Dec 2017 corral

CORRAL

Parkway Central High School, 369 N. Woods Mill Road, Chesterfield, MO 63017, Vol 62, Issue 2, Dec. 13, 2017

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CONTENTS

DEC. 13, 2017

CONTENTS

District Food Pantry opens pg. 4 Boys basketball preview p. 8 Boys soccer wins state p. 10-11

Holiday traditions p. 15

Fall Play Photo Essay p. 14

PHOTOS of the

The boys soccer team won the state championship on Nov. 11. More on pages 10-11. Photo by Abby Prywitch.

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Sophomore Devion Harris. Read about more athletes to watch on page 7. Photo by Wagner Portraits.

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DEC. 13, 2017

WINTER-BREAK WORDS FROM THE CORRAL STAFF

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s the first semester comes to a close and the freshmen have officially completed their first finals, the seniors begin the countdown to graduation, the juniors stress about the ACT, and the sophomores learn to drive, remember that winter break is a time to catch up on sleep, hang out with friends, sit down with family, and give yourself some TLC. Remember to sleep-- even if there is no school the next day, if you only get a few hours of sleep over break, you are going to regret it. Erase the dark circles under your eyes by taking some time for yourself, unplugging for a little bit, and treating yo’self.

Don’t be stupid-- drive safe, be careful if there is ice, listen to your parents, and be educated about your decisions. Know what you are doing, know the consequences, know the rewards, and use your brain.

Have some family time-- When our lives are swamped with homework, studying, and extracurriculars, it is easy to forget to just sit down and talk with your family. Parents and siblings can be annoying and no one understands what you’re going through at

all, nope. Suck it up and try to have at least a couple family meals, take your little siblings holiday shopping, or plan a fun activity. We promise that you will not lose your street cred.

Most importantly, remember to do you. Be smart, be healthy, and give yourself a mental break. Regardless of the semester that you had- if your GPA rose or dropped, if you are adding or dropping an AP class, if you’ve broken up with 37 of your boyfriends or been broken up with, if you had 50 detentions or none, winter break is a time to recharge and turn the next semester around. The next semester is a time to get reorganized and get back on track.

This first semester has been full of surprises (such as boy’s soccer winning state) and situations that have tested us as a community, and we all should reflect back upon it, but it is time to look forward and come back next semester better than we were yesterday.

Have an awesome winter break, Parkway Central, and we will see you next year.

-PCH Corral staff

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•• Holiday season is approaching us.

•• We’re almost at winter break, almost there.

•• Get those Holiday sales, people!

•• Starbucks cups are holiday themed. #loveitttttt •• It’s prime winter sport season, lets goooo!

•• Mark your calendars- STARS WARS COMES OUT DECEMBER 15

Neighs •• Family is coming to town, Woohoo!

•• FINALS ARE IN LESS THAN ONE WEEK!!!! We got this.

•• Teachers are going to cram tests, so good luck to y’all.

•• It’s cold outside (we were just complaining how hot it was two weeks ago) •• Upperclassmen have been taking standardized tests, ahhh •• Winter Break is only … 13 DAYS!!! Why Parkway??

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District Pantry Helps Those in Need for the Holidays WESLEY HENSHAW STAFF WRITER

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he Parkway Food Pantry, headed by social workers such as Diane Peterson and Esmeralda Felix, helped many food insecure families this year have a Thanksgiving, giving away Thanksgiving kits to those in need across Parkway.

“We distributed about 50 Thanksgiving kits which were for our food insecure families at Parkway,” social worker Diane Peterson said. “Everything they would need for a Thanksgiving meal for the number of people they would have around their Thanksgiving table. That was a big accomplishment.”

The pantry has been open for a couple months, celebrating its one month anniversary on Nov. 10. Since its opening, the pantry has managed to distribute over 2,200 meals. The pantry aims to help those who are considered “food insecure” “One in five students in Parkway are food-insecure,” Peterson said. ”Which means that they are not guaranteed dinner or adequate food on the weekends.”

There are two ways that those who are food insecure can acquire aid. For food insecure students, the Weekend Backpack Program is a weekly program that sends students home the last day of a school week with meals for the weekend, where they are not provided food like they are at school. Each student in a food insecure family is sent home with two breakfasts, two lunches, and three dinners, easy enough for Kindergarteners to carry home, but enough to feed them.

“Our goal and dream is to distribute 800 backpacks in the school district,” said Esmeralda Felix, social worker for the Central area. “Which is 56,000 meals in a week.”

Also available are one time requests, meant for those that are going through a bad patch. They can sign up for an order of food, listing circumstances such as allergies, health necessities, and cooking facilities, and they can receive an amount of food equivalent to three of four large paper bags of groceries.

“All they have to do is ask,” Felix said.

The service is not limited to students, however.

“Anyone in the district, whether they’re a student or not,” Peterson said. “Staff people are welcome to access food from the pantry, community members are also welcome to do that.”

The Parkway Food Pantry has encountered a lot of support in the short time they’ve existed. Schools have been doing food drives that have contributed significantly, parents in the community have also been collecting foods, and churches have also been running drives.

Others can provide support by delivering food on Thursdays to schools across Parkway, and others can help with something called the Mobile Market. The Mobile Market is a large delivery of produce from the St. Louis Food pantry, and in this delivery they receive such a large amount of produce, that they need a lot of help processing it all.

Peterson said that on one delivery from the food bank they received a literal ton of apples along with large boxes of pears, spaghetti squash, and cabbage.

The food pantry has also served as a learning lab for students. In many schools, such as Northeast Middle School, there are classes being taught on food waste, sustainability, food insecurity, and composting.

Peterson said that 40 percent of food purchased is wasted.

“If you brought home five bags of groceries, it’d be like you just walked in your house and put two of them directly in the trash,” she said.

As such, this struggle against food insecurity is being considered a social justice issue, the problem being the access to food, and not the amount of food. Most of Parkway is considered a “food desert”, a food desert being anywhere without an adequate grocery store within a mile’s distance and where a vehicle is necessary to get to an adequate grocery store.

“Food insecurity is not really an economic issue,” Peterson said. “It’s more of a social justice issue relating to the access, and how food is produced in our country, and how it is distributed, and barriers that are created that prevent people that are hungry from getting food that is perfectly good to eat.”

“Food insecurity is not really an economic issue... It’s more of a social justice issue.”

-Diane Peterson, social worker

Students bag cabbage and spaghetti squash that was delivered as part of November’s ‘Mobile Market’ from St. Louis Food Bank on Nov. 17, 2017. According to Diane Peterson, the Food Bank donates over two tons of fresh produce each month for distribution to Parkway Food Pantry recipients. Photo by Diane Peterson

“The shelves look pretty full, right? This amount of food will fill food bags for two weeks... and then the shelves are empty again. Your ongoing donations are vital to ensure the pantry’s success,“ Diane Peterson said. Parkway Food Pantry at Northeast Middle on Nov. 7, 2017. Photo by Diane Peterson

Board of Education members Jeff Todd (left foreground) and Kristy Klein Davis (right foreground) work with Parkway staff and students at Northeast Middle to pack Thanksgiving kits for Parkway Food Pantry on Nov. 18, 2017. Superintendent Keith Marty can be seen wearing red in the background. Photo by Diane Peterson.

Students and staff at Northeast Middle check expiration dates on donated canned goods prior to shelving them on Nov. 18, 2017. Photo by Diane Peterson

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A SERIES OF UNFORTUNATE EVENTS

Senior’s bumper falls off, gets pulled over and gets her car stolen all in one week.

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enior Ashley Fogarty began her series of unfortunate events while driving home from school and realizing that her bumper was dragging on the ground.

“The second after, I look up and see that I am being pulled over,” Fogarty said.

She knew why she was being pulled over, because she had

forgotten to renew her tags for her car, so this was bound to happen eventually.

“Then he asked for my license and registration and I realized that I left my license at home,” Fogarty said.

She luckily was granted with warnings for all of her infractions which she was surprised about, but the luck ended there.

Fogarty usually leaves her keys in her car. “ I don’t want to lose them because it’s one key so I leave it in the cup holder,” she said.

She assumed that no one would try to get in her car because she didn’t keep much in there and the car was old and busted.

She woke up the next morning at 6:20, which was the earliest she has woken up

all year. Her more expensive make-up was in the back of her car because she hadn’t worn makeup since Halloween, the week before. She went out to get her make-up from her car when she found out.

“I open the front door and my car is just not there,” Fogarty said.

Her first thought was that she must have parked it somewhere else, but then she distinctly remembered parking behind her sister the night before.

“My car is stolen,” she said.

After, she went inside to tell her mother, who immediately asked if Fogarty had left her key in the cup holder. Fogarty told the truth to her mother and her mother started “freaking out”.

“I tell my mom and she said, “who would want to steal your car,”’ Fogarty said.

Next she had to tell her father, who was more intimidating.

“I told him that it was stolen and that I left my keys in the car and he just said “don’t talk to me,”’ Fogarty said.

Her mother called the police and asked Fogarty to wait there till they arrived. She had a marketing presentation that morning which representatives from Monsanto were attending.

“I didn’t hear anything for one full day after my mom filed the police report,” Fogarty said.

Two days later, Fogarty found her dog barking at the door and when her mother went and looked. Sitting on the front doorstep was the missing bag, containing all of her make-up.

“Someone had just dropped it off on the front porch,” Fogarty said.

Three days after her car was stolen, the police called the Fogartys and told them that their car was found in University City and had been totaled.

The police have still not found Fogarty’s school bag nor any identifiers on who could have committed the crime.

Fogarty’s destoryed car after the police recovered it in University City. St. Louis police believe that the car was stolen then crashed and the driver ran away from the scene of the crime. Possible suspects have been found but none have been convicted yet.

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ophomore Gabrielle Geli, has lived in France her whole life, that is up until recently.

“I moved here for my father’s job and with my whole family,” Geli said. “It was a big change.”

Moving schools is a hard transition, and moving countries is even harder. Leaving behind friends and family, the transition can be hard.

“I was a bit scared because the schooling here is very different than in France,” Geli said. “I also fought with my parents a bit on leaving my friends behind.”

For a teenager, leaving behind friends that they’ve known for their entire lives is a very big thing to ask of them. Some might even try to convince their parents on letting them stay.

“I did want to stay with my friends and in France, but after I learned that it could be a great experience, I was happy,” said Geli. Learning about a country and actually going to that country are two very different things, and although Geli had learned about America in school, she was still very surprised at how different it was from America. After Geli and her family members got to America, Geli says the first thing she noticed were the people.

“The people here are very nice,” Geli said. Whenever you need help, they help you very kindly. I think “that’s very nice of them, they don’t know me, but they still help.”

Country to country, people’s personalities are what stand out the most. Geli noticed this when she came to America.

“The people are nice but they are very loud,” Geli said.

