January 31, 2013 * Volume 41 * Issue 5 * Salina High School South * Salina, KS 67401 * www.tripodium.net

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Blast from the past: Sadie Hawkins

It’s that time of year again; Sadie Hawkins is around the corner. The dance where the girls ask the guys and it’s al-ways a surprise. How will you ask your guy? Will it be cheesy or original? From 1937, to this year and many to come, there’s a rush to find a date, the perfect dress and shoes. It all started on Nov. 15, 1937 with a comic strip written by Al Capp. Capp wrote a strip called “Li’l Abner,” and on that fateful day in November, Capp wrote a story about Hekzebiah Hawkins and his laughable scheme to get his daughter, Sa-die, out of his house. There was a foot race for all the unmarried people, and the women that caught the men were to be mar-ried. The concept was to make women feel like they have a sense of empowerment. By 1939, Sadie’s was a huge teen-age trend and over 200 colleges and schools across the nation had made a day they could be just like her. Today, Sadie Hawkins is rec-ognized by two things; one, as an American event where girls take the initiative to ask a boy out on a date, or in the school’s case, a dance. Sadie Hawkins is

also known as a day women can ask a guy to marry her, or just on a general date, on Nov. 15 and Feb. 29. Reagan Hughes (’15) asked Tanner Zamecnik (’13) through each letter in Sadie’s, one let-ter on a different day. She didn’t want to do something everyone else would do, so she made it herself.

Ways to ask your guy to Sadie’sWrite ‘Sadie’s’ on his car with window chalk, or write it in his driveway!

Blow up tons of balloons with notes inside, and put them in his room.

If he’s an athlete, make a poster and show up at his game.

Order a cheese pizza and write Sadie’s with M&M’s.

Write him a fake police ticket

Make cupcakes with one letter on them, and give him one each day.

Sadie’s king Javier Vieyra and his escort, Paige Crawford pose with fellow candidate Caden Baughman and his es-cort, Jordan Bates. file photo

Johnny Keopraseuth and Angela Dinkle pose for a quick photo as they slow dance. file photo

A group of students poses for the camera before heading to Sadie’s. file photo

Preparing for a night in the park, Brian Barkley and Paula Hiebsch take a seat for a photo. file photo

Spotlight provided a glamorous scene for Gail Hecker.. file photo

After receiving his crown, JaBari’e Cook celebrates winning his title with his escort Alyssa Peppiatt. file photoAmy Sandefur and Chad McClain

share a smile while dancing during a dance in 2000. file photo

By India Brelsford and Tiffany Bowers

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“I filled bags with cardboard letters I had painted the color of my dress, and put Hershey’s kisses in the bottom. For each letter I wrote something I loved about him,” Hughes said. The Sadie Hawkins dance is more informal than homecom-

ing and prom, and the big tra-dition is making it visually obvi-ous you are together by wearing matching colors. The Sadie Hawkins dance will be held on Feb. 9 at 9 p.m.-11:30 p.m. Tickets are $7 each. To register a date that does not attend the school one must go into the office and fill out a form. The age limit for guests who do not attend high school is 20 years of age. To get into the dance, a stu-dent must have his or her ticket, student I.D. and guests must have a form of a picture I.D. Once one leaves the dance he or she cannot reenter the building. Procedures are identi-cal to the homecoming dance: a breathalyzer test will required at the door. There will be a Say Cheez! photobooth and music. There is no specified dress code for the dance, and jeans are acceptable. The band Relient K has a song that basically sums it all up. “Sadie Hawkins Dance”

The Sadie Hawkins DanceIn my khaki pants

There’s nothing betterOh! Oh! Oh!

The girls ask the guysIt’s always a surprise

There’s nothing betterBaby do you like my sweater?

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Editor in Chief Courtney Main Business Manager Tiffany BowersCopy Editor Marisa MitchellPhoto Editor Kim SalazarStaff Members Megan Holloway Drew Mussat-Loveless Kelsi Baird Morgan Ayotte Cassidy Sweet Madison Toner India Brelsford

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THIS WEEKToday

“Annie” 7 p.m. in the South High Auditorium

Wrestling Friday

“Annie” 7 p.m. in the South High Auditorium

Saturday “Annie” 7 p.m. in the South

High AuditoriumWednesday

Parent Teacher Conferences 4 p.m.

Senior Scholarship NightThursday

Parent Teacher Conference 7 a.m.

FridayNo SchoolSaturday

Sadie’s Dance 9 p.m. South High Commons

Tripodium Staff

New Year’s Eve, has always been a time that you look back on the past and more impor-tantly, forward to the coming year. It’s a time we make chang-es in our every day lives and at-tempt to follow through on these changes. When it comes to making resolutions, we want to make the coming year the best we can. To most, this is the start of a new book and you’re the au-thor. “New Year’s resolutions are cool because it’s a new year for possible fresh starts and new chapters. I usually make them but forget about them within a week,” Riley Foster (’15) said. When making resolutions

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“To be healthy and just have fun with life! I want to go on adventures!”

“It’s a new year for fresh starts and new chap-ters.”

Josey Mallory (’14) Riley Foster (’15)

we tend to make big goals, like losing weight and eating healthy starting Jan. 1. Making multiple changes in one day isn’t easy. Studies have shown that 39 percent of people in their 20s and below are more likely to achieve their goals each year. Maybe an easier way of making change is to take baby steps. Instead of saying you want to lose 30 pounds, make a goal of one or two pounds a week. That way it’s reasonable and you can make changes dai-ly to make your goal achievable. But with many of us not working towards our goals, how much of a new year is it? It seems like every new year you’ll see someone on a social network writing “New year, new me.” We all know we’ve seen those words before. Why change on Jan. 1 of every year, when you wake up to a new day, everyday? “Honestly, if people wanted to change they wouldn’t want to wait until the new year. You would want to change when you realize where you’re going

wrong in life. Change happens when it happens,” Alyssa Rob-ben (’14) said. It’s like going back to the gym in January. You see tons of people crowding the machines and by March, it’s back to an empty room. Try not to get wrapped up in the new year and the endless possibilities that could come. What I mean is, just because it’s a new year, doesn’t mean you have to have a resolution. Personal change and growth is good, but let me ask you this: would you be able to make this pledge on Aug. 1, instead of January? Make sure you have the right intentions of creating these goals. Resolutions are goals and goals require plans. According to “Straight Health” the top five reasons res-olutions fail are:1. They weren’t written down-- If you write it down and stick it on the fridge or the bathroom mir-ror you’ll remind yourself what you’re doing and why.2. Non-Specific goals-- When

