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Volume 53, Issue 1

September 2012

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TOUR WELCOME TO THE B E S T 1 8 0 D AY S O F YO U R L I F E

Back to their roots

Teachers reminisce on their time as students at Bishop Kelley

State 2.0 Principal Curt Feilmeier evaluates his first year on campus

the track is back

Renovations are almost complete for the fall season

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NEWS

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Attack of the crickets:

They’re coming for you BY KATIE CARUSO

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through the halls of the STC. Almost every place you look you can find a cricket. “The STC could openThese up a bait STC attendance secretary Doss. hirp chirp, chirp chirp! daysshop!” this issaid a common sound heard whileMrs. walking In an the interview Tulsa World, Rick Grantham, the aPlant through halls ofwith the the STC. Almost every place you lookdirector you canoffind cricket. Disease and Diagnostic of Oklahoma University’s Cooperative “TheInsect STC could open Laboratory up a bait shop!” said STC State attendance secretary, Mrs. Doss. Extension notedwith that the crickets but enjoy dry condiInService, an interview Tulsausually World,live Rickunderground Grantham, director ofhot, the Plant tions. is Laboratory in a drought, the crickets would rather be up on land DiseaseCurrently, and InsectOklahoma Diagnostic ofso Oklahoma State University’s Cooperative than underground. This explains the extreme outbreak of crickets onlytoaround Extension Service, noted that crickets usually live underground butnot prefer live in the hot, STC, but also in Currently, Tulsa. dry conditions. Oklahoma is in drought, so the crickets would rather be up on The crickets have caused some problems forbeen several During class, students land than underground. This is why there has an teachers. extreme outbreak of crickets notget easily distracted bybut crickets that are chirping or hopping around. Students tend to foonly around the STC also in Tulsa. more on whatfor theseveral crickets rather than what their The crickets have causedcus some problems ofare thedoing Bishop Kelley teachers. teachers are teaching them. During class, students get easily distracted by crickets that are chirping or hopping “The cricket problem affects my day by on causing interaround. Students tend to focus more what class the crickruptions andets distractions, ” science Mrs.teachers Vogele said. “Also, I are doing rather thanteacher what their are teaching have an anxiety them.issue with insects so it really bothers me some days, especially they get on me. ” my day by causing class interrup“Thewhen cricket problem affects Many find this problem just Mrs. plainVogele disgusting. They are tionsthe andstudents distractions. Science teacher said, “Also, grossed outan that in some parts ofinsects the school mounds dead I have anxiety issue with so itthere reallyare bothers me of some crickets. have beenthey complaining crickets jumping on days,Students especially when get on me.about ” them, following them crawling around them during class.disgusting. Most of the or students find this problem just plain “OneThey of theare hundreds the bathroom with me!”there senior grossed crawled out that into in some parts of the school areNick Lutke said. mounds of dead crickets. Students have been complaining about Commotions being on caused in following several ofthem the STC classrooms due to the cricketsare jumping them, or crawling around them crickets. during class. “There were black little crickets crawled all over the One day during a chemistry “One, of the hundreds, intoSTC. the bathroom with me!”, said senior lab, oneNick jumped into our beaker of nitric acid,” senior Lexie Schroeder said. Lutke. Although many students are bothered by the infestation, don’t Senior Lexie Schroeder said, “There were black littlesome crickets allhave overan theissue with it. One day during a chemistry lab, one jumped into our beaker of nitric STC. acid. ” “I don’t mind them because they never bother me,” said sophomore Ethan Haydock. Although most students are bothered by the infestation, some don’t have hasIfbeen attempting deal with thethen cricket problem. less an The issueschool with it. the crickets don’ttobother them, they could care about theMaintenence problem. has been working on the problem, but it is impossible to allmind the crickets. “Ikill don’t them because they never bother me,” said sophomore “We have utilized pesticides for the problem, but there are new hatches Ethanextra Haydock. daily and, for the most part, we just wait out the cycle,with ” Mr. dean of The school has have beento attempting to deal thePratt, cricket problem. students, said. “The crickets should clear out a couple more weeks. ” Extra pesticides andinother chemicals have been added and Though some peoplemaintenence fear the crickets, brave people on likethe Mr.problem. ArensonBut haveit dealt with has been working is imposthe in the theircrickets. own way. siblecrickets to kill all “We own hands. We thoroughly and completely exterminated, “We took have matters utilized into extraour pesticides for the problem but there are new hatches daily and, destroyed and annihilated them. It was fun, ” said Mr. Arenson. for the most part, we just have to wait out the cycle, ” Mr. Pratt, the dean of students, said, “The crickets should clear out in a couple more weeks.” Though some people fear the crickets, brave people like Mr. Arenson have dealt with the crickets in their own way.

MY FIRST DAY OF HIGH SCHOOL . . .

“Everyone was nervous and their faces were red . . . [but] Coach Parks was cracking jokes so that helped us out a

“Mr. Bryan argued with John McAndrews because he talked so much.” Austin Harrigill

“Was kind of scary with all the upperclassmen looking at [me].” Sara Love

lot.” Hayden Ashley

“Both my parents came and my mom rolled down all the windows and started yelling . . . it was embarrassing.” Caroline Lassman

“[My mom] drove me up . . . in the golf cart.” Michael Gathright

MY LAST FIRST DAY OF HIGH SCHOOL . . .

“Was amazing due to the fact that we are seniors.” Michael Bookout

“Was exciting and made me realize how much I’m going to miss the Bishop Kelley community.” Christina Danzi

“Was kind of bittersweet. I’m ready to move on but I’ve also had a great experience at this school.” Madi Schulz

“I felt on top of the world. I was a top dog because I was able to look down upon the heads of the freshmen, even as a short senior.” Chris Cargill

“I was ready to leave.” Lauren Baskin

BY ISABEL DOBRIN

upcoming events BY CHRIS WHELAN

Donation Day: Bring your donations Wednesday Sept. 19 in the U-drive.

Golf: Boys 6A golf tryouts on Sunday, Sept. 16 at 2 p.m.

Blood Drive: All Students 17 + may participate in the blood drive Oct. 2-3 in the commons.

Kairos: Boy’s Kairos is taking place from Thursday, Sept. 27 to the following Sunday.

