CR Washington Surveyor May 2013

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Volume 56

Issue 6

17 May 2013

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s urveyors. mission The Surveyor is established as a school-sponsored open forum dedicated to informing and entertaining its readers. The staff will report as fairly and well-balanced as possible. All activities and news will be covered to the best of the staff’s ability. The Surveyor accepts the Society of Professional Journalists’ Code of Ethics as the basis for good journalism.

Readers are encouraged to express their viewpoints through guest editorials. The Surveyor also welcomes letters to the editor, with these guidelines: it is not libelous or obscene, it explains the material clearly, it is not longer than 500 words, and that it is signed.

non-discrimination policy It is the policy of the Cedar Rapids Community School District not to illegally discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, gender, disability, religion, creed, age (employment only), marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, and socioeconomic status (students/program only) in its educational programs and its employment practices. There is a grievance procedure for processing complaints of discrimination.

District employees with questions or a grievance related to this policy should contact Jill Cirivello, Director of Human Resources, 319-558-2421; jcirivello@cr.k12.ia.us. Students and others should contact Aaron Green, Director of Student Equity, 319-558-2964; agreen@cr.k12.ia.us. The District mailing address is 2500 Edgewood Rd NW, Cedar Rapids, IA 52405-1015.

editors Francesca Hidalgo-Wohlleben, Editor-in-Chief Grant Kamin, Managing and Opinions Editor Madeline Berg, Business Editor Kiran Misra, News Editor MJ Kamin, Profiles Editor Shanay Gonder, Arts and Entertainment Editor Kitty McGurk, Life and Style Editor Peter Holmes & Gavin Jones, Sports Editors Hannah Jonasson, Photo Editor Reid Rossberger, Freelance Editor

reporters Michelle Zumhof Bridget Williams Anna Rizer Willow Evans Elijah Wedel Matthew Salazar

Ian Schweiger Eric Loeffelholz John Kopec Amy Wilkie Andrew Watkins Emmy Buonadonna

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Kyle Phillips

IHSPA, NHSPA, JEA, Quill & Scroll

what’s inside Senior columns Foreign Exchange goodbyes Superlatives College Plans Striving Awards Senior Ads Front, back, and this picture all by Hannah Jonnason

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Francesca Hidalgo I recently had the arduous task of writing a graduation speech. If this tells you anything about the process, I actually ended up writing close to six complete graduation speeches. My problem was, and is, that there is no adequate way to sum up the past four years of high school. No extended metaphor, cliché, or nostalgic reflection can adequately convey the feelings that each one of us graduating feels in these final months: the convoluted mixture of extreme excitement, nervousness, and a dash of doubt.

I’ve decided, however, that all any of us can do is to be confident that everything we have experienced these past four years and everything we plan to do will lead us in the direction we are meant to go. Change will

There’s no need to do it all Someone wise once told me “It’s frustrating to figure out how to work the system after it is over” and that is the true epitome of high school. There’s the stereotypical advice to join every club and sport that can fit into a day and end up living at Wash every day of the year, which some people really take to heart (510 credits Brad? Have you been home the last four years?). This kind of lifestyle really doesn’t apply to some people.

It’s only after you’ve lived through the four years can you look back and actually know what you should’ve done. This catch 22 makes it really hard to leave any kind of wide spreading advice that makes any kind of useful impact.

So here’s this, it doesn’t matter what you do, as long as you can look back upon the wonderful things you did correctly and the awful mistakes that you made and are able to differentiate between the two categories. Then you’ll know how to live your life much better than any wide spreading claims about joining every club.

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Farewell & Hello never be easy; in fact, it will almost always be hard.

This is a fact that has guided humans as they make decisions on what to do next in their lives. But change is good; it gives each of us a chance to combine the past four years, take with us a sum of the good and bad, and then simply move on.

The Surveyor itself has gone through a lot of changes over the past year. We’ve taken on a new look, and a format of a class. While such a change is always sure to cause criticism and praise too, I think this change is just an inevitable part of progress.

I thank everyone who I have worked with on this publication over the past four years. You have helped me become the writer I am today. To all the readers: thank you for your support and critques. You continue improving this publication to the greatness I know it can one day achieve. Farewell Warriors. STAY BEAUTIFUL AND SIGN UP FOR THE SURVEYOR (you won’t regret it).

Grant Kamin

Looking back upon the Wash adventure, the greatest secret about high school is that learning facts about random subjects is just as important as teaching yourself how to absorb that information in future situations.

