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By Lauren BakerSTAFF WRITER

this field and working in this field to do something you are not passionate about,” he said. This philosophy holds true to students wanting to pursue another career path, one very familiar to Cauf-man - the military. “Look for a military oc-cupational specialty that can translate to the civilian world when you get out, so you can walk away with not only a great experience, but with an education and practical skills as well,” he said, not-ing how important it is to be passionate about one’s field of choice. On a lighter note, Cauf-man says he has something to celebrate. On March 30, Caufman’s second son, Vic-tor Ryan, was born. Both he and his mother are doing well, Caufman reports. Members of the school community have expressed their excitement at Cauf-man’s return, including oth-er educators and staff mem-bers. “I think he’ll bring a strong sense of leadership af-ter serving his role as a leader in the military,” said Wesley Ward, an English depart-ment teacher. “[His home-coming] will probably be as

low-key as possible, because that’s how he would prefer: business as usual.” Ward has worked with Caufman for four years, and said the principal is a Phila-delphia Eagles fan, a talented carpenter, and a lover of mo-torcycles. “He used to ride a Har-ley-Davidson; I’m pretty sure he still does,” he said. Caufman said he’ll have his work cut out for him when adjusting to the high school setting again. “To be honest, I will first need to learn and evaluate all the changes that have taken place over my two-year ab-sence. The last thing I want to do is make snap decisions. I want to make changes based on the true needs of the stu-dents, staff and school,” he said. Caufman plans to return to the high school in the fall of the 2013/2014 school year.

daily basis.” What advice does Cauf-man have for the students at Central in regards to their fu-ture plans? “No matter what your post high school education plans are, pick something you are passionate about. Find the career field that you know you can wake up, for the next 25 to 35 years, and want to go do. You will spend way too much time studying

Caufman. His active military leave began in the fall of 2011, and he said this mission has allowed him to use his mili-tary intelligence training. “I get to be an active play-er in the intelligence process on a daily basis,” he said. “So far I have had a very reward-ing experience with my de-ployment. I have been on a mission that is truly helping people and the host nation we are working with on a

Central York High School principal Major Ryan Cauf-man, who is currently de-ployed to an undisclosed lo-cation, said that his military experience has given him opportunities he may have never otherwise had. “It has allowed me to learn so much and put me in contact with some great and fascinating people,” said

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Juniors prepare for future military careers

Junior year tends to be a time when students consider and possibly determine their post-high school plans. After graduation, some may jump into jobs and others may go straight to college. Ian Johnson, Corey Wendt, Alexa Snider and Darren Miller see themselves pur-

suing a military career.By Madison Luckenbaugh STAFF WRITER

Ian Johnson aims for a specific bar to fly high in the skies. “I want to be in the cockpit of a plane,” Johnson said. “The United States Naval Academy has the best program for that, for true flying, but it is one of the most selective schools in the country.” As of 2010, there is a 7% acceptance rate. He knows certain knowledge is essential to take on this job. Calcu-lus and trigonometry are the most important math classes needed. “I like to apply what I learn to real-life experiences,” Johnson said. He will use the skills he learned in math classes to fly a plane one day. There is a five-year commit-ment of service in the Navy after Cadets graduate from the acad-emy. Johnson said, “I can gain an edge. The Naval Academy opens the doors to anywhere you want to go.” After this, he plans to continue on to commercial flying. But in the meantime, “I want to serve my country and follow a legacy,” he said.

“When your job is to save peo-ple, not being able to save someone would be hard to live with,” said Corey Wendt. Wendt plans to enlist into the Navy, the only branch with rescue swimming. As a swimmer for six years, he realizes this would be the best direction for him. He started his path by talking to a Navy recruiter. He took his ASVAB, the Armed Services Voca-tional Aptitude Battery, November 1. The process can be physically demanding with requirements that include a timed 500 meter swim, a one and a half mile run, 75 push-ups and 75 sit-ups in two minutes and eight pull ups. The next step will be to head to MEPS, a Military Entrancing Pro-cessing Station that determines the applicant’s physical qualifications, aptitude and moral standards. Wendt says he plans to serve for some time and afterwards be-come a police officer. “A military background gets you a job much easier,” he said.

Why join the service? Alexa Snider has thought about it for some time. “I have a lot of national pride and patriotism,” she said. Different from most girls her age, Snider is on her way to enlist-ing in the Marines. “Everyone is the top in the Ma-rines,” she said. “That’s what makes them different.” She started with physical train-ing. After meeting Sgt. Herman, a recruiter for the Marines, during lunch, he convinced her to go to physical training, or PT. From then on, she realized her path. The PT, located at the recruit-ing center in York, teaches physi-cal readiness, general orders, rank structure and a little history too. It prepares prospectives of the mili-tary in almost all general areas. Snider said that she is glad she took this opportunity. “The military has been an inter-est of mine for a while,” Snider said. Now she knows for sure.

Darren Miller looks to the Air Force Academy for his future en-deavors. His family influenced him. His sister, uncle and cousin all enlisted. Along with others, he took the ASVAB test in the fall of his junior year. In the past, he considered go-ing to college, but soon realized, “Without a scholarship or defini-tive place, I wouldn’t be able to go to college.” The military was an option that solved this situa-tion. The Air Force excites him. He wants to go into the Jump program. This would give him the chance to sky dive for the first time, without an instructor. Felix Baumgartner, a space diver, inspires him. Why the Air Force? “Well, I have a fear of drown-ing in the middle of the ocean, so that rules out the Navy,” he said.

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Not just another ‘prom proposal’

By Caroline HughesSTAFF WRITER

On a recent Thursday af-ternoon in April, the fourth period of the day had just be-gun and late students sprint-ed down the halls in attempt to sneak into their classrooms. The week was coming to an end, and the students were itching to go outside and feel the warm weather. Erin Walker’s class-room was no dif-ferent. Tabitha Foy, a junior, sat in Erin Walker’s class expecting to continue her studies and finish the day. What she didn’t know was that she was just a few minutes away from running into her father’s arms after he

returned from a five-month deployment to Afghanistan. “As soon as I saw him walking down the hall-way, I got up and ran,” said Tabitha. Many family members followed him, and a ban-ner saying ‘Welcome Home Chief Foy’ hung in the hall-way outside of her class-room. Foy witnessed the ban-

ner being carried toward her classroom but just shrugged it off at first. “I thought it was just another prom proposal,” said Foy. “I had no idea.”

Walker and Foy’s mother had been planning the sur-prise party for two weeks. Chief Foy was home for good and it was the first time Foy had seen or heard from him in months. He was deployed right after Thanksgiving, so it was an emotional welcome for her whole family. “Everyone in my family has a military background,”

s a i d Tabitha. F o y recal led her initial reaction and said,

“You’ll never experience any-thing like it unless you have family in the military. There are no words to describe it. I was so happy.”

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Central soldier speaks from Afghanistan

In 2007, Troy Blanken-stein was number 89 on the Central York football team, a member of Central’s first swim team, a post on the basketball team, a part of the Substance Abuse Awareness Committee (SAAC), a mem-ber of Student Council and a member of the 2006 Home-coming Court. Now, Blankenstein is in the United States Army as a STRYKER Infantry Platoon Leader in Zharay Province, Afghanistan. He has been deployed for four months. Blankenstein graduat-ed from Central York High School in 2007 and attended Radford University on an Army ROTC scholarship. Blankenstein’s job in the Army is much different than his duties as a football or basketball player at Central York., he said. Some people may think that being a STRYKER Infan-try Platoon Leader may get tiring and taxing, but Blan-kenstein whole-heartedly disagrees. “I love everything about it,” Blankenstein said, jok-

ingly adding, “My least fa-vorite is the other branches; no one is better than the US Army.” Blankenstein says his grandfather was a big influ-ence on his choice to be in the Army. “My grandfather was in the Army and was a Cadet at West Point. We would take trips up there in the fall all the time for football games. Since then I loved the Army and always wanted to be an Infantry Officer in the Army,” Blankenstein said. Blankenstein said he has learned a lot in his four months serving in Afghani-stan, but he still misses being home. “The best thing about the service is the teamwork that you learn, and being able to influence so many people’s lives,” Blankenstein said. “The thing I miss the most is family, friends and-watching college football and basketball,” he said. Blankenstein’s mother, Molly, teaches 2nd grade at Hayshire Elementary School. Blankenstein said, “Cen-tral School District felt like a second home to me.”

By Jordan NittingerNEWS EDITOR

“There are no words to describe it. I was so happy.”

Tabitha Foy

Foy embraces her father, who returned fron Afghanistan to surprise her, in the doorway of Erin Walker’s class last month. (Photo by Paige Gross).

Hallway sign welcomes father home from Afghanistan

Troy Blankenstein visits Tribal Elders in their home. (Submitted Photo).

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baugh. From age 17 to 26 (1985-1994) Carbaugh was a part of Army Reserves as a med-ic. Later, she was also a part of the Army as a journalist and military historian from 2005-2009. As a military historian,Carbaugh had to gather history as it hap-pened. She had to collect digital documents and inter-view people that took part in the missions. When she re-ceived information, she sent it to DC, to the United States Army Center of Military History to make the infor-

By Naya CheatemONLiNe MANAgiNg eDitOR

Being in the military is not for everyone. it is non-stop determination. Central York High School teachers, Kar-en Hudson and Mary Car-baugh, are just two teachers who served their country. Hudson remained a part of the Army Reserves from 1983-2011. She was sta-tioned in countries around the globe: Kuwait in 2005 for one year, Djbouti, Africa in 2010 for two years, and ger-many.