Winter Musical: Auditions will last three days, starting on Monday, Oct. 15 in the STC auditorium.

Beans and Jeans: The second free dress of the school year is on Thursday, Sept. 20.

bk problems

Student’s complaints about school and what’s being done to fix them

BY MATT RADER

omplaining about school is almost second nature to the average student, but what problems are exclusive to the everyday Bishop Kelley teen? Many students agree that absences such as surgery or the death of a loved one should not count against one’s 8x8. Mr. Jeff Pratt Dean of Students responds that “there will always be good reasons to skip school.” Most students try to go to school as much as possible, but even with that in mind, there will always be absences with good excuses. “8x8 is a privilege exclusive to our school and its students,” he said. If he lets an absence not count then more and more students will want completely excused absences for their reasons. He does not want students to “take advantage of that privilege.” Also, there are always some disgruntled muttering when it comes to how expensive the parking fee is when the parking lots don’t seem to be improving. Mr. Pratt says there is a $10,000 average maintaining fee for the parking lots. Some years they only use a few thousand, but others they use as much as $20,000 like when they repaved the junior lot. Overall it “evens itself out,” he says. If $10,000 was spent exactly every year, then there would be no money to use when disaster strikes.

Short’s Legacy N BY MARY GRACE STEWART

ear the end of the last school year, former teacher Mr. Joe Frisbee had the idea. With so many legendary teachers retiring, why not honor the one who had been at Kelley the longest? “I thought about it for a time and determined that it was a great idea,” said BK President Father Brian O’Brien. When the school was built, each building was designated by a letter. As time passed, structures have been repurposed and given names. For example, the Mary Queen of Peace building used to be the D building. Similarly, what used to be known as the H building has been given the name the Short Art Center. Although the acronym SAC is used to stand for the Short Art Center, Father O’Brien hopes that the students and staff at BK will call it the “Short Center” or “Short Building.” The school’s art department was transformed by Mrs. Dee Anne Short during her 40 years of teaching. When she started teaching in 1972, there were only two art classes offered for

When planning schedules, athletes often wish their sport blocks could last for a semester. In reality this may sound good, but in a block schedule “it would be the same as taking a sports class for an entire year,” Pratt says. To add to that, sports would then overlap and schedules would be very limited for athletes. They would only have room for the required classes. Among these complaints, none is as great as the high roller of all Bishop Kelley grievances: Being able to bring backpacks to class. This has been an issue for some time, but the reason behind it is really just a “health issue,” Pratt says. There are already girls with purses the size of backpacks in class that take up a lot of room as is, but if everybody had something that size then there would be no way to move around in the classroom. A final issue in the past has been with the dress code in that students can’t wear Nike socks with the logo. In fact, this rule was recently changed. Pratt says that “they are now allowed” as long as they do not evolve into having “more colors or larger logos.” For now though, logos are here to stay. In the end, every school has its problems but not every school cares enough to fix them.

students. She taught an hour of Art One and an hour of Art Two, as well as 9th grade English and Humanities. The classes that Mrs. Short taught were in what is now the journalism room, MQP-8. When BK went to block scheduling, two full time teachers were needed due to the demand for more art classes, as was a building of which Mrs. Short got to help design the interior. She says that the expansion “is a testament that we are doing something right.” When Short began teaching, the students had no choice about their art class content; now at the end of her career BK has “so many more specific offerings now,” Mrs. Short said. Sierra Roberts, one of Mrs. Short’s former students, said “she was one of my favorite teachers at Bishop Kelley.” Robert’s favorite thing about Mrs. Short was “that she was serious but also funny, and knew what she was talking about. She really knew art.” Mrs. Short left Kelley at the end of last school year, leaving behind a legacy. She said that “at 65, I did not have the energy to be as involved with my students as I used to be.” After her 40 years of teaching, and with an unbelievable record of service to the school, Father O’Brien “wanted to honor that dedication.” He thought about naming the art building after Mrs. Short and “determined that it was a great idea”.

Father O’Brien said “she has transformed the arts at BK and this is a fitting tribute to her service.” Waiting until the Faculty Dinner at the end of the year, Father O’Brien announced the name change from the H building to the Short Art Center building. He said the moment was “pandemonium! Dee Anne cried and the teachers cheered. It was a great moment for the entire faculty to celebrate one of their own being honored in such a way.” When Mrs. Short found out she was really surprised. “I can’t think of any way I could have better spent my working life than teaching at Kelley. To know the institution to which I dedicated so much energy and commitment really appreciates it, was very moving. It made me know I would always be a part of the school, even when I am just a memory,” she said.

back to their

OOTS

Alumna Mr. Daniel Bryan, class of 2004, teaches his senior class, Adult Christian Living.

Teachers Reminisce on their time as students at BK. BY ISABEL DOBRIN

oday you see teachers walking around the classroom, lecturing at the Smartboard or patrolling the halls for dress code violations. At one point, however, some of them were sitting in the desks that face those Smartboards today and walking down that same hallway in uniform. Numerous BK alumni are staff members today. Mr. Daniel Bryan, a graduate from the class of 2004 and current religion teacher, values the same qualities he sees in the school today as he did when he was a student. “The best part about being a student at Kelley [was] knowing that I was a part of one of the most amazing communities any student could wish for. Being able to be a teacher at BK is such a blessing in my life and the best part is [that] I get to help build that community and increase my pride in it everyday,” he said. Ms. Megan Schaunaman, graduate of the class of 2001 and a math teacher and speech and debate coach, also thinks the community was and still is the best part about BK. “As a student, I loved that kids could be involved in all sorts of various activities and weren’t limited to just being an athlete or a speech kid or a student council kid. You could do everything,” she said. “As a teacher, I love teaching alongside friends who are just as committed to the students as I am.” Mrs. Maggie Gabel, class of 2000 and current Spanish teacher and director of student activities, recalls her time spent with her peers as most memorable at BK. “The best part of being a student was the amazing people I got to spend four years with. Some of my best friends to this day are my BK friends,” she said. Today, Gabel values the students the same way she valued the many lasting