That being said, Wash has prepared us exceptionally well for anything that college or life throws at our class and will definitely do the same for every class to come as long as Dr. Plagman and all of the amazing teachers are still here.

Good luck class of 2013, and for those of us going to college, lets hope that our next experience will even come close to what Wash has been able to give us over the last four years.

John Kopec At 5 foot 3 inches tall and 119 pounds, I walked through the door the first day of high school with a collared shirt and a nervous look upon my baby face.

My first class was Dr. Kahler’s Pre-AP Biology, and I remember sitting down next to the only person I knew, Lucas “Pookie” Pint. We laughed awkwardly as Dr. Kahler greeted everyone and tried to listen to what would be the beginning of a high school experience like no other.

Coming from Regis I was especially observant of the diversity at Washington High School. It went far beyond ethnic diversity. At Wash, there are so many different

Stay golden Between classes, lunch, and free hours the most important thing I can highlight, on a personal level, are the people I have met. As a freshman my older brother was a senior; that and hanging out with seniors all the time was probably the best thing about that year. I played music with the Olympics, where we’d go to great shows, see other indie bands, and play a couple jams ourselves.

Sophomore year was a blast. I met people I could relate to from my childhood experiences, which is very hard to come by. I ditched the hipster mentality, and discovered good music with 2pac and Bobby Caldwell. I managed to get together with friends to play at all the school shows. We even covered a Sakamoto song, which was incredible. I sadly found out I was officially allergic to peanuts, and wasted way too much time waging wars on Facebook against Dubstep and religion.

Junior year was pretty much a repeat of sophomore year without the music performances. Unfortunately this was also when I actually started caring about making an effort in class.

An education in life types of people and you can find friends in all different types of activities. I was happy to find out quickly that I could befriend kids in my classes, at swimming practice, and outside of school too.

Over the past four years, I have come to appreciate all of the opportunities that Wash has to offer. No other school could have given me such an education and insight into many different types of people. Here, I was able to take advantage of all of the opportunities that only Wash could offer. This includes the awesome teachers, students, AP classes, clubs, sports, and Dr. Plagman.

I also learned that everyone changes in ways that you can’t even fathom freshman year. You may start dating that girl you stared at all of Pre-AP Biology freshman year, or grow half a foot by senior year. Either way, you will grow up a lot and have experiences that only Wash can offer. I suggest making the best of it all, because time really does fly by.

Andrew Watkins If I have one message to give it’s to care all the way through, seriously that isn’t asking for too much at all. I think it goes without saying that if you don’t try your hardest, you will regret it eventually.

Senior year has been the best overall. I haven’t suffered from senioritis, am “upper echelon” in Wood’s room during lunch, eat Spud Bowl every Thursday, and have met tons of awesome people from all over the world. Life is good.

I never had a dull moment at Wash. The teachers were great, and my friends classy. I’ll never be able to comprehend why anyone could ask for more. Finally shout outs to the best teachers ever: Mr. Green, Mr. Wood, Mr. Phillips, Mr. Howell and my good friends Darnell, Konnor, Chance, Walid, Jared and Frank. Stay gold!

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Shanay Gonder I’ve gotten ready at school more than I have at home over the past four years and yes, I am using this as an excuse for my appearance if at any point you have seen me disheveled.

The summer before freshman year was, what I like to title, The First Time a Sheltered Cedar Valley Alum Was Within five feet of High School Footballers.

And there were lots of muscular, hefty, football playing boys and they all were nameless and mysterious and huge and within five feet of me. I’ll also add that I spent an embarrassing amount of time primping before hand because of this.

Fast forward three years to this morning. I stumbled out of bed and into the weight room in all of 10 minutes, only aware of my fro and the drool dried mid way down my cheek when I questioned what the startling creature was staring back at me mid-squat.

What started off as a mandatory weight lifting class has become a daily staple. When I don’t begin my day triple checking my bag for a belt and underwear, I feel incomplete. It’s odd actually relishing in the fact that I

Rock bottom to early graduation Over the past year, my life has been impacted in a significant manner. My own emotional state was at a very weak point and had caused me to attempt suicide and then abuse alcohol. After a series of binges and a few stupid mistakes, I was given a choice to be charged in court for my mistakes or go to rehab and fix it. I decided - under my own discretion - to admit myself into a rehabilitation facility.

Upon discharge from the facility on Oct. 17, 2012, I had learned various ways to cope with many barriers that had limited my ability to live happily. I believe this experience was of extreme benefit to my life and I’m thankful of my decision.

Although I still have a lot of problems, there’s plenty for me to work on. Since being in rehab, I did plenty of schoolwork and advanced in credits and core classes.

