Century Star Issue 2

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Discover the boundaries of student’s rights

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A loss of control pg.

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Dear readers,

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I woke up one Sunday, earlier this month, to find warm light seeping through my curtains.

Everything around me was so full of life. Every caramel-colored thread on my teddy bear’s back was illuminated. Every whisper that came from my parents in the living room was full of mystery. The birds were composing a symphony for the wind to dance to. I realized then that these were things that happened every day- why was I so amazed?

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It was because I had kept myself so busy and anxious that I had forgotten to smile. Work had taken precedence over being with my friends.

Finishing my homework had become more important than eating supper with my family.

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Life should never get in the way of life.

Smile. Laugh. Make time for friends and family. Read a book, just for fun, or finish that video game you’ve had for five years.

In this issue of the STAR, we’ve featured just a few of the best friends (p. 55), caring families (p.

18) and courageous individuals (p. 23) who take full advantage of the life around them. Learn from their passion and energy and be, don’t just do.

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Practice your “gobble gobble” Thanksgiving break Nov. 25 and 26 “Students have rights, but if what you’re doing is going to disrupt education then your rights give way to the rights of all students to safety and education.” page 9

What does student council really do? Find out on page 7

Fall Band concert Nov. 16

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Century student council meets every Wednesday morning. They’ve already had one of their biggest events of the year, that being Homecoming week.

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tudent council meets for half and hour every Wednesday morning, and in this time they manage to complete all their tasks; but what is it exactly that student council does?

“I think most people don’t know at all what [student council does] besides maybe help throw Mr. CHS and comic relief,” student council co-adviser Rob Graff said. “I think that’s OK. Sometimes the best student councils are when everything runs smoothly and you hardly have to think about how it all came together.”

Student council does more than most students know. Along with Mr. CHS and comic relief, the student council plans all the pep rallies and dances. They do all this in hopes of achieving their main goal- boosting school spirit.

“Well, last year’s school spirit wasn’t so great, so that was my goal going into the year, to do what we can to increase it,” student body president senior Chelsea Boger said. “It’s already working, so I think I need to make some new goals. Everybody is attending everything and dressing up and participating; it’s awesome.”

Graff is co-adviser alongside family and consumer science teacher Jess Benz.

According to Graff, Homecoming week

was the best display of school spirit he has seen in his six years at Century.

“I think this year’s senior class is awesome and the sophomores and even the juniors are really feeding off [their energy],” Graff said.

“I think the energy from this year’s senior class will really last, past this year even.”

Along with strengthening school spirit, student council wants to increase school pride.

“We knew that was one thing we wanted to focus on, the pride of going to school [at Century],” Graff said. “And how the kids who are involved in the achievements of this school should be proud of what they’ve done.”

Boger believes unity is the key to a successful student council, which will then lead to a successful student body. This summer, council members played sand volleyball and did other activities together.

“Everybody on our student council, I felt, was a little bit intimidated of the people running it last year,” Boger said. “So I don’t think we worked well as a council.”

In between their main events, Homecoming week and comic relief, student council stays busy. Currently, they are getting ready

for their state student council convention where junior Maddy Barney will run for state student council vice president.

“I’m really excited because you get to meet a lot of new people and get to do things you don’t get to do everyday,” student council member junior Sierra Kreft said. “[We] get to campaign, and that’s where we meet all the new people.”

Another project that student council is prepping for is their annual community service project that the council participates in together.

Student council is also responsible for bringing in one speaker every year. They try to pick someone who speaks about leadership or will motivate the student body. Most of their fundraising money goes to bringing the speaker in and buying props for pep rallies.

“I would say [our goal] is to always have quality events that ther rest of the student body would always want to keep going to and will keep talking about,” Graff said.

Student council puts a lot of time, money, and effort into planning spirit-boosting activities for the students, faculty, and fans of Century.

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recent assembly informed the Class of 2012 they would all be required to take the ACT, free of charge, in the spring of this year. Students have many study devices available to them, though they may not be aware of all choices of material they have.

“I’m nervous,” junior Keisha Lehde said. “I don’t want to do bad on it.”

Zapping the ACT is a class offered before the spring testing.

The program is two nights, three hours each night, at Century.

“It’s been really good. In fact, the students who’ve taken it have all had really good feed back,” counselor Dan Trottier said. “I’ve never had a student who didn’t like it.”

Sylvan Learning Center offers an ACT prep program. It is 24 hours: 10 in math and science, 10 in reading and English and four in writing. The program is six weeks long and the class meets twice a week. Mondays and Wednesdays from 5 to 7 p.m. they have a discussion-based class with two teachers. The 24 hours of prep and practice ACT has a tuition cost of $795.

The average student is expected to see a four to six point gain after taking the prep classes. The gain is dependant upon how much effort the student applies to their homework and learning the strategies taught in the class.

“There’s homework for that course, and honestly, it’s time for you to practice the strategies we taught in class,” director of Sylvan Learning Center Kari Weigel said.

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Students are assigned about two hours of homework every week, an hour for both math and science and an hour for reading and English.

Students are encouraged to ask questions on the homework, and there is class time is devoted to really getting the students to understand everything they had trouble with.

“If you truly understand why you didn’t understand [the questions] to begin with, and now you do, those are more questions your going to get right on the ACT,” Weigel said.

Gaining four to six points could make the difference between a $6,000 scholarship and nothing.

North Dakota has a new scholarship program for any student that scores a 24 or higher. Any and all students can receive the scholarship as long as the qualifications and deadlines are met. This is only the second year the scholarship has been offered.

“I think it’s a motivation factor for students to at least want to get that 24,” Weigel said.

Many other scholarships are offered based on ACT scores, and some colleges offer tuition breaks for top scores.

This was the reason senior Caja Sipes opted to take the test four times.

“If I get like one point higher, if I get a 30, then I get full tuition at some of the colleges I’m looking at. So it’s mostly just for scholarships,” Sipes said.

If a class isn’t an option, Sylvan also offers free practice tests. The practice tests are run just like the

actual ACT. Students arrive at 8:15 a.m. and the tests begins at 8:30; they are finished promptly by noon. After taking the practice ACT, a free consult is offered to go over the results with the student and the parent and talk about the opportunities available to them. Sipes has taken the ACT many times and is now an expert on what and what not to do to prepare.

“I think if you know what you need to study, like if your not very good at math, or if your not very good at science, you should be taking the practice tests,” Sipes said. “So you know, ‘Do I actually have to read all this [and] what questions can I look for because they’re really similar.’”

Online tests are also available to students, such as actstudent.org, march2success.com, and testu.com.

ACT test prep books can be checked out from the library, counseling office, or purchased at Barnes and Noble.

“Kids come in and ask what they can do to prepare,” Trottier said. “A lot of kids check books out of [the counseling office].”

Juniors are starting their test taking and study sessions early this year.

Lehde took the PSAT because she felt it would give her some insight on what she needed to work on before the ACT, though she will be doing quite a bit more preparation before April 27.

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Juniors Sean Davis, Colton Ulmer, and Jessica Anderson enjoy their open campus privialges.

Students have always enjoyed the liberties they’ve gained as they’ve aged through the school system. “[In]high school your granted a lot more freedoms than any other [school],” Students for Limited Government leader Dylan Becker said.

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very American citizen is entrusted with basic rights and privileges that are considered to be “God given,” but not every single student is guaranteed that their individual rights will be upheld. All kinds of conditions and exceptions to students’ rights come into play as soon as they enter a school, because the main concern of the school is not necessarily the individual.

“Students have rights,” legal counsel to the North Dakota School Board Gary Thune said. “But if what you’re doing is going to disrupt education then your rights give way to the rights of all students to safety and education.”

Rights that students can exercise as members of the public school system include most rights that the general public has; however, with some restrictions. Students, for example, cannot whip out their phone in the middle of a class and start drumming out a text message, and they definitely can’t come to school wearing shirts with pictures of cigarettes and booze on them (although some still try). However, despite these restrictions, students at Century are still given some leniency in exercising their rights.

“We’re one of the few schools that still allows cellphones in the school,” assistant principal Mark Murdock said. “The majority of schools have gone to [cellphones are] just not allowed at school. We’ve decided we want to teach responsibility with it. We understand it’s part of society.”

In fact, students at Century have more rights than some of their counter parts at other high schools throughout the state. At Bismarck High School

students are not allowed to have their cellphones during the school day. So, while Century students complain about not being allowed to text in the library, students at other schools can’t even text during their off periods. Century students are also given more liberties through the institution of open campus. It is important to note though, that texting, open-campus and other “rights” students have grown accustomed to, are not rights, they are privileges; and with every additional privilege it is harder for the administration to maintain discipline.

“If there’s not discipline, there’s not order,” Thune said.