By India Brelsford

ELO is a waste of students’ time By Megan Holloway

More and more students are finding themselves bored with ELO. ELO is a class set aside for students to finish work and get extra help from teach-ers. Basically it’s a study hall, but we all know not many stu-dents use this time properly. I haven’t done a productive thing in ELO yet, and I’m sure many students could say the same. In our handbooks, which I’m sure you’ve all read, it says that ELO is provided so stu-dents may get assistance from teachers, work on assignments, attend school assemblies and schedule important counseling activities such as career plan-ning, college visits and enroll-ment. ELO stands for extended learning opportunity, and that’s exactly what we should use it as. Students aren’t learning anything from ELO. Instead, stu-dents are sitting around for an hour and a half waiting for the bell to ring. Students don’t do home-work during ELO. We don’t sit around and work on assign-ments or have pow wows with our teachers listening to them explain something that we’ll never understand. We don’t get

to pass until 2 p.m. giving stu-dents only 35 minutes to finish a test or get help from teachers. And heaven forbid we don’t have our colorful passes just to leave the classroom. The reading time in ELO is a desperate move. Reading is an important skill for students, so maybe teachers should incorporate more read-ing activities in they’re regu-lar classes instead of shoving books down our throats. In other words, no one reads during ELO, unless forced. ELO proves to be a waste of time when students and teach-ers don’t take advantage of it. Some teachers enforce the rules more than others. Some kids can get away with sleeping the entire block while others are forced to do homework. It’s basi-cally the luck of the draw. We all know which teachers we’d pre-fer to have for ELO. Instead of having an ELO, students should be able to take another class. Adding another class to your schedule doesn’t sound appealing, but in the end it will help. Students could take classes that are required to graduate, a class to help com-plete their pathway or a class that looks interesting. This time could also be used as a chance for students to take a class that

relates to a career they’re con-sidering. Substituting ELO for another class would be benefi-cial to all students and faculty. ELO should be used in a more useful manner whether that be make it another class, or have more specific ELO’s to choose from. If ELO time can’t be used as a class, students have the right to choose an ELO that has a purpose. There used to be an ELO in former teacher Lisa Mahler’s classroom that was for those who like to read and write. The students would write short sto-ries and then read them to each other. This is what we should be doing more of. There should be more specific ELOs that pertain to students’ interests. Maybe we give the options of more math related ELOs that a student could take if they are struggling in math, or maybe for some reason they just en-joy math. For those who like to read, maybe a book club sort of ELO. We could also do some-thing with fitness, giving kids the opportunity to work out during ELO. Students should be re-sponsible for creating the ELOs. Teachers and the administra-tion should encourage students to do something useful with

their time. Students should take this last hour and a half to do something that interests them instead of being baby-sat every Tuesday and Thursday. Not having an ELO will get rid of that work time both stu-dents and teachers had, that is downfall, but it’s not going to hurt anyone. It’s not going to affect a student’s homework. Of course there’s always time for homework at home. Students can also make up tests and get extra help from teachers before or after school. School assemblies and pep rallies can always be put in to-wards the end of school. It’s not like they last that long and any assembly you have is probably more important than whatever class we’re in. In college, there won’t be a class for students to do work. Students have to get their work done on their own time. ELO baby’s students by spoon feed-ing them time to work on their homework. This is why ELO should ab-solutely be optional for upper-classmen. Let’s teach these kids about the real world. Let’s all do our homework at home instead of sitting around staring at the same windowless white walls for an hour and a half.

you write your goals be as spe-cific as you can. If you want to lose twenty pounds in four months before Prom, have a goal of losing a pound to two pounds a week. With that, you’ll know exactly what you need to do.3. Rewarding yourself-- If you reward yourself after every little thing you do, it won’t mean as much. Reward yourself for cer-tain milestones in your goal.4. Unrealistic Goals-- If your goal is to go to the gym five times a week and you never go now, it’s less likely to happen. If you try two-three times a week, it’s an easier goal to aim for.5. Quitting too soon-- One of the biggest reasons New Years reso-lutions fail is because you give up. A resolution is waking up one day and trying to change some-thing about yourself. You can decide to change something in one night, it takes longer to fully change. Just because you don’t hit the gym once, or drink a soda doesn’t mean give up.

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Changes to physical education curriculum to occurBy Madison Toner

Student clubs take learning outside of classroomBy Madison Toner

When people think school related activities, their minds may wonder to the obvious sort of extracurriculars; football, dra-ma club, basketball, swimming, band, etc.: Usually activities that don’t involve academics. But for some students school doesn’t just end after the seven hour week day is up. A small group of students work hard in academic related activi-ties outside of school as their extracurriculars. At Salina High School South there are a few clubs that involve academics, and two of them are science Olympiad and Quizbowl. Science Olympiad is a team of about 15 students from all classes that participate in vari-ous scientific activities to test their scientific knowledge. Some of the activities they may do are labs and others are just projects. It is a relatively small group, but they do well, nonetheless. “We’re only allowed to have 15 people on the team due to the regulations so we usu-ally pick who gets in by science teacher recommendations,” Candace Mahoney, Science Olympiad head instructor said. The Science Olympiad members only participate in one competition a year that is held at Kansas State University Salina. The students participate in numerous activities for points and judgement. “Sometimes the kids have to build a model with exact mea-surements and sometimes they just have to answer science re-lated questions. There are just a vast majority of different choic-

es,” Mahoney said. In order to prepare for the competition, the students have to study in order to succeed in their events. “Usually the kids come in and study during ELO or after school. I invite them in and they study by constructing notebooks and reading online resources that contain the information that they need,” Mahoney said. Although the Science Olym-piad team seems to go unno-ticed because of its rather small size, the people who participate in it find it to be a great deal of importance and fun. “It’s a great way to embrace your inner nerd. It’s really fun for people who like science so peo-ple should come and sign up,“ Cheri Mahoney (’13) said. This year, the competition

was on Jan. 16 at K-State Salina and the team did exceptionally well, with the team overall tak-ing second which will take them to state competition. Individu-als that won are Luke Augus-tine (’13) taking first in making an elastic slider and Cheri Ma-honey (’13) and Sarah Zajac (’16) taking third in Material Sci-ence. Another academic re-lated club outside of school is Quizbowl. During competition in Quizbowl, five students go against five students from a different school and answer a variety of questions. Who ever knows the answer and presses the buzzer faster gets the point. The questions they are asked can cover a variety of sub-jects. Such as language arts, science, math, social science,

Isidro Nieto (’15) and Bryce Peppers (’15) work on one of their projects after school for Science Olympiad. photo by madison toner

According to the staff mem-bers of Salina High School South, there is to be a great change in the physical educa-tion curriculum for sophomores. Starting next year, sopho-more students will have a wider variety of classes to choose from for their required physical activity credit. “In some cases students want to take classes that are more fit to their liking, and they cannot do that when they abso-lutely have to take a class such as P.E. So starting next year, Sophomores will have a choice between taking P.E. 2, Personal Fitness or Conditioning as their required physical activity cred-it,” Cathy Yarochowicz, physical education teacher said. Having more choice in what they could take for activity pur-poses is meant to give students a more flexible schedule so they are not giving up a class they may want to take. “It’s hard for some students to get classes they want, espe-cially when they have these re-quired classes to take first. So

if they want to take personal fitness for example, they don’t have to sacrifice it just because of P.E. This change will give them a more flexible schedule,” Yarochowicz said. Not only will this help stu-dents gain a more flexible schedule, it will also give stu-dents more of an opportunity to play into their strengths with the different classes. “If students do not want to do the curriculum of P.E. 2, with basketball, swimming, etc. and they want to do more things with lifting weights or something, they can now do that by picking conditioning as their new P.E credit,” Yarochowicz said. New changes are also be-ing made to the actual P.E. 2, that sophomores this year are required to take. According to Gary White, vice principal, there are changes to be made in the sophomore P.E. curriculum as well. Starting next year, P.E. 2 will have more variety in the units than what the sophomores do now. Instead of just the same units like swimming, basketball, volleyball, tennis, etc. There

will be more creative, athletic activities, although they have not been determined yet. The students who aren’t as great at shooting a basket or doing the butterfly stroke can try their hand at the more creative units that are being made. “We are not sure about the very fine details about the whole thing, because it is still be de-bated about by the group who is in charge of this whole thing. But as of right now this is our plan,” White said.