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Lessons from the weight room wake up in the dark year round to drip sweat where the girl to guy ratio is 50 to 2. But I’m simply besotted.

The lessons I’ve learned in the weight room are a smaller testament to those I’ve learned in high school as a whole. Something so seemingly big and intimidating is now a place of familiarity and comfort. Where I was once apprehensive and doubting my ability to perform, I ended up succeeding above what I could have imagined.

This fall I’ll walk onto another campus and into another weight room and there will be boys, hopefully. And there will be nameless people and many opportunities where feelings of inadequacy may creep in or I’ll feel it necessary to impress. But because of my experience at Wash, I’m confident in who I am (even with dried drool on my face.) Now that you’re sufficiently attracted to the picture of me in the morning, I’ll also add that the transparency required to own every part of you is something I wish I would have owned earlier. Feelings of inadequacy have always followed comparison. Freshman year I could hardly lift these special plastic and foam bars they give to the muscle-less and now with a little stretching I could probably lift it with my pinky toe. I’ve discovered that it’s simply foolish to desire to be anything other than yourself. My thighs have never not touched and I bust out of tight shirts like a female hulk on occasion but growth and stepping out of your comfort zone comes with it’s side effects.

Matt Salazar From that, I’ve decided that I’ve gotten enough schoolwork done to where I can graduate from high school a year early.

I feel as if I made a complete flip-flop from where I once was almost a whole year ago. I put myself into some deep situations and now I’m going college early. It can show some people that no matter how low you can hit rock bottom, you’ve just got to keep on going forward.

Only YOU know when you’ve hit rock bottom… That’s when you stop digging yourself deeper.

Kitty McGurk

So here’s the deal. I’ve decided that when I’m roughly 45 years old, gladly domesticated, with children who will hopefully be graduating, I’ll be sitting in my room one night contemplating life and how strangely fast yet disturbingly slowly it moves. It’s at this time that I’ll be most likely be debating the clocks of time that I will get up out of my bed and go look through my old high school things. And it’s in these boxes of dusty junk that I will find an old Surveyor that will most likely look ancient in comparison to whatever technology has replaced it. So, this column is for you Kitty, to remind your weakening memory of who you were.

Let’s start this out by explaining one major thing… you’re a lover. You love and trust everyone you come across, and while this becomes inconvinient when you trust people you probably shouldn’t, it’s not the worst quality in the world. Second, you talk. Oh my goodness you talk way too much. Please still be best friends with Reid Rossberger and please let him still give you constant

Things I wish I knew Freshman Year 1. Dr. Plagman is half god, half man. But don’t be scared or intimidated. He will always say hi to you in the hallway, no matter how bad you look that day. On this note, most teachers pretend to be much scarier than they actually are.

2. Getting dropped off by your parents is way better than driving to school. They will drop you off right next to the door. This means less walking time, and you never have to worry about getting a spot in the Jock Lot. 3. There will never be a spot for you in the Jock Lot. 4. Mrs. Derrick is actually a nice woman, not the evil monster she tries to come off as. I like to think of her as a little puppy who thinks she is actually the biggest meanest dog. She isn’t. Don’t be scared of her.

5. Play golf all four years. In no other sport can you get a gym waiver for eating a hot dog, drinking an Arnold Palmer, and just hanging out with your friends on a fall afternoon.

6. If you say you can beat Alex Carr and Andre Dawson

Dear 45-year-old Kitty crap for your excessive talking. Speaking of which, you have some of the most incredible friends in the world.

You could kill them all with your bare hands on most days but you could also take a bullet for every single one of them. Speaking of best friends you have one of the sweetest boyfriends in the world-Old Kitty, whether Austin Bergstrom is a professional soccer player across seas or a successful doctor/lawyer, if you aren’t still in touch with him, you’ve failed me.

You love music, all of it. Okay not all of it, rock and any screaming techno isn’t for you. You’re currently listening to Ed Sheeran and it’s beautiful. You dance… always.You love it. For you, sitting in your room right now writing this column so ridiculously last minute is comparable to first high school make outs. You love it, and while you’re not so great at it, please continue to try, because it is your great passion. You have the world’s loveliest family and those parents of yours would do anything in and out of their power to ensure that you have all that the world can offer you. You are crying writing this right now. High school is actually ending and in only three months you will be plopped in downtown Chicago. But you are so ready; for this school has been exceptional, your life is full of love, and you are the happiest girl in the world. Go get em’ girl, talk to you in 27 years. XOXO, KITTY.

Reid Rossberger

in a race, you are wrong, especially if you are a little white boy with little athletic abilities.

