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SURVEYOR Volume 58 Issue 5
23 February 2015
“Our wash surveyor is lowkey hilarious” -@jthoyt41
Lowkey I run this
Lowkey I’m texting right now
Lowkey I didn’t win any of these
Lowkey I love coffee and my pink coat
Lowkey I cut my hair
Lowkey I don’t understand this
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Bridget Williams, Editor-in-Chief Nicole Rizer, Photo Editor Courtney Squires, News Editor Andi Lawrence, Opinions Editor Christian Petersen, Business Manager Lauren Barber, Arts and Entertainment Editor Avery Novak, Profiles Editor Brandon Cullen, Sports Editor Betsy Smith, Webmaster adviser Braxton Leonord, Broadcasting Editor Kyle Phillips, CJE
Bridget Williams Meet the Staff
What’s Inside// 5 News Congress Breakdown, (Not too Much) Pay at the Pump, We’ve got SPIRIT Yes We Do, Parking Lot Patrol
8 Opinions Letter to the Editor: Librarian Addition, No Freedom Till We’re Equal, A not so Responsive Response, To Run or Not to Run, Roses and Thorns
12 Feature Education from all sides
15 ProfIles High School Sweethearts, Meet your Mr. Washington Candidates, Freshman Bachelor of the Month, Alice Tosi: WLP Featured Artist
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mission The Surveyor is established as a school-sponsored designated 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.
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What’s Inside Bridget Williams
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Congress Breakdown Johnathan Melander Staff Writer
BILL
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S.RES.69
A resolution calling for the protection of religious minority rights and freedoms worldwide.
S.404
A bill to amend Title 18, United States Code, to prohibit taking minors across State lines in circumvention of laws requiring the involvement of parents in abortion decisions.
S.2280
PROBABILITY OF PASSING
Likely
Very Likely
A bill to approve the Keystone XL Pipeline.
Debatable, up to Obama
S.407
A bill to regulate large capacity ammunition feeding devices.
Very Likely
S.399
A bill to amend the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 to increase transparency in Federal budgeting, and for other purposes.
S.402
A bill to establish a Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) Master Teacher Corps program.
Unlikely
Unlikely
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Courtney Squires News
Addi Westpheling Staff Writer Photo courtesy of Twitter.
Gas under $2 per gallon is a win for everyone. When it takes only $20 to have a full tank, that’s something to celebrate. But just why are we celebrating? Many students at Washington are relieved by these low prices. “Judging by prices from three dollars to one dollar, that’s an amazing drop. It’s a lot cheaper which makes things easier for me,” said Hunter Moore, ’16. Gas prices have dropped significantly, but many people seem to be unaware as to why they did. When students were asked why they were, there were a variety of responses. “There is this oil line coming from Canada and we built this robot thing that can pump oil really fast across the border. So basically we are stealing it for free,” said Ethan Wickham, ’17. Some people had a more basic understanding for the drop in prices. “They found more of it or it’s more accessible so it costs less to get to it,” said Sierra Sheets, ’16 Others had more in depth knowledge of the situation.
“We’ve just been stockpiling oil and now we have more oil than we need, so prices dropped,” said Emmanuel HidalgoWolleben, ’17 (he cheated). Oil is a complicated industry to talk about, especially the constant fluctuations of prices. In simplest terms, behind the dropping low prices is the production of oil, which has doubled in the last six years. “It boils down to the simple economics of supply and demand,” said Clifford Krauss in an article for The New York Times. This increase in production has caused a high demand for oil to be exported. All of our oil imports flow into Asian markets, competing with Saudi Arabia, Algeria and Nigeria, who also export to Asian markets. This has forced oil producers to lower their prices and therefore lower prices for gas in the United States. How long this will last is unknown, but in the meantime people can indulge in filling their tanks without (completely) emptying out their pockets.
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News Courtney Squires
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We’ve Got SPIRIT Yes We Do We have all heard about this new group meeting around school. Dr. Plagman talks about it on the announcements and students have been missing from our classes to attend their meetings. But what exactly is the SPIRIT Council? SPIRIT stands for Student Problem Identification and Resolution of Issues Together. The purpose of this group is to help the school fix student identified problems. Knowing what the students view as problems is helpful to the staff who might not have noticed it. It allows the faculty to see things from the students’ point of view instead of their own. The group consists of 22 students of different age, gender,
and backgrounds. This includes Amelia Rodriguez, ‘16. Rodriguez is a Hispanic representative for the group. “So far we have been discussing which problems to focus on,” she said. The students brainstormed problems around the school at the first event which took place in the fall. “We are weighing out the pros and cons of them and figuring out how to implement the solutions at Wash,” Rodriguez added. After only three meetings, problems are already being solved. “At meetings we discuss which problems we should tackle and some of the problems have already been fixed,” said Malon Hodges, ’16.
