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Going beyond the ﬁeld

Head boys soccer coach Josh Grifﬁth keeps players in check on, off ﬁeld

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Pg.2 Welcome “Joe” to the neighborhood Pg.3 3 broken hearts Pg. 5 Going beyond the ﬁeld Pg. 7 Tipping the balance Pg. 8 Fun and freaky Halloween

Fun and freaky Halloween

Best Buddies get into season of sugar, scares, great times together

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College complexi�es In-state students no longer have priority when it comes to college acceptances Jessica Thrane features editor

Junior Marisol Meza, sophomore Sierra Goodson and junior Ka�e King sell concession items at Hooverrama before the homecoming game Oct. 10 to raise money for student council. Seniors have planned similar fundraisers to pay for prom, gradua�on and other ac�vi�es. “Hopefully...the senior class will get together and fundraise as a whole and have a good senior year,” senior Ka�e Zenz said. ��

Raising hell (and maybe money)

Senior board begins fundraising to pay for class events like prom, post prom, graduation Thao Pham health editor

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oney for senior activities and events such as prom, graduation and senior breakfast are primarily raised through fundraising. The post prom budget is a parent run fundraiser to provide for a post prom. Senior class advisor and Vice President Melvin Green meets with the senior board every Wednesday to help assist them with fundraising ideas and plans. “We are currently laying groundwork right now. We’re developing committees such as the prom committee and fundraising committees. Early on, I would say the senior board is doing a good job,” Green said. Senior Katie Zenz is hoping to get more seniors involved in order to make senior year fundraisers successful. “We’re going to be going out to

Senior Board President Sami Ricke

Vice President Ka�e Zenz

Treasurer Anna Moody

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homerooms to be getting more people involved. Hopefully our class gets together as one and has a good senior year,” Zenz said. Senior Anna Moody is also hoping for more senior involvement. “I want our class to be a lot more involved. I know that the past years didn’t have a lot of people involved. I need our whole class needs to be involved, not just a certain group of people,” Moody said Green and the senior board have come up with a few fundraising ideas already. “Right now, we have the sweatpants

to sell for 20 dollars. We are going to sell food coupons and will definitely be working with local businesses and definitely Applebees,” Green said. “I think as a senior board, we also want to do smoothie stands, and just out of the box stuff besides just selling food items and candy,” Moody said. Green believes that the senior board is having a great start, but his only worries are about the current economy. “The community only has so many dollars. The economy is so tight, and dollars are hard to go by. We can only raise a limited amount,” Green said. Overall, the senior board believes involvement among the whole senior class is needed in order to make the most out of senior year. “Hopefully, the turnout will be well and the senior class will get together and fundraise as a whole and have a good senior year,” Zenz said.

In the past, state residents had an advantage to other students around the country because they got top priority when it came to getting accepted to a state school. But starting next year, state residents will have to meet the exact same requirements as any other student in the country. Vice Principal Melvin Green thinks that this will affect the way that state schools are funded. “I was surprised to hear about that because I wouldn’t think that the state legislature would approve something like that,” Green said. “State residents should have first look when it comes to applications to college.” Green said that the change could possibly affect the funds some colleges receive. “These students’ parents pay taxes that the state uses to give to state colleges. If this happens, the state could probably withhold funds for these colleges,” Green said. The United States is currently going through an economic crisis that hasn’t been seen since the Great Depression. Students, especially seniors, who are not interested in the current situation might not know that the economic situation now, will have a lot of effect in their college experience. Counselor Penny Weishaar, however, understands the current situation and how students will be affected by it. “Students who are coming into college will find it is affecting the financing of their school,” Weishaar said. But students will have the same opportunities when it comes to scholarships. “Scholarships are academically, athletically or ethnicity based usually, but they will be the first to go, and the hardest to get, along with grants and loans, which are need-based,” Weishaar said.

Free tutoring now offered to all students with ac�vi�es director Dan McClannahan Q: When is tutoring offered? A: Every Monday, Tuesday and Thursday from 2:45-4:15.

Q: Who will be tutoring ? A: We have a variety of staff members that have signed up to tutor. If needed, we will encourage student tutors and (the) possibility of area college students.

