Century Star Issue 4

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Life isn’t easy- I don’t think you need me to tell you that.

Sometimes, it’s merciless and exhausting and makes you want to punch a wall really hard. Sometimes, life gets its jerk-face on and decides that a foot of snow, several hours of homework and a bad hangnail just aren’t enough. Sometimes, your parents sit you down and say, “Mom has cancer” (p.28). Sometimes, every day is a little bit of a struggle because the people you pass in the halls don’t know what you’re going through (p. 23). Believe me, I know how brutal life can be.

But isn’t the beauty of life found in the rough edges?

Because we are human, because life can suck, we need comfort and support. We need our friends. We need the people who somehow attached themselves to our hips in the fourth grade (p.18). We need an outlet, a passion to pour our whole beings into- like a familiar guitar and a delicate tune (p.40). We need our family- because who else is going to put up with our crazy selves 24/7?

If life was easy, your eyes would never sparkle after a good cry. If life was easy, every song would sound similar to Spongebob’s “Best Day Ever”...and that could get annoying. If life was easy, every game would end in a tie, every conflict in a truce. If life was easy, you wouldn’t have to call your best friend at 2 a.m. to rant about it and end up laughing for hours.

If life was easy, we wouldn’t really be livingand that’s what life’s all about ;)

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Junk in the trunk What everyone needs to know about winter driving

Staying alive

A new driving program provides students with many benefits

12 Home alone

Siblings may be far apart, but they’re as close as ever

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17 Tearin’ it up

Athletes discuss their serious injuries

18 Forever together

Five girls share their bond over basketball

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23 Seeing beyond the size

A junior wants people to understand why she is the way she is

26 Top dog

Student of the year

27 The Waddingham Way Teacher of the year

28 Permanent strength

A senior finds his own way to deal with his mother’s struggle

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36 Expression

A look at the Dec. 5 art show

40 Seizing creativity

Music inspires this group of up-and-coming musicians

44 Reviews

Movies, music and more

46 It’s my life

Find out more about one of Century’s favorite janitors

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Century logo license plates share school spirit on the roads of Bismarck Century has recently created a new concept to spread and display school spirit. License plates can now be ordered with the patriot logo pressed into them. The plates cost $25 annually, $15 of which is returned to CHS in order to fund clubs and organizations. An additional $25 annually will be added for a personalized license plate, which can consist of up to five characters. To purchase one of the plates, fill out the North Dakota Department of Motor Vehicle “Application for Organizational

Plate� form. Submit the form and a $25 payment, and once 50 plates are ordered, production and distributing will begin. Title number, current license number, vehicle identification number, year and make of your vehicle are mandatory for ordering. Applications can be found on the Century Web site, www.chs.bismarckschools.org/ chs. They need to be filled out and then mailed to Century or dropped off at the main office.

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Speed limit: slow down

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Winter has come, and it’s here to stay. Here are some tips on how to not injure yourself, others, vehicles or any other obstacles that are encountered this time of year.

1. Slow down. With winds going up to 50 mph and black ice making it difficult to stop, slowing down will significantly lower the chances of an accident.

2. Take corners slowly. While drifting is a popular pass time, it can also slam a car into a curb and cause severe damage.

3. Don’t tailgate. While it is understandable that you’re in a hurry, riding on someone’s back end is not advisable. While they’re stopping at lights or corners, the odds are that your car will hit ice and slide directly into their not-so-durable vehicle.

4. Be smart. Look at the road conditions and visibility and think about if your car can make it through the drifts and handle the wind.

PC VS. Mac

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The great technological debate of Apple’s Mac to the PC, provided by companies such as Dell, HP and others, has reached its peak. As students prepare for college or discover the need for their own personal computer, they might want to consider the pros and cons of each brand.

Both Macs and PCs use the same hardware and components, which often come from the same manufacturers.

Wide variety to choose from Runs just about any business application Needs antivirus software Annual update is free

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More often come with built in Webcams and microphones Macs are liked for their design Very user friendly Multimedia applications play well together Mac’s annual upgrade is not free Source: www.intel.com/learn

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Having a little extra baggage in the back could save your behind

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nowy, icy, slippery roads make for more time stuck, stalled and stranded.

Students are more prone to accidents in the winter than any other season. Single vehicle roll-overs are the most common on icy roads and have the highest number of fatal outcomes.

“Cars are made with all kinds of features to keep you safe, but even a large person will go out the window in half a second,” Burleigh County Sheriff ’s Department sargeant Roy Bailey said. “If you aren’t buckled in those features don’t mean anything.”

Seatbelts are the best way to prevent fatalities, but buckling up won’t help a car get out of a snow bank. Junior Kinzey Shaw has some literal hands on experience.

“My car sucks in snow. It’s a ‘93 Honda Accord,” Shaw said.

Shaw got stuck multiple times during the first real snow storm in early Nov..

After dropping her younger sister off she got stuck so many times she gave up on going school and returned home.

“It was very stressful,” Shaw said. “I bawled my eyes out. I hate snow.”

Since Shaw doesn’t keep a survival kit in her car, she had to dig her vehicle out with her bare hands. Shaw revealed that if her car was ever stuck in an unpopulated area she would not be well prepared.

“I would die,” Shaw said. “That would be just too much for me, and I’d have to move as soon as I got out of the car. I’d have to go back to Arizona. All I have in my car is a lot of books and random stuff- no water, no snacks.”

If one is stranded without supplies and isn’t located, Bailey estimates that they would not survive more than a few days.

“If you’re well equipped people can survive for a long time,” Bailey said.

After Shaw realized how serious getting stuck in the winter could become, she decided to outfit it with survival gear. Bailey has met students who haven’t been as lucky as Shaw, but have been just as unprepared.

“This one girl I found a couple of years ago had been there for two hours and she was pretty cold,” Bailey said.

Teachers have a bit more life experince than students, and math teacher Michael Holen has a well-equipped survival kit

“There is a can of nuts and there’s candy,” Holen said. “We have high-energy stuff my wife puts in there, candles for a heat source, maybe some bottled water...and blankets. I think in our van we even have a couple [of] sleeping bags that we just keep in the back.”

Holen’s car got stuck while he was in college, and ever since he has kept his vehicles well-equipped.

“I was traveling on US Highway 2, it was a four-lane road, hit some black ice, spun out and stuck it in the median.” Holen said. “I did have a nylon rope and I was lucky enough someone came along with a four-wheel-drive pickup.”

If stranded, Holen is unsure if his survival skills would be up to the same level as Bear Grylls. “[I would survive] depending how cold it was, I would hope so,” Holen said.

Holen’s trunk is an example of a great survival kit, but a few things could be includedcat litter for traction, a bright colored flag, hand warmers, a flashlight, a first aid kit, matches, lip balm and a compass could all be added to perfect his survival resources.

Winter survival kit Never drive in the winter without taking precautions first

graphic&photo.colemanspilde 1. Extra things like heavy blankets, coats, warm long socks, a ski mask, gloves and other basic things to keep warm.

5. Nonperishable foods like dehydrated fruit, nuts, candy or jerky.

2. Hand warmers or a can candle with more than one wick, as well as matches to light the candle for heat.

7. A folding cup

3. A lot of water bottles or a container to melt snow in for water.

4. A radio and a flashlight.

Don’t forget extra batteries, just in case.

6. Something to read.

8. Toilet paper 9. A bright red or orange cloth to use as a flag and a whistle to signal for help.

10. Nylon rope 11. Cellphone

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Stayin’

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A new program to North Dakota is beginning to make a difference for young drivers and their families

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or every 250 students at Century High School, three will die before they’re 25 due to a car crash. The National Safety Council created a course in hopes of raising awareness about the risks of reckless driving and lowering the rates of citations and fatalities in youth.

