger crowd, being the freshman and sophomores seem to be the ones that still find a interest in the fright night. Juniors and seniors however don’t seem to be too eager to go out.Older students tend to decide what they’re going to do based on what their peers are do-ing. Whether their friends are staying in or going out. Relying on friend’s plans isn’t always a bad thing. Trying to plan a fun night with them, now that’s different. Because your making your own inde-pendent decision to be with your friends and be comfort-able in the scene you’re in. Going out on Halloween as

a high schooler can be fun if you make it so. Go out with a big group of friends and trick or treat, or have a party with your own free candy. Even visiting a haunted house with your friends can substitute going trick or treating.As fun as it is getting bags of free candy all night, most adults nowadays deny the older kids candy when they come to trick or treat. There are adults that might turn you away if they think of you as too old to be dressing up in a costume and ringing their doorbell. To be polite they might say that they are saving the candy for the younger kids. If you are one of these older students that hears this

from an adult on Halloween, it seems best to respectfully say back “okay, my bad” or “sorry, didn’t mean to disturb.” Whether you think it is cool or not, it is definitely not cool to make fun of someone who decided they are not too old for the treats. Support your peers and maybe ask what they might dress up as. Every-one has their own preferences on how they might spend their holiday. There is also the situation where a friend invites you to go trick or treating and you don’t feel it is the cool thing to do. Don’t be rude and of-fend the friend and say “no, that’s not cool.” Try being nice and suggest another plan

or something else that you two can do together. Because bashing on someone’s idea of a fun night is not the right thing to do. I plan on staying in, grab-bing popcorn, and watching a good horror movie with some friends. However you decide to celebrate Halloween, have fun and do what you want to do. Try not to base your night off of what everyone else is doing. Have your own fun.

“Getting all the free candy!”Jaimee Bartlett

“To lock the doors and shut out the lights.”

Taylor MajorEditor

Within the town of Stull, Kansas there is a

cemetery with a set of hidden steps which are legendary for descending directly to Hell it-self. The legend goes like this. The steps are nearly impos-sible to find, and are covered by a hidden seal which only opens on Halloween and the Spring Equinox. If one does manage to find these steps, they should never venture down them, for it is impos-sible to ever return.The entire cemetery, even with it containing a gateway to hell, is supposedly quite an evil place. The main focus of this evil was a crumbling church that stood up until last year. This church was used by

witches and occult groups for worship. There are some creepy things that are said to prove this evil exists. The church had no ceiling, but it was said that rain would never fall inside it. If one were to take two bottles and hold them in the form of an inverted cross, it would be impossible to break them against the walls of this church. Last year, the church was bulldozed without the ap-proval of those who owned the land it stood upon. No one is sure who knocked down the church and why they chose to do so. Also within this cemetery was an very tall pine tree, which stood until 1998, when it was destroyed to

dissuade thrill-seekers. Even though the tree was perfectly healthy, it was cut down the day before Halloween. This tree grew directly through a headstone, splitting it in half. Local lore held that the tree was used to hang witches before the land was allotted as a memorial ground. Both the church and tree were consid-ered landmarks of evil, which would help lead the way to the steps to hell located nearby.In Stull’s history there have been a few strange facts which add to its long reputation of being a cursed area. First, in the early 1900’s, a boy was accidentally burned to death by his own father. A few years later, a man in town was found hanging from a tree. Both of these took place

near a road known as “Devil’s Road,” which appears on old maps of Stull, although it no longer exists today. In short, Stull, Kansas has long been a place of mysterious deaths and associations with the Dark Prince.Today, mysterious people guard Stull from disturbances toward the horrid landmarks. There are stories of curious people being terrorized and chased out of Stull by pickup trucks. They say that these trucks would trail intruders for over twenty miles. This has lead to speculation that there is something going on in Stull that someone wishes to hide.

Gateway to HellSupposed gateway to Hell in small town Stull, Kansas

Richard Paul

Is it cool to still trick or treat while your in High school?

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Religion in SchoolPrayer at the Pole

Students meet, bring concerns and praise during the national See You at the Pole day.