Q: Where is tutoring offered?

A: At the Hoover library.

Q: Who can attend these tutoring sessions?

A: Any Hoover student that wants to talk to a teacher or have help.

Q: Why should students attend the tutoring? A: To maintain eligibility (in activities) and to improve their understanding of their subjects. EDWARD RODRIGUEZ SIDEBAR

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NEWS BRIEFS Entertainment Tonight to be held tonight Student Council has been working on Entertainment Tonight (ET) ever since they ﬁnished up homecoming. ET will be held at the school tonight. All students are welcome. There will be live music and games like rock band, Dance Dance Revolu�on and Madden ’09. Pop and pizza will be sold. All proceeds go toward the student council fund for the Winter Formal Dance.

Band sends junior Ka�e Hawks to all-state band On Nov. 18, the Des Moines All-City Concert will take place at Lincoln at 7 p.m. Nov. 20-22, band member ka�e Hawks will be par�cipa�ng in all-state band. The performance will be in Ames. The Hoover band will be performing for the Iowa Military Veterans Recogni�on Ceremony at Ft. Des Moines.

Orchestra prepares for winter concert The orchestra hopes to be in for a successful year of classical performances and touring. The winter concert will be held Dec. 16. Orchestra conductor, Lisa Fried, believes that thanks to the new scheduling, the group is in for an even more fun and exci�ng semester.

HSAC looks for new members High schools against cancer is star�ng to brainstorm fundraising ideas to raise money for the group. They are s�ll looking for people to join. HAC meets every Monday in Jason Danielsons room. If you are interested in joining High schools Against Cancer see Payton Quinn for more informa�on.

Choir rehearses for upcoming concerts All the choirs recently par�cipated in a concert Oct. 28. They are now spending rehearsals preparing for the winter concert. There will be a vocal concert held at 7 p.m on Dec. 15. A voice recital will be held at 6 p.m on Dec. 16.

GSA to hold aids drive today GSA meets every Tuesday in the Meredith music room. GSA has many ac�vi�es going on. They just took part in plan�ng a tree and voter registra�on drive. The AIDS drive will be held today in the Meredith music room.

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Welcome “Joe” to �� the neighborhood �� Tanner Buckley entertainment editor The Beaverdale neighborhood is now home to “Joe’s Square.” The top floor of the 23,000 sq. ft. building features a brand new Anytime Fitness and an insurance office, while the bottom half of the new location features Dr. Terry Rieck’s dental practice and restaurant/ lounge “Good Son Martinis and Panini’s.” Prior to Joe’s Square,12,000 sq. ft. “Bonds of Beaverdale” was a small clothing store that sold clothing and shoes for over 60 years. The interior of the Anytime Fitness facility has orange and blue walls, and features brand new equipment including weights, treadmills, and a new machine called ”The Vacustep.” According to Anytimebeaverdale. com, “The Vacustep” is considered to be a new alternative to liposuction.

Anytime Fitness is the first fitness club to bring this technology to Iowa and the Midwest. With a new gym in the area, Hoover graduate Anthony Finney has already taken interest in the new center. “My old gym was further away out towards Windsor Heights, so this one is way more convenient for me,” Finney said. Finney believes that the new Anytime Fitness location will bring in a lot of new Hoover students. “If students like staying in shape, this gym, or any gym in the Des Moines area would be a good place to stay active and healthy,” Finney said. “Good Son’s” owner Aaron Milik has been in the restaurant business part time for 17 years and is excited about his new restaurant.

“Last year I wanted to open a bar and Kevin Dubay (owner of The Continental) wanted to open a restaurant so we decided to combine the two,” Milik said. The interior of the restaurant features vintage 70’s lights and has a Sinatra type feel. “The name “Good Sons” fit the atmosphere, it seems like a place Sinatra would’ve hung out,” Milik said. Milik was satisfied with the progress of construction over the summer. “It took a lot of work, 2 months and 15 hours a day isn’t easy,” Milik said. The menu mainly consists of Paninis. “The food is good, easy and basic, and food gets to the table very quick,” Milik said. The 2,000 sq. ft. restaurant opened to the public Oct. 22.

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BROKEN HEARTS

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o this means we’re probably going to break up.” “Yeah, probably.”

