Cardinal Columns (November 2015)

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CONTENTS SPORTS UPDATE p3 Covering the girl’s tennis season so far

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AROUND FONDY HIGH p4-6 School spirit, GEAC, and college visits

Art Directors Zach Renderman Anna Leasa

Internet Director Evan McEssey

FEATURE STORY p7-9 The newest teachers at Fondy High

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Madison Supple Kay Sacasa

LGBTQ+ rights, smartphones, and abortion

Desk Editors Robert Brown Regan Le Doux Morgan Tollard

Staff Writers

Gaby Chapin Jordan Kavage Tanner Nelson Hunter Anderson Carley Higgins Desarae Johnson Alyssa Lawrence Andres Christian Noah Burdett

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Hittin’ Up Girls Tennis

Girls Tennis Season Comes To A Close With A Loss At State Morgan Tollard//Desk Editor “Sagen has done a great job adjusting to the girls and is a great coach for us,” said Hierl.

Starting on Aug. 11, the team practiced and began their season. This year the team is being led by the boys tennis coach, Joe Sagen. Last year’s 2014-2015 season left off without old coaches, Mrs. DeGroot and Mr. VanRiper.

“This is my first year with the girls tennis team,” Sagen said. “I have had a wonderful time working with these student-athletes. They are smart and dedicated to their craft.”

“He has done a wonderful job,” tennis player Mackenzie Chase said. “I absolutely love him. He always makes us smile.”

MADDIE AND ANNIE PLAYING TENNIS TOGETHER (Mike Hierl).

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irls Tennis has had a hard-hitting season concluding on Oct. 19. The girls have had an amazing season including 14 wins and an opportunity to send Maddie Bahr and Annie Hierl to compete at state.

Bahr has been dedicated to tennis for nine years and Hierl has been competing since she was 6 years old. Through the hard work and effort of the team, the girls were very excited to compete in state.

“Going to state has always been my aspiration,” Maddie Bahr said.

Though the girls gave it their all, they lost 3-6 and 4-6 to Green Bay Notre Dame team. Despite their losses Coach Sagen was still very proud of the ending results because he knew they tried their hardest.

“The girls actually played probably the best match of their year at state,” Sagen said. “They didn’t win, but they played better than they have all year. I wish I got another week to work with them because they have so much potential to go farther; we just ran out of time. It was a good way to the end the year and they did well.”

The girls have been delighted to welcome Coach Sagen to the team and are glad to have him on board.

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COACH SAGEN AND TEAM CELEBRATING THE OPPORTUNITY OF GOING TO STATE. THE SEASON FINISHED STRONG EVEN WITH THE LOSS (Melissa Hierl).

We’ve Got Spirit, Yes We Do. . . ?

Students say school spirit is on the rise Evan McEssey // Internet Director

Anna Leasa // Art Director

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ere at Fond du Lac High, we’ve always prided ourselves on our school spirit. Many people say this is a result of Mrs. Hagen’s encouragement and actions.

“Last year she had a lot of school spirit, being her first year,” senior class officer Allison Duffy said, “I don’t know if she got negative reactions from that, if people didn’t want that much school spirit. It kind of depends, a lot of the classes fed off of her school spirit, and now they have a lot more school spirit.

But I think our class, since we had Mr. Wiltzius for two years, we are more lax about the whole school spirit thing.”

As a principal, Mrs. Hagen has made school spirit more of a priority.

“A sense of winning will bring us together,” Mrs. Hagen said. “Girls tennis, football, band; I try to make everyone feel important. That is why I go to so many events. If we can get more of a variety of students to go to more events it will bring a higher enthusiasm” “I think more people go to school events because she goes and because she raises awareness of the events.” senior class officer Brianna Hettenhaus said.

Many of the Fond du Lac students, staff, and parents go to the football games to support their friends and -Brianna family. “[We can improve school spirit] by appreciating each other and celebrating all the good things that happen,” Assistant Principal Paulene Mueller said.

“The football team is doing great, but

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there are other groups and teams that are doing great also. So, no matter if they are small groups or large groups, I think we need to acknowledge and appreciate them.”