7. Never let your friends win a fight. I am both physically and mentally stronger than Lucas Pint.

For this reason, he has never beaten me in a fight.

8. Most importantly, don’t take school too seriously.

While it is important to get good grades, it is also important to join clubs, attend sporting events, and hang out with friends. Take advantage of all the extracurricular things Wash has to offer. Joining Surveyor sophomore year caused me to expand my horizons and reach out of my comfort zone, something that I will be glad I did the rest of my life.

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Peter Holmes I had a hard time writing this. Not because I’m all sentimental about leaving Wash, but how could I sum up 1,400 days in 250 words? Now 224. To add more pressure, my editor-in-chief, Francesca Hidalgo (I forgot the rest of her name) is angry because I never turn in my articles on time. Don’t worry, I’m used to high school girls being mad at me.

To start, the best thing I ever did in high school was be a part of a team. I have never had so much fun with

No Worries a basketball team or soccer team than I did this year.

Besides beating Kennedy three times on the court and taking out number one Iowa City West again on the field; I’ll always remember my teammates trying to steal my pre-game Gatorade chewies, checking out ladies with my man Big Sean, and pigging-out at all the team dinners.

Wash has been the perfect place for me to grow as a person. From the scrawny freshman..... to the scrawny senior. It seems surreal that it’s my turn to put on that cap and gown, have a grad party, and say goodbye to all my teachers and friends after watching so many generations before me do the same. Yet I can’t wait for what the future brings, even if it won’t be very bright in Minnesota.

Shout out to Dan Rhine- Stay out of trouble.

Gavin Jones

Gavin’s Rule of Four I’d like to start out by saying thanks to all my teachers and the faculty members at THE Washington high school. Although it wasn’t always made visible I do appreciate and respect all of you for dedicating your time, money, and lifestyle towards the goal of making kids life’s better. But now that’s out of the way students…. I could do a lot of things with this column, the traditional tell a crazy story, or how I cheated my way through high school. Instead I’m going to give you four rules to abide by in your high school life to guarantee maximum peace and minimal drama. Here is Gavin’s Rule of four: 1. Be Kind If you are kind and respect others every time you encounter them then why would they ever be different towards you? Of course we all have some people (98% of you reading this in my case) that we just don’t care to please and could really care less how they act towards us. But if someone hates you or dislikes and you have a problem with it, think why they hate you because it’s not just something that pops up.

2. Insecurity The whole being insecure thing is so freshman year.

Wake up every morning, look how you want to look, act how you want to act, and dress how you want to dress.

Because if you’re ugly or don’t look nice, you’re still going to be just as ugly and look just as bad as you did before except not only that, you’re also nervous and insecure.

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Just do you and embrace the skin you’re in.

3. Respect Something that really has to stop is the bullying at Wash. You think that girl that wears the same shirt 3 days a week wants to? You think that guy that smells horrible and has greasy hair that you’re constantly whispering about RIGHT NEXT TO HIM doesn’t know he smells like that!? C’mon man. It sounds elementary, but put yourself in their shoes and see where they’re coming from, and if you’re not willing to do that then you have no business talking about that person.

4. Cut ‘em off My biggest pet peeve is a person complaining about another person constantly. About every little thing they do, how they act, what they say. But still associate themselves with that person everyday like all that complaining never happened. PLEASE STOP. If someone brings more negative vibes than positive into your life, I think it may just be time to cut ‘em off.

Thank You. Elvis has left the building.

Madeline Berg As I write this final paper for high school, I am sitting on my porch sipping pink lemonade and listening to the birds chirp in the background as they bask in the first spring weather of the year. I imagine I should be contemplating the meaning of life or perhaps the meaning of high school in the very least, but instead I am focused on the Grey’s Anatomy episode I just finished, one where a dying man in need of a heart transplant is given the option of taking his daughter off life support and inserting her heart into his body. My motivation for school work is gone to say the least.

Because this is a senior article, I feel that I should give some advice to those bothering to read what I have to say. So, my advice is this: join that club even if it isn’t the norm, go to the school play simply to support your classmates, volunteer for everything and anything. Get involved, I know – you’ve all heard this too many times,

An existential crisis I am in the midst of an existentialist crisis.

It is nearly impossible to summarize four years of high school in one senior column. Looking back, I sort through memories in the educational realm like a family sorting through boxes of possessions when moving to a new house.

Much like this family, there are trophies displayed on the mantle to admire and there are things which you might be tempted to leave behind in one of those abundant cajas de carton. Going into high school I would have chosen the trophies- they’re shiny and impressive. They symbolize success in life!

