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News Briefs
Tomorrow an ACT test will be offered to students from Manhattan High and surround-ing schools.
MHS offers several opportu-nities for students to prepare for the test, the most popular being a preparatory class taught by Mrs. Duvane.
Each student who takes the class receives a book of 3 re-tired practice tests and a hand-ful of tips for taking the test.
“I took Mrs. Duvane’s ACT class and have also been doing practice problems from the book every night. I think the practice tests are the most helpful,” junior Ilana Budenosky said.
A combination of 38 sopho-mores and juniors took the prep class to prepare for tomorrow’s test. The class costs students $75.continued on page 6
Page 2: Racism, Pet cost, Exotic PetsPage 3: Mad Men, Spring play, “The Lucky One,”
Page 4: Softball, Girls Swimming, Football captains,
Page 5: Food showdown, Deployment, Support groupPage 6: Crossword, NHS garage sale
Tennis, Baseball
One Direction, Choir Regionals
PROM ROYALTY
”“It’s really long term to think about adding another high school. Our community will need to continue to grow in order to see that happen.
--Seymour
Cole Anneberg
news editor
Manhattan High School could be at capacity in the near future due to an increase in the birth rate in Riley County. Recent reports from USD 383 show that the kindergarten classes for the last few years have been gradually increasing from year to year.
“We’ve seen a general birth rate increase in Riley County,” associate superintendent Bob Seymour said. “If you anticipate that those youngsters will stay here, then you could assume that there will be some addi-
tional students enrolled.”Along with an increased birth
rate in the county, an increase of population at Fort Riley is also causing larger classes. In fact, about 25 percent of USD 383 students are connected to the military, according to USD 383.
“So much of it depends on what happens at Fort Riley. Pretty recently more folks have been coming in, and any change may affect the enrollment,” Seymour said.
The report from last fall shows that 540 students are currently enrolled in the kinder-garten class -- up by about 100 students since 2006.
“Our kindergarten class has been large for the last two years, and we’ve seen that those large numbers have been retained into first and second grade,” Seymour said.
The current design of Man-hattan High School can com-fortably fit about 1,540 students of grades 10-12 -- or an average of 510 students per class. How-ever, if those high enrollment numbers of the lower grades continue to move up to the sec-ondary level, then an additional high school may be needed.
“As the younger students flow through the system we may need some additional space. It’s
really long term to think about adding another high school. Our community will need to con-tinue to grow in order to see that happen,” Seymour said. “After we see a fair percentage of high class counts at the high school we will have to discuss build-ing a new one then.”
To accom-modate the increase in enroll-ment at the elementary levels,
the district has hired more teachers, and as the increase moves to the secondary levels,
more teachers will be needed for the middle schools and high school.
“We’ve been hiring more faculty, mostly in our lower grades,” Seymour said. “If in fact all of the students at the lower levels stay in the district then we are going to
have to add more teachers at the secondary levels.”
GROWING PAINSAN INCREASING BIRTH RATE MAY NECESSITATE LONG-RANGE EXPANSION
JUSTA
LOOK More secondary education
teachers may be needed to
accommodate an increase in
students.
graphics by Cole Anneberg
In 2009 the Kansas Birth rate
was 14.7 births per 1,000
population. The 2010 birth rate
for Riley County was 15.7.
In 10-15 years an additional
high school may be needed
to support a growing student
population.
Senior Lindsey Goff plays Spanish Club’s ‘Pepper Challenge’ at the Spring Fling Carnival. “At first they weren’t that hot, but a few seconds later they got extremely spicy,” Goff said. “I ran to the bathroom to get water, but it didn’t work. I wanted to cry.” Goff won one ticket from completing the challenge and exchanged it for chocolate to calm down her taste buds.
Photo by Cole Anneberg
Shawn Sheu
entertainment editor
Students looking for a good time without drugs or alcohol had another place to hang out at last Friday. The eighth annual Spring Fling, hosted by SADD/TLT, offered a variety of activities, including a dance floor, carnival and a film festival.
“We wanted to offer diverse activities so that anyone could find something they’re interested in,” SADD/TLT sponsor Kari Quiton said.
Quiton said the goal was to host activities to promote a drug free environment, where people could have a good time in a safe environment. “Kids
always complain that there’s nothing to do on a Friday night,” she said.
Junior Covinfox Kao came in first place in the film festival, organized by the Thespians. “There weren’t a lot of people who attended,” senior Daniel St. Amand said, “but it was still a good time.” St Amand placed second with his entry.
At the carnival, many people flocked to and from the Spanish Club’s booth. The Spanish Club challenged students to try three peppers, each varying degrees of hotness.
“We had a lot of people come try it,” senior Drew Unruh said. Unruh is a member of the Spanish Club and helped with
the booth at the carnival. “It was pretty entertaining to see their reactions,” he said.
Students who succeeded in eating all three peppers won a ticket, which they could then use to redeem a prize. Other booths included a ball toss and a cake walk.
“We had a lot of community support,” Quiton said. “We had volunteers from a sorority and the KSU Family Club.” There was also support from the local group “Community Corrections,” as well as several teachers and staff members.
“There was a great turn out,” Quiton said. “This is definitely something that we plan on doing for years to come.”
Spring Fling, “A great turnout”
Kaitlin Wichmann
staff writer
After months of practice and prep, the hard work of the Science Olympiad team paid off as they took third place overall for large schools at State. The team arrived on Friday and spent the night in Wichita before beginning the competition early Saturday morning. The team consists of 15 people and is lead by Mr. Nelson and Mr. Lamb. Each member of the team can compete in up to 4 events.
Manhattan High tied for fourth place with Olathe East High School in Division C and 3rd overall for larger schools.
Manhattan placed first in
several sub divisions, including Chemistry Lab, Helicopters and Optics.
“Overall I thought we did good and were really prepared,” junior Nick Donohue said. “For the tough competition there was, we did amazing.” Donohue competed in three events, including Disease Detectives, Microbe Mission, and Fermi Questions.
“My favorite event I competed in was Microbe Mission,” Donohue said. “It was a general view about microbiology and we took multiple tests over six different stations.” Donohue worked alongside junior Austin Canady to earn third place.