Alive at 25 is a course that was created for drivers ages 15 to 24, or group one drivers. These are the drivers that are most likely to be injured or killed in a vehicle crash. Program coordinator for traffic safety Terry Weaver brought Alive at 25 to North Dakota in 2007 to educate young drivers about the risks of driving.

“I think somebody died in a car crash 42 times last year [in North Dakota,]” Weaver said. “Colorado had maybe two or three more than we did, and their population compared to ours is five times.”

Driving is not only dangerous in itself, but combined with weather conditions, distractions and young, inexperienced drivers, it’s clear that group one accidents occur the most frequently.

“Your brain isn’t developed enough to make those split second decisions yet,” Weaver explained. “It doesn’t know how to do that until you’re about 25 years old.”

The problem is that most people have their licence long before their brain is fully developed. This means it is years before they have the skills needed to drive safely and avoid accidents and possibly death.

This is the purpose of Alive at 25- because, though the speed of brain development cannot be accelerated, the drivers can be made more prepared for the many dangers of the roads through education.

“How do we make up for that lack of experience until we’ve had enough time behind the wheel to gain that experience?” Alive at 25 instructor and sargeant at the Burleigh County Police Department Roy Bailey said. “That’s really the focus of the course, how to teach the students to use what they do have to become better drivers.”

Bailey has been teaching the class since it started in North Dakota.

Though having a police officer teaching the course may seem somewhat intimidating for the students, this didn’t seem to be a problem when it came to senior Tessa Neameyer who attended Alive at 25.

“I thought it was very beneficial,” Neameyer said. “He [gave] us first-hand examples of certain situations, which I liked.”

Bailey tries to make the kids as comfortable with him as possible in hopes that they won’t see him as a cop, but as someone who has been exactly where they are now.

“I don’t wear a uniform, I don’t carry a gun or badge or anything,” Bailey said. “I try to really downplay the cop aspect as much as possible.”

25 Benefits of Alive at 25

Reduce points on your license Can help lower insurance rates Can save your life

Top reasons for fatalities and crashes #1. Speeding #2. Alcohol or drugs #3. Failing to buckle up #4. Too many people in the car #5. Distractions #6. Not getting enough sleep #7. Following too closely

Bailey saw six classmates of his die in motorvehicle accidents, one of them a close friend. He was involved in several accidents due to reckless, or impaired driving and did not change these habits until one of the crashes almost took his life. He was partially ejected from the vehicle and survived only because the car didn’t roll on top of him. The accident made an impact on his mindset as well as his body that is still evident today.

“I’ve stiill got a few pieces of glass in me [twenty-one years later] that never got removed or worked their way out,” Bailey said.

driver’s choices, and the families of those who are lost will be forever affected. One of the simplest things that drivers can do to keep themselves, their passengers and other drivers safe is to wear their seatbelt. This simple task is the one thing that can save lives in a roll-over or any other serious accident.

“I see people coming out of crashes where you can’t recognize what kind of vehicle it is anymore,” Bailey said.

“They’ve got some bumps and bruises, some cuts and scrapes, but they walk away from it [because of their seatbelts.]”

Sometimes it’s not an accident that someone is involved in that motivates them to be a better driver. Weaver lost a family member when she was 21 due to a car accident. Her 24-yearold brother fell asleep at the wheel and crashed, losing his life and leaving behind his family to cope with the loss.

The stories told by Bailey to the students, as well as statistics and vidoes of occupants of a vehicle being ejected, help to encourage students to wear their seatbelt whenever they are in a vehicle.

“It’s been 25 years and it still affects our whole family,” Weaver said. “You’d think it’d get better, and it does, but not really. You never forget. You always wonder, if he was here what his family would be like and would our kids play?”

At the end of the course instructors can only hope that the work they are doing is making a difference. The students that take the course are tracked for statistical purposes to see what the effect of the course is. So far, only one out of thousands of students who have taken the course has been involved in a fatal crash.

This is another major point that is made through Alive at 25. When one person gets inside one car, there is more to be lost than one life. Other people are in danger because of a

“Always make sure you’re buckled up,” Neameyer said. “It’ll be worth it in the end.”

“Hopefully we’re doing something here,” Bailey said.

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ecoming dependent on something always being there, and then having it taken away is tough. It becomes increasingly more difficult when that “thing” is a sibling. Older siblings leave for college and emptiness takes up the space they once filled. The place where they once sat for dinner remains unoccupied, the bed where they slept is left abandoned and the household often feels bare without them.

“When she’s gone, the house just seems empty,” junior Kelly Swanberg said of when her sister Erin leaves for college.

Erin and Kelly share more than similar looks.

They have numerous common interests that have bonded them, literally, since day one. Erin’s absence in the home often leaves Kelly feeling lost, and aware of the altered atmosphere in their home.

“It’s odd, I always think of scenarios of how different my home life would be if she still lived there,” Kelly said.

“I miss the little things like dinner and sharing clothes.”

While home is missing the college student, the college student misses aspects of home as well. Megan Rude is attending Valley City State University, and left her younger sister, senior Rachel Rude behind when she entered the college life. The distance has brought them closer.

“Since coming to college [our relationship] has gotten better, we are really close,” Megan said.

“Since I am away we talk and text more, when I lived at home we talked less than we do now.”

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“I miss the little things like dinner and sharing clothes.”

The Rude sisters no longer take their time together for granted.

“I come home once a month on a weekend,” Megan said. “And we spend a whole Saturday together.”

Even when the separation has not yet occurred, the idea of a sibling leaving for college can leave a related duo plagued with anxiety. Senior Chelsea Boger and junior Carly Boger do more than coexist in their home together, they thrive off the friendship they havwe. Carly has come to rely on her sister’s presence, the thought of Chelsea leaving next year frightens her. “[I am worried] about not having her here all the time to give me advice and stuff,” Carly said. “I don’t know who I am going to talk to.”

Alone is a place many dream of being, but the idea of being the, ‘only child,’ is not alluring to Carly.

“I am so used to having people around, being alone just does not excite me,” Carly said.

It seems that when they said “distance makes the heart grow fonder” they said it right. Distance from loved ones is an unavoidable part of life, and when it happens it may be harder or easier than expected. Whatever the severity of the effects on the individual and the family, it teaches a valuable lesson, the time allowed with loved ones is time to be cherished. Life changes fast, and if luck is present, family is the constant while it changes.

Facts about college freshman: 14% are attending a college more than 500 miles from home.

35% are attending a college that’s 50 miles or less from home.

18% of college freshman want to earn a Ph.D. 14% of college freshman expect to major in business.

53% have borrowed to attend college.

49% are working to pay for college.

79% were accepted by their No. 1 college.

61% are attending their No. 1 choice.

67% applied to four or less colleges.

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It’s a sport?

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Unheard of and unusual sports from around the globe

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Man vs. horse- The marathon, created

in 1980, takes place annually in the Welsh town of Llanwrtyd Wells where men must compete in a race against mounted horses.

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Wife carrying- Created in Finland, the

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object of this sport is for male competitors to carry their female teammate through an obstacle course faster than their opponents.

Bog snorkeling- This sport takes place

in Wales and consists of competitors, decked out in snorkels and flippers, who must make their way through a trench in a bog while not using any ordinary swimming techniques.

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Toe wrestling- The sport, which involves

competitors locking toes together and forcing their opponents foot to the ground, was started in the UK in 1976. It has developed into the World Toe Wrestling Competition.