“There are definitely ways to get involved” said freshman class officer Allison Swinson We express our school spirit at pep assemblies, football games, and other school activities. We display our spirit through our cheers, our competition with other schools’ Hettenhaus student sections, and competition between our classes. As students and separate classes, we, as a student body, compete to see which class is worthy of having the spirit stick. This competition consists of chants between classes rang-

“I think it would be better for all of us to come together as a family. . .”

ing from “Go back to middle school,” to “Sit down seniors.”

“I think it would be better for all of us to come together as a family,” Hettenhaus said. “Instead of doing the ‘we hate freshman’ cheers and all of that kind of stuff, I think it would be better for all of us if we would come together instead of fighting against each other and going against each other for spirit... I like the competition of the spirit stick, but I wish there was a better way to make it fair to everyone and not cause such a ruckus and such a fight between classes.”

Some students, on the other hand, like the competition between the classes.

“I think doing the whole competition thing for the spirit stick, it really makes people to have like some incentive so they’re more prone to cheering rather than cheering to cheer,” said Duffy, “Trying to win the spirit stick is motivation.”

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Students further themselves by learning world languages Andres Christian//Staff Writer

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he Global Education Achievement Certificate (GEAC), is a program that is currently used in 32 schools in Wisconsin alone, including Fond du Lac High School. Here in Fondy High alone, there are 52 students involved in this program. This program is helping students better their future by having them learn a world language for a four year term and teaching them to speak a language fluently. Students in the program take classes that include different global factors such as language, culture, and food.

These classes could consist of world history, current events, English, Mythology, music, and art. Students and teachers involved with the program say it helps them better citizens in an increasingly diverse world.

Jared Brewer, a freshman, is studying French and heard about this program from his French teacher, Mrs. Evert. “Ever since she told me about this program, I have been very interested by it.” He states that he has 5

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not yet been a part of any volunteer or community service activities, for he claims that he has just started and is still getting the hang of everything. “I think that it is going to be difficult, but if I keep doing all the work required and break it up year by year, then it will be more easily obtained.” he stated.

Kayla Tucker, a junior, is currently studying French and is involved in the GEAC program said, “The program is difficult, but it will be all worth it in the end. So far, I have gone to many cultural events and so far I really enjoy them.”

“Mrs. Haase, my Spanish 2 teacher, told me about this GEAC program,” stated Rachel Hays, a sophomore, “In my opinion, the program is not that difficult, the book reflections and film reflections aren’t that bad but trying to get the 20 hours of global community service is a little challenging. In January, 5 of us included in the GEAC program will be going down to Milwaukee to an event called

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Global Days, which I expect to be fun.”

One of the things about this program is if you are a senior, and you have gone through your full four years of learning a language, then you are still eligible to be within this program; but you must have four years of experience.

“I found out about this program through a DPI that I know down in Madison.” said Mrs. Keck, a German teacher and host of GEAC here at Fond du Lac High School.

She also stated that it was a lengthy process to get this program to run here at Fond du Lac High School.

“It was very difficult to get through to the school board. I had to write an eighteen page paper talking about this program and the effects that it can have on students.” She stated in the interview, she went to the school board and it was later approved by the state of Wisconsin.

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for GEAC, These assignments include global literature-related activities such as art, music, and reading. Students must make reflec-

tions on these activities. Individuals must take part in global activities but it does not have to include that certain language that they are studying. Students must also be involved in global clubs and do within 4 to 5 activities within that club. A great activity to be a part of is the trip to Germany and to explore the environment around you. For this program students must have at least 20 hours of global community service including volunteer work in Haiti, becoming fluent in their studied language and helping people with English as their second language (ESL).

Students must have at least eight reports on the things that they have learned and turn them in to the appropriate teacher or administrator.

Mrs. Keck claims that this program does not get the recognition that it deserves, and needs to be more out there so than students are more aware of the extra curricular activities held here at this high school. She stated

some notions about incorporating the program in the school year book. She was also thinking about sending some of the students in the program to middle schools to explain what benefits it holds and to get the children thinking about joining this program when they reach high school. “This program is totally MRS. KECK SAID THIS PROGRAM BRINGS PEOworth it. Yes, it may be challenging at PLE TOGETHER. (Alyssa Lawrence). times, but in the end, you will realize how the school board and have their thoughts on helpful it will be when applying to college and the program, and how it will better one’s fustarting your life.” said Mrs. Keck. She talked ture. “This program brings people together, about how there is a possibility that a senior interesting people, people you would never may present their thoughts and reports to believe that would be seen together.”