“All of the people did pretty
well,” Canady said. Canady also did well in Forestry, taking second place along with Grishma Pradhan.
Several alternatives were also able to attend and gain experience.
Junior Anna Brokesh has had a pleasant experience being an alternate for the Science Olympiad.
“I enjoy [science olympiad],” Brokesh said. “I get to watch how Science Olympiad works and how all the events go under less pressure than just doing it and I get to learn from experienced members who’ve taken the tests or built things before.”
Though she didn’t compete, Brokesh still had her hands full
at State.“I helped by handing
out event cards that the competitors needed,” Brokesh said. “I helped them study the night before, brought them
equipments for the events, and just did a bunch of stuff like that. Also we recorded important things about their events that the team might need to know in the future.”
Science Olympiad takes third
Junior Parveen Ramaswamy is practicing with his robotic arm trying to place pencils inside of a plastic cup.
Photo by Sarah Shi
Prom Royalty was an-nounced Monday, with a total of 12 juniors for Prince and Princess and 12 seniors for King and Queen.
Candidates were selected from a list of several students from each class that met the criteria. In order to be on the nominee list, a student must have at least a 3.5 GPA.
Each class could only vote for students from the same class.
“I’m excited to be consid-ered,” junior Tyler Hoyt, who is a candidate for Princess, said.continued on page 6
The Manhattan High
National Honor Society
recently wrapped up the
application process for new
membership.
Open to students in at least
10th grade with a grade point
average at or above 3.5, the
process consisted of a written
application of the applicant’s
leadership ability, commitment
to community and school
service, strong character and
solid scholarship record.
“I wanted to help
volunteer,” sophomore Adarsh
Singh, one of the students
selected for admission to
NHS, said. “And it looks good
on a college application.”
Of the numerous eligible
applicants, 62 candidates
were chosen for membership.
Letters notifying those students
of the decision were mailed
earlier this week.
The induction ceremony will
take place at 7 p.m. on April
25 at MHSW.
Opinion
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Hits and
Misses
Miss: Gary Ross has de-cided not to direct “Catching Fire” due to time constraints.
Hit: Ridiculously Photoge-nic Guy is everywhere. And we’re completely okay with it.
Hit: Green Day plans to release three albums by the time this year ends.
Hit: Prom candidates have been chosen. We’re de-pressed it wasn’t us.
Hit: George Zimmerman has finally been arrested and charged for second-degree murder.
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If you could change one law, what would it be?
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Get rid of free speech so the Mentor would stop asking me questions.
Trevor Bashaw, freshman
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No shirt, no shoes, no service.
Sam Livsey, sophomore
Question Question of the of the Week Week
“ “ Drinking law. It’s too high up any ways. It should be 18. If we can die for our country we should be able to have a beer.
Rachell Bohl, senior
“Andre Middendorf, junior“ Public nudity.
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I would make gay marriage legal so I could marry one day.
I can’t remember a time in my life when I didn’t have a pet. My home has been a home to animals such as hamsters, fish, a tree frog and a guinea pig.
Now I live with an array of animals including two cats, three dogs, two birds and my brother’s bearded dragon, not to mention the 40-some horses my dad maintains as part of his therapeutic riding center and show team. It’s safe to say my house could be a zoo, complete with a pair of exotic birds.
According to the American Veterinary Medical Founda-tion, in 2007 37.2 percent of the American population had a pet dog, and 32.4 percent of the population had pet cats. The
percent of the population own-ing the most common types of pet birds, such as parakeets and cockatiels, was 3.9 percent.
My birds are by far my most beloved pets. I got Phoebe, my sun conure, for my birth-day. Sun conures are sociable, upbeat and have very affection-ate personalities. No one would expect a bird to cuddle, but Phoebe does. I take her every-where and she rides around inside my shirt with her head poking out of the top. And then I wonder why people stare at me funny. Needless to say, whenever I am having a bad day, she is definitely the one to cheer me up.
My baby blue and gold ma-caw doesn’t really have a name yet, so he goes by Buddy, Blue or whatever else seems to fit at the moment. He is seven and a half months old and growing right into his personality. Every night I whip up a gross little
creation called baby bird for-mula and feed it to him through a syringe. This process is sup-posed to help create the bond between my bird and I. Blue and gold macaws are known for their ability to be great compan-ions. They enjoy attention, head scratching and cuddling. They are also known for their ability to learn tricks and words. Even Winston Churchill owned a blue and gold macaw.
Having exotic animals around has been a great experience for me. By exotic, I don’t mean li-ons and tigers and bears...oh my! I mean something other than a dog or cat, something strikingly unusual and different. I think people should consider bringing exotic animals into their homes more often. You might be surprised by the companionship and joy you receive from your exotic friend.
On Feb. 26, a 17-year-old African American male was shot down in Sanford, Florida, by a 28-year-old Hispanic American. Zimmerman claimed that he acted out of self-defense. The shooter wasn’t administered a drug or alcohol test and the state attorney’s office said there was insufficient evidence for a conviction. In a police phone
call released to the media, Zim-merman claimed that Martin looked suspi-cious “just walking around looking about.” Zimmerman was just recent-ly charged with second-degree murder. Thousands have claimed that the in-cident was caused by racism from Zimmerman. What seemed to be a “suspi-cious” man who “looks like he’s on drugs” ended up being a 17-
year-old kid walking home with some Skittles and iced tea. The
news stations have brought up other inci-dents around the country that seem to have also been caused by rac-ism and it’s as though they’re saying racism has suddenly become a major issue in the U.S. The truth of the matter is that there is still an
unfortunately large number of people for whom the civil rights
The decision on whether to spend $20,000 on a dog treatment at the vet is bound to get some raised eyebrows. Although veterinary medi-cine has made great leaps in recent years, the availability of treatments like bone-mar-row transplants and heart stents can add up to a steep bill for pet owners who want to prolong their pet’s life.
These expensive treat-ments pose profound di-lemmas for pet lovers, but before we judge, we need to consider the meaning and significance of people’s bonds with their pets as well as the most human decision for the animal. People have been
questioning if a person can justify spending that much money to prolong their pet’s life when so many dogs and cats are euthanized in over-crowded animal shelters.