However, despite the generosity school administration feels they have given the area of student liberties, individual rights are still a hot topic amongst students. One such student is junior Dylan Becker who is in charge of Students for Limited Government, a group that focuses on promoting individual rights to their peers. Becker is also a firm believer in the mantra “to each his own.” He believes that things such as what students are allowed to wear and what sites they access on the Internet should be left up to the students’ discretion. Regardless of these views, Becker seems pretty happy with the rights the school is currently giving pupils.

“I think that the more rights to the individual the more power to them,” Becker said. “[But] I think the school’s doing fine as it is.”

Students will continue to exercise their rights, but it’s important that they know their limits and learn to work within them.

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Members of the STAR staff have been going through old volumes of the STAR, and we’ve picked out some of the key stories in Century’s past

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-The Missouri and Red River rose to startling heights and North Dakota was overrun with flood mania. Students were excused from school to help fill up sandbags to be placed on the banks of the river, and the state’s flooding was declared a disaster.

2005

-The school’s cafeteria cookies faced harsh scrutiny from parents and administration alike for their oversize portions and reputation as being unhealthy.

Now the cafeteria cookies are approximately a third of their former size and are made with health consciousness in mind.

2000

-Computer music downloading hits the stage as Napster faces legal troubles relating to the illegal downloading of music. At the time, digital downloading was still a fairly new concept in the scope of listening to music.

1990

-School officials debate whether or not to sign a contract with Whittle Communications, the company that puts on and maintains Channel One. After a vote was held in Channel One’s favor, they began broadcasting at Century in late September of 1990.

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- AIDS fear sweeps the state as the virus breaks onto the national stage. The superintendent at the time, Alvin Andrews, set to work setting up a policy that would apply to any students with a communicable disease.

Get on track

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Everyone procrastinates once in a while. There’s always that assigment no one wants to do, a dreaded chore, or the desire to never leave the couch. Whatever the reason, here are a few tips on how to avoid procrastionation.

Write it down - Use a planner to write down assignments and their due dates. This way the due dates are concrete and can be checked in case something is forgotten. Plus, it is proven if one writes their assignments down, they are more likely to remember them.

Take a short break - While working on homework, take a 10-15 minute break; this will give the mind time to rest. Walking around and stretching allows blood to flow through your body and helps avoid drousiness. Also, grab a healthy snack and some water or juice to refuel.

Use the check method - Check off an assignment when it’s finished. This way it shows how many tasks are left to do and gives some order to what needs to be done.

Set a time for studying - Have a specific time set aside for studying and create a habit of doing homework at this time. This will prevent last minute cramming and allow plenty of time to finish the work.

Stay hydrated and grab a snack - Drink some water or juice to keep energy levels up. Water has electrolytes that help the brain and energy levels. Juices with vitamin C are a great source of energy and are very healthy. Also, eating a healthy snack such as an apple or a granola bar will provide the body with the same benefits.

Painful problems

Information on bullying and how to go about stopping the abuse

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Bullying is when a group or individual tries to control or hurt another person; it can be physical or mental harm.

Why do people bully?

People bully so they can feel superior to others. Bullying is a learned behavior, many times the bully was abused or bullied in their childhood. People also bully to get attention.

They often feel that by putting someone below themselves they will be more readily accepted in social situations.

Why am I being bullied?

It is not your fault. There are a few reasons bullies choose people. The first reason is the bully may feel threatened and jealous, they want to reassure themselves that they have the same qualities and are just as good as the bullied.

The second reason could be that they were bullied at one point in time and see some of the qualities in you that they saw in themselves at the time they were bullied, these could be as simple as hair color, similar styles of speaking or even having the same thoughts on certain issues.

What can I do if I’m being bullied?

The first step would be to contact a trusted adult, whether it be a teacher, parent or any other trustworthy adult. Hotlines are available to those who would rather keep their incidents a secret.

If you’re being bullied call 1-800-273-8255, the North Dakota suicide and crisis hotline. source: http://www.education.com/topic/school-bullying-teasing/

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{SPORTS} The Dakota Wizards kick off their season Nov. 19 at home in the Bismarck Civic Center against the Iowa Energy. Be there at 7 p.m. to support our team for the new season

See Sanford swim! For more photos featuring Megan Sanford swimming go to www.centurypulse.com “Some things I would really like to go to, but being in swimming keeps me away from drinking. Not that I would do any of those things, but it’s all peer pressure,” senior Megan Sanford said. Read the profile on page 16

Century’s boys’ hockey team begins their first practice Nov. 8, 3:00 pm – 5:45 p.m. in the VFW Arena #1.

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“I think ‘ball’ was his first word”

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ood, school, sports, homework, sleep.

The basics of Tom Fraase’s life are simple. Fraase himself is simple as well.

Not simple-minded, as is evidenced by his 4.0 grade point average, but he maintains a basic t-shirt and athletic shorts ensemble from day-today, an army-ready hair cut, and a personality that could have him in the running for the poster child of the All-American Boy. Sports, any and all of them, are where Fraase’s interests lie. Even virtual fantasy teams occupy a large portion of his time. He is willing to cheer for a make believe team, or control pixilated players with his thumbs, as long as sports have something to do with it.

“I think ‘ball’ was his first word,” Fraase’s mother Kathy Fraase said.

Fraase plays tennis, baseball and basketball; but no matter what, basketball is of the utmost importance. Society has been warned not to indulge in too much of a good thing, but this advice does not keep Fraase from devoting the

majority of his time to basketball, whether it be in the form of watching or playing.

McPherson said. “He is a loose guy, laid back, and everyone really enjoys him.”

“Tom spends a lot of time playing basketball in the dark in our driveway.” Kathy said.

Fraase has become exactly who his mother wants him to be and more. Her eyes well with tears when she speaks of him.

Fraase recently shocked North Dakota tennis when he made the dramatic jump on the roster from 7th on Century’s team to 3rd overall in the west.

“Our players 2-5 [the second through fifth, ranked players] played doubles, I got lucky at the right time, and I played well,” Fraase said of his surprise success.

Fraase is a team player and thrives off of competition. He does not place an unreasonable amount of pressure on himself which allows him to keep his head level and allows his talent to continually improve.

“Tom was a lot of fun to coach because he made a lot of improvement, he exceeded all expectations and was really fun to watch,” Century tennis coach Scott

“Good things are ahead of Tom. He’s got a heart of gold, he is smart, he’s got a good head on his shoulders, he makes good choices, and whatever he wants to do he will be fine, be great in fact,” Kathy said. “His goal is to do well in school, probably go to Concordia. His character makes me proudest, who he is and the choices he is making.”

It may have something to do with the time and care his older brothers invested in him, and the countless hours they spent in the front yard playing with him. It might be the values his loving parents instilled in him. It could also be the friends he has made, or the coaches that have pointed him in the right direction, but Tom Fraase has set himself up for the success that everyone surrounding him is rooting for.

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How to: do a Sun Salutation short.alyssameier photos.lizziejohnson

1 Start with your palms placed together in front of your chest. This is called heart center.

2 Reach down toward the floor, bending your knees slightly into the forward fold.

3 Place your hands on the ground and step back into plank.

4 Lower your body to the ground and slowly lift your torso off the ground for a slight stretch with the Cobra/upward facing dog.

5 Push up off the ground and lift your buttocks into the air into the downward facing dog.

6 Step your feet towards your hands and go into forward fold.

7 Raise your torso up and return to heart center Source: http://www.yogajournal.com/

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Both boys’ and girls’ cross country teams produced eight all-conference runners at WDA: Alicia Fettig- 5th, Chelsea Boger- 6th, Andrea Markwart- 11th, Melissa Uhrich- 13th, Paige Melin- 19th, Levi Sether- Runner Up, Cataldo DiDonna- 5th, Cassidy Heid- 18th The Century football boys placed 1st in WDA by beating Mandan High School for the position of Best in the West.

Boys’ tennis took first in WDA. Loren Anderson took first and Tom Fraase took third in the singles division and Brady Spooner and Zach Holmen took first for doubles.The boys, as a team, also took third in the state along

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with Anderson taking 5th in the singles and Spooner and Holmen taking 2nd for doubles.

The Century girls’ golf took first in the state. Their individual places are as follows: Alexa Dvorak- 4th, McKenzie McMillan- 6th, Adrianna Harris- 9th, Krissy Aasen-11th, Megan Larson-19th, Katie Nelson- 23rd.

The volleyball players are spending the next few weeks preparing for WDA and state.

So go to a game and cheer them on.

Boys’ soccer won their WDA and took second in the state this year.

“Between my own experience [with asthma] and placing a call to the doctor, I know we can control it,” Elizabeth said.