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Adult kickball- The common children’s

game has now added a new chapter for those who are only young at heart, the World Adult Kickball Association. Apparently it’s a big deal.

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Chess boxing- The sport consists of alternating rounds of four minutes of chess and two minutes of boxing, lasting sometimes up to 11 rounds.

Cheese rolling- A large wheel of

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cheese, sometimes reaching speeds of 112 km/hr, is pushed down a hill for competitors to race against.

Extreme ironing- The sport involves taking

an ironing board to a remote and/or dangerous location including mountains, forests, and oceans to then iron clothing. It’s the sport that combines the thrills of an extreme outdoor activity with the satisfaction of a well-pressed shirt.

Fistball- Much like volleyball, the game

is played with two teams on the opposite side of a net. They hit a ball back and forth for ownership and to score points, only the ball is hit with the players’ fists and arms.

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Octopush- Also known as underwater

hockey, octopush is a non-contact sport that is popular in the UK, Australia, Canada, New Zealand and South Africa. In it two teams compete to maneuver a puck across the bottom of a swimming pool and into “goals.”

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People roll down a hill while participating in the cheese-rolling contest.

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Straight from the mat

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Q: How long have you been wrestling?

A: Eleven years.

Q: Do you have any traditions before a match?

A: I listen to music and think about the match and what I have to do.

Q: What is you favorite thing about wrestling?

A: The toughness of it. You can be really weak with cutting weight and still wrestle at your best.

Q: What got you involved in wrestling?

A: My dad took me to see a match and I got hooked right away.

Q: What is your most memorable match?

A: When I was down 10 to one and won [with me] pinning the guy.

Q: Who is your favorite professional wrestler?

A: Nate Carr, he’s a retired olympic wrestler.

Q: Are you going to continue wrestling after high school?

A: Yeah, just in college.

Q: How do you handle your nerves before a match?

A: I think of it as my match.

Bondeson practices with fellow wrestler senior Tyrell Miller in the Century wrestling room.

Patriot players Player Hockey- Senior Brandon Mertz Wrestling- Senior Timmy West Boys’ BasketballSophomore Jacob Sommerfeld CheerleadingJunior Megan Vollmers

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Role Model My dad

My mom and dad

Weirdest thing your coach has ever said

Best nickname

“Hugs not drugs.”

Squirt

“My grandma is 92 years old, in a wheel chair and she can do sprints faster than you.”

Timbo

My dad

“You are running sprints if you shoot me with that squirt gun!”

Pudge

My sister

“Not so much hip shake.”

Dippy Blonde

_____ changed my life

An event you’ll never forget

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Century beating Bismarck hockey game

Coach Hilzendeger

The rotary championship match in junior year because it was the biggest match I’ve ever won.

Hunter Walsh

My nephew

Freshman year first, the time we played BHS. We lost with 2 seconds left.

When we took state.

Tearing it up Ligaments find ways to limit athlete’s futures

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eady, set, HIKE! The play goes on just as everyone had practiced, everything is going just as the whole football team had rehearsed time and time again.

It seems as though nothing can go wrong for this young football team on their way to winning yet another game. Until one play, one second, one motion, one sound- SNAP. Junior Noah Schaible tore his ACL and his MCL during a football game his sophomore year. Schaible was hit from the front and the outside of his knee at the same time causing it to lock, he then attempted to move which resulted in the ligament tearing.

“I knew right away,” Shiable said. “Once I heard that awful noise I knew something tore.”

The ACL is the anterior cruciate ligament which is one of the four main ligaments in the human knee. The ACL connects at the top of the tibia and the bottom of the femur, directly behind the patella. Ligaments are strong, dense structures made of connective tissue that stabilize a joint. A good indicator of the ligament being torn is the inability to move the knee and an immense amount of swelling within minutes of the incident happening. Tearing this ligament requires surgery and rehabilitation following directly after the injury.

Science teacher Sarah McNulty tore her ACL the winter of 1999. She was playing indoor soccer and she planted her foot on the ground and twisted it just a little too much, causing it to over stretch and tear.

“After surgery I had a lot of pain,” McNulty said. “Then six months later I had to have the two screws taken out. Other than that, the injury doesn’t bother me or limit me to this day.”

After one week of surgery, the patient should be able to walk with the assistance of crutches. The amount of time in which the patient needs crutches depends on how well surgery went and the recommended time the surgeon suggests.

MedCenter One physical therapist and athletic trainer Mike Ibach says a torn ACL is becoming a more prominent injury for teenage athletes.

“The reconstructive surgery is the easy part,” Ibach said. “It’s the recovery and rehab that take time.”

The average amount of time for recovery is about five months, but can range anywhere from two to six months.

Patients will be issued crutches for anywhere between two to six weeks, again depending on how well the surgery went and what the surgeon recommends.

“Once the ACL is ruptured it won’t heal on its own,” Ibach said.

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Rehabilitation can go on for a few months to a couple of years. Active teenagers that tear their ACL will have an easier time recovering versus an adult that is limited to the amount of physical activity he or she can do.

“It was so hard being on crutches” Schaible said.

“I couldn’t do anything, and the things I used to be able to do became so much harder.”

The injury Schiable suffered still bothers him in football today, and slightly limits him on some days. But he pushes through as he is determined to do his best, all day, every day.

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From fourth grade on to their junior year, basketball has made these girls’ friendship unbreakable

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choes of basketballs bouncing, sneakers squeaking and the laughs of five really loud junior girls can be heard from Century’s gymnasium. For two or more hours a day, five days a week, for 16 weeks these girls give their time, energy and focus to basketball. During varsity basketball season alone, these talented girls spend over 160 hours together. Though for some that may seem like too much time, for them, it’s the best part of their day because they are together.

contests to helping their friend, junior Lexi Ternes, sit in a basketball hoop, the memories they’ve shared have made their chemistry during practice and games stronger.

“We tend to get into trouble when we’re together though,” Delzer said.

Juniors Tessa Delzer, Ann Govig, Hannah Jeske, Alexis Jacobs and Kelsey Schatz have been playing basketball together since fourth grade when they met on their traveling basketball team. They’ve spent seven years on the court together and continue to grow closer.

By trouble the girls mean laughing too loud or distracting each other with their inside jokes until coaches Ron Metz and Brad Jossart start yelling. Basketball is hard work, but the girls find ways to make the work more enjoyable by keeping each other motivated , positive and helping each other become better players. Their closeness is strong enough to handle stressful practices, hard games and any constructive criticism that comes their way.

“[Basketball] brings us together on and off the floor,” Jeske said. “We just click.”

“We’re not afraid to say what we feel,” Govig said.

That “click” has created memories that these girls will never forget. From singing

The openness they share creates an atmosphere on the court that makes it easy to

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play together. Their chemistry, connection and knowledge of each other creates a team that wins championships and has a family feel to it.

With as much time as they spend together, some people mistake them for sisters or cousins.

“We’re always there for each other,” Schatz said. “We read each other well and we know how each [other] plays.”

Their knowledge of knowing how each one has played over the years has given them an advantage over other opponents.

Their advantage showed last season when the Century varisty girls won the state championship. With another year ahead of them their bond has only gotten stronger and another state championship looks hopeful.

“We’ve been playing together for so long so we’ve always been together,” Jacobs said. “We have a different kind of bond than most people.”

Facts about the girls’ past seasons: Fourth through eighth grade they played for the traveling team called the wizards. They placed first all of the years except taking second once.

Ninth grade they were split between the Century freshman team and JV/Varsity team and placed third.

