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tiger hi-lineVOLUME 51 ISSUE 16

1015 Division St. Cedar Falls, Iowa 50613

Chandal GeerdesStaff Writer

Coached by Nick Chizek, Karen Franke and Rebecca Kauten, indi-vidual speech participants are heading to Districts on Saturday, Feb. 26. The CFHS speech team has a great op-portunity making it to State on March 12 in a multitude of events. A few of these performances are Individual Improv, Story Tell-ing, A Literature Program, a piece by Shakespeare and acting.

All rehearsals take place two to three times a week. While there, partici-pants practice their performances and hear feedback from the coaches.

“Coaches are really fun. Each coach has their own unique style of how they approach things,” sopho-more Jillian Ross said.

All of the participants are hoping to get a rating of one at Districts so they can move on to State.

Another thing the participants share is their love for acting and drama. They say it’s also a great way for students who aren’t that good at sports to compete with others but in a more creative way.

“[Speech] is a way to express yourself in a different way. Be some-

one else for awhile,” junior Nate Hua said.

For those who choose to do individual speech, they get to pick out what they want to do for their performance so they get to feel more comfortable on stage.

“It’s really fun and you get to meet a lot of cool people with the

Interlude makes its way to CF events Sara Gabriele

Editor-in-chiefThe dance that has drawn so many

recent followers has finally made its way to the high school. Created by Ian Goldsmith, Tyler Wright and Scott Connerley of UNI, the Interlude is a step-by-step dance performed to a techno song by Attack! Attack!

“We had no idea it would take off like this,” creator Tyler Wright said. He explained the dance originally began as a simple arm movement he had been doing at techno dance parties around Campbell Hall. After Con-nerley and Goldsmith returned from a trip to China, the other elements to the dance were added and the dance became what is now known as the “Interlude.”

Although its success is most appar-ent at UNI, the dance has even made

its way to CFHS sporting events. It was performed by one of the largest student sections of the season at the men’s bas-ketball game last Thursday, Feb. 17.

“It was really cool to do it because you watched it at the UNI game,” senior Nick Gary said. “It was really fun to continue on the dance at a high school game and have so many people getting into it.”

Since its debut, the dance has received national attention, with articles featured on Sport Illustrated’s website, NBC and Yahoo Sports.

Wright said he never expected the dance to take off like it did, but he feels the dance has gained so much popular-ity in part because of its ease.

“It’s something everyone can do, even people who are shy dancing.”

For a complete list of steps on how to do the Interlude, see page 4.

same interest,” senior Leah Franke said.

Franke is also the daughter of coach Karen Franke. Franke is doing Individual Improv for her perfor-mance on Saturday and got involved with speech because her mom is a speech coach.

“[Speech] turned out to be really fun, so I’m glad I did it,” Franke said.

The challenges that the par-ticipants have faced come with the act they’ve chosen to do. Hua has the challenge of the old English language that comes with learning the piece by Shakespeare entitled, “A Fellow.” He will be playing the bad guy.

“I’ve never been the bad guy, so it’s awkward being serious,” Hua said.

Speech team members hope all the hard work and determination of all the participants shows through in their events that they will perform at Districts.

“I love the enthusiasm this year. [Speech] is an easier way to get into theater than actual play,” senior Lukas Swiekendik said.

Sandra Omari-BoatengStaff Writer

Student Senate is sponsoring a casual dress dance on Saturday, Feb. 26. The dance is being held at the Nazareth Church on University and Main from 8 p.m to 11 p.m. Morp is the opposite of Prom, and instead of getting all glammed up for prom, students do the opposite and go casual or even wear sweats.

“We don’t really have anything going on in February, so this would be a way to give students something to do while helping a good cause,” junior Monica Anton said.

Half of the proceeds from this dance will be going to the Cystic Fi-brosis Foundation. The Cystic Fibrosis Foundation is a non-profit organization trying to help find a cure and assist people with Cystic Fibrosis.

The tickets for Morp are $5 and started going on sale Monday, Feb. 21 during the lunch shifts. By Friday there needs to be at least $100 worth of tickets sold to be able to continue having this dance at Nazareth.

“I think this is a good idea for something to do. It’s informal, and (CFHS graduate) Nate Buck will DJ for the dance,” Anton said.

Student Senate lines up dance for good cause

CFHS students joined The Interlude craze at the men’s basketball game on Thursday, Feb. 17 at home.

Kim Pfatzgraf Photo

“[Speech] is a way to express yourself in a

different way. Be some-one else for awhile.”