Before deployment, Hud-son had to go through sol-diering skills and first aid training. She also learned about the culture in the countries where she was be-ing deployed. “Long days, long hours,” Hudson said, as she de-scribed the average day of her military life: 12 hours a day, seven days a week working on ships. Hudson says she wouldn’t mind going back and doing it all over again if she had the chance. Neither would Army Re-serves veteran Mary Car-

to the students in Mark Shive’s American Studies class, an 88-year-old World War ii veteran, who fought

in both the Pacific and Eu-ropean theaters and had three brothers all in different branches of the military, was far from boring. Yet, he kept apologizing. “i’m sorry if i was boring,”

he repeated many times when speaking about his life. Frank Shneider, of York, spoke to Mark Shive’s American classes on an April morning about his experi-ence in World War ii.

“It makes it more real for the students.”Mark Shive

At just 18-years-old, in 1943, he was drafted into the Army. in 20 weeks of basic training he learned how to shoot his rifle, march, and survive the elements. When he was sent into the war, he served as a sergeant techni-cian. “i did what i was told,” said Schneider. “if i was told to fight, I fought.” He served for two and a half years, all over the

Hudson, Carbaugh: Serving country, teaching youth

world. When he was honorably discharged in 1946, Sch-neider came in through the golden gate Bridge. “People were upset about the (atomic) bomb dropped

on Hiroshima, but i was just happy to go home,” Sch-neider said. Shive said that the concept of the US dropping the atom-ic bomb on Japan can be dif-ficult for students to grasp, because they were not in the shoes of the soldiers fighting the Japanese. Shive has had many other veterans come in during his years of teaching. He often

invites WWii, Korean War, Persian gulf War, Vietnam War, and Afghanistan War veterans in as guest speak-ers. “it makes it more real for the students,” said Shive. “it’s one thing to read out of a textbook, but its another to meet the people from the wars.” Besides learning the facts of the war, there are other les-sons for the students. Shive said meeting these veterans teaches them to show re-spect. “these vets paid a tre-mendous sacrifice for their rights,” he said. “He is a very bold man,” said Shive, of Schneider. “For his first time, talking about his experience to 30 17-year-olds was pretty brave on his part.”

mation official and available to the public. Carbaugh said the best part of her military experi-ence was traveling to exotic places, experiencing other cultures and meeting people from around the world. Car-baugh served in Saudi Ara-bia during the Persian gulf War and in Baghdad, iraq during the iraq War. “i wanted the adventure, to experience new things and see the world,” she said, adding that an average day in the military depends on the job and the mission. “Some days are busy;

some are slow. Some are exciting; some are boring,” Carbaugh said. “Anytime i had to ‘hurry up and wait’ and those times of sitting around doing nothing were the least memorable days.” “i loved basic training, es-pecially the firing range and obstacle course,”she said. “Being yelled at by the drill sergeants didn’t really both-er me,” Carbaugh said. in all, military life for Car-baugh was fulfilling. “i enjoyed my military experience. it taught me a great deal,” Carbaugh said.

By erin O’NeillONLiNe eDitOR-iN-CHieF

Frank Shneider of York, 88, shows Mark Shive, an American Stud-ies teacher, his army uniform in Shive’s class in April. (Photo by Erin O’Neill)

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Reeser lives the ‘teenage dream’By Caroline HughesSTAFF WRITER

It’s not a pageant; it’s a scholarship program. For six junior girls at Central York High School, it was a “life changing” experience. But for one girl in partic-ular, Caitlin Reeser of Central York, it was a ‘teenage dream ‘come true when she won the title of York County’s Distin-guished Young Woman on the stage of her high school home. Formerly known as Ju-nior Miss, the competition took place May 4 and fea-tured 28 junior girls from all over York County. There were six contestants from Central York: Danielle Bent-zel, Madison Luckenbaugh, Elena Ream, Rebecca Zhou, Caitlin Reeser and Elizabeth Gilliland. After being accepted, the girls had roughly five weeks to prepare for the five cate-gories they would be judged on—interview, scholastics, talent, fitness and self-ex-pression. “The judges want the most well-rounded person,” Reeser said. The first challenge? An interview with five to seven judges, who asked a series of questions to test the girls’ knowledge of national and local politics, as well as au-thoritative figures. “The goal is to make it conversational,” Bentzel said. “The most stressful part of the day is the interview,” Luckenbaugh said. The scholastics portion was submitting an academ-ic transcript for the judges to evaluate. A challenging

schedule and a high class ranking boosted the score. The talent part was “most exciting” this year. “We had a really talented group,” said Reeser. Central represented performing arts skills: Bent-zel played piano, Lucken-baugh sang “Colors of the Wind,” Ream played the flute, Zhou played the cello, Reeser performed with her baton and Gilliland danced to “Papi” by Jennifer Lopez. Next was the group num-ber for the fitness portion , where the girls showcased their push-ups, sit-ups and high-kicks. The 30-second self-ex-pression allowed each girl to talk about something they’re passionate about. For Bent-zel, it’s helping children by striving to become a speech pathologist. Luckenbaugh described her love for swim-ming and lifeguarding, which she participates in at Central. Ream dedicated her time to talking about per-forming arts and the Central York Thespian Society. Zhou

spoke about a blood drive she will be setting up for this summer. Reeser focused on explaining how to live life to the fullest, while Gilliland talked about volunteering with special needs children and her long-term experi-ences working with them. “York’s the most com-petitive county; you have to keep your composure the en-tire time,” said Bentzel. Although it’s a competi-tion, all of the girls agreed on one thing: “The experience is what you’ll remember, even if you don’t place.” Now that the competi-tion is over, the six girls cer-tainly made Central proud. Reeser took first place, along with a $12,000 scholarship. She won the fitness award as well and took home an addi-tional $400 scholarship. Gil-liland was a finalist and won the interview award, earning a total of $3,000 in scholar-ships. Ream won the scho-lastic award and took home a $900 scholarship. Way to make Central proud ladies.

Singing their way to States

Singing is an unlikely workout, especially when it’s professional or with a choir. It works the abdomi-nal muscles, diaphragm and breathing control, all while standing upright. And soon, Alec Hinchcliff and Sarah Dudney will be doing some serious training. The two Central seniors recently au-ditioned for All-State Chorus and earned a spot on the six-member Pennsylvania Elite Choir. The process was “Ameri-can Idol-esque,” as the group of singers got smaller, going from the top 25 at Districts to the top 13 at Regionals. Hinchcliff and Dudney re-auditioned at the Regionals Festival, held in Hamburg in March, and were accepted into the prestigious Penn-sylvania All-State Chorus. Dudney said the auditions in Pennsylvania were harder than most; the applicants had to go through four blind au-ditions, while in other states the only requirement is to send in a pre-recorded sing-ing track. Hinchcliff and Dudney placed ninth out of 30 people in their voice parts. “If someone tells me I can’t achieve something, I find a way to make it hap-pen,” said Hinchcliff. In-volved with three separate choruses, including Senior Honors Choir and Celebra-tion, Central York High School’s show choir, Hinchc-liff says he has been singing since he learned how to talk. “I’m afraid of disappointing

the people who think I can go far,” the senior said. However, it appears he has little room for disap-pointment. After graduating this May, Hinchcliff plans to attend West Chester Uni-versity, double-majoring in music education and either psychology or physics. “I’m proud of making it to states,” Hinchcliff said. “It proves that all my work in high school has paid off.” “I will be attending Le-high University in the fall to major in engineering and minor in music. I applied for the Lehigh Choral Arts Scholarship,” said Dudney. “The man I auditioned with was Dr. Sametz, the All-State conductor. At the time of my audition, I had no idea that I would make All-State chorus, and that he would be the director. You can’t argue with destiny.” Dudney won the scholarship, and will re-ceive eight semesters of free voice lessons from Sametz during her enrollment at Le-high. “The friends that I made in these choirs is really what continued my love for sing-ing. Sammi Crabill and Greg Feldmann were huge inspi-rations for auditioning for District Chorus. Both Sammi and Greg made it to the All-State level last year when Alec and I only made it to the regional level,” Dudney said. “Their success and en-couragement, and the slight threat that we needed to car-ry on that Central All-State tradition, prompted me to work hard and qualify for All-State Chorus,” she said.

By Emma WoodwardSTAFF WRITER

A few Central participants rehearse the self-expression portion at a re-cent practice at Central York High School. (Photo by Erin O’Neill).

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New teachers learn ropes in high school social studies departmentBy Mickayla MillerSTAFF WRITER

By Emmalynne RosserSTAFF WRITER

The great matchup: Dual Enrollment vs. AP classes

Teaching is hard work. It’s some-thing new teachers have to get used to, and for four fresh faces in the So-cial Studies Department, it’s already second nature. Monica Barnett, one of the two new Global Studies teachers, has a few words for future educators to help prepare them fully. “The best advice I can give... is to be patient and sincere with students,” she said. “Your attitude toward students will set the tone in the classroom, and stu-dents do their best with in a positive atmosphere. That is also where the teachers have the most fun, too.”