“Yeah.” Junior Joseph Rhodes and his girlfriend Courtney Kneally continued to watch the movie A Walk to Remember on his bed, despite the mutual decision to end their relationship. “It was kind of one of those mind reading things,” Rhodes said. Rhodes knew the breakup was coming moments before their final words as a couple. Kneally had told him that she was moving to New York, and he said that he’d be working so they wouldn’t have time for each other. “We were talking and decided it was for the best—that our relationship wasn’t going anywhere,” Rhodes said. The ex-couple finished the movie and then traveled to the mall. They hung out for a while until it finally came to their goodbye. “We told each other goodbye, gave each other hugs and kind of went our separate ways,” Rhodes said. If Rhodes knew then what he knows now, that day could have turned out differently. “I kind of regret breaking up with Courtney,” Rhodes said.

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fter a few months of dating Jerry Sabastiano, freshman Jenna Wilson realized she no longer had feelings for her boyfriend. “I felt bad and I didn’t want to break up with him,” Wilson said. Wilson told her friend how she was feelings and conflict eventually arose. “And things got out of control,” Wilson said. Wilson was at her house watching The Hills on a school evening when the phone rang. It was Sabastiano and he was talking “normal,” according to Wilson. But then he got to the point. “Hey, I’ve been hearing things about how you don’t like me,” Sabastiano said. So Wilson told her boyfriend the truth. “He asked if I just wanted to be friends and I said yeah,” Wilson said. But after that conversation, Wilson said they didn’t talk much. In the end, being friends worked out just as well as being a couple.

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unior Tyler Peeler’s year and a half long relationship with junior Basil Vennard ended over the phone on a Saturday. “It was really shocking, like surreal that it happened,” Peeler said. Peeler was in his bedroom the day it happened. He had decided to call her to talk about their problems, but the phone call turned into yet another argument. “She had told me prior to that, that she was unhappy in the relationship,” Peeler said. “Then we started arguing. In the middle of the argument she told me that she didn’t want to do it anymore and she told me that we needed to take a break.” Peeler can remember, however, what their relationship was like in the beginning. “We just had a lot of fun together,” Peeler said. “Whenever we were together it was carefree. Toward the end of the relationship we started arguing more.”

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Deadly Drinking Facts

The unexpected killer ��

-The younger you are when you start drinking, the greater your chance of becoming addicted to alcohol at some point in your life. More than 4 in 10 people who begin drinking before age 15 eventually become alcoholics. Source: NIAAA

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lcohol can make people aggressive and violent. Because it reduces inhibitions, drinking alcohol can make someone act in a way that would embarrass him or her under normal circumstances. It can also make people do dangerous things. Drinking too much, or binge drinking, can cause alcohol poisoning, which can lead to coma and death. Alcohol use increases the risks of liver damage, mouth, throat, esophagus and larynx cancer and heart disease. While there are bad effects of alcohol, there are also some good effects of alcohol. Researchers have long known that people who drink moderate amounts of alcohol appear to be less likely to develop heart disease. “To me, alcohol isn’t anything serious,” senior Zack Colbert said.“I feel that as long as you use it responsibly, it’s fine.” While Colbert generally thinks that alcohol is fine, he also has other views on the subject. “Well, alcohol tends to make you tipsy, and being drunk happens to make you make bad decisions like drink and drive, or do something you’ll regret later,” Colbert said. Store owner Bill Diaz has similar views. “If it’s abused, it’s bad for the person,” Diaz said. “(It’s) bad for the person’s physical health (and) mental health.” Diaz also said that it could be a bad situation for friends and family. “(Alcohol) deteriorates your liver,” Diaz said. “It takes a toll on family and friends.” Like Colbert, Diaz doesn’t think alcohol is all bad. “The FDA and Medical Journal said that a glass of wine a day is good for your body,” Diaz said. “Alcohol wasn’t made to cause grief,” Colbert said. “It was made to be used in celebrations and times of great joy.”

