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from CMR Stampede February 2020

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DECA BPA by Raef Hamlin, staff writer Planning, organizing, and participating in state-level competitions: one senior from CMR does it all for DECA (Distributive Education Clubs of America). Senior Andi Newbrough joined DECA her freshman year because “my friends and I were following the upperclassmen we knew,” she said. Newbrough said she has enjoyed all four years of DECA and is also one of the State Officers in Montana. As a State Officer, she is responsible for planning and running the state conference, posting on social media, and making corporate contacts. Senior Isabelle Castriz said she joined DECA because she hopes to be in the business field “I get to be involved in some really fun events that are more focused on marketing and innovation,” she said. “I heard about DECA when I was a sophomore and started going to the meetings,” senior Lexi Burcham said. Burcham said she joined DECA because “I am interested in business and was seeking a chance to expand my public speaking skills while in a fun environment,” she said. Burcham is participating in an innovation plan, Travel and Tourism Marketing, and Apparel and Accessory Marketing. Her favorite memory was going to Orlando Florida for the national competition last year. by Raef Hamlin, staff writer The Business Professionals of America club gives students the opportunity to explore different fields in the business and IT departments. “I feel like BPA events help prepare for important life skills later on and it’s fun” Senior Kenai Wilson said. Wilson said he started coding sophomore year with Stacy Dolderer and has continued to do so through BPA. He joined the club as a junior and, in only his second year, he placed first in Java and C++ coding during regionals. When Wilson attends state this year, he hopes to place in the top ten for C++ coding. Wilson joined BPA to help him prepare for life but has stayed in BPA because of the great community. Senior Isabelle Castriz joined BPA with the hope that she will eventually work in the business field. “It’s a great way to [prepare] for the professional world,” she said. Castriz is part of the Administrative support team with seniors Quinn Soltesz, Andi Newbrough, and Grace Carr. She also participated in Human Resource Management, placing third, and Fundamental Spreadsheet, placing 6th. Castriz said her goals for state BPA are “to compete our best and make the most of the experiences.” $5 off with mention of code: TUX? Mullet 411 Central Ave. Great Falls, MT 59401 (406) 761-5010 KAUFMANS mens wea r centre Four Generations -- For All the Right Reasons Need a

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Q&A with Jamie Williams CYBER PATRIOTS Row 1: Jacob Tanner, John Conner, Mike Kadoshnikov, Kaylebb Stahmer, Joshua Wijaya, Eric Partin, Mr. Mee. Q: How did your season go this year? A: “We did not make it to regionals but they had a great season. They scored well. So how it works is they have a competition that goes on for six hours and they have to find problems with these computer images, that they are given. They are sent three different kinds, one is like a server image, one is called ubuntu, and one is windows image. So the skills these students are getting are pretty phenomenal because they can help fight cyber terrorism and cyber threats.” Q: How does the scoring and club work? A: “So it’s based on a program. They send us a program that we open on the computer using something called a virtual machine so that we are not really causing any damage on our own machines. It just kind of goes through this virtual player. Then whoever sets up the image determines certain points for when students find certain vulnerabilities they get points. The setup, it’s kind of cute, this nice music plays whenever they solve problems but when they do something to make the image more insecure than it makes this awful honking sound. So they can lose points, too.” Q: How many people did you have on the team this year? A: “Cyber patriots say we can have six kids per team so we have six on our team. Sometimes we have a seventh person who comes and they have to kind of rotate in and off.” Q: Why do you think this club is important and why did you take on the role as an advisor? A: “I just think this is such a great opportunity, we need people out there in cybersecurity, I need people in that. So that people don’t hack into my credit cards and my medical information. I know that this sponsored by the airforce so they are looking for people to go into cybersecurity because of it such a huge huge problem. It’s kind of like a gaming thing and so many kids are interested in gaming and just kind of problem-solving. The kids know way more then I do, so I wish I could kind of teach them more but I can’t. We have someone from the college, Chris Maye, who teaches cybersecurity at the college so he kind of help mentor the team and that’s a great help.”

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