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TIGER PRINT BLUE VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL Vol. 42 Issue 1 — August 2011 Stilwell, KS
SAYING GOODBYE Swim coach passes away, leaves legacy to athletes and students alike page 2 I WANNA BE LIKE... Role models play important role in the lives of high school students page 4 FINDING FRIENDS BV clubs unite people with similar interests page 8
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Coach House leaves lasting impression on BV community
Summer reading due dates CA I and Honors CA I: Read Night by Elie Wiesel and complete character charts and a book review. Complete by August 24/25 for an in class essay. CA II and Honors CA II: Read Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury and relate two alternate pieces of literature to the novel by Aug. 18. CA III: Choose one from a list of 10 classic novels and write a response journal, due Aug. 24/25.
BV 2011 graduate Colby Snyder mourns the loss of swim coach Greg House at a memorial service at the school on Aug. 8. House passed away after a brief battle with stage IV lung cancer. “I put together the memorial so all the kids could have closure,” Snyder said. “I wanted to do something nice in honor of him. It is hard to lose someone who helps you be who you are. He taught us all much more than just swimming.” Photo by Dakota Behrman.
jordanhuesers co-editor His determination was motivating. His love for coaching was unmatchable. His inspiration, unforgettable. Greg House passed away on Monday, Aug. 8, after a battle with stage IV lung cancer. He was diagnosed in early May. Through the years, House taught and coached at different schools within the Blue Valley District. In his 30-year career, House led 20 swim and dive teams to State titles, including two from last year’s BV boys and girls swim teams. “The best memory of him was after State [2011] when we had won and we were jumping in and out of the pool,” junior Vaughn Ericson said. “It was the happiest I’d ever seen him. We were all just running around crazy, and we were all extremely happy.” Senior Beth Houghton said House could make the swimmers strive towards their goals. During the 2010 season, the girls swim team received ninth at the 6A State championship. The next year, House came to the team with determination to get first in the 5A State championship. “His excitement for that was just infectious,” Houghton said. “Mid-season we were like ‘Oh my gosh, we have to get this, we need to win State championships.’ We wanted to do everything we could to
get this goal by the end of the season. We wanted to make him proud. He had the ability to make people care.” Ericson said House encouraged people to be the best they could be, whether it was with swimming or simply living out their life. “He cared about everyGreg House body and got to know them on a really personal level,” Ericson said. “He would know anything about you. He was always there if you needed someone to talk to. He was also just a great coach, and he knew where his limits were, what not to bring up when he was frustrated, just how to keep coaching.” Senior Nicole Baith said she remembers talking to House about everything when she managed the boys swim team last year. “One time I was having some skepticism about going to a dance, and he told me that if I would bring him a big bag of peanut M&M’s that he would help me find a date,” Baith said. “He was just one of those people that if you met him once, he would remember you for the rest of his life.” To find or share tributes, stories or photos, join the Coach Greg House group on Facebook.
AP CA III: Choose one from a list of 10 memoirs and respond in journal form, due Aug. 24/25. Also, choose between The Awakening by Kate Chopin or Ethan Frome by Edith Wharton and annotate, due Sept. 6. CA IV and Contemporary Communications: Read Brave New World by Aldous Huxley, annotate it and journal, all due Aug. 24/25. AP CA IV: Read Vladimir Nabokov’s essay “Good Readers and Good Writers” and write a journal entry, due Aug. 18. Also, read and annotate Brave New World and choose one from a list of three other books to analyze, criticize and journal. The Brave New World assignment will be due Aug. 23 and the choice book assignment will be due Sept. 6. All information regarding summer reading assignments can be found on Blue Valley High’s home page.
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Role models should set respectable example saranaatz co-editor “A person whose behavior, example or success is or can be emulated by others, especially by younger people.” Thank you, dictionary.com, for that wonderful definition of a role model. Though it’s a fairly cold explanation of someone you would model your life after, it’s something students should take to heart. I used to think there was no point to role models. There were no actresses, singers or politicians who led the kind of life I would ever want to imitate. I don’t plan on living in the public eye for all my life, or dealing with the paparazzi or pumping out albums every other year. So what’s the point of a role model? No idea, says freshman me. But now I know. Rather than looking up to the talent of someone who wears meat for clothing (Lady Gaga) or the success of someone who started his own reality TV show
(Donald Trump), I have an ordinary person who lives an extraordinary life. The spring of my freshman year, he gave me the confidence I never possessed in my middle school days. He made me believe in myself as a leader and gave me the opportunity to grow in that role. The next year he helped me prioritize. Soccer, newspaper and school became a bit much for sophomore me and I needed to decide where my loyalties rested. And who
better to ask than someone with a million things on his to do list? When junior me had the interview for editor-in-chief, I knew who to call. I got a voicemail outlining what a good interview should sound like, with some humor to calm my nerves. All I can say is thank goodness I found my role model when I did. I didn’t have to wait until senior year to realize what I was looking for.