friendships she made in high school. “I love teaching at my Alma Mater because BK has the best students and they are so much fun to work with,” she said. “Being in the classroom with my students is the best part of my day.” While the students change every year, the high school has changed a few things over the years, too. Other than recent changes, like the H Building becoming the Short Art Center, students have seen the same buildings on campus since they were freshmen. The teacher alumni, however, have seen BK grow and develop into what it is today. Ms. Megan Schaunaman remembers BK before it was the campus it is today. “We have a lot of new and updated buildings. For example, the MQP was the science building when I was here, the H building had history classes before it was used for art and the STC wasn’t built yet,” she said. Teachers not only note the physical changes to the campus, but the changes in some of the student traditions as well. Mr. Bryan points out that when it comes to spirit, “our student section is not as crazy loud as it used to be . . . and yes, that is a challenge to the students.” The school also used to host different dances for the students than it does today. Mrs. Gabel recalls that junior and senior girls “always hosted a junior [and] senior luau dance at someone’s house with a live band. It was usually the week after the Aloha Dance and so fun! It was like a more casual prom!” Winter Homecoming was unique as well. “Our winter homecoming dance was a MORP dance where the girls asked the guys,” Schaunaman said, noting it is the tradition she misses most from when she was a student. The changes the alumni have seen at the

school have not all been losses, though. Rev. Kerry Wakulich, graduate from the class of 1994, has seen, in his opinion, one of the best changes at the school in his time as chaplain. “One word: Mass- and I’m not talking about atomic weight. I truly enjoy meeting students who want to live greatly [and] helping them achieve a life of holiness and wisdom provides me immense joy,” he said. Among all the changes they’ve seen from the time they were students to staff, some alumni have been able to see some familiar faces throughout it all. Coach Brandon Birks, assistant varsity football coach and current social studies teacher who graduated in 1998, is able to call some of his former teachers his peers. “Many of the current BK teachers were once my teachers. In fact, my first class ever at BK was Spanish I with Señor Roepke and now I am going on 10 years working along side him on the football field coaching,” he said. “Coach Chambers was one of my teachers, as well. In fact, I remember when Bailey Chambers was born right after my freshman year and now she is a senior.” In spite of changing traditions or students, the current alumni have been able to be a part of something they love that hasn’t changed since they were students. “BK is constantly changing, but the feel of the students and the teachers is still the same, which I love!” Mrs. Gabel said. For Mr. Bryan, and many other alumni, it’s the community. “It’s the greatest gift God could give any student that comes to this school. It can change lives. It can give support to those who might be struggling. It can give guidance to those who are lost. It can console when someone is grieving. It can give someone a family that might feel alone. It has changed my life in ways that I never thought would be possible,” he said.

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OPINION

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Know Your Place: Junior Lot Debate

BY KATIE CARUSO

arrive at Bishop Kelley around 7:40 a.m. As I pull into the junior lot, I realize that almost all the parking spots towards the cafeteria are already filled. I end up having to park at the very back of the junior lot. Situations like this one have been occurring since the beginning of the school year. So the question is, who has priority over the parking lot? Is it the seniors or the juniors? Most juniors feel that they have the priority, considering it is named the Junior Lot. It’s just a parking lot, so people should choose a spot and park there. “I think the top spots should just be first come, first serve. I get the seniors want them because they’re seniors, but I don’t think it’s worth trying to fight about it. If you want a good spot that badly, just get there earlier,” junior Josie Gandall said. Also, juniors feel that since the seniors have their own parking lot, they should park there instead of getting uptight about the junior lot. The problem with this theory is that there are only 136 parking spots in the senior

lot and there are 221 seniors. Therefore, no matter what, some seniors have to park in the junior lot. Junior Kevin Pynn said, “My opinion is that it is both of our lots and so both of us can park where we feel.” On the other side of things, some of the seniors care about what has been happening while others could care less. Some seniors have been complaining about the parking lot situation since the first day of school. “I think that seniors should have priority because we are allowed to park wherever we want and that’s that! But in a nicer way of saying it, we are seniors, and it never really has been a problem until now,” said senior Kirstie Wilburn. The seniors feel that this is a situation they should be able to pull their seniority card on and be able to pick what parking spots they want. “The juniors should settle down a little bit, it is a long accepted tradition that the seniors park at the top of the junior lot. The juniors will do the same thing next year when they are seniors,” senior Ellis Powell said.

CAFETERIA

JUNIOR LOT 185 SPOTS

SENIOR LOT 136 SPOTS

At the end of the day, the junior lot is just another parking lot. But at the same time, seniors are seniors. We understand that the junior lot is called the “junior” lot, but at the same time seniors are seniors. They should have priority over where they want to park and shouldn’t have to get to school at 7:30 a.m. to claim it. One of the great things about senior year is being able to pull the seniority card over the classes below you. The juniors all know that a year from now, they will be wanting the same respect and senior privileges that the seniors are asking for now.

the way it should be

BY SCOTT LOVE

eople always say Bishop Kelley is great because of all of the amazing people that go here. The community is always so supportive of each other when someone needs help. This may be true, but I noticed that the “community” that people keep talking about at times does not consist of the full BK student body. The cliques can be so divided at Bishop Kelley that in the first weeks of being a freshman, students have a label stapled to their chests, and it is not always a label that they want. I always wondered, “Do students at Bishop Kelley really judge each other in such an extreme way?” so I developed a plan to test this question. On the first day of “Bean and Jeans,” Aug. 23, I wore something that I don’t usually wear nor do most students at Bishop Kelley for that matter. I wore red skinny jeans and

grey Toms with a button-down shirt. It didn’t seem like that big of a deal to me since it is the style in almost every men’s fashion magazine. Before I even reached my locker I had received three comments on what I was wearing, none of which were positive. I recognize that students kid, but some people don’t joke like that or they don’t know how to handle it when others do. I took that into account as I spent the rest of the day receiving comments and noting judging eyes beating down on me. By the end of the day I received a grand total of 21 comments on my clothing. Five of these comments were positive (or what one would perceive to be positive). Four of these comments were from girls and one from a guy. Sixteen comments were negative, eight of these comments contained explicit wording or references to homosexuality. I think most people would agree that there is something

very wrong with this result, especially from a school that is so great at coming together and supporting each other. Somehow I wasn’t surprised by the result. There is hypocrisy to our “community” when someone can’t wear red jeans to school without getting called names. There is a simple solution. Watch what you say to people. If you have an opinion you have every right to voice it, but why break someone down when you can build them up? Our words have effects on others and ourselves. Though it might be a joke in your opinion, you have no way of knowing whether your comment is the first or the sixteenth time a person has heard something negative that day. We should be proud of our differences, not worried that we will be made fun of if we express them. So watch your words. I think we are the best school in Tulsa, and we have a great student body. Let’s remember it.

