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Vol. 102 Issue 4

The Central High Times

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EDITORIAL POLICY The Central High Times is a student-produced publication of the Central High School journalism department. The staff and adviser strive to create an open forum for students and teachers. We take responsibility for accuracy and fairness and for work to be unbiased and responsive to the needs of readers in order to encourage the submission of readers’ ideas. We promise to practice honesty, to run the paper as a business and to avoid printing material that is legally considered obscene, libelous or private.

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to Dr. Anderson for becoming the official

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to summer for being so close. Hello old friend, we missed you.

to the people who willingly didn’t buy a yearbook to

support their staff.

CREATIVITY AT CENTRAL: MYP PERSONAL PROJECT

HUMANS OF CENTRAL, KOBY LJUNGGREN

LEADS & SHORTS

DECA, CENTRAL MARKETING

BYRON LOONEY’S RETIREMENT

SENIOR STAFF FAREWELLS

OPINIONPG. 20STATE OF THE DISTRICT

ADVISER Karen CulpEDITOR-IN-CHIEF Koby LjunggrenASSISTANT EDITOR Lauren ParkerPHOTO EDITOR Lane BurdetteBUSINESS MANAGER Cameron WheelerGRAPHICS EDITOR Grace DepperschmidtREPORTERS Lonni Hall, Isabel Lai, Eric Cowan, Noah Henkle, Aubrey Banks, Timothy Keeling, Landon Summers

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KEEPING UP WITH REQUIRED READING

Health is essential to learning—on the Springfield Public Schools (SPS) Health and Wellness page, there is a

quote by ancient Greek physician Herophilus demonstrating the barrier that bad health can be to the educational process, and to life in general: “When health is absent, wisdom cannot reveal itself, art cannot manifest, strength cannot fight, wealth becomes useless, and intelligence cannot be applied.” To alleviate the health needs of students, each school has a school nurse appointed to them by SPS Health Services on the district level. However, while the National Association of School Nurses recommends one nurse for every 750 students, in SPS’s 2014-2015 Annual Report, Central has a student population of 1,729 and is serviced by just a single school nurse.

“Every time I have to go to the nurse, there’s always been a long line,” sophomore Lydia Estrada said. “It always takes a while to get through it.”

Our school nurses around the district go underappreciated, taking care of incredibly important responsibilities, anywhere from general first aid and student welfare to holding student prescriptions, social referrals and vaccinations. But no matter how talented the nurse, these are a lot of responsibilities for a single person to take care of in a school over over 1,700 students. Kickapoo, with 1,830 students last year, has three nurses. Together with Kickapoo, we are the two largest schools in the district, with the third being Parkview with 1,371 students.

Elizabeth Belt, Central’s school nurse, is always very busy. While she is highly qualified, working as a school nurse for 12 years in total and at a hospital for 11 before that, Belt sees around 40 to 80 students on a daily basis for ailments anywhere from headaches and allergies to self injury, hunger and pregnancy.

“We make a lot of social referrals to outside agencies

such as Care to Learn, the Hug Fund, the PTA Clothing Bank or our food pantry. We also make medical, dental and vision referrals to the vision clinic or the Jordan Valley clinic,” Belt said. “Working here, some of the students I see really do have nothing—it makes you think.”

In addition, Parkview, Hillcrest and Central all have fewer nurses and our students have greater needs than those at Kickapoo. Our schools have 55 to 65 percent of our population on free and reduced lunch compared to Glendale and Kickapoo’s 20 to 30 percent, indicating a greater level of food insecurity. Low-income families are less likely to have affordable health care, and are thus less likely to go to a doctor when faced with medical problems, or have a primary care provider at all. Often, the school nurse is the option that students have to go to that is affordable and safe, even when faced with problems that should be seen by a doctor.

Nurses are an important part of the school. Fewer nurses means fewer or shorter shifts, limiting the amount of care that students have available to them during a school day. Students need a way to get a form of medical care when in the school building should they be injured; if there is only one nurse, it poses a problem to injured students when the nurse is off duty and they are in need of medical assistance that only nurses are allowed to provide. Since health is so important, not only to the general welfare of students but specifically to their ability to learn, we find it strange that the health department in our school seems understaffed.

“I love the diversity and opportunities here at Central. I believe our staff provides the chance for all students to reach their potential, and our main responsibility here in the nurse’s office is to assist students so they can learn, be successful and reach that full potential,” Belt said.

“We see all kinds of things—we run a little Urgent Care over here.”

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Thousands of people gathered at John Q. Hammons Arena on the Missouri State University campus on March 12 to see Democratic presidential nominee Bernie Sanders.

Sanders spoke for about an hour, explaining his policy beliefs and how determined he was to win Missouri in the primary.

Students at Central were pumped about the chance to see him, as young, first time voters are the most excited about a democratic socialist president.

Many people were unable to get through security before Sanders’ speech ended. However, Sanders spoke to those people outside of the arena after his initial speech, rallying Springfield supporters to vote for him in the Democratic presidential primary.

On April 12, Central’s music program united to create a harmonious repertoire at this year’s music assembly, rebranded from the Winter Music Assembly to the Spring Music Assembly. Last year, the assembly was canceled due to scheduling troubles. This year, however, the music assembly made a comeback, not in the traditional December timeslot, but now in April to avoid the weather problems that lead to its cancellation.

The choir, band and orchestra programs, lead by Eric Eichenberger, Chris Rohrbaugh and Jacqueline Trtan, have continued to rack up awards and honors at competition this year. The Spring Music Assembly is the chance that Central students have, outside of concerts, to hear their talented musicians in action.