-Early drinking onset has been linked to uninten�onal injuries, car crashes, physical ﬁghts, unplanned sex, and academic underachievement in teens. Source: Na�onal Highway Traﬃc Safety Administra�on

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Disease of theIssue

MONO

Symptoms:

General lack of energy -Loss of appe�te -Chills -Severe sore throat -Swollen glands

How it works:

The disease a�acks the red blood cells as the white blood cells try to fight it off. An�bio�cs are the main helper in the treatment but some other diseases are mistaken for mono such as the flu or strep throat.

How is it spread:

Mono can be spread by sharing drinks out of the same glass, kissing or exchanging mouth ﬂuids in any way.

Treatment:

Go to the doctor because the only real way to ﬁgure out if you have mono is to get blood tests done and to see a professional. The right treatment will be given to you at the doctor’s oﬃce or when the results are received. ��

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Going beyond the ﬁeld

Josh Griﬃth helps freshman Morning Star with his math during class. “Some�mes during my plan period, I track one or two of them down to make sure that they’re doing what they’re supposed to do in the classroom,” Griﬃth said. ��

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Griffith has been a soccer coach at Hoover for six years, and this is second year as head coach. He said that over the years, he has created a family-like bond with each one of his players. “The players on my team know that I think of them as a part of my family,” Griffith said. Griffith spends quality time with his players on and off of the field. “Sometimes during my plan period, I track one or two of them down to make sure that they’re doing what they’re supposed to do in the classroom,” Griffith said.

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Griffith also gets to know his players on a personal level. “We do all kinds of things just to get to know each other and have a good time outside of school,” Griffith said. Griffith invites the boys to his house to play video games, and sometimes they have video game tournaments. He also said he goes out of his way to make sure that each of the boys has everything that they need to succeed. “I have gotten several of them jobs that needed jobs to help out their families,” Griffith said. Each player that he coaches has a special bond with Griffith. “All of the boys know that I care about them,” Griffith said.

Junior Tyler Peeler has known math teacher Josh Griffith for about four years, and has been coached by him for three years. “We have a good relationship,” Peeler said. “Sometimes I go to see him just to chill.” Peeler thinks of Griffith as more than just a coach. “He is younger so he relates to us. The way he acts is not like a coach,” Peeler said. “He’s like a friend too.” Peeler feels that the team “really is like a family,” he says. “During the season, we all hang out after practice,” Peeler said. Josh Griffith has coached junior Adis Mujic for two years, but Mujic has known him for four years. “He helps me a lot,” Mujic said. Mujic considers Griffith as not just a coach, but someone that he can talk to. “He helps me with things,” Mujic said. “And we talk about things too.” Mujic agrees that the soccer team is like a big family. “We are all like his sons,” Mujic said.

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sports 5 SPORTS BRIEFS Football player evaluates performance Junior Anthony Johnson has been

playing football for Hoover for three years. Johnson thinks that the team could have done be�er this season. Johnson also thinks that they (the team) showed improvement and understand their plays. “We could have done be�er,” Johnson said. “We showed improvement and understood our plays.” However, there is one thing that Johnson believed the could have used more of. “(We could have used) more prac�ce �me in,” Johnson said.

Cross country teams place sixth and seventh at regional meet

The regional meet was held at Indianola’s Pickard Park Oct. 23 and the state meet was held at Fort Dodge Nov. 1. The girls’ team placed seventh and the boys’ team placed sixth at the regional meet. Junior James Kent and sophomore Anna Strait had the best �mes for their respec�ve teams. “We’ve been working really hard this year,” junior Elizabeth Elliot said. Elliot has been running cross country for several years and said she s�ll enjoys it. “It’s a lot of work,” Elliot said. “But we always have fun!”

Swimmers reflect on sesason The Marlins are gearing up for the end of the season when the �mes really count. “I think we’ll swim a lot faster at districts than we did at confrence,” senior Becca Leffler said. The last few weeks of the season are qualifying rounds; each swimmer is trying to make it to the next meet. There are three meets, confrence, districts, and state. “We are doing be�er this season than we did last year,” Leffler said. The state meet will be held at the Marshalltown YMCA tomorrow Nov. 8. “I just want everyone to swim their best,” Leffler said.

Cheerleaders performs at state compe��on The varsity cheerleaders spent prac�ces ge�ng ready for the state cheerleading compe��on. They performed last weekend at the state cheerleading compe��on Nov. 1. They are now con�nuing to prac�ce to get ready for the upcoming basketball season.