It’s understandable that many pet owners develop a strong relationship with their furry companions; studies show that they offer joy, affection and a sense of security. Devoted pet lov-ers are now going to the a great lengths for vet care, even sacrificing expenses for themselves.
However, pet owners should understand that the cost of treatments, the inad-equacy and affordability of insurance coverage and the burdens of caregiving must be considered before putting their pet under the needle. But most importantly, pet owners should ask them-selves whether the procedure
would improve their pet’s quality of life or prolong their pain.
There is also an important difference between people and pets in that people who are sick understand why they are undergoing painful treatment to get better but pets don’t. This decision has a powerful impact in consid-ering how a treatment can improve their pet’s quality of life.
People owe their pets basic veterinary care, but many should consider all aspects of treatment and not just pay because they cannot face the tough emotional challenge of making that hard decision to euthanize. The amount of money put into save one dog can save many other animals who can’t even find a home much less an owner who cares enough to consider ex-pensive treatments like these.
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“...there is still an unfortunately
large number of people for whom
the civil rights movement didn’t register as prog-
ress...
Young generation continues racism
sports editor
KassidyKassidyScroggsScroggs
Exotic pets become beloved companions
staff writer
SarahSarahShiShi
movement didn’t register as progress and even though public opinion has changed, theirs hasn’t. And even more unfortu-nately, it’s our generation that has kept it going. When previews for “The Hunger Games” were released, a large number of people were upset that the character Rue was portrayed as a young black girl. Twitter erupted with tweets about how she wasn’t described that way in the book. A few people even went as far as saying, “When I found out Rue was black, her death wasn’t
as sad.” Not only is this incred-ibly wrong and racist, the book clearly describes Rue as having “dark brown skin.” It’s amazing that some still find this acceptable. As a gen-eration full of equal rights activ-ists, we fight for equal marriage rights among gay and lesbian people, yet some continue what our grandparents and great-grandparents fought to end. If we want to make any differ-ences in this country, we need to get past our differences and realize that we can only do that if we work together.
The editorial covers a topic that is discussed by the entire staff and is writ-ten by one writer. It forms our overall opinion on the subject.
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DVR-ists beware. This article contains spoilers.
It’s too early in season five of “Mad Men” to determine whether or not it is finally ex-periencing growing pains. The latest episode contained one of the most ridiculous “Mad Men” plotlines ever, a fever-induced dream initially presented as reality by Don Draper in which he strangled an ex-lover who had snuck into his home. It was cheap and manipulative of Matthew Weiner and the rest of “Mad Men’s” writers to set it up this way, though it did have significance to the show. The dream represented Don’s efforts to get rid of his past, a consistent theme of season five so far. But this show should not feel like “Basic Instinct.” The episode served as major charac-ter development for Don, Peggy and Ginsburg (the new Jewish employee of Sterling-Cooper-Draper-Pryce), however, and had great moments.
One lackluster episode from the best drama on television is no reason to gripe. This season is setting itself up to be pos-sibly the most interesting one of the series. Roger Sterling is a hoot as usual, though his tragic flaw of coasting through life is starting to come back to haunt him, with the assistance of Pete Campbell. It’s fascinating that Pete is the adult one now con-sidering that at the beginning of the show, Don hated him for being such a child. Sterling, still my personal favorite char-
Tensions run high
staff writer
Ben Ben ShieldsShields
One Direction
changes boy band image
One Direction’s debut
album, “Up All Night,” stocked
with power-pop-rock tracks,
is taking the former British
X-Factor contestants to great
places. “Up All Night” doesn’t
suffer from the same shift in
club-influence that other main-
stream boy bands have been
affected by.
“One Thing,” my personal
favorite from the album, has the
typical, cliche lyrics anybody
would expect to hear from any
boy band. Yet One Direction
surprised me with its members’
impressive vocals. An increas-
ingly popular track, “What
Makes You Beautiful,” has the
usual ‘charming’ lyrics like
other musicians in this type of
pop music. But the amazing vo-
cal talent the boys have makes
them sound like something we
haven’t heard before, washing
out that bad taste us ‘90s kids
still have in our mouths from
‘NSync’s reign.
On a few tracks, the boys
get lazy on their lyrics like
“Cause I can love you more
than this, yeah, When he lays
you down, I might just die in-
side.” But even when they take
a predictable turn, they remain
cohesive and crowd-pleasing.
I know what you’re think-
ing, “Who needs another boy
band,” but believe me, these
guys are doing great things
with their new album. I’m glad
to see that One Direction is
transforming the boy band into
something our generations can
finally respect.
What really makes this band
unique are the different per-
sonalities that the band brings
together. Zayn Malik, one of
the bands prominently featured
singers, has that smooth, calm
and in-control vibe that teen-
age girls everywhere go crazy
for. Niall Horan is by far my
favorite member of the band.
He rarely takes the vocal spot-
light, but his playful, adorable
and boyish vibe ties the band’s
personality together. The
remaining guys, Liam Payne,
Harry Styles and Louis Tomlin-
son, tend to sound and present
themselves the same.
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editor in chief
Lindsey Lindsey GoffGoff
news editor
Cole Cole AnnebergAnneberg
acter, complained in the season premiere about the changes occurring in the office. “When are things just going to get back to normal?” he moaned. That’s the thing: with the Civil Rights movement and the rise of bands like The Rolling Stones, it’s time for his generation to step aside now. This is the new normal.
After running an ad intended to be humorous, SCDP has found themselves being forced to hire black employees. It’s a very “Mad Men”-ish twist that they integrated their office only because of a little joke. Now Don’s new secretary, Dawn, is a black woman. Her name is
the same as her boss’s, which is funny, but it also means it’s the dawn of a new day not just in their building but all over the country, too.
And then there’s Don’s new wife, Megan. Whether or not their marriage will last the season is up in the air. Don has always been “perfect,” in that he had a lovely wife and kids, a nice house, and a high-paying job. Now at age 40, Betty has di-
vorced him and he has married a girl in her twenties without even knowing her -- and she already knows his true identity, Dick Whitman. Last season, one would assume that he would hold onto Megan as long as pos-sible in order to remain “per-fect.” But the new Don doesn’t even seem to care about that sort of thing. That’s over now. He doesn’t even come to work on time anymore. It’s hard for us as viewers not to hate Megan (does anyone else feel guilty for it?), so Don has to be going nuts living with her. Only time will tell.