Just a couple of weeks ago, when I got my eighth grade senior letter in the mail, it confirmed my life goals. The most important of these goals, at the time: to get into an Ivy League college and attain this indefinable success in life, which commonly is interpreted as accumulating a resume of accomplishments that differentiates one as an individual who is successful at things society deems as important.

College acceptances, having high test scores, etc.

However, four years later, I am not nearly as proud of those things as I am of things that can’t be summarized with a

Wash and Grey’s but if I could go back to freshman year I would sign up for every student organization, if only to meet the people who are passionate enough to share what they love with Wash. And lastly, accept everyone. High School is a time of discovering who you are, understand that everyone is doing that exact thing. There is no greater way to find oneself than by spending time with people who are different from you in more ways than one. Granted, there are definitely the Regina George’s, but there are also the Janis Ian’s who, if you give them the opportunity, can show you what true friendship means.

Going back to that episode of Grey’s Anatomy, the man does decide to take the heart of his daughter.

Despite his longing for her to wake up, he realizes she probably never will and that the person he loved so much is gone. That man took the only opportunity he had and used it to his full advantage – and that is what I think high school should be about. Perhaps not in a life and death scenario such as this example, but in your everyday life. High School should be about taking full advantage of every situation possible and learning to move past the hard times in order to find who you’re really supposed to be.

Kiran Misra certificate or commended with a medal.

My proudest accomplishment is my most spectacular failureI am really proud of letting myself experience what it was like to be in love when I was still young and stupid. I am proud of the relationship I have with my sister, I am proud of having a distinct narrative voice, I am proud of not being afraid to tell people off and standing up for things, I am proud of making my own mistakes, and I am proud of trusting the wrong people. And I can’t put any of these things on a resume.

So when you are wondering what you want to achieve in high school- don’t sweat it. You don’t even have to be that smart to get into college and you’re going to get a date to prom date no matter what you do. So live for the little things, because at the end of four years, those are going to be the big things.

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I am Oscar Ngombo an exchange student from Kenya and I am with the PAX program. I am from the second largest city in Kenya ,Mombasa, and I just live a few miles away from the city. I am glad to represent my school back in my country, my community, and even my whole country.

I will also take this time to recognize and thank all the teachers who have been with me all throughout my first and second trimesters and all the help and concentration they have given me and my fellow exchange students

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at Wash. This has been a great pleasure to work with you all and a great experience for me, especially learning how different teachers teach and work with students rather than sticking with the same teachers all day. Also thanks to my basketball and soccer coaches and my fellow players for helping me out to improve my game and learning new skills which was my goal get to improve my skills in these games which I like.

To my counselor, Mr. Simons, thank you also for helping me and advising me to get involved in different activities that could help me make lots of friends and even have fun hanging out with my classmates which was completely true. Also without forgetting the wonderful principal who the Warriors are blessed to have, Dr. Plagman. Thank you for having us at Wash and I am so delighted for being here and having you as my principal for the short while, which makes me feel so lucky right now.

To all my friends, thank you for helping me have such a great time.

I am so glad to have met you guys and have had you as my friends.

Thanks to my welcoming family, the Woods, for helping me get settled in the US and for the great time that I have had with them. I am so excited and blessed to have had them and even live with them. Caleb, thanks man for the wonderful help that you gave me, like when you told to get to audition for the “Guys and Dolls” which I didn’t even believe in myself but I had a great time hanging out and working with those guys. I wish you great luck in your high school life hope you keep on rocking hard.

Great thanks also to the Paoli family for opening their home to let me live with them and help me finish my year so wonderful like this. Good luck to my host brother, Nicholas Paoli with your senior year. Thank you and Love you all!!!!!!

Marco Marco

Hi, my name is Marco Marco and I am an exchange student from

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Tanzania. It seems like yesterday when I first arrived in Iowa! I have so many things this year not just about the life in America but also about myself. When I arrived I was really afraid what if people don’t understand me, because my English isn’t good enough? What If I don’t make any friends? What If... but a lot of people helped me, making this year a unique and wonderful experience.

“Thank you” to my amazing host family, we have shared a lot

of great story and time, all those good memories. Ethan Hammer, the Hammers family thank you so much! Not to forget my prior host family Connor Jacobmeyer, thank you.

The first day of school was as good as the last day all thanks to Washington High School. The staff members, Kimu Kasha, Aroni Nikiza and to my coach in crosscountry and soccer, thanks everyone at Wash. It’s a great day to be a warrior!!!