“The people in France, they don’t talk this loudly, but I don’t mind. I think it’s funny”.

Apart from the people, food is also a major part of a culture.

The different spices and recipes, can make one’s country stand out. In America, French fries are devoured and many consider them a must have. However, Geli would disagree.

“I am very confused on why, Americans call it a “French” fry,” Geli said. “In France we think that fries come from Belgium, so I don’t know about that…

I definitely don’t eat it here.”

Adding on to French fries, fast food is also very huge in America, the greasy and unhealthy food appeals Americans all over the country. Not Geli though.

“I don’t ever eat fast food. I don’t like the taste of it. I think food in France is better and the bread, is way better. America doesn’t have good bread”, Geli said.

Besides the food, Geli experiences a totally other issue living in America.

“The school is very hard for me….my parents think school is better here then France, but I don’t know because I have to do my French homework on top of my American homework so it’s very hard for me to do all of it,” Geli said.

Many students at Parkway Central struggle with completing their never-ending piles of homework, and could sympathize with Geli. In addition, Geli’s first language was French, though she learned English at school, she says it still is a problem.

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“Sometimes I don’t understand my friends, and the accent in which my friend talk in English is a different accent than in France,” Geli said. “It gets hard.”

Even though Geli misses her homeland, she was still glad to come to America, and exiperance the American dream.

“The people are nice, but they are very loud” -Gabrielle Geli (10)

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ATHLETES TO WATCH: WINTER SPORTS LOGAN POTTS STAFF WRITER

Devion Harris:

Freshman year. Varsity spot. Big expectations. Sophomore Devion Harris had to deal with it all as the only freshman on the boys varsity basketball team last season. He had major pressures that were very hard to deal with.

“I felt kind of special, but I also felt I had a lot of pressure on my shoulders with all the expectations of coach,” Harris said. Harris worked harder because of this.

“At the time, I couldn’t really do all of the things expected of me, but it made me work harder,” Harris said. “I was the first one to practice, and the last to leave.”

The team went on a big run and made it to the state Final Four.

Harris believes that they can get back to that same exact spot. The team lost only two players from last year’s team and they return their top seven leading scorers.

“We should make it back to state and I think we should win it because we’re a different team from last year,” Harris said. “You just watch.” He also has high growth expectations for himself this year. Last year he averaged 3.5 points per game.

“I want to transform my game to become the leader next year when the seniors are gone,” Harris said. Look for Harris to make an impact and help his team get back to state.

Jake Silvestri:

Jake Silvestri is a senior guard on the basketball team who was a part of the final four team from last year like Harris. He enjoyed playing for a state title.

“It was a great experience being able to play on the big stage like that, but we are going to be focused on getting back there this year and making an even bigger splash than last year,” Silvestri said. He has high expectations for the team this year and knows what it will take to get back to where they were last year.

“Defending hard and ending every possession with a rebound is very important to us,” Silvestri said. “We also have to share the ball and be unselfish in order to get teammates good shots on the offensive end.” Silvestri has high hopes for himself just like he does for the team.

“I would like to try to keep working to improve my game on the defensive side of the ball so I can be the best I can to help out the team,” Silvestri said. “Offensively, I need to take good shots when open and also would like to create other open shots for teammates as well.” Silvestri averaged 8.2 points per game, .8 assists, shot 39.4% from 3, and had an overall shooting percentage of 43.3%.

Look for Silvestri to be a key part in the team’s success this year.

Kennedy Moore:

Like Harris, Kennedy Moore is a sophomore who was on varsity girls basketball last season. She loved playing on varsity.

“It was fun, exciting, and a positive new challenge going into high school,” Moore said. Her favorite part was her team.

“I definitely loved my teammates, and the close family connections we made all throughout the season,” Moore said. She also thinks the team can go far this year.

“We have many new people on the varsity team with great skills and everyone has an important part on the team,” Moore said. “With that, I believe we can go very far.”

With team goals, she also has individual goals.

“My personal goal this year is to raise my 3pt. And free throw shooting percentages and to play a role in the team’s success,” Moore said.

Moore shot 38.6 percent from the three point line, and 68.8% on free throws. Look for Kennedy and the girl’s basketball team to have good seasons.

John Kim:

Like Silvestri, John Kim is a senior trying to make the most of his senior year.

“I started wrestling in 7th grade because I wanted to try it out and I had friends that wrestled,” Kim said. “I’ve stuck with it ever since.” His favorite part of wrestling is working with others.

“I get to work with others who are just as passionate and hardworking Sophomore Devion Harris lines up for a free throw in a game against rival Parkway West. Photo by Henry T. Eubank. as I am, which builds us collectively as a team,” Kim said. The wrestling also experienced a coaching change this year.

“I like the new coach,” Kim said. “He’s an experienced coach who knows how to push all of us while knowing our limits. He’s encouraging to the younger wrestlers and works well with the older guys to get everyone adjusted to the change,” Kim said. Kim also wants to make big strides this year.

“I want to qualify for state and hopefully place,” Kim said. Look for Kim and the wrestling team to improve with a new coach.

Emma Barnes:

Emma Barnes is a junior swimmer who has always been drawn to the water. She swims both club and school.

“I was always drawn to the water as a kid,” Barnes said. I started on a summer league, went to club, then took some years off. High school came and I wanted to make the team, so I joined club to stay in shape and I’ve done the two ever since.” Swimming also runs in her family.

“Swimming was always the sport in my family,” Barnes said. “My mom was a swimmer and so were my two brothers.” Barnes has high expectations for herself this year.

“I want to make it state and place in either the 500 or the 200 free.”

Look for Barnes to continue her swimming life and try to make a run at state.

Senior Jake Silvestri shoots a 3-pointer in warmups before a game against rival Parkway West. Photo by Henry T. Eubank.

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BASKETBALL DRIBBLES INTO WINTER SEASON HENRY T. EUBANK STAFF WRITER

The varsity boys basketball team begins the season with high expectations after a surprise showing in the final four last year.

With five returning starters and a strong bench squad; the team is confident in their ability to achieve their goals.

“20 wins, district championship, and a conference championship.” assistant Coach Mueller said,”Those are our annual goals for each season.” Head coach Rick Kirby has his sights set to achieve those goals and take that momentum into a strong playoff run.

The football team made a deep run into the playoffs this fall season, which is great for football, but can create some interesting challenges for basketball.

Seven starters on the varsity football team also play for the varsity basketball team, and due to football’s success they missed three weeks of practice. So a slow start to the season would be acceptable in the coaches eyes. However, a lack of effort and complacency will not be tolerated, especially this early in the season.

mixed with chemistry among these players.

“The football guys, will have missed out on a month of practice. Luckily those guys have so much experience before this year and a lot of guys who are really smart basketball players and are committed to the team.” Mueller said, “I still have high hopes we’ll be successful early on.”

Kirby believes strongly that the team is best when they throw away their playbook and run in transition.

“I’d rather run, shoot, and holler than slow the game down and run sets. Especially this early in the season when we have half our guys three weeks short on practice.”

“If we can run in transition effectively, we’ll be have success early on and throughout the year.”

- Head Coach Rick Kirby

“I’d be surprised if the season didn’t start off a little rough, especially with only a week of practice.” said Kirby. The team was only able to practice in full force for a week before the season started, which could pose as an early season issue. But this group of athletes has conquered hurdles such as these before. Four of the five returning starters, plus three players off the bench were starters on the football team, and the familiarity

The program graduated two seniors from last season, Francis Ntimba and Darius Ramsey. Both brought positive intangibles to the team. Francis was a true program player and Darius was a defensive substitute who could spark the team to success. So an early season goal for the coaching staff is to find this new spark.

“I need to find somebody to replace Darius and his little spark off the bench.” Kirby said ,”It’ll really help us for when we get into our second unit.”

Muells believes there a few guys that can help fill this role.

“Jayden Littlejohn, Charlie Meier, and Devion Harris will give us a great deal more depth than we had last year.” said Mueller ,”It’ll take some of the pressure of guys like Dre and Art to not feel like they have to score as much.”

Kirby backed up Mueller’s comments by saying that he feels

Meier, Littlejohn, and Devion Harris will have an opportunity to have a big year. But does not feel the need to rely on sparks off the bench because he does have many players who complement each other's strengths through their own skills.

Mueller also believes that senior Nate Moore will bring positive energy with a palpable winning attitude.

“Nate Moore brings an amazing energy to the locker room and practices hard at all times, we can really use that on this team.”

The varsity boys team had a great start to the season, sweeping the annual Parkway tip-off. Beating Parkway North 89-42, Parkway South 63-37, and Parkway West 67-47. And beating an impressive Mehlville team 72-58.

Sophmore Devion Harris throws down a one handed dunk in a mathcup against Parkway North. Photos by Wagner Photography

Junior Jayden Lttlejohn surveys the court. Photo by Wagner Portraits.

Senior Art Green is introduced before tip off in front of an eager Central crwod. Phot by Wagner Portraits.

Senior star Deandre Campbell drives in for a bucket against Parkway North. Photo by Wagner Portraits.

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TURNING OFF THE FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS JENNA LAZAROFF STAFF WRITER

After every football season, we like to take a look back on the Friday night lights. This year the boys went 12-2 losing only two games, each to Ladue.

“This season was great. We came out strong and did a lot of things we weren’t expected to do,” said senior Deandre Campbell.

The season was opened with a promising win against Parkway North in the first game 20-7. You could feel the excitement coming from the student section as there was an overflowing turnout. But this wouldn’t be the first time they defeated North this season. In the second game of the postseason, Central faced North again.

Highlights of the game included when Nate Moore took off on a 48-yard run to score a touchdown during the second quarter and to ice the cake Tyler Holthaus nailed a 37-yard field goal to go up by 35 points and run the clock on North. The win qualified them for the district championship at Riverview Gardens, a team they haven’t played before.

Safety Arthur Green scored on a pick six putting Central up 29-12 at the end of the half during the Riverview Gardens game.

In the start of the third quarter Jayden Mitchell ran a 15-yard touchdown in his second game back since being injured in the first quarter of the first game. Central won the game 50-18.

In the state quarterfinals wide receiver Jayden Littlejohn caught an outstanding pass from quarterback Patrick Dill for a 33-yard touchdown. Patrick Dill broke the school record this season for passing touchdowns in a single season with 24.

Although they eventually fell to Ladue in the state semifinals, Tyler Holthaus had an impressive game kicking a 41-yard field

goal although it did not lead to the victory the team was hoping for.

“The key to our success this season was our outstanding senior leadership. We had a lot of seniors that have been playing since sophomore or junior year,” Campbell said.

This year’s football team included 16 seniors, a number of those seniors were on the starting line up.

“This year was more successful than last year,” said junior Jayden Littlejohn. “I think we worked harder and because of that it showed how much we had improved.”

As a whole, they worked hard every practice and focused on applying that to the game.

