THE CHARGERWabaunsee High School

Issue 23 March 23, 2016

QUESTION OF THE WEEK

What is your opinion of Republi-can presidential candidate Don-ald Trump?

“If he becomes president, I am moving out of this country, be-cause I don’t think he is quali-fied. Just because he has money doesn’t mean he has the qualifi-cations to be president.”junior Amarya Havenstein

“Well he is a businessman, so he could put us out of debt, but he has a lot of crazy, psychotic ideas and it would be interesting to see what will happen if he is elected as president.” junior Brady Tharman

“He's pretty stupid.” junior Tim Becker

“He’s extremely radical, he has some interesting viewpoints, but he’s far too radical to be the lead-er of such a developed country such as ours.” junior Ryan Rose

“He's unfit for candidacy and he's unfit to run the country be-cause he's filed for bankruptcy twice.” junior Geard Quathamer

“I don’t like him because I don’t think he is good for our country.” senior Heather Boiteau

“Donald Trump can possibly get us out of debt because he has all of that money, I don’t think he will be a good president, he will only be good for getting us out of debt.” senior Megan Mills

“I just like his views, you know. I want him for president. I think he would be a great president.” freshman Connor Brown

“It’s a big joke, yeah, I don’t think he would make a great president. I’d rather have Cruz.” freshman Kaytlin Savage

"He's a racist piece of corn. He's annoying. And he's not going to get anything done if he's elected."junior Natalee Kates

"He's the real deal."sophomore Josh Wurtz

"He states the truth and people get offended too easily."sophomore Cameron Schurle

Alison Johnsonsenior

The Divergent Trilogy is an ex-citing series of books by Veronica Roth. However, the same can not be said for the movies.

While the first movie was OK — nothing great — the second and third just go downhill.

"Allegiant," the third book and film, hit theaters last weekend. It will be a two-part movie, which makes sitting through the first half even worse knowing there's anoth-er 2 hours to go.

Throughout the previous mov-ies there have been major changes

that have upset many book fans. "Allegiant" brings this to a head. It’s as if the filmmakers didn't even read the book — maybe they just skimmed the back for ideas.

Another major problem with the movie is the terrible graphics and use of props. This movie is clearly on a tight budget after the minimal success of the preced-ing movies. This is evident in the “memory-erasing-gas,” a.k.a. a fog machine with orange dye. The slow-motion action scenes take away from the movie and make the whole thing just weird.

This movie could have been great if it would have followed the

book. It also definitely didn't need to be split into two parts. It seemed like it was drawing out unneces-sary boring parts to make it a full-length movie. While some movies, such as “Harry Potter and Deathly the Hallows” needed to be sepa-rated into two parts, "Allegiant" isn't one of them. The Twilight and Hunger Games series have also separated the final film, and it’s rarely a worthwhile decision.

If you want to see "Allegiant," wait until it leaves theaters because it is not worth $9.

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Editor in ChiefKatie Mayer

Staff WritersTristan Anderson

Britany BuchananElizabeth Erikson

Justin FagerHeath Hier

Rayann JohnsonMagdaline McCall

Brendan MilroyJordyn SavageRobert Smith

Jonathon Walker

News EditorNick Carroll

Sports Editor Abigail Anderson

Opinion Editor Alison JohnsonFeatures Editor Lauren Brovont

JOURNALISMMagdaline McCallsenior

On Feb. 25, 14 WHS journalism students qualified for the Kansas Scholastic Press Association State competition.

State Qualifiers:Senior Magdaline McCall: honorable mention in News Writing, Copy Editing. • Senior Nick Carroll:1st in Sports Writing, Cutline Writing. • Senior Lauren Brovont: 3rd in Edito-rial Cartoon. • Senior Britany Buchanan: 3rd in Yearbook Copywriting. • Sophomore Lizzie Erikson: 2nd in Feature Writing. • Senior Katie Mayer: 1st in Yearbook Writing and honorable mention in Headline Writing and Design. • Senior Tristan Anderson: 2nd in Editorial Writing. • Junior Rayann Johnson: 3rd in Year-book Sports. • Junior Heath Hier: Honorable men-tion in Yearbook Sports. • Senior Adam Flach: 3rd in Academ-ics Photography. • Sophomore Nataleigh Guinn: 1st in Advertising. • Junior Abigail Anderson: Honor-able mention in Headline Writing and Design. • Senior Hannah Peacock: 2nd in Sports Photography. • Junior Emory Hotchkiss: honorable mention in Student Life Photography.