Dustin Martin, who started this semester as the Law and Founda-tions of Citizenship teacher, said that despite the fact his classes are for freshmen, the use of iPads are not an everyday thing. “I’m still trying to figure [myteaching style] out. I use a bit of ev-erything,” he said. Martin said that kids seem really enthusiastic about what he has to say. “The best way to get them involved is to relate it to them personally.” He does this by conducting simulations and assigning projects. The key to being a teacher is “flexibility,flexibility,flexibility,”hesaid. “And make sure that it really is your passion.”

Dual Enrollment -Providesrealon-campuscollegeexperience

- Classes are outside of the school, giving you an opportunity to learn time management skills

-Studentsaregivenmoreexplorationwithcollege level areas of study before they have to declare a major.

- Courses are reasonably priced

- Most credits are transferable

AP classes- Classes are free

- Taking the AP test, for around $80, can pro-vide you with college credits

- Classes can work with your schedule and be taken without having to leave the high school building

- Standardized criteria nationwide- every col-lege knows the information that you are learn-ing

- Courses are rigorous and prepare students for college

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“I don’t dread Mondays,” said Jason Kelly as a show of his passion for his job. Kelly is the new Sociol-ogy and Psychology teacher. While this isn’thisfirst fullyearof teach-ing—he taught at Red Lion Junior High—he said he is still pretty new to the game. “[Myviewonteaching]ismorepositive now. I’m getting the hang of it, and I’m comfortable,” Kelly said, noting that he was “clueless” while student teaching. “I can take all of the classes in the world, and it still won’t prepare me as much as just doing it.” Kelly said he graduated from Shippensburg University. It only prepared him “to a certain degree.”

“I would have to say my teach-ing style is a little bit of everything,” said Stacey Peterson, one of the two new Global Studies teachers. “I like to keep students thinking and applying the information they learn in my class.” Every day in her room, Peterson said, she tries to utilize Central York High School’s wide range of technol-ogy. “Sometimes it will just be from the projector, other days involve the computers/iPads and looking up in-formation about the various regions around the globe.” (Below, pictured from left to right, are Bar-nett, Martin, Kelly and Peterson.)

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Tanning taints future healthBy Morgan WebbCo-opinions Editor

Well it’s that time of year again. time to push aside all of our fall and winter clothes and make room for a cooler and more colorful summer wardrobe. summer means flip-flops, sunglasses, tank tops and …tanning? Maybe not. Although it may be tempting to slip inside the tanning bed and wait for that sun-kissed glow, we should think twice about exposing our skin to such harmful UV rays. We’ve all heard it about a million times from our par-ents: “don’t forget to wear sunscreen! You’re not go-ing to have that young and beautiful skin forever!” Well sadly, they’re right. As much as we don’t want to worry about it now, refusing to wear sunscreen and using tanning beds can cause some serious skin conditions down the road. According to the skin Cancer Foundation website, “Just one indoor tanning ses-sion increases users’ chances of developing melanoma by 20 percent, and each ad-ditional session during the same year boosts the risk al-most another two percent.” I don’t know about you, but that fact is enough to keep me far away from tanning salons. Another fact on the web-site said, “People who first

use a tanning bed before age 35 increase their risk for mel-anoma by 75 percent.” Yup, that’s us. i know it may be easier to ignore the facts and continue to bask in the harm-ful UV rays, but this issue is health-related and in 20 years we will wish that we made better decisions as teenagers. Many doctors describe America’s tanning phase as similar to the smoking phase of the last century. Even though doctors discovered that smoking cigarettes is unhealthy, it took decades for people to stop smoking and start making good deci-sions. Let’s not be that genera-tion. Let’s not be known as “the skin cancer generation” because we refused to listen to what doctors were telling us as we were literally cook-ing our bodies to a crisp. I understand the appeal, I really do, but I just can’t get over the serious risk that is involved every time some-one gets into a tanning bed. it’s about time that we started putting our future health before our current appearance and self-satis-faction. Yes, our friends may compliment our tans for a while, and we may enjoy our reflections in the mirror more after tanning, but it is a short-lived pleasure that could have some serious long-lasting effects. At the end of the day, only we can decide how much we want to take care of our skin. A few tan lines here and there and the occasional sunburn is okay, but when it comes to cooking our entire bodies to a burnt caramel color, we need to draw the line.

ProPs & snubsProPs:- Officer Ruffin starting our days off with a smile- Great Gatsby movie- Powderpuff, May 23- Yearbook Distribution Party, May 24- Caitlin reeser winning distinguished Young Women - Performing Arts Department Showcase, May 23- the soon-to-open outdoor Classroom- the Central science olympiad team that placed second out of 29 schools

snubs:- Clocks not working- Littering the bus ramp on Earth day- Keystone schedule change- rain on prom day- Continuous cold weather

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Editors: Doug White (Editor-in-Chief), Chris Garling (Managing Editor), Kayla Smith (Co-Features Editor), Erin O’Neill (Co-Features Editor/Editor-in-Chief of Online Publication/ Photography Editor), Katelyn Caralle (Co-Opin-ions Editor), Morgan Webb (Co-Opinions Editor), Kelly Hartzell (Co-Sports Editor), Thomas Flinchbaugh (Co-Sports Editor), Sean Innerst (Co-Sports Editor), Karly Spangle (Co-News Editor), Jordan Nittinger (Co-News Editor), Paige Gross (Co-Arts Editor), Kristen Shipley (Co-Arts Editor), Naya Cheatem (Managing Editor of Online Publication), Shelby McGeary (On the Prowl Editor-in-Chief)

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the views expressed in the opinions section are the views of the bylined au-thor, as opposed to a reflection of the views of the staff in its entirety.

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Some jokes just aren’t funnyBy Mina FairstaFF writer

the purpose of comedy has always been to make people laugh. if comedy doesn’t take away from the horrors of everyday life, then what good is it? Humor is how comedians make their money, becoming million-aires because they can throw a couple witty retorts faster than the average person. Comedy isn’t meant to make people feel bad. Com-edy shouldn’t be about gang-ing up on a certain group of people and pointing fingers at them simply for daring to exist. Yet that’s what the world is seeing more and more of these days. It’s hard to find a famous comedian who doesn’t cre-ate laughter at the expense of others. More often than not, it’s at the expense of people who can’t afford to give any-thing up. they’re the easiest targets, the most common, the targets people are least likely to stand up for because previous comedians have taught them they’re accept-able targets. “You know those Mexi-cans...” “what is it with women and...” “Fat people...” it’s not creative or clever; it’s asinine. it’s no mystery laughter is meant to improve moods. anyone skilled in

stress management recom-mends trying to maintain a sense of humor during a difficult situation. Laughing releases the tension of pent-up feelings. it’s meant to be a cathartic experience. Laughter isn’t the only thing though. social support can “buffer” an individual from stress. “sidney Cobb defined ‘social support’ as information that leads some-one to believe that he or she is cared for, loved, respected, and part of a network of communication and mutual obligation,” claims the book Glencoe Understanding Psy-chology. that means laughter at the expense of others not only deprives certain groups from a vital stress-relieving experience, it also deprives them of social support. even farther than that, it reinforc-es ideas like racism, sexism and homophobia. if a white supremacist is at dinner and a white man takes the stage and starts talking about the way immigrants talk in funny accents, that white su-premacist’s beliefs are being reaffirmed; his views are not being challenged. a joke is not just a “joke.” it doesn’t happen in a vacu-um, where any possible way it affects reality is sucked up into a black hole. Jokes about certain groups create differ-ent “sides,” allowing people to view that group as the “other,” the “odd one out,” while they are the “normal.” it’s dehumanizing. there’s no logical reason for this trend to continue. there’s nothing to be proud of in singling people out and portraying them as though they are not even people. it’s shameful.

Technology: Blessing and/or curse?

By sydney FuhrmanstaFF writer

thousands of years past, primitive creatures depend-ed solely on food, shelter and water to survive. their needs were met through struggle and bravery. today, we rely on something a bit more ad-vanced: electronics, namely cell phones and computers. without them, our world would likely crash—or cease to function at all. it’s a good thing we have everything right at our fin-gertips. Or is it? From apple to Ninten-do, companies that spit out a constant stream of devices to enhance our daily lives thrive off our consumerism an need for all things related to social media. what could be wrong with that? when looking at this age from a psychological stand-point, it’s clear that there is in fact a huge problem with being too dependent on tech-nology. at some point, someone probably asked you to shut off your phone and stuff it in your pocket, and perhaps you obeyed with minimal grumbling. Maybe you start-ed to feel anxious. Did you water all your Farmville crops?

what if someone mes-saged you? where is waldo? that’s what profession-als like to call a “psychologi-cal dependence,” and as for our generation, i’d say it’s become pretty common. it’s no one’s fault in par-ticular for the development of this disorder, but the con-tinuous flood of new gaming devices and smart phones doesn’t help hinder its ascen-sion. we just can’t help the anxiety and almost-physical need for our electronics. Of course, there are more problems that arise from depending on technology. Have you ever had to use public transportation—say, the school bus—but instead of engaging in conversation with someone new or an old friend, you popped your ear-buds in and cranked up the volume? Or maybe you’ve been waiting in line by yourself so you browse every inch of the internet to avoid everyone around you. Perhaps this wasn’t your intention, to alienate your-self, but by keeping your eyes down or your head-phones in, the message you were sending to your neigh-bors demands them to leave you alone. technology encourages us to submerge ourselves in a private, solitary bubble. and even when we do break free of said bubble, our in-terpersonal skills aren’t up to par like they were prior to the overabundance of cell phones and computers. we’re all so used to texting, “skyping” and “tweeting”

that when we speak face-to-face, we simply cannot com-municate as fluently as we can in shorthand. Cyberbullying, some-thing that has often been brought up in the recent years, also resulted from this age of technology. this may seem like com-mon sense, but 20 or 30 years ago, if someone wanted to mock another person, they’d have to do so verbally, ei-ther to the person’s face or to someone else’s in the form of gossip. Nowadays, it doesn’t take much to post a cruel statement or an unfavorable picture online. technology is a blessing and a curse. some people believe that technology has destroyed so-ciety and transformed it into a solely electronic world, but others argue that technology has brought us all closer to-gether. a New York times arti-cle about the topic points out technology enables us to eas-ily stay connected through social networking sites and texting, regardless of the fact that it’s all digital. it also per-mits shy people to communi-cate without uncomfortable social situations. and tech-nology has provided us with the path to all the medical and scientific advances that have been made in the past 50 or so years. Modern technology isn’t all bad. it has its ups and downs, but the debate over whether it’s for the better or worse may never end. at least, not peacefully.