“I think what people don’t realize is how much work is involved,” Rohrbaugh said. “They think about rehearsals as an ensemble, but they don’t recognize that all of these kids put in a ton of individual work behind the scenes to make this happen.”

During Central’s annual Diversity Assembly, William Bruner, the English Language Learner (ELL) instructor, announced a new program that will be implemented at the start of the 2016-2017 school year. This new program is called Enclase.

“The new program was designed to better meet the needs of ELL students,” Bruner said. “In the past, all ELL students were placed together in classes. In the future, ELL students will be placed based on their English proficiency.”

The current program where the ELL students are all grouped together in classes was considered inefficient. The population of ELL students continues to grow, making it harder for classes to contain ELL students with varying amounts of English proficiency.

ISABEL LAI / REPORTER

TIMOTHY KEELING / REPORTER

NOAH HENKLE / REPORTER

INNOVATIONS FOR ENGLISH LEARNERS

MUSIC ASSEMBLY RETURNS

SANDERSINSPRINGFIELD

(ERIC COWAN)

(LANE BURDETTE)

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On Friday April 1, Interational Baccalaureate (IB) Art, Theater, Music and Film students gathered at the Creamery Arts Center to show their work. For some students, this exhibition was the cumulation of two years of class time and effort.

Approximately 75 students in total displayed work.

“There was a surprisingly large amount of people at the art show,” said senior and impressionist artist Sylas Feemster. According to estimates by Central art teacher Susan Brown, who was satisfied with the art show, over 200 people attended the event.

“I always appreciate all the students coming together to make a memorable event that celebrates their work,” Brown said.

Film teacher Joshua Cantrell was also in attendance.

“The art show is one of the coolest things that we do [at Central],” Cantrell said. “There were fewer films [displayed this year] but the ones that were shown were probably some of the best we’ve ever had.”

This year, students participating in the show tried a new system that allowed viewers to access more show information. Pioneered by Brown and

senior Katie Simkins, this involved printing QR codes which were hung by each of the art student’s spaces and linked to a show website. Also included on this website was information about IB Film, Theatre, and Music students.

“[The QR code system is] all about technology in the classroom,” Simkins said. “The website was a fun project because I got to see works from everyone and read their artist bios, which let me get to know my classmates and what they thought about their art.”

To access the art show site, visit chsartshow.wix.com/ib-arts.

STUDENT ARTISTRY ON DISPLAYLANE BURDETTE / PHOTO EDITOR

(PHOTOS BY LANE BURDETTE)

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Central’s Distributive Education Clubs of America (DECA) is putting itself out there this year under the

new leadership of marketing teacher Bret Lovekamp. DECA is an organization geared towards marketing students with career interests in marketing, finance, entrepreneurship or other business-related fields. Although it has existed for many years, Central’s chapter has been relatively inactive and unseen by the student body until this year—a little strange for a marketing club.

“I mean, I’ve actually heard of them this year, as opposed to the past,” senior Sarah Whalen said. “I know they had that ‘What the Hecka!’ sign.”

Not only have they put up signs encouraging students to join, but DECA members have taken initiative in many projects, utilizing their unique skills to benefit Central’s community. This year, DECA has sold coupon books, run the concessions stands for sports games, sold Central t-shirts at lunch and installed a Spirit Box in the commons area. The Spirit Box is a unique vending machine that allows students to buy earbuds, spirit wear and other assorted merchandise to raise money for DECA. They have also attended workshops and conferences in order to expand business ability. As students learn more skills about

advertising and running a business, they use that knowledge to get involved in the community. All of these activities have brought DECA into the awareness of the student body at Central.

“I think it’s really important to get involved,” Lovekamp said. “I know the past adviser had a hard time and I’m proud of our club this year.”

The fundraising that DECA does goes mainly towards funding participation in their competitive events. This year, for the first time in recent history, DECA had qualified two Central students, senior Julia DeLuce and junior Terra Maslak-Hopper, to the International Career Development Conference (ICDC).

DECA competes in marketing-related events where they take an objective test as well as perform a role-play where they can sell their product. The focus on marketing is what sets DECA apart from other clubs. In fact, all of the students in DECA are required to have taken, currently be in or plan on soon taking marketing.

“Our biggest obstacle in recruitment is that you have to take marketing,” Lovekamp said. “I think a lot of kids don’t know what it is, so our chapter isn’t as big as some around the area.”

WHAT THE HECKA.‽DECA

A LOOK INTO CENTRAL MARKETINGISABEL LAI REPORTER/

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Byron Looney, health teacher and boys’ basketball coach at Central, has seen tens of thousands of students

throughout his 29 years at Central. Yet his time at Central didn’t begin as a teacher at the front of the classroom, but rather as a student and basketball player.

Central has always been a place of memories for Looney. As a student, he began to date the woman he would later come to call his wife and crossed paths with the late basketball coach Jim Ball, for whom the Jim Ball Gymnasium or “The Pit” is named after today. Looney’s relationship with Ball would grow close through his time in basketball.

“There were times Coach Ball and Mrs. Ball invited my wife and I over to their home for lunch and dinner,” Looney said. He said Ball made a special impact on him and would lead him to graduate high school with the desire to become a teacher and coach.

It would be less than a decade later when Looney returned to Central as a teacher and coach. As a teacher, Looney soon came to love the day-to-day life of “interacting with funny, talented and special students.”