Not only will these changes benefit the students schedule flexibility they will also help get students who aren’t as interest-ed in the usual curriculum to try and expand their horizons with various other athletic activities. With all these changes there are hopes that students can not only get into the class-es they want but also enjoy the classes they get in, instead of being stuck in a class they do not prefer. “Hopefully this will be ben-

eficial to the students, but as of right now it is all still up in the air; we will fully disclose the matter when we hear the whole deal,” White said. Even so, it is a good idea to have changes in the P.E. cur-riculum in order to give students a more desired class that they want. “That’s all we hope for. But as I said it is still very up in the air. We’ll let everybody know when the board has come to a decision about it,” White said.

fine arts and foreign language. “It’s a small club that con-sists of about fifteen students. We participate in about fifteen to twenty competitions a year. “ Michele Palmgren, club leader said. Quizbowl is also a rather small club, but if any student wants to start participating in it they can go in at the beginning of every year at the club fair or they could contact Palmgren. The students of Quizbowl meet up not only sometimes in ELO, but they also can meet after school and they also par-ticipate in competitions during school. “It takes very little time commitment and we don’t meet up all the time so if any-body wanted to participate in it wouldn’t really mess with their

regular schedule,” Palmgren said. The students who partici-pate in Quizbowl find it very fun and recommend anybody to come and join the club. “I find it to be a lot of fun. I like the challenge of having to answer the questions. Even though it’s a pretty small club people should come and ask if they can join us,” Tristan Irish (’15) said. The competitions the Quiz-bowl attends usually start in late fall and are KSHSAA competi-tions. If anybody has an interest in signing up for Quizbowl he or she will have to wait until next year. “If anybody wants to join they won’t be able to for a while. But they should still consider joining us. You do need to have strengths in some sort of sub-ject to do well. We compete to win, but nevertheless it’s a lot of fun,” Palmgren said. Competitions can happen during school so if anybody wants to join they need to keep up with their school works. “There were times when we were gone a lot for the competi-tions- sometimes we were gone until eight or nine at night,” Irish said. Although it’s not for every-one Palmgren had said that it’s a good way to make new friends and talk with new people. “You need to be strong aca-demically in order to be a good teammate, but even if we don’t win it’s nice. Even just driving to the meets in the van can be fun with the people who are in-volved in it,” Palmgren said.

Myra Rodriguez (’15) serves for her team while playing volley ball in her P.E. 2 class. photo by madison toner

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There's a new sheriff in town: new SRO comes to South

Ever since the middle of De-cember, many students, teach-ers and parents have been wor-ried about school security. “Are the students and fac-ulty safe? What is being done to ensure their safety? What was being done in the past?” These are the questions that everyone, everywhere is sure to be asking now. But no matter the incidents that have happened in the past, school can still be considered an extremely safe place to be and a place that students should feel comfortable in without having to worry about safety issues. While some schools are taking bigger precautions now, such as Emporia Middle and High Schools bringing in armed officers, other schools, such as Salina High School South, have kept their safety plans that have been set in place for quite some time while taking small steps to-ward a safer school. For example, there has been an SRO for quite a while at this school. In case anyone did not know, that stands for School Resource Officer, who is an em-ployee of the city, but who is as-signed to work at the schools around Salina.

“Many other schools across the country do not have re-source officers. Both of the mid-dle schools and both of the high schools in our school district have had one for quite some-time,” Vice-Principal Gary White said. Other actions of safety that this school has taken over a course of many years are locked doors. The school once had all doors open during the school day. This then dwindled down to only having two doors open throughout the day: the doors on the east and west side of the building. Now, arriv-ing with the start of the the new semester, the only door that will be open during the school day is the door on the west side of the building, also known as the door nearest the attendance office or the door closest to the student parking lot. Another protective measure the school has had is the drills that students and faculty prac-tice throughout the school year. Every month, schools are required to participate in fire drills so that all students, teach-er, nurses, janitors and other faculty would know where to be and what to do in case of a fire.

The same drills used for fires are also applied to gas-leaks. In case there ever would be a gas-leak at the school, everyone would know where to go and what to be doing. Less often than fire drills, the school practices tornado drills. Even less often than tor-nado drills, intruder drills are practiced. Because of what happened in Connecticut and what has happen at other places through-out the country, it is reasonable for students to be asking this simple question: why are we not practicing more intruder drills? The reason why they are not practiced more is most likely the clear answer. While there has been many school shootings or similar incidents at schools across the country, this is still a possibility no matter the location. Fires, however, are more likely to occur, so it makes sense that schools everywhere practice fire drills more often than intruder drills. “Because of what hap-pened in Connecticut and what has happened other places, the frequency of the intruder drills that our school practices will most likely be increased,” White

said. As one can see, even small changes can help to make stu-dents feel safer at schools. And while incidents like the school shooting in Con-neticut have happened at some schools, that is not the image anyone should think of when they think of school. Surely, when some stu-dents think of school, they think of waking up too early, waiting too long for lunch and doing too much homework. And although this is not the picture-perfect image of the schooling system, it is better for people to think of schools as this instead of an unsafe place to be. Hopefully in the future schools will be viewed as a fun place to be, a fun place to learn, a fun place to see friends and overall just a safe place to be. And schools are, in fact, a safe place to be. But because of a few instances, unfortunately people see it as otherwise. As schools across the coun-try increase their security, stu-dents will surely feel safer and happier at schools.

By Cassidy Sweet

School security receives adjustment

Name: Chad Melvin Burr

Age: 38

Born: Janesville, WI. Moved to Salina at age 6.

Single / Married

Kids: Logan, 9 Annabelle, 5

Pets: Sammy, Yellow Lab Dolly, Scottish Terrior

Hobbies: Skydiving, Road cy-cling, Being with my family

Background: Graduate of Salina High School South in 1992Entered into the Army

Previous Occupations: Special Response Team (SRT), Drug Task Force, SWAT, Crisis Negoti-ator, Canine Officer, Investigator

Current Job description: The Job of a school resource officer is to be the liaison between teach-ers, administration, parents and students. An SRO handles crimi-nal issues, they are educators of juvenile law, man school se-curity, and are the All-American classic school hall monitor.

Favorite Teacher: Rick Johnson, In School Suspension teacher Fill-In

Funny Moment: “During a SWAT team drill, we entered in a build-ing which was supposed to be emptied of all employees for the

day. We start piling into an office through doors and windows with our gear and a lady is sitting there working and she was very freaked out.”

Comments: “I can not handcuff you for fun because being taken into custody is a very serious deal. And even just for fun, it’s not very professional of me.”

Students Need To Know: “I’m available to talk--I won’t arrest you for talking to me, except if you carry a dead body in your car.”

The new school resource officer is one cool cat. So do not fear. He’ll only cuff you if it gets seri-ous.