Tenth grade they all played for the varsity team, took first at the WDA tournament and won the state championship at the Bismarck Civic Center.

Left to right: Alexis Jacobs, Kelsey Schatz, Tessa Delzer, Hannah Jeske, Ann Govig.

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History has been graced with inventions and creations that range from the life-altering to the truly bizarre. Here’s a look at some inventions that students wish they had invented.

“I wish I would have invented Oreos. They are my favorite.” Senior Shannon Sully “I wish that I would have invented the wheel so that I would be rich.” Junior Alex Bray “I wish I would have invented the Magic Bullet, it sounds cool.” Sophomore Abbey Kershaw “I wish I had invented a self-buttoning coat, so that it would be easier to put a coat on.” Senior Peter Scherer “I wish that I had invented sliced bread, because I have hunger.” Junior Ellie Heaton “I wish I had invented the ‘Master Autocleaner’ to clean my house for me.” Senior Johnathan Metz

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Drinks we love that warm from the inside and make us feel satisfied

“Hot Chocolate with a whole bunch of little marshmallows.” Senior Jordan Ebel “Peppermint White Mocha.” Senior Nicole Mollinaro “Tea.” Junior Krystyn Herdebu “Apple cider or hot chocolate.” Junior Mylee Schorsch “Coffee with a teaspoon of sugar and a tablespoon of creamer.” Sophomore Katelyn Grosz “Hot Chocolate” Sophomore John Thrasher

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Color Symbolism Chart Pink - symbolizes love, romance, and excitement Yellow - Joy, happiness, betrayal, optimism, idealism,

imagination, hope, sunshine, summer, gold, philosophy, dishonesty, cowardice, covetousness, deceit, illness, hazard.

Green - Earth, stability, hearth, jealousy home, outdoors, reliability, comfort, endurance, simplicity, and comfort.

Purple -

Royalty, nobility, spirituality, ceremony, mysterious, transformation, wisdom, enlightenment, cruelty, arrogance, mourning.

BLUE Peace, tranquility, cold, calm, stability,

harmony, unity, trust, truth, confidence, conservatism, security, cleanliness, order, loyalty, sky, water, technology, depression, appetite suppressant.

ORANGE Earth, stability, hearth, home, outdoors,

reliability, comfort, endurance, simplicity, and comfort.

RED Power, sexuality, sophistication, formality,

elegance, wealth, mystery, fear, evil, unhappiness, depth, style, evil, sadness, remorse, anger, anonymity, underground, good technical color, mourning, death

Senior Stacy Peterson - Yellow

“Yeah, somewhat happiness and hope, mainly.”

Senior Kayla Lewis - Purple

“Yes it does, but only the positive things.

Enlightenment is the main one.”

Junior Jessica Anderson - Green “Jealousy...”

Junior Jenny Doll - Pink “Yeah, because it’s cute.”

Sophomore Hunter Huff Towle - Green “Yes, definitely very much earth. Youth is the one that really describes me.”

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Seeing size beyond the A junior wants to prove height isn’t everything

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Emily prepares to tackle her math homework in class. However, Emily hopes to become a history teacher.

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he’s sits in the inviting armchair in a corner of the coffee shop. Her Century sweatshirt and blue jeans make her look like any typical teenager. She is surrounded by people and yet, she doesn’t draw attention to herself, that is, until she stands up.

Junior Emily Tiefenthaler is a fun-loving, energetic 17 year old. She loves to dance around her house and blast music in her car. She is on the Centahnas JV dance team, loves to sing in the school choir and is a self-professed “gleek.” Emily is also 4’ 6”.

“Technically I’m a dwarf. I’m okay with that,” Emily said. “It’s just I don’t like it when people are like, ‘Hey there’s a dwarf, ha ha ha.’”

Emily has Turner’s Syndrome, a chromosomal mutation found in females. Most of the time it is detected at birth, as Emily’s was. While most females have two X chromosomes, ones suffering from Turner’s Syndrome only have one; therefore, instead of 46 chromosomes, they have 45. Turner’s Syndrome is causing a thryoid deficiency in Emily for which she has to take medication. Though Turner’s Syndrome causes her to be shorter than the average female, she leads an average teenage life.

“I just want...people to know about what I have, to understand I am the way I am because of Turner’s Syndrome,” Emily said.

“That I’m not any different from them- I’m just shorter.”

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After discovering their daughter had Turner’s Syndrome, Emily’s parents had to decide when and how it was best to tell their daughter about the disease and how it would affect her throughout her life.

“As soon as we could talk and she could understand, we told her [that] she was going to be quite a bit smaller than the other girls,” Emily’s father Jim Tiefenthaler said. “We just kept telling her as she got older, so it wouldn’t just be a surprise to her.”

Teasing, mainly name calling, didn’t start until late grade school, according to Emily, and reached its peak in middle school and high school. The names Emily has been called range from dwarf to Oompa Loompa to midget. She recalls at one football game, a middle schooler stared at her and then exclaimed to her friends, “Oh look, it’s a midget.”

“It makes me feel I’m [less] of a person,” Emily said of the name calling.

Emily’s mother Brenda Novacek acknowledges that it’s been an ongoing struggle, but is confident in Emily’s ability to handle herself.

“Both her dad and I, we were both consistent with letting her know we were there for her,” Brenda said. “She likes it if people ask her questions. It seems that if she explains what she has, she feels better.”

Junior Keisha Lehde has been friends with Emily since fourth

“I’m not any different from them- I’m just shorter.”

Emily practices her Centahnas’ dance routine at practice. She has been on the Centhanas JV team for two years.

grade. Keisha didn’t know about Emily’s Turner’s Syndrome until Emily brought it up casually in conversation. Growing up Keisha was short too, so she didn’t see why everyone stared or teased Emily.

“I haven’t noticed it,” Keisha said of the staring. “At first people kind of did. If they do, I guess I just blow it off.”

Emily will not grow much more, maybe an inch or two. Some may think that Emily’s size might limit her, but her father disagrees.

“Other than playing basketball probably not,” Jim said. “It’s probably made her work harder, strive more for what she can achieve.”

Emily has aspirations to go to college and become a high school history teacher, and she dreams of moving to New York and being on Broadway where she can pursue her love of acting, singing and dancing.

“Her attitude is so good that I really don’t see too many things holding her back,” Brenda said. “I try to get her to be thankful for what she does have rather than what she doesn’t have.”

Emily understands that she will have to deal with the stares throughout her life, but she also knows height doesn’t determine age.

“I might look like I’m younger but my brain is still growing and when I’m an adult it’s going to say I’m an adult,” Emily said. “I am older than my height says.”

To the people who pass her in the hall or stare at her as she walks through the lunchroom, Emily just wants them to know one thing.

“I want them to see that I have a lot of personality,” Emily said. “And even though I’m small I have a big heart.”

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About Turner’s Syndrome: Chromosomal disorder found in females Characterized by short stature and complications with the reproductive system Osteoporosis and diabetes are more probable to appear Exact cause is unkown Source: webmd.com

Average height 5’6” Emily’s height 4’6”

Source: MidDakota Clinic

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To p d o g Senior Kurt Eggers is the student of the year story&photo.alyssameier

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e is genuinely kind to those around him, even when his remarks have a strong air of sarcasm. Though he may seem shy underneath his lanky exterior, long, blonde hair and glasses, senior Kurt Eggers is nothing short of unique. His humor, intelligence and talent make his presence felt wherever he goes.