Background graphic by Grant Kamin Original clipart from Creative Commons

Oscar Ngombo

Exchange Goodbyes Ryo Ueno

Hi, Washington High School.

My name is Ryo Ueno. I am an exchange student from Japan. Since I came here, I have spent really good time. I was really nervous when the school just started. But friends, teachers, coaches, even food service women made my school life

so wonderful. I really appreciated all your kindness.

My favorite class was US History, LA, Biology, and Japanese, because those teacher were so nice and there was not so much home work! I’ve had many great experiences at Wash. Especially swim season. That was the best experience in America. I got many friends and had a lot of fun. I am pretty sure they helped my English skill’s improve. Before I joined the swim team, I had had no idea what Coach Cruise said. But after the swim season, I had perfectly understood what he was saying. I am not sure how I changed, but I am sure that swim season was the best experience. So thank you all coaches,

swimmers, managers.

I am very glad to spend a good time at Wash. I am going to miss this school and friends. I hope I can see you again. Thank you and good bye.

“I’ve had many great experiences at Wash.

Especially swim season.”

Ayaka Shiina

I can’t believe that I’ve been here for eight months now and I don’t want to think about how

school will be over in less than a month. I still clearly remember that when I first got here. I was so nervous and scared of everything, so I was really relieved and glad when some people spoke to me. It was not easy for me to get into the new culture. Of course there were hard times, not just fun experiences. But now, I don’t even think about those days.

I learned so many things besides language and had lots of fantastic, amazing, and wonderful times through this exchange year. I don’t

regret coming here at all. I’m sure that I made the right decision. I’m grateful to teachers, my friends and everyone else who supported me, tried to listen to me, and shared a lot of fun with me. I am so happy and proud to be here, and to be a member of Washington High School. I will miss everything here.

I wish I can come back. Thank you so much everyone for this great opportunity and unforgettable times! I love America! I love you guys! :)

Grant Kamin & Bridget Williams, Editors

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Most likely to put a smile on your face daily: kassie kittredge

Kitty McGurk, Editor

17 Striving Awards

COLLEGE

Abdi, Nafisa: Kirkwood Abel, Elli: ISU Ajram, Riyad: Plans not submitted Allen, Nicholas: Rose Hulman Allen, Tartorius: Kirkwood Allison, Janae: Plans not submitted Anderson, Megan: ISU Anderson, Rosalyn: Kirkwood Arndt, Cordell: Kirkwood Bahassou, Travis: Kirkwood Barnes, Logan: Coe Barr, Robert: Plans not submitted Batte, LaVonte: Iowa Weslyan Bauldry, Cheyenne: Plans not submitted Baum, Cody: Plans not submitted Beio, Christopher: UNI Benya, Nathan: Iowa Berg, Madeline: Iowa Bergstrom, Austin: Ohio State Berry, Joseph: Notre Dame Birchansky, Bradlee: Stanford Bjornsen, Colby: U of Denver Blades, Charles: Furman Blazicek, Chance: Plans not submitted Bloomhall, Bailey: ISU Bogard, Angela: RIT/Roch, NY Bredeson, Mitchell: Plans not submitted Brooks, Zion: Kirkwood Brown, Brittany: Coe Browning, Tayla: Kirkwood Bruce, Quincy: Grandview Buonadonna, Mason: Iowa Burdt, Noah: U of Dubuque Butler, Ian: ISU or Luther Butterfield, Brock: Kirkwood Callahan, James: Plans not submitted Campbell, Aalyiah: Kirkwood Campbell, Gloria: St Louis University Carnahan, Tara: Iowa Carver, Ellie: ISU Carver, Robert: ISU Carter, Rebecca: U of Miami Cejka, Kelsi: Iowa Chadima, Courtney: Kirkwood Chambers Jr., Jeffrey: ISU Christensen, Zachary: Grandview Clark, Heath: U of Dubuque Cleveland, Kyle: Kirkwood Coleman, Sarah: Drake Coleman, Tyler: Transition center Cook, Andrew: Iowa