Students came together to worship and to express con-

cerns and thanks at the annual FCA Prayer at the Pole, Thursday, September 25th. With nearly 50 students in attendance, attendees en-joyed a half hour session with each other before school.

“I thought we had a really good turnout,” said senior Lindsey Hurford. “It was interesting to hear words from someone who we didn’t know and wasn’t that much older than us.”

For the event, FCA sponsor Connie Poland, brought in a guest preacher to teach the message of the day.

“I brought in the pastor from my church, Lyona Methodist church, Pastor Tyler Clark,” Poland said. “I thought it would benefit students having a speaker with whom they can relate.”

Prayer at the Pole, otherwise known as See You At the Pole, began in the 1990’s as a group of students who, according to history teacher Brian Sweet who was on staff at Pauline G. Hughes Middle School where the event started, decided to have an event since they

could not pray during the school day.

“I believe that the Prayer at the Pole has been held as long as we have a FCA organization,” Poland said. “It all depends on the student leadership, whether or not it comes and go’s depends on the will to get it

done.”Every year music accompanies

the service to add to the spiritual element, and this year a new twist added to the event.

“This is year I kind of led the charge in getting music at the service,” senior Christina Hoffman said. “No one was going to be per-forming music, so I was the com-municator between Mrs. Poland and Ms. Wheeler. We picked out the song Amazing Grace and the Select Ensemble performed.”

Senior Hurford liked being able to sing with the entire group as well as

the ensemble.“I think that singing as a group

during the event felt more invit-ing for everyone and got everyone involved.” Hurford said.

FCA also sponsors other events throughout the entirety of the year as well.

“We will be taking stu-dents over to K-State for the Student Movement.” Poland said. “We have been in con-

tact with former Chapman graduate, Jerrod Gillan. We are also attending an FCA conference at Rock Springs. We also have monthly meetings with Brandon Roth being the next fea-tured speaker.”

Although FCA stands for Fellow-ship of Christian Athletes, Poland encourages anyone to join.

“Just remember you don’t have to be an athlete to join FCA,” Poland said. “Competing in life makes you an athlete.”

“Remember that you don’t have to be an athlete to join FCA. Competeting in life makes you an Athlete.”

Connie Poland, FCA Sponsor

Kyler LangvardtEditor

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Religion in School

Seniors Bailey Stein and Thomas Meuli, and Sophomores Del-aney Claeys and Trevin Thurlow prepare to play a game at the Stuphen Mill Youth Group. “Playing games helps everone get to know each other,” Meuli said. “It makes it feel less like just a youth group and more of a family.”

Coming Together For a Higher Purpose

Whats your opinion on having faith based clubs in school?

Robert Honeychurch 10th Megan Nelson 10th Shawn Lambert 12th Derek Bartlett-Steede 12th“It’s important that if you al-

low one side of the argument to organize, then you should let the

other side as well.”

“I think thats its a good experience and its a place where you can’t

really be judged.”

“It’s a necceasary proccess and a good thing, Even though I’m not

Christian, it’s good to express yourself.”

“Students are free to practice whatever they want, I just don’t

think it’s the schools place to encourage or discourage it.”

Middle and High schoolers meet at Stuphen Mill Church to strengthen realtionships

We have always been taught that there has to be a separation of

church and state, but religion seems to be sneaking through the cracks at Chapman High School through the Sutphen Mill Youth Group.

“When I first came to the church, there was no youth group in place,” Pastor Brandon Roth said. “It started sort of slow. At our first meeting we had two members present.”Ever since the start of the group, numbers have grown as high schoolers have spread the word and actively participated within the group.

“I’ve been going to youth group for about a year,” senior Bailey Stein said. “I’ve done a ton of fun activities with the group including the fifth quarter activ-ity after the Concordia football game last year, the skating party, which was inter-esting to say the least, and I’m going to the upcoming Jeremy Camp concert.”