Volleyball team wraps up season

Clockwise, from top le�: The cheerleaders stretch and warm up before prac�ce. Juniors Mariah Goodson, Kylie Van Houten, and Allison O’Braza run through their rou�ne. The squad sets up the opening forma�on before a run through. Senior Evelina Beganovic and junior Mallory S�tes pra�ce a cheer. ��

Volleyball wrapped up the season with a loss to Dowling Catholic. Players s�ll said they felt the season was one to be proud of. “I feel like we’ve improved a lot. Our team’s skill has improved tremendously. This year we showed to people that we could win. I’m going to miss it,” senior team captain Anna Moody said.

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One Flew Over the Cukoo’s Nest (1975) Jack Nicholson pretends to be insane to avoid going to prison. Funny, but makes you think at the same time.

Secondhand Lions (2003) Michael Roby back page editor Where not a year ago Silvestrini’s Pizza was, now stands Tedesco’s Steakhouse, a new restaurant down Douglas Avenue. From my first real glance to the end of the meal, I was both interested and excited about some things, though not completely impressed. I came at lunch, walking into the small building, and there was enough seating for a small party- in fact there was one present. At first glance, we nearly mistook it for a self-seating place, as it took five to ten minutes for a hostess to notice us inside and take us to our table. The lunch menu seemed extensive, with a variety of salads, grilled meats and sandwiches, though none of them come without taking a nip at a high school student’s wallet. By the end of the meal we managed to spend nearly thirty dollars on the meal for three. Our waitress managed to redeem

Tedesco’s opened to the public in mid September. The menu features steaks and other American foods. Less than one year ago, family-owned restaurant Silvestrini’s Pizza stood in Tedesco’s place. SAMI RICKE PHOTO

our long wait to be seated however, constantly keeping one eye on our drinks whenever they seemed to be going low and checking up occasionally to make sure everything was okay. The interior had a certain charm to it, seemingly modeled after an Italian bistro. Tuscan red colored the walls where paintings and photos of Italian landscape did not. The wilting flowers in European wine bottles seemed to contradict themselves, by giving a fancy and at the same time fun feel to the place. For the most part, that was the restaurant’s feel, from the low hanging lights to the appealing decor, the place seemed like one you could be comfortable in no matter what you where wearing, though I’d recommend collared shirts, just to stay on the safe side. I had plenty of time to get a feel for the inside, as it took between 20 and 30 minutes for our food to arrive! The french dip proved satisfying, though not the best beef in quality or taste I’ve had at steakhouses, the au jus was

rather thin as well. Tedesco’s barbeque burger turned out to contain the best meat among the dishes we’d ordered, although it did not come with onions as the menu specified. The salad that was ordered hardly included half the ingredients that were mentioned. We managed to have it sent back and get the ingredients added, but it was beginning to become clear to me the staff had been neglecting some of their duties. On a meal for three we managed spend just under 29 dollars (and that was even taking a dollar off for the salad mistake), more then I’d want to pay for the good, but not great lunch I’d had. If you’re a high school student looking to eat at Tedesco’s, I’d say you’re best off planning it for a dinner with your girlfriend, your more likely to get a better deal and feel more open to spending a the extra cash. All things considered, Tedesco’s offered a variety of good food and decent service, but a price we can’t all agree on. I give Tedesco’s three and a half out of five.

Haley Joel Osment along with Michael Caine and Robert Duvall all make big appearances. This movie is full of adventure and stubborn old men. Great family movie.

Billy Madison (1995) A classic comedy with Adam Sandler. You can’t go five minutes without laughing.