co-editor A 16-year-old girl just got a brand new car for her birthday. A gift from Mom and Dad Daddy is the CEO of a major engineering firm and pays for all his little princess wants. She lives a glorious life. She goes shopping every weekend, prefers tweeting to reading and partying to studying. What more could she want? She’s never worked a day in her life. If necessary, Dad promised her a job at the company. She thinks she’s set for life. It’s about connections. It’s about networking. It’s not at all about what you know, but who you know. Common statements we’ve all heard from one person or another at one time or another. But, I have never given them much thought. Basically, be social. OK, I am good at that. Know the right people. But, how far can that get someone? I find fault in the accusation that it is about who one knows, rather than what one knows. No one can honestly look me in the eye and tell me the failing student will survive in the business world just because he knows
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So freshman: Find your role model now. Find someone who embodies what you want to be. To everyone else: It’s not too late to find someone. It doesn’t have to be Lady Gaga or Donald Trump. I don’t expect you to wear a meat dress or start your own reality TV show. Just find someone who has earned your utmost respect.
the right people. Sure, he can get a job because of a “connection” he made or the fact that Daddy owns the company, but he will not survive in the competitive business world. I traveled to Washington D.C., this summer. While there, I toured the Capitol, and observed the millions of interns trying to make their way in this world. These interns compete with each other to be noticed, and to, later on, get that stable job. Which of these interns will be successful? The intelligent ones. The ones who worked hard in school. The ones who took their education seriously. The ones who know how to handle real world situations. I can tell you it’s not the ones who got the internship because they knew someone, but have slacked in most areas of their lives. The girl who thinks she set for life just because Daddy is rich and buys her that car on her 16th birthday needs to realize there are so many other kids out there who will end up making a difference in the world, and probably more money too. All because they took their life into their own hands. Take education seriously. Be that intelligent intern who stands out. Get that job that pays all the bills. Be successful because of hard work. It will be more fulfilling.
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emilybrown opinion editor “Can I talk to her?” I pleaded. My mom chuckled at the request, but she didn’t refuse. I was her daughter after all. We looked almost identical; we loved animals, and we both had the tough girl attitude — though she had the height to back it up. After a few seconds of waiting, I spoke. “Hey, baby doll! How are you? I miss you so much, and I can’t wait to see you. Be a good girl, OK?” I had a reputation. I was the kind of a girl no one messed with. Even at 5 feet 3 inches, I certainly wasn’t a girl who spoke in that sickly sweet voice. But this conversation was an exception. My mom took back the phone, trying to control her laughter. “She is wagging her tail. Must recognize your voice.” My 80-pound black lab was my puppy, no matter how old she was. Even if I now had to carry her up the stairs because of her two torn ACLs in her back legs. Sophie didn’t make fun of my anxiety during those sleepless nights. No, she was sitting there right next to me, snoring away. She never laughed at my weird OCD habits; she loved them. When I had to get up to wash my hands at one in the morning, she got the water in her Budweiser pitcher filled up to the brim. She knew exactly what time I got home, and she would always be there waiting. Always. She just loved. And I loved her back. * * * Odi Opole and Annie Matheis reclined in the lime-green chairs on the second floor of the hotel. Odi had ebony skin and wore her dark hair in short little pigtails. Annie was part hipster, part nerd. Her short hair curled in impossible ways, and her outfits were reminiscent of another time. I sat on a crimson couch, swinging my foot as I called my mom. Traveling nine hours from Overland Park to Dallas had been nightmarish. But it was worth it. I might not speak
Emily Brown poses with her 13-year-old black lab. Sophie passed away a week after the photo was taken while Brown was at camp. Photo submitted by Emily Brown.