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#RestaurantProbsBy Katelyn Dermes and Emily NolteSTAFF WRITERS

You’re on your way to a restaurant, totally stoked, ready to devour your favor-ite meal. The place is hop-pin’, crowded with people. So you ask how long the wait is. Over 40 minutes for two people? There’s the first problem, which begins the epidemic of all the problems that could possibly occur in a restaurant. We’re not saying this is

going to happen to you every time you go out to eat, but this is what would occur. We’re simply preparing you for all the dangers and annoyances that could affect you during your “relaxing time to eat.”#Babies Babies. This your second problem. Screaming, wailing, tantrum-throwing, children that just won’t seem to be quiet. Parents that just can’t seem to control their child, no matter how hard they try.#OldMen Just as bad as babies, an-noying old men that had too much to drink are almost the equivalent, sometimes even more a nuisance than babies. Babies can’t use their words; that’s why they cry. But old men who had

too much to drink say things they don’t mean; argu-ments fire up or even flir-tatious behavior with the waitresses start to erupt. “Ain’t nobody got time for that, ain’t nobody wanna hear that,” as Sweet Brown would put it.#Waiting Meanwhile, you’re so engaged listening to all the obnoxious people because your hungry self is slowly dying waiting for the food to come out. It took the waiter 15 minutes just to get your drinks, and five minutes lat-er they need to be refilled. After 20 minutes, the rolls finally arrive...they are gone in another two min-utes, and you’re left waiting another 40 minutes just for your meal to arrive. That,

my friend, is a lot of waiting.#Waiters “I would just like a wa-ter, thank you.” Okay, water with lemon, *writes down in checkbook* “Actually, I’m al-lergic to lemons.” Then, when you’re wait-ing for your food, your waiter forgets all about you because he is just as busy taking care of other tables and periodi-cally checking on your order. So you sit there, cups empty, listening to the beautiful harmony of babies wailing, old men laughing too loud and people slurping on their empty drinks.#Slurping Hate to break it you, my friends, but slurping your drink isn’t going to make any more liquid magically ap-pear. Slurping isn’t going to

make your server notice you any better. So instead of slurping and adding to the chaos of jungle-like noises, try hold-ing conversation with the people that you came with for once. Just a little tip of the day for you: you’re wel-come. Going out to enjoy a dinner with your friends or family should not be diffi-cult, stressful or annoying as some restaurants make it. Guess there is only one way to avoid these problems: stay home, cook your own meal and gather around the dining room table for a non-problematic evening.

“ When customers are rude to waiters.” -Chris Basitda, 12

“When waiters are super offstandish.” -Elena Copenheaver, 9

“When you think your food is com-ing, and the waiter continues to walk right by your table.” -May Moscoto and Kelsey Miller, 10

The Prowler Asks: What’s your pet peeve when you go to a restaurant?

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To villainize or sympathizeBy Madison LuckenbaughSTAFF WRITER

Both a “seemingly good kid” and a “ruthless killer,” Dzhokhar Tsarnaev takes on the persona of a villain and a superhero. Mass con-fusion within media cover-age blurs the line between a monster and a manipu-lated brother. Where do his allegiances truly lie? Tsarnaev exposed his identity to the world dur-ing the Boston Marathon April 15. With a bomb in a backpack, he and his broth-er, Tamerlan, took the lives of three and injured more than 144 people.

Although the blasts came to an end, the media contiuned to exploit Tsar-naev’s face over every tele-vision, newspaper and inter-net site. From the projection of a prideful and intelligent young man to a trash-talk-ing, zombie-like individual in a recent People Maga-zine article, the media cre-ate confusion for the audi-ence. They make it difficult to decide whether he is the protagonist or antagonist in the story. He is shown as the victim and as the villain. In People Magazine, Tsar-naev is portrayed as both the good guy and the bad. While the media are tools to influ-ence the ideas of readership, this story exacerbates the difficulty of deciding which side to stand on. From one perspective,

the scene is set with a radi-cal mad-man. His weapon? A bomb. His attitude? Dis-turbed. As people fight to-ward the finish, an act of destruction takes over. With nowhere to turn, and no rea-son to run, Tsarnaev tests the waters as he stays in town. Law enforcement closes down streets searching for a man hidden under a boat cover. Now, he is helpless and thus portrayed as the victim. The media put him in a light where the readership feels sympathy for him. He is not a victim. Tsar-naev is the villain. Why do we show how he was in the past? This doesn’t affect the present, and this doesn’t show his true character. Con-fusion catches on. Now, the people are puzzled.

The deservers

I’d like to consider my-self a high school observer. I have walked these halls, very frequently camera-in-hand and recorded the ins and outs of this magical place. Not often impressed. There are the students that work hard- some forced to face many obstacles- who impress me. There are students, yes, teenagers, that set their mind

to something and made it happen. And then there are The Deservers- the kids in high schools everywhere who couldn’t care less about school than they already do. This disease has crept into the minds of young people everywhere, causing groans of annoyance or smart-talk any time they’re asked to ap-ply themselves or think criti-cally. One of my favorite lines: “I can’t believe that teacher gave me a 62 for the semes-ter- she failed me.”

Wrong, my friend. You earned that lovely 62, and a spot in the same class next year. Living in Central has al-ready given you an advan-tage, as we have one of the best-staffed districts in the county, as well as one of the most advanced technology programs. And there are still kids that throw that away. In the March edition of Glamour Magazine, Sarah Z. Wexler talks about these deservers and what it could mean for their future. Anne Kreamer, author of It’s Always Personal: Navi-gating Emotion in the New Workplace says in the article, “As the youngest millenni-als [those born in the 1980s or ‘90s] reach adulthood, there’s this idea that workers in their twenties are spoiled,

impatient for advancement, and disloyal to their employ-ers.” There is a thin line between being ambitious and being arrogant. Mark Twain got it right when he said, “Don’t go around saying the world owes you a living. The world owes you nothing. It was here first.” I understand that high school is a time of explora-tion- trying to figure out who you really are, but figure this: some actual effort might reap great reward.

By Paige GrossCO- ARTS EDITOR

“Don’t go around saying the world owes you a living. The world owes

you nothing. It was here first.” Mark Twain

Adrenaline is coursing through your veins. Your heart rate has become errat-ic, your breathing shallow. As you widen your eyes, your pupils dilate. Your palms are sweaty, your nerves on edge. Per-haps your heart is going to leap right out of your chest. This is all instinct—prim-itive instinct—and this fear should send you fleeing. Yet you lean closer to the action. Why? Why thrust yourself into the horror? Because you

can’t help it. In the recent Boston bomb-ing, marathon participants were injured and killed.The media swarmed, and for days, it barely covered any-thing but the attack. And the world was glued to its screens. Humans are drawn to thrills and excitement. We willingly put ourselves in ridiculous positions so we can feel that appealing adrenaline rush. So is it really a wonder why the media, like leech-es, latch onto any story re-volving around terror? Fear sells. As the manhunt escalat-ed, it was difficult to find anything on the news about

the explosion in Texas that claimed 14 lives, the Iraq bombing that killed more than 55 people and anything else newsworthy. No, the world was too en-raptured with the thrill of the hunt to move the spot-light onto what would usu-ally be top priority. The Boston Bombing oc-curred in our borders, so naturally it takes precedence even now, nearly a month after the incident. Because it’s fresh and lo-cal. Because it ignites our patriotis Because it makes us re-member the dangers in the world are closer to home than we’d prefer.Because it makes us afraid.