“My favorite memory of the season was beating Parkway North to go to the district championship 42-7,” Campbell said.

Every season comes to an end at some point, and every year we have to say thank you and goodbye to our seniors.

“It feels unreal to be honest,” Campbell said. “I remember always hearing “it goes by fast” and now it’s actually over. Its sad to say its over but it was an amazing four years.”

For some members of the football team, this is not where the road ends for their football careers.

“I do plan on furthering my academic and athletic career into college,” said Campbell. “Although, I will not be playing football but instead basketball. Where I will be attending is still being decided.”

The football team has numerous things to be proud of. But something huge to take away from the season is their participation in the state final four, a lot of high schoolers can’t say that.

1 1. Junior Henry Eubank gets set at the line of scrimmage. “Football can be difficult sometimes but putting in hard work is what makes the game happen,” Eubank said.

2. The team captains get ready for the coin toss by meeting the opposing captains on the middle of the field.

3. Jayden Mitchell runs past the opponents with the ball hoping for a touchdown.

4. The starting offensive line gets ready for their next play by getting in the ready position.

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Looking Back on a Winning

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1. Senior captain Cameron Baird holds up the State Championship trophy and his fellow teammates sorround it. After beating the Blue Jays, the boys all got awarded medals and the team recieved the State championship trophy. “This year, we all held ourselves to a higher standard. We would encourage ourselves to do better during practice and we were all extremely close.

We all wanted to win,” junior Will Peacock said. Picture taken by Abby Prywitch.

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2. Junior Charlie Meier throws in the ball at the championship game at Soccer Park in Fenton. “Having everyone so close to eachother was really helpful towards the end [of the season],” Meier said. Picture taken by Abby Prywitch.

3. Seniors Charlie Rodgers (3) and Cameron Baird (6) fight for the ball in the State game. The defense was very effective during the whole season. Photo taken by Sydney Kolker.

4. Before the championship game the team huddled up for their last pep talk at the championship game. “We played the Semifinal on Friday and the Final game was Saturday, so there was no time [for practice]. That is fortunate, because it would have been difficult to improve on Friday’s performance,” Head Coach Brian Adam said.Picture taken by Sydney Kolker.

5. Junior midfielder Adam Burnett dribbles the ball away from the Washington Blue Jays in the State Championship game on Nov. 11. Burnett is the top scorer on the team and got awarded Co-Offensive Player of the Year. Picture taken by Abby Prywitch.

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SOCCER History

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The Road to State: Varisty Soccer Team Wins State Championship for the first time Making School History ABBY PRYWITCH STAFF WRITER

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ead Coach Brian Adam lead the boys varsity soccer team to the first state championship in school history. Adam received coach of the year award from Missouri High School Coaches association. The season started off rough by losing their first three games, but that didn’t stay there for long as the boys finished with an overall record of 21 games won, 8 losses and 1 tie. This season was like any other, they experienced the same ups and downs as any other season has.

“We had great leadership this year, and many players improved as the season went on.

So many players put in so much extra work, and that is becoming expected from each other now,” Adam said.

The Colts played Parkway West Longhorns on Oct. 25. The game was still tied when the buzzer went off after two 40 minute halves. Even after two rounds of overtime, the game was still tied. Junior Adam Burnett scored the first penalty kick, but the Longhorns scored on their attempt to even the shootout at 1-1. After four more attempts from each side the shoot-out was tied at 4-4. Sophomore Jackson Koerner stepped up to the spot to take the shot. All that was going through his mind at this time was to do the same approach he would for any penalty kick and to not miss. Koerner took the shot and it went past the West goalie. The Longhorns had one last try, but the shot hit the crossbar and the crowd ran out onto the field to celebrate.

The boys were now district champions for the first time since 2012. For Koerner, after the parkway west player missed their shot it was sheer excitement, and the following school day he felt as if he did something really special.

“I just wanted to contribute to the team and wanted to take a shot. It was just a little

Captain Cameron Baird, holds the Class 3 State Champiomship trophy up on Nov. 11. “I think everyone on the team will always remember the playoff run that we had and there are so many personal memories that I will never forget as well,” Baird said.

Photo taken by Dave Voeller.

From left to right, Seniors Cameron Aydt, Elias Nymander, Charlie Rodgers, Agustin Barcellona, Michael Ellinger, Cameron Baird (Captain), Matthew Deay, Nick Buerk, Jake Tucker, Ryan Ellinger, and Luke Voeller holding up their trophy. Photo taken

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luck and maybe some magic that made that shot the game winning goal,” Koerner said.

On Oct. 31 the Colts faced Ladue in sectionals. At this point whoever won would continue on the road to state. Back on Sep. 6 during the regular season, the boys had lost to Ladue 4-0, but this did not stop them.

“The games were largely up to the players and I trust them,” Adam said. The Colts won the class 3 sectional game 3-0, which advanced them to the state quarterfinal.

A game that could’ve gone either way.

The Colts played Fort Zumwalt South, to fight for the opportunity to move onto the state semifinals. The game had gone into two sudden death overtimes, and with 11 minutes left in the second overtime, junior Will Peacock got the perfect pass from sophomore Luke Shaefer, getting the winning goal to advance the boys.

The week prior to the semifinal game the boys went out to Soccer Park in Fenton which is where the games would now be played at. They went through all the little different things that would be different at these games than a regular game. They walked through the opening ceremony and went over all the other little things that would be different.

“Leading up to that weekend, we focused a lot on communication and creativity on the field. Defensively, we knew what the other team’s plans were going to be so we practiced where we had to be to support each other,” Adam said.

Nov. 10 the boys faced Republic in the semifinal game at Soccer Park. This was the first time the team has made it to the state semifinals since 1986.

With a little over a minute in the game, junior Camden Dunne scored the first goal of the game, getting the boys an early lead. 19 minutes into the first half, senior Matthew Deay scored on an assist by senior Elias Nymander.

“It felt great to help my team score and to assist in such an important game made it special. At the end of the day numbers are numbers and all we cared about was winning the championship and not who scores or assists,” Nymander said.

At the beginning of the second half junior Adam Burnett, who is the top scorer on the team scored the final goal of the game, finalizing the score at 3-0. The defense and Seigel has been a key aspect throughout this whole season, but especially throughout the playoffs.

Seigel has a record of 12-6, with 7 shutouts.

“We were a lot stronger offensively this year, so we were able to avoid close games a lot better than last year,” Senior Matthew Deay said.

Nov. 11 the boys competed against Washington Blue Jays for the District 3 state championship title.

Deay scored on a header off of a corner kick by Burnett with 15 minutes left to play in

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championship game, especially because he had to sit out of the game.

The team had full trust in senior Ryan Ellinger who went in for Seigel, so he was not too worried about the game when he went out.

“However, when I stood up to walk to the bench, I knew immediately that I hurt my knee badly,” Seigel said. It turned out that he tore his ACL, MCL, and his meniscus. Head Coach Brian Adam felt horrible for blake, because he had been playing baseball and basketball for school since his freshman year, and he tried a new sport this year which resulted in him tearing his ACL. “Of course I was concerned with Back up goalie Ryan Ellinger goes in goal during the championship the score of the game, but we didn’t game. “Going in was exciting and also pretty nerveracking knowing put in a new goalie. Ryan knows the whole game was on the line,” Ellinger said. Photo taken by Dave Voeller. what he is doing in the net. Having him step up was superb,” Adam said.

Senior Matthew Deay was worried at first Blake Seigel, junior goalie, ended the when Seigel went down, but throughout most soccer season with a torn ACL, but that was of the game the defense had been shutting not even the only injury he left with. With down the other team. only 34 minutes left on the clock Seigel went ”Ryan is a solid goalkeeper too, so I didn’t down for the second time in the game, due really think about it too much afterwards, to his knee both times. He went back in and I just focused on what I needed to do,” second half after his knee had been wrapped.

Deay said.

Seigel felt horrible getting injured during the the championship game. The colts took the lead 1-0.

“Scoring the goal was insane, it was almost like a scene out of a movie,” Deay said.

There are many players on the team who stuck out throughout the season, and played a large aspect of why the season ended so well.

“Also our goalie, a right back who shut down the opponent’s best attackers during the playoff run, 2 offensive players who were selected as 2nd team all-state, and the Missouri Co-Offensive Player of the Year. Most teams would hope to be able to say that,” Adam said.

Winning the State Championship is the biggest achievement the boys varsity soccer program has made in school history.

“This team was special. It was the first team I had been on where everyone was friends with each other and enjoyed going to practice to put in work everyday,” Seigel said. With practices 5 days a week, sometimes even more the boys were all friends and made tight bonds that will last for a lifetime.

“There’s a certain amount of luck that any team needs to win championships. I think

we’ve had the talent in years past but lots of things worked out for us this year that allowed us to progress further,” Captain Cameron Baird said.

After every game the players take off their jerseys and throw them into the bag without thinking for them to wash, but Adam said it was tough watching the seniors be so reluctant to put them in the laundry bag after the championship.

As it is every year saying goodbye is difficult, when you spend so much time together.

The team took preparation steps for next year.

12 seniors will be graduating this year, leaving opening spots on the varsity team for next year.

5 starters will be returning next season and some kids who excelled on the JV team are competing for spots. Some juniors that had key minutes through the year will be returning.

“And then I had to watch Cameron Baird take his captain’s band off for the last time. It still hurts to think about that,” Adam said.

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Line between flirting and harassment is bold MADELINE LEE NEWS EDITOR

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lirting is prominent in high school culture as people search for relationships or a way to have fun. However, the line between flirting and harassment can be crossed, even if the person doing the harassment believes it is still flirting. Flirting can take place anywhere, digitally or in person, but so can harassment.

“I was called and texted every hour, even when I didn’t reply,” senior Dorothy Davis said about when she was harassed. “They would follow me around school just to get my attention. That was harassment.”

The Merriam-Webster dictionary defines harassment as “to annoy persistently, or to create an unpleasant or hostile situation for especially by uninvited and unwelcome verbal or physical conduct”. This can occur as digital harassment, sexual harassment, or environmental harassment.

“Flirting is when it’s mutual,” senior Chaseton Coleman said. “Harassment is when you keep pressing. If they aren’t responding, if they look nervous, you should stop.”

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ew rules in California required that in 2016, schools begin teaching students about sexual harassment and assault in middle school. At present, the current health classes at Parkway Central touch upon the subject, but mainly focus on consent.

“Consent is so important,” Davis said. “Words are consent, nothing else. If you aren’t comfortable, go tell a close friend or a teacher, because you never know what it can turn into.”

Students are taught that the word yes is the only way to give consent, and experts agree. It’s On Us, an organization dedicated to ending sexual assault and rape on college campuses, informs students that the only way to do anything is through consent.

An analogy often used to educate students on consent is eating cake- if someone asks if you want cake, you can say no or yes. Until you say yes, you have not given consent to eat the cake. If they force you to eat cake in any way and you still don’t say you want cake, even if you’re being pressured, then you have not given consent.