However, it would be in 2003 when Looney would come upon his “most amazing years” wherein he received the opportunity to coach both of his sons. “I really began to understand what the players go through both on and off season,” Looney said on how the experience changed him, “It made me realize that basketball is only a game. Sometimes we need to put the wins and losses aside and remember: we are trying to mold these young boys into responsible and productive young men.”

Looney has touted this idea of working to create responsible and productive students as his primary goal, as he has remarked frequently over his years at Central that the respect teachers and students have for one another must be mutual for effective learning.

Although Looney said he was going to “miss walking down the halls…students, and Central’s traditions,” he is proud of the work he has accomplished at Central. “I’m honored to have handed my two sons their diplomas at their graduation, and to have gotten to meet so many young men and women over the years.”

CAMERON WHEELER / BUSINESS MANAGER

BYRON LOONEYCENTRAL HERO RETIRES

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ATHLETE HIGHLIGHTNOAH HENKLE / REPORTER

ELON SMITH-MILLER

SENIOR | SOCCER

TERRANCE STACYE

JUNIOR | BOWLING

Senior Elon Smith-Miller, is helping to lead the girls’

soccer team to success this year, along with the help of

new freshmen on varsity. Smith-Miller has played soccer

since the first grade. She enjoys being involved. Smith-Miller said, “my favorite part about being involved with soccer is the team environment and how we all get to collaborate to form a team and pursue our season.”

Smith-Miller considers herself a decent soccer player

with her strength being the communication on the backline. Smith-Miller is looking at playing soccer at the college level at Lyon College in Batesville, Ark.

Smith-Miller gives thanks to her coaches for her success on the field. Smith-Miller said, “Coach Welch has helped me to better myself and not get in my head so much and Coach Burns is encouragement for me and there to back us up.”

Her teammates also support her. “We are all really close knit and I feel like I can go to any of them if I have any problems with anything.” Smith-Miller and her team are excited for districts and hoping to win another title this year.

Central continues to participate in bowling this year, as junior Terrance Stacye helps lead his team. Bowling has

run in Stacye’s family for generations. His grandma was a

bowler, his mom is a bowler and nearly everyone else in his family has continued the bowling tradition.

Stacye’s major reason for pursuing bowling is the opportunity for scholarship money. “When you are bowling really well and earn scholarship money at the same time, it

is kind of cool,” Stacye said. Stacye’s highest game this year was a 296, which he achieved in January.

Bowling has also made Stacye a better student. “You can get stressed out in bowling pretty quickly and if you can manage the stress in bowling, then you can manage the stress in school,” Stacye said. Stacye plans on playing

collegiately at either the University of Kansas or the

University of Arkansas. Stacye has had a great year, not only succeeding in bowling, but being granted his Eagle Scout this year. Stacye is on the track for success.

He hopes to bowl a perfect 300, finally go to state as a team and thrive in individual tournaments.

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SPORTS SUCCESSES

This year, Central has been largely successful in several areas. It has truly been an honor to cover such great athletes and to get to know them and their personalities. Many such athletes have succeeded in their respective sports. Let’s celebrate the accomplishments of Central High athletes.

Boys’ FootBall had a winning record in 2015, a Feat that had not Been accomplished in 15 years. (lonni hall)

soFtBall won the humansville tournament, Beating weauBleau, humansville and hermitage. (eric cowan)

Julia deluce qualiFied to compete in sectionals For golF this Fall.(eric cowan)

ERIC COWAN / REPORTER

Boy’s BasketBall won a game against parkview in districts this year.(lane Burdette)

meg swords, miranda allen, sara Fiedler, katie lu, kaitlin whitten, sydney weBer qualiFied For state and swords was named a 2016 american Family insurance all-usa ozarks diver. (isaBel lai)

girls’ golF

Boys’ FootBall

girls’ swim

girls’ soFtBall

Boys’ BasketBall`

Boys’ soccer

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Boys’ soccer had wins at districts against leBanon and waynesville. (eric cowan)

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It is clear that senior Koby Ljunggren has a lot of passion for what he does, whether that is being the editor of the

Central High Times or biochemistry.“I think that student journalism is incredibly important

because it teaches students about what has been or could’ve been taken away from them,” Ljunggren said. He has been a part of Central’s journalism program since his sophomore year. He said that student journalism is important because gives students the opportunity to talk about important events in their community.

Ljunggren said, “It teaches you a lot about life.” To him, journalism teaches how to convey an idea in an understandable way. It teaches how to make a story the truest it can be.

He said, “When you major in science, people often minor in journalism because a lot of scientific reporting is done in a similar style. Additionally, there is scientific journalism. I think it is a kind of weak field at the moment because that it is either sensationalized or misleading.”

Ljunggren said, “Every student has their one thing and I think that this [journalism] is my one thing.” People center their high school experience around their “one thing”. Even though they may not end up with their “thing” as a career, it will play a big part in their lives.

Seniors, as you leave Central behind for new adventures don’t feel the need to leave what you’re passionate about behind too. If you just haven’t found your “thing” yet, don’t worry, because maybe that’s what high school is all about.

HUMANSOF CENTRAL

KOBY LJUNGGREN

LONNI HALL / REPORTER

A MESSAGE FROM THE EDITOR:My experience in Central journalism has essentially changed the person I am and I am forever grateful. I hope I left an

impact on these students and the school as the editor-in-chief of the Central High Times.While I am not entirely ready to hand the baton over to Eric Cowan as newsmagazine editor, I have faith he’ll be just as

successful as I was leading the staff this year. I am very proud of the staff I had and the work we accomplished this year. Journalism means a lot to me and I can see the

passion these newer students have for the practice. Whether they pursue journalism or something else, I am sure they will excel, propelled by their experiences in the newsroom.