—Junior Nate Hua Speech team member

CFHS speech team gets ready for district, state competitions

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tiger hi-lineFeb. 22 2011

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Feb. 17 will forever mark an important battle for freshman Cassy Herkleman ... and perhaps young wom-en everywhere. She became the second female along, with Megan Black from Ottumwa, in over 25 years to wrestle at the Iowa state wrestling tournament.

Weighing in at 112 pounds in the 3A class, Herkel-man’s journey through State was marked with many obstacles. After her first opponent Joel Northrup from Linn-Mar would not wrestle her due to his religious beliefs, the media went into a frenzy. It even got to the point that Herkelman’s phone was confiscated by Tiger head wrestling coach Wil Kelly, and her family shielded her from any media to keep her from being distracted.

At the Tiger Hi-Line, although we respect the Northrup decision and courage to stand by his beliefs, we also feel any female should be able to compete with her counterparts without being judged. Women have come a long way, and Herklemen will add to that accom-plishment with this feat.

“I made the choice to go out for wrestling. Everyone thinks it is a guys’ sport, but I went out for it, so I’m going to face the challenges,” Herklemen said in the Courier.

We give our full support to Herklemen and any other girl who goes beyond the norm of female sports, and we know her teammates also give her that support.

In fact, senior K.C. Groomes gave Herkelman her first pair of wrestling shoes. In the Courier, Groomes said, “It’s cool for her. I don’t know if she really likes it, but hopefully she understands she is getting so much respect because it is crazy what she did.”

Herkelman’s journey did, however, come to an end on Friday after first losing to Matt Victor of Indianola 5-1 in the 3A quarterfinals and then in a wrestleback against Jordan Jones of Des Moines North/Hoover, where she was pinned in a minute and 21 seconds.

We are extremely proud of Herkelman and hope to see her back in action at future state wrestling matches, maybe even winning State.

Beyond the Norm: Freshman shows commitment at state wrestling tournament

Chandal GeerdesStaff writer

A majority of members in the Iowa House support the sale of a famous painting that was donated to the Univer-sity of Iowa decades ago by Peggy Guggenheim. The mural was created by Jackson Pollack and is estimated to be worth $150 million. The House members would like to force the university to sell the mural in order to pay for scholarships going towards art students. However, to force the University to sell a paint-ing that was donated none the less, would be a cultural vandalism. Even though the value of the painting is worth millions, the painting should not be sold for the soul pur-

pose to provide fudning for art scholarships.

Peggy Guggenheim donated the painting in 1951, and when there were rumbles of selling the painting back in the ’60s, she wrote a letter stating that she did not want the painting to ever be sold. This gives her and her estate the right to take the university to court.

Selling this piece of art means greater loss in the long run for the short term positive effects. This painting not only inspires those who attend the university, but many resi-dents of Iowa. The painting is currently on display is at the Figge Museum in Davenport. The reason for the painting’s location is due to the flood on the UNI campus a few years

ago. Pollack’s painting is rightfully the universities and therefore, should not even be considered for sale.

A large problem of selling this painting is that is sets a bad example of ditching gifts for money. Imagine if a col-lege of medicine were forced to sell a cutting edge piece of donated technology just to make money for scholarships.

A painting like this would most likely be sold to a wealthy individual in a foreign country, due to inter-est in American artwork. This means no one from Iowa or even the United States could possibly enjoy its beauty again. The value, beauty, and artistic inspiration of this painting are much more valu-able than any dollar price.

Karl SadkowskiStaff Writer

In a country that relishes the concept of individual-ism, how well does Cedar Falls High School live up to the popular standard? Some may like to think that it does so very well, but let’s take a closer look; the sociological perspective may state other-wise.

To look at a situation so-ciologically means to observe the different aspects of society that make the situation the way it is. For example, many CFHS students like to define themselves with particular

fashion statements. Does a student bring a Thermos filled with coffee to school because it helps to stay awake in the hellish rigors of high school, or is it because it’s a trending fad that gives a false image of maturity? Do males vis-ibly wear clip keychains on their belts to effectively hold keys, or do they do it to feel important and keep up with the others who do it too?

A timeline of CFHS through the years will show that Thermoses and clip keychains weren’t always hip, while other things were.

However, individualism

is certainly a strong virtue to aspire for. It allows a person to have morals, opinions and make statements that are unique to his or her own self. But everyone, save the old wise man who sits on a rock high up in the mountains, falls victim to the influence of society around them. So how unique are these mor-als, opinions and statements really? Most likely, they are the recycled product of what others say and do.

The sociological perspec-tive will show (I promise you) that we’re really not as unique as we like to think.