Mean- mugging

Eye-balling

Confused looks

Warm welcome

Criminal acts

Getting lost in the building

Failure to find a rest room

Tripped on your own Shoelaces

First Days Experience (Circle All That Apply):

photo by courtney main

www.youtube.com/loganmeis wwww.facebook.com/loganmeisproductions

www.youtube.com/carlynicolemusicwww.carlynicolemusic.tumblr.com

www.facebook.com/carlynicolemusic

wwww.fatks.bandcamp.com www.facebook.com/forgetabouttomorrow

www.youtube.com/irwinfamily5

page 51.31.2013 tripodiumSouth starlets sizzle with successful music When this generation thinks about their future, which person will be the president, who will end world hunger and who will win the lottery, those questions are still up in the air. But if asked who is going to make it big in music, look no further than those who wander through South’s halls. Carly Sackrider (’15), Lo-gan Meis (‘13), Courtney Irwin (‘13) and band members Brady Mathews (‘14) and Charlie Win-ters (‘14) Jeremy Bridges (‘14) could be next in line to Ameri-ca’s Music Hall of Fame. From a young age these artists have been lyrically dish-ing it out and radically driving forward to success. Following their dreams is the motto here. From rejections, success, and tiring amounts of studio time, each know what it will take to make it big and where they really plan on going in the future.

By Morgan Ayotte

Q: What do you do to promote your music?A: “I’ve done shows and I have business cards and all that jazz. I opened for other artists like North Cut, Alan Jackson and An-nie Up in Wichita.”Q: What is your good luck charm before a show?A: “Prayer. I pray to do well and that God comes through my voice and touches the hearts of other people.”

Q: Who would you most like to work with? A: “Grace Potter for my number one, she’s amazing. Or Jewel, she’s amazing too. I like artists with depth.”Q: What have been your biggest accomplishments with your music so far?A: “I recorded in Nashville this summer and got the opportunity to meet a lot of established peo-ple. They told me I was good.”

Carly Sackrider Q: What are your dreams when you

think about having a music career?

A: “I want to have my music heard and make

albums.”Q: Who has inspired you

most with music?A: “My grandpa. He plays piano by ear and has always been really into music.”Q: What are you working on now?A: “I’m working on new orig-inal music coming soon. I have remixes to songs and more piano music.”Q: How many songs have you written?

Q: How long have you been making videos and producing your own music?A: “Since my sophomore year of high school.”Q: What sparked your interest in doing music?A: “D-Pryde. Rapping has let me express myself.”Q: What do you hope your mu-sic does for others?A: “I hope it inspires them and that they can be themselves.”Q: How many songs have you made?A: “Probably 40. I write and re-cord them but never put them up because by the end of it, I don’t like them anymore.”Q: Are there any CDs or mixed tapes coming soon?

Forget About TomorrowRock/Punk Alternative

Question: How did Forget About Tomorrow form?Brady Mathews: “In 2011 Ethan (Martin) and Rodney (Geist) were in another band, but they were having a lot of disputes so they left the band. One night they came over and jammed and they asked if I wanted to form a band with them. Jeremy (Bridges) only joined us about a couple moths ago.”Q: How often do you guys get together and jam?BM: “We have practice on Sun-days.”Q: What have you been working on in the studio?BM: “We have a new full-length album coming out of 13 tracks. We have an EP and an Acoustic CD available too.”Q: What is it like recording albums?BM: “It’s pretty fun. We record in McPherson so there is a lot of driving back and forth everyday you record. We were recording about two to four songs a day

and sometimes it gets boring but it’s worth it.”Q: What are your future plans?BM: “At first this all just seemed to be for fun but now we’re mak-ing progress. It’s all up in the air. I have another year of school to figure it out. I don’t want to throw away college to be in a band. We are going on tour this summer in June.”Jeremy Bridges: “We just signed to a new record label called Lion-hearted records. I’m looking for-ward to grow with them, and tour with their bands, hopefully this hobby can turn into a carreer.”Q: Who are the band’s biggest groupies?BM: “All of my friends and their friends. We do shows at Indian Rock a lot over the summer. They’re always there support-ing.”JB: “We’ve made several out of town friends from Wichita and McPherson. Most of them are very supportive.”Q: How is it being in a band of

Band InfoEthan Martin - vocals, guitar

Rodney Geist - guitarCharlie Winters - guitar

Jeremy Bridges - bass guitarBrady Mathews - drums

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A: “I’ve written a lot, I just have troubles ever finishing one. I’ve finished three really good, seri-ous ones so far.”Q: What is it like to know you are working hard at accom-plishing a music career and you’re getting somewhere?A: “It’s great knowing I’m getting somewhere with my music and actually deserve it.”Q: What are your fears?A: “I have a fear of the death threats you always hear people getting. That’s seriously my big-gest fear so far.”Q: What is your favorite kind of music?A: “Anything, I like jazzy stuff. I love Michael Buble and JoJo, John Mayer and Justin Bieber.”

all males? Are there often argu-ments or frustrations?BM: “All the band members are chill with each other. There’s no problems, no fighting. We put up with each other and we under-stand one another above aver-age.”JB: “I feel like we’re one of the best bands, attitude wise. We all know what we want and argu-ing won’t do a thing to help the band. We get along very well and have plenty of inside jokes.”

Q: What are your fears of this business?A: “I don’t ever want to be a hun-gry musician. If I’m going to do, I’m going to go all the way. I’m going full force and I’m going to be good.”Q: Do you have advice for other pursuing musicians?A: “It’s not easy but it takes hard work, dedication, heart and lots of soul.”Q: Who is your biggest fan and supporter of what you’re doing?A: “My parents and family.”Q: What made you decide coun-

try music was the right kind of music for you?A: “I grew up listen-

ing to country. I grew up on a farm and my grandma and grandpa had it playing through the radio in the kitchen always, always.”Q: When do you do your best song writing?A: “Lately it’s been when I’m de-pressed or sad or just really hap-py. It’s important to be original and I always right from my heart. I can’t just write a song.” Q: What are your plans for the future?A: “I’m just trying to graduate. I’m not sure what I want to do yet. But it’s between Fort Hays and Barton in Great Bend. Fort Hays has a good music program.”

A: “Yes. Expect it at the end of February... maybe March.”Q: What are your biggest ac-complishments?A: “I got invited to be featured in Nashville with an artist named Greg Coffey. His music is mostly jazz and pop. I’ve worked with a lot of people before. Lots of my friends and Carly, Dru Davis, and Cash Hollistah.”Q: What do you hope for in the future? Is a rap career in the horizon?A: “I prefer video production. I plan to go to college at K-State for digital media and mass com-munications.”Q: How do your parents feel about your music?A: “They like it.”

Logan MeisRap/Hip Hop

Courtney Sue IrwinCountry/Rock

alternative

Courtney Irwin

Logan Meis

Carly Nicole

Forget About Tomorrow

photo courtesy of Melissa Gordon

photo courtesy of Logan Meis

photo by courtney main

Q: What’s one of your funniest band memories?BM: “A few weeks ago after re-cording, we hit up the McPher-son Pizza Hut. As we left Jeremy left a note for the waitress saying he’d be back with pictures for her.”