(LANE BURDETTE)

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Students at Central High School typically get a lot of homework throughout the week along with assigned

reading, which falls towards the bottom of a student’s priorities. Required reading tends to be neglected compared to other assignments.

While book reading has its contrasts to written homework, deadlines of chapters can cause problems for students.

“Whenever you’re given a book it feels like homework and you’re stuck on a schedule that you have to follow,” Maria Starns, 10, said. “Books on your own you get to choose when you get to read it so it’s more enjoyable.”

Required reading has due dates as well as graded work to go along with it.

“It takes the fun out of the book whenever you’re having to do assignments and write about it constantly,” Ruth Skolnick-Schur, 10, said. “Personally, I think it’s more fun to be able to read a book, dive into it and get into it just because you want to. When you personally want to do something for yourself there’s more of a drive to it.”

The way an author writes, early impressions and storyline are all key factors for a student’s attitude towards an assignment.

“While assigning books that are hyped in life, like ‘To Kill a Mockingbird,’ students are more perceptive,” Amanda Montileone, an English teacher at Central said. “With ‘Cry, the Beloved Country,’ the language is weird and it’s not a hyped book, and students automatically complain.”

“The hardest book that I’ve read for school was probably ‘Cry, the Beloved Country,’” Skolnick-Schur said. “I just wasn’t really interested in the subject matter and I don’t think it was presented as well as it could be—it was rushed. We didn’t read the full thing and the movie supplemented it.”

Time is also a detail that can have a large impact on a

student reading.“With other sports and stuff outside of school, you go

home, do your homework and reading on top of that when you just want to relax,” Starns said.

One flaw students see in the school reading system is a lack of variety between books.

“Every single book I’ve read this year has probably been on a banned book list for some reason,” Skolnick-Schur said. “Obviously that doesn’t really matter, but that kind of shows the similarities. They all address a problem in the world.”

Websites like Sparknotes are easy ways for students to read chapter summaries of school books, but there are mixed reviews on whether someone could pass quizzes and fully understand the book by just using these internet sources.

Students like Ruth use Sparknotes before assignments as a way to remember what they had read multiple nights before. Analysis portions are a way for her to “see deeper” than she could have on her own.

“I always look at them [online summaries] as aids for students. I think it can really help refresh and support,” Montileone said. “No matter how detailed it is, it’s still hard to understand.”

Whether a student is an active reader or not, the International Baccalaureate (IB) program requires strong literacy among its students.

“You have to eventually become a reader at some point with IB,” Montileone said.

For students who have trouble completing their reading homework, Montileone adds that keeping post-it notes with dates written on them between chapters can help students finish reading on time.

KATE SMITH / JI REPORTER

A MESSAGE FROM THE EDITOR:

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CREATIVITY AT CENTRALCREATIVITY AT CENTRALInternational Baccalaureate (IB) Middle Years Program

(MYP) sophomores exhibit their drive and passion through the MYP Personal Project Learning Lab

International Baccalaureate (IB) Middle Years Program (MYP) sophomores exhibit their drive and passion

through the MYP Personal Project Learning Lab

The Personal Project Learning Lab here at Central has been popular

among many creative sophomores this year. In this learning lab, students get to pick something to learn and then do extensive work on that project during school.

Over 20 students participated in the class, with foreign language teacher Sara Schall running the class. Students created many unique projects that supported creativity in and outside of school.

Sophomore Kayla Bryant created Criminology Club here at Central. Bryant said, “I thought that the personal project learning lab would be interesting to do compared to another learning lab.

Bryant’s favorite part about her club was interacting with the members and

setting up the crime scenes. Bryant, however, regrets not communicating more about the club and making it more frequent.

Students also meet with mentors once a month to make sure they are on track to finish and help them edit their essays that are required with the project.

Sophomore Kayla Oldow was able to finish a project she has wanted to do since age 13 through the learning lab. Oldow said, “I started out really ambitious and wanted to do a short film and have it animated, but since that’s like huge, I decided to just make an illustrated children’s book with the same story.”

All participants of the project had to have their projects completed by April 19, the night of the exhibition

in the Central commons. At the ceremony students were presented with certificates by Lisa Anderson, principal, who attended and spoke at the event.

Parents and mentors walked around the commons area looking at all the projects and poster boards that the students created.

Sophomore Austin McClary highly recommends the class. McClary said, “If you don’t really understand something and you want to understand it, then this class helps you out quite a bit.”

The learning lab also presented their projects to middle school students at Pipkin, who are just starting their IB careers.

Projects were graded on a scale of 1-7 according to the IB rubric.

NOAH HENKLE REPORTER/

SOPHOMORE NATALIE LANGGUTH SHOWS OFF HER PROJECT, AN ART SHOW FEATURING STUDENT ARTISTS AS WELL AS PROFESSION-AL GUEST ARTISTS. (ISABEL LAI)

SOPHOMORE ELIZABETH PARROTT EXPLAINS THE SHORT STORY SHE WROTE TO NEWLY INSTATED PRINCIPAL LISA ANDERSON.(ISABEL LAI)

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ERIC COWAN REPORTER/

new voices

The fight against censorship in student journalism continues with

the passage of Walter Cronkite New Voices Act in the Missouri House

HISTORY

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Agroup who favors the advancement of the rights of young journalists called New Voices is currently involved in

the process of campaigning their view for wider rights for students in Missouri. What started out as House Bill 2058 has now become a bill in the Missouri Senate and would give students freedoms that have been restrained because of the 1988 Supreme Court case Hazelwood School District v.