Most people can recognize that not having consent means to stop doing something.

However, for people who don’t recognize that their actions are harassment can become amplified digitally.

“Flirting has to be both ways,” senior Spencer Hritz said. “It can’t just be one person wanting it, it has to be everyone involved. If that isn’t happening, stop.”

Harassment is stopped by peers, or is ignored

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study conducted by the American Association of University Women concluded that in 2011, 48% of a pool of 2,000 7th-12th graders reported experiencing some form of harassment based on their gender during the school year. The study defines harassment per the Webster definition.

Senior Hope Mueller experienced harassment one summer while she was with her friends. The harassment still took place, and her friends neglected to do anything.

“I was at a summer get-together with some friends, and I met this guy there,” Mueller said. “I was standing on a light pole and he came up next to me. He put his arm around me and wouldn’t let go, and then he made me kiss him. It was uncomfortable and scary.”

Knowing the people that you are with and monitoring your surroundings are something you should always keep in the back of your mind, Mueller and others advise, but you should always be careful. In addition to this, look out for people who may be in an uncomfortable situation themselves.

“If I see someone being harassed then I tell the [harasser] to stop and I get them to walk away,” junior Max Oleksa said. “I’m not afraid to break someone’s nose.”

Forcing someone out of their comfort zone is another example of what some students say is harassment.

“Never try to get someone to do something that they aren’t comfortable with,” sophomore Amber Wright said. “That’s harassment. If they sound irritated, you can tell that they are not happy with what’s happening.”

Body language, vocal cues, and unresponsiveness are ways that establish disinterest in flirtatious actions. This includes laughing out of nervousness or discomfort, physically distancing oneself, not making eye contact, shrinking oneself by curling inwards, and looking around for a distraction so that one can escape the situation.

“If someone’s not interested, then they aren’t interested,” Oleksa said. “Don’t sexually harass people, just don’t.”

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he Merriam-Webster Dictionary defines sexual harassment as “uninvited and unwelcome verbal or physical behavior of a sexual nature especially by a person in authority toward a subordinate (such as an employee or student)”. This can also be taken as targeting someone of a specific gender, such as females, since they have been falsely, but stereotypically, viewed as subordinate.

“I’ve been catcalled multiple times,” senior Karli Mehrle said. “I felt gross and mad, but I kept walking. I wish I wouldn’t have; I feel like if you’re harassed you should make them feel stupid and call them out on it.”

Catcalling is when an individual is yelled at or made noises at in order to gain their attention, and can often turn sexual with the remarks made. Other examples of sexual harassment is touching someone without their consent, saying provocative or sexual things either in-person or over text, and making sexual comments over social media.

Sexual harassment under any circumstances is not okay, and if it takes place at or involving someone from school, report it to a teacher who will then handle it accordingly.

Teachers are advised about handling these situations, and will help handle the situation without drawing attention to it.

“It can happen one time or ten times,” senior Jack Allen said. “Harassment is harassment.”

Harassment victims come forward

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ithin recent months, many people have come forward to accuse high-profile people of sexual misconduct. This includes stars such as Kevin Spacey, Matt Lauer, and Danny Masterson.

“People feel ready to come forward,” junior Chayse Williams said. “They feel

safe.”

These accusations often look upon the past at incidents that happened months ago. Most of these accusations have resulted in firings, apologies, and to draw themselves away from society.

“Once one person came forward, it motivated others to do so as well,” Williams said.

However, It’s On Us, a campaign to stop sexual assault and rape in colleges, reports that only 20% of 18-24 year olds report assault or rape to law enforcement.

“[When a student experiences something like this] it must be reported,” journalism teacher Christine Stricker said. “Tell a teacher or a counselor.”

Students have many ways to report harassment, such as through emailing a teacher, counselor, or administrator, scheduling a meeting, or just walking into the teacher’s room to report something.

“If you feel uncomfortable, bring a friend,” Davis said. “But you need to report it.”

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The Cake Analogy “The latest campaign to educate the masses about sexual consent has a cute slogan, ‘consent: it’s as simple as tea’, and a cute video with animated stick figures to illustrate the idea.

Speaking of which, tea is fine, but if you’re going to use a gastronomic metaphor for sex, shouldn’t it be cake? Cake has connotations of sin, temptation, forbidden pleasure and guilt (at least for the weight-watchers among us). Cathy Young, for Medium. com uses a piece of cake as one possible analogy for consent.

So, let’s say you’re visiting a friend and she asks if you’d like some cake and you say, ‘You know, maybe I would’. So she puts the cake on the table, cuts off a slice and puts it on your plate, and then you think of all the extra calories (or maybe you see that it’s a kind of cake you don’t like), and say, ‘You know… thanks, but I don’t think I should’. No one needs a consent class to understand that if your friend grabs a piece of cake and starts forcibly shoving it in your mouth, they’re committing assault. Shoving cake in someone’s mouth is generally a no-no, unless you’re at a wedding and that person is your newly minted spouse. Ditto for threatening someone with bodily harm unless they eat the damn cake. That’s illegal, you know.

But suppose your friend says, ‘Oh come on, just one slice. It’s really delicious!’

And you say, ‘okay, sure’. Or maybe you keep saying, ‘No, I really don’t feel like it’, and your friend keeps pushing, coaxing and wheedling you until you finally say yes.

Maybe she uses guilt: she slaved for hours baking that cake just for you, or made the rounds of a dozen bakeries trying to find the perfect cake! Maybe she tells you you’ve ruined her whole evening, or just sulks and pouts visibly. Finally, you agree to eat the damn cake just to get her off your back. And maybe then she badgers you into having another slice. Or two.

Is your friend being obnoxious? Sure. No one would blame you if you weren’t in a rush to visit that friend again, or complained to mutual friends about how annoying her behavior was. On the other hand, if you suddenly decided that what your friend did was no different from grabbing you by the nose and force-feeding you cake when you opened your mouth to breathe, or forcing you to eat the cake at knifepoint … well, then your mutual friends would be likely to think there was something wrong with you.”

Remember, cake is not a perfect comparison for assault, harassment or consent.

The best way to get consent is through conversation and mutal agreement. For advice based on your situation, talk to your health teacher, counselor, a health professional, a trusted adult, or your parents.

Cupcakes on display at Sweetology, a decorate-your-own cupcake shop located in Town and Country. Photo by Madeline Lee

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CH Players performed Vanya & Sonia & Masha & Spike on Nov. 16-18. The cast and crew began preparing earlier in the semester. The director was the head of the theater department, Nicole Voss. The cast and crew of this production has been chosen to perform at the MO All State Thespian Conference.They will perform on the main stage for more than 1,600 people on January 12.

1. Senior Aletha Bastin and junior Skylar Droege share a scene together during rehearsal. “The beauty is that you are lost in the moment,” Bastin said. “But you’re also subconsciously a part of the character because you created them.”

2. Senior Chase Coleman is center stage as junior Skylar Droege exists the stage during rehearsal. “I think there’s a lot more to acting than people think,” Droege said.

“You’re literally creating a person from the ground up and then you have to embody them.”

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3. Junior Skylar Droege, seniors Aletha Bastin, Garrett Lierman, and Chase Coleman have a group scene. Bastin and Coleman have acted before, however it was Lierman’s first time. “I was just really proud of my performance and that monologue I had to learn,” Lierman said.

4. Junior Skylar Droege shouts at seniors Garrett LIerman’s and Aletha Bastin’s characters. “All the sudden you live in their world,” Bastom said. “You see, smell, and feel the things that they’re experiencing.”

5. Senior Garrett LIerman and junior Skylar Droege pose on stage during rehearsal. “You have to make decisions on everything from how a person talks to the little mannerisms and habits they have,” Droege said. “Honestly, I love it all.”

6. Freshman Sadie Detwiler and senior Garrett Lierman perform a scene together during rehearsal. “I became so close with the cast in the process,” Detwiler said. I wasn’t very nervous because by that time, they were already like my second family.”

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In my opinion, December is undoubtedly the best month of the year,” senior Andrew Hollinrake said. Who is currently celebrating the holiday by wearing Christmas outfits every Monday of Dec. to prepare for the holiday.

Many people love the holidays and each family creates their own traditions to celebrate and spend time together.

December is a huge time for the holiday’s and it gets everyone in a happy spirit to be with one another.

All religions are unique in their own way, and while they all have their own customs people still enjoy the traditions of the other religions as well.

Christmas takes place on Dec. 25, and leading up to this holiday, not only Christians but people enjoy getting ready for this special event.

Many people enjoy baking cookies, watching Hallmark movies, decorating trees, and so much more to get in the holiday mood.

“Every year my family gets a real Christmas tree and decorates it with ornaments and lights,” freshman Julie Ryterski said.

Ryterski celebrates Christmas through the Catholic religion and also serves for her church every year at the 12p.m. Mass. These have been traditions she has had for many years and wishes to continue them for a very long time.

Getting a tree and decorating it is definitely a must during the holidays, and many have had this as a tradition for as far as people can remember.

Counselor Priscilla Greenwood looks forward to Christmas every year. Her family always goes and gets a Christmas tree the weekend after Thanksgiving. Along with many other traditions including having dinner and gift exchanges with family, opening a pair of pajamas on Christmas eve, and also attend church Christmas Eve. Greenwood has a two and a half year

Gingerbread house made by freshman Julia Solomon. “I loved making the gingerbread house and spending time with family while doing it,” Solomon said. Photo taken by Julia Solomon.

now and “are incorporating some of our own traditions with her like having her set up the Nativity Scene and talking to her about why we celebrate Christmas,” Greenwood said.

A tradition she is starting this year and hoping to continue, is volunteering at a homeless shelter.

Freshman Peter Schaefer also enjoys Christmas with friends and family.

“On Christmas I always go to my aunt’s house and then also my grandma’s house and we have dinner. Also last year I did secret Santa with my friends and we are planning on doing it again this year,” Schaefer said. Secret Santa is a fun tradition that anyone can enjoy by a group of friends or family giving out fun gifts to each other anonymously A fun ritual in the Jewish religion is on Christmas day getting Chinese food. Although many don’t know when this started, a lot of people join in on the tradition.

“My family always goes to both grandma’s houses and eat matzo ball soup, but also usually get Chinese food just to be basic Jews,” sophomore Allie Chervitz said.

Some Jewish and other non Christians enjoy their own rituals, and jumping in on Christmas traditions for fun.

“We do milk and cookies and the Hanukkah bush which is a little blue plastic tree we got a while ago that we put our presents under and we hang little stockings over the fireplace,” freshman Halle Tucker said.

While senior Divya Minnaganti doesn’t celebrate Christmas as a holiday religiously, she also loves the mood of the holiday.