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STUDENT MENTORS IMPACT CHILDREN Big Brothers Big Sisters is a well-known organization made up of a network of more than 350 different agencies serving communities across the country. The organization creates role models by pairing mentors with children in the program. Big Brothers Big Sisters has been in Salina since 1968 and was started in response to a need for children to have mentoring. At the head of Salina’s chapter of Big Brothers Big Sis-ters is Executive Director, Mi-chelle Peck, Program Coordina-tor, Heather Murdock and Case Manager, Melissa Ivey. The three

work together along

with a board of directors to create a positive experience for all who participate in the program. About 400 “littles”, children ages 5 through 18, and “bigs” participate through this non-profit organization. About 150 of these bigs brothers and sisters are your own high school peers from all over the Salina area. The process of becoming a “big” is fairly simple. It begins with an online application that interested volunteers fill out through the organization’s web-site. All interested mentors must be at least 16 years of age and hold a valid drivers license. After applying online, an in-terview process is conducted to help with matching. “Bigs” and

“littles” are

Organization gives opportunity for children to overcome adversity

By Courtney Main

By Courtney Main

matched based on common in-terests and also age preference of the “big”. Big Brothers Big Sisters is a nonprofit organization, meaning that they operate solely on dona-tions and fundraising events. The organization hosts a vari-ety of fundraisers throughout the year including Bowl for Kids Sake, the Hook and Slice Golf Tourna-ment, the Frosty 5K and a charity horse show. The organization is currently working with South to set up the Pin and Ink Showcase. A number of bowling pins have been donat-ed by All Star Lanes of Salina for local artists of all ages and skill levels to display their talent. The decorated pins will be auctioned off at the Stiefel Theatre Watson

Room on Feb. 22 from 6 - 8 p.m. with

the proceeds going to Big Broth-ers Big Sisters of Salina. Partici-pating artists are reminded that pins are due back to Big Brothers Big Sisters by Feb. 15. Big Brothers Big Sisters has programs in USD 305, 306, 307 and at Sacred Heart High School. Children are matched with one-to-one mentors that are either school or community based matches. School based matches only meet during school hours, which is usually during ELO for high school students. These matches can do things together like read-ing books, playing catch at recess or just providing advice and inspi-ration to one another. Community based matches are not binded by school hours. These matches can branch out in Salina to do more fun, different

activities such as getting

ice cream, going to a museum, going to the zoo or watching a movie. The program is dedicated

to changing the lives of children in the Salina area for the bet-ter. It has been proven that this program helps children involved achieve higher aspirations, great-er confidence and better relation-

children involved in big brothers big sisters are . . .

program impacts past high school participants

Tevin Grace (’13) and his little, Corry, pose for their match photo. photo cour-tesy of big brothers big sisters

Not only does Big Brothers Big Sisters impact the elementa-ry students that have high school bigs, but high school students who were, or are, littles them-selves. Littles involved in the pro-gram range from ages 5 to 18; an age group that would include many high school students. Although many children in the program start out at young ages, there are occasions when a little and big form a bond that lasts for years.

According to

Case Manager, Melis-sa Ivey, most littles enroll in the program while they are still rela-tively young, around the ages 6 to 8. “They can enroll to age 14. Then they may continue through high school with their bigs,” Ivey said. Many littles involved in the program carry lifelong skills that can also help them out in high school and beyond. Parents will normally enroll their child to help them with social life, education or any other type of adversity. According to Big Brothers Big

Sisters, national research has

shown that positive relation-ships between littles and their bigs have a measurable impact on children’s lives. Participants

are more confident in their school-work performance and

are able

to get along better with their families. “Parents enroll their kids to help with their grades, help them with social skills or they are fac-ing some sort of adversity at home or school (bullying, divorce, etc.),” Ivey said. The impact that the program makes isn’t just on little “littles” but on high school littles as well. “I think that most of the time the older kids take more out of the program if they can make a positive connection with their big and build a trusting relationship with them. I think that the high school littles have the best suc-cess rate because they most like-

ly have been matched w i t h

their big for a few years. They are the most likely to gradu-ate from high school and keep in touch with their big for years after. It is a pretty special bond,” Ivey said. Morgan Maxie (’13) was in-volved in the program as a little when she was in third grade until she was a fifth grader. Maxie and her big sister were a school based only match, and recalls that they would play sports together outside or they would study together. She believes that the pro-gram is beneficial to the children involved. “It [Big Brothers Big Sisters] helps little kids who don’t have

an older brother or

“It [Big Brothers Big Sisters] helps little

kids who don’t have an older brother or sister

around.”

Morgan Maxie (’13)

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STUDENT MENTORS IMPACT CHILDRENships, along with avoiding risky behaviors and achieving educa-tional success. According to Big Brothers Big

Sisters statistics, 27 percent of children in the program are less likely to begin using alcohol, 33 percent are less likely to hit some-one, 37 percent are less likely to skip a class, 46 percent are less

likely to begin using illegal drugs, and 52 percent are less likely to skip school. As shown by the numbers, Big Brothers Big Sisters has made a tremendous impact on the youth in the community. Marisa Tomlins (’13) and her little, Jasmine, a fifth grader at Sunset Elementary School, have been matched for two years now. They are matched on both a school and community based match. “I joined because I wanted to help out someone less fortunate than I was and to be a good role model,” Tomlins said. Tomlins’ favorite part of be-ing matched with Jasmine is being able to do fun things with her that Tomlins didn’t get to do when she was little. Tomlins and Jasmine go to the zoo and the movies togeth-

er. These simple activities have helped to impact Jasmine’s life. “Since we’ve been matched it’s been a time for her to have fun outside of her home because her home life is stressful,” Tom-lins said. Katie Siemsen (’14) has also noticed a change in, Brianna’s, her little, behavior since they have been matched. “She’s a more respectful individual and shows more in-terests in activities and you can tell we’ve really formed a bond,” Siemsen said. Tevin Grace (’13) has noticed that his little doesn’t get in trou-ble at school as much and has become more outgoing. Grace and Corry have been matched since the beginning of the school year as a school based match.

Marisa Tomlins (’13) and her little, Jas-mine, pose for their match photo. photo courtesy of big brothers big sisters

sister around,” Maxie said. Maxie’s sister, Cheyenne Maxie (’15) was also involved in the program as an elementary schooler. When Kyla Miller (’14) was around the age of five, she en-tered Big Brothers Big Sisters. Miller joined the program after she moved to Wichita, KS. Her sister was involved in it before, and Miller followed in her foot-steps. Although getting together with a big or a little doesn’t re-quire a special occasion or ex-pensive activity, Miller and her big sister would get to do a variety of fun activities together. “We would go bowling, go to the park and

play, and she would come to school to eat lunch with me and help with homework,” Miller said. “We also went to Braum’s for ice cream.” Miller was involved in the program for “two or three years”. Over this time, it made her trust people more, since her big sister in the program acted like she was her actual sister. Looking back, Miller is glad she was able participate in the program. “It’s fun to get involved with because you can impact some-one else’s life,” Miller said. Kylie Bunting (’15) had a big sister when she was in third or fourth grade. Her

match was brief, as her big de-cided that she couldn’t handle being a big sister along with all of her time commitments. Bunting and her big sister

were matched through simi-lar interests, as Big Brothers Big Sisters strives to do with every match. “We both wanted to be vets,” Bunting said. The program tries to match bigs and littles with similar inter-ests so that the bond they form can be closer. Bunting was in a community based match with her big sister. They were allowed to do fun ac-tivities together such as baking. “Her mom was a doctor so they had a big house, we would make cakes and cookies together for bake sales,” Bun-

ting said. Bunting’s younger sister

is still currently involved in Big Brothers Big Sisters. She believes that this is a beneficial program because “it gives you the opportunity to meet new people who have the same thing in common as you”. Anyone 14 or younger who is interested in being or enrolling a little can apply online at www.bbbssalina.org. Enrolling a little is a simple process that requires an appli-cation and in-person interview, along with a home visit.