Fun activities precede scripture lessons, letting the group have a sense of more than just a group of separate individuals, as Roth has said, the group is more of a family than anything.“I was one of the first members of the

group and I’ve gone ever since,” junior Nathan Sutter said. “It definitely incor-porates kids from different churches and even different schools.”

Often times, religious groups have a hard time attracting younger members, but Sutter credits the groups success to the leader, Roth.

“I think it’s encouraging for kids to see a familiar face at youth group,” Sutter said. “Roth is just a fun guy, so he en-courages to come, and they actually want to come.”

Although the meetings start out with fun and games, moving from down-stairs to upstairs means serious business. Scripture is directed towards teens with the Not A Fan-Completely.Committed.Follower. by Kyle Idleman. Roth has also introduced the challenge system, posing religious challenges to those who sign up, such as a daily devotional.

“There weren’t really any strong groups in place, so I think kids were looking for something,” Roth said. “I introduced the challenges to try to strengthen their rela-tionships with God, because in the end, thats what our group is about.”

Teens sometimes have difficulty con-necting with scripture, or even dragging themselves out of bed on Sunday morn-ings to even go to church.

“I feel like what we learn at youth group is more directed towards me as a teen instead of a family setting like on Sundays,” Stein said. “I appreciate the fact that I can interact with the scripture that were given on Wednesdays and that I can really relate it to my current life.”Stein encourages anyone to come and try youth group.

“Youth group is a ton of fun,” Stein said. “ It’s not just fun though, you also get a lot out of the experience.”

Youth group meets every Wednesday night at 7 P.M. Upcoming events include the lock in on Nov. 14 at 8 p.m., and a movie night on Nov. 19 at 7 p.m.

Kyler LangvardtEditor

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Let me get one thing straight: I like the band.

I like the parents that come and support their kids. I love it when people come and support the school’s sports programs. There’s a sense of pride when I look into the stands and see the stands packed tight with people that are willing to spend a Friday night in the cold to watch high school football and listen to the band dominate the field at halftime.

I love high school, I love supportive people, and I love football. What I do not love is the situation with the student section. There have been so many problems, it’s hard for me to find the right spot to begin.

We’ll start with the place-

ment of the student section in general. If you look at the lay-out of where people sit from a bird’s eye view, there’s two whole sections for regular at-tenders; parents, grandparents staff, elementary kids, college students who’ve graduated and have come back for old time’s sake, and other members of the community. Next is the student section and more parents, which I will get back to in a bit, who shares the section with the band. Then there is an awkward section of the bleachers left, where middleschoolers sometimes sit at the very top.

I can find quite a few problems with this arrange-ment. The students have been yelled at, herded, and shoved around to the parents’ liking because they want to see the

cheerleaders better. The band yells at the student section if we go anywhere near their instruments. The students are then are dictated, pushed, and crowded together into a small enclosed space, shoulder to shoulder. This last home game students were even told to not stand on the bleachers because parents couldn’t see, forcing students to become a human tin of sardines. Yet, right past the band, there is empty space waiting to be used.

Not to sound like an angsty teenage girl, but I hate the setup. Or would strongly dis-like be better? Anyways, I’m not a fan of how the stadium treats the high school student fans. We are the ones who are actually attending the high school. These are our friends, boyfriends, girfreinds, broth-

ers, sisters, and classmates playing or cheering, and we’re all there for them. It’s what high school games are for.

I get that parents want to see their kids play, and the band needs to see the cheer-leaders and the field in order to properly know when or when not to play, but seri-ously guys? Do we have to be so rude to the students? One step out of our jam-packed boundaries and we’re scorned and reprimanded, almost as if we’ve committed a federal crime. Tell me if I’m wrong, but this doesn’t sound right.

I’m not just ranting, though. I do have a legitimate sugges-tion that would help both the parents and students. If the band would move down to the end of the bleachers, and the cheerleaders along with them,

it would give the student sec-tion more breathing room. The dance team could be more for the parents, and the cheer-leaders more for the students and band, since they lead popular interactive cheers, like the Boogaloo. Complaints from parents would virtually diminish, and there would be teenagers that were more excited to watch the game, and not complain about how unavailable the student sec-tion is to the students.