eloquently, but when I wrote, I could sound smart. Something I’d craved since I was a little girl in speech therapy. “Hello?” My mom answered. Something sounded wrong. “Hey, what’s going on?” There was a pause. “Emily, Sophie isn’t doing well.” With those words, I knew I had to finish the phone call alone. I got up and slipped into the ice room, a few doors down. “What do you mean? Is she OK? Did she fall?” Another pause. “She just doesn’t want to get up. She refuses to leave the basement. And, Emily, she won’t look at any of us...” I refused to acknowledge what this might mean. Not now. Not before I could say goodbye. My mom continued speaking. “I called Cheri. She took a few tests and is coming back in a few hours to help us decide if we need to put her to sleep.” Tears ran down my face, and I kicked the stupid ice machine that wouldn’t stop humming. “Just call me when you find out,” I whispered. I realized my mom was crying, too. I wanted to comfort her, but I just couldn’t find the strength. I spent quite a bit of time in that ice room. I couldn’t leave until my face was completely composed. I went back to the couch and five minutes later, Dakota Behrman
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swaggered into our little corner. He was the only guy from the Tiger Print staff on the trip. He wore his sunglasses indoors so he could check out girls, snuck pizza into our room past curfew and would do anything to get a good photo. He collapsed onto one of the empty seats and glanced at my face. He asked if I was OK. I took a deep breath and started crying. I had to excuse myself. Emily Brown did not cry in front of people. Never. Ever. Pacing in the tiny hotel room, cluttered with clothes and random pieces of Fruit Loops, I felt trapped. I retreated to the bathroom. I sat underneath the streaming water of the shower, thinking about why I had gotten Sophie. I had a speech problem when I was little. When I stumbled over my words, I was made fun of. I came home and confided to my mother about the bullying. She did the same thing her mother had done for her; she took me puppy shopping. That was the day I found my savior. I stepped out of the shower when my cellphone rang. Deep breath. No crying. “Mom?” She was sobbing. She could barely make out the words. “We are going to have to put her to sleep. Her spleen burst. She isn’t in any pain and Cheri said it was the best way a dog could go.”
I started crying. “Can you guys wait until I get home? I really want to say goodbye.” “Emily, she isn’t going to make it past the night.” My mom whispered. I sat down on the dirty bathroom floor. I had left her. I had left her when she was dying. The guilt washed over me, and I became desperate. “Please Mom, let me come home. I need to say goodbye.” “There isn’t time, Em. But you don’t want to see this.” I kicked a freaking fruit loop under the sink. “Then can I just talk to her for a bit?” “Of course,” my mom said shakily. “Try not to cry. Don’t let her know how upset you are.” I could barely speak. But I managed to. “Lovey dove, I’m going to miss you so much. I’m so sorry I’m not there with you right now. I love you so much.” My mom’s voice came back on the phone. She was crying and laughing. “She is wagging her tail for you, Em. That is the most emotion I’ve seen from her all day.” Outside of the hotel room, my staffers sat, giving me time to mourn. When they came back in, I pretended that nothing was wrong. That night I didn’t sleep; I cried. In the morning, my eyes were swollen shut. * * * I called my mom the next day. She hadn’t slept either. Like mother like daughter, I suppose. “You know, eventually, we are going to have to get another dog. And when that times comes, I get to choose.” She said with a hint of laughter and a touch of sadness. “As long as it isn’t some fluffy thing.” I said with blurry eyes. “We are going to have the next dog trained. Sophie made our lives difficult when she was a puppy.” “Yeah, do you remember when she dragged me across four driveways on a walk?” “She wasn’t well-behaved as a puppy.” “Nah, but I loved her just the way she was.” “I did too,” my mom whispered.
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Other Clubs Art Club Sponsor Cheryl Mattke Categories Sponsor Adam Wade Chess Club Sponsor Richard Gill Creative Writing Club Sponsor Jackie Guinn Dungeons & Dragons Sponsor Jill Gouger Diversity Club Sponsor Manal Siam Environmental Club Sponsor Larry Hare Future Business Leaders of America Sponsor Robert Asquith Future Educators of America Sponsor Donna DeHart Fellowship of Christian Athletes Sponsor K. Dean Snell French Club Sponsor Carol Bar Family, Career and Community Leaders of America Sponsor Donna DeHart German Club Sponsor Ann Heidebrecht KAY Club Sponsor unknown at press date Latin Club Sponsor Connie Henry Headrush Literary Magazine Sponsor Keil Pittman Photography Club Sponsor Michael Johnston Spanish Club Sponsor Anita Lemons
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There’s a club for that tayloryeazel circulation manager When does BIONIC meet? BIONIC Sponsor Tina Martinat: “Normally, we would meet the first Tuesday of every month. However, I did see Homecoming is Sept. 17 this year so we’ll probably be meeting a little bit more frequently prior to Homecoming just to get ready for that.” What is BIONIC? What is its purpose? “Our goal for our club is to take our drug-free, alcohol-free and tobaccofree message out to our student population and to the community and try to get kids to see there are so many better things to do than drugs.”