Media generate profit from fearBy Sydney FuhrmanSTAFF WRITER

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By Mina FairSTAFF WRITER

On a spring day at Central York High School, there is an assembly scheduled. A few strays are already gathered in the gymnasium. The excite-ment from the ground floor is quite palpable as administra-tors buzz around. Students begin to file in in droves, fill-ing the second floor bleach-ers, then the first. Some students don’t know exactly why they’re here. The most they know is that this assembly was the reason schedules were altered and fourth period was short. Others probably know this assembly has a rather unique guest speaker, a man named Rohan Murphy, age 29. He rolls smoothly around the floor in his wheelchair, speaking briefly with some of the administrators. There

are gym mats in the middle of the floor, their purpose yet unknown. After an introduction, Murphy is given the floor. The school falls into a hushed silence. Murphy spellbinds them with his story. As a child, he was born with a very seri-ous birth defect. To demon-strate, he asks the students to grab their knees and imagine them backwards. This is how his legs were when he was born. At the age of 4, his doc-tors managed to convince his parents to get his legs ampu-tated. At least then he could learn to walk with prosthet-ics, they said. During his childhood, Murphy had plenty of good friends. “The one regret I have from middle school and high school is that I wasn’t more open with the kids in the school,” he said. “I was

always so insecure about my disability. I didn’t give a lot of people a chance to get to know me.” Murphy’s wrestling career began in ninth grade. He’d always been a sports fan, and the fact that he couldn’t par-ticipate in them was disap-pointing. That changed when his middle school gym teach-er encouraged him to try out for the wrestling team. Now Murphy is a success-ful wrestler with his own Nike commercial. More-over, he does it all without prosthetics. He travels often in order to deliver his moti-vational speeches. “I don’t really consider myself famous,” Murphy said. “But every time I look at the amount of followers I have on my Facebook fan page, Instagram and Twitter, I shake my head in disbelief and say to myself, ‘really?’”

“I’m extremely happy with my life,” Murphy said. “Speaking is my dream job. I just want to become a bet-ter speaker. I still have a long way to go, but I know I am improving.” His next ap-pearance will be at the Chil-dren’s Psychiatric Hospital in his home of Long Island, New York. Murphy enjoys just being out on the wrestling mat. He describes himself as a very competitive person. “When I competed it was like noth-ing else mattered,” he said. “Wrestling was my outlet in life.” He’s been wrestling for about eight years now. Being a wrestler requires large amounts of physical strength. “The gym is like my sec-ond home,” Murphy said. He has room for other hobbies, mostly hanging out with family and friends.

“I’ve also just recently got into baking,” he said. Students had only positive things to say about the as-sembly. “It just shows you that you shouldn’t have any excuses,” Senior Brendan Brooks said. “I thought it was cool how he was comfortable talking about [his disability], mak-ing jokes about it,” said Nee-har Bhatt, another senior. Murphy’s story of achieve-ment despite adversity has inspired many people. Among those people are teenagers in high school who still haven’t yet decided what to do with their lives, some of them facing strug-gles with disabilities them-selves. As advice for those young people, Murphy said, “Find your purpose in life and don’t ever give up on accomplishing your goals.”

What did you admire most about Rohan Murphy?

“How strong he is. He’s like an ox.”~ J.T. Alleyne, 11

“He showed that anything is possible,”~Rachel Sike, 9

“Yes, he has no legs, but he is capable of anything”

~ Darrian Schade, 12

Rohan Murphy: Born different, shaped to inspire

Motivational speaker Rohan Murphy spends time with Central wrestlers in the wrestling room dur-ing his recent visit to the high school (Photo by Thomas Flinchbaugh).

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Bombing impacts Central family

By Kristen ShipleyCo-artS editor among the 23,336 runners from around the world and nearly half a million spectators at the Boston Marathon in Massachusetts was junior dylan Shue of Central York High School. He waited in anticipation for his dad, Jeff Shue, and his uncle to finish the grueling race. “the marathon is a big event. all the schools are out because it’s Boston’s

Patriotism day, i think. it’s a real friendly atmosphere, like a big party,” said Shue. the party ended early when a terrorist bombing broke up the festivities and changed lives forever. Shue, his dad, stepmother and uncle traveled to Boston the Saturday before the event, leaving the BWi airport in Baltimore, and stayed until tuesday. Monday, april 15, Shue’s dad and uncle ran in the marathon while the rest of the

family waited with hundreds of other families in the family meeting area. “First we heard a blast, then heard a second one and knew something was up,” said Shue. “At first we thought it was just construction.” about three minutes after the explosion, sirens from police and ambulances went off, and officials told the people in the meeting area to go. Shue’s dad had finished the race 10 minutes prior to the explosion, and the family tried to clear out of the area, but that proved to be difficult. “it was really chaotic. everyone was running throughout the city, but it was hard because public transportation shut down and so did the Cell towers, so there was no cell phone service,” said Shue. in the midst of confusion and panic, Shue phoned a friend and asked him to turn on the news. twenty minutes later national news broke, and the friend called Shue back to tell him. “From where i was i didn’t see the bomb go off, but we walked through a park and saw a military base nearby,” Shue said. after this experience, Shue said he became more aware of the fact that terrorism does exist and it is a threat. “it was scary, we didn’t know if we were going to live,” Shue said. “the scariest thing was there were people still running.” Shue says after this year, his dad doesn’t want to run another marathon until he can run with his son by his side.

GEP class takes to web

regardless of their future plans, all students at Central are required to take Graduation exit Project (GeP) to graduate. this semester, GeP ran a bit differently at Central York: an online class. Starting in the fourth marking period at CYHS, the school began offering an online version of the traditional GeP class. this course has been in the works since last spring and was chosen to be the first online class offered at Central. it was picked for its short length of nine total weeks, and its curriculum structure of project-based material versus content-based material. this class is scheduled first period, but enrolled students are only required to come in on tuesdays. tracy Parido, a Central GeP teacher, describes her job as “blended learning.” She explained that this class in not entirely online, but rather is blended with weekly class time to ensure success for all students. during these weekly classes, Parido goes over all assignments and material students need to know for the upcoming week. this time can be used to clear up any questions and to make sure that students are not falling behind. She describes her instruction as longer lessons once a week, instead of mini lessons every day of the week like traditional classes. Students now have all the work of traditional GeP as homework. Parido estimated

the workload at about three to five hours per week. She requires each student to keep a log of the time that they have worked on the class. this helps her get an idea for how much time students are spending on the class and monitor the workload. “i’m very pleased and impressed so far,” Parido said about the program. She explained that she has witnessed good responses in their assignments so far. all assignments are turned in through Moodle, an online network developed for education. “Personally i think online GeP is easier. i focus better at home therefore getting more work done,” said junior Megan Capella who has just started the course. “it’s really unnecessary to go to class for it when it’s just as easily completed at home.” the goal for GeP is for it to eventually be completely online, said Parido. online classes can help prepare students for college, said Parido. “i think down the road with students going to college, you will be required to do an online class at some point.” “I would definitely recommend the class to future students taking GeP,” Capella said. “online GeP isn’t any more difficult than the normal class. “It’s a flexible schedule,” she said, “and for people worried they won’t finish their assignments, the assignments are spread out and thoroughly written out for you with plenty of reminders so there’s nothing to worry about.”

By ashley KazakosStaFF Writer

Dylan Shue and family were close enough to hear the blasts.

A memorial is created for Boston Marathon bombing victims at Copley Square in Boston, Massachusetts, Thursday, April 25, 2013. (Courtesy of Angela Rowlings/Boston Herald/MCT)

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Keller retires after 17 years in CentralBy Breanna CouchSTAFF WRITER In addition to changing leaves, brisk weather and a new school year, the fall of 2013 will bring about a new transition within the Food and Nutrition Services De-partment of Central York School District. Known to most simply as “Fran”, Frances Knaub-Keller is set to retire from her current position as Director of Food Services in August after holding the post for the past 17 years. As director, Keller’s du-ties are to plan meals for stu-dents that comply with fed-eral regulations, meet with head cooks to review menus and menu instructions, ap-prove free and reduced meal applications, as well as pro-mote safety and provide

training for all cafeteria staff.Though her office is in the stone farmhouse behind the high school, Keller is in charge of supervising the purchase, reception and in-ventory control of food and supplies on top of maintain-ing the daily staffing of all nine district kitchens. “I wouldn’t want her job,” said Patti Christy, a banquet coordinator and “floater” cafeteria substitute for Central. “I’ll tell you, the reports she has to fill out [due to government regula-tion changes].” It is unknown who is to take Keller’s place as direc-tor. “I am sure whoever the district chooses will be as qualified about nutrition and school food to meet the re-quirements,” said Deb Kann,

the kitchen manager at the high school. “It’s going to be differ-ent,” said Christy. “I’m sure there will be some changes. The fear of the unknown is great.” “It has been a pleasure working with Fran all these years,” said Kann. “I feel that Fran has done a wonderful job over the 17 years that she has served the district [by] initiating the breakfast program and banquets, as well as overseeing the many changes in nutrition and guidelines.” “I’m sad to see her go,” Christy said. “We have a good working relationship… I’ll miss working with her.” “I will miss working with student committees to ‘taste test’ foods or to take students to Food Shows,” said Keller.

“I will also miss a very dedi-cated Food Service staff.”“A pleasurable experience” is how Keller described her time as Director of Food Ser-vices. “I enjoyed working with many talented and sup-portive food service and dis-trict employees to provide quality meals and service to students and employees,” said Keller. Keller says of retirement:

“I want to spend time with family and friends, enjoy my hobbies such as stitchery and gardening, [and] volunteer.” As her final words to the Central community, Keller said, “I appreciate the op-portunity that I had to work at Central York School Dis-trict and that we have great employees who make it ‘A Great Day to Be a Panther.’”

Fran Keller, CYSD’s Director of Food Services plans to retire after 17 years. (Photo by Erin O’Neill).