“We decorate with Christmas lights, and we put up a Christmas tree. We also always have the Christmas station on and we watch all the movies and we love going to see light shows at various parks,” Minnaganti said.

Every year people get together not only for themselves but to help the people around them. Everyone loves their annual traditions during this time of year, the true meaning of these

The Menorah represents the eight days of Hanukkah in the Jewish religion, each night of the holiday a new branch or candle is lit. This is a very important tradition in the Jewish religion which has been going on for a very long time. Photo found on Pixabay.

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holiday’s are helping others and being with the people you love.

“On the holiday’s I look forward to being with my friends and family,” Schaefer said. Which most people enjoy during this time of year.

However, a thing that many students look forward to about the holidays for and would also agree with Chervitz and Schaefer, “I look forward to a break off of school.”

Senior Andrew Hollinrake in one of his holiday outfits this Dec. “I’m just trying to spread the cheer of the season with the rest of the school,” Hollinrake said.

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A tradition many people take part in is baking cookies, no matter the religion this is always a fun ritual to take part in, and a delicious one also. Photo found on Pixabay.

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A MODEL STUDENT JENNA LAZAROFF STAFF WRITER

Senior Taylor Piper is taking a different path after high school by graduating early and pursuing her dream to become a model.

“I’m moving to Los Angeles in December so that I can sign with an agency,” Piper said.

Since school is still in session, that is her main focus and getting through finals. But she is graduating early, after first semester she will be leaving.

“Finishing up with school is my priority for now,” Piper said. “I’m moving to California this December. I’m really going to pursue modeling.”

Despite what others think, becoming a model takes hard work, dedication, and learning about the whole process and what needs to be done.

“I’m still learning what it takes to become a model,” Piper said. “However, what I do know is that you have to be a strong and confident person in order to handle rejection. Not everyone is going to like you or your look, that just the way life works with anything, but self assurance and determination is essential in this industry.”

All of us have goals and dreams, some of us want to be teachers, doctors, or even professional athletes. But for Piper is always been modeling.

“My dream for as long as I could remember was to model,” Piper said. “I know in my heart with ambition anything could happen. With that being said I aspire to be a model, as well as sophisticated and educated. My plan is to take off of college for about a year since I’m graduating to pursue modeling. I eventually plan on going to community college for two years and from there I will truly see where my dream will take me.”

As with anything there’s positives and negatives to the situation. For Piper there’s far more positives and outweigh the negative.

“For the ups it’s endless, when I’m in front of the camera I feel electricity in my veins. It’s an indescribable feeling,” Piper said. “Being able to make people feel something with your work is something I want to do for a living. As far as the downs, it’s the rejection. I’ve had agencies deny me and have had people that weren’t looking for someone with my look. You just have to be assertive. I just hope I don’t ever get caught up in the game and lose hold of myself to try to please someone’s unrealistic standards.”

This will not be Piper’s first time in Los Angeles. She has actually already done photoshoots there before and shot with some designers.

“My most favorite shoot I’ve done so far was located in Southeastern California at Joshua Tree, It was for a clothing brand called OPENISM.” Talent and hard work must go hand in hand to be successful.

“Modeling requires hours of hard work and dedication,” Piper said. “It’s not only about having your face on a magazine or just being in front of the camera. It’s an art and I want to make people feel something with my art.”

Something special about Piper’s career as a model is that she gets to share the love with her best friend, Spencer Newberry.

“My best friend and I started modeling together, we do photo shoots as much as possible in our free time and that’s when we don’t have class or work.”

Photo by Christoph Night

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SENIOR PURSUES BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES FUNMI AYENI STAFF WRITER

Q: Tell us about yourself.

A: Well, I’m Noah Weidner and I’m an 18-year-old new media producer. For the last decade or so, I’ve made music, wrote things, and done all kinds of fun stuff in the creative world. But in the last two years, I transitioned my work from making stuff full-time to helping artists and creative people make their stuff and find the resources and tools to do that.

Q: What are your startups?

A: One of them is called Rave Advisory, and it’s an artist management and agency.

It helps artists get their music on sites like Spotify, Apple Music, but in addition, it acts as an independent performing rights organization. So what that means, in short, is that we can help represent artists, labels, and their interests -- we can collect royalties, consult them, and handle some of the legal woes they might run into.

The other, wave.ac, is a free audio streaming platform. It’s a community site like Soundcloud, but it draws on influences from other online sites. So, as an extension of the streaming platform, there is a community, a marketplace where artists and fans can buy and sell content and music, and utilize tools on the site that help artists market themselves or analyze their audience.

Q: How did you start doing this?

A: I’ve always thought that there’s nothing more admirable than making stuff, and I’ve been doing it for so long. However, when I was younger, I wasn’t really surrounded by a whole lot of creative people.

I ended up writing for some music blogs here and there, and in the process I became familiar with the music industry and got to know a lot of artists along the way.

Senior Noah Weidner works at a Spark! meeting. Photo by Funmi Ayeni.

Q: Why did you start your startups?

A: I took a long break from writing and spent a lot of time making music, but during this time, I became even more aware of the amount of people trying to get rich or make money off of the work of others. Some of my friends were telling me these horror stories about people stealing their stuff and uploading it as their own. I looked at sites like Soundcloud and YouTube and thought: we gotta do something about this. So, in the same time I started Rave Advisory to directly help and work with artists, I started making a site that could replace Soundcloud and competitors. In short, I have this crazy vision -- not just for music, but for all creative forms -- and I want to see it happen as quick as possible.

Q: What’s the “crazy vision” you’re talking about?

A: It’s less a vision and more of an inevitability, and it’s that artists are taking back control of their music and moving away from big money and big labels. This same thing is happening in the video space with all of the YouTube production groups that have blown up, and the same thing is happening across all industries thanks to sites like Patreon. But my vision is really to create a new ecosystem that caters to the creative class of outstanding artists and the people who love and support those artists. How this is all gonna unfold is a much longer story, and not one for a Q&A like this, but it’s one I try to share with people whenever I have a chance.

Q: What kind of artists do you work with?

A: I mostly work with electronic, independent, and alternative rock artists. A lot of the people I work with are producers or singer-songwriters, so a whole lot of my work involves actually setting up processes after tracks are done -- stuff like distribution, promotion, et cetera. However, I’ve had the courtesy a lot more lately to actually help artists write and produce their music.

Q: What are you working on with artists right now?

A: Well, I can’t say a whole lot, but I’m working on music with Astrale right now -- who is this unbelievably talented electronic artist. In the last few months, we’ve been more than blessed to see some Astrale music get played at big music festivals. Really, we’re just trying to make beautiful, dreamy music -- and he is one of the most intelligent producers I’ve ever met.

On my side, I’m working on two albums -- one for my project, FUTURTOPIA; another for my songwriting project. Those two things will be out next year.

Q: How do you market Rave Advisory and artists?

A whole lot of music is connections. We’ve had the courtesy of having a lot of believers in our artists and our mission.

Marketing Rave Advisory to promoters and fans is typically not the hard part. The hard part is convincing artists and labels that we’re the best alternative to a site like CDBaby or DistroKid. They’re great businesses on their own, but they’re not our competitors: we’re wanting to handle everything for artists, and we

can do this for very little.

Q: What’s the road ahead for you?

A: Well, Rave Advisory will be growing its artist base and helping even more creatives and labels in the year ahead. We’ve got an ambitious plan for growing Rave Advisory and the artists we represent and believe in.

As for wave.ac, we’re looking to finish the audio streaming platform in early 2018. It’s something I’m really excited about, because it will greatly help the kind of people I work with at Rave Advisory. It’ll definitely help artists and labels from all backgrounds, as for increasing access to music, I think fans and music lovers will appreciate the free listening experience. So that said, we’re just looking for people to go to www.wave.ac and sign up for the beta. We wanna make this service into something that people want to share and use, and it’ll take time, but it’s time I think will be well spent.

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TEEN SLANG: HOW MUCH DO ADULTS KNOW? LEAH RODIN

STAFF WRITER een slang has really taken its toll on the English language.

It’s becoming a big part of communication, whether it’s verbal or typed on a cellphone. The question is: is it just teens?

People use words differently; whether it’s slang, or a word with a different meaning, etc. Today’s slang is used so much that it’s been carried over to our parents and to our teachers, whether we like it or not. For example, did your uncle make a comment on your outfit this morning saying it was “on fleek”? Did your teacher mistakenly spell “hit the quan” as “hit the kwan”?

Do most teachers know slang, but don’t use it right? I chose three teachers to test their knowledge with a five question quiz on what we say in their classrooms and around school. The results were interesting.

First, government teacher Thomas Sellers took this quiz. He got about a 70%. His strong points were in “lit”, “lowkey”, and “LOL”. He struggled with the definition for “fam”, which he initially guessed meant hungry; “fam” being short for famine. He quickly went back and changed it to family afterwards. Finally, for the meaning of “woke”, he answered with “awake”.

Andrea Anderson, English teacher, seemed to know several of the words, but struggled with their direct meaning. For example, when asked the definition of “woke”, she began by saying “aware”, but continued to say that it specifically meant aware of social injustice/unrest and wanting to be a part of it.

The star student of the group was surprisingly math teacher Hannah Merriman. You would think math teachers would be stronger in numbers and equations, but Merriman showed her skills in semantics with a score of about 98%. Contrary to Sellers’ and Anderson’s responses, she said that “fam” meant a close friend, whereas the other teachers said it just simply meant family.

Unusually, each teacher said that they use words like these almost on the daily. Our star student said that she uses words like “lit” and “fam” a lot, and uses “LOL” while texting her

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friends or family. Sellers made the confession that he uses “lit”.

Anderson said that she uses “woke”, “lit”, “LOL”, and concluded by saying she uses just about all of them. She adds, “It just depends on the center of the conversation and who I’m talking to; the more you hear it, the more it becomes a part of your everyday language. And sometimes the word actually fits the situation!”

Through time, slang has totally made an evolution. Some slang words “burn out”, as Sellers said was one of the popular slang phrases when he was a teenager, but some carry over to today, such as “LOL”, “I use ‘LOL’, obviously. Everyone does.”

Merriman said.

“Cool was one of the more popular slang words back in the day, and now it’s like everyday language; people use it all the time. Certain words become a part of everyday language and people don’t even think about it.” Anderson said.

“There wasn’t even entirely slang when I was a teenager.

This is like a whole new different language, and it has a lot to do with the cellphone era.” Sellers said. He added that slang is much more common than it was for him as a teenager.

Merriman also said, texting wasn’t huge when she was a teenager, and slang mostly revolved around that. “There’s a lot more abbreviated names than what there used to be; IM-ing was really what people did so we had different types of shortcut words,” Merriman said.

“We didn’t have text messaging, we didn’t have all that, so there wouldn’t have been any ‘LOLs’ floating around. For me, my big thing was ‘like’. Similar to that of ‘legit’, or ‘literally’ today, but my mom would always get on my case about that.”