PIERRET’S CORNER OF THE NEST College Visits at Fondy High Regan Le Doux // Desk Editor

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uring the month of October, there were many college administrators that came to Fondy High to provide students an easier way to talk to colleges of interest. There is a diversity of technical school, universities, and fine art schools that come for these visits. One of the more popular visits was that of Marquette University.

On Thursday, October 8, the admissions counselor from Marquette came during Cardinal Time to talk to all the students that signed up. He gave a presentation and then opened the discussion up to any questions the students might have had.

“The admissions counselor was very knowledgeable and informative about my Marquette questions.” Maddie Krolczyk, an attendee of the visit, said. “I am very interested in going to Marquette the fall of next year!”

Krolczyk was not the only one pleased

with the outcome of the visit. Evan Ries and Cing Lun, other students that attended, had very positive things to say.

“The Marquette University college visit went fantastic,” said Ries. “I thought that the location, size, admission process and every aspect of the college was amazing just from a discussion point of view not an in person visit,” “Overall, I was very pleased with getting to meet the counselor and having my questions answered right here in school!” said Lun. Like Krolczyk and Ries, Lun also plans on attending Marquette University after high school.

Having the college admissions counselors come to Fondy High provides a way for students to talk with representatives at the college of their choice without needing to travel to the school itself. If students are interested in future visits, a list of the

upcoming school dates is posted in the Career Center. To sign up, go to STS-Pierret in FlexiSched. Those signed up will report to the room listed next to the college, listed in Mrs. Piereret’s room, the Career Center.

The nearest visits: - Northern Michigan University on Tuesday, November 17 - Moraine Park Technical College (Transition Specialist) on Thursday, November 19 - Moraine Park Technical College (Recruitment) on Tuesday, November 24 - Paul Mitchell on Tuesday, November 24.

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GOTTA’ KNOW ‘EM ALL I

n recent school years, Fond du Lac High School has seen staff members depart in a more steadily fashion. This year brings an influx of new faces to Fondy that need to be made more recognizable to the

student body, as well as fellow staff members.

Whether these staff are filling vacated positions left empty by resigning staff that have found new opportunities beyond Fond du Lac or retiring staff that have reached

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the end of their careers devoted to education, these faces are valuable to Fond du Lac High School’s success.

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E D I T O R I A L S

LGBTQ+ Rights

What still has to be done to reach equality Robert Brown // Desk Editor

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ith last summer’s ruling against the unconstitutional ban on same sex marriage in the United States, the world has changed for many individuals who have that significant other they could not legally marry until the case of Obergefell v. Hodges concluded in the positive ruling towards same-sex couples. Though the legal change has been made for same sex marriage, there is still a struggle with the legal discrimination towards people of various sexual and gender orientations.

Although progress has been made, and it will continue throughout time, not enough has been done to secure equal and just rights for all throughout the United States. Many people of other sexual and gender orientations are subject of discrimination at virtually anywhere, even though same sex marriage is now lawful in the country.

As it stands, there is no federal protection for LGBTQ+ individuals, and according to Catalyst. org, 29 of 50 US states have no state-level protection against discrimination of these orientations.

Currently, Wisconsin has limited protection for individuals of varying sexual orientations. 33 of 50 states also do not have any protection whatsoever for Transgender individuals Out of the 17 states that do provide protection for Transgender individuals, Wisconsin is not one. These statistics are shocking, but have improved over the past few decades. Also according to Catalyst.org, Fortune 500 companies are beginning to offer more benefits to suit LGBTQ+ individuals. A staggering 91 percent

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of these companies provide protection from any sexual orientation-related discrimination, while 61 percent provide transgender discrimination protection.

These statistics are promising but could be improved. Every employer should be required to provide equal rights and a healthy workplace for these individuals, not make them afraid of the consequences if and when they come out and be true to themselves. More often than not, individuals and employers are blind to what the real impact of their naive views.

Why do we as Americans, and more importantly, humans, decide that people who want to be themselves should suffer more so than other individuals in this world? We as people need to learn accept difference and abolish inequality in our society.