Grace has been in Big Broth-ers Big Sisters for two years now. “I joined because my little brother was in it before we ad-opted him,” Grace said. Corry is 11 years old and attends Oakdale Elementary School. Grace and Corry usually play on the computer together at school. “My favorite part is getting to know him,” Grace said. Murdock reminds any stu-dent interested in becoming a big that being a big brother or sister is a big responsibility. “It’s a big commitment, but most people get more out of it than they give; like seeing their little’s face light up,” Murdock said. Although a

large responsibility, most partici-pants in the program form bonds that make it all worth it. “To watch my bigs and littles and the special bonds they form together makes it all worth it,” Ivey said. The program is starting to enroll for the 2013-2014 school year. They will only be accepting sophomores for school based matches, so that there is more time for littles and bigs to create a bond; rather than a senior just staying for one year. The program is a 15-month commitment. For more information on be-coming a big brother or sister visit www.bbbssalina.org.

“. . .high school littles have the best success

rate because they most likely have been matched with their big for a few years. . . It is a

pretty special bond.”

Melissa IveyProgram Coordinator

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High school sports are usu-ally activities that students’ lives tend to revolve around. Most teens think that they are invincible when it comes to high school sports. They want to be the “star player”, so they will risk anything to show how tough and talented they can be. What they don’t think about though are the consequences they may have to face in the fu-ture because of their actions. While playing sports ath-letes can easily injure them-selves by doing one simple thing wrong, leaving them hurt now and possibly in the future. An estimated two million injuries come from high school athletes, five hundred thousand doctor visits and thirty thousand hospitalizations each year. Some of the most com-mon injuries are from sprained ankles, not stretching, pulled muscles, back pains, anterior cruciate ligament tears and con-cussions. Reasons for these injuries can come from improper train-ing, lack of proper footwear and also rapid body development. Mild or severe blows to the head can cause concussions

which are a brain-related injury and they shouldn’t be treated lightly. When a concussion occurs it causes the brain to move back and forth rapidly bouncing around in the head. The sud-den movement in the head can cause damage to cells. Ten percent of high school athletes will get a concussion. Symptoms of a concussion in-clude confusion, disorientation, nausea and sometimes vomit-ing. Some possible long-term af-fects of concussions are memo-ry loss, anxiety and depression. In each sport, athletes con-stantly perform the same move-ments repeatedly. This can strengthen the body, but it can also cause the body to become worn out and cause problems. Some of the most popular sports that put players at risk for injury are basketball, soccer, football, volleyball, tennis, bad-minton, softball and baseball. Out of all sports football has the highest injury rate. In the recent years changes and improvements have been made in the rules of the game, protec-tive gear and the treatment of injuries. In some cases athletes are injured so badly that they can’t

By Drew Mussat-Loveless play for the rest of the season and most of the time they think it’s no big deal. What some teenagers don’t think about is what that one injury can do to your body in later years. As your body continues to grow and develop into a more mature stage it will affect the possible out-come of the bodies func-tions. It can also deter-mine how your body will react to injuries later on in life as well. Six easy ways to avoid sports injuries are: 1. Be in proper physical con-dition to play sports. If you play sports, you should train prop-erly for that spe-cific sport.2. Wear appro-priate gear and e q u i p m e n t . Protective gear such as pads, mouth guards, helmets and gloves should be worn.3. Rest can

Lasting effects of sports on bodies

Tips for staying fit, healthy everydayBy Kelsi Baird

People always want to stay fit and healthy so here are some helpful ways to keep you on track. Always make sure you have a nutritious breakfast as it is the most important meal of the day. It provides you with energy and nutrients. People who skip breakfast are less likely to meet their daily intake requirements for some vitamins and minerals that a simple breakfast would have provided. On an everyday basis you have 200 food choices that go through your head. Cutting 100-200 calories help keep your body healthy. While decid-ing what foods you should eat, make sure you have a variety of those foods. Having a variety of foods helps obtain the nutrients and other substances needed for good health that some foods

don’t give. For example, oranges provide Vitamin C, but not Vita-min B12, where as cheese pro-vides Vitamin B12, but not Vita-min C. Students should always fill their plates with protein, veg-tables, fruits and grains. They should at least eat three ounces of whole grain, such as breads, crackers, cereals, crackers, rice or pasta. All the grains should be whole grain. Fiber that comes from the grains are very impor-tant for the digestive system. When it comes to vegeta-bles, one should at least have two and a half cups of vegeta-bles per day. Vegetables provide Vitamin C and B. People should get two cups a day when having fruits. Fruits are a good source of fiber and contain very little fat. Eating fresh fruit is a lot healthier than drinking fruit juices, because

they contain less sugar. While eating healthy foods, you should also allow yourself to drink at least eight eight ounce glasses of water a day. Drink-ing a good amount of water can lower the risk of having a heart attack. Not drinking enough wa-ter can cause dehydration and cause energy levels to fall, caus-ing tiredness. As people get hungry throughout the day, they munch on snacks. Ideally, one should eat every three hours, allow-ing time to eat between meals. When eating between meals, it is smart to choose healthy snacks such as fruits, popcorn, yogurt, almonds, cheese, veg-gies or hummus. Want to feel better, have more energy and perhaps even live longer? Look no further than exercise. The health benefits of regular exercise and physical ac-

tivity are hard to ignore. Here’s six benefits of regular physical activity.1. Exercise controls weight-- Exercise helps prevent excess weight gain, or help maintain weight loss. When engaging in physical activity, you burn calo-ries.2. Combats health conditions and disease-- Being active gives your good cholesterol and de-creases unhealthy triglycerides. It keeps your blood flowing smoothly, which decreases your risk of cardiovascular diseases. 3. Exercise improves mood-- A workout at the gym or a short 30 minute walk can help blow off some steam. Physical activity stimulates various brain chemi-cals that may leave you feeling happier and more relaxed.4. Boost energy-- Regular physi-cal activity can improve muscle strength and boost your en-

Andrew Singharaj (’16) had many injuries to his knee due to play-ing football. photo by drew mussat-loveless

durance. Exercise and physi-cal activity deliver oxygen and nutrients to your tissues and help your cardiovascular system work more efficiently.5. Promotes better sleep-- Regu-lar physical activity can help you fall asleep faster and deepen your sleep. Just don’t exercise too close to bedtime, or you may be too energized to fall asleep.6. Exercise can be fun-- Exercise and physical activity can be a fun way to spend some time. It gives you a chance to unwind, enjoy the outdoors or simply en-gage in activities that make you happy. It gives you a chance to connect with family or friends in a fun social setting. Exercise and physical activ-ity are a great way to feel better, gain health benefits and have fun. As a general goal, aim for at least 30 minutes of physical activity every day.

make you stronger and also prevent injury. Rest is critical for athletes. 4. Know the rules of the game and play by them. Rules are meant to keep players safe.