Anderson said.

She adds that she finds slang interesting, how people make words into their own, and brought up the concept of emojis, and how they tend to overtake the position of slang, and how it’s the new slang in a way. But that’s a story for a different issue.

A five question quiz was handed out (and created by Leah Rodin) to Thomas Sellers, Hannah Merriman, and Andrea Anderson to test their knowledge on teen slang.

Photo by Leah Rodin

THE DAY I GOT A TATTOO AND ADVICE FOR YOU ETHAN HUME STAFF WRITER

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his is it. I’m about to have some guy that I just met put something on me with needles that will be on me for the rest of my life! Yikes!

Two years ago when I was 16, I decided I wanted a tattoo however I was not old enough to get one, and my parents did not like the idea. In fact they told me I was not getting one. So I kept the idea of getting one in my head thinking about what type of tattoo do I want and where do I want it.

When I turned 18 I decided to talk to my parents again and I started with my dad.

“Do not get a tattoo,” he said, in a worrisome way because I could tell he knew I was going to get one. Later that day I was not set with that response so I decided to bring up the idea to my mom. The bottom line she was not happy.

Despite what my parents thought, I knew that this is what I wanted. So I am going to get it. In fact they didn’t know until three weeks after it happened.

When I walked into the Enigma tattoo parlor on Nov. 10, I noticed the walls were covered in tattoo designs. I showed them a picture of the design my girlfriend helped pick out for me and I emailed it to them so the artist could make the magic happen. I wanted the tattoo on my chest about three inches square. After we got the size right he led me to the chair where I would be getting my tattoo.

First, he stenciled it on to me so that I could approve it before he started to fill in the lines. I liked it so we began. He told me what it was going to feel like (it was gonna hurt) and said he is going to draw a little line first

so I get an idea what it will feel like. Then he began to fill in the lines. The needle felt like a red hot knife just dragging on my skin.

Although I eventually just got numb to it. The whole thing took about one hour and twenty minutes.

I watched some of it but it was difficult to watch because I had to lie down and my angle wasn’t good. When he was finished he had me look in the mirror and I loved it.

For the next two weeks, my girlfriend and I took care of it and made sure it wasn’t going to get messed up by applying Aquaphor on it and cleaning it off. The hardest part in the recovery part was staying out of the water since my job is a lifeguard and teaching swim lessons, I was only able to stay out of the water for 3 days.

When I finally told my parents 3 weeks later my dad didn’t believe me and when I showed him it was real he still wasn’t happy.

My mom had the same response. What I don’t understand is how they didn’t believe me when I told them I was going to get one.

So if you are wanting to get a tattoo here are some things you have to think about: 1. Are you sure you want it? It will be on you for the rest of your life.

2. You also have to consider how much money you are willing to spend. Tattoos are expensive, you are not just paying for the ink and the artists time, you are paying for the aftercare and tipping the artist (if they did a good job).

Expect to pay at least $100.

3. Lastly, make sure that you know where you want it and that you pick a design that you will never get tired of seeing.

Ethan Hume’s tattoo is a shark representing his connection to the water. The shark was a great tattoo for him.

OPINION 19CORRAL PAY ATTENTION: THE FIGHT FOR NET NEUTRALITY DEC. 13, 2017

SAM KELLER STAFF WRITER

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ur modern lives are built around the Internet. The Internet has become an essential part of our lives and many of us rely on it on a daily basis. The Internet has been a free place where everybody has a fair shot to create a popular website and you are allowed to visit any website you wish. However, the United States government is trying to take this away from us. The FCC (Federal Trade Commission) wants to take our free Internet from us.

The FCC wants to give large telecoms the option to slow down websites or block certain websites unless the consumer pays more money to them. This strips us of our free Internet and gives telecoms the option to block and slow websites they don’t like and they can then hold the Internet hostage to the consumer.

The Internet has always been a place of equality. A place of true equality where no one person is above another. Everyone has the same opportunity to get the same speed and nobody is banned. Yet the FCC which is being influenced by large telecoms who has given money to senators so they will vote in favor of net neutrality being repealed.

Net Neutrality is essential to our society.

These large corporations are trying to strip us of or free nets to increase profits for themselves but at the expense of every american with access to the Internet.

They want to have the ability to throttle Internet speeds to websites and give priority to certain websites of their choosing. They could be able to slow down your Internet speeds to Instagram or Snapchat unless you pay them more per month to have access to faster speeds on those websites or apps.

It would give them the option to increase priority for certain consumers who give them more money and data throttle people that don’t pay them as much. It could also allow them to blackmail companies and slow down speeds for their websites or apps unless they give them something in return. This creates an unfair advantage in the hands of the telecom companies.

The US government is going against the wishes of the people to please the large corporations who have bought off the leaders of our country. We need to unify as a country to voice our support of net neutrality to our congress people. We need to keep our net free.

Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Varadaraj Pai testifies on Wednesday, July 19, 2017 before the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. (Ron Sachs/CNP/Zuma Press/TNS)

Stores offer discounts, perks with your student ID GABBY ABOWITZ STAFF WRITER

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student ID card is primarily used to recognize if a student goes to a certain school, as well as for school safety reasons. However, did you know that your student ID card can save you money?

Students and faculty members can receive discounts off their items for certain stores.

The greatest deals is at one of the most expensive stores, Apple. The store is known for their products ranging from Macs to iPhones, as well as Beats headphones. Apple may be expensive, but these deals can save students a ton of money. Mac books range from $1,300 and up. But, with your handy student discount, you can save a minimum of $500! Also, on the iPad Pros which range around $649, you can save about $20. Best Buy also has exclusive deals for high schoolers.

Clothing brands offer student discounts too. The store Express, offers 15 percent off your purchase. J. Crew also offers 15 percent off your total. The store Fun in the Sun (a store that sells multiple preppy brands) offers T-shirt Tuesdays, where students enjoy 20 percent discount on all tees every Tuesday. The Fun in the Sun store

has two locations, downtown Kirkwood and in Chesterfield. The store Madewell also offers 15 percent off your entire purchase.

Looking for shoes to match that outfit?

Steve Madden offers 22 percent off your total purchase, and Converse offers a 10percent off discount.

Want to spice things up before a big school dance? Go to Extreme Tan and get your first week long tan for $25 with your student id.

Almost every nail salon you will go to also offers a student discount and you usually don’t need to bring it in to receive the discount. One nail place right near school that offers a discount is Paris Nails.

Kate Spade offers 15 percent off so you can have a nice bag to store your student id in.

Jersey Mike’s offers a student and faculty meal that is discounted from the normal price. The meal includes a sandwich, chips, and a soda.

With the holidays coming up, take advantage of your student ID to get gifts for the people on your list.

The sign above J. Crew at the St. Louis Premium Outlets. J. Crew is one of the many stores that offers student discounts. Photo taken by Gabby Abowitz.

Converse, a shoe brand, also offers student discounts. Photo taken by Gabby Abowitz at the St. Louis Premium Outlets.

Picture of the store Kate Spade New York. Location at St. Louis Premium Outlets. Photo taken by Gabby Abowitz.

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HOLIDAY GIFTS FOR EVERY TYPE OF PERSON JULIA SOLOMON STAFF WRITER

For Those Who Want to Stay Warm

“Melanie dragged me around store to store looking for a Sherpa, but you know her none of them were good enough,” said freshman Abby Prywitch of a recent shopping trip with her friend freshman Melanie Gubernik.

A sherpa is a very warm and soft sweatshirt that comes in many colors. It is made of cotton and is fluffy on the inside and out. Buy yours at Fun in the Sun, Paperdolls or Kohl’s. Kohl’s sells them for $32.

For the Adventurous

The GoPro is a great way to capture your favorite memories.

Bring it on vacation, underwater, or even zip lining. A video camera at the next level.

You can get a GoPro at Best Buy, Walmart, Target, or Dick’s Sporting Goods. Dicks has a GoPro for $150.

For the Jocks

Sports jerseys are a good way for people to support their favorite team, and easy to find. The jerseys can be any team, anywhere. Sports are a great way to connect to others and find a common interest.

Sport jerseys can found at Champs Sports or Dick’s Sporting Goods. Dick’s had a variety of jerseys for $75.

For the Tech Savvy

Apple is hyping their new iPhone X which has new features such as an OLED vivid screen, Face ID, water resistence, and 12 megapixels with advanced pixel processing.

You can get the iPhone X at the Apple store or at Best Buy. Apple has the iPhone X for $1,000.

For Those Whose Phone Dies Fast

Something small to go with the iPhone X is a portable charger. It is easy to carry, and comes in all different colors and designs.

You can get a portable charger at Target, Best Buy, Walmart,

and Staples. Get a portable charger for $6 at Walmart.

For the Gamers

The Xbox One is a new way to play your favorite games.

Control your console with voice commands, and watch live television while playing the game.

The Xbox One is found at Best Buy and the Microsoft Store.

The Xbox One is $500 at Best Buy. Get games at Gamestop for under $20.

Jersey of the Oakland California Warriors at Dicks Sporting Goods for $75.

Around this jersey Dicks had many other teams and styles of jerseys. Photo taken by Abby Prywitch.

For the Walkers

Birkenstocks, Uggs, and Moccasins are comfy and great to take a walk in. Uggs and Moccasins have soft fur on the inside to ensure that your feet will stay warm throughout the winter.

Birkenstocks are easy to slip on and off, and mold to your foot for perfect comfort. They all come in many different colors and sizes. Make sure you try them on before you buy because they tend to run small.

You can find Uggs and Moccasins at Macy’s, Nordstrom, Target, and Dillards. Birkenstocks are found at Famous Footwear, Shoe Carnival, and Macy’s. Macy’s has Uggs for $160, Birkenstocks for $125 and Moccasins for $100.

For the H2O Lovers

Yeti water bottles up on display at Dicks Sporting Goods for $15. On the shelf they had many differnet colors and sizes.

Photo by Abby Prywitch.

A Yeti water bottle or a Hydro Flask keeps any drink cold for 24 hours or more. The water bottle is easy to decorate with stickers and make it your own. They come in many different colors.

You can personalize your yeti at Yeti Custom Shop for up to $15.

Yeti’s and Hydro Flasks can be found at Dicks Sporting Goods, REI, and Cabela’s. Dicks has the Yeti for $30 and an Hydro Flask for $21.

For the Undecided

Lastly, gift cards and money are a basic and easy gift. This way, your recipient can pick what they want for the holidays.

Gift cards can be to anywhere you know they shop.

Winter break activities can be fun on a tight budget SAM KELLER

STAFF WRITER ith winter break around the corner, many of us need something to do over our vacation with our friends and family. The beauty of living in St. Louis are the large variety of community activities during the winter months. From downtown to St. Charles, winter-themed events and fun activities abound. Luckily, some of the most fun of these events are also free to attend so you don’t have to bring entrance money with you.