State Journalism is on May 7 at Kansas University.

ARTLauren Brovontsenior

On March 11, students in the Mid-East league entered their cre-ations in the Mid-East League art show. The following students re-ceived awards:

• Acrylic Paint: Lauren Brovont 1st, Alli Terrapin Honorable Mention• Charcoal: Alli Terrapin 3rd• Pen&Ink: Ashley Siedl 3rd• Printmaking: Lauren Brovont 2nd • 3D Printing: Zach Williams 3rd• Ceramics/ Hand built: Connor Brown Honorable Mention

Student entries will be displayed in the WHS library.

On April 7, these same students will be given an opportunity to take part in a selection of workshops at Wabaunsee High School to help them further their techniques.

Enamel Jewelry: Instructor Kris Bohanan. Enameling is the art of fusing ground glass onto metal. In this workshop students will create several enameled pieces by using basic technique and learn how to fire them in a kiln to 1550 degrees.

Screen Printing: Instructor Amy Cassell.

Sublimation and Vinyl Cutting: Instructor Amy Cassell.

Clay Whistles" Instructor Jim DeSelms.

Masterpiece Encore: Multiple instructors.

WHS students win academic competitions

3rd Divergent film disappoints

TRACK RETURNS MULTIPLE STATE QUALIFIERSRayann Johnsonjunior

The WHS track team has a bright outlook for its season. With well over 30 athletes out, the en-tire 4x400 relay team, most of the 4x800 relay team and state quali-fiers Jasmine Hurla and Karsen Schultz return.

Coach Roger Alderman said the team goal is simple: “Keep improving from week to week is always our goal no matter what we’ve got.”

Along with the returning stars, nine freshmen, junior Tim Becker and sophomore Kyle Schmitz are joining the team. “I just felt like running,” Schmitz said.

BASEBALL HAS YOUNG SQUADNick Carrollsenior

The Charger baseball team will rely heavily on the leadership of the juniors — the only returning senior is pitcher Nathan Coon.

However the season is starting off well with 21 total players and 16 returning players. “I'm really looking forward to the season. I

can't wait to start pitching and win games and hopefully get to region-als this year,” Coon said.

The Chargers have mainly been focusing on becoming more expe-rienced. The team lacks seasoned players but players like junior Cooper Imthurn and sophomore Riley Tubbs could help the team will pull out victories.

Assistant coach Jess Rutledge is optimistic on the team’s chances. “We're looking to do better game-to-game this year. We had a lot of close games last year they weren’t quite able to finish,” Rutledge said. “Hopefully we can get some more victories this year.”

The boys open the season March 29 at Immaculata.

SOFTBALL ADDS NEW TALENTAbigail Andersonjunior

Softball coach Brian Henry knows the team should be better than last year because of all the returning experience they have. “If the underclassmen push the upperclassmen then it could only make the team better,” Henry said.

Even though the softball team has a lot of experience, it will have to find a catcher, improve on

pitching and look for competitive improvement at all the defense po-sitions.

The team only lost one senior, catcher Ann Flach, and adds five freshmen.

With the freshman new to the team but not to the game, they will have to push themselves to be bet-ter each day, Henry said.

“If we play well together and work hard all season, we should be able to take state,” player Natalee Kates said. Coach Henry thinks if they can play defense and make the plays they are supposed to, the team will be fine. “If defense is solid and we hit we will be golden,” Henry said.

SPRING SPORTS PREVIEW

RELOADING

Left: Sophomore Lauren Newell plays in the field during the 2015 season. Right: Sophomore Karsen Schultz runs at the home track meet in 2015. Below: Senior Nate Coon pitches last season. File Photos.

Spring sports return talent, prepare for season

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