Don Draper is unraveling,
or at least his self-made life is. How much that changes things, we don’t know. What’s clear, though, is that while everyone around him has been perceiving Don as some sort of mystical, all-knowing figure for the past four seasons, he really has no better clue about life than the rest of us. But as all the best characters on this show know, looking like you do is the most important thing of all.
Kori Bridegam
photo editor
Tuesday night several Man-hattan High School Choir soloists and small ensembles performed for their teacher and parents for feedback. The choir students were preparing for regionals tomorrow in Junction City.
“Everybody who is partici-pating Saturday performed for Mr. Pape to get some construc-tive criticism,” senior Hayden Anderson said.
The students have been preparing on their own for the event. Chorale Director Chad Pape said, “Fun thing is you’re not sure exactly what to expect because all your students get to prepare independently.”
The choir students are going to perform self chosen pieces such as “Black is the Color of my True Love’s Hair” by John Jacob Niles and “Sento Nel Core Alessandro” by Scarlatti, Anderson’s picks for his so-los. With all of the individuals putting in work Pape seems to
have every confidence in their abilities.
“I think they are very well prepared. With every musical preparation, You’re waiting how well they focus and how intel-lectually prepared they are,” Pape said. “If they show up with brains turned on they should do pretty well.”
Julia Pfromm performs in front of teachers and parents for feedback before the regional choir competition.
Photo by Anika Nyp
Choir students prepare for regional
competition
Fifth season of ‘Mad Men’ earns critic’s approval
Photo courtesy of IMDB
Ben Shields
staff writer
Cast members of “12 Angry Jurors” have been rehearsing ev-ery Monday through Thursday after school until at least 6 p.m. since the beginning of March. The show opens Thursday, April
Sophomore Ethan Schmidt and junior Natalie Shank rehearse before the upcom-ing show of “12 Angry Jurors.”
Photos by Shawn Sheu
Twelve Angry Jurors Cast prepares for performance
Nicholas Sparks is widely known for his sappy love sto-ries that captivate almost every woman. “The Lucky One” has been no exception, recently coming out with movie trailers starring Zac Efron. I thought that the book had to be great; however I real-ized to my utter disappointment that the book was kind of bland.
The book is good, don’t get me wrong, it just didn’t bring in my attention like I had hoped. “The Lucky One” is written in a true elementary fashion. There is no suspense to the story and I could tell exactly what was coming. The boy falls in love with a girl and they have some sort of roadblock that they must overcome. Sparks never comes up with new material and as an avid reader of his work it’s
become quite frustrating.The reader immediately falls
in love with the character but I found myself wanting to know more, Sparks lets the reader into the minds of all of the char-acters; however, when reading their internal thoughts I literally wanted to gouge my eyes out. No one thinks the things that they do.
I’ve started to realize that Sparks follows a formula when
he writes his books. He sets the plot in North Carolina, which is conve-niently where he is from, then he sets the reader up for a whirlwind romance that sometimes ends up a little lackluster. A character that the reader cares about or has developed feelings towards will die, there’s a storm where the plot finally reaches
its climax and the couple ends up happy.
I can’t say that I’m not a fan of the formula, but the books really just pass my time. Sparks never seems to go very in-depth. The characters that he presents could have so much more po-tential but it seems like he can’t pull back the layers.
New Sparks book echoes past novels
19, and also shows on Friday and Saturday. Cast member Ada Davis-Nouri described Reginald Rose’s iconic play as an “inter-esting acting challenge” and said the rehearsals are “maddening but rewarding.” Tickets are $5 for adults and $4 for students.
In “The Lucky One”, war veteran Logan Thibault finds a picture of a woman and is absolutely captivated. Enamored by her beauty and the luck that the photo brings him, Logan sets out on a trip to find her. He walks from Colorado to North Carolina with very little clues as to who she is. That in itself has the potential of being one of the sweetest love stories ever written but the poor writing takes away from the beauty of the story. For example, some of the small details that take away from the writing were the fact that Sparks was simply uneducated about what he had written. When explaining ingredients for homemade ice-cream he lists random ingredi-ents such as flour. Who has ever used flour in their homemade ice-cream? Certainly not me. He should probably stick to what he’s used to writing about, such as his home state and large plot-turning thunder storms.
The book has everything it needs to be as great as “The Notebook”. However, I think Sparks did not take the time to evolve this book and make it as good as it could be. I wish I could sit here and say that it was a great read, because I truly respect Sparks as a romance novelist.
Photo courtesy of goodreads.com
Photos by Melissa Birdwell
Sports
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Photo by Tristan KnottPhoto by Tristan Knott
SportsNotes
meet with a time of 2:18.45, as well as getting second in the 100 yard butterfly with a time of 1:06.22, a mere second away from qualifying.
“I’ve already qualified in the 200 yard Individual Medley, but I’m just one second away in the butterfly,” Dritz said. “I think if I swam it one more time I could get it.”
Carpenter is just as confident that Dritz will qualify in the next meet.
“She’s a highly talented swim-mer,” Carpenter said. “She was just outside of the top eight at state last year, and it’s highly likely that she will be a finalist this year.”
Dritz, an active swimmer for 10 years now, plans to continue swimming to get her personal bests.
“I like challenges and swim-ming is very challenging,” Dritz said. “I enjoy being in the water
Sophomore Aubrey Jung pitches an inning during the home game against Empo-ria.
Photo by Tristan Knott
Softball recovers in week two
Kassidy Scroggs
sports editor
The Manhattan girls soccer team took on a series of big games this week.
The Lady Indians faced the Washburn Rural Junior Blues last Friday at home.
The team took the Junior Blues to two overtimes with an end result of, 1-1.
On Monday, the Lady Indi-
Football Captains
Carly Tracz
staff writer
Monday, the Manhattn High School boys golf team held its first home tournament at the Manhattan Country Club.