5. If you are hurt or in pain sit the game out. Playing while injured can make injuries worse or cause more.

6. Always warm up and cool down.

When your muscles are warmed up they are less likely to be in-jured. High school sports injuries

are occurring all the time and

need to be taken seriously, because

they may affect the injured athlete for the rest of his or her life.

Ineligible students are not allowed to accompany a team or coach on a school trip and may not perform or wear a school uniform dur-ing the period of ineligibility. The eligibility require-ments apply to students in-volved in athletics, debate, forensics, drama, music, DECA, office education, cheerleading, pom-pom squads, student govern-ment or any other activity in which the student repre-sents the school. A student who is absent from school is not allowed to practice or participate on the day of absence unless he/she is in attendance by 10 am or is granted permis-sion from the principal.

• Pass five USD 305 subjects

• If enrolled in a college course, pass four USD 305 courses and the college course

• Must be passing five USD 305 subjects

• If enrolled in a college class: must pass four USD 305 classes in addition to the college classes

• Monitored weekly

SEMESTER ELIGIBILITY

WEEKLY ELIGIBILITY

HEALTHY CHOICES FOR SNACKING

water

greek yogurt

milk

carrots

bananas

oranges

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Wrestling team beat by Derby

Sports Stats

Boys Basketball

Varsity3-7

Junior Varsity4-3

Freshmen8-0

Next game: Feb. 1 vs. Valley Center

Girls Basketball

Varsity8-2

Junior Varsity4-4

Freshmen8-1

Next game: Feb. 1 vs. Valley Center

Boys Swimming

Swimming9-7

Diving5-7

Previous meet vs. Wichita Northwest

Placed: 17th

Wrestling

Previous meet vs. Derby

Lost: 61-12Next meet: Today vs. Hutch

Swimming prepares for regionals

Lady Cougars upset Mustangs in SIT

Cougars pull off third place win in SIT

The Salina South girls de-feated Sacred Heart in their first Salina Invitational Tournament game with the ending score 47-18. Cassidy Cook (’13) put five points on the board for that game, Janai Mitchell (’13) had ten and Megan Holloway (’13) had nine points on three 3-point-ers. South who was then 8-2 advanced to the championship semifinal against the Abilene Cowgirls who were also 8-2. In the game against Abilene the guards Megan Holloway, Emilee Holloway (’15), and Em-ily Webb (’13) combined for 42 points to help South to a 63-48

By Kelsi Bairdvictory over Abilene in the semi-finals. The Cougars never trailed against Abilene, and led 19-5 less than six minutes into the game. South was up 23-10 af-ter the first eight minutes. Which led the Cougars with a record of 9-2, and advanced to the cham-pionship against Salina Central. South had won the SIT in 2011 beating Central. Cen-tral had defeated South 38-28 when the teams met in mid-De-cember. South rallied from an eight-point deficit in the second half outscoring the Mustangs 21-7 during the games final 11 minutes for a 41-35 victory in the SIT championship game

that was held Saturday night at the Bicentennial Center. South whose now 10-2 won its second SIT title in three years, while denying the defend-ing champion Mustangs (8-4) a chance for back-to-back titles. Neither team led by more than four points in the first half that ended with Central leading 16-13. With 3:08 left in the third the Mustangs were up 28-20, by the time the third quarter ended Cook got a pair of baskets on inbounds plays, sandwiched around a three-pointer from Webb ending the third quarter 28-27. South took the lead for Cook’s shot at the baseline to

make it 35-33 with 2:26 remain-ing. At the end of the game Cook put 14 points on the board, Hol-loway had 10 points, and Mitch-ell had 10 rebounds that helped the Cougars to a 28-16 advan-tage on the board. Megan Holloway was named the tournaments Most Valuable Player, and was also named the Most Valuable Player in the SIT in 2011. McKenzie Haynes (’13) were named corecipients of the Bill Burke Most Inspirational Player award. Megan Holloway and Mitchell were named to the all-tournament team.

Cougars line up to receive the plaque for winning the championship. photo by kelsi baird

After a week of nothing but basketball, the boys basketball team finished third place in the SIT. After a loss against the An-dover Trojans, knocking South out of the championship game, a win was exactly what the Cou-gars needed to end a great tour-nament. The No. 8 seed Cougars beat Clay Center in the third place game with a final score of 74-61. It was a close first half with the Cougars only leading by three at half time. By the fourth quarter, South was up 52-43 and left Clay Center no chance to get back in the game. Justin

Stonebraker (’14) led the team with 19 points, Ryan Fox (’14) had 14 including three 3- point-ers, Conner Ryan (’13) had 11 and Nathan Kroeker (’13) had 10. The Cougars got off to a great start in the SIT. Knock-ing out the No. 2 seed, Abilene in the first round game was an impressive feat for the Cou-gars. Not many believed they could pull it off, but with a 16-7 run at the end and some huge shots from Stonebraker the win was well deserved. After a brutal three quarters the game was tied at 47. Stonebraker hit

a 3-pointer at the top giving the Cougars a permanent lead. The Cougars dominated the boards with Kroeker grabbing seven and Shawn Smith (’14) with five. But it was free throws that won the game for South. They were 7-8 at the line in the last quar-ter. The win against Abilene put the Cougars in the semifinals against the Andover Trojans. The Cougars couldn’t pull off the semifinal win against Andover. Andover didn’t miss a shot and the Cougars couldn’t seem to get one. At halftime the Cougars trailed 29-16. The

boys were able to get within nine points of Andover with 2:35 left in the game. Andover answered back with an 8-0 run shutting out the Cougars. The Cougars shot 37 percent and had 19 turnovers against the Trojans. Fox had (’14) eight points, while Stonebraker led the team with 14. Andover ended up winning the championship game against Salina Central 55-48. Stonebraker made the all-tournament team. He was the only one from South to receive honors.

By Megan Holloway

The wrestling team met with Derby last Thursday in Sa-lina. Derby, who is ranked No. 4 in the 6A division, was too much for the Cougars. They beat South 61-12. It was a tough loss for South, especially since the team is missing a lot of kids on the mat. Many upperclassmen along with No. 6 ranked Michael Shirk (’13) are out due to inju-ries. However, Tanner O’Donnell (’13) won’t let the injuries bring him or his team down. He took down Armoni Coppins of Derby in 50 seconds keeping Derby from shutting them out. Alex Parker (’15), who also scored

points for the Cougars, only took 47 seconds to take down his op-ponent Kohl Yoder. “Our team just keeps get-ting better as the season goes,” O’Donnell said. O’Donnell is currently ranked fifth in the 182 weight class in 5A. He has every inten-tion to end his team’s season right. “We’re just trying to get ready for regionals on the 16th,” O’Donnell said. Getting healthy is a big for the South wrestling team. “We’ll have the whole team ready by the time regionals comes,” O’Donnell said. Regionals will be held at Great Bend on Feb. 16.

By Megan Holloway Boys swimming traveled to Wichita last Saturday for the Wichita Northwest Invitational. Out of 18 teams, South came home with a team score of 35 taking 17th place. Individuals who placed in the 200y medley relay were Zachary Kaszychi (’16), Bren-dan Borcherding (’16) and Bro-dy Bowell (’13). Individuals who placed in the 200y freestyle relay were Kaszychi, Bowell, Tucker Ro-bidou (’13) and Clay Peppiatt (’13). Individuals who placed in the 400y freestyle relay were Peppiatt, Colin Truhe (’15), Ben-jamin Weishaar (’15), Bowell,

Kaszychi, Robidou, Luke Au-gustine (’14) and Joshua Miller (’15). The Cougars will attend re-gionals on Feb. 9 at Newton.