Cooling, Cheyanna: Capri Cooper, Catheryn: Kansas University Coover, Jacob: Kirkwood Corbett, Nicolas: ISU Coutentos, Kylie: Kirkwood Cross, Abigail: Black Hills State University Crumes, Taylor: Kirkwood Davis, Ashley: Kirkwood Davis, Denisha: Kirkwood De Camp, Rashelle: Plans not submitted De La O Chavez, Joaquin: Plans not submitted Detweiler, Annie: Marquette Dietz, Madeline: Iowa Dills , Devin: Kirkwood Dostal, Noah: Kirkwood Drager, Genevieve: Kirkwood Draker, Cassidy: Kirkwood Duffy, Ashley: Kirkwood Ecklor, Daniel: Kirkwood Endicott, Sarah: Kirkwood Engen, Jairdin: Buena Vista Ernst, Katherine: U of Michigan Frake, Hansen: Kirkwood Francis, David: Plans not submitted Franck, John: Plans not submitted Frazier, Katherine: Kirkwood Frieden, Courtney: Kirkwood Fuller, Theresa: Plans not submitted Fulmer, Jonah: Kirkwood Garcia, Brenda: ISU Garcia-Perez, Aracely: Kirkwood Gillis, Zachary: Iowa Western Glenski, Devin: U of Dubuque Godlewski, Lucas: Iowa Gonder, Shanay: Northwestern College Gothard, Zachary: ISU Graff, Madison: Iowa Gray, Elizabeth: Drake Gutman, Corey: Kirkwood Hammond, Eleanor: Iowa Hampsher, Cambridge: Iowa Hand, Jacob: Kirkwood Hanover, Jarod: Kirkwood Hansen, Dustin: Kirkwood Hataway, Evan: Iowa Hatfield, Hannah: Kirkwood Herb, Abigail: Mt. Mercy University Hidalgo-Wohlleben, Francesca: Claremont Mckenna

Higgins, Mariah: Kirkwood Holliday, Dominique: Plans not submitted Holmes, Peter: U of St Thomas Hughes, Joshua: Johns Hopkins University Hughes, Jacqueline: Luther Hummel, Mya: ISU Irwin, Katherine: Kirkwood Johnson, Allante: Plans not submitted Johnson, Hannah: ISU Johnson, Tad: ISU Jonas, Megan: Mt Mercy University Jones, Cameron: Iowa Jones, Gavin: Kirkwood Jones, Jamie: Kirkwood Jones, Laniece: Kirkwood Jones, Tara: Kirkwood Kacena, Abigail: Iowa Kamin, Grant: ISU Kasey, Samantha: Kirkwood Kasha, Kimu: Wartburg Keister, Savannah: Kirkwood Kellner, Makayla: Iowa Kelly, Megan: UNI Kennedy, Barton: Iowa Keppler, Sarah: Southwest Minnesota State Keslar, Wesley: Kirkwood Ketchens, Maliek: Cornell College Kidder, Stacie: Plans not submitted Kimble, Dallas: Plans not submitted King, Kristin: U of Colorado Boulder Kittredge, Cassandra: Bryn Mawer/PA Wellesly/MA Kopec, John: U of Denver Kramer, Madison: University of North Dakota Krebs, Charles: ISU Krutzfield, Erica: Kirkwood Kuster, Clark: Plans not submitted Lang, Elizabeth: Texas Christian Academy Larson, Paige: Kirkwood Laverty, Megan: Iowa Leeper, Shelby: UNI Legrand, Nicole: Kirkwood Lehrman, Evan: Plans not submitted Lemos, Rosa: Lawrence University Lenzen, Sophie: U of Wisconsin Madison Levy, Ralonda: Kirkwood Li, Fang Qi: University of Haiwii Licona-Moreno, Boris: Mt. Mercy University

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Littlejohn, Sierra: Plans not submitted Lock, Bradley: Purdue Lockwood, Connor: Kirkwood Loushin, Chessa: Iowa Luebe, Trevor: ISU Maidher, Tomeing: Kirkwood Malcolm, Sophia: Northwest Missouri State Markgraf, Carter: Plans not submitted Marti, Justice: Kirkwood Mattison, Meghan: Kirkwood Maxwell, Abby: Texas Christian University McBride, Dylan: Kirkwood McBride, Joseph: Kirkwood McColley, Lewis: Plans not submitted McCoy, Armeitre: Kirkwood McDonald, Christian: Plans not submitted McGee, Quincy: George Washinton University McGurk, Catherine: DePaul McIntosh, Aspen: Kirkwood McKinnor, Michael: Kirkwood McLaughlin, Dylan: Plans not submitted Meader, Ariana: Kirkwood Mercado, John-Paul: Kirkwood Miley Jr., Robert: Central College or Briar Cliff Misra, Kiran: University of Chicago Moore, Sarah: U of Wisconsin Madison or Edgewood College Madison Moores, Kylee: Kirkwood Morris, Synclair: Kirkwood Morrow, Cody: Linn Mar Success Center Moyer, Hannah: U of St. Thomas Nading, Rachael: U of Oklahoma Nash, Amira: Iowa Nesmith, Robert: Luther College Newcamp, Maximilian: McGill University Newman, Teresa: Kirkwood Nguyen, Daniel: Kirkwood Nichols, Zachary: Kirkwood Nilles, LaResa: Kirkwood Nivyimana, Deborah: Kirkwood Niyindorera, Theogene: Kirkwood Niyongabo, Amos: Plans not submitted Nyarasafari, Jeanine: Kirkwood Nzambemana, Meras: Plans not submitted Nzoyisaba, Etienne: IHOP International House of Prayer O’Brien-Perry, Shannon: Kirkwood