One of the most famous places in the St. Louis is the St. Louis Zoo. For the month of December the Zoo will be holding an event called the Wild Lights display where they have beautiful holiday lights put up around the Zoo. This event will run through all of December after 5:30 p.m. on the nights which they are open.

The zoo is also open the rest of the day for regular visits to the zoo to see all the exhibits they have.

The Delmar Loop also has an ice carving festival on Jan. 12-24 in the Loop where they will carve ice and have many different winter, outdoor themed activities.

Bundle up and see what winter fun is all about, then when you need a warm up,

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stop into Fitz’s, located on Delmar Blvd.

This locally owned restaurant and soda bottler has many different flavors of root beer, house made sodas, floats and has an incredible restaurant. Delmar also has other places for food like Mission Taco and Rocket Fizz which is a place that sells many different flavors of soda and different types of candy.

Steinberg Ice Rink is a recreational ice skating rink in St. Louis. They are open for the winter months and are open to the general public. It is a place for experienced skaters and new skaters. Skating is a fun activity for all generations and is a fun place to go with your friends. It is also a great place to take a date. Need to warm up afterwards? Head over to the Science Center to take in a show or play some indoor games. “Star Wars: The Last Jedi” is showing in the Omnimax until Dec. 15.

There are many fun things to do over winter break and going to one of these things with your friends or family will be sure to make this holiday season much more happy and enjoyable.

Santa Larry Jefferson interacts with 20-month-old Shea and his mother Sarah Barth of St. Louis Park at the Santa Experience at Mall of America on Dec. 1, 2016 in Bloomington, Minn. (Leila Navidi/Minneapolis Star Tribune/TNS)

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NOV. 3, 2017

Marvel & DC: Cinematic Showdown BRETT SMITH

STAFF WRITER s the month of November came and passed, we were delivered the final superhero films of 2017. With steady successes throughout the year, the superhero world has nearly conquered the box office over the course of the past 12 months. And with November, the final and arguably the biggest films of these comic giants have finally shown their faces. And after watching these films closely during production and then finally in the theatres, let’s discuss which of these is the better of the two.

Before we start, however, I think it is incredibly unfair to try to compare these films, and here is the main reason why. “Thor: Ragnarok” is the third film in the Thor trilogy, and the

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17th film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU). The MCU has been around since May 2, 2008, which has given Marvel time for their characters to develop and become well known amongst the community. The DC Extended Universe (DCEU) on the other hands has only been around since June 14, 2013, with only five films under its belt. Because of this, they seem to be throwing these characters into the film, and not giving most of them the proper screen time and development they deserve. Therefore, I am simply rating each film by themselves, and then give my opinion on which is best.

THOR: RAGNAROK

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or thousands of years, Hela, the Goddess of Death, has served as a prisoner in banishment. After the death of Odin, the spell keeping her away has worn off, and now free from her chains Hela looks to Asgard, seeking the empty throne as an opportunity to take control.

This film marks Chris Hemsworth’s sixth time playing the Asgardian, with Tom Hiddleston portraying the God of Mischief Loki for the fourth time, and Mark Ruffalo smashing it as well in his fourth film as Bruce Banner/Hulk. And as the 17th film in the MCU, it does not disappoint.

“Thor: Ragnarok” delivers another Marvel classic with this Hulk Smash of a hit. Bringing us to new locations to meet new faces in the universe, this movie is a joy to watch for every second. And this is very much what we expect with Marvel films, as from what we’ve seen they’re all incredible works of art. Thor is back, ready to protect Asgard from the threat of total destruction, or “Ragnarok”. And throughout this film, his journey takes from Asgard, to Earth, and to a new world named Sakarr.

While on Earth, he meets the Goddess of Death for the first time, Hela, played by Cate Blanchett. In their first meeting, Thor’s hammer crumbles to dust at her hands, and he is cast out into the planet Sakarr. Sakarr is home to the Grandmaster, played by Jeff Goldblum, a true treasure and whose character is a blast to watch develop on-screen. He imprisons Thor as a gladiator, forced to fight the Grandmaster’s champion for his entertainment.

Thor soon discovers that his “champion” is the Incredible Hulk, who has

RATING:

8/10

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JUSTICE LEAGUE

ith the world on the brink of invasion, Batman looks to put together a team of super-powered individuals as a final defense against this intergalactic threat.

After the disappointment of a film that was Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice and the underwhelming Suicide Squad last year, the DCEU was not looking too strong. Thankfully with the release of Wonder Woman earlier this year, some hope was restored for the future of this cinematic universe.

And then it came down to this film: “Justice League”. A film of this scale makes or breaks a company. This was to be the turning point for the DC films. And honestly, I think it so. But was it really? Let me explain.

“Justice League” is a great example of what can happen when a film is started by one director with a certain take, and finished by a different director with another take. When this movie was announced, the director was set to be Zack Snyder, who was the director for Man of Steel and Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, the first two films of the DCEU. He was working on the film for months, but after a family emergency had to back out of the film’s production. After his absence, he was replaced with Joss Whedon to finish the film. While Snyder wanted a deeper, darker film, Joss Whedon saw an opportunity to create a more light-hearted film with the DC characters. At the end of the day, the movie felt a little rushed and lost because of this. It also makes some plot points that Snyder has been building up from past films non-existent.

One glaring issue with this film is the inconsistently of the quality of the CGI. For this most part, there is some real great special effects within this project. But while the surroundings and ambiance is built up beautifully, it’s sadly the characters that feel mostly affected. Certain parts of the bodies, and sometimes the entire body, just don’t look right from time to time. Cyborg, how-

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been missing since his fight in Sokovia against Ultron’s army in Avengers: Age of Ultron.

But there is one thing that bothers me about this film: and it’s not a problem with the story, characters or anything like that. It was mainly the overall feel of it. It just doesn’t feel like a Thor film. The vibe I get from it is more of a Guardians of the Galaxy film. It’s like a buddy movie between Thor and the Hulk, definitely distancing itself from the rest of the Thor trilogy.

Thankfully, this isn’t a bad thing. It definitely takes time to further branch out these two characters, of which had less film credits than any of the other Avengers. So it’s actually a great idea to put these two together in their own film.

There’s something for everyone here. Honestly, no matter what kind of film genre you enjoy, you will fall in love with this movie by the end of your journey. I feel that because of the MCU’s track record, my expectations were excessively high, especially when the Hulk arc is based on one of my best Marvel storylines ever. At the end, I was not at all disappointed, but I felt that there were some things that were missing, and others that could have been handled differently. But you definitely go and watch this film, and enjoy the delights of the end credit scenes. It also heavily leads into the highly anticipated Avengers: Infinity War... the film marking the 10 year Anniversary of the MCU, and Part 1 of the conclusion to the MCU as we all know it.

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ever, looked really good throughout the film, and he was who I was worried about the most. While I might have the unpopular opinion of saying that he looks good in this film, I was incredibly impressed at how they presented his character, not only physically but also at his position and role throughout this film. With the metal infused in him the same as the metal used by the villain of the film, he can hear and understand everything that’s communicated by the creatures.

The film itself is one heck of a good time. A thoroughly fun film, “Justice League” provides a movie filled with humor, tension, drama, and plenty of hardcore action to go around. The casting choices really show to pay off throughout,, with the actors portraying these characters with such perfection, almost as if these people were born to play these roles. Especially with Aquaman, Flash, and Cyborg: Jason Momoa, Ezra Miller and Ray Fisher, the newcomers to the DCEU. They really brought their A-game with this film at nearly every moment they were on-screen. It’s a shame that the opening weekend sales were so low. Part of this reason I believe is that it seems to be the norm to hate on DC films, so when the film comes out hardly anyone will go to see it. But ever since, the movie sales have surpassed $500M. And just like in Marvel films, you should really stick around after the credits for some great surprises, one of which got my entire theatre, including myself, to clap and cheer hysterically.

I understand that your views towards the DCEU are bound to be pretty negative because of its past projects, but trust me. Go and watch “Justice League”. This is a really good film, and a stepping stone for both the company and the franchise as a whole.

RATING:

8.5/10

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OPINION

DEC. 13, 2017

GAS STATION FOOD IS THE BEST KIND OF FOOD

Archer's Atmosphere -Dining in Style-

LIBBY ARCHER EDITOR IN CHIEF

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love gas station food. It’s my, not so, secret obsession. I love the convenience of convenience stores. I love that a majority of the major ones have apps that help you save money. I love the judgment free nature of the staff. I love gas station coffee and styrofoamcup soda. I love gas stations.

I put my love to the test last week when I visited three of the top gas station convenience stores in the Chesterfield area. Each one is vastly different. I don’t care at all about the gas prices and honestly, it did not influence any of my decisions, mostly because I’m spoiled and my parents pay for my gas. My review is purely based on the atmosphere and food of these stores.

Our first stop was Quik Trip. This was a bit of a drive for my partner in crime, Anthony Zuanich, and me because it was located about 15 minutes away, by Hooters. This was a quite large QT but I have never actually seen a small one. QT is known for bringing customers fresh, hot and quick meals because you actually order your food from a kiosk. When we went there were a ton of people and too many options.

This did not help my lack of decision making skills. Also I was panicking at this time because both Anthony and I forgot our debit cards at home. I rarely carry cash, because I spend way too much, so I was stuck buying everything with the emergency money I keep in my car.

First thing I tried was the frozen coffee drinks. If you enjoy real, black, true coffee, you probably won’t like this. They have a few options but all taste over processed and extremely sweet. The drinks tasted good with the first few sips but got sickly sweetening so fast. Props to QT though, this was a really cool

option for Starbucks lovers on the go. They also had options for about 15 different kinds of hot coffee and milkshakes. The coolest thing we found was the smoothies. They offer real fruit smoothies which is great for people who are on the go but still trying to remain healthy. Most “healthy” gas station food is full of preservatives and sugar, and I’m not really sure if QT was any different. My favorite flavor by far was the Berry Blast. All of the other ones tasted fake and too sweet for my liking.

I have a love for Diet Coke, which I get made fun of by my friends about on a daily basis. I think soda tastes best coming in a glass bottle or a 42 oz styrofoam cup. Its an unpopular opinion, and Michelle Obama might not be proud, but it is what makes me happy.

The variety of meats was incredible. They had those classic rolling hot dog heaters set up throughout the store, showing off deep fried sausages, breaded various meats, or everyones favorite, a hot dog drooling with oil. Anthony, my official meat eater, had one of the tamales that had chipotle seasoning and really enjoyed it.

QT’s famous pizza was not passed. I had a nice slice of cheese but they also had options for breakfast pizza and a ton of other toppings.

I surprisingly enjoyed it. It wasn’t overly oily or overly dry. If I was in a rush that would definitely be a viable option for dinner. I don’t know if it was good enough to order a full pizza, which they do offer, but an on the go dinner would be perfect.