Kuhlmeier, which happened here in Missouri. This case led to the ability of school administrators to censor a student’s work in school sponsored publications with any reasonable educational justification. New Voices protests that this process, called prior restraint, in American schools restricts the First Amendment rights of students, specifically the freedom of speech and the freedom of the press.

The goal of the campaign is to return to the standard was set by the Supreme Court case Tinker v. Des Moines

Independent Community School District. It protected student speech with rights similar to those of professional journalists—student work was safe unless it was libelous, an invasion of privacy or created a “clear and present danger” of a “material and substantial disruption” of the school.

It has been almost 30 years since Hazelwood v.

Kuhlmeier, and students have gone through generations of producing and writing articles that may legally be censored, something the New Voices movement considers a violation of the basic rights of student journalists. The movement also has something to say to readers who imagine themselves unaffected by Hazelwood: journalism and free press have

always been a crucial pillar of democracy. A major concern with the precedent set by Hazelwood is students that would be more concerned with upsetting an administrator and writing to please a certain audience than actual reporting or journalistic integrity.

The New Voices movement has grown in recent years, now protecting student journalists in several states, as the campaign has influenced change in many state legislatures. Arkansas, Colorado, the District of Columbia, Iowa, Kansas, Maryland and Pennsylvania all have limited protections and California, North Dakota, Oregon and Washington have now all passed laws forbidding adminstrative censorship in high school publications. The extension of these rights would allow students to produce material without fear of adminstrative censorship in student-led publications such as magazines, newspapers, yearbooks or other mediums that stand for producing newsworthy articles.

The New Voices movement and those who support it hope to continue around the country in their ambitions towards creating future journalists and more effective future citizens.

While many states are without protections, House Bill 2058, also known as the Walter Cronkite New Voices Act, passed the Missouri House with an overwhelming 131-12 vote on April 13. To become a law, it will move on to a vote in the Missouri Senate and the approval of Governor Jay Nixon. Missouri Western State University student, Brent Rosenbauer, was at the opening hearing of the bill

A student in did not participate in saluting the American Flag because it went against his

beliefs. The school attempted to force the student, Walter Barnette, and then punished the student

for this action. The Supreme Court ruled that the student was protected under the

First Amendment and that it would be unconstitutional to force students to

salute or pledge to symbols.

WEST VIRGINIA BOARD OF EDUCATION V. BARNETTE

Mary Beth and her brother, John Tinker, wore black armbands to school to peacefully protest the Vietnam

War. The school administrators claimed that the bands were a distraction to the classroom and thus made the students take them off and warned that if they were to wear them again, the students would be suspended. The students continued to wear the armbands. The

Supreme Court ruled that in this case, students do retain their First Amendment right to

freely express themselves beyond the schoolhouse gate.

TINKER V. DES MOINES INDEPENDENT COMMUNITY

SCHOOL DISTRICT

19691943

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in the committee on Feb. 1. “It’s important to educate by experience,” Rosenbauer said, a journalism major.

To him and other supporters of the New Voices movement, this legislation would give students, who will make up the next generation of journalists, the opportunity to be critical of their environment and to form opinions and know how to use them to speak their mind and express themselves more freely. These characteristics are necessary to professional journalists, and thus the students learning the same curriculum must be able to develop these critical skills.

As Missouri has been home to some of the most famous student press controversies, Hazelwood v. Kuhlmeier,

and a now globally known incident, Tim Tai at Missouri University, it seems a natural place for the continuation of the expansion of student journalists’ rights. The bill is currently being heard by the Missouri State Senate. Despite the strong showing in the Missouri House, there are still possible hurdles that may halt the act from being passed.

Opposition has been brought up by the Missouri Association of School Administrators, who wrote a letter to lawmakers outlining their concerns of district liability with the passage of the bill.

If you feel strongly about this bill, you can contact your state representatives and express your opinions.

To learn more about the New Voices campaign, go to www.newvoicesus.com or follow New Voices Missouri on social media.

In 1776, the founding fathers felt that giving equal basic human rights to every citizen of the United States of America was essential to the success of our nation. At the time, this meant to white men of all economic statuses.

In 1920, legislation was passed that gave women the right to vote, expanding who can receive these basic human rights.

In 1956, a bill, known as the Voting Rights Act, gave the right to vote to African Americans. Again, the culture changed to support the need of basic human rights to a minority group.

It is now 2016, and still students do not have the freedom of press upon entering the school. As time and people change, so does the culture of the society. In the 21st century, students have shown that they are capable of greater achievements; students are aspiring to do greater, beginning in the school. Students are thoughtful, capable individuals, who understand the responsibility of these basic human rights. In this time, students have shown that they deserve this basic human right.

Clearly, the country is changing to meet new needs and better fit the culture of its citizens. Naturally, as the news changes, those who report the news should change too. This bill would allow student journalists to more freely speak their minds as students have a perspective of their school and life that adults simply don’t get the chance to observe in their natural environment. The best critic of a service is the recipient of the service as they fully understand the efficiency of the action in practice, a valuable perspective.

A student led publication wrote articles about pregnancy and runaways that were ruled inappropriate for student readers by school administrators and taken

out of the to-be printed newspaper.The newspaper staff was not given an opportunity to make corrections to meet

administrative standards. The case was taken to court on the grounds that student’s First Amendment rights were denied.

The Supreme Court ruled that as the district supports the publication, the administrator would be legally allowed

to prior-review the articles and to censor the work of students in a school environment. In this case, the

precedent that students do lose their First Amendment rights once they enter

school was set.