The team placed first with a score of 312 with Shawnee Heights close behind with a score of 318.Freshman Cole Dillon placed
third with a score of 75, five over par and just one above second place. Sophomores Scott and David Woods placed sixth and seventh respectively with a score of 78.
Varsity played in the Wash-burn Rural Invite yesterday. JV will host the Manhattan Invite at Stagg Hill next Wednesday at 8 a.m.
Cole Anneberg
news editor
The girls swim team did excep-tionally well at last Thursday’s meet in Salina, with many of the girls moving closer to qualifying for State.
“We have a really strong bunch of girls,” swim coach Jerry Car-penter said. “A lot of them are just at the edge of being State qualifiers.”
One of those swimmers is se-nior Keziah McNair, who along with sophomores Emma Bartlet, Sammi Greiger and Emily Kady swam the 200 yard free relay, earning a time of 2:02.99 -- eight seconds away from qualifying.
“I got my best time so far and my goal is to qualify,” McNair said. “I’m going for it.”
Another swimmer that is close to qualifying is sophomore Pilar Dritz. Dritz got first in the 200 yard Individual Medley at the
and I know I will keep swim-ming.”
The rest of the team has been working just as hard to swim their best for the remainder of the season, such as first year swimmer, senior Jordyn Ste-phens. Stephens places first in the 50 yard freestyle with a time of 36.84.
“I only docked a second off of my time, but the best part was that I learned to control my nerves. I was really nervous at my first meet. I’m giving it my all and the support from the rest of the girls is helping me too,” Stephens said.
Senior Elisabeth Richt agreed stating “We cheer for who ever is in the water all the time. When you’re swimming you really can hear all the support from your teammates and coaches.”
Exceptional performances leads to qualifying
Taylor Weisman
staff writer
The Manhattan High School
football teams began work on
the 2012 season by electing
captains. The new captains are
Juniors Cameron Garwood,
Wiatt Charleston, Logan Clark
and Jacob Holloway.
"I tell the kids beginning their
freshman year that its a process
that leads up to their senior
year," Head football coach
Joe Schartz said. "The guys
that were chosen have proven
themselves trustworthy to their
teammates."
Through out the season players
begin to notice other players
for their leadership ability and
trust and will ultimately chose
who they want to lead the team
for the upcoming season. Once
the season ends, players will
then decide which players will
lead the team for the upcoming
season.
“I’m proud to be elected,”
Clark said. “It’s a real honor.”
The players who were elected
captains will now take on some
new responsibilities and the first
thing that all the captains aim to
do is keep the group motivated
through-out the season.
"We have to keep the group
tight," Holloway said. "We can't
let ourselves stray away and
lead by example."
Last seasons captains were
Seniors Joe Ballard, Trey Francis,
Logan Mahan and Brooks
Debord. A captains job is to
lead and teach others to follow
in their footsteps when they
graduate. Now a new era of In-
dians will take the field in August
next season.
"I learned a lot," Charleston
said. "Just how they act. They're
the first ones to practice and the
last ones to leave."
The captains have been
chosen, now the Tribe will begin
work on the up coming season
in hopes to return to the post
season.
“Well we work year round in
the weight room,” Schartz said.
“Its a long process to build a
team and we’ve begun that
process.”
After 27 straight regular
season wins the Tribe will look
to extend that winning streak
next season and begin defense
of their crown as Centennial
league champions.
Lindsey Goff
editor in chief
The softball girls came back out on top this week after playing Emporia and Highland Park. The girls scored 8-0 and 5-4 against Emporia, then de-feated Highland with a score of 18-0 and 15-0.
At Emporia the girls made sure that they learned from the mistakes that they had made at their last game and immediately attacked them offensively and started putting points on the board.
"We did great offensively and Aubrey Jung pitched. She did amazing," senior Cat Bridegam said.
During the second game the girls relaxed a little, figuring that Emporia would not be a hard team to beat during the second game. However they were proven wrong.
"We were a little lax on batting and didn't score for a couple of innings. Tyler Hoyt pitched for
six innings then Allison Devlin came in to relieve her and Em-poria jumped on us," Bridegam said.
Emporia tied with the Indians during the seventh when Devlin grounded out. Junior Kylie Smith came in and flew out for a single and junior Kori Bride-gam got a base hit. Cat Bride-
gam had a hard hit to the short stop. With two girls on bases junior Kaitlyn Motely came in to bat. Motely got Kori Bride-gam off the bases and scored the winning point.
"We had some base running er-rors that are irritating because most of us are experienced players. We just got excited and
want to be aggressive," Bride-gam said.
During the girls' games against Highland Park they had an easier break.
"We really jumped on them and hit really well. The second game we did the same thing but we kind of sat back and didn't get as many runs so it took us a little longer," Devlin said.
After what looked like a bad warm up the ladies went out and got nine runs in the first innings.
The girls took a while to get a good lead but during the last in-ning they scored eight points.
Jung pitched for the first two innings and eventually both games ended in a mercy rule.
"What we do really well during games is remember to have fun while we're out there and we al-ways play really well as a team," senior Ashley Hageman said.
The team still had some prob-lems with their base running and are hoping to refine their game.
"When it came to what we messed up on most (Varsity) Coach Scott Mall would say it was base running, but I thing we just had some miscommuni-cation on the field. Everyone is really good at it we just messed up," Devlin said.
Tonight the Indians play Hayden at home, a school that the girls expect to produce a much closer game.
"This year they have a new freshman pitcher that is sup-posed to be amazing. It's going to be tough coming off such an easy win then have to go in and play a team like Hayden this week and Shawnee Heights and Seaman next week. We're in the meat of our schedule now and last year Hayden beat us, we split with Shawnee, and lost to Seaman," Bridegam said.
Even though the girls will be up against difficult teams Bride-gam has full-faith in her team.
"We're working on fine-tuning our game and have a really good softball IQ," she said.
Kaitlin Wichmann
staff writer
The boys Varsity tennis team competed in their only home meet this past Tuesday, follow-ing a second place win the week before at Washburn. This time the team took first, beating out Marysville, Junction City, and Highland Park. The team won 11 out of the 12 games, drop-ping only one game in the #2 doubles.