Eggers is a one-of-a-kind student among hundreds, and that is why the Century STAR staff has chosen him as the “Student of the Year.” His success is known not only to the STAR, but throughout the school. It is felt within the words of his teachers, classmates and friends. English teacher Bev Jundt had Eggers in her junior AP English class last year, and remembers the experience well.

“It was fun, he had a subtle dry sense of humor,” Jundt said. “He had a very broad knowledge base, and he was also insightful.”

Eggers is thought of highly, not only when it comes to his teachers, but to his friends. His friend since eighth grade Tim Holzer has numerous reasons why Eggers is worthy of student of the year.

“He’s always honest,” Holzer said.

“Even when I don’t want him to be.”

Holzer also admires Eggers’ musical talent. Eggers has played percussion since fifth grade. He plays in the wind ensemble and jazz band for Century, as well as outside of school. Eggers has been playing drums in a local band, Captian Musky, since sophomore year. He has earned various awards for his percussion playing and was given the opportunity to play a drum solo at the Purdue Jazz Festival. One thing that Eggers has never won an award for, but probably could, is his famous humor and unique outlook on life.

“He seemed to be very comfortable marching to the beat of his own drum,” Jundt said.

Eggers is not weighed down in the drama involved with the high school years. He does what makes him happy and does not let anything stand in his way. He is a strong person because of his integrity, personality and intelligence.

This is why the STAR and many others agree that Eggers deserves the title of student of the year.

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he knits, gardens, plays the clarinet and is the proud catcher of a whopper trout. She has also come up with a way to make the complicated world of numbers and formulas a manageable and feasible thing, even for the students that have not been blessed with a “math mind.” Kelli Waddingham has mastered the teaching of mathematics and the energy of lecturing needed to keep heads from bobbing, that is why she is this year’s “Teacher of the Year.” The eagerness of students, mixed with a morning cup of coffee, keep this exemplary instructor motivated.

“I try to show the simplicity in it,” Waddingham said. “Even though it might appear to be difficult, it really is something [students] can handle.

I like to show the application of [math] art-wise, career-wise and just inlife-general-wise. The beauty of it too. It is gorgeous stuff.”

Waddingham has taken a transcendentalist approach to mathematics by making it as simple as possible. She sees no purpose in doing arithmetic in any form but its most basic. Waddingham has derived an unique teaching method that she and her students have named “The Waddingham Way.” * The student and teacher of the year were voted on by the STAR staff.

“I try to teach a method of solving a problem that incorporates a student’s prior knowledge with what is to come and with some common sense. Use some of your common sense, use your prior knowledge and then keep in mind that this is something you are going to need later on somewhere- either in this course or another course or something you know it might be science it may not be math,” Waddingham said. “That is the Waddingham Way.” She has what it takes to open closed minds to mathematics, and has dedicated all her energy to academics.

“If you can keep students’ attention, something is going to soak in,” Waddingham said. “I try to be funny...of course sometimes I am the only one that is amused.”

By following her own rules she has left behind the drab world of the textbook and instead focuses on the students’ needs and interests. She has pulled many students out of the depths of Algebra II despair and saved them from drowning in numbers and formulas.

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n an average October day, senior Cassidy Heid and his dad Jim Heid said they were going to a cross country breakfast before a meet in Dickinson. On an average October day, Heid’s older brother Jameson Heid came home from the University of North Dakota, saying he was back to visit a friend. On an average October day, the three of them met at Dead Rockstar, a local tattoo parlor- and that average October day became extraordinary.

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Above: Senior Cassidy Heid poses with his mother, DeEtta Heid. Left: Cassidy, Jim and Jameson show off their breast cancer tattoos.

There, a small symbol of hope and courage was permanently imprinted into their skin- a small symbol of support for their mother and wife DeEtta Heid.

“She didn’t believe that [the tattoos] were real at first,” Heid said. “Then when we told her that they actually were, she started crying.”

Since Oct. 10, 2009, the men of the Heid family proudly wear a little pink ribbon on their skin.

Facing Fear Exhaustion laid heavily on Heid’s eyes after coming home late one October night last year after a cross country meet. He went straight to his room, but he wasn’t there long before his parents called him into the kitchen.

“I didn’t know [what they wanted,]” Heid said. “But I knew it was bad.”

As Heid lowered himself into a cold, wooden chair, he found himself staring right into Fear’s eyes. It was not a Fear many high school students ever have to meet. It was the Fear that smirks in the corner of the room as the words “Mom has cancer” sink into a person’s heart.

“They just sat me down and told me,” Heid said. “I was really scared.”

Heid’s parents had driven to Grand Forks to tell Jameson earlier that day.

“I cried like a little baby, definitely,” Jameson said. “I just didn’t expect it.”

Though it’s only six letters, the word cancer is difficult to take in and everyone has a different way of handling it.

“Jameson was a lot more vocal,” Jim said. “[Cassidy] didn’t say much. He kept it to himself and he needed to be able to show how he felt.”

And that’s where the idea for the tattoos stemmed from.

The idea Heid wanted to show his mom his support and felt that a tattoo would be a good way to do so. The first step was to try to get his dad and Jameson on board.

“The first thing [my dad] said was that we could get magnets on our cars,” Heid said, laughing. “I thought [a tattoo] would mean more.”

Finally, Jim gave in after Heid’s sister Allyson Heid talked to him.

Showing off First in the chair was Heid, followed by Jim, then Jameson. After roughly an hour, Jim and Heid left for the cross country meet. That night, the three of them met in the back of their house and removed their bandages. Baring their badges of love and hope, they showed DeEtta their support.

“She started bawling,” Heid said with a boyish grin spreading across his face.

DeEtta is currently on a clinical trail through Mayo Clinic until Januaury.

Though there are still tough days in her battle against breast cancer, she will always have the support of her boys.

“I look up to her- I see how brave she was when this happened,” Heid said.

As long as the others did it, Jameson said he was willing to. The hard part came when trying to convince their dad.

Many people think that tattoos are the regrettable aftermath of one’s rebellious teenage years- but that will not be the case for Heid.

“First I said think of something else,” Jim said. “I thought it was something I wouldn’t do- if he wanted to do it fine.”

“I’ll look at it and think of my mom,” Heid said.

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t may come in the form of eating oatmeal on the way to school or changing pants while at a red light, but distracted driving is something we have grown accustomed to doing. When cars were first invented, their owners had a 30 percent chance of being in a fatal accident, and it seems instead of progressing along with advances in technology, we have digressed and are now driving in a fatal and chaotic manner once again. A car is like having a weapon, it has its helping properties but also the potential to become fatal. So, while putting on lipstick or swapping CDs may seem like the most important thing in the world, not doing it could save livesyours included. Car accidents are the leading cause of fatalities in teenagers, and we owe it to ourselves and fellow citizens on the road not to make the world of turns and flashing lights any more stressful, confusing and dangerous than it needs to be.

We, as a Century STAR staff, ask you to consider the risk you are taking by taking not only your eyes, but your mind off the road, and reevaluate your decision. It is awfully selfish to risk the lives of others for your personal convenience. Make those choices on your own time and at your own risk. Happy safe driving for all because we care too much to lose you.

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This has nothing to do with Buddha but I hope you are at peace anyway column.madisonbarney

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t is possible that the additions technology is making to modern life are actually subtractions. People are shopping online instead of standing in line at 2 a.m. on Black Friday. We are replacing a walk with a friend with a mindless text message. We are allowing online relations to be enough. We are losing the experience of life itself, and I know you probably do not care about how I feel, but I am not happy about it.