HAZELWOOD SCHOOL DISTRICT V. KUHLMEIER

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LONNI HALL / REPORTER& STAFF

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If you’ve never gotten angry about a font choice, text justification or column alignment, you can count yourself

both lucky and unlucky. You’ve never had to deal with the stress and exhaustion that comes with working on a journalism staff, but you’ve also never created an entire book in less than a year, gotten to decide what you want the school to read, or gotten close with a group of peers in quite the same way. Of course, there’s more to journalism than this. Because of journalism, I’ve not only learned how to handle criticism well and learned how to design, photograph and write; I’ve been given opportunities to write and publish stories for the student body to read. The most unexpected and perhaps the most valuable thing I’ve learned through this and throughout my journalism experience is the importance of recognizing who you’re truly writing for.

As Central students, we often like to think of ourselves as one student body or simply as “Central.” It’s a blanket term that encompasses all of us, uniting us and helping us to show our school spirit. Being united and spirited is a good thing; it’s part of what makes high school so much fun. However, how often do we pause to consider the fact that each person within Central’s walls may have a completely different experience of a day, a year or a high school career than every other person? How often do we think about the fact that Central is a school with over 1,700 students, and that each of these students is entirely and completely unique? It’s easy to overlook, and usually isn’t important to our everyday life. However, this wide range of students and interests is important to the journalism department. It’s something that we have to consider and explore when writing for the High Times and the yearbook.

For example, writing for the High Times and the Résumé requires staff members to talk to students that they would most likely never otherwise meet. We often conduct interviews at lunch in order to include people that

we’ve never met, as well as people who come from various backgrounds or cultures. Of course, we all know how culturally diverse our school is, but it seems as though we fail to see the students within these cultures, or within any other groups, as individuals. We become so comfortable in our group of “art kids” or “IB kids” that we fail to look around ourselves to see that there are other unique people here who are walking the same halls, and that they are much more than their clique.

There are foreign exchange students and students who’ve moved from other countries that are experiencing the United States for the first time. There are special education students no different from everyone else, and who deserve to learn in an environment where they are treated as such. There are students whose first language is not English. Everyone at Central is different; we shouldn’t disregard these things that make us unique in order to make us feel uniform. We should embrace them, and I’ve learned that it’s important that we write about and appreciate them as a publication staff. We all may have similar qualities, like those that give us our “groups,” but we are all so much more than that. We are all different, and we should be written about and treated as such.

Each person at Central is unique, and the audience for which we write in the High Times is wide and diverse. Journalism has given me the opportunity not only to write for this audience, but to become immersed in it and to meet people that I, in all honesty, would likely have never known existed otherwise. Although journalism has caused me to nearly pull my hair out on numerous occasions because of fonts or misspellings and has, in fact, caused me to yell at a computer, I will be forever thankful for the fact that I was forced to move outside of my comfortable “IB kid” box and to not only meet new people, but to recognize that not everyone at Central is just like me.

LAUREN PARKER / ASST. EDITOR

2016senior goodbyes

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In the time I’ve been at Central, approximately 16 million babies have been born in the United States, 10 million

people have died, 8 million have married and 900 have graduated from Central’s halls. A lot has happened in the past four years, and I’d to think a lot more will in the next four years to come.

In Sun-tzu’s ‘The Art of War’, Sun says, “Know the enemy/Know yourself,/And victory/Is never in doubt.” By coming to understand the challenges that face me in attempting to do what I’d like in my life, I have worked to identify the enemy. Through the work I have done at Central I have expanded my knowledge of who I am to come to understand what it is I want to do in life, and my own shortcomings that will potentially work to upheave or destroy my own plans.

Coming to better understand myself—and subsequently understanding how truly important understanding oneself is—has perhaps been the most important thing I have to realize during my time at Central, but it is not the only

one. Other skills I’ve found myself learning through my time at Central are those such as prioritizing my time and understanding that not every failure is monumental or something to grieve over; sometimes one must fail to fully understand the issue at hand. Such events happened in class with assignments and on a grander scale in our community as celebrated landmark civil rights decisions found themselves overturned. Such events brought great anguish to my life and the lives of others, but understanding when viewed from a distance they appear trivial to the grand course of our society brings hope and reflection on how to implement positive change. Thank you for bringing me that Central and Springfield. Thank you for making it clear to me that not all losses are equivalent in impact. Thank you for teaching me that defeats can foreshadow victories to come.

Time has moved forward, and with it you and I, now it’s time for us to move forward another step with another 300 graduates.

Arrivederci, Central.

At the beginning of this year, I was excited to graduate. However, through the scandal of college rejections, the fear of losing my friends, and the growing awareness of how screwed my financial future is, graduation has lost it’s glamour. I

have become reluctant to leave Central High School.Nevertheless, in correlation with the disappearance of links on McIntyre’s pink chain, May 6 approaches. High school is a carousel which we leap on to with joy freshman year only to slowly discover that all the painted horses

are hollow, the music repeats mindlessly, and the ever-increasing speed makes us dizzy and holding on difficult. By senior year we feel ready to jump off but quickly learn that leaving the familiar turning is harder than it seems.

The main drawback of hopping off the carousel is saying goodbye to good friends. For four years, we have entertained each other as we rode along, and laughed together when we almost lost our grips (ex: the Extended Essay draft one deadline). We have cheered when one of us succeeded, and cried with each other in times of need.