Senior Kenton Hallowell led the team in #1 singles and end-ed up only playing two matches, after there was a default due to injury. Junior Jake Seaton played #2 singles and never lost one game, resulting in a 24-0 game count. Juniors Riley Ratliff and Dustin Hayes paired up to win three straight matches as the #1 doubles pair. Sopho-mores Samuel Hong and J.T.continued on page 6
Sports in pictures
ans took on the Salina Central Mustangs at home.
Sophomores Ally Taylor and Emma Samenus were the only two to find the back of the net against the mustangs but it was enough to hold the lead.
The team traveled to Emporia on Wednesday. The Lady Indi-ans beat the Spartans, 3-0.
Tonight, the Lady Indians take on the Seaman Vikings at 4:30 p.m. at Anneberg Park.
Tennis takes home
meet
Two Indian players try to stop a Junior Blue from getting further down field in the home game last Friday.
Photo by Tristan Knott
Left: Sophomore David Wood tees off during the home invitational at Man-hattan Country Club. Woods placed sixth and seventh.
Photo by Tristan Knott
Baseball sweeps
HighlandShawn Sheu
entertainment editor
Tuesday was a successful day for the Manhattan Indian Varsity baseball players, as the team swept the field in a vic-tory against Highland Park. The team played a double header at home, with a final score of 7-1 in the first game, and 5-2 in the second.
Despite scoring more runs in the first game, senior Derek Francis thought the team performed better in the second game.
"We had a lot more energy in the second game," Francis said.
Francis pitched for the start of the first game, with senior Craig Berry coming in as a relief.
"We came out flat," Francis said, "The defense wasn't up to the level that it has been all year."continued on page 6
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Nugget Showdown:McDonald’s vs. Burger King in a neck-in-neck taste test
Ben Shields
staff writer
For our food comparison this week, I am evaluating the nuggets of McDonald’s and Burger King. This is not my most controversial article. In fact, I would encourage you to read the editorial on the Opinions page about racism if you only have time to read one thing. It is not likely that this will influence your decision of which nugget to consume today, tomorrow, or at any time.
I considered live-tweeting my consumption of the nuggets, but I didn’t want to spoil the surprise. In order to do this as fairly as I could, I alternated with each bite: first a mouthful
of McNugget, then a mouthful of BK Chicken Tender (I should make it clear now that I did not use condiments so as not to cloud the taste of either). I consumed three of each kind. Here’s how it went:
Round OneI’m chewing a McNugget.
It’s quite good. I’d recommend it, though if you’re looking for an introduction to McNuggets, this isn’t a good one. A little too much breading, and the flavor is slightly off. I swallow it, and feel satisfied.
Next up is the Burger King. I confess that my expectations are low. I don’t like the atmosphere in there. I think an unshaven, overweight man sitting in the back is part of the Burger King
floor plan. Doing my best to leave my prejudices behind, I sink my teeth into the nugget. It’s not good. The mixture of the crunchy outside and chewy inside isn’t working. I swallow it, and suddenly I taste ammonium hydroxide.
Round One goes to McDonald’s.
Round TwoI start this time with the
Burger King nugget. Though it’s an improvement over last time (the inside is a bit juicer), it’s not doing it for me. It looks like another win for McDonald’s is seconds away.
Thinking the round is decided already, I take a bite of McNugget. It’s fantastic. Everything about this
McNugget is perfect. As I chew, the sunset gets a little more breathtaking and a beautiful woman opens my car door and gets in. Surely, this is what heaven feels li -- and then it disappears. The sky is pitch black and the bombshell is nowhere to be seen. There is a bone in this chicken nugget.
By default, Round Two goes to Burger King.
Round ThreeIt’s neck-to-neck, folks. This
is it. Whoever walks away from this round alive will have won the nugget showdown. As a lifelong McNugget fan, I never thought we would even need a round three. But here we are.
I start again with a Burger King nugget. It sucks. The
breading is at an all time low, so crunchy that I feel a bit of enamel come off my back molar. I finish as quickly as I can and wash it down with some Mountain Dew. Not looking good, BK.
McNugget time. It’s an anticlimactic ending; this nugget is nowhere near as good as the disqualified one from round two. But it pummels the Burger King nugget. McDonald’s has Burger King pinned on the mat for the required three seconds, and it’s over.
The Championship goes to McDonald’s.
Student creates peer support groupTaylor Weisman
staff writer
Some kids who currently attend Manhattan High lack a strong support group or just someone to talk to. Junior Nick Dyer is starting a support group for MHS students who seek sup-port and a place to vent to oth-ers who will listen and provide advice.
“The idea is to support the average teenager and help them navigate through the difficult waters of high school,” Dyer said. “It’s a confidential group and if you’re in it no one outside of the group will know.”
Dyer said the point of this group is to provide a family-like atmosphere for students who seek it. He believes that starting this kind of group could help cut back on anger issues, stop depression among teens and make people feel wanted and ac-cepted among their peers.
This group is not just for kids with big problems or illnesses of some sort, it’s also for kids who just want to talk about things with peers instead of parents. Counselor Tony Wichmann said
a group like this can play a posi-tive role in the high school expe-rience by providing insight into individual student situations. “A group like this would provide the opportunity to be proactive to a situation,” he said.
He has seen similar pro-grams at other schools and has found that advice from peers can be very helpful and posi-tive, whether it uses trained or untrained peer counselors. For those students who want to help others, Wichmann offers some advice. It’s important to be a solid listener, he said. “Don’t interject too many thoughts of your own into it,” Wichmann said. “Students are looking for more of a release than advice.”
Dyer looks forward to using his experiences to help other MHS students.
“You don’t have to have big problems to be in it,” Dyer said. “You just need to be a teenager. Everyone has to have support sometimes and it’s nice to have a group that’s understanding.”
The group is currently decid-ing when it’s first meeting will be. Gigi Cohen, MHS counselor, is helping to sponsor the group.
Deployment upsets regular lifestyleSarah Shi
staff writer
Imagine the memories that come with prom, but without your parents by your side, tak-ing pictures of every precious moment. Picture yourself at graduation, diploma in hand, and walking over to your family and seeing an empty seat where one of them should be. For students with parents in The Big Red One, this is reality.