We have become a society that thrives on convenience instead of living. We have forgotten how to have fun, take time, and enjoy the art of doing. Often we are living so detached from our lives that it almost seems like we are watching someone else going through the motions. And how pathetic is it that our lives can be simply boiled down to “motions.� We have allowed our lives to become a routine, and for the sake of sanity, it is about darn time to break it.

It is time to learn how to cook, or knit. It is time to eat something new for lunch. It is time to tell the boy behind you in math how fantastic you think he really is, instead of just thinking it. It is time to have an opinion, voice an opinion, and live for yourself.

I have a philosophy that the only time it is acceptable to be selfish is when you are deciding what makes you happy. And really, we are allotted a brief time on earth, so why not commit yourself to continual happiness? We settle for tasteless food, and spiceless life.

If you hate your job, get a new one. If you want to be a chef, go to culinary school. If you want to dance on a table, kick off your shoes. Refuse to do something just because, do it because that is exactly what you want for yourself. We are what we continually do. What we say, do and believe is in the end who we are.

Change has the potential to terrify, but the end of your current world has the potential to be the world you desire to live in. Most importantly the experience of life should significantly enhance the experience of others, primarily those that have not been graced with the wonderful things you have. If you expect to coexist with six billion people, you better be prepared to give. Give your time, your extras, and your self to the well-being of others. Helping is like a multivitamin, no matter how small, it has tremendous impacts.

You are what you continually do, so do what makes your world better. Engage yourself in your life once again and make it your own. Do not get lost in the day to day, but re-discover in the moment to moment.

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alking in the door from making the first snowman of the year, I have fresh snow flakes littering my lashes. After being outside all day, I’m looking forward to a nice homemade supper made by my dad. Meandering into the kitchen, my nostrils fill with a pungent odor and my eyes quickly slide to the crock pot on the counter.

I know immediately that we’re getting the dreaded surprise hot dish.

Don’t get me wrong, my dad is a wonderful cook, but somewhere along the line, I’ve had a few too many combinations of pasta sauce, noodles and meat. My dad is widely known for his cooking abilities, both good and bad. He makes a steak that has the crowd screaming, “Wow!” but my dad should not be allowed to cook anything in a crock pot or kettle.

He has a habit of adding jelly to spaghetti, sour cream to melted cheese and a tendency to make surprise hot dish when ever the feeling strikes him. Very rarely do I enjoy this meaty dinner, but I always eat it without arguing. After all, he always says that the main ingredient is love.

Okay, so maybe that’s a little cliché, but that’s my dad for you. He’s never said anything he doesn’t mean. So when he says that it’s made with love, I believe him. I also believe him when he tells me that bendy straws were invented by Indians because they need to get sap from maple trees, and that the sky is blue because it’s God’s favorite color.

Why am I telling you this? Because I want you to understand my dad. He’s a few shades past normal, but that’s what makes him so

magnificent. He’s ready to do any household project with our new 17-foot ladder or a power drill. He rips up anything that isn’t working, and will spend two hours and 20 dollars for the new part rather than buying a new one for 15. He should have a frequent buyer card at Menards and Lowe’s. After all, he goes there at least once a week.

I’m probably making him sound a little obsessive, but he’s only obsessed with making people smile. He jumps at the chance to help anyone, anywhere, and spends many nights at the nursing home with my grandma.

He’ll let me talk to him about anything, and is usually on my side. I know that the safest place in the world is in one of his hugs, but he likes to play the devil’s advocate when we argue and annoys me just for the fun of it.

My dad has cheated in every game I’ve ever played with him. On Thanksgiving this year, he shoved poker chips in his socks, and tried more than once to steal some of mine. He ice fishes and chases my dog with wrapping paper. While putting up Christmas lights not too long ago, he started singing, as he often does, about a pig.

What can I say? Whether we’re fighting about who’s more likely to provoke a fight, or attempting to play rummy 500 without getting caught cheating, my dad is the best man in my life- surprise hot dish and all.

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Rants

To the somewhat obsessive Facebook users, I understand that you may be “deeply in love.” This may cause you to feel the need to express your feelings to the world via Facebook. Although it may seem like others care about your emotions or the number of months you have been happily dating, your love is blinding you. Many of us would rather not log onto FB to find your love-crazed messages in the news feed. So please, try to keep your romantic life to yourselves and out of the news feed.

- Junior Mariah Olzweski

Christmas is supposed to be the happiest time of the year. But where I live Christmas is not so happy. I live on Northview Lane or “Candy Cane Lane,” which is notorious for being decorated with Christmas lights.

I wouldn’t mind the whole town of Bismarck driving up and down my street every night but they drive so slowly and also do not stop to let me in or out of my driveway. I can’t wait for Christmas to be over.

- Senior Jana Heiser

Hey Gangsta’, pull up your pants in the halls, it gets annoying having to see who’s wearing what under their 5356XL pants these days. You even wear a belt with those awesome gang-banger pants of yours. I mean come on, pull the pants up, tuck your shirt in and wear your hat normally! It’s North Dakota, not the concrete jungle - Junior Cody Schuh

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The flashing of the self-checkout lane does not impress me anymore. I was once an innocent victim of its nonsense and have seen many other customers go through this process. The machine repeatedly chants, “Place the item in the bagging area” followed by a contradicting and confusing, “Take the item out of the bagging area, unexpected item in the bagging area!”

This device makes a scene while taunting a flustered, embarrassed customer. While the device yells, “Call an associate for help,” they already know. It’s inevitable, so thank you self-checkout lane.

- Junior Alex Hornbacher

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Tuesday mornings are difficult. There are four days of school left and it feels like Friday will never come.

That’s why I love going to Gloria Jean’s Tuesday mornings. You can get two drinks for the price of one! So you can get a pick me up and get something for your friend too.

- Senior Krista Tolstedt

I love my little brother so stinkin’ much! He is so dang adorable and such a sweetie when I take him to the movies, or when he has sleepovers in my room. He is so cute and so smart; he can identify a cresent moon and he’s only 4. Basically I have the best little brother ever.

- Junior Marissa Sipes

Oprah rocks my socks! When I go home after school and see that Oprah is on it just brightens my day. I love her high-pitched screaming and all of her free gifts! It’s freaking awesome!

In the 1950s all of the best qualities of clothing merged together to create the greatest article of clothing ever seen.

The sweater vest keeps only the essential parts of the upper body warm. This enables the wearer to not only wear sweater vests during the winter but also before (without worrying about overheating their arms.)

So the next time you have to combine formality with warmth, grab a sweater vest.

- Junior Abby Holland

- Junior Lucas Andring

I LOVE Waffle Cone Wednesday.

I look forward to walking across the street, blizzarding or not outside, and hearing the TCBY lady say, “One-oh-six please...”

There has not yet been a Wednesday this school year that I have not had ice creamexcuse me, frozen yogurt- for lunch.

- Sophomore Eden Stramer

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very month or so, I decide it’s a good idea to change my train of thought on what I want to do for a career. Doctor, teacher, chef, writer.

They all seem so nice at first, but I then find something wrong with them. So, I find a different career that seems more appealing to me at the time. I find it extremely ridiculous that it happens so often, and I can never find one specific job that suits me just right.

I can often be heard saying “Hmmm, I just watched a season of ER, I should be a doctor.” Or, “Wow, history is pretty interesting. I’ll be a history teacher.”

Trying to figure out these kinds of things becomes so difficult for me. It’s like Charlie Brown trying to kick a football- as hard as he tries, it’ll never happen.

I can spend an hour on the UND Web site looking up academics and failing to find a thing. And those little quizzes they have you take on the PLAN test or on a Web site in school don’t work for me because I end up picking whatever answers tickle my fancy at the time.