However, beyond the carousel, our futures wait, ready to be shaped, built, lived.On May 6, we jumped. We jumped because we were ready, we jumped because we’re not and we jumped because it was

simply time.Here’s hoping that we fly.

When looking for something to quote in their senior year, a lot of people turn to Dr. Seuss and his book ‘Oh, the Places You’ll Go!’ I don’t want to beat a dead horse, though, especially since I had to write about Dr. Seuss for a good year

and a half for my IB Extended Essay. Finishing high school also happens to remind me of the children’s show Blue’s Clues instead. There’s an episode where Steve leaves for college, an episode I remember vividly and joke about often now that I’m college-bound too.

I feel like my goodbye should have the kind of simplicity Blue’s Clues offers. Really, high school has been more of a Blue’s Clues experience than a Dr. Seuss one. My time at Central has been a quest to find odd clues that’s finally coming to a close as I figure out what it all means.

To quote Steve, “I’m gonna learn all sorts of new things at college so I can be anything I want to be!”The closer I get to leaving for college, the less scary it seems and the more Steve’s simplified explanation of college rings

true. I get to leave home, learn what I want and meet new people. There’s not much more to leaving high school than that, when you think about it.

So now it’s time for so long.Like Steve, I shall take my pillow to college because I too will be sleeping there every night.

LANE BURDETTE / PHOTO EDITOR

CAMERON WHEELER / BUSINESS MANAGER

GRACE DEPPERSCHMIDT / GRAPHICS EDITOR2016

PICTURED: JOHN JUNGMANN

ON THE STATE OF OUR DISTRICTAN OUTLOOK ON THE FUTURE,REFLECTING ON THE “NOW”

KOBY LJUNGGREN / EDITOR-IN-CHIEFOPINION

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“Personally, the only online sources I learn from are like

Khan Academy,” I said on a homework assignment in my college algebra class.

“But Blendspace uses Khan Academy,” our student teacher said in response.

So maybe I’m a little incorrect.Blendspace and Khan Academy are

both independent tools used by tech-integrated classrooms in order to push education into a more technologically driven learning style.

Blendspace takes the place of the teacher by substituting online sources and helpful step-by-step guides that are often successful in math classrooms, but can be broadened for more general use.

Khan Academy is a site by Sal Khan used by students to quickly learn lessons in all sorts of academic fields from history, to chemistry, to mathematics.

Online sources used to push Springfield Public Schools’ (SPS) IGNiTE initiative, an arguably controversial but necessary process in

order to introduce new pathways for learning and accessibility.

I have been in consistent opposition of IGNiTE for the majority of the school year for reasons that concern my own belief on the implementation of new school policies and education reform. While I am not an expert in finances or a cognitive psychologist, I still find that opinions like my own are relevant and serve as a guide to the perfection of new policies by middle-ground compromise.

For example, relative to the costs of IGNiTE implementation (namely the universal acquisition of student devices), I find myself on a more conservative ground. A middle-ground compromise would be maximizing the cost of devices for the best performance, as well as setting a more long-term path for universal implementation (ie. five years rather than three years).

SPS superintendent John Jungmann has organized student panels to serve this purpose, but there has been limited public confirmation on the effectiveness

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of these student panels in school board decisions.

On the other end of the spectrum, admirable proponents for SPS’ IGNiTE initiatives include drama department head Gretchen Teague and newly instated permanent principal Lisa Anderson.

Their ambition for updated student learning is admirable, pushing for online courses during the school year and as summer alternatives, as well as steadily increasing the levels of teacher participation in an online organizer commonly known as Canvas. Overall, these changes have the potential to be highly beneficial for students with the matching learning styles. However, students like myself who need physical interaction with courses struggle considerably with some of these new changes.

My overall criticism of IGNiTE had brought me trouble in the past, and I had to heavily reconsider my values as well as my intentions playing the devil’s

advocate. I do not oppose the basic principles of IGNiTE. I do question the district’s path for implementation. I worry for the sake of current students and future students that have yet to experience the full envelopment of online initiatives.

Every day, I go home to a little brother yet to enter pre-school and a sister who is just now moving into her freshman year of high school at Kickapoo. Many of my concerns stem from the fact that I want the best academic environment for my family.

Additionally, graduating from Central this year means that I will be leaving behind fellow underclassmen as well. I also wish the best for those who are going to experience IGNiTE in action.

As far as being incorrect goes, I am willing to accept the potential for our district’s new direction. On the other hand, I still feel passionately reluctant to fully accept our district’s plans for education—for the sake of a more conservative implementation.

“Their ambition ...is admirable ”.

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Overall TasteDough to Sugar RatioConsistencyValueService

Legacy Bagelry$1.02This was a very interesting doughnut. It had a very home-cooked taste but it could’ve been sweeter. It was kind of small, but it tasted really good so it was worth the price. The service was amazing. 3.7/5

St. George’s$0.85This has to be the best deal out of all the doughnuts I tried. It was HUGE. Mine was still warm when I bought it. The service was very efficient, which is good because it was very crowded. 3.8/5

Ray’s Donuts$1.00A solid doughnut. It had a fantastic sugar to dough ratio and an OK consistency. It just wasn’t a memorable doughnut. It didn’t really have anything that set it apart from the others. I would eat it again if the price was a bit lower. 3.3/5

Krispy Kreme$1.00There really is nothing like the buttery, artificial taste of a Krispy Kreme doughnut. That said, it’s not the best taste in the world. While they may not be the best, they are a really good deal. Plus, they give out free doughnuts. 2.2/5