State 2.0

Principal Curt Feilmeier evaulates his first year on campus. BY TODD FERNANDEZ

ometimes in new environments, people can crumble under pressure and not perform optimally. This is not the case for second year principal Mr. Curt Feilmeier. Feilmeier feels his first year was a good starting point for him as he got to know the ins and outs of Bishop Kelley. “Due to it’s numerous successes Bishop Kelley has, it was very challenging to get to know the different aspects. [But] I was very happy with the school year,” Feilmeier said. While getting acquainted with a new job, it is always nice to have something or someone to rely on in order for advice or motivation. For Feilmeier, this was the Kelley community. “The welcoming community of Bishop Kelley has motivated me to work even harder for further success. When a school has all the entities to make a successful educational environment, not only the students but the teachers, the administrators and alumni, the fact that parents and students are engaged in the success of Bishop Kelley is what served as great motivation,” Feilmeier said. As principal, Feilmeier would like to improve on the technology infrastructure compared to last year. “I think that technology has started to

New faces to Kelley BY BEN HERNDON

Joining the new freshman class are seven new teachers who bring new skills and talents to Bishop Kelley. Among the new teachers to Kelley is Beth Brewick. Brewick teaches French I this year. Something her students may not know about her is that she has done Irish dancing since she was six years old. Also joining the Kelley faculty is Tim Wymore. Wymore teaches Bible I and Bible II this semester. Next semester, he will teach two brand new classes to Kelley, Pascal Mystery and The Church. No state can hold Wymore back; he proved this true when he rode his bicycle across Iowa. Another addition to the theology department is Katie Kastl. Kastl teaches

play a bigger and bigger role in the day to day learning, versus as an additional tool. More of moving technology from labs to handheld mobility instruments that are available to students and teachers,” Feilmeier said. However, as the quote goes, with technology comes great responsibility. After the first school mass of the year, Feilmeier addressed the school over what he calls “Digital citizenship.” “Schools are good at teaching students digital literacy. How to use technology, how to use the computer, etc. However, as we move on to a more hands-on type use of technology and because of the everyday use of it, especially when it comes to social networks and putting things online, that there is a responsibility of a school to help each students to learn digital citizenship which mirrors good citizenship. Those aspects of being a good citizen need to be carried over to when someone is online. How you act on the computer a or on the phone is what I think we need to work on,” Feilmeier said. What Feilmeier liked most from Kelley last year is the “educational family.” “To me family is extremely important. When one person has success, there seems to be ten people that enjoy that success. When one person is hurting, there’s ten people that are hurting. That’s where family

comes in. We’re there to support each other, to push each other to be better. I think that will ultimately help when people go off on their own and start their own families or the careers they choose. Having aspects of family will be beneficial to happiness in the long run. “Be supportive in those exciting times and those times when you have lean on another person.” Feilmeier’s favorite memory from last year isn’t really a memory as much it is an ideal. “The senior class taking the term STATE to what it was,” Feilmeier said. To those who don’t know, the phrase STATE was a term that was coined by Feilmeier himself. It stands for “Students taking achievement to excellence” and Feilmeier believes this saying exemplifies Kelley well. “With the seniors adopting that, I believe the rest of school began to believe that each of us individually and as a school, whether it’s curricular or extracurricular, can look on how we can become better and use our talents and gifts that God has blessed us with. Feilmeier continues to find relationships with students alumni, and parents. He will continue to use STATE as the challenge that always looms for the student body.

freshman and sophomore religion this year. At probably the holiest moment of her life, Kastl was a whopping 20 feet away from the Pope. Replacing Mrs. Short in the SAC, Anna Kallstrom takes charge. Kallstrom teaches Basic Design, Drawing I and II, Painting, and AP Art. Kallstrom has also met the entire cast of Harry Potter, something most people are jealous of. Jacquelene Vogele steps in to the science department this year, teaching Chemistry and Physics. Vogele also has two pet pythons. Linda Garrett teaches Oklahoma History, Government and US History this year. Garrett has been a teacher for 30 years, since 1982. Tim Bell teaches ACT Prep, Algebra 1 Part 1 and Cross Country, the first new

teacher to coach this year. Bell has proven he can handle the responsibility of Cross Country because he has run five marathons.

The new Bishop Kelley faculity members look forward to the 2012-2013 school year.

What I wish I knew Seniors share what they would say to their freshman self.

STORY BY BAILEY CHAMBERS DESIGN BY MAX SANDERS

"TO ACTUALLY DO MY HOMEWORK AND TURN IT IN ON TIME." -BRADY LITTLE

"TRY TO MAKE NEW FRIENDS, AND DON'T JUDGE PEOPLE EXCLUSIVELY BY WHAT YOU'VE HEARD ABOUT THEM." - MADI SHULTZ

“KEEP CALM MALATI, YOUR HYPERNESS IS SCARING POTENTIAL FRIENDS AWAY.” -ALEX MALATI

“TAKE DANCE LESSONS SO I DON’T EMBARRESS MYSELF AT DANCES.” -GANN SWAN

“I WOULD TELL MYSELF NOT TO WORRY ABOUT THE OPINIONS OF OTHERS. THEY DON’T MATTER” -MADII MADDOX

“DON’T WORRY, YOU’LL GET TALLER.” -SCOTT RITCHIE

“GET MORE INVOLVED IN STUDENT COUNCIL AND GO TO EVERYTHING BK PROVIDES FOR FUN. -BRENNEN ADAMS

“BE MORE OPEN AND OUTGOING.” -SHELBY WOOD

“ENJOY YOUR TIME HERE BECAUSE IT FLYS BY.” -KEVIN FINNEGAN

“DON’T BE THAT GUY.” -CHASE WESTBY

“EAT LESS CHICKEN DAYS.” - MARICAROLINE DAVIS

“TAKE A LITTLE WHILE TO FIGURE OUT WHO YOU WANT TO BE AND BE THAT PERSON.” -ANTHONY MOLINAR

Enjoy The Tour

Bishop Kelley students depart on “The Greatest Days of their Life so far” tour.