Many students at Manhat-tan High who must deal with a deployed parent this month felt the change in the dynamic of their families as their father, mother or both left for Afghani-stan. Fort Riley’s first infantry division deployed many of its soldiers this month.
Junior Susie Willi’s father left for Afghanistan this month and said her father’s deployment has resulted in a couple of changes around the house.
“The parenting is all on my mom now so I try to help as much as I can,” Willi said. “I have a younger sister and if my mom is busy with her then I try to make dinner. I don’t have a driver’s license and my dad used to drive me to places, but now
it’s harder to get to things.”Senior Lindsey Goff is also
experiencing similar things around the house as she has younger siblings of her own.
“It’s a lot harder and my mom is busier so there’s a lot of carpool-ing that I do. Sometimes it’s like I’m another mother for my younger siblings,” Goff said. “It’s always difficult when he leaves because you always have that feeling that something could happen. The hardest part is knowing how much it hurts our family and it never gets easier.”
Although their parents are hundreds of miles away, some still find ways to keep in touch.
“We talk on Skype but sometimes it’s easier to not talk to him because it just makes the fact that he’s not here more
real,” Willi said. Willi’s father works as a mechanic that fixes and rebuilds destroyed vehicles
and although he’s not fight-ing, there’s always that feel-ing of uneasi-ness, Willi said.
Senior Ivy Calvert agrees that the dynam-ic of the house-hold changes, especially since her father is the only male in her immedi-ate family.
“Our house is run com-pletely differ-ent when he’s
gone. It’s almost like having a single parent and there aren’t any boys around,” Calvert said. “When he’s on deployment sometimes my mom can’t make it to my events or awards because I also have a younger sister.”
“I never get used to him leav-ing,” Goff said. “It’s also really hard on the rest of the family when a parent leaves for deploy-ment.”
““Sometimes it’s easier to not talk to him because it just makes the fact that he’s not here more real.
-- Willi
Depth increases track team successTristan Knott
staff writer
After sweeping the Topeka Relays last Friday, the Manhat-tan High track team brought home nine golds from the Salina South Invitational on Tuesday. In Topeka, in the boys 110m Hurdles, senior Ben Bolton came in first with a time of 15.57 seconds. Senior Colt Skid-more followed in third.
The 4x800m relay team composed of Chris Martin, junior Evan Williams, senior Chris Davis, and junior James Leblow placed first with a time of 8:24.04.
Leblow went on to win the 3200m and sophomore Chris Melgares took third. Williams took third in the 800m run.
Senior Logan Mahan placed third with a jump of 21’ 8” in the long jump.
In javelin junior Jacob Hol-loway threw 171’ 1” to win and senior Tim Gauntt took third.
Seniors Terrale Johnson and
Ben Stegeman went two and three in shotput.
The girls 4x800m relay team also placed first. Sopho-mores Caitlin Heldt and Alaina Schroeder and juniors Emilie Liebe and Jessica Smith ran a time of 9:53.85.
Liebe ran the 800m race with a time of 2:26.47 and won the race. Sophomore Alyssa Smith placed third. In the 3200m run Schroeder took first with a time of 11:40 flat; Heldt followed in third.
Junior Rejoyce Bryant placed third in the 100m hurdles with a time of 16.84 seconds.
Freshman Alex Stenberg placed second in the pole vault with a height of 7’ 6”.
Sophomore Stephanie Shanower and senior Mary Jo Massanet went one and two in the discus throw. Shanower won with a throw 123’ 9”. Massanet won the shotput with a distance of 41’ 5.5”.
Head coach Jesse Woodard attributes the team’s success not
just to a few standout athletes, but to the team as a whole.
“It’s not the star players that bring home the gold, it’s the depth of all the players on the team,” Woodard said.
Sophomores Kaci Cink and Jessie Kujawa tied for second place in the high jump with a height of 4’ 6”. Senior Tarian Reeves placed first in the long jump with a leap of 15’ 11”.
Massanet took second in the discus while Shanower took third. Massanet also took first in the shotput.
Bryant took first with a time of 16.48 seconds in the 100m hurdles.
In the 4x800 relay Liebe, Heldt, freshman Megan Ochoa, and junior Blake Fingalsen took second.
Schroeder placed first in the 1600m run with a time of 5:18.22. Heldt sprinted the 400m dash with a time of 1:04.02. Ochoa took first in the 3200m.
In the 4x400m relay,
Schroeder, freshman Rachel Beach, Heldt and Jessica Smith placed third.
In the boys long jump, Mahan took first with a leap of 21’ 4”.
Junior Cain Blaha placed third in discus with a throw of 122’ 1”. Holloway placed first in javelin with a length of 173’ 7” and Gauntt placed third.
Terrale Johnson and Ben Stegeman both placed in shot put. Johnson took first and Stegeman took second.
In the 110m hurdles Ben Bolton took first with a time of 15.07 seconds.
In the male 4x800m relay, Williams, junior Warren Scipio, freshman Chris Martin, and senior Keith Naranjo placed second with a time of 8:18.93.
Senior Deante Burton placed third in the 200m dash. Leblow came in second in the1600m run. Bolton took second in the 300m hurdles. Melgares took second in the male 3200m run.
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Vote for your favorite theme idea for the
2012-2013 Blue M yearbook
Next Wednesday through Friday,
April 18-20, sample themes will be displayed in The Commons art cases. Students can vote online
for their favorite.
Make your voice
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Across:3 These girls are responsible for most of the banners
hanging in our hallways.
6 Kids in this club are proactive towards students
being above the influence.
8 Bonjour, if you fantasize about being in France
then this is the club for you.
10 Students come from all over the globe just to be
at our school thanks to this organization.
12 This club puts together our annual musical.
13 These guys have formed a group that is all about
sports.
14 Agriculture is a huge topic for the kids in this
group.
16 This club makes sure that all the new students
feel welcome.
School Clubs
17 These kids really know their anatomy.
Down:1 Drawing and painting are the main hobbies of these
clubs members.