Outdoor Classroom provides open-air learning

The new Outdoor Classroom, located on the east sdeof the high school campus, allows open-air learning and is expected to be completed by the end of the school year. (Photos by Erin O’Neill and Karly Spangle).

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Supreme Court hears same sex marriage case for first timeBy Chandler CopenheaverSTAFF WRITER The United States Su-preme Court heard oral ar-guments March 26 over the constitutionality of Proposi-tion 8 in the case of Holling-sworth v. Perry, a California State legislation that revoked previously legalized same-sex marriage in 2008. The fol-lowing day they heard argu-ments for the case of United States v. Windsor over the constitutionality of the De-fense of Marriage Act, which only allows marriage ben-efits to those in wedlock rec-ognized by their state. While the court isn’t ex-pected to come to any formal decision until June, there are rumblings on how the Court feels or is leaning on the sub-ject. At the time of the argu-ments, there were an obvious four opposing same-sex mar-riage and four for same-sex marriage. Many predict that the

four liberal leaning judges, Justices Ruth Bader Gins-burg, Stephen Breyer, Sonia Sotomayor and Elena Kagan, will vote for same-sex mar-riage approval and equality of benefits. While the four conservative-leaning judges, Chief Justice John Roberts and Justices Antonin Scalia, Clarence Thomas and Sam-uel Alito, will vote to keep marriage opposite-sex only. Known for being non-for-mulaic in his voting, Justice Anthony Kennedy could go either way, making him the swing vote. There are multiple ways, however, in which the Su-preme Court could rule on how their opinion will be carried out. They could al-low for same-sex marriage to be ruled on by the Federal Government and take the power away from the states. The Supreme Court could fully rule that Proposition 8 is constitutional, making it

possible for other states that allow for same-sex marriage to later revoke same-sex mar-riage laws, causing same-sex couples to lose their licenses. The Supreme Court could rule that Proposition 8 is un-constitutional, which would make it almost impossible for prohibition of same-sex marriage to continue in the remaining states where it has not yet passed. Or, the Supreme Court could sim-ply allow all couples to have intermarriage privileges de-spite recognition by state governments. “Because it’s something that is set state by state, it can be a controversial topic,” said Central York High School American Studies/Psychol-ogy teacher Erin Walker. Currently, the Federal Gov-ernment gives the power to grant marriage licenses to the state governments, who can set their own laws on who and who can’t get married.

Views on gay Scouts aired

Boy Scout Andrew Blouse thinks a recent meet-ing on gay membership was a step backward for the group. “In the future, I do think that it will come back to hurt the organization and lead to problems that are ir-reversible. There is no rea-son that can be justified that gives the people of the Boy Scouts of America the right to not allow gays in Boy Scouts,” said Blouse, an Ea-gle and Sea Scout from York. Tuesday, April 2 marked the date of a meeting held in York Suburban’s high school auditorium. The meeting was open to anyone over the age of 18 that had a view point they wanted to share that dealt with the situation of gay rights in Boy Scouts. Differences in these views within chartered organiza-tions led to this discussion. As Tom Kearney, the Dis-trict Attorney, sat in the front

of the auditorium, people filed one by one to the front where a microphone was placed. Each was given a two-minute time limit to state their opinion as a panel of Boy Scout leaders jotted down notes. Some used the Bible to validate their ideas, while others took a step in appeal-ing to emotion. It was stated that the Su-preme Court gave the Boy Scouts of America the right to a decision of excluding gays, but political pressure continues to bring up the topic. There was not a final word for which way the organiza-tion will sway. This meeting was for the single purpose of gathering the opinions of those in the area. Once all thoughts are obtained, rep-resentatives will continue to higher meetings where an overall decision will eventu-ally be made. For now, this is just a waiting game.

By Madison LuckenbaughSTAFF WRITER

Demonstrators gather in front of the U.S. Supreme Court Wednesday, March 27, 2013, as the court hears arguments on a part of the 1996 Defense of Marriage Act that prevents legally wed same-sex couples from receiving certain benefits. (Courtesy of Olivier Douliery/Abaca Press/MCT).

“For example, Maryland and Pennsylvania are only about 20 to 30 minutes apart, yet the legality of same-sex marriage is the complete op-posite,” said Walker. Fifty-two percent of Maryland voters voted for same-sex marriage to be recognized by the state on November 6, 2012 and came into effect at the beginning of 2013. “It’s the first time this has ever gone to the Su-preme Court,” Walker said.

While other Supreme Court cases related to marriage have occurred over the years, they’ve been predominantly over interracial marriage or religious marriages, never on same-sex marriages. While there is no set date for when the Supreme Court will come to a ruling, it is ex-pected by June of this year, and it is said to be one of the most important Supreme Court Cases of its genera-tion.

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Left to right from top: Katie Richardson performs a Native American dance (Central York High School); Tehya Shaw does a vocal perfomance (Stony Brook Elementary School); Anisha and Dilina Patel perform a traditional Indian dance (Central York High School); Layla Smith performs a dance routine (North Hills Elementary); A member of the audience takes a picture of the Lil Steppers routine; the Lil Steppers (from Crispus Attucks) perform a step routine. (Photos by Erin O’Neill).

Diversity Celebration inspires Central students The Diversity Celebration, held at Central York Middle School on Thursday, April 24, held performances and activities to raise awareness of the diversity in the district and county. This was Central York’s 7th annual Diversity Celebration, and was coordinated by the Central York School District Diversity Education Committee, and included CYHS grads and Cen-

tral Diversity Specialists Clydiene Liverman and Delma Rivera-Lytle.By Emma WoodwardSTAFF WRITER

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Teacher, students plan class tripBy Sydney FuhrmanSTAFF WRITER

Through the lush, tropi-cal treetops down the side of the Mount Arenal active vol-cano, the students fly, hooked to complex belts and levers. On another day, these students bundle up in iden-tical blue waterproof jackets to rappel down four roaring waterfalls. This isn’t a fantasy; with Matthew Hess, trips to far-away places are pretty com-mon. Hess, a ninth grade Earth Science teacher at Central, paired up with Discovery Student Adventures (DSA) in 2011 to take 13 students to Costa Rica in Central Ameri-ca for six days. “I went to a conference for science teachers in Balti-more,” Hess said when ex-plaining how he discovered DSA. “There was a [person at the] Discovery booth who talked to [me]. I thought it was a good fit.” Hess began planning for

the Costa Rica trip in Decem-ber of 2010, and the group departed in June of 2011. One of the students who traveled with Hess was ju-nior Rebecca Zhou. “It was wanderlust,” she said. “[Cos-ta Rica] was a new culture, a new land.” Zhou said that everyone should have the opportunity to travel and learn something new. But sometimes new ex-periences aren’t always the most fun. “When I travel, some-thing goofy always hap-pens,” Hess said, referring to the time he fainted on an airplane and when he was dealt a lucky hand when unknowingly picking up a Cone Snail, one of the most dangerous animals on the planet, in Hawaii. Costa Rica, however, held nothing but fairly—if not entirely—positive mem-ories, such as the natural hot springs, which Hess said, “I felt like I was in soup, it was

so warm.” Overall, he said the trip was enjoyable. “I don’t get paid to say that; it was awe-some.” On June 28 of this year, Hess will embark on a trip to New Zealand and Aus-tralia with five students. He said they will visit glaciers in New Zealand, their first stop, and take a ghost tour in Syd-ney, Australia among other endeavors. Other trips he hopes to experience in the next few years include ones to Hawaii and Alaska. No matter how many ad-ventures he goes on in the fu-ture, Hess said he will never forget the first trip he went on with students through DSA. The experience, he said, was one too “phenomenal” to ignore. “You’re learning and it’s accidental,” he said. “It opens your eyes to how people live.” Hess said that getting out of one’s comfort zone is cru-cial since he says, “[We’re] in

a bubble here.” Try-ing new things and meeting new people are events that he said “[you] remember for the rest of your life.” Hess said that the stu-dents who went with him to Costa Rica won’t forget it either. “Forty years from now when they’re looking at [their] pic-tures, they’ll say, ‘Re-member that trip we took with that weird science teacher?’ They’ll always re-member this.”

Big names fill concert lineup

Loud screaming, hearts thumping and feet stomp-ing all add up to one thing: a concert. Some would say attending a concert is one of the most exhilarating feel-ings one can have; music can take over lives during one eventful and impactful night. Whether the night sparks new friendships, creates thrilling memories, portrays extreme fangirl mode or all of the above, everybody at a concert shares their love for music together. Among artist choices for this summer’s concerts is British boy band group One Direction, coming to Hersheypark Stadium July 5 and 6. “I really like their mu-sic because it’s really fun to jam out to,” said junior Jor-dan Ettien, who will be at-tending the One Direction concert in July. “They’re cute and Brit-ish. It’s something new from rappers,” she said. Another CYHS stu-dent attending a summer concert is junior Caroline

Hughes. “I’m seeing Jason Al-dean August 10 at Hershey-park Stadium,” Hughes said. Opening for Jason Al-dean, a country artist, are two other country singers, Jake Owen and Thomas Rhett. “His songs are always full of his actual country roots,” Hughes said this is one of her favorite things about the country star. Tickets for summer con-certs at Hersheypark Stadi-um can be purchased online at www.ticketmaster.com, the box office at Hershey-park Stadium, or over the phone for at 717-534-3911. Concerts held at the Gi-ant Center can be purchased through www.ticketmaster.com. The Gettysburg Festival tickets for summer concerts can be purchased through www.gettysburgfestival.org, and offer a variety of unknown artists. The average ticket price for each artist varies, but prices are shooting up as dates get closer and tickets become less available. “I’ve been waiting for this [concert] for a year,” Et-tien said.