BY TODD FERNANDEZ

20, 540, 360, then 180 days. At the start of each school year, there are only a certain number of days you have left at Bishop Kelley. In the blink of an eye, you could be walking across the stage and receiving your diploma. Most people would want to cherish their days at Bishop Kelley, and that is what the “Greatest Days of Your Life Tour” seeks you to do. The idea for the the tour came to Mr. Oberste two summers ago during a student council conference. “I heard a motivational speaker and he gave his business card that was a concert ticket,” Oberste said. “He asked, ‘Why do you save your concert tickets? Well, cause of the friends and the memories.’ And that was my hook and that’s what I wanted. So that’s when I started to tweak it. I asked, what kind of cool things can we do this year that gives you great memories and makes it the greatest year so far?” So Oberste came up with the idea of the concert tickets. During orientation, each class was handed tickets. These tickets serve as the memorabilia for students that leave Kelley. Oberste’s hope is that people hold onto their tickets to remember the good times and memories at Bishop Kelley. Along with this, the tickets are also a raffle system that gives out prizes, which go out once or twice a week. “One day you could get a candy basket or a prom ticket,” Student Council President Max Sanders said. Mr.O, with the help of the Parent Teacher Organization, creates prizes for the students and faculty. The PTO makes anything from cupcakes to cookies while Mr.O gives away things like class-tshirts or homecoming tickets. In order to win, students must listen to the announcements for their numbers. Mr.O suggests that students take a picture of their ticket on their phone so that there will always be proof of the ticket. “It is important to have your ticket on you at all times. You

have to show your ticket and claim it by the end of the day,” Sanders said. If someone does not claim their prize, Mr. O will give it to the first person he finds that has his/her ticket. This is why it is important to have the ticket at all times; even if students don’t win a prize, they could still be lucky enough to have Mr. O find them and give them the prize. “Prizes go out regardless,” Oberste said. With all the good stuff the tour brings, Mr. O believes that the student body will begin to get used to the idea of it. “All of our kids hook on to stuff like th[is]. We’ve got great spirit for [it]. When a kid says ‘I’ve spent 5 hours looking for the spirit stick’ to me that says he’s hooked in. He wouldn’t do it if he didn’t feel involved and if he didn’t like Bishop Kelley,” Oberste said. Like most ideas, the tour is still a work in progress. “I’ll probably tweak it this year [and] see what we can do different,” Oberste said. So far, students have reacted pretty positively to this new integration to the school. “I think it’s a good way for people to participate and keep their school spirit up,” sophomore Kendra Poarch said. Senior Andy Litzinger also agreed. “It’s a good way to put the school year in perspective,” Litzinger said. In the end, the purpose of the tour is for memories and great experiences. “I think at first, like many new things in the student body, it’s a little weird,” Sanders said. “As the year goes on we will start to appreciate more of the meaning behind it. With the ticket stub, all we really want to remind you is that these are the greatest days of your life so far. So enjoy each and every moment of it cause at the end of the day, you only have 180 days of high school [or the year]. So the question to the student body is: What are you going to make of it?”

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THe track is back BY ISABEL DOBRIN

arly this fall Bishop Kelley will get a long overdue renovation for the athletic community: a new track. The previous track did not provide an adequate surface for athletes to train on and did not meet the standards it needed for the track team to host meets on. Coach Mark Chambers, BK athletic director, saw the need for a replacement during the last school year. “Track surfaces are generally only good for 7 to 10 years. The old track, over time, had weathered to a point of no shock absorbency and so it started to contribute to health issues, such as shin splints, for all who ran on it,” he said. The new track will show a “very substantial difference” from it’s predecessor, Chambers said. Although the process has been long, the renovation will be worth the wait for the BK track team. Senior runner Aaron Alonso is excited to host a meet at the school. “[The track] was too damaged in the past to safely host a meet. The track team called it ‘The Crap,’” Alonso said. There have been a few obstacles in the conr o d uofcthe i n gnew track, though. n struction i t the newyou take something as big as this, “When there will be some change orders that are

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Renovations are almost complete for the fall season. very stereotypical. Unfortunately, [when] it was time to refurbish the track there were some issues with the rubberized track surface adhering to the underlying asphalt,” Chambers said. With the issues the old track presented in itself, outside obstacles also posed difficult for the installation of the new track. Things like “ground work, asphalt issues, time issues [and] weather” affected the track’s progress. The process has proved not only challenging, but also tedious. “There are a lot of moving parts in a process such as this. There is ground excavation that generally has to take place and that was subcontracted to a local company as was the asphalt overlay that had to be put down prior to the new rubberized surface. Mr. Pratt [and I] have been overseeing the process from the start up to now. Currently we are in a waiting phase as the asphalt cures so that it is ready for the rubberized surface to be installed in the later part of September,” Chambers said. As far as sports goes, Chambers has worked hard to make sure the renovation affected practices as little as possible. “It really hasn't affected it much with the exception of maybe a day or so where some of the Summer programs or camps may not have been able to get onto the field while heavy equipment was being used to prep, take up or install asphalt,” Chambers said. “We

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breezeway

Letter from the editor

Hello, reader! I am proud to present to you the first issue of the

KEEPIN G YO U C Oyear’s VER ED 2012-2013 school Breezeway. This publication would not

beSpossible I N C E without 1 9 6 0 the hard work and dedication of the newspaper staff; I am especially thankful for their enthusiasm and drive throughout the creation of this issue. I hope you enjoy reading the Breezeway as much as we enjoyed making it! Sincerely, Isabel Dobrin, Editor in Chief

Breezeway staff writers

Isabel Dobrin - Editor in Chief Todd Fernandez - Managing Editor Scott Love - Art Director Bailey Chambers - Sports Editor Ben Herndon - Online Editor Katie Caruso - Features Editor Matt Rader - Photo Editor Mary Grace Stewart - Photo Editor Chris Whelan - Features Editor Max Sanders - Graphic Designer Adviser - Ms. Bailey McBride