Though Janes knows that having asthma is not her fault, she still feels the need to hide it from her friends and teammates. Janes will not use her inhaler in front of her opponents or team, instead she makes a special trip to the bathroom to use it during a changeover. For her, tennis is not the time to show any kind of weakness. During her matches against other top players in the state, Janes is already nervous, and that can make her asthma even worse.

“I’m worrying about how they’re better than me, and I’m already at a disadvantage, so that’s two strikes down,” Janes said.

Elizabeth is concerned about how Janes deals with her asthma, but she is confident in her daughter’s ability to keep her health in check. She says that as long as Janes stays on top of things, uses her inhaler when needed and listens to the warning signs her body gives her, she should be fine.

“It seems today teens don’t pay attention to their health because they are so busy,” Elizabeth said.

Janes is very busy with school and sports. Though her love of tennis triggers her asthma, she has no intention of giving it up. Janes has sports-induced asthma which means her symptoms only occur when she is engaged in physical activity. Janes’ symptoms are also much worse in the spring when the pollen is high. Janes was prescribed her inhaler in eighth grade when her mother suggested they visit a doctor.

This year she plans to start taking lung steroids prescribed by her doctor to reduce the use of her inhaler. The inhaler is a short term helper while the steroids will help Janes with her asthma in the long run.

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er lungs felt like they were closing in. Her breathing was short and shallow, and she began to panic and feel dizzy. On a normal run with her brothers on the Pebble Creek trail this spring, junior Sarah Janes began to have trouble breathing. It was a sickening feeling. Janes decided to sit down to rest, but quickly blacked out from an asthma attack.

Janes is one of the many athletes at Century dealing with asthma. She plays tennis and feels her asthma sometimes hinders her performance. She knows what she is capable of on the court, but asthma prevents her from doing as well as she would like.

“I don’t like to talk about [my asthma] or show any discomfort or pain because it’s a sign of weakness,” Janes said.

Janes’s mother Elizabeth Janes also has asthma. When it comes to her daughter’s condition she understands very well what Janes is going through, but as a parent she still worries. Of course, Elizabeth is concerned with her daughter’s performance in tennis and school, but she makes a point of her daughter’s health always coming first.

Allergy specialist and immunologist Arkapol Piyamahunt works at St. Alexius Heart and Lung and deals with all types of asthma patients. He describes the diagnosis of asthma as an inflation in the airways of the lungs. For sports induced asthma, like what Janes has, Piyamahunt recommends using an inhaler everyday because of sports induced asthma’s classification as intermittent.

“Intermittent asthma is when a patient’s symptoms only occur once in a while,” Piyamahunt said.

The doctor also mentions that the use of steroids should only be done when the asthma is classified as chronic (when symptoms occur more than twice a week.)

“There are over 100 side effects [from the steroid injections],” Piymahunt said.

In the case of Janes, since her asthma symptoms have become more serious, her doctor Lisa Kozel has approved the steroid injections. The injections will send medicine down through the bronchi in her lungs and clear them out.

Janes is eager to receive the injections and reduce the use of her inhaler which will bring her more confidence in dealing with her asthma on and off the court. The inhaler became such a burden for Janes that she would like to get rid of quickly. Janes rarely used her inhaler, and it took a toll on her tennis season.

“You can’t do that to your body, it needs to be able to breathe,” Janes said. “I’d much rather prefer the steroids.”

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Senior Megan Sanford lives for swimming, and it’s taught her valuable lessons in life

Q: How long have you been swimming?

A: Since sixth grade...so seven years, competitively at least.

Q: What does swimming do for your life?

A: Being a captain this year, it helps with leadership and being organized. We practice every day so you have to be dedicated to it, it’s like having a job. If you miss practice, you feel like you’re failing your team so you kind of have to be there.

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Q: Do you think it’s worth it when you miss out on extra-curriculars?

A: Some things I would really like to go to, but being in swimming keeps me away from drinking and smoking, not that I would do any of those things, but it’s all peer pressure.

Q: What do you love about swimming?

A: Being in the water, and after you’ve finished a race or a hard practice and knowing you did well.

Q: Why swimming?

A: I just really love the atmosphere it has and the people that are in it. It’s a really big workout, but it’s worth it being with those girls.

Q: How does it feel to win a race?

A: It depends on the race, but after every race it feels good to win because you’ve accomplished something.

Q: What does being a part of a team mean to you?

A: It’s like another family. You have all these girls around you all the time, and you feel like you can tell them anything.

Q: Who are some people in swimming that motivate you?

A: Well, my coach motivates me everyday, obviously. Also, Cassie Walth has done really well in her swimming. All the girls really push you in practice. You see Dagny Knutson, from Minot, who’s going into the Olympics now, and she swam with us when she was in high school.

With her you can see reality happening.

Q: What has your team done for you?

A: They’ve brought out my character. [They] show me there aren’t really any limits of what I can do.

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Q: What life lessons has swimming taught you?

A: Besides leadership, it’s being a part of something that is importan and also learning to fail.

Q: How would you describe the experience of first getting in the water?

A: It’s like an adrenaline rush, all your nerves are gone.

Q: How would you describe the atmosphere on your team?

A: All around, it’s usually a positive atmosphere.

Sometimes people fail at meets, but we all try to stay positive so we can swim well and of course have fun.

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“It is a brotherhood of magic! A brotherhood of magic and good deeds for all!” p.27 Family members within Century share what it’s like to have relatives in the school. See page 18 to read and visit www.centurypulse.com for an additional story 17

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It is sometimes difficult to imagine teachers anywhere but the building they are found in five days a week. It is strange to see them anywhere else, surrounded by anyone who isn’t another faculty member, or doing anything besides grading papers or writing on a dry erase board. Still, the educators do have lives outside of school. They have favorite foods and colors, they have hobbies and interests of their own and they have families. In some cases, their family members are only a few classrooms away.

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nglish teacher Gail Beaudoin knows what it’s like to have family close to her in more ways than one. Beaudoin has been working with her sister, fellow English teacher, Bev Jundt, for 14 years.

“We’re best friends,” Beaudoin said.

Beaudoin was 7 when Jundt was born, and between them they have another brother and sister. Their sister also pursued a career as an English teacher.

“Growing up, my mother had a love of reading,” Jundt said. “From the time I was in first grade I played school.”

Working in the same field is not what brought them together though. The sisters, with several years between them, had a unique bond even at a young age.

“My mother was sick when I was born,” Jundt said. “So Gail kind of took care of me.”

Beaudoin took on the role of a mother, rather than a sister, in many ways.

“I did a lot of cooking, a lot of cleaning and babysitting,” Beaudoin said.

Now, years later, the sisters are working in the same city, school, and department.

Their common interests do not stop at their profession, though. “We tend to have similar tastes in books, and movies, and TV shows,” Jundt said. “And we both love classic rock.”

The sisters also agree on how they feel about having each other in the same school.

“Its so nice to bounce ideas off of her,” Beaudoin said.

Because both are English teachers and have both taught AP English classes, they know what each other are dealing with. Because they are so close in location, it helps Jundt and Beaudoin stay close in their relationship.

“It’s like having a best friend, a colleague, a confidante, and a therapist,” Jundt said.

It is clear that both women are passionate teachers as well as loving sisters to each other.

They rarely fight, and share almost everything in life. They even plan on restarting and team teaching a Psych-English class for sophomores.

Whether they are inside or outside of the school building, the sisters are together in some way. Now the only question left is whether their profession has helped their relationship or their close relationship has helped them as teachers.

The mom and son

accounting teacher Dawn Sauer said. “It’s your kid, so you expect more of them.”

Outside of Dawn’s classroom, there was still an abnormal influence on Isaac most other students don’t have to deal with.

“Mr. Reihl and her are friends,” Isaac said. “So if I fail a test, I feel bad.”

Some students would be much less-thanenthused by the idea of having a parent with them at school every day. Though junior Isaac Sauer is not around his mom constantly, he knows she is always only a few minutes, or classrooms away.

Still, the slightly negative aspects of the situation are barely recognized when compared to the benefits.

“I thought it might be weird, but it wasn’t so bad,” Isaac said.

Even before they became teacher and student, there was a mother with her son.

Before even being at the same school, Isaac and his two younger brothers had time set aside to bond with their mother.

Though some may think a parent would give their child special treatment, this was not true for Isaac. He took his mother’s class last year, and ended up sitting out in the hall for every “Fun Friday” that semester.

“I was probably harder on him than other kids,” Century computer programming and

“The amount of time I get to see him,” Dawn said. “I feel like I’m more involved in his life.”

“Every once in a while...you’ll have a date with Mom,” Isaac said. “And you’ll go to a movie or something.”