Lastly I tried out the kiosk freshly made food. I ordered a grilled cheese with tomatoes and salsa. This took about 3 minutes for them to make which didn’t seem like long to me. The cheese wasn’t very melty and the bread was soggy, but I guess that comes with the territory of buying a gas station grilled cheese.

My biggest complaint about QT was the

This is me sippin on that tea, jk it’s a smoothie at Quik Trip.

This is the bomb resturant-type kitchen in Quik Trip.

Anthony took this picture because my nails were on point and that cup is HUGE.

lack of vegetarian options.

If I wanted to eat there I would be limited to random packaged fruit, cheese pizza or a grilled cheese.

That should not be up to standards, but sadly that is a lot better than a majority of the other gas stations out there.

Working our way down the list, next stop was my pride and joy, Mobil On the Run. This is so dear to my heart because of their app. Everyone that I meet hears about this app at least twice. So basically on this app, you play games for chances to win free $15 car washes, free soda and free iced and regular coffee. They also send you promotional deals. I go to on the run to get something free at least once a week.

This is not a promo, I just have a true love for what they do.

Mobil let me down. They are nothing compared to QT but are closer to school and have free things. This is a mostly St. Louis company and it is pretty obvious when looking at their options. We had the options of getting weird snacks, cheese cubes, reheated pizza, hot dogs or school level nachos. Anthony tried out the pepperoni pizza and found it in a pool of grease. He said it wasn’t as good as QT, but no one, aka me, was surprised.

Free food is the only real plus over QT. I would almost rather drive the further distance to get enjoyable food, even though it would cost more. The On the Run closest to our school is really small compared to most others, so that

left On the Run at a total disadvantage. We will add a few more points to On the Run to level out the playing field.

Lastly we have 7-Eleven. I hate 7-Eleven.

The only thing they are good for is slurpees, which both On the Run and QT have versions of, and how close it is to school. 7-Eleven is not a gas station convenience store, but a olden times general store. They sell frozen pizzas and eggs. They do have a warming drawer for their buns, but I wouldn’t touch any of their premade food with a 10-foot pole. I got some weird cookies, which I promptly took one bite of and then gave the rest to Jenna Boonshaft after I got back to school. She enjoyed them far more than I did because she has more of a sweet tooth.

I don’t have much to say about 7-Eleven, because I have the strong belief that it’s common knowledge that 7-Eleven sucks. I do really like the people that work there. Sometimes during the summer they give me free slurpees which is very kind.

The closer gas stations get to school, the worse they are. QT is the holy grail of gas station food, On the Run is the dad who is trying to buy your love with free sodas, and 7-Eleven is the drunk uncle who is famous for their one party trick.

Yes, I do have too many opinions on gas stations but they are all backed up by facts, no fake news here.

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DEC. 13, 2017

SAM BENOIST

THE RAP REVIEW

GRAPHICS EDITOR

FED BABY’S

KARMA

Up and coming artists collab on this album, in it is inscribed the process of accusation, trial, verdict, and appeal.

Coming from hardships these two relate and share their similar stories which cultivates an amazing album. The switch off on hooks, verses, etc. makes for an addicting vibe that is sure to get you pumped up. Songs like “Change Partners” and “Pleading the Fifth” are already making national noise and others like “Collateral Damage” and “Preliminary Hearing” are sure to follow. If you’re looking for a hard beat with great lyrics, be sure to listen to Fed Baby’s.

After a successful EP Paranoia, Dave East continues to shine with Karma. His reputation as an odd, mixtape-only rapper has grown to one of New Yorks finest up-and-coming talents. In Karma, he reflects on the past while looking forward on his bright future. Money is East’s motive and the gorgeous, flowing beats do nothing but compliment the picture he paints. He takes a twist on modern rap with a Harlem aspect, reminiscing on his come-up “drunk sleeping in the park, couldn’t pay rent” and goes on and on about his thankfulness in “Devil On Me”.

MONEYBAGG YO & YOUNGBOY NBA

Favorite songs: Change Partners, Pleading the Fifth, Preliminary Hearing, Collateral Damage Least Favorite songs: Homicide, Prime Suspect

DAVE EAST

Favorite songs: Checc, Legendary, Bentley Truck Least favorite song: Trenches

RATING: 8/10

RATING: 9/10

WITHOUT WARNING

21 SAVAGE, OFFSET, AND METRO BOOMIN Without Warning is exactly that. Dropping this album out of surprise caught everyone happily off guard. Three of Atlanta’s best collab on this showing the darker side of the fame. Almost every song is a banger and has beats to vibe too. Included in the album are features from Travis Scott and Offset”s fellow “migo”, Quavo. Songs like “Darth Vader” and “Ric Flair Drip” include deep lyrics that often catch peoples attention.

Without Warning received the highest ever rating on my rap review and if it reflects in any way on these young artists talent, buckle your seat belts, as it will be a crazy ride.

Favorite songs: Ghostface Killers, Ric Flair Drip, Darth Vader, Still Serving, Nightmare Least favorite songs: Mad Stalkers

RATING: 9.5/10

Concert Review: Death From Above DAVID AMIRDJANIAN STAFF WRITER

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”ve been listening to death from above for a while now, and when I saw that they announced their tour and that they were coming to St. Louis, I was incredibly excited. The tickets were surprisingly cheap and was incredibly delighted by that.

This was my first time at the Delmar Hall and I actually enjoyed it more than The Pageant. The bar was in the back, and wasn”t connected to the concert hall, so the place wasn”t sectioned off specifically for minors, it made the place feel a lot more open and a whole lot more personal. As soon as I got there at 7:40, 20 minutes before the openers came out. I made my way to the pit as close as I could get myself to the stage.

The Beaches were the opener that night, and they were incredibly charming. It was a Canadian girl band that played for about an hour. I haven”t heard of them until that night, but I was pleasantly surprised by their aggression at times. Lead by singer and bassist Jordan Miller, they absolutely rocked the stage the entire time. They reminded me a whole lot of a crossover of bands “Bass Drum of Death” and “Band of Skulls”.

As they finished, the curtain fell behind them, revealing the logo for DFA. As they exited the stage and moved their equipment out, the new equipment started to be moved in. The sound guy was messing with Jesse Keeler”s bass and it”s distortion for a solid 20-30 minutes. It felt like an eternity. Something just wasn”t right and they kept adjusting with it, and he kept bringing the guitar to the massive speakers behind him and allowing the guitar to release massive amounts of ear piercing feedback from the speakers. He just kept doing it, over, and over, while we were just there staring at him and waiting for DFA to take the stage. The wait definitely killed the mood that was set with the previous band. It turned out that one of the distortion pedals died as it was being transported, but it magically fixed itself later

in the concert.

Around 9:30, they finally took the stage opening with their lead single “Freeze Me” off of their new album “Outrage Is Now!” It absolutely blew me away from start to finish. Sebastien Grainger, the singer/drummer of DFA is just as good live as he is in the studio.

Freeze that for a second, I want to talk about the experience and everything that happened around me throughout the concert. Ever since The Beaches finished and we were waiting for DFA to take the stage, the people behind me looked like they were about to mosh their hearts out. There was some dude who looked like he was straight out of the 70”s with a orange collar crewneck Hamlet t-shirt. He was incredibly skinny, but he had a slight gut. He had super long hair, and looked like he blasted Lynyrd Skynyrd and Van Halen on a daily basis. There was another guy that looked like a slavic gangster, with short blond hair and he was also wearing a Deafheaven shirt.

These guys were the perpetrators of a violent moshpit. They started to mosh the moment DFA started to play. A huge square separated in between the audience and the moshers. I was unfortunately at the border of the pit, and they kept running into me, and every time they did, I was lifted off of my feet, flying into the people behind me. Honestly, it was pretty awesome, even though it got obnoxious at times.

Death From Above ended the concert and Sebastien turned around and threw his drumsticks into the crowd, and somehow, by some random luck, I actually caught it, and I couldn”t be any happier that night. Not only did I see one of my favorite bands, I also got a memento from it. Hands down it the most energetic and interesting concert I”ve seen, minus the 30 minute delay due to technical difficulties.

Top: The Beaches performing at Delmar Hall on Dec. 11. Above: Death From Above at Delmar Hall. Photos by David Amirdjanian

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Camouflaged Skill DEC. 13, 2017

HUNTING: A SOPHOMORE’S HOBBY ATHENA STAMOS MANAGING EDITOR

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rouched down in the woods, camouflaged within his surroundings, sophomore Jackson Sniff tried hard not to make a sound. All he could hear was the rustling of animals, and the wind in the trees. His finger poised, he took his shot.

“In a world where everything is so loud,” Sniff said, “it is nice to sit and listen to the animals moving in the trees, as well as your own thoughts.”

Sniff recently got his hunting license and hunts occasionally with family in an open area. He has hunted in Iowa and at Howell Island, CA. Sniff tries to hunt squirrels on the weekends, however he doesn’t hunt as often as he would like due to school and sports. According to Sniff, the squirrels can be used to make flies for fishing and some people will buy the tails for that purpose.

A couple weeks ago, Sniff went pheasant hunting.

He was walking through a field when his dog all of a sudden chased a bird, but not the bird that was their target.

“The dog had flushed a turkey, which scared the crap out of me, as this gigantic bird flew about 10 feet ahead of me,” Sniff said.

Sniff began hunting when he was about 12 years old with his family members.

“I had been interested in it since I was a little kid,” Sniff said.

Sniff has some uncles in Wisconsin that hunt, but as far as his immediate family goes, it is mostly just him.

Sniff brings various items when he hunts. He packs a small survival kit, water bottle, snacks,

extra ammunition, and cell phone. He also brings whatever he is hunting with which could consist of a shotgun, bow, or rifle.

“If I am in an area with gun hunting I will have some sort of Hunter Orange on,” Sniff said. “But if not, I will have on mostly camouflage, and will always have sturdy hiking boots on.”

Sniff enjoys hunting small game and deer and even some upland birds also known as pheasants.

He mainly hunts on public property like conservation areas and certain parks. Sniff also does research on the regulations for specific areas.

Hunting season varies on what you are hunting as well. Deer season for bow hunters begins in September and runs through Nov. 10 while deer hunting with firearms only runs from Dec. 23 to Jan. 2. Archery season starts up again Jan. 15. Squirrel season all methods goes from May 27 to Feb. 15.

In the state of Missouri, hunting is allowed from 6 years of age through 15 with a youth antlerless deer hunting permit and with a hunter-educated supervising adult. In addition, at the age of 16, Missouri residents may obtain their hunting license. A hunting license, a document you purchase allowing you to hunt. Sniff obtained his license through the Missouri Conservation Department’s website and selected the one that he wanted to purchase. He also had to take a hunters education class to learn about the rules and etiquette of hunting.

Sniff plans to continue this hobby throughout his life.

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