Cover photo by Rachel Kosir

worked hard to try and coordinate all these things so that no one program had to look for other options for practices.” The cross country team has been the only exception; weekly track workouts were moved. “[Since] we can’t do any speed work on the track, which is an important element in our training, we’re doing longer intervals on grass,” senior Michael Duke, varsity cross country runner, said. Maddie Bender, senior soccer player, is eager for the improvements. “I’m excited to be able to do my fitness test for soccer [on the new track] because running on the last track was very difficult. It’ll be nice to have a more stable track because in soccer it’s hard to run over the track to get balls that are kicked out of bounds,” Bender said. The new track, while greatly needed, presented a financial obstacle that was overcome by funds raised at the auction last year. “There were a combinations of things that contributed to the overall cost of the refurbishing. Primarily the Annual Appeal known as 'Believe in Kelley" as well as some very nice private donations,” Chambers said. The track is expected to be revealed any day now. “Any given week, we will be on the field,” Chambers said. The Breezeway welcomes letters to the editor. All letters must be signed, but The Breezeway will withhold names upon request. The Breezeway has the right to accept, reject, or edit any letter at any time and will not run personal attacks. Non-bylined editorials are the opinions held by The Breezeway staff but are not necessarily the opinion of the adviser or administrators. The Breezeway provides an open forum for students and staff and strives to present news in an unbiased and timely fashion. The Breezeway has the right to accept, reject, edit, or cancel any advertisement at any time. Ads which the staff accepts are not an endorsement of the paper, the staff, the adviser, or the administrator. Some material is courtesy of American Society of Newspaper Editors/ MCT Campus High School Newspaper Service. The Breezeway is a member of the NSPA and the OSM.

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SPORTS

Going the Distance

t’s Friday afternoon and you’ve had an exciting day in your “red and white” wear, cheering the V-I-C-T-O-R-Y cheer at lunch, and soon to follow a football game... In Durant. You and your friends want to make the 3 hour trek to the southern-most town in Oklahoma, but with gas prices skyrocketing to an average of $3.50 a gallon, many students will have to stay home and read the BK twitter page updates between every play instead of going to the game. In drives the “Comet Fan Bus”. Within the last few months the senior class has been looking into trying to organize a “fan bus” to take students who are willing to pay a small fee to away games, but more importantly have lots of school spirit wanting to support their Comets. “It is hard for kids who can’t drive to get to these away games and kids who do drive have to worry about gas,” explains senior Scott J. Ritchie. Unfortunately, Durant is not the only far distance the Comets will be traveling. Add McGuiness, Coweta, Shawnee and McAlester to that list and around 480 miles will be traveled. One needs to be seriously committed and willing to travel such great lengths. It seems as though many students really want to show their support by attending every game whether home or away but they do not have the resources to do so. The fan bus would hold students of all ages. Students who can’t drive will still be able to go with their friends, and students who can drive won’t spend so much money on gas. “A bus full of students would show that we support our team,” says senior Alex Malati, “teams practice for much longer than the season, and they only get a few chances to showcase what they practice, so I think they at least deserve a little support.” However with maintaining a bus comes much responsibility not just on the student side, but also the teacher and administration side as well. Safety precautions, funding and finding someone who would actually be willing to drive the bus are all very big factors into turning

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Comet students take interest in away games fan bus BY BAILEY CHAMBERS

this idea into a reality. “Making sure that the bus is safe and able to handle the demand of travel... and supervision of transporting students” are the two major safety initiatives that principal Curt Feilmeier sees need to be addressed. Depending on the bus size, costs will vary. To be able to compensate for the prices a full bus of students is also necessary. Students would need to get a permission slip signed and turned in before they left on the bus. To make sure that people stay committed they would need to pay their small fee with their permission slip and their name would go on a roster. For liability reasons students who ride to the game on the bus need to ride back on the bus, unless a written note from a parent is present. It would take a very committed fan base to make these buses last but as many others, this could turn into another fantastic Kelley tradition. Malati thinks that “if the buses take off people will want to go to all the games on a bus, and we would have a feared traveling student section for years to come.” Even the players appreciate large crowds--not only does it make Kelley’s fans louder and more involved but more importantly it encourages the players to play that much harder especially for the hundreds of fans that came to watch. “I would feel so much more support from the school if we had more people at away games cheering us on,” says senior football player Ellis Powell. Bishop Kelley is a small community and its important that we all celebrate each other’s successes. With the help of a fan bus people from all different areas of Kelley will be able to support each other. “When you see that someone made the effort to drive however long it is, the athletes are very appreciative,” said Ritchie, “and when that happens they all start coming to each others games and can get our student body to have so much more school spirit and attendance.”

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FEATURE

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New PRiest The Bishop Kelley Campus welcomes a new Chaplain. BY TODD FERNANDEZ

Photo by Max Sanders

ather Bob never asked him and Michael Pratt never considered it. Yet, 11 years later, the decision he made that day has led Father Michael Pratt’s path to Bishop Kelley as the new cochaplain. Fr. Pratt is originally from Stillwater, Okla. and attended Stillwater High School. While a freshman in high school, he met a priest who invited him to dinner. “He was an old priest by the name of Father Bob,” Pratt said. He spoke to me, not specifically about the priesthood, but about the church and the life and the faith. He explained to me the reasons why we believe what we believe.” Pratt describes Father Bob as having a natural intuition on choosing who would be a good priest. This priest saw something in him that Pratt did not see in himself and wanted to plant the idea in Pratt to maybe become a priest. “Slowly a seed was planted [and] the thought came to me that maybe I was called to be a priest. After two years of college, I decided to explore that,” Pratt said. After attending two years at Oklahoma State University, Pratt then went to St. John Vianney seminary in St. Paul, Minn. Pratt went to the seminary not yet with the full intention of becoming a priest. He wanted to see after the first year if it was right for him. “After one year if I didn’t like seminary I would come home and [if] in one year’s I really did enjoy it, I would stick around for

another year,” Pratt said. It turns out, he did enjoy it. “After about two weeks of seminary I loved it. I knew this is what meant to do. What I was called to do,” Pratt said. When Pratt finished school at St. Paul, he left the United States to study in Rome for five years. He returned this summer and was assigned by the Bishop to be the co-chaplain for Bishop Kelley. “I was very excited,” said Pratt about his reaction of coming to Kelley. “Excited both