From Left: Ron Wingenbach, Brad Townsend, Kerri Townsend, Nick Walker, not pictured: Kameron Wingenbach

Dawn tries to get everyone in the family home for supper a few times every week so everyone stays close together. Dawn and Isaac were close before being together at Century, and still are after. She talks to Isaac often and is likely closer to him than her two younger sons.

Regardless of why they are so close, Dawn is grateful for that and for having such great kids.

“He doesn’t care what other people think,” Dawn said. “He is who he is.”

The group Sometimes multiple family members may be present in the workplace. This is definitely the case when it comes to five certain individuals within Century High School. Spread across the school into the social studies, physical education, math and Read-Right departments, as well as one student, are the members of the Wingenbach, Townsend and Walker families.

Ron Wingenbach is a math teacher at Century. Last year, along with all the new faces expected at the beginning of a school year, Ron saw a familiar one.

His son, senior Kameron Wingenbach, was enrolled in his pre-calculus class.

“If I ever need anything I can just ask him,” Kameron said about the benefits of having his father in the school with him.

Along with his father, Kameron has several other family members at Century, including

his brother-in-law, aunt and uncle. His brother-in-law, Nick Walker, is a physical education teacher and coach at Century.

“We have a very good relationship,” Nick said. “[We have] a professional relationship and the bond of being related.”

Nick sees Ron often through coaching football together, and also has Kameron during football practice. Even though they don’t see one another too often around the school, the presence of family members is very much felt.

“If there was ever a tough day, its just nice to have someone else there,” Nick said.

On the opposite end of the building from Nick, in side-by-side rooms, are Kameron’s aunt and uncle. Social studies teacher Brad Townsend has been at Century since 2001.

His wife, read-right teacher Kerrie Townsend, has been at Century since 2005. The couple met in 1992 while Brad was teaching in Flasher and Kerri was student teaching.

“We got married in 1993,” Brad said. “We’ve been teaching together since then for the most part.”

Besides a short time when Kerri taught on her own in Standing Rock, the couple has been teaching in the same building, and now with only a wall between them. To them, being so close to each other in their work is normal.

“It’s all I ever knew,” Kerri said.

When a misunderstanding led to a parrot being brought into her classroom, Kerri had to face her fear of birds. With Brad so close-by she was able to get through the ordeal much more easily.

“At least I know he’s here,” Kerri said.

“Because he already knows I’m psycho.”

While Brad enjoys sports, and Kerri prefers reading, they are happy together and enjoy spending time with each other and their 6-year-old daughter Irie, who will eventually be attending Century. Most of the couple’s spare time is now spent being around her and entertaining her.

“We used to go out to eat,” Brad said. “Now we go to McDonalds.”

Another individual spending much time with Irie is her cousin Kameron.

“Kam takes her to school every morning,” Kerri said. “That’s her bud.”

The family is full of many different people, personalities, and interests, all brought together under Century High School’s roof. The family stays connected here, without feeling suffocated by each other. They are allowed to grow without growing apart from each other in the process.

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Watching a teacher get upset and rip the top off a desk.

- Lee Zeigler, assistant principal

When Mr. Doppler would get mad at basketball practice, he would hit his head against the wall or make us run into the bleachers. He said, “No pain, no gain.”

- Kayla Mortell, sophomore

Going to Medora in eighth grade.

- Melanie Cox, senior Tipping over Shane Wolf ’s chair

Doing the country simulation in Mrs. Chaussee’s U.S. history class.

- Nathan Raatz, sophomore In Mr. Doppler’s English class, some people kept track of how many times he cussed the whole year.

- Devin Smith, sophomore

in Mrs. Blackcloud’s class.

- Marcus Abfalter, junior

Traveling to Valley Fair with Ms. Schautz for a chaperone.

- Sammi Huggett, senior

Eww, gross!

Students explain what makes them feel grossed out short.allithorson

Overweight men with hairy chests when they play sports shirtless. That’s so gross.- Stacy Peterson, senior When people spit on on the ground.- Darin Malafa, senior 22

PDA [public display of affection] in the hallways when I’m going to class.- Cale Pagan, sophomore

Man feet. Guys [with] feet that are big, and their toes are hairy and they have nasty toenails.Abby Holland, junior

At weight's end

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t takes over. It consumes all thoughts and erases good days. It makes reality scary and does not keep its victim in mind when it holds them prisoner in their bodies. An eating disorder plants the idea that no matter how much of the human disappears, more can go. Every weight loss goal met produces another lower goal weight. In this vicious cycle, there is no such thing as good enough.

Senior Megan Stoltz recently began the recovery process from a severe eating disorder and spent two months hospitalized in a rehabilitation facility.

These two months restored her life and vitality, and brought her to the realization that life is too short to be sick all the time.

“I now have a different outlook on life,” Stoltz said. “I definitely do not take anything for granted. I almost died.”

Recovery is not magic, and release from treatment does not mean that the disease is ready to release its victim.

“I am tempted every day. I still go back to not eating. I will skip a few meals and then realize that I need to keep the weight on, or I will end up back there. I struggle every day.” Stoltz

said. “The disease is always telling me to quit eating, but I know I can’t.”

Stoltz learned that there will be days when she lapses, but by no means does that mean she is slipping. It is just one day, and one more thing to overcome.

“The road to recovery is not perfect,” licensed and registered dietitian Kelly Fisher said. “It has ups and downs along the way.”

Some days are better than others for Stoltz, but while she was sick she went without a good day for six months, so she can handle the difficult times.

“I feel like I am still babysitting that part of myself, I am still fighting with it and some days I feel stronger than others and others I am like ‘Oh my God, this sucks,’ or something someone says can set me off,” Stoltz said. “Then there are days when I feel strong again and I just hold onto those days with dear life, because I never had those days when I was sick, and going to treatment I got days like that back.”

The want to get better is a strong indication of how well someone with an eating disorder will do in the recovering

process. No one, no matter how close or important they are to the the person suffering from an eating disorder, can force them into getting better. Eating disorders are often driven by fear; fear of not being good enough, fear of gaining weight, fear of disappointing. Stoltz wanted to get better, and continues to cling to the hope of staying on the road she is on now. Her disease took too much from her and she refuses to even think about going back.

“If they do not see what the eating disorder is taking away from them, the chances are less of getting better,” Fisher said. “No one can fix them, they have to realize this is what they want.”

Stoltz was pulled from school when the doctor got her lab results back and realized that her condition was becoming fatal. They gave her no say, her body and mind were shutting down.

“I knew it was coming,” Stoltz said. “I just did not know I would be going [to treatment] so suddenly.”

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“Everyone deals with things differently, this is how I handled the world.”

the distortion of thoughts and an unwelcome internal battle. No one would choose this for themselves. Eating disorders are a coping mechanism for underlying issues; like a lack of control, stress, or unexpected change.

Stoltz is able to remember what she was thinking, but she is not sure why she was unable to make it stop. She lived in constant fear of gaining weight and losing the fraction of control she felt she still had.

“People handle things differently, and this is how I handled the world,” Stoltz said.

“I remember everything that went on in my mind, but looking back, it’s like why couldn’t I make myself stop?” Stoltz said. “When you do not eat for that long, you lose function of your mind, and the eating disorder grabs you and says ‘do not listen to anyone else, they are lying to you.’ I thought I wouldn’t be good enough if I weighed a certain amount. It wasn’t even ‘I’m fat.’ It was ‘I will not be good enough for the world if I gain five pounds. No one is going to like me. I won’t like myself.’”

An eating disorder does not come in like a tornado and destroy a person overnight.

Instead, it acts more like a constant rain that takes over slowly, and destroys over time.

It starts as a drizzle, and progresses until control is lost and the person is flooded.

When Stoltz looks back to her disease’s beginning she remembers spending a considerable amount of time in the gym in Jan. of her sophomore year and freaking out if she was unable to work out. She felt huge, and when the weight she desired to drop was not going fast enough she began to starve herself. Results were not coming quick enough, so Stoltz resorted to making herself throw up after every time she ate.

“I was really sick and it was so scar y,”Stoltz said. “I thought I was crazy. I am going home and throwing up. It just did not make any sense.”

Stoltz learned a lot in treatment, and made sense of the things in her life that had gotten her to where she was. Treatment helped her tidy up the mess that the eating disorder had made of her life.

“When I was in treatment, they taught me it is genetics. It is your environment. It is everything, society, everything,” Stoltz said. “They taught me that all those things load the gun and then something that happens around you pulls the trigger.”

While in the process of sorting out the chaos her life had become, Stoltz depended on people. She met three girls there that made her success possible. The long distance support she received from home was crucial as well. Her parents, along with Rachel Hass, Samantha Holly, John Rings, and Isaac Lovedahl were a necessary constant that made Stoltz’s time in recovery bearable.

“I have a bunch of friends, but those are the ones that helped me, and I would do anything for them, they helped me so much,” Stoltz said. “Without them I don’t think I could have done it, actually I couldn’t have.”