All the other careers just get shot down, stepped on and thrown away because I always find some minuscule problem that stops me from continuing further on. Example: I wanted to own a coffee shop called the Rainy Day in downtown Minneapolis -yeah, I had a whole plan- but, I figured when I got older the job would be unfitting. Lame, right? Another is when I wanted to be a chef, but I thought that it would be too much pressure. You know what I have to say to that?

Suck it up cupcake, that’s life. Harsh, but true.

But, others will tell you the worst part of this whole ordeal is when I complain about not knowing what to do. I think they would rather the phone ring and have to answer “a few short questions” from some company calling from overseas than listen to my rambling. But I have no other choice than to vent to fellow peers and my parents.

Although I may struggle a bit trying to fulfill my hopes and dreams, I’m sure someday the job I have been looking for will pop up. Or not, and I’ll be 40 year old “Charlie Brown” trying to kick that football through the uprights. But for now I’m fine being a student at Century High School.

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E Who would play you in a movie?

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“Sarah Silvermen.” Senior Kasandra Carveau “Jennifer Anniston, I love her.”

Junior Lexi Schermeister

“Can it be a man? OK, Ryan Reynolds.” Senior Kari Brady “Seth Rogan.” Senior Emma Sattler

“Just to be random let’s say Angelina Jolie.” Sophomore Sabrina Padilla

“Someone boring.” Sophomore Brenden Jacobson

“Miley Cyrus.”

Sophomore Bri Flynn

“I would play myself- stunt double and all.”

Junior Samantha Yineman

“Will Smith.” Junior Hannah Jeske “Khloe Kardashian, she has the same personality.” Sophomore Michelle Wanek

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Socks have been worn by Roman comic actors, barbarians and most humans with feet.

Toe socks- awesome socks with seperate sections for each little piggie.

Striped socks- once found

on someone who was crushed by a house, perfect for every occasion.

Fuzzy socks- super warm socks,

great for the long winter months.

Knee socks- ideal for being unique in gym class.

Stockings- often hung by a fireplace, filled with small presents given to good boys and girls.

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4. Crayon box Clay

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7. Basketball hoop Furniture renovation

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2. Sock monkey 5. Dunkin’ donuts 8. Flowers Acrylic painting

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Acrylic painting

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Acrkylic painting

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Paper painting

By Hillary Larsen

Log onto centurypulse.com to see more art.

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Decorative delicacies

Delicious cookie recipes to impress family and friends this holiday season short.colemanspilde&dinamoss

Raspberry-filled cookies 3/4 cup butter 3 oz. cream cheese 3/4 c. sugar 1 egg 1 tsp. vanilla 2 1/4 cups flour 3/4 tsp. baking powder Seedless red raspberry jelly or jam 1/2 cup of white chocolate chips 2 tsp vegetable oil

Mix butter and cream cheese in a mixing bowl. Next, add sugar and stir well. Add the egg and vanilla and beat until well blended. Mix the flour and baking soda together in a separate bowl. Then add it to the butter/cream cheese mixture. Roll into small balls and place on a cookie sheet. Make an indent in the middle of the ball with your fingertip. Put 1/4 teaspoon of raspberry jelly in each cookie indent. Bake at 350 degrees for 10 to 12 minutes or just until the bottoms of the cookies are lightly browned.

Mix the white chips with the two teaspoons of vegetable oil and microwave to melt. Drizzle this mixture across the tops of the cooled cookies.

Toys throughout the years A list of the most popular toys of the past 18 years short.lizziejohnson

1992

Barney Dolls

“My favorite thing about Pokeman is that they have so many different versions to play, and all the differet possiblilities of Pokeman to use.” Senior Ed Bullinger

“We had a thing about cutting off tags and would practically shun anyone who cut them off because then the were not worth anything then.” Junior Lexi Ely

1995

Beanie Babies

1996

Tickle Me Elmo

1998

Furby

1999

Pokemon toys

Gift ideas

How-to: make

short.aleciasmith

The holidays are here- if you missed out on the Black Friday deals to do your shopping for others, have no worries- the STAR has some good pointers and ideas to get you started

$10 ideas: Wall posters- For your friends or siblings, pick one of their favorite performing artists or movie character.

Favorite DVDs- Great idea for anyone who has a favorite movie.

Board games- This is a great gift for anyone because it gives people a great excuse for the family to have some good ol’ bonding together.

Photo album- Go buy a photo album then put some time and love into it by going through old pictures and picking out the favorites. Fill the the album halfway with old memories and leave the last half open to add new ones. $10 iTunes card- This is basically self-explanatory. It’s available wherever electronics are sold.

Sauce or spice from a local place- Buffalo Wild Wings sells their wing sauce and Space Aliens sells their amazing fry seasoning.

$20 ideas:

a Christmas

stocking

stuffer short.briannabrown

What you need: • One toilet paper roll • Decorating ribbon • Wrapping paper or tissue paper • Small candies Step 1:

Headphones- Get someone a fun pair of headphones or awesome earbuds to replace the lame Apple ones that come free.

Custom calendar- This is a great idea for parents or grandparents or friends or siblings with an obsession.

New release DVDs- Who doesn’t enjoy a good movie night? Gift it with a box of microwave popcorn, pop and candy to make it the entire package.

Mittens/ slippers- Keep your friends warm during the holidays.

Magazine subscription- When signing up for a subscription you can get the bill sent to one address and the magazine sent to another.

Take a toilet paper roll and lay it on either tissue paper or wrapping paper, then measure about four inches from each end. Roll the tissue paper or wrapping paper around the roll to measure how much paper you will need. Then cut the paper to the right size.

Step 2:

Take the toilet paper roll and put a few pieces of candy on the inside. Make sure the candy is small enough to fit inside the roll and make sure there is enough in the roll.

Step 3:

Once the roll is filled with candy, wrap the tissue paper or wrapping paper around the roll and tape it to the middle. Twist the outer ends of the paper and tie it with a ribbon. Make sure the ribbon matches the paper.

“I play Nintendo DS when I am bored and have nothing else to do.”

Senior Samantha Huggett

2001

Bratz dolls

2004

Nintendo DS

Step 4:

If you want to make the ribbon more decorative you can slide it across an edge of a scissors and hold it down with your finger. This will make it curl and twist.

2008

Moon Sand

2009

Bananagrams

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Seizing creativity story.carriesandstrom photos.sammimoss&studentsubmitted

One teen and his band have found a way to express themselves together

H

e huddles in the dark, one lone flashlight beam providing the only source of light in the room. He absorbs the printed words of the book he holds in his hands, moving the flashlight across the lines of text. He takes in everything- ideas, themes, the works. It may not seem like much, but as he sits in this dark room reading the works of others, his own inspiration is born.

As they’ve played and created together, the group has grown closer. They’ve also been able to let their creativity flourish and help each other share their ideas with the world.

Senior Isaac Lovdahl started taking guitar lessons seven years ago and has been making music ever since. He joined the school choir in seventh grade, and in eighth grade, at a time when he was struggling with family problems and rumors at school, he says he really discovered music.

Fellow band member senior Andy Prokopyk says that he enjoys the amount of creativity he’s able to use when playing with the group. For him, it’s easy to play his parts and, provided he knows what key the song is in, it’s possible for him to just make things up as he goes.

“I just found that that was one thing that I actually really enjoyed,” Lovdahl said. “[It] helped me take my mind off things.”