Ochs, Jackson: Iowa Oglevie, Andrew: Notre Dame O’Malley, Shea: Kirkwood Oney, Jason: Concordia University Owens, Sharayah: Coe Parker, Amy: DePaul Patterson, Crystal: Kirkwood Paye, Delando: Kirkwood Peng Bulger, Calvin: Iowa Peterson, Kirsten: Mt Mercy University Pickering, Gabrielle: Central College Pink, Cadry: Minnesota State Mankato Pint, Lucas: ISU Piquard, Taylor: Kirkwood Pitlik, Kaitlyn: DMACC Podgorski, Joseph: ISU Potter, Raleigh: Kirkwood Price, Patrick: Kirkwood Puk, Andrew: U of Florida Quezada, Diana: Mt Mercy University Raymundo, Miguel: Plans not submitted Reese, Hanna: Coe College Riachi, Walid: North Iowa Area CC Rickey, Carly: U of Minnesota Ridgeway, Nathaniel: Plans not submitted Riley, Alexis: Kirkwood Rings, William: U of Wisconsin Madison Ripoll, Carlos: Plans not submitted Rockwell, Jonathan: U of Colorado or Kirkwood Rogers, Cameron: Plans not submitted Rogers, Jacob: Kirkwood Rosales-Martinez, Beatriz: Kirkwood Rosenberg, Lucille: ISU Rosenthal, David: ISU Rossberger, Reid: U of Michigan Rozek, Nicholas: Kirkwood Runge, Renee: Michigan Tech Russell, Michael: Iowa Ryan, Mitchell: Kirkwood Salazar, Mathew: Drake Saulnier, Hannah: U of Wisconsin La Crosse Schulte, David: Plans not submitted Scullark, Kateese: Kirkwood Sears, Brittany: Kirkwood Serio-Brems, Frank: Plans not submitted Severson, Isabel: Iowa Sickels, Matthew: Kirkwood Snetzler, Joshua: Kirkwood

Snodgrass, Courtney: Mt Mercy Spence, Naomi: Plans not submitted Spurrell, Jessica: Drake Stamats, Haley: Simpson College Stastny, Brianna: Kirkwood Stolba, August: Evergreen State College Strand, Matthew: Iowa Stuckenschneider, Dillon: Kirkwood Stuelke, Ashleigh: Kirkwood Sundermann, Jack: UC Santa Barbara Tarbox, Robert: Plans not submitted Taylor, Colleen: Plans not submitted Taylor, Keira: Kirkwood Thompson, Haley: Kirkwood Thompson, Nina: Iowa Thompson, Rocky: Kirkwood Toledo, Andie: Iowa Torres, Karla: Mt Mercy University Torrijos Magee, Sophia: Marquette Tosi, Clara: UNI Townsend, Theodore: ISU Traugh, Emma: Kirkwood Trevallion, Konnor: Plans not submitted Tuyikorere, Zipora: Kirkwood Van, Huyen: Kirkwood Vande Weerd, Kiley: UNI VanderVaart, Adam: Kirkwood Vestine, Nabukobwa: Kirkwood Vineyard, Scott: Plans not submitted Vogel, Lillian: Plans not submitted VonStein, Jordan: Kirkwood Vrba, Jacob: Plans not submitted Wallace, Brittaney: Kirkwood Watkins, Andrew: Kirkwood Watkins, TyLondus: Kirkwood Watson, Molly: UNI Watts, Keshana: Kirkwood Weaver, Sydney: Kirkwood Werner, Thomas: Iowa Westrom, Timothy: ISU Wheeler, Tori: Kansas City Art Institute Wiese, Michala: U of Wisconsin

Madison Williams, Luke: Plans not submitted Williams, Shundell: Iowa Central Wilson, Lakeelah: Kirkwood Wittman, Matthew: Creighton University Wright, Drevelous: Kirkwood Zahn, Destiny: Transition Center Zalesky, Evan: ISU

MJ Kamin, Editor

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