Her plan is to graduate from Century and go on to major in psychology and specialize in eating disorders. Stoltz feels strongly about being a model to young women who endure what she did. She knows the pain and wants to do everything in her power to lessen that pain for everyone she can. She does not want anyone to feel as alone and scared as she did, and is more than willing to be a support system to those who need her, now or later.

“If anyone needs anything, I am here,” Stoltz said. “I do not want anyone to go through what I did and feel alone.”

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Make a Difference As the next generation, the

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students of Century share how they want to make a difference.

Ellie Heaton- junior I’d like to make people think differentlyDanny Zeric- junior about themselves, each other, and the I would put music into peoples’ everyday lives. world in new ways. I want to make the They would have something to put emotion into world think outside the box and realizeinstead of arguing. how society influences them so they can think for themselves.

Tim Holzer- senior I want to help depressed teenagers so that they can gain their self confidence back and live better lives.

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Petyon Lind- sophomore Giving people chances they wouldn’t normally get or giving them a life changing opportunity.

I would like to join the Toms Shoes family and help give shoes and other things to people and children in third world countries. I mean after all they do walk a lot.

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Being in my own world with music, I am able to thinkBrandi Kastner, senior At my farm with my horses- Alicia Streyle, senior In the pool- Lydia Engberg, senior My kitchen- Seth Ebach, junior My house- Allison Remboldt, senior On a mountain in the winter- Dustin Seefeld, sophomore On a ranch somewhere in the mountains- Kayla Mertell, sophomore In my bed- Riley Hellman, junior Joking around with my friends in a car- Madison Brown, sophomore Lexi Hagler, junior- My bedroom Halee Ternes, junior- With my mom Mason Walker, junior- With my dog Oshie Kelli Anderson, sophomore- near a body of water Stephen Roberts, sophomore- Traveling Ashlee Roberts, junior- When no one is around to piss me off.

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Define Bromance: Lucas Rutten: It’s a French dessert.

Steve Baker: A friendship between two bros...that’s all. End of discussion.

LR: It is a brotherhood of magic! A brotherhood of magic and good deeds for all!

SB: Front Page: Magic Brotherhood Would you say you guys have a bromance?

SB: As defined as we just defined it, I would say that we do have a magical brotherhood of good deeds for everyone.

When did you first meet?

LR: We met in the desert. It was at a karate tournament...in the desert.

SB: It was on top of a hill...in the desert.

LR: We met in 7th grade through a mutual friend who we don’t hang out with any more.

SB: I turned around and [saw] a person wearing all Nightmare Before Christmas attire. This is the truth actually, and I was like “Woah, what a freak!” The summer after that we were in a play together, and that’s where we hung out. We were in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.

How have you stayed so close?

SB: In eighth grade we had like every class together. [Both try to remember their schedules]. We just had a lot of classes together.

LR: It worked well with our karate schedule. [It was] probably, just endless quests of magic...

SB: And good deeds!

LR: Just lots of adventures...lots of adventures and noble deeds.

Do you ever fight?

SB: Define fight.

LR: Well, we’ve sparred, if that’s what you mean.

SB: We do karate. It’s on an organized basis then.

LR: We don’t really fight. We fought some in eighth grade. Like when we’d have classes all the time. We would start a fight in like home base, and we would forget about it and second period it wouldn’t be a big deal anymore.

How would you describe each other?: LR: Well, Steve is mighty. Steve Baker is like a menopausal black woman. Can you print that? Steve Baker is like a middleaged black woman, because he loves to party and he has soul.

That’s just what I see when I look at Steve. I don’t know what else you want from me.

SB: I thought that was spot on.

LR: I’m taking this very seriously.

SB: I would say Lucas Rutten is like someone who comes from outer space with an outer space instrument and he plays a rock concert under water. That’s all. And he’s a vegetarian.

We’re really entertaining. Every little thing we do is trying to impress ourselves.

LR: Our whole lives are funny stories because we set the bar so high that everyday is funnier that the day before it. It’s a constant struggle of strength...

SB: And good versus evil.

LR: Good versus evil...and magic...

SB: In the desert. But for real though, we set the bar for ourselves pretty high. So like every little thing we do is trying to be really funny...

LR: Top ourselves.

SB: And lots of time I’m reduced to tears because I laugh so hard...I cry a lot.

LR: And I’m reduced to hiccups.

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“Looking over the edge, I didn’t even dare to risk a small hop. My legs were shaking and I could barely keep the water in focus.” p.30 Blogs, blogs, blogs on the STAR Web site www.centurypulse.com “It is like the line outside of Big Boy, even though it is longer, and more complicated at times, it is always there.” p.29

“I hate when I eat at a fast food restaurant and you come back to school with an aroma of a deep fryer. They should be giving out samples of perfume as you’re leaving the restaurant.

Can I get some perfume with those fries?”

-junior Madisen Mattern

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t is constant, and what it is made up of remains unclear. I suppose it is a concoction of a number of factors, all equally crazy. All I know is that I wish mine sounded more like Morgan Freeman. Little attention is paid to this...thing...is it a thing?

That is unclear as well. Mine is in cahoots with my fingers in writing this column at the moment, while yours is trying to figure out what it is I am trying to say. I am referring to my inner monologue, the non-schizophrenic voices, or thoughts, or interruptions in my headactually in all of our heads. This little bugger never tires. An element of simplicity would be added to life if the inner monologue would answer for itself...or remember that individual in the teal sweater’s name instead of forcing me to address them as “you.” A number of complications would disappear if these never ceasing voices would remember the quadratic formula in dire mathematical times, or install an alarm clock in itself.

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“All I know is I wish mine sounded more like Morgan Freeman.”

As members of the human population, we rely heavily on our inner monologues. Every thought that we hear (are we really hearing them though; perhaps experience is a better word) is on the never ending treadmill in our noggins. The inner monologue is like the line outside of Big Boy, even though it is longer, and more complicated at times, it is always there. This inner monologue sometimes finds us talking to ourselves, saying things backwards, or admitting to the girl behind you in Spanish that yes, in fact, that hair-do makes her look like a Muppet. Inner monologues come in handy, however, when they allow you to think things instead of say them, especially to your mother amidst a heated argument. In all honesty, how many times has your inner, endless train of the English language sporadically inspired you to perform an action, or say something that has altered the course of your life for the better?

Inner monologues work tirelessly to assure that all the thoughts we need to get us from day to day do not go unthought, and things that need to be said can be viewed and edited before they are released to the public. Little attention is paid to the inner monologue because it is a constant, it is there, theoretically, talking each individual through life.

Also, thinking about how thinking comes about, can result in confusion-induced passing out.

It is there with us through everything, and although it may cause pain, anger, and really every emotion, action, and feelingbecause it is the dictator of all that is said and done- it also is an advocate of happiness, joy, and rainbows. The thought of having a dictator in the noggin is scary, I know, but this is not the powerhungry type, this dictator has your best interest in mind. Silent reading could not be done without this inner dictator, nor could imagining punching those who seem deserving. We owe a lot to our inner monologues, so make sure you take time today to thank the thought process that gets you through life. Do it silently and internally though, because talking to oneself can result in being placed in a facility of individuals whose inner monologues ran wild without their consent. Smile, and treat your inner voices to an 8-hour appreciation rest, or a cookie or something.

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“Jumping up and down is something that I’ve always done relatively well.”

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lying through the air, I didn’t even risk a look down.

Feeling slightly light-headed, I could barely keep the slide in focus. After chancing another look towards the vast plains of sand beneath me, and hearing the shrieks of delight from my friends, I took a deep breath, shot up a prayer and jumped.

Swinging, in and of itself, is an interesting feeling. It keeps me just low enough to make me feel secure until I realize that I’m going to be jumping off of this little black swing in about 30 seconds right after my two best friends. As I’m sitting there, a thought pops into my head. I’m going to do something that is not necessarily constituted as reckless, but nonetheless, to me, it’s scary.

Let’s get something straight- I was not afraid of jumping. Jumping up and down is something that I’ve always done relatively well.

Whether it’s jumping rope, jumping jacks, or jumping on a bed- I’ve always lived for that brief moment when I am lighter than air. On the other side of the spectrum, jumping off of things has always been difficult for me. I’m afraid of the high dive and I was never one to take a leap off out of a tree, for instance. While I’m not afraid of the free-falling sensation or that moment where I’m hanging in the abyss between dream and reality, I’m actually purely terrified of landing.

Yes, landing is what was keeping me from jumping off of a little swing at Jaycee Park a little over two months ago. Every day life contains leaps of faith; whether it’s trusting a friend with a secret or jumping off of a swing, leaps of faith are unavoidable and a pain in the butt. That day I came to the realization that I was a control freak. It took me 16 years, but I suppose that I would have had to figure it out one day or another.