Individualism not so easy to attain

Million dollar painting deserves preservation instead of cashing in University of Iowa gift

This mural was onated to the University of Iowa by Peggy Guggenhiem and painted by Jackson Pollack.

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tiger hi-lineFeb.. 22, 2011

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Men’s Basketball2/25, Substate @ home, 7 p.m.

Last weekWomens’s BasketballLost to Mason City 51-46.WrestlingKC Grooms finished in 7th place. Casey Herkelman won her first round by forfeit but lost her last two rounds. Zach Rahnavardi lost his first round and wrestled back to a win but lost his last round. Men’s Bowlingplaced 5th at Regionals.Women’s Bowlingplaced 6th in Regionals.

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Jared HyltonStaff Writer

The CFHS men’s basket-ball team will be at home this Friday in a sub-state game against either Waterloo West or Cedar Rapids Prairie.

A win would thrust Cedar Falls into the sub-state cham-pionship game in the McLeod Center allowing the winner to move on to State in Des Moines.

The Mississippi Valley Conference Champion Tigers

are coming off a Friday night loss to conference foe Cedar Rapids Kennedy.

“It isn’t going to set us back at all, we just need to keep our heads up and stay focused on getting to State,” sophomore guard Kalund Brown said.

Cedar Falls needs just two wins to advance to State, and this would be the first CF team to do so since 2009 when Kyle Bernard and Andrew Wirth led the Tigers until they were defeated in

Men’s hoops ready for postseason runDeep Shot:

StateStandouts

The Tigers sent three wrestlers to State last week, including fresh-man Cassy Herkelman (at top); 7th place finisher, senior KC Groomes (at right) and junior Zach Rahna-vardi (far right). Darby Sheehan Photos

Olivia BorsayStaff Writer

With snow still melting and spring fast approach-ing, the indoor track season begins. CFHS indoor track season consists of four indoor meets.

Two meets will be held at Wartburg College, and the other two meets will be held at University of Northern Iowa.

There are 20 returning letter winners for women’s track and returning 100m state champion James Harrington for the men’s track team.

There are many new fresh-men faces this year as well as new coaches. Troy Becker, who was the head woman’s track coach last year, stepped down making Don Williams the new head coach. Erica Brenden is now the hurdles and long jump coach, Gregg Groen is the new sprinters coach and Josh Carnelly will remain as the throwers coach.

The new faces for the men’s track team includes Jeff Hartman as the new head coach as well as Dirk Homewood as a new assistant coach and Cory Cantrell as a new assistant coach. Brad Pierschbacher will remain as

their first game at State. “We just need to stay on

task and try not to overlook anybody. [The seniors] have been great role models, and they keep everybody working hard,” sophomore Nick Clark said.

Despite the high stakes of their upcoming games, the Tigers insist there’s no stress involved.

“There’s no pressure - we’re confident, and we feel we have the ability and talent. We just need to make sure we

listen to coach [Tom Bardal],” sophomore Kalehl Brown said.

Junior guard James Har-rington was just a freshman the last time Cedar Falls went to State.

“James is our best player — he knows what it’s like and the intensity. He knows what it takes to get to State, and he’s going to be a key player in getting there,” Brown said.

The game this Friday is at Cedar Falls at 7 p.m.

throwing coach. Coach Hartman said, “Our

team goals are to work hard, keep improving and to have fun. If we do those things, I think we can be one of the top teams in our conference and hopefully the state.

“The seniors have been incredible in the amount of work they have put in and the passion they bring to practice. We want to have a memorable season and send them out in style,” Hartman said.

Sophomore Jaime Zarate and returning letter winners hope that during the indoor season, Cedar Falls can win or place at all their meets

and place in several events at State.

With the low number of seniors last year, Cedar Falls expects to come back even better this season.

Sophomore Kylie Hovanec said, “I definitely want to try to letter again, but my goals would be to learn to three step in hurdles, make it to State and mostly have fun.

Even with a huge differ-ence in the coaching staff, Cedar Falls has many goals for not only the indoor season but also the regular season as well as State.

Indoor track lasts till March 21.

Track team starts its engines for season

1. What do you like most about basketball?“I really love the team. Every day you practice together and you learn something new that you or your teammate is capable of, and plus basketball is just exciting and fun.”2. How did you get started?“I got started when I was in kindergarten. My dad got me into it.” 3. Who is your biggest motivation?“My biggest motivation is my parents because they always push me to do my best. They make sure I set goals for myself and to get into a gym to succeed with these goals. My motivation also comes from God, and I get this from reading Bible verses. ”

Emily NeffWomen’s Basketball

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Warm Your Hands Around the Fire

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The Revenge of the Interlude

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