Although marriage is a start, it doesn’t solve everything. Creating state and federal protections against discrimination, especially in the workplace, will help pave the road to equality. Honestly, it caused and still causes the same amount of issues we faced prior to this ruling. This is by no means negating the monumental decision nor does it shun upon same sex couples. This simply means society is not in a position currently to abolish the judgement of differences. A new generation of politicians may be needed to bring the change we so desperately need.

While time is of the essence in this world, patience will be needed to see progress in our view towards same-sex equality. While we work towards this, it is important to keep in mind that we have

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THE SEARCH FOR THE PERFECT PHONE IS OVER

The Cardinal Columns staff helps you pick out the perfect phone Andres Christian // Staff Writer

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he newest phone that Apple has released is the iPhone 6S and 6S Plus, and both are already defaulted with IOS 9. IOS 9 is the program that Apple runs on. The newest updates that were implemented into the iPhone 6S are, 3D touch, which is the process as to where you can view a message or email in a small pop-up window instead of opening the message itself. Another feature is, the camera. This camera takes 12MP pictures, 4K videos, and has a feature of live photos. When you take a picture the phone puts together with that photo are the moments just before and after it was taken, captured with movement and sound. So in other words, it’s viewing what was happening before and after you captured that photo. According to Apple, this phone comes with the A9 chip, which is usually used into computers, giving the phone more power, up to 70% faster CPU, and 90% faster GPU performance, which is good quality for those of you who like to play high quality games, like myself. The iPhone 6S has a 4.7” retina HD screen display, and the iPhone 6S Plus has a 5.5” retina HD screen display. The phone comes in 4 colors, Silver, Gold, Space Grey, and Rose Gold. the 6S weighs 5.04 ounces, while the 6S Plus weighs 6.77 ounces.

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he newest Samsung phones are the Galaxy S6, S6 edge, and the S6 edge Plus. I know, a lot of phones right. But I think we are just going to focus more on the Edge and Edge Plus, just because they are the newest on the market.

Some special and developments from Samsung are that the edge and edge plus has is that when someone is calling you or you are on a call, the edge screen display will illuminate a changing light, giving the phone that unique aesthetic that we all want.

The edge screen always shows a night clock.

The edge screen shows notifications, such as messages, facebook, email, and that amazingness.

This phone is made out of metal, and glass. The glass is Corning Gorilla Glass, which is said to be pretty strong and durable. There is a new feature all the Galaxy S6 phones, and even the Note 5, which is the wide selfie mode, which means, that when you have the squad together and you want to take a group selfie, you simply rotate your phone and the take your wide selfie, simple right?

There is also an amazing new device that is perfect for those of you who hate charging cables, there is a new wireless charging pad, and it works magnificently.

I was able to try it out first hand, and it worked well, and gave me no problems.

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astly, we have the LG V10. Coming from the LG website, there is a new feature that LG is trying out, and that is similar to the S6 Edge, which is the second screen. Except, with the LG, the second screen is not on the edge, it is about the notification bar. This phone weighs approx. 6.77 ounces. and the edges are made out of stainless steel.

The screen size is 5.7” and is a 1440 X 2560 pixel resolution. The device has a 4GB ram, which is less than the Galaxy, but more than the iPhone. The LG V10 also has a 16MP back camera and shoots 4K videos. What is interesting is that this phone does not have one, but two front facing cameras. One for normal selfies, and one for the wide selfies. The camera for wide pictures, carries an angle of 80

to 120 degrees. Intriguing isn’t it, having separate cameras for different types of selfies. This phone, like both the Galaxy, and the iPhone, has a fingerprint scanner.

PHOTOS (FROM LEFT TO RIGHT): WWW.APPLE.COM WWW.SAMSUNG.COM WWW.LG.COM

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Swollen Eyes and Bloated Bellies

My conection between Abortion and Parenting Madison Supple Editor-In-Chief

Photo Credits // Madison Supple The pictured model is not affiliated with the story

hen a woman decides to end her pregnancy, 44% of the world looks at her as a killer; people will glance right past the tears these mothers fight back, the redness of their swollen eyes, the anger and frustration of “Why them?” and the actuality that they most likely loved their baby more than themselves.