While staring off over Century Ave., one of my favorite quotes came to mind, -“What we have here is a dreamer. Somebody out of touch with reality. When she jumped, she probably thought she would fly.”- and I realized that the quote was about me. I’ve always been a dreamer at heart. So, after 16 years of waiting, I jumped, and I finally learned to fly.

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e, as the STAR staff, would like to thank this year’s senior class for setting the example of excellence.

After the not-so-enthusiastic display of school spirit shown by the 2010 senior class, we are grateful this year’s seniors have stepped it up.

Rather than screaming loudly during the class cheers, the seniors spiritedly roared their graduating year, and they were the loudest by far. Because they set the example the sophomores soon caught on. The participation during the school song raised the energy in the

gymnasium to the highest level. Led by the seniors, all the classes added to the electrifying atmosphere of the pep rally. Props go out to student council for making it the best pep rally in years.

Spirit week was filled with countless cowboys, bedheads, and Patriots. Students not only participated in school but outside of school as well. Events like Mr. CHS, the evening pep rally and the volleyball game drew in crowds that packed the house. All of the hype led up to the Homecoming football game, where the crowd was a mass of red, white and blue, cheering their Patriots on to victory. Never before

has there been so much school enthusiasm and participation in Homecoming week.

This one week displayed more energy and school spirit than the majority of last year. Let’s not let it end. We hope and encourage that this exhilerating display of excitement will continue far beyond Homecoming week. There are still plenty of games, plays, and academic competitions that need support. So take this as a thank you but also as a challenge. We, the STAR staff, challenge you, the student body, to continue to show your school pride.

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OK, here is my piece. I was potty trained when I was a little boy.

Most of us were potty trained, hopefully, by age 4. Now guys, it is understandable that some of us may not have the best aim when it comes to emptying our bladder. However, when I go into the bathroom and the

toilet paper is dripping wet with urine that takes it

-Derrick Bisnett, senior.

It really bothers me when I pass someone on the interstate and they get mad at me and pass me again. It's like, "c'mon,” put your ego aside and just worry about your business and not worry about how I fast I'm driving. You passing me will cause problems for you, me, and the rest of the cars on the interstate. Don't be offended because I feel comfortable at 75 mph and you don’t. Just saying.

-Cullen Reiser, senior

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to a whole new level. Not only is it disgusting, but it is also a waste of good toilet paper, which is a waste of good trees. Now I’m giving whoever is doing this the benefit of the doubt here and saying that it’s not their immaturity but that it is in fact, their aim. So my recommendation to whomever, or whatever, group of boys it is that find it simply hysterical to pee all over the toilet paper, is simply to either mature a little bit, practice on your aim or simply be lady-like and sit down.

You know what I hate? Squeaky pencils. Like when the flat side of the lead is on the paper and in the silence of the classroom all you hear is “squeak, squeak, squeak!” It’s terrible. Honestly, just turn your pencil. Do you not hear the annoying, deathly noise coming from right under your nose? And to the chronic squeakers, put a notebook under your sheet; take precautions. So please, squeakers out there- you know who you are- just do us all a favor and TURN YOUR PENCIL! -Jeremy Houser, junior

I am sick of toddlers with cell phones. Whenever I venture to the mall I see them in groups of four to five. They look as though they belong in 5th grade and they all have better cell phones than I do! Who do they

I absolutely despise lotion boogers, which are the little bit of lotion at the end of the pump that hardens because it gets dried out. I always waste time pushing the pump down need to be in touch really slowly so the booger won’t detach itself and come with? Elmo? with the rest of the lotion. Picking lotion boogers off my -Dina Moss, sophomore legs is seriously disgusting Somebody needs to design a pump that keeps lotion boogers at bay.

-Rachel Iverson, junior

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I love making wishes at 11:11. I get so mad when I

look at a clock at 11:12 and realize I had just missed it.

Maybe it’s me making a big deal out of nothing, but it makes me happy, so I refuse to stop. No matter what difference it makes in my life, I will continue asking my clock for favors twice a day when I can. Besides, this is North Dakota and I will not wait outside in the cold for shooting stars.

-Alyssa Meier, senior

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Fake moustaches; they're fun for all ages and you can look like you mean business AND want to have a good time. They also have different moustaches for different events/personalities. Plus you can take them off when you don't feel like wearing them. Perfect for all occasions.

-Brenna Haugen, sophomore I’ve never loved when water dribbles down my shirt, but when my leaky water bottles get everything in a 3-foot radius wet, I am just angry. I mean really, if we can make a water bottle that’s pretty much indestructible, why can’t we make one that won’t ever leak?

-Rachel Neumiller, junior

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I love choir! It’s just so awesome to see great friends, sing fantastic music, and continue to develop vocal abilities! The opportunities offered through choral performance are mind-boggling. The honor choirs and concerts I’ve experienced will stick with me for the rest of my life. Just a shout-out to all my choir friends: I love ya!

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{ENTERTAINMENT} BHS/CHS musical, Camelot, in the Century auditorium Nov. 4-6 at 7 p.m. Nov. 7 at 2 p.m.

The regional art exhibit provides an opportunity for artists to show, share and sell their work. Takes place at the Bismarck Art and Galleries Association.

Friday from 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. and Saturday from 1-3 p.m.

Upcoming movies: Nov. 5

Nov. 12

Unstoppable Skyline

For Colored Girls Due Date Megamind

Nov. 19

Nov. 24

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 The Next Three Days

Love and Other Drugs Burlesque Faster

Do the shuffle

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Junior Rachael Scott put her iPod on shuffle and let her music answer some questions for her.

Keep in mind, these don’t exactly reflect her real answers.

How do you feel?

Leave The Pieces by The Wreckers

My motto: Dare You To Move by Switchfoot

Describe yourself.

Where You Go I Go by Kim Walker

You and your best friends are...?

Mess by B. Reith

What is the best advice you have to give: Bless The Broken Road by Rascal Flatts If your life was a TV show, what would it be called?

Sunday Morning by Maroon 5

If you could go anywhere, where would you go?

Island In The Sun by Weezer What is life to you?

Whoa Oh! by Forever The Sickest Kids

Once upon a time...

Students reminisce about their favorite childhood books

short.colemanspilde photo.lizziejohnson “Bad Case of the stripes because it had pretty colors and I like lima beans” - Sam Baglivio, junior “‘Love You Forever’ because when I was little my mom would always read it to me” - Veronica Herrmann, sophomore “‘Hop on Pop’ because it was funny and I liked how it rhymed.”

- Taylor Kindseth, junior “‘Green Eggs and Ham’ because my name is in the book’” - Sam Brown, senior

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“‘Amelia Bedelia’ because Amelia is hilarious and the book combines Mary Poppins with Cat in the Hat. Who doesn’t love crazy nannies?”

- Bailey Carlson, senior

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ne, two, three, four.

Junior Robin Gowen says the words in her head, her foot tapping along. She watches the page in front of her and waits to join the music being made all around. Her fingers wrap around her trumpet and dance on the keys, ready to play. One, two, three, four.

Gowen, who plays trumpet, piano and guitar, loves that she can go the band room where students can bring their instruments, as well as personalities, to create the sounds that form music.

“I like music in band because I can actually do it,” Gowen said. “Unlike math.”

Band is a class that uses sheet music instead of books, and senior Katie Kuchynski is fond of every musical piece.

“I love band,” Kuchynski said.

“I think everyone should be in at least two years to get a taste of it.”

Students and the instruments they play make the music of the band possible, but someone must be in charge. The head of these bands, or director, is Chris Dasovick.

“I’ve always enjoyed music,”

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Dasovick said. “I've always enjoyed getting to interact with students who are really excited about being involved [in music].”

Due to the variety of personalities in band students play a wide assortment of music. Pep band and marching band are required, along with the option of being in up to two jazz bands.

“It’s important to get everyone involved,” Dasovick said. “So that we have the best product we can.”

Band “nerds” are the kids who push up their glasses to get a better glimpse of the sheet music.

Though most students are not the stereotypical band nerds, they do play music at loads of basketball and football games.

“I didn't expect it,” Gowen said. “But pep band is fun.”

Kuchynski, who is in wind ensemble, two jazz bands and, of course, pep and marching band, enjoys every aspect of the musical class.

“I love the fun music we play during pep band,” Kuchynski said.

“I really like [marching band] because its really patriotic and

symbolic. We’re the only band who does it.”

Post high school, Kuchynski plans on minoring in music, though she is not sure what will come of it. Currently, she plays piano, alto and tenor saxophone.

“I’ve been in piano for about 12 years now,” Kuchynski said.

“I picked up the saxophone because my aunt had [one], so I picked it up and played it.”