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to teach here but also be present and help in anyway I can with the high school kids.” Along with the excitement also came nervousness about his new job and new chapter in life. Like most first days at school, Pratt’s was a little overwhelming to him. “I was amidst an ocean of people. Nobody knew me and I didn’t know anybody,” Pratt said. But, Pratt feels the community has been very welcoming. As time goes on, Pratt’s name is becoming more known and com-

mon among the halls of Kelley. “It’s becoming easier, it’s becoming more familiar as I get to know the students and the faculty better. Faces are becoming familiar. I’m learning more and more names every day and people are becoming more comfortable coming up to me and saying hello,” Pratt said. Over his first few weeks at Kelley, Pratt says his favorite part about being the chaplain is teaching, specifically the “Virtue and Apologetics Course” in the Adult Christian Living class. “[The class] is to help equip and prepare the high school students as they leave home and enter the world on their own. [For] defense of the faith but also for virtue,” he said. Along with teaching the Apologetics course, Pratt has specific duties assigned to him: saying mass, hearing confessions and being present to the community. With these tasks, Pratt also has a goal as the chaplain. “Along with Father Brian O’ Brien and Father Kerry Wakulich, we would like to do our best to bring God to the community and the community to God,” Pratt said. Although it has only been a few weeks, Pratt has greatly enjoyed his time at Kelley and is happy to be here. “Bishop Kelley is a wonderful place,” Pratt said, “and I’m excited to be a part of its mission.” [1] Fr. Pratt gives the Eucharist to sophomore Alex King during all school mass. Photo by Ashleigh Rauner

Back to the CLASSROOM

Former teachers and current administrators, Mrs. Marianne Stich and Ms. Judith McMasters, return to their roots.

BY MARY GRACE STEWART

s some of you may know or will soon find out, this school year we will see two of Bishop Kelley’s best known faces teaching in classrooms. Mrs. Stich, the one who counts service hours, and Ms. McMasters who constructs class schedules, are taking on the role of teaching. They both were teachers when they first came to Kelley. Mrs. Stich has willingly given up a large amount of her time this semester to teach CompIIA, which is a senior class. She says that she “loves [her] class and it’s been fun so far!” Ms. McMasters will not be teaching until second semester, but when she does she will be teaching Speech I. She said she is absolutely

Above: Mrs. Stitch hands back papers to her CompIIA class.

excited, but said that it means she “will not be available during second block and has to do more of her work after school.” There were a couple classes that were scheduled but needed a teacher. Ms. McMasters says that she volunteered herself and that since she “assigns teachers to classes, she assigned herself.” Mrs. Stich knew that Ms. McMasters was in need of classes being covered so they “talked about which ones and decided that [she] would teach Comp again.” Many people were surprised to find out that they were assigned to both teachers. Senior Mikell Cozad said “I thought that it was a mistake and that Mrs. Stich would have no idea how to teach an English class since I did not

Kelley Gets Its

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ome people represent their school by becoming Student Council president, others by becoming a football star, but for six spirited people, they can represent Bishop Kelley by becoming the new mascot. Three juniors and three seniors will be chosen to be the new mascot through an intense tryout to meet certain criteria. The tryout to become the mascot involves getting people pumped up and how interactive they can get. Contrary to popular belief, the tryouts will not involve outrageous acrobatic flips or dance moves. Tryouts will be held in front of an audience, including cheerleaders and teachers, in order to see who is the most spirited. While the universal image of a school mascot is someone running around the stadium doing flips, the mascot’s priority involves getting the crowd excited. The mascot needs to be extremely energized in order to

draws the crowds’ attention and gets them to participate. Being the mascot does not mean attending every home game and cheering. It requires a certain amount of dedication and heart. Depending on what kind of mascot they choose to be, that is how they will represent Bishop Kelley. Mr. Oberste, dean of students, expects the mascot “to cheer at every home game including football, volleyball and basketball.” Even though the mascot has a plethora of school spirit, it is not expected to cheer at away games. Once the mascots have been chosen, they will be put in training immediately. The juniors will be the understudies to the seniors, they will help the seniors suit up and suit down. The juniors will also train with the seniors so they can be the dominant mascot next year. As for the lead people in the suit,

know she used to be a teacher.” Mrs. Stich struggled to balance teaching English with Campus Ministry, but after the first week she said she “managed to get more work done once she got the swing of the class.” Mrs. Stich said the biggest challenge for her has been that teaching English “takes a big chunk out of the day.” Since Coach Wads spends her fourth block teaching, both Campus Ministers are spread out and see each other a lot less, which affects the daily schedule of the Chapel. She likes the excitement of teaching and says “it’s a good change of pace!”. Mrs. Stich loves teaching her English class and says she would be open to teaching again for the next school year.

The Bishop Kelley community looks forward to having the school’s first mascot. BY BEN HERNDON

they will be in charge of attending all the home games and interacting with the crowd throughout the game. Each senior mascot can choose a specific game to attend in the suit. Most Kelley students are excited to have an actual mascot this year. “The new mascot gives me new spirit during games,” said sophomore Kyle Wheeler. Other students are skeptical of the mascot and what it will do for our school. “It is pretty lame that the mascot cannot do flips,” said senior Chrissy Liotta. “However, I think it is awesome and it will bring out the best in our school spirit.” Even though this is the mascot’s first year, it is already making a huge impression. The people chosen for the mascot have high expectations both to the crowd and to Bishop Kelley as a whole. There is no doubt that the selected people will represent Bishop Kelley in their own unique way.

Fall movie Preview BY MATT RADER

Dredd 3D

In the violent future where cops have the power to act as a judge, jury, and executioner, a team of morally just cops team up with an amateur to try and stop the sale of the new popular drug, SLO-MO. Judge Dread, wearing his funkadelic mask, stops crime one bullet at a time. With his incredible saying “justice time,” this film is sure to hit rock bottom. Personally when I saw the trailer I thought this movie was a spoof, but what it turned out to be was much worse. I would rather stare at my hand for an hour and a half. I do not recommend Dredd 3D.

New Season new drama

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BY SCOTT LOVE

Looper

In 2012 when the mob wants to make someone disappear, they send the target 30 years into the past where an assassin awaits their arrival. Joe, one of the assassins, finds out the mob wants him to kill his future self to close the loop. This action packed movie starring the rising star Joseph Gordon-Levitt and action god Bruce Willis is almost a guaranteed blockbuster.