By Emily NolteSTAFF WRITER

Matthew Hess, his travel group and their guides wrap up their session of canyoneering down four waterfalls during their trip to Costa Rica in June, 2011. (Submitted Photo).

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How great is Gatsby?

By Kristen ShipleyCo- artS editor

Money, greed and lust leads to tragedy. at least it does in the new movie The Great Gatsby starring Leon-ardo diCaprio as Gatsby. What you need to know about the book is that this classic novel written by F. Scott Fitzger-ald in 1925 e m b r a c e s the prosper-ous culture of america in the 1920s. Loosely based off Manhat-tan, New York, the West egg setting represents the “new money” and the east egg setting represents the “old money.” Gatsby, the myste-riously wealthy main char-acter, lives on the West egg, but throws elaborate parties at his luxurious monumen-tal mansion every weekend that the Manhattan people

and papers rave about. Most of his guests don’t really know who he is; many sus-pect he earns his money ille-gally. oddly enough, Gatsby doesn’t know many of the guests as well because his goal is to impress his love in-terest, daisy Buchanan(Carey Mulligan).

Gatsby’s former flame, daisy, married tom Buchan-an (Joel edgerton) after Gats-by left to serve in World War I five years prior. In a tangled web of affairs and lies, Gats-by tries to lure daisy back, but trouble soon follows. Somehow, Gatsby manages to remain hopeful with the presence of the green light across the bay. The film perfectly en-

capsulates Fitzgerald’s story. For 143 minutes transport yourself into the magical and somewhat dark world of the roaring 1920s in The Great Gatsby directed by Baz Luhrmann. the movie be-gins from the window of an asylum in New York, where the narrator Nick Carraway (Tobey Maguire), reflects on the story of the rise and fall of his neighbor, Jay Gatsby. For juniors, The Great Gatsby is required reading, but the film makes the book comes to life. the movie manages to embody the spir-it of book and stay true to the text: all except for one small scene towards the end. the attire and authen-ticity of the extravagant costumes, antique cars, and authentic props stand out as staples from the 1920s. on the other hand anton Mon-sted, the man in charge of the music, melds the style of the jazz era with contemporary hip-hop by featuring artists like Jay-Z, Lana del ray and Jack White.

the elabo-rate glittering facade Gatsby r e p r e s e n t s crumbles on

the big screen. While Gatsby encourages us to believe in him through his valiant at-tempt at recreating the past, the narrator leaves viewers with a twinge of melancholy, but slightly optimistic and at ease. the movie closes with a line from Nick Carraway, “So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back cease-lessly into the past.”

“The movie manages to embody the spirit of book... all except for one small scene.”

Consider an acting campBy ashley MullinixStaFF Writer

Looking for a way to better your acting skills or just have some fun over the summer? Why not try an acting summer camp? Here are a few local ones right here in York!

York Little TheatrePrice: $120Location: York, Pennsylvaniatimes/ dates: Mondays from June 10 through July 15, 5:00 - 7:00 p.m.description: Monday Night Glee Club - Based on the hit tele-vision show. Group singing, dancing and movement. Learn vocal techniques, harmonies, blending and more.

DreamWrightsPrice: $112- $225Location: York, Pennsylvaniatimes/dates: Varies on productionDescription: While there is no specific camp, DreamWrights puts on multiple performances throughout the summer that anyone is free to audition for.

Hodge’s tips

Central York High School acting teacher Ben Hodge had a few key pointers and instructions to add for students look-ing to better their skills. if actors want to be successful, “they need to be work-ing,” Hodge said. “Shop around.” an important thing to consider when evaluating cost is location. Camps in big cities like the Second City in Chica-go or Broadway artists alliance in New York City will cost more money than those in York though they will be much more prestigious and offer skills and experience that can’t be found anywhere else. He also mentioned to look at the length of the camp and whether the price seems reasonable. “Be wary of free acting camps because often you get what you pay for,” Hodge said. “if you’re looking for a free way to get involved with acting over the summer, try auditioning for a production at dreamWrights or York Little theatre.” Hodge also said that training and actively being involved in productions makes a teenage actor look committed and they are more likely to be hired at auditions. “training is a huge, huge part of small markets like York,” Hodge said. the most important thing for students who want to be-come successful actors is to work over the summer, no mat-ter which option they choose. “You will have to train. You will have to take classes,” Hodge said.

Tobey Maguire, from left, as Nick Carraway, Leonardo DiCaprio, as Jay Gatsby, Carey Mulligan as Daisy Buchanan and Joel Edgerton as Tom Buchanan in Warner Bros. Pictures and Village Roadshow Pictures drama, “The Great Gatsby,” a Warner Bros. Pictures release (Courtesy of Warner Bros. Pictures/MCT).

Boys volleyball uses depth to go beyond expectations By Sean InnerstCo-SportS EdItor

With years of tradition hanging from the banners in the gym, the Central York boys volleyball team looks to continue to add to that history again this year. Coming off of a cham-pionship season two years ago, the team is working every day to reach the same goal the 2011 team achieved, a state title. Bringing a totally differ-ent style than ever before, this group is more focused around the depth of the team rather than just power and height like in previous years. With a succesful start to the year, the team was confi-dent that they could make it back to states again.

Senior outside hitter Josh Van Wyk said, “this year’s team is great, I love how the season is going. there is a much better feeling than last year at this point in the sea-son.” He said he believes the sky’s the limit for the team this year, but they are taking it one step at a time. there will always be comparison to the previous teams, but for the seniors and juniors on this year’s team, there are many mem-ories that come along with winning. these memories are car-ried over through to the next season, and can fuel the de-sire to win, and keep the tra-dition going. Van Wyk, said his fa-vorite moment was playing in the state finals during his

sophomore year and win-ning the state champion-ship. Junior outside hitter An-thony Savage also says that depth is what separates this year’s team from teams in the past. “When everything is working right and we are playing our own game, we can beat anyone.” In the State College tour-nament the panthers won a grueling game against Hempfield that ended in a 49-47 final set victory over Hempfield. the Koller Classic, an an-nual state-wide tournament hosted by Central, turned out to be a success. the panthers went 4-4 in pool play and also got big wins over Northeastern and Chambersburg in the playoff rounds.

The Central boys volleyball team gathers in a pregame huddle before the game against New Oxford (Photo By Erin O’Neill).

Junior Christian Wingert goes up for a spike against New Oxford. (Photo By Erin O’Neill).

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the panthers stepped up their game and started mak-ing runs. Central went 2-1 in the playoffs after suffering a loss to Bethlehem Catholic in the final round in a close game. When they had reached an 11-0 regular season re-cord, the possibility for an-other county, district and

Junior Royce Clemens bumps to teammate Dylan Hose against New Oxford. (Photo By Erin O’Neill).

even state run seemed with-in reach. The final game of the sea-son resulted in the panthers first loss. A nailbiting defeat to Northeastern set Central into up for the county cham-pionship on May 14 where they suffered another close defeat to the Bobcats.

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From bonding time with her father to Central’s starting pitcher

By Kelly Hartzellco-SPoRTS EDIToR

can you imagine ev-ery game that you play, winning or losing is all on your shoulders? central’s junior softball pitcher Taylor Rohrbaugh lives for that pressure. “I started in third grade with my brother, but it was also a way for me and my father to bond,” said Rohrbaugh. She played for Manchester with other cen-tral softball players for five years. “It was great that a lot of us had already played together which helped build and shape the softball team today,” said Rohrbaugh. She began playing for cen-tral’s softball team her fresh-

man year but did not start as the pitcher. “My freshman year there was an upperclassman who was our starting pitcher and

was on first base, but halfway through the season she had to leave so I got to be starting pitcher,” said Rohrbaugh.“I knew that I wanted to start, I didn’t want to sit on the bench,” says Rohrbaugh. Each season she sets a bigger goal for herself and the team to accomplish. Freshman year, it was to

go farther and she wanted to make district semifinals in her sophomore year. “This year I want to go all the way to states,”

said Rohrbaugh. “I hate to lose, I hate los-ing more than I love win-ning, so I try to do my best to help us win, because win or lose it is usually because of the pitcher,” she said. Beyond the Central field, coach and central grad Barry Brenneman said, “She also plays travel soft-

ball at a high level which tells me she wants to chal-lenge herself to be the best player that she can be.” But Rohrbaugh doesn’t get the summer off like most athletes. She usually gets one month off a year. “I play from December to February indoor, then March to octo-ber I play outdoors, so I only get November off.” During the travel season she plays indoors and then spring through fall she plays out-doors. “So for me there is no off season,” said Rohrbaugh. “As far as what I see in Taylor, she has a quality of leadership that I look for, which is why she is the co-captain of my team,” said coach Brenneman. He said

he sees Rohrbaugh as a high-ly motivated hard worker, a leader by example, and a role model with high morals. “We will all have failures in our lives. It’s how you re-spond to those failures that will determine whether or not you will be successful in life,” said coach Brenneman. “I have learned from my many years of playing soft-ball that it has helped me be a good leader, helped me bond so that we grow as a team, and that when you’re a pitch-er that everything is on your shoulders,” says Rohrbaugh. “I plan to continue playing in college,” said Rohrbaugh.“Giving up just isn’t in the cards for me, I want to see how far I can go.”