As for the musical Gowen’s future, she would also like to do something music related, but for now, Gowen will continue playing in the band and at home.

“I play [guitar and piano] outside of school,” Gowen said. “Because it’s an escape from everything that’s going on in the world.”

(Above) Junior Robin Gowen warms up on her trumpet, which she’s been playing since fifth grade. Gowen also plays keyboard for jazz band and jazz two. (Right) Senior Katie Kuchynski tunes her alto saxophone. She has been in a school band for eight years.

At present, Kuchynski is in three bands.

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Muggle madness

Juniors Madeline Leapaldt and Jenny Galbraith are all dressed up in their Harry Potter gear. In their free time they play Quidditch with their friends.

They play Quidditch in their free time, they watch the movies when they’re sick and they read the books when they’re bored; they are Harry potter fans

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n a world where wizards and witches are hidden among muggles (muggles being people without magical powers,) Harry Potter has become a source of imagination and wonder for students around Century.

The first half of the final installment of the Harry Potter movies will be released Nov. 19, 2010. Hundreds of fans will swamp the Grand Theatres at midnight.

“It’s so sad,” junior Jenny Galbraith said. “I won’t know what to do with my life.”

Galbraith has been reading the series since she was in third grade, and her best friend, junior Madeline Leapaldt, has been reading them since she was 7.

“The life lessons are really strong,” Leapaldt said.

“There’s good versus evil, love over hate, having people love you instead of fear you. It’s really sad that we’re going to lose such great writing talent.”

“I grew up with it,” Leapaldt said. “My mom read them to me when I was really young, and she died when I was 9, so I kind of have an emotional connection to the fact that she never even got to read the end of the series.

She loved them.”

Leapaldt’s favorite book is the fourth in the series. “Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire” can be read as part of the series but can also stand alone, because it doesn’t have ties to any other book.

“It’s really sad

that we’re going to lose such great writing talent.”

Galbraith loves all of the books in the series, but her favorite book is the sixth, “Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince.”

“It has a lot of [the character] Snape,” Galbraith said. “It’s a really good book, and I think [J.K. Rowling] wrote really well in that book.”

The Harry Potter era has been going on for 13 years, since the first book came out in 1997. Most readers of the series have a strong emotional attachment to the characters because they’ve been reading the books for so

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long. Besides that, Leapaldt has a deep personal attachement to the series.

“It’s the first [book] where anybody dies,” Leapaldt said.

“It’s the beginning of the serious part of the series, and it’s the last one my mom read. Plus it’s the beginning of a lot of new kinds of culture for magic schools.”

The first two of the Harry Potter movies follow the books almost to a tee. The proceeding movies don’t follow the books quite as closely. “[The movies] are nowhere near as good,” Leapaldt said. “I like them apart from the book, but if you read them and then watch the movie all you can do is yell at how terrible it is.”

The main theme throughout the books is that anything is possible with love, friends, and individuality.

“Love is a very important factor in all of the series,” Galbraith said. “You can be anyone you want to be.”

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Q: What is your favorite part of being in art three?

A: Talking to people. I do my work and stuff. It keeps me going.

Q: Do you see yourself using art in your career?

A: Yes.

Q: What’s your favorite medium?

A: Oil pastels.

Q: What would you like to be?

A: I would like to be a photographer and/or graphic designer.

Q: What’s your favorite artwork that you’ve done?

A: My headdress that I took to the art show.

Q: Is there an emotion that you portray best on paper?

A: When I’m more happy I can focus better.

Q: What got you into art?

A: I’ve just been doing it since I was little, just give me a piece of paper and a pencil and I’ll just draw.

Q: Is there an artist whose art inspires you?

A: There is this one guy down at Impact, I don’t remember his name, but I took art classes with him.

Q: Are there certain things you have to be doing while doing your art?

A: I like to listen to music and talk, I can do both, but I like talking to people more.

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he lungs are struggling to fill with air. The abs tighten and slowly grow sore. The body is doubled over, sides splitting.

It is a feeling that every person has experienced. It is laughter.

Laughter fills each person’s day with happiness and excitement, and is nearly impossible to avoid, no matter how hard an individual tries. “[Laughter] can be very therapeutic in a lot of ways,” psychology intern Shanon Weitz said. “It can help put us in a better place so we aren’t so anxious or worried about things.”

Junior Matt Messer knows the importance of laughter and works everyday to keep himself, and those around him, smiling.

“I just like to watch people smile and laugh,” Messer said. “Who wants to be boring?”

Although he doesn’t think much of his giggle-inducing personality and says he isn’t too funny, he can easily get all his friends laughing.

“I’m pretty humble in that case,” Messer said. “My humor is just being weird and stupid. Some people say I look funny.”

Humor is always something people look for in a friend; in this way, humor is not only there for entertainment purposes, but to bring people

together and gives them a reason to look forward to every day of their lives. Sophomore Danae Theiry is another person, who among many others, loves making people laugh.

“It makes me feel like I have a purpose,” Theiry said. “If you don’t laugh, what is the point of living? Laughing is important for the soul.”

Few people realize that there are actual health benefits to laughing, even outside of toning the abdominal muscles.

“I think that people that tend to be happier more often and laugh more often tend to have less stress a lot of times,” Weitz said. “That might be something that contributes to having a longer life.”

The importance of laughter cannot be denied. It helps many people through tough days, weeks and months. It can help them feel more positive. By making one person happy with one joke, it provides an opportunity to pass that happiness onto someone else. This could make any environment more enjoyable and any moment that much more memorable.

“Life can be hard, but laughing can make it easier,” Theiry said.

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{Entertainment

Sonnets

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From the warm, welcoming colors of the walls to the quotes that hang on them, Sonnets is clearly a restaurant that is one of a kind. The creativity flows throughout the room. The employees sport a casual T-shirt, khakis and an orange apron. The highlight of the adventure was ordering. The menu is made up of unheard of food combinations and notable ingredients including fresh Bread Poets bread and sprouts.

Every item on the menu is named after a poet, ranging from the Shakespeare to the Emmet. The children’s menu is fitted with sandwiches including the Mother Goose and the Dr. Seuss. Not only is the creativity off the charts, but the food is as well.

There are unusual sandwiches that can not be found anywhere else. Overall, the experience includes trying new things, being greeted by many friendly faces, and being inspired by the average idea turned into something extraordinary.

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“The Social Network”, one of the most highlyanticipated dramas of the fall, details the rise of Facebook creator Mark Zuckerberg. Zuckerberg ( Jesse Eisenberg) drunkenly creates Facemash, Facebook’s predecessor. He is then approached by two upperclassmen at Harvard who ask him to create a social network exclusively for the school. This gives Zuckerberg the idea for Facebook. The plot becomes as intense as the scariest horror movie as it follows Facebook’s co-creator Eduardo Saverin (Andrew Garfield) as he tries not to get left behind when Sean Parker ( Justin Timberlake), the creator of Napster, becomes interested in Facebook. The movie holds the attention of the viewer throughout with great music, a terrific script and noteworthy acting. However, the plot can become confusing at times when the setting switches between present day to a few years earlier. Despite being overly-hyped, “The Social Network” certainly lives up to expectations and has something for everyone to “become a fan” of.

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There are few good points to make about Nickleback’s most recent album. The 2008 album, Dark Horse, mainly consists of stereotypical songs about sex, “love” and making the world a better place. Though songs about these subjects can be written and performed well, some feel Nickleback continues to deliver poor examples of them. The songs are now put to the same beat as every other song by the artist and are set alongside the typical, mainly black and white, “grunge” video. Also, once the listener realizes that between nearly every line of the songs, the lead singer takes a quick breath, it becomes difficult for him or her to notice anything else. The songs are repetitive, annoying and often times degrading. Listening to the CD induces strong feelings of not just nostalgia, but nausea. The CD does receive a few compliments on originality in some areas, such as the upbeat tune of “This Afternoon” and an out-of-the-ordinary song called “Next Go Round.” Still, to many, the vast majority of the music is an amateur product of an untalented band that should only be played as a severe punishment to an unfortunate individual.

Target

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Target has become a staple in American towns as a retail mega store. The wide aisles make for clear two-way traffic for shopping carts and allow for easy perusing; in addition, the bright lights give the store an open atmosphere. While they’re not always the cleanliest stores, they are far more clean than most of their competitors. Sometimes the lines may be long, but due to their large number of checkout stands, this problem can be easily fixed. While waiting in these lines one may also browse the large variety of candy on the shelves to satisfy their sweet tooth. Price checkers, the machines that tell how much an item cost, are prevalent throughout the store and make it easy for customers to find prices on items that are not clearly labeled. The biggest perk of shopping at Target is their wide variety of merchandise. Target has beauty products- makeup, hair products and dental hygienealong with food, clothing and home accessories. Their electronics department has a wide selection of movies, music and games. In addition, their high quality products are sold at low prices. Though most retail stores don’t have a mascot, Target’s Bullseye the dog, brings a friendly face to the store and makes their “bullseye” logo memorable. A friendly atmosphere and their assortment of merchandise make Target a great store to shop at.