The Possession

When a young girl buys an oddlooking, collectable box at a yard sale, she is surprised to discover a powerful demon is living inside. Quickly conquered by it, the girls father and his ex-wife struggle to find a way to get their little girl back. Little do they know how powerful the demon really is when its possession doesn’t stop with the little girl. So get your courage up, grab your girlfriend, and buy your ticket to this sure to scare, modernday thriller.

Breaking Bad All Hail the King. In the hit series “Breaking Bad” a meth cook and family man, Walter White (Bryan Cranston) and his loyal junkie, partner Jesse Pinkman (Aaron Paul) barely escape their with their lives. After tensions between Walter and his employer, Gustavo Fring (Giancarlo Esposito) rise to the boiling point, Walter and Jesse are forced to kill Fring in an explosive finale. All seemed resolved in the last episode until a final question is asked, one that leaves the audience on the edge of their seats in anticipation for this blockbuster to return in this December. Suits This stylish new series came to a close last August. In the upscale law firm of Pearson and Hardman, the new senior partner, Harvey Spektor (Gabriel Macht) is obligated to hire a new associate. Out of all of the applicants

Resident Evil Retribution

With the world on the brink of extinction from the deadly T-Virus, main character ALICE moves around the earth on her continued quest of taking down the Umbrella Corporation. Meeting up with new allies and new enemies, nothing will get in her way. If you have not see any of the Resident Evil series before then grab your bucket of popcorn, rent the movies, and get ready for the fifth movie in the series. If you can’t, then go see it anyways, because like most Resident Evil movies, it will have lots of bullets, blood, and zombie-killing action.

only one man impresses him: Mike Ross (Patrick J.). The only problem is Pearson and Harman only hire lawyers from Harvard Law School. Mike has not attended any law school. Despite his better judgment Harvey hires Mike as the new associate. Together they juggle solving cases, keeping up with personal lives, and keeping their secret. In the last episode, after the death of his grandmother, Mike tries to start a relationship with his co-worker Rachel Zane, but she is reluctant. Instead, he reignites an old flame with his childhood friend Tess (Elisabeth Hower), only to be discovered by Rachel, who just decided that she was willing to have a relationship with him. This will create obvious complications for season three. Falling Skies The World is an Alien Planet. A former history professor is thrown into an untinkable situ-

ation when aliens attack Earth. The world is razed to dust, and that is left are pockets of resistance. Tom (Noah Wyle) and Captain Weaver (Will Pattton) lead the 2nd Massachussetts in an attempt to keep the aliens at bay. Tom is constantly caught in a power struggle with other fighters. On top of that he has to keep his family alive while they attempt to make the most of a new and dangerous life. Each member of the 2nd Mass. Has their own intricate story of how they came to be thrown together on the battlefield. In the season finale, after what seemed like an ultimate victory against the aliens, the skies start to rumble. When all of the members of the 2nd Mass. Rush outside to see the commotion. They are greeted by a new species of alien. The trick is knowing whether this creature is friend or foe.

BY CHRIS WHELAN

Steak Philly with fries and a drink for $10.99.

Buffalo wings with dipping sauce for $6.50.

Phat Philly’s, some would say, is just what midtown needed to mix up the same old restaurants up and down Brookside and Cherry Street. From the brick walls and retro tunes to the reggae designs and Bob Marley posters this place is sure to stand out from the rest. The menu ranges from light salads and buffalo wings, to the signature entrees; the veggie, chicken and steak philly cheesesteaks. With a menu this size, what they do, they do right. Located just north of Cherry Street on 13th and Peoria and blocked by a sign on one side this place is easy to miss. But once you notice its industrial brick and metal appearance, you can not stop.

Having almost twice the seating that it used to have, its new location is definitely a step up than what it used to be: a few cramped rooms off a one way street downtown. It’s open from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. Sunday through Thursday, so it is perfect for lunch, dinner or a late night take out. On Friday and Saturday the hours extend all the way to 4 a.m. which makes it perfect for late night dinners with some friends or, considering its location, grabbing a quick meal after a concert downtown. So, if you are in need of a quick dish that avoids unnecessary presentation, consider Phat Philly’s: where you can get a filling sandwich and a drink for just under 10 bucks.

BY SCOTT LOVE

UPCOMING CONCERTS october

SEPTEMBER BOOMBOX

Cain’s Ballroom Thursday, Sept. 20 Advanced: $17; Day of: $19 HILLSONG

BOK Center Saturday, Sept. 22 Advanced: $26-$38 PRETTY LIGHTS

The Brady Theater Tuesday, Sept. 25 Advanced: $38.50; Day of : $41 THE SMASHING PUMPKINS

Cain’s Ballroom Friday, Sept. 28 Advanced: $51; Day of: $53

PAPER DIAMOND

Cain’s Ballroom Wednesday, Oct. 3 Advanced: $19; Day of: $21 JOURNEY

BOK Center Wednesday, Oct. 10 $51.50, $77 BASSNECTAR

Tulsa Convention Center Thursday, Oct. 11 Advanced: $33; Day of: $38 3OH!3

Cain’s Ballroom Sunday, Oct. 14 Advanced: $27; Day of: $29

Fall Trends

On Eryn Buntemeyer: Sheer green top, brown boots, Journey’s $40-50. On Madison Bowler: Denim sleeveless button-down shirt, Pacsun, $20; indigo colored jeams, Pacsun, $30. On Kelsey Ritchie: Pink Blazer, Dillards, $40. On Alex Kach: Blue colored jeans, Saks, $100. On Sydney Turner: Sheer black cheetah-print top, Urban Outfitters, $40-50; Black, high-top converse, converse.com, $65. On Madeline Mckenzie: Black sheer sleeveless button down, Urban Outfitters, $35-40.

the in list

Animal Print: Roar into fall with animal print. A great way to spice up any look. Sock Bun: Don’t feel like doing your hair? Learn how to do a simple sock bun to make your hair look good with hardly any effort. Check out simple tutorials on Pinterest or YouTube. Cardigans: Stay warm in a classy way with simple cardigans. The perfect way to look cute and layer appropriately for any temperature. Scarves: A great and easy way to dress up any outfit. Nails: Do a different color than the rest of your nails on your ring finger, add an artistic look! Floral: Floral is a great way to add pattern to your outfit so you don’t look boring.