What occurs at meetings? “We usually have our agenda set down of what we need to cover if we’re planning for an event or even trying to do a membership drive. We have an agenda, we follow the agenda, so we can be in and out of there in a half-hour or so because I like the kids to know that just because they’re involved in sports and other activities, they can also be in BIONIC because we are pretty lowmaintenance and don’t require too much of their after-school time.” Why should students join BIONIC? “I think high school is such a tough time where everybody’s trying to find their way and trying to see
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where they fit, and there’s so many peer pressures and peer influences. In today’s day and age, kids are hit by media, and I just think it’s a good idea for kids to be connected and to feel like they belong to an organization and in our organization we just have clean mind, clean body. We really feel like what we do has such a positive influence on our kids, the younger kids and in the community.” Why is it an important club to have at BVHS? “We need to keep our kids drug and alcohol free. They need four years to practice it here so that way, when they go to college they can say, ‘Nope, it’s not for me.’”
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Science Outreach travels to feeder elementary and middle schools to show children science experiments and demonstrations. “It’s cool because we spark their interest in science all the way throughout middle school so they can come to high school and take science classes,” club treasurer, senior Angela Mundakkal said. “We do things that look exciting so they can get interested.” The experiments usually include topics like chemistry and physics. High school students don’t need to take science classes to be able to join the club. Science Outreach meets Thursdays after school, when members can bring their ideas and learn how to present the experiments. Club members can sign up for the dates they are available to present at schools. Sponsor Charlena Sieve drives members to the feeder schools Wednesdays during TCB and Thursdays during late arrival for the presentations. Mundakkal recommends students join if they like working with kids and don’t mind talking in front of people. Mundakkal said she loves to see the eagerness on the students’ faces during the presentations. “They just get so excited,” she said. “It’s just fun to see that; it’s so cute.”
Once a quarter, the members of the Baking Club get together after school and prepare baked goods to give to homeless shelters. They meet for about three hours on their baking day. Club members sign up for one-hour shifts within that time to help bake, or they can stay for the full three hours. The club bakes things such as muffins, cookies, bars, cupcakes and brownies. Senior Bekah Nyman started the club last year. Currently, there are about 40 people in the club. They are looking to have more people join this year. “We need a lot of new freshmen to get excited and involved in the club,” Nyman said. The Baking Club believes that they can make a difference from the food that they make. “Everyone likes food,” Nyman said. “So I feel like people can really connect through food. We can make an impact through the things we bake.” If you would like to join the Baking Club, send an email to Bekah Nyman at bekahnyman@yahoo.com.
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Music festival debut exceeds expectations saranaatz co-editor
Hundred-degree heat, bands of every genre, the Kansas Speedway, thousands of tents and an endless need for yet another $5 water bottle. On Aug. 5 and 6, Kanrocksas took Kansas City by storm, making its debut with bands such as the Black Keys, Muse, A Perfect Circle and Jack’s Mannequin, and artists such as Eminem, Kid Cudi and Ellie Goulding. This two-day music festival replicated music festivals such as Lollapalooza and Bonnaroo by appealing to many different musical tastes. Tickets were priced at $179 for both days or $99 for a single day. BV students from all grades found music they liked at Kanrocksas. Sophomore Montana Fritz got tickets through her father, who works as a promoter, bringing in bands from all over. Fritz said one of her favorite performances from the first
day was Eminem. “I knew it was going to be crazy to see a mega-icon like Eminem perform,” she said. “He met every expectation I had. He was incredible.” Muse topped the list of performances from day two, she said. “Muse totally went above and beyond what I was expecting,” Fritz said. “I just never wanted them to leave the stage.” Senior Danny Wheeler, who only attended the second day of Kanrocksas, said Cage the Elephant and Flogging Molly stole the show. “Flogging Molly had the most energy,” he said. “Crowd surfing was the best part. It’s the epitome of concert atmosphere. It proves how awesome people are because you get passed around by total strangers.” Wheeler said though the heat was intense, it did not impact the success of the festival. “It was very open and hot,” he said. “Everyone was sharing water and throwing things around. A few band members threw drinks into the audience. Overall, it definitely lived up to what I was planning on seeing.”