Lovdahl formed a band called Siezed Reality with his cousin, Mitch Geiger, and some of his friends three years ago. The ensemble currently consists of Lovdahl, Geiger, Andy Prokopyk and Dillon Parker. They perform their own work, which involves a neo-classically influenced sound, when they can and most recently played at a blood drive in the mall last month. However, Lovdahl and his fellow band members don’t gig very often- instead they use the band as a way to commune and express themselves amongst fellow artists.

“I just found that that was one thing that I actually really enjoyed that helped me take my mind off things.”

“Being in the band has made has us closer,” band member Dillon Parker said. “[You’re] able to show somebody something you’ve written or listen to something they’ve written and have the trust that they’ll receive it with respect.”

“We’ve fed off each other and been influenced [by] each other,” Parker said.

“[The song] is different every time I play it,” Prokopyk said.

Lovdahl writes the majority of the groups music and when he writes he looks for a combination of both the technical aspects and the emotional aspects of music and writing. Throughout his compositions Lovdahl strings emotions together, with moments of happiness and moments of melancholy, lines of this and lines of that. Notes, words, fingering, emotion, all of it comes together to form music which Lovedahl is proud to play.

“Everyone is going to think their music is good,” Lovdahl said. “If other people don’t like what I write, if other people don’t like what I sing, then that’s their own personal taste. I just enjoy it and I do it for myself.”

It’s clear that as long as Lovdahl continues to pursue his love he will experience bliss, fulfilment and satisfaction. Whatever he writes or whatever musical avenue Lovdahl chooses to pursue he’s sure to find harmony and symphonic success in his future life.

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I say... {Entertainment

Century students finish a few hit songs with their own words short.aleciasmith

“Now I’m feeling so fly like...”

Far East Movement says: “a G6.”

Junior Kenzie Edinger says: “the kid in my English class that wears sweater vests everyday.”

“You’re the best thing that’s...”

Taylor Swift says: “ever been mine” Senior Shannon Scully says: “ever been in North Dakota.”

“If perfect’s what your searching for then...”

“I throw my hands up in the air sometimes saying...”

Taio Cruz says: “ayyy ohhh!”

Senior Wyatt Sabot says: “Cowabunga!”

“I wake up in the morning feeling like...”

Ke$ha says: “P. Diddy.”

Junior Cody Schuh says: “John Wayne.”

“All you need is...”

Bruno Mars says: “just stay the same” Sophomore Tylie Olson says: “you’ll have to change, baha!”

The Beetles say: “love.”

Sophomore Ellie Simonson says: “Jesus.”

Just peachy short.rachelneumiller

photo.sammimoss

Fruits are an excellent source of nutrition, color and taste Apples, oranges and bananas. Peaches, honeydew and kiwis. Blueberries, mangoes and pineapples. Cherries, pomegranates and yellow watermelon. So many, many fruits to eat, with more and more to discover.

Star fruit- star-shaped, slightly sweet citrus fruit, found in Malaysia, southern China and Indonesia.

Pitaya- Dragon fruit-crazy looking, hot pink and creamy-sweet, native to Central and South America.

Guava-white, pink, yellow or red in color, somewhat like a pomegranate and grown

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in Mexico, Hawaii and parts of Florida.

Durian- king of fruits, complete with insane spike shell and pungent smell, comparable to dinosaurs. It tastes like almonds and is native to Southeast Asian countries.

Custard apple- born in Latin America, it’s a sweet and pleasant-tasting fruit, usually a color comparable to a pear.

Cape gooseberry- orange and yellow, with the taste like a sweet cherry tomato, it’s native to Brazil and Chile and encased in a papery, lantern-like husk.

{Entertainment

Morning

Glory review.colemanspilde

Within the first few minutes of “Morning Glory,” one may peg this movie, about a girl who is let go from her local New Jersey morning news job, as a comedy. However, while watching the film, the viewer discovers this isn’t just another working-girl romp, it’s a film with a heart. Rachel McAdams stars as Becky Fuller, who lands a producer position at DayBreak, the fourth best morning show in the nation. Faced with the challenge of getting the ratings up to avoid cancellation, Becky must convince DayBreak’s anchors, Mike Pomeroy (Harrison Ford), a renowned newscaster, and Colleen Peck (Diane Keaton), to stop their constant arguing in order to save the show.

“Morning Glory” produces a perfect balance between comedy, romance and drama genres.

At times, the movie’s love story seems a bit forced into the plot, but overall the movie does a brilliant job of showing how much strength and courage it takes to get to the top.

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Entertainment}

American Idol review.sammimoss

Speak Now

review.dinamoss

Taylor Swift’s third album, “Speak Now,” appears to be just like all the others. All the songs on this album seem to run together in the sense that they are all about some form of emotion toward men. In the title track of this album, “Speak Now,” she sings about knowing what is better for her crush just as she did in her second album in a song called “You Belong With Me.” However, the fact that she wrote all her songs, though they all sound the same, is pretty impressive in this new age of incoherent lyrics and auto-tuned whining.

Swift has an opportunity to be so much better if she writes a few more songs about something other than love.

Starbucks

review.carriesandstrom

Launching its 10th season this January, Fox’s hit show American Idol really should have ended after the first season. Out of the past nine seasons, there are only three winners who have really done much of anything. The others have just simmered outeither becoming train-wrecks on their own reality show (Fantasia Barrino- Season 3 winner), or disappearing completely- anyone remember Taylor Hicks? Even Kelly Clarkson, the first American Idol, has attempted and failed to make any sort of comeback.

The show itself, after losing its familiar judges Paula Abdul and Simon Cowell and recruiting Jennifer Lopez and Steven Tyler, has not only become a train-wreck but is hopefully disappearing soon. Filled with mediocre singers with severe diva-complexes, this show has become an annoying stain on America’s culture.

American Idol is not worth anyone’s time- though the bad auditions are always good for a laugh.

Upon entering one of the three local Starbucks one is greeted with the typical coffee shop atmosphere. The main room is warmly lit while comfy couches and cozy tables-for-two fill the store. Starbucks is the company that sets the standard for espresso beverages and it’s clear they are a master of their trade. Nothing can provide a greater sense of confidence while ordering than knowing that one’s beverage will be prepared by one of Starbucks’s coveted “coffee-masters.” The talent of the individuals employed by the coffee shop is reflected in their outstanding beverages which range from bold classics like the delightful Caramel Macchiato and the hardcore Pike’s Place Brew to holiday favorites such as the Peppermint Mocha and the Gingerbread Latte. The java shop even offers coffee-free beverages such as hot chocolate and milk steamers for children and those with more mild taste-buds. The only downside to this mecca of brewed beverages is its steep prices which can reach over five dollars if one isn’t careful.

However, once one has sipped any of these noteworthy liquid creations price concerns all but disappear as they indulge in pure coffee joy.

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It’s

my life

Janitor Lance Tryhus takes the time to tell the STAR about himself

How long have you been a janitor at Century?

Since 1990. I was working road construction and just got tired of working out of town all of the time. There was a job opening with the schools so I put in for it, got an interview and got the job.

What are your secret obsessions?

Food. Lutefisk.

Janitor or custodian?

I am a janitor. A janitor does not tuck his shirt in. A custodian does.

What’s the craziest thing you’ve ever done (at Century?)

I did Mr. CHS in 1992 or 1993, and you had to dress up as a woman at that time.

What are your hobbies outside of school?

Motorcycle riding, hunting and fishing.

Who are your heroes?

All servicemen.

Do you catch the rumor mill in the hallways?

Yes I do, you catch parts of it and put it all together.

How many people are in your family?

A wife and two kids.

What is your hidden talent?

Making people laugh.

What’s your favorite flavor of ice cream?

Strawberry.

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If you could have any superpower what would it be?

Strength.

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