Put yourself in a hospital room with your significant other: You’re holding hands, heart is fluttering with excitement, your smiles are unbreakable as you wait for the ultrasound technician to check up on your little seed of joy. As the appointment goes on you realize that there isn’t much talking in the room and the technician is very concentrated.

They ask politely if they can step outside the room, and are gone for what feels like hours. They come back in with your family Doctor and sit down to talk with you. You are told that your baby has a fatal disease and has a small chance of living outside the womb. The baby would maybe have a few days, but they would be rough. Every mother and father will think “Maybe our baby will have a miracle”, or “Maybe the doctors can save them”.

There are so many complications and diseases that a baby can develop that is out of the mother’s hands. It’s situations like these where the mother and father have to make the difficult decision of taking the chance of beating the odds, or terminating a pregnancy. Some mother’s will take the chance and use their small amount of time to hold their little boy or girl, kiss them, take pictures and cherish every moment they can whispering “I love you” in their cashew-sized ears. But, there are also the mother’s that can’t bear to have their precious baby lay lifeless in front of them, and decide to terminate the pregnancy. They might even feel that if the baby is suffering, they would be selfish to continue the pregnancy to full term. No matter which way they choose, there will always be emotional pain and regret.

Both kinds of these mothers love their babies to the end of the earth; Pregnant mothers don’t wish to have these things happen to their precious creations, and when they do, it is a very emotional time. There are of course the women that decide to terminate their pregnancies for other reasons, but who are we to judge them or slander them, when we haven’t been in their position? That being said, I am not saying I understand why a woman would use abortion as back up birth control, but I do understand why she would use the Plan B pill, also known as the morning after pill.

This also includes the many unfortunate cases where a woman will be raped and becomes pregnant. When this event occurs, there is a very rough and mature decision that needs to be made. Some women will choose to abort the baby because they can’t wake up every morning with a reminder of what happened to them. No matter the

mother, no matter the case, they will never be able to look at anything the same: Every vacation should have included a picture of their little boy climbing the rocks by the lake, every holiday should have had a family photo of their little girl in her pretty dresses, every morning should have started with “Good morning, Mommy/Daddy!” and now these moments will haunt them.

They will watch their friends and family bloom with happiness as they await the arrival of their babies, and it will always bring back heart-breaking memories. They will always remember softly brushing their hands over their warm and bloated bellies, as their bean slowly sprouts inside them.

We can have our opinions, but, why do we need to put a label on them? As Americans, we all have the Freedom of Speech, but nowhere in the law does it say we have the freedom to parent somebody else’s flesh and blood. People try so hard to put their belief into someone else’s head for their own benefit, to the point where they don’t understand that this isn’t their child, and this child is no concern of anybody’s but the mother and fathers, not the mother,

“Abortion may bury our children, but it can never bury their memory.”

-Shadia Hrichi father, and all of the U.S. Almost everyone these days is either “pro-life” or “pro-choice”, but we don’t have “proabuse” and “pro-safety” or “pro-alcoholic” and “pro-drink as you please”. Only with abortion do we divide ourselves to one side of the classroom, like in U.S. History class where students will have a “respectful” debate about what they agree and don’t agree with about abortion.

It will go back and forth between “This is why abortion is okay” and “This is why abortion is bad”, and after hearing it myself, I was left wondering why each and every student was content in what they had said, almost as if they thought they could change everyone’s opinion. As part of my grade, I was told I had to move, and I had to speak at least once. I stayed in the “undecided” section the majority of the debate because I don’t have an opinion on abortion, and I almost felt attacked for not agreeing or disagreeing, for not feeling like it is my place to decide how a grieving mother’s heart should be broken.

Why can’t we drop the sub-titles, and all be “pro-empathetic” where instead of jumping right to “you’re wrong”, we listen and understand one-another. Once again, I am neither pro-life OR pro-choice, I am empathetic towards what a mother and father decide to do, because they are either doing it for the health and well-being of themselves, or know it is right for their baby. Even after the parents make their final decision, there will be tears, there will be red swollen eyes, there will be anger or frustration and there CARDINAL COLUMNS.ORG DECEMBER 2014 | will most certainly be love.

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