Dunkin’ Donuts$1.00Yikes, this was a bad doughnut. It was extremely acidic and made my tongue sad. I know that not every Dunkin’ Donut is like that and that mine may have been an outlier. Still, nobody wants to eat something like that. 0.1/10

Hurts Donuts$1.00OK, so if you live in Springfield you have probably had a Hurts doughnut before. They are big and one of the only cake donuts in town. It has a solid dough and glaze and a reasonable price. Overall, it is an exceptional doughnut. 4/5

Donut Time$0.80This was my favorite doughnut because it was different from the other eight that I had. It had a great consistency and glaze, but that’s not what made it special. What made it special was the hint of vanilla. Great price, great service, great doughnut. 4.8/5

Gold-n-Glaze$1.60This has to be one of the most golden brown doughnuts I have ever seen. It had a good consistency but was slightly sweeter than I prefer. 3.4/5

Daylight Donuts$0.70The doughnut was OK, but it had a lot of air holes in it. It was a really small doughnut, but for the price it was a good deal. The glaze was really sweet and overpowered the dough. Overall, not the worst doughnut ever, and they have great service. 3.5/5

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LONNI HALL / REPORTER

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WHAT DO YOUR NEW STUDENT LEADERS WANT YOU TO KNOW ABOUT THEM?CABINET 2017

TORI REAVESGRACE WILEYRYAN BURCH

PRESIDENT

SECRETARYVICE PRESIDENT

ART COMMISSIONER

CHLOE MCWHIRT CONNOR HEMAN SOPHIE SCOTT JOSH HESSION BLAIR MARTIN

RENON KIRKPATRICK JENNA KOHLS CHASE ECKLEY HANNAH CHILDS TYLER MERCADO HALENA HADI

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ASSEMBLIESCOMMISSIONER

CAMPUSCOMMISSIONER COMMUNICATIONS

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STUDENT COUNCILLIAISON

“I have twin border

collies, I’m a quarter

Hispanic and my

favorite food is pie!”

“I like small animals.”

“My first name isn’t actually Connor.”

“I can list cat breeds

alphabetically!”

“I can put both my legs

behind my head at the

same time.”

“Chill vibes, bruh!”

“Please tell me when

you, your team or

your club have a major

accomplishment next year!”

“I love Wolverine and

Captain America and

look forword to uniting

Central as a family!”

“I was born on the

same day Abe Lincoln

died.”

“I can break

anybody’s ankles.”

“Follow me on Twitter

@blaira99”

“Mac and cheese.

Anytime. Anywhere.”

“Until I was five years old, my hair was stick straight. I

also play the violin!”

“My spirit animal is a

flamingo.” “I relate a lot to the

suspicious moon emoji.”

ISABEL LAI / REPORTER

SENIOR GENAE COLE DANCES AT THE HOMECOMING ASSEMBLY. (LANE BURDETTE)

JUNIOR ERIN CLOYD HOLDS A SIGN DURING A FOOTBALL GAME.

(LAUREN PARKER)

SENIORS TAYLOR HAVERSITCK AND

KYLE RICKMAN PERFORM IN THE MUSICAL PIPPIN. (LANE BURDETTE)

STUDENTS TAKE THEIR GLAMOUR SHOT ON PICTURE DAY. (LANE BURDETTE)

BAND AND DANCE TEAM MEMBERS PERFORM AT THE HOMECOMING FOOTBALL GAME.(LANE BURDETTE)

SENIORS CONNOR BOYD AND ANDREW PHILLIPS PLAY WITH AN RC CAR IN THE

CENTRAL TEACHER PARKING LOT. (LANE BURDETTE)

CHRIS KING RESTS AFTER A CROSS COUNTRY RACE. (LANE BURDETTE)

JUNIOR KARIS JARAMILLO WALKS THROUGH A SPRINKER DURING A GOLF MATCH. (ISABEL LAI)

STUDENTS PARTY AT THE ANNUAL

LOYALTY DANCE. (LONNI HALL)

Year in Review

SENIOR GENAE COLE DANCES AT THE HOMECOMING ASSEMBLY. (LANE BURDETTE)

STUDENTS FILTER INTO THE AUDITORIUM BEFORE AN ASSEMBLY. (LANE BURDETTE)

SOPHOMORE KRISNA PANDYA PERFORMS

AT THE CULTURAL DIVERSITY ASSEMBLY.

(ERIC COWAN)

CENTRAL GIRLS’ SWIM & DIVE ATHLETES WATCH AND CHEER FOR THEIR

TEAMMATE AT A WINTER MEET. (LANE BURDETTE)

JACOB ZOREHKEY RIPS THE HEAD FROM A TEDDY BEAR DURING

MR. CHS. (LANE BURDETTE)

JUNIOR RACHEL WALKER SMILES BEFORE A FOOTBALL GAME. (AUBREY BANKS)

SENIOR ABEL HORSCH DIRECTS

THE BALL DURING A SOCCER GAME. (ERIC COWAN)

JUNIOR ERIN CLOYD HOLDS A SIGN DURING A FOOTBALL GAME.

(LAUREN PARKER)

SENIORS CONNOR BOYD AND ANDREW PHILLIPS PLAY WITH AN RC CAR IN THE

CENTRAL TEACHER PARKING LOT. (LANE BURDETTE)

LANE BURDETTE / PHOTO EDITOR

Well that’s an

underwhelming conclusion.

I conjureda dragon for cryingout loud!

Wow, rude!

Grace Depperschmidt,

comic artist for the

CHS HighTimes?!

Now let’s see who was

behind all of this...

GRACE DEPPERSCHMIDT / GRAPHICS EDITOR