It bums me out that these kind of changes couldn’t of happened while I was still able to go to the games, but I hope that the classes below me can benefit from this. I’ll try not to a bitter senior, but for now let’s work on making next football season as great as it can be.

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October

MonthStudentsof the

Christina Hoffman12th

Lane Coberly12th

Caitlyn HartungEditor

I think it’s time to talk about the student section

The benefits of playing a sport as a high schooler

I have to be completely honest, I’ve never been the greatest athlete in high school, but no matter what class or school club it was I never got the life lessons as well as the feeling of family that came with being an athlete here at Chapman High School the past four years. Our teams have gone through a lot over the past four years, from different coaches to the ending of a long streak that we would all rather have forgetten. But through all of this, I have made some of the greatest friends I believe I will ever have.

Sure, there was the dreaded

heat of the first few weeks, including the three hour heat practices when theres not full pads yet. There’s the end of practice running that seems to take forever. There’s summer weights which, no matter how early you go to bed, seem to come knocking too early in the day for you. But you suck it up and get out of bed because you want to be successful. You pick yourself up after the eighth or ninth downback. You keep going because you don’t accept failure. And sure, there are those days were maybe you are a step slow. But thats when you have your teammates, the people you do all these things for. The people that you love

no matter what because they have your back and they have yours.

I believe no matter who you are and what you think, even playing one high school sport will teach you life lessons and build lifelong relationships. Also, the amount of teamwork that plays into all of it will give you that mindset for the rest of your life.

Any job you will ever be at will include you using at least some kind of teamwork, no matter what it is. For any business or company to succeed, the one thing that will may make it or break it will be is if their employees can have the common goal that they want to provide the

best effort they can give and strive to run everything as smoothly as possible.

This can come from the teamwork they have developed and come to respect. The point I can make is that if someone is never a part of anything, when they get out into the real world, they won’t be able to work as efficiently with everyone else as those who grew up working with everyone and know how to make it work no matter what.

My point is, I believe that in high school no matter what you’re into, some of your best friends and greatest lessons can be learned through athletics. No matter how hard things are you can’t just roll

over and give up. You have to pick yourself

up and or your teammate or co-worker who also may be down. Because no matter if it’s your job or sports in general, it can’t just be one person. No matter how much you may think you can do, no one can do it by themselves. We all need those people that we know we can depend on no matter what it is. I feel like nothing shows it better than that feeling of the guy next to you giving it his all to ensure everyone’s success as you do the same for him, and it becomes a effort everyone is involved in.

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Athletesof theMonth

Game four of the NLCS,

Kansas City is up three games to none on the Baltimore Orioles. Kansas City is up 2-1 with the tying run on base in the bottom of the ninth. Jason Vargas had pitched into the sixth inning and got the ball to Kelvin Herrera, who got it to Wade Davis and now in the ninth, closer Greg Holland. He is facing J.J. Hardy with Andre De Aza on first. After a duel the ball is hit down the third base line. As Mike Moustakas throws over to Eric Hosmer, the crowd at Kauffman Stadium erupts as a 29 year playoff drought turns into a world series berth and a team that still doesn’t have a playoff loss since 1985. But here’s where it all started.

The Kansas City Royals franchise was started in 1969 by Ewing M. Kauffman after one other team was in town and left. The team’s only championship came in 1985 when they won it in 7 games against the St.Louis Cardinals. Since then, the team has taken to hard times and hasn’t been to the playoffs since then. But after 29 years on the last day of September,

in a game that lasted almost five hours, they

got back to October. In a game that included

the Royals stealing seven bases and one Oakland Athletics homering twice in a 9-8 Royals victory that sent them playing October baseball for the first time in 28 years.