2 Mr.Lamb shares his knowledge of the medical field
with these kids.
4 In order to join this club you must have a 3.5 GPA.
5 GSLT can be a term that is often recognized by this
club.
7 This is one of our larger clubs, they sell sopapillas
once and year.
9 This group makes sure all of our photos are orga-
nized in a book.
11 ____ plans all student body activities.
15 Japanese art is something to be relished for these
kids.
Photo by Cole Anneberg Photo by Melissa Birdwell
Continued from page 3One Direction
Each offer a unique voice to the band, like when Styles beau-tifully sings, “I need you here with me now, cause you’ve got that one thing” in “One Thing.”
Each offer a unique voice to the band, like when Styles beautifully sings, “I need you here with me now, cause you’ve got that one thing” in “One Thing.” The band has actually just signed a contract with Nick-elodeon, landing them a show to come out later this year.
Beyond their vocal talent, another reason I believe they’re becoming so globally popu-lar is because they’re cute in that British kind of way. Who doesn’t find a group of attrac-tive teenage boys from the United Kingdom, singing and dancing around, to be crowd-pleasing?
The overall result is a tender, adorable debut, as expected, which is experiencing quite a bit of bite from listeners.
Continued from page 4Boys tennis
Turnley competed in #2dou-bles and won two out of the three matches.
“I felt that the meet went re-ally well,” Head Coach Charles Kipp said.
The team celebrated their only home meet with a bar-beque following the matches.
The Varsity team will com-pete next Wednesday at a dual against Seaman. The Junior Varsity are competing in a Quad against Emporia today.
“I’m looking forward to having fun playing tennis with my friends and going to the meets,” sophomore Samuel Hong said. “I’m hoping our team will have a successful sea-son this year.”
Kipp also has a positive out-look toward the season.
With the seniors graduated from last year, more players are given the chance to play at a more competitive level.
“I’m happy I get an oppor-tunity to play with Varsity, and to hopefully get better,” junior Claib Harris said.
Continued from page 4Boys golf
The second game started off slow, with no runs scored by either team for the first couple of innings.
“We were up against a pretty good pitcher on the other team,” Francis said.
The Indians featured Brett Fehr, Chris Klug, Jacob Biller and TJ Giller as pitchers in the second game.
“Pitching was our strength yesterday,” Francis said, “it’s been in a weakness in the past.”
The last few innings brought in runs from seniors Chad Fiser, Chris Turner and Trey Francis.
The team played yesterday against Topeka West. Results from the game were not avail-able at the time of press. The next Varsity baseball game is on Tuesday against Seaman.
“I think we have a good shot at getting the league title,” Fran-cis said, “Our main focus this season is going to state.”
Connor Bliss
staff writer
The baseball C baseball team split their second doubleheader against the Seaman Vikings on Monday night making their record 2-2. They won the first 10-4 and lost the second 14-6.
Jake Olson said, “We had great pitching in the first game by Conner Brown and Evan Olson.” Olson com-
C-Team works on mistakesmented on the second game and what went wrong, “We walked too many people and made too many little mis-takes in the field that we’re going to try to fix.”
The C team has a chance to boost their record with games at Hayden today and at South East Salina on Mon-day.
Continued from page 1ACT
With colleges paying the most attention to scores, students do what they can to improve their results.
“My goal for this test is to get a 31, but my overall goal is a 33. I’m confident I’ll score close to my goal,” Budenowsky said.
For seniors getting ready to graduate and take the next step in their lives, it may seem like it’s too late to take the ACT again.
“As long as students applied for scholarships by November 1, then the school will take a score from the April ACT and use it for the scholarship,” Duvane said.
It’s important for students to understand the time constraints for taking the ACT in high school.
“I’d say start no later than the turn of the semester of junior year. If students wait because they think they have time, they put it off because they forget they have a choir concert that Saturday or they’ll be in Europe in early June. The ability to take the test several times in on the student’s side,” Duvane said.
Some changes will be coming to the test starting next year. They include uploading a photo of yourself that will be shown on your registration ticket and standby testing and location changes will no longer be per-mitted.
As well as test changes, hope-fully a location change will be coming as well.
“We are trying to get the test at MHS next year, so our students won’t have to drive as far to take the test. We just need administration approval,” Duvane said.
“If we can work it out, we’ll work it out. I just have to make sure the construction will be done. I think the test scores would go up because of the familiarity. We intend to move forward with it,” principal Terry McCarty said.
Continued from page 1Prom
Along with Hoyt, juniors Colbi Brooks, Blake Fingalsen, Claire Freeby, Elayna Spilker and Bailey Snyder are candi-dates for Princess and juniors Joe Coonrod, Patrick Day, Brady Kiracofe, Cameron Garwood, Caleb Gorman and Aaron Cole are candidates for Prince.
Seniors Chad Wolf, Brett Zapletal, Christopher Davis,
Drew Unruh, Philip Dix and Logan Mahan are candidates for King and seniors Jordyn Ste-phens, Rachel Hunt, Caroline Fry, Jenna Crusinberry, Raquel Borck and Alexia Evans are candidates for queen.
The King will receive a plaque and the Queen will receive a crown and a sash and they will share a dance after they are recognized.
Prom is April 28 at the Man-hattan Town Center.
Jimmy Risberg
copy editor
Last Saturday, the Manhattan High School National Honor Society garage sale took place in Pottorf Hall at CiCo Park. Held once a semester, the garage sale is one of NHS’ most important fundraisers.
“It’s probably one of the school’s biggest fundraisers,” senior Alex Booth said.
Booth, the senior chair in charge of the sale, started preparing for the sale in mid-March, arranging advertisement and getting the word out into the community. Most items
Large profit raised at NHS Garage sale
were offered on a name-your-own-price basis, with more valuable items having a lower-limit price. The sale netted over $800, $300 of which was earned in the first hour, about $600 of which was profit after the costs of advertising and renting out Pottorf Hall. The money will be put toward several scholarships for senior NHS members and possibly an end-of-the-year trip to Worlds of Fun for the club. Leftover clothing and other goods were donated to the Salvation Army.
“Just from the experience of doing it the first time we were a lot better prepared,” Nagy said.