By Drew Mussat-Loveless

Trey Lorenson (’15) prepares for a dive during a home meet. photo by saige otter

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In the winter months, break is usually the only thing that is worth looking forward to, but as teens grow up, the excitement seems to be dwindling. Bringing it back can be easy, and teens can even incor-porate the many things they did as a child. There’s an endless list of entertaining things to do, but the lack of motivation and the freezing temperatures keeps the best of us inside and away from that good old physical ac-tivity. The reason that this hap-pens is because the thought of working out, especially in chilly weather, can be a nightmare to this lazy generation. What is constantly forgot-ten is that physical activity doesn’t have to be viewed this way. Back in the old days when teens were little kiddos run-ning and screaming across the playground, they were not only getting a good workout, but they were having fun. That can still be achieved today, even over the dreary winter months. Modern society has become very dependent on technology, so more and more kids are be-coming inactive as they’re stay-ing in and playing video games instead of going out. Now, that’s not saying that people need to completely drop

their lifestyles and change ev-erything, but balancing exercise and play can have great ben-efits. So, when life starts to feel like it’s dragging on or when the stress seems too much to bear, people can start to forget how lovely life can be. A little bit of liveliness each day can lighten moods and bring people togeth-er. When people are not out-side as much, they lack the vita-min D that the sun gives them in the summertime, and this can create feelings of sadness and depression. To defeat this, try thinking outside of the box when mak-ing plans. Think back to those little kid years and call up some friends. A little bit of activity every-day never hurt anyone, and in winter it can be even more dif-ficult to want to leave the couch. No matter the weather, there will always be opportuni-ties to have a good time, and get a nice workout, all while reliving the great days of childhood. It’s very important to find ways to enjoy the holidays and hold on until spring around this time of the year. Balancing time and creating amusing activities will surely be able to help those caught up in the winter blues feel a lot less blue.

It may seem that winter drags everyone down, especially now that everyone has grown up, but don’t be fooled. Get up and go do something; the child-hood that many miss can be conjured. There may be a chill in the air, but soon enough, spring and summer will roll around, and more opportunities to be a little kid will come, along with blissful temperatures. For now, we have almost survived winter, and spring will come with spring break and then summer will be upon us, as will many ways to have unforget-table fun with friends. Now, in this modern day, putting down the video games and getting off of Twitter seems to be the biggest issue, so here are some good old-fashioned ways to get out of the house and have fun.

If a big snowstorm comes..• Do what the little kids do.

Bundle up with a coat, sweats, boots, a scarf and some gloves and go play in the snow.

• Getting on the ground and making a snow angel is as fun as it used to be. Don’t be afraid to let the little kid inside come out, snow only comes once a year.

Escaping the winter slump with childhood activities• Grab a sled or go buy a

cheap one and go sledding with some friends.

• When sledding begins to get boring, grab a long-loved delicacy…hot choco-late. Load it up with any topping like marshmallows, whipped cream or choco-late sprinkles and indulge.

• If it’s decent out, make a snow fort! Battle some friends in a snowball fight and see who the reigning champ is.

If it’s too cold out or there isn’t any snow...• Hide away inside and build

a blanket fort. Just like a little kid, steal all of the pil-lows and blankets from the house and throw them over some chairs.

• Try staying inside and watching movies. Disney classics will never get old, and Netflix has a good s e l e c t i o n of old car-toons, mov-ies and T.V. shows that will be sure to make s o m e o n e nostalgic.

By Tiffany Bowers

By Courtney Main

Words and phrases that need to stay in 2012

YOLO: To the people who don’t live in the digital age or 21st century: YOLO stands for You Only Live Once. I think this one is pretty self explanatory... everyone was already sick of hearing YOLO once it was made popu-lar. Personally, I think Drake was just spitting a verse and trying to say something positive; it wasn’t meant to spark a big revolution of annoying teenagers who won’t stop using YOLO as their excuse for everything stupid they do. I think this phrase died when my mom started using it in correct context... However, I think it’s a cute little motto to live by if you’re putting your posi-tive goals into it. Living once and using your time well.

Swag: I would definitely be okay with people saying they had swag if it weren’t annoying teen-age boys who think swag is sag-ging their pants down to their knees. Swag is style, and boys, girls think a man looks dressed much better if he were in a suit and tie (or at least in some jeans with a belt and a nice shirt) than if you can see his underwear. You’ll get much more ladies that way, then I’ll allow you to say you

have swag.

Princess: There is this ongoing fad of girls calling them-selves princesses happening. I guess I don’t under-stand or it’s just that they’re joking, but it gets kind of old when everyone’s Twitter or Facebook name incor-porates “Princess _____” in some way. Maybe I’m the only one who thinks so, but being called a princess, or calling yourself a princess, isn’t exactly endearing. Personally, I would get creeped out if a boy called me princess. Not only is it creepy, but in reality who would want to be a princess anyway? Princesses in the medi-eval times only were allowed a shower every few weeks and had to stay in dreary, cold and dark castles. I think I’m okay with my everyday showers and warm cozy

bedroom; I don’t want, or need, to be a princess.

Ratchet: First off, let me start off by telling you all what the actual, non-slang definition of ratchet is. Accord-ing to thefreedictionary.com, ratchet is defined as “a mechanism consisting of a pawl that engages the slop-ing teeth of a wheel or bar, permitting motion in one di-rection only”. Ratchet, in its slang use, basically means the person being called this is gross, nasty or ghetto. It makes absolutely no sense where this unnecessary word was derived from, and it’s probably one of the more annoying words that needs to stay in 2012. I feel like if you’re literally calling someone ratchet, and not joking, it makes you just as “ratchet” for using such a useless and “unedumacated” word. Can we resort back to the 1900s when people insulted others by us-ing high level vocabulary? Or not have to insult others

at all? Just a thought.

Truu...: I was pretty fed up with 2 Chainz and the pop-ularity he got when everyone started finding out who he was. I could never get into his insultingly ridiculous verses, and whenever I hear someone say truuuuuu it grinds at my nerves. I might as well throw in “thoooo” in with this one, too (which I tend to say in a joking demeanor, so I guess it makes me hypocritical). How-ever, I think this is one of the words that people say for fun and just catches on. I mean, you could follow a stupid trend or you could actually sound like an intel-lectual and simply add an ‘e’ or ‘ugh’ to the end of the

word. But whatever, your choice. More power to ya.

YOLO

SWAGRATCHET PRINCESS

TRUUU

• Go for a bike ride or a run and enjoy the fresh air.

• Grab some friends and visit the old playground. Play a pickup game of basketball or baseball, or even play tag or hide and seek, but with new rules. Doubling over in a fit of laughter from how amusing it is has to be one of the best feelings.

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“Why do elephants paint their toe-nails red? So they can hide in strawberry patch-es. Have you ever seen an elephant in a strawberry patch?”

“Why did the monkey fall from the tree? He died.”

“Why did the turkey cross the road?To prove he wasn’t a chicken.”

“Why is the price of beef so high? Because the cow jumped over the moon.”

“What did the man say when his dog left him?Dog-gone!”

“What kind of music do cars listen to?Old cartunes.”

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