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It’s my life

Century High School Principal Steve Madler offers a glimpse into his life

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Q. If you could have any super power what would it be?

A. The ability to fly through large buildings.

Q. What’s your favorite hobby?

A. Coaching just about anything.

Q. Describe yourself in three words.

A. Outgoing, driven, kind.

Q. How do you relax?

A. By working, my time off I spend on the lake or doing stuff around the yard.

Q. What TV show would your life be?

A. “The Suite Life of Zack and Cody,” because I feel like Moseby, always trying to keep the wheels on the hotel.

Q. What was your childhood dream?

A. To play professional football.

Q. If you had any other job what would it be?

A. Something working with kids, because kids keep me young, give me something to look forward to.

Q. What’s your biggest “nerd” quality?

A. My interest in numbers. I have pi [memorized] to two digits.

Q. Describe your ideal day off.

A. Sitting on the lake trying to catch fish.

Q. Which Muppet are you?

A. Gonzo, he just seems out there sometimes.

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Q. What’s your favorite soup and why?

A. Homemade chicken noodle, it brings back memories of when I was a kid.

Q. What’s your theme song?

A. “Chariots of Fire.”

Q. What’s your irrational fear?

A. Changing diapers, my wife always said, “You’ll look back years down the road and miss these days.”

I don’t miss them a bit.

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students of Century share how they want to make a difference.

lie Heaton- junior like to make people think differentlyDanny Zeric- junior out themselves, each other, and the I would put music into peoples’ everyday lives. orld in new ways. I want to make the They would have something to put emotion into orld think outside the box and realizeinstead of arguing. ow society influences them so they n think for themselves.

Tim Holzer- senior I want to help depressed teenagers so that they can gain their self confidence back and live better lives.

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Petyon Lind- sophomore Giving people chances they wouldn’t normally get or giving them a life changing opportunity.

I would like to join the Toms Shoes family and help give shoes and other things to people and children in third world countries. I mean after all they do walk a lot.

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Being in my own world with music, I am able to thinkBrandi Kastner, senior At my farm with my horses- Alicia Streyle, senior In the pool- Lydia Engberg, senior My kitchen- Seth Ebach, junior My house- Allison Remboldt, senior On a mountain in the winter- Dustin Seefeld, sophomore On a ranch somewhere in the mountains- Kayla Mertell, sophomore In my bed- Riley Hellman, junior Joking around with my friends in a car- Madison Brown, sophomore Lexi Hagler, junior- My bedroom Halee Ternes, junior- With my mom Mason Walker, junior- With my dog Oshie Kelli Anderson, sophomore- near a body of water Stephen Roberts, sophomore- Traveling Ashlee Roberts, junior- When no one is around to piss me off.

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Define Bromance: Lucas Rutten: It’s a French dessert.

Steve Baker: A friendship between two bros...that’s all. End of discussion.

LR: It is a brotherhood of magic! A brotherhood of magic and good deeds for all!

SB: Front Page: Magic Brotherhood Would you say you guys have a bromance?

SB: As defined as we just defined it, I would say that we do have a magical brotherhood of good deeds for everyone.

When did you first meet?

LR: We met in the desert. It was at a karate tournament...in the desert.

SB: It was on top of a hill...in the desert.

LR: We met in 7th grade through a mutual friend who we don’t hang out with any more.

SB: I turned around and [saw] a person wearing all Nightmare Before Christmas attire. This is the truth actually, and I was like “Woah, what a freak!” The summer after that we were in a play together, and that’s where we hung out. We were in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.

How have you stayed so close?

SB: In eighth grade we had like every class together. [Both try to remember their schedules]. We just had a lot of classes together.

LR: It worked well with our karate schedule. [It was] probably, just endless quests of magic...

SB: And good deeds!

LR: Just lots of adventures...lots of adventures and noble deeds.

Do you ever fight?

SB: Define fight.

LR: Well, we’ve sparred, if that’s what you mean.

SB: We do karate. It’s on an organized basis then.

LR: We don’t really fight. We fought some in eighth grade. Like when we’d have classes all the time. We would start a fight in like home base, and we would forget about it and second period it wouldn’t be a big deal anymore.

How would you describe each other?: LR: Well, Steve is mighty. Steve Baker is like a menopausal black woman. Can you print that? Steve Baker is like a middleaged black woman, because he loves to party and he has soul.

That’s just what I see when I look at Steve. I don’t know what else you want from me.

SB: I thought that was spot on.

LR: I’m taking this very seriously.

SB: I would say Lucas Rutten is like someone who comes from outer space with an outer space instrument and he plays a rock concert under water. That’s all. And he’s a vegetarian.

We’re really entertaining. Every little thing we do is trying to impress ourselves.

LR: Our whole lives are funny stories because we set the bar so high that everyday is funnier that the day before it. It’s a constant struggle of strength...

SB: And good versus evil.

LR: Good versus evil...and magic...

SB: In the desert. But for real though, we set the bar for ourselves pretty high. So like every little thing we do is trying to be really funny...

LR: Top ourselves.

SB: And lots of time I’m reduced to tears because I laugh so hard...I cry a lot.

LR: And I’m reduced to hiccups.

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Giving people chances they wouldn’t normally get or giving them a life changing opportunity. I would like to join the TOMS Shoes family and help give shoes and other things to people and children in third world countries. I mean after all they do walk a lot.

-Petyon Lind, sophomore

ently about themselves, each other and the world in new ways. I want to make the world think outside the box and realize how society influences them so they can think for themselves.

-Ellie Heaton, junior

Where is your happy place?

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In the pool- Lydia Engberg, senior

With my dog Oshie - Mason Walker, junior

My kitchen- Seth Ebach, junior

On a mountain in the winter -Dustin Seefeld, sophomore

At my farm with my horses - Alicia Streyle, senior

Joking around with my friends in a car - Madison Brown, sophomore

My house- Allison Remboldt, senior

When no one is around to piss me off.-Ashlee Roberts, junior

In my bed- Riley Hellman, junior

Being in my own world with music, I am able to think- Brandi Kastner, senior My bedroom- Lexi Hagler, junior

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Near a body of water - Kelli Anderson, sophomore

On a ranch somewhere in the mountains- Kayla Mertell, sophomore

Traveling- Stephen Roberts, sophomore

With my mom- Halee Ternes, junior

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brotherhood Two seniors describe their hilarious bromance

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Define bromance: Lucas Rutten: It’s a French dessert.

Steve Baker: A friendship between two bros...that’s all. End of discussion.

LR: It is a brotherhood of magic! A brotherhood of magic and good deeds for all!

SB: Front Page: Magic Brotherhood Would you say you guys have a bromance?

SB: As defined as we just defined it, I would say that we do have a magical brotherhood of good deeds for everyone.

When did you first meet?

LR: We met in the desert. It was at a karate tournament...in the desert.

SB: It was on top of a hill...in the desert.

LR: We met in 7th grade through a mutual friend who we don’t hang out with any more.

SB: I turned around and [saw] a person wearing all Nightmare Before Christmas attire. This is the truth actually, and I was like “Woah, what a freak!” The summer after that we were in a play together, and that’s where we hung out. We were in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.

How have you stayed so close?

SB: In eighth grade we had like every class together. [Both try to remember their schedules]. We just had a lot of classes together.

LR: It worked well with our karate

schedule. [It was] probably, just endless quests of magic...

SB: And good deeds!

LR: Just lots of adventures...lots of adventures and noble deeds.

How would you describe each other?: LR: Well, Steve is mighty. Steve is like a middle-aged black woman, because he loves to party and he has soul. That’s just what I see when I look at Steve. I don’t know what else you want from me.

SB: I thought that was spot on.

LR: I’m taking this very seriously.

SB: I would say Lucas Rutten is like someone who comes from outer space with an outer space instrument and he plays a rock concert under water.

That’s all. And he’s a vegetarian. We’re really entertaining. Every little thing we do is trying to impress ourselves.

LR: Our whole lives are funny stories because we set the bar so high that everyday is funnier that the day before it. It’s a constant struggle of strength...

SB: And good versus evil.

LR: Good versus evil...and magic...

SB: In the desert. But for real though, we set the bar for ourselves pretty high. So like every little thing we do is trying to be really funny...

LR: Top ourselves.

SB: And lots of time I’m reduced to tears because I laugh so hard...I cry a lot.

LR: And I’m reduced to hiccups.

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