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45 years ago, President Kennedy signed into law the Equal Pay Act of 1963, prohibiting employers from paying workers less solely based on gender. From then on, no employer could “discriminate...between employees on the basis of sex by paying wages to employees...at a rate less than the rate at which he pays wages to employees of the opposite sex.” 1963. Rewind to a time when Neil Armstrong had just landed on the moon. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. gave his “I Had a Dream” speech. The Beatles released their album “Please Please Me.” Women were making 58 cents to every dollar men were making. 45 years later, women are making 79 cents, according to Time magazine. 45 years later, it is 2008. Micro technology, fiber optics and the internet than they did as men. In contrast, females have revolutionized society. Information has who became male earned 1.5 percent more, become available to almost anyone at almost according to Time. any time in almost any place. Yet there is still Some of the study participants stayed in the some disparity between the wages that men same careers after their transitions, and others receive and the wages that women receive. changed. But the pattern is clear: men still Granted, it is difficult to make more money measure exactly how large or than women. The Challenger staﬀ small this disparity is. Some A 2000 studies base calculations on voted 10-0 study by Harvard men and women with different professor of for this editorial ages and experience, which economics Claudia doesn’t lend itself to the most Goldin and accurate comparisons. Women should recieve Princeton professor However, there is no economics the same pay as men for of doubt that there still remains Cecilia Rouse a gap between men’s and doing the same job. revealed another women’s wages. In a new discrepancy. In study by Kristen Schilt, a “Orchestrating sociologist at the University of Chicago and Impartiality: The Impact of ‘Blind’ Auditions Matthew Wiswall, an economist at New on Female Musicians,” auditions for York University, the work experiences of symphony orchestras were performed behind transgendered men and women are compared. a screen so that appearance and gender The study found that men who became could not be a factor in hiring, According women earned, on average, 32 percent less

to the study, “the weight of the evidence suggests that the blind audition procedure fostered impartiality in hiring and increased the proportion of women in symphony orchestras.” When the musicians’ identities were concealed, sex ceased to be a factor, and more women were hired. The White House’s report, “Explaining Trends in the Gender Wage Gap” concedes that “there still exists a significant wage gap that cannot be explained by differences between male and female workers in labor market experience and in the characteristics of jobs they hold.” It also mentions that the gap for black and white women has narrowed more quickly than the gap for Hispanic women. In this world of prominent female figures like Hillary Clinton, Lolo Jones and Oprah Winfrey, girls have a lot of role models to look up to. But they still have to worry about sexism. 45 years after the Equal Pay Act, pay should be equal.

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�� For the past three years, I have witnessed many pep assemblies, football games, basketball games and spirit weeks during which senior classes have come out from behind the classroom doors to display their school spirit and senior pride in full force. I, along with all my fellow class of 2009 seniors, have finally made to the last lap of the race where we glance around, look back at how far we’ve come and just enjoy the moment. We have all done so many great things during our high school careers. This should be the moment where we all come

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IN MY OPINION... together after surviving the bottom of the food chain and ending up on top. The problem is that ever since the first pep assembly of my freshman year when I stood in front of our class as a cheerleader, with the mission of getting everyone fired up, I realized that it just wasn’t going to happen. Half our class was sitting down and at times I felt like my voice was the only one cheering which was only because it was my job. As a result I abandoned all excitement along with every shred of school spirit because I believed that the class of 2009 would never really come together and to be honest I knew I would never really care. At this year’s first pep assembly I walked in with a sort of defeatist attitude about the whole charade of being a senior. For the first time I didn’t even bother standing at all, something which I’m sure contributed to giving underclassmen a negative impression of the entire senior class. We all know how that spirit stick competition turned out that day but the truth is we weren’t just loosing a decorated stick. We were losing out on a huge opportunity to see the best in each other and work together to turn around our reputation of being a

disinterested class. I’ll admit I’ve never been the first one to be in the front row of every school event and cheer with enthusiasm, but I have recently been inspired. Something has definitely changed with this year’s senior class. We killed at the powder puff game and showed more school spirit in one week than we have in three years. With victory and laughter came strength and unity. I can personally attest to the fact that I didn’t sit down once during the homecoming assembly and it was because I was surrounded by so much excitement. The only thing to be seen and heard in that gymnasium was a wave of powerful senior pride. Although our senior Husky spirit was way past due, it made for some tough competition for this year’s juniors. There were class signs and outfits of green and gold on both sides which I know set a great example for sophomores and freshmen. What underclassmen see from us is what will carry on for years come. The school spirit the senior classes show set the standard for future seniors. The class of 2009 stepped it up during homecoming week and brought new meaning to the word seniors.

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