By Shaelynn BaileySTAFF WRITER

Jay Stone (left ) runs the 100 meter dash at Central’s home meet against York High. (Photo by Erin O’Neill).

Keeping in step with Jay Stone

Junior track star Jay Stone recently placed fifth in the 400 meter hurdles at Penn Relays. Stone gives us an in-side look at his track career.

Q: How did you get into running hurdles?A: “In seventh grade, I start-ed doing track and I wanted to try it because it looked fun.”

Q: Which are you more pas-sionate about: football or running hurdles for track? Why?A: “It goes with the season I’m in. Last weekend at

Penn Relays when I ran the 400 meter hurdles it was the most fun I ever had at a sporting event, so right now I would say I like hurdles. Sophomore year, first home football playoff game against Red Lion when I dropped the opening kickoff, picked the ball up, and ran it back 102 yards for a touchdown, that would be a time I liked football the most.”

Q: How does it feel to be one of the top hurdlers in the state as a junior?A: “It is really something I only dreamed about or thought could happen, and that it’s actually happening is like all of my hard work and dedication paying off

since seventh grade.”

Q: Is there any sort of pres-sure you feel when you run? Also at County, District, and State level?A: “It depends on the race. At Penn Relays I didn’t feel any pressure because there was no pressure to win since I never ran there. There is pressure when I’m expected to win.” Q: Have you received any scholarship offers from any colleges?A: “I haven’t seen any schol-arships yet. In track you have to perform your junior year and then go through the recruitment process.”

“ I hate to lose, I hate losing more than I love winning.”

Taylor Rohrbaugh

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Shive: Pitcher, scout, forever fanBy Katelyn DermesSTAFF WRITER

He’s got the long legs of a basketball player but the heart to play baseball. Mark Shive, a social studies teacher at Central York High School, started playing base-ball when he was 7 years old. Always an Orioles fan, Shive says his dream was to live up to his idol, Jim Palmer. Side by side, his brother and he played baseball all the way until high school when Shive’s brother, Matt, decided to try something new. Shive stuck with base-ball. “Pitching was fun; the crack of the leather was the best sound in time of a game or practice,” said Shive, 38. From adolescence to young adult, Shive spent most of his time in the gym, trying to work his way up to success. On top of maintain-ing his athletic way of life, Shive also kept up to date with his grades. “The admin-istration stuck to their word. If the grades weren’t there, you sat the bench,” said Shive of his experience at Spring Grove High School. Scouts followed Shive starting in his junior year of high school and saw great potential. Shive said that finding a mentor is the best thing a player can do when being scouted. “The level you want to get to is who you should choose to be your mentor,” said Shive. In high school, Shive kept a low pro-file, but his teammates were fully aware of intentions that he was interested in achiev-ing in his baseball career. Shive advanced rapidly through his baseball career.

He played baseball for B l o o m s b u rg State Univer-sity. His coach, Tom Burns, really cared about his play-ers and their achievements. Shive took his red-shirt year. A year that the player is on the team but sits out dur-ing games, his s o p h o m o r e year due to arm injuries. Shive kept his competitive at-titude during all games but never showed any disrespect. He was com-petitive and determined. In 1995, Shive and his team went to the College World Series. Shive personal-ly had five one-hitters in his college career, one semi-pro against East Prospect, and his average speed was 88-90 miles per hour. On top of maintaining baseball, Shive attended mandatory study sessions. “Baseball, or any college sport, keeps you fo-cused on school,” said Shive. Little did Shive know that his world would be com-pletely turned upside down.Shive blew out his knee dur-ing a pick-up game of basket-ball and from there, was no longer able to go on with his baseball career. He was now limited in everything he did, staying in rehab in a wheel-chair.

After his injury, it didn’t stop Shive from loving the game of baseball. A baseball team from the MLB, the An-gels, offered Shive an official scouting post, a job he en-joyed doing for three years. Aside from the tendeni-tis, arm and leg aches, his rotator cuff being completely worn out and the blown out knee and other injuries, Shive continues to stay in the game. His wife and kids, Gavin, 9; Bella, 7; Olivia, 6; and Karch-er, 3; convinced him to start playing in a semi-pro wood-en bat baseball club team. His teammates are young, and he has a lot to live up to, but he’s happy he is trying it out again. “I’m nervous. I haven’t hit professionally for almost 13 years, but I am go-ing to try and throw an 85.”

Let me tell you why...

For some, it feels like high school flies by. For others, it may drag on. But if high school has taught us anything, it’s that a lot can happen in four years. People can change and shine like no one expected. The same can be said for the athletes that we spent the past four years watching on TV and rooting for or against. There have been many breakout pro athletes since the class of 2013 first graced the halls in August 2009. In the final edition of “Let me tell you why...,” I highlight those who shined brightest during our high school careers, and those you can expect to catch a spark in the upcoming four years as well.

Stand-out athletes of last four years (August 2009-Now):Aaron Rodgers: 2011 NFL MVP, Super Bowl XLV Champion and MVP, 3x Pro Bowler, 18,482 YDS/156 TDAdrian Peterson: 2012 NFL MVP, 2,097 RUSH YDS in 2012, 3x Pro Bowler, 5,748 YDS/57 TDLeBron James: 3x NBA MVP, 2012 NBA Champion & Finals MVP, 27.6 PPG/7.7 RPG/6 APGKevin Durant: 3x NBA scoring leader, 2012 WesternConference Champion, 28.5 PPGJustin Verlander: 2011 AL Cy Young & MVP, 2012 AL Champion, No-hitter in 2011, 82 winsAlbert Pujols: 2009 NL MVP, 2011 World Series Champion, .301 AVG/163 HR/482 RBI

Stand-out athletes of next four years:Joe Flacco: 2013 Postseason: 11 TD/0 INT, 117.2 QB Rating, Super Bowl Champion & MVPRussell Wilson: 2012: 3,607 YDS/30 TD/10 INT (2nd-lowest 16-game total), only rookie QB with playoff winDez Bryant: 2012: 92 REC/1,382 YDS/12 TD (Top 10 in NFL in all three categories)Kyrie Irving: 2012-2013: 22.5 PPG/5.9 APG, 32 PTS in 2013 Rising Stars GameSteph Curry: 2012-2013: Most 3-point FGs in single season (272), 54-point game in Madison Square GardenRussell Westbrook: 2012-2013: 23.2 PPG/7.4 APG, 15 games of 30+ PTS & 6+ AST Mike Trout: 2012: .326 AVG/30 HR/49 SB, 10.4 Wins Above Replacement (WAR), 2nd in AL MVP votingBryce Harper: Through 38 games of 2013 season:.297 AVG/11 HR/22 RBIManny Machado: Through 40 games of 2013 season:.339 AVG, leads Major Leagues in hits (59)

By Doug WhiteEDITOR-IN-CHIEF

Mark Shive pitches for Bloomsburg State Univer-sity. (Photo by Donna Shive).

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Central’s spring sports wrap-upTrack & Field

Regular season record Boys: 4-1-1, Girls: 3-2-1

Central’s boys and girls track and field team both enjoyed anoth-er successful season. Unfortunately they lost the divisional title to an undefeated Red Lion team but still got solid performances out of their younger athletes.

Biggest Contributors: Jay Stone (Jr.), Kennedy Little (Fr.), Kelsey Ibarra (Sr.), Erik Ramirez (Jr.)

Girls Lacrosse Regular season record 5-8

The girls lacrosse team ended with the most wins in a regular season for the past few seasons at 5-8. The team lost two incredibly close overtime games this season to Red Lion and Spring Grove that would have boosted their record. The highlight of the ladies’ season was when they narrowly defeated York Suburban away in the pouring rain in a second half rally to win by one point.

Biggest Contributors: Jess Ames (Sr.), Mackenzie Windsor (Jr.), Al-lie Scott (Sr.)

Boys LacrosseRegular season record 14-2

GOT THAT BANNER! The 2013 boys lacrosse team are coming off their best regular season in their short history finsh-ing with an outstanding 14-2 re-cord. In playoffs, they continued their dominance with comeback victories in both the divisional and county championship against rivals Dallastown and West York.

Biggest Contributors: Max Haldeman (Jr.), Ian Desenberg (Jr.), Asyck Schildt (Sr.), Sherief Sutton (Sr.), Shane Walker (Jr.)

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Boys TennisRegular season record 6-2

Biggest Contributers: Josh Strickler (Sr.), Tyson Chen (Sr.), Hunter Brown (Sr.)

SoftballRegular season record 11-2

Biggest Contributers: Taylor Rohrbaugh (Jr.), Ally Dziwis (Jr.)

Baseball Regular season record 3-10

Biggest Contributers: Nate Snyder (Sr.), Tyler Lingg (Sr.), Dan Sepic (Jr.)

Boys VolleyballRegular season record 10-1

Biggest Contributers: Ryan Gardner (Sr.), Royce Clemens (Jr.), Brett Lomicky (Jr.)

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Junior Chance Atkins hurdles during the last home meet in April. (Photo by Erin O’Neill)