That was Tuesday night September 30, and Friday night October 3 Jason Vargas took the mound against Jered Weaver in game one of the ALDS to start what would eventually be a series that included extra-inning game-winning home runs by first baseman Eric Hosmer and third baseman Mike Moustakas. The coming out of rookie pitcher Brandon Finnegan

who a couple of months ago could’ve been seen playing at TCU, and a sweep of the team who

had the best record in baseball this season. Among the festivities was designated hitter Billy Butler stealing only the seventh base of his career. MVP Mike Trout held to 1 for 18 hitting for the series by the Royals pitching staff.

Then brought a 7 game series against the Baltimore Orioles which had Lorenzo Cain with an above 700 batting average for the series, including a record for consecutive postseason games won by a club. It only took 4 games to send them to the World Series and now they will be facing the San

Francisco Giants in the first World Series matchup to include two teams that won under

90 games during the regular season.

It’s Dynasty vs. Destiny in the 2014 fall classic. San Francisco doesn’t lose the World Series on even years and the Royals have fate on their side after the almost three decade playoff drought turned undefeated World Series run. On this incredible run Kansas City has already set a record for eight straight postseason wins. They look to extend it against the Giants and win only the second championship in franchise history almost thirty years after the first one.

Even new Athletic

Director Clint Merritt talks about what he thinks has led to the success of this team.

“I believe the success thus far can be credited to timely hitting, pitching, and the defense”, Merritt said.

This is agreeable as late inning hits have propelled them through the postseason starting with the five run rally against the Oakland A’s. Or with the great pitching starting with the late inning guys. This being Kelvin Herrera, Wade Davis, and the closer Greg Holland. Then the defense starting with the four main outfielders Gold Glover Alex Gordon, Lorenzo Cain, Nori Aoki, and the speedster Jarrod Dyson who provides a spark off the bench.

Kansas City is currently in full World Series mode as they plan to pack The K for games one and two. Then the series will head back to San Francisco for games three through five and back to The K if necessary. The Fall Classic will as always be a huge sports spectacle. But this year is huge to the local community. Will it be destiny? Or will it be dynasty?

Tucker MoloneyReporter

Favorite football movie?

Favorite pump up song?

Will the Kansas City Royalswin the World Series?

How many tennis players will make state?

Rudy Here Comes The Boom,P.O.D.

No, but they willmake it

AllRemember the

Titans

Three Hundred Violin orchestra,

Jorge Quintero Yes

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CourseSeven Nation Army,The White Stripes

Division three:Football’s Finest

Jordan Henderson, Senior

Ethan Blixt, Freshman

Let’s Party like it’s 1985, Kansas City

FROM THE CHEAP SEATS

The Kansas City Royals have made it back to the playoffs and the World Series 29 years later

Kaylin Fink, Senior

What does it mean to you to get this award?“ I feel very honored to

recieve this award.”

What did you do to recieve the award?

“I work hard all day of everyday.”

What does it mean to you to get this award?

“It shows that coach notices all the hard work

I’ve been putting in.”

What did you do to deserve the award?

“I work hard everyday for my teammates.”

Jeremy Rodgers10th

Daryan Wise 11th

Kauffman Stadium during game two of the World Series, the Royals went on to beat the Giants 7-2 and tie the series at one game apiece. (Photo courtesy of Brandon Roth.)

8 Photo EssayDK The DickinsonianOctober 31, 2014

Issue 2

Teens learn responsible driving skills to aid them in future situations1.

Top Left: Senior Tyler Hummel texts while drives in a controlled course. Elements of the course were changed the second time around.

Top Right: Senior Don Parks talks with a volunteer about the dangers of drunk driving. Students also went through a kart course with the gogles.

Left: Junior Macey Langvardt exits the Mustang after practicing spins. “Drving a Mustang has been my dream so it was pretty awesome,” Langvardt said.

Bottom Left: Senior Aaron Parham walks a simulated white line while wearing intoxication googles. Attendees learned the dangers of drunk driv-ing through a presentation as well.

Bottom Right: Senior Ashley Hansen grits her teeth in the back of a Mus-tang while her younger brother, junior Chris Hansen, drives. “Riding in the back was nauseating,” Ashley said. “I’m glad I didn’t eat lunch before.”

Photos by Caitlyn Hatung