Andrew McMahon, lead singer of Jack’s Mannequin, pounds the piano keys and sings fan favorites at Kanrocksas on Aug. 5. Kanrocksas was a two day festival that consisted of a variety of bands. Photo by Courtney Woodworth.
August 2011
Media, technological advances change world’s perception of sports, affect athletic motivation
jordanmcentee sports editor
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ack in 1891 when James Naismith invented the game of basketball, he had no idea how warped his game would become. Back then, and until recent years, athletes played sports because they were passionate about the game and had a lot of fun doing it. I’m not saying it’s entirely different today, but after reading an article in ESPN Magazine about the new technology NBA teams are using, I became a little skeptical of the classic “Oh, it’s just a game” line. The article explained a giant innovation to the world of professional sports — using cameras and other high-tech gadgets to calculate the mother load of all statistics. By positioning cameras at numerous angles over, under and beside the court, super intelligent sports analysts can determine just about any piece of information anyone could ever want. I’m not just talking about your average game stats, like shots per game, fouls per game and all that.
I’m talking about dribbles per possession, shot success from different locations on the court and even the arch angle of the ball on any shot or pass. I guess that’s pretty cool. But, I have a question — What in the world are they supposed to do with all of that information? That is a lot of numbers for a lot of players on a lot of teams. Sounds like a bit of a hassle to me, to crunch all these numbers for stats that aren’t very easily applicable. What ever happened to that line, “Play for the love of the game”? That’s why we play sports, right? For the competition, for the rivalries, for the totally insane upsets. With all this new technology, sports are becoming too reliant on statistics and information that we’re forgetting that it all comes down to effort and passion. The team that wants it more takes the cake. Think about it. Just about every little kid who played a team sport at sometime in their childhood remembers a time when their coach would yell, “Why are we here?” and all the kids would respond, “To have fun!” Man, looking back, those were the days. The days when having fun was the only thing that mattered. When no one was taking stats. When cameras weren’t surrounding the court from every possible angle. When a player could make a mistake without the media bombarding them with concerns. When athletes truly played for the love of the game.
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TURF BV SPORTS sports in brief FOOTBALL
Upcoming Action: 9/2 @ Turner High School 9/9 vs BV Southwest 9/16 vs BV West
VOLLEYBALL
Upcoming Action: 8/30 @ Topeka Seaman 9/1 @ Leavenworth Quad
BOYS SOCCER
FYI Aug. 24 is Fall Sports Night in the gym for all fall athletes and their parents. The BV football team plays BV West on Sept. 16 for the Homecoming game.
Save the dates BV will host four home games for the upcoming football season: 9/9 9/16 10/21 10/28
vs BV Southwest vs BV West vs Pittsburg vs Gardner-Edgerton
in the news Bubba Starling’s deadline for choosing University of Nebraska or the Kansas City Royals was Aug. 15. Check out his decision on our website at bvtigernews.com.
The U.S. Men’s National Soccer Team hired Jurgen Klinsmann as the new head coach for the 2011-2012 season.
Upcoming Action: 8/26 @ SM West 8/29 vs Mill Valley
CROSS COUNTRY
Upcoming Action: 9/10 @ Paola Invitational 9/17 @ Blue Springs Invitational at Lake Jacomo
GIRLS TENNIS
Upcoming Action: 8/23 @ St. Thomas Aquinas 8/24 vs BV Northwest
GIRLS GOLF
Upcoming Action: 8/30 @ Topeka West Invitational at Cypress Ridge 9/6 @ BV at Ironhorse Golf Club
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Let’s get physical
Cross Country team practices over summer to improve its performance
(above) Juniors Sarah Lewis and Alexa Faber plank during a practice. The team conditions before every run. “I like taking my shirt off and running by cars,” junior Xavier Adams said. “And getting better for the season.” (right) Members of the cross country team run distances based on their goals for the season. They ran almost every day during the summer. “It’s a way for people to really improve,” senior David Maricle said.
(above) Sitting on the turf, the cross country team stretches and conditions before running. The team bonded during morning practices.“Summer practices are a way for people to get to know each other,” senior David Maricle said. (right) Junior Colton Donahue heads back to the track after a morning practice. Team members ran on many occasions throughout the summer. “You get to know a lot of people while getting in good shape,” junior John Wiederholt said. Photos by Courtney Woodworth.