Kate Nash Staff Writer
The foyer has been one of the main issues the group is attempting to solve as it is very congested and hard to get through during passing time. After bringing up the issue of the foyer to Dr. Plagman, it has because less congested and easier to get through. The SPIRIT Council has the potential to be very helpful at Wash. “It has the possibility to be useful if utilized the right way,” said Erika Derrick, a teacher at Wash. Derrick was a staff observer and participant at the first SPIRIT event in the fall. If the SPIRIT Council continues to be used at Wash in future years, it’ll make the school better as a whole.
LaGrange Parking Lot Patrol: the Faces Behind the Tickets Emily Staff Writer
With parking ticket handouts seemingly on the rise, students start to wonder why such heavy enforcement is being placed on parking. But, surprisingly, parking actually isn’t being checked as often as what it seems. “[I check cars] about two to three times per week,” said Michael Milam, a Wash security guard. The cost of the ticket depends solely on how often one student parks illegally. “It depends on the violation. If there are multiple violations it can be up to 30 dollars, but usually it’s 10 dollars,” said Dr. Valerie Nyberg, Associate Principal. It’s true that one parking offense isn’t going to make or break most people, but having multiple offenses could potentially be detrimental. “At 10 tickets I’ll tow a student’s car, I don’t care if they’ve paid [for their
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tickets] or not,” said Nyberg. Nyberg mentioned that she’s coming very close to starting to tow cars, but not without the students knowing so. “I try to check in on students who have five tickets or more,” said Nyberg. The truth is, there are more than enough parking spaces at Wash for everyone to park in the school’s parking lot without anyone having to park illegally. “There are empty spots everyday in the north lot,” said Nyberg. There’s little reason for students to park illegally, other than for its ease. “They’re lazy,” said Milam about students who park illegally. While the money from student parking tickets goes toward the school, “The whole notion is not to make money for the school, it’s to
teach the students an important life lesson,” said Nyberg. Put simply, Nyberg has one suggestion to all students who drive themselves to school. “Park in a legal space. There are two lots, north and south, and there are enough spaces for everyone to park… Parking is a privilege.”
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Courtney Squires News
Who Are These Children? This is an excerpt from a letter to the editor from Washington’s librarian. To read the whole letter visit our website crwashsurveyor.com. I have been a High School librarian for 7 1/2 years and I must say the sign on the back wall (pictured) now makes sense. Because 80 percent of the kids who walk through the library door regularly are not the kind of students with whom I thought I would be working when I accepted this position. My own daughters were not like this. My friend’s teens were not like this. Who are these kids? Their vocabulary is limited and made up largely of expletives. The fact that they live in
one of the very few countries in the world where education is available to all and not a privilege for the rich or extremely smart is beyond their scope of understanding. Their insolence is appalling. I am thankful for the 20 percent who come in the library often and act like responsible young adults. They use the library in an appropriate manner, and talk quietly or don’t talk at all.
Renate Bernstein Librarian
No Freedom Until We’re Equal 37 U.S. states have legalized gay marriage Claire McKinstry and the Staff Writer other 13 are quickly on their way. This April, the Supreme Court will be listening to arguments for and against the abolition of state bans on gay marriage, and the court is expected to reach a consensus in June. After analyzing previous decisions of the Supreme Court justices, it seems unlikely that the conservatives will get their way. The percentage of Americans that support the legalization of gay marriage has jumped from 27 percent in 1996, to 55 percent in 2014, according to a Gallup poll. Although this is a substantial increase, the statistics aren’t as high as they should be. The country is clearly moving
toward marriage equality for all, and the people who insist on fighting are only prolonging the inevitable. Marriage is a right that everyone should have, period. It’s not just a union of two people, it includes benefits that are otherwise unattainable, for example; only married couples are protected from having to testify against one another in court, and couples must be married to own a house together. “You have to be married to go see your spouse dying in the hospital, or to adopt children. There are a lot of things that you have to be married for to live your life,” said Elizabeth Child, ’16, president of Washington High School’s Gay Straight Alliance. It’s hard to believe that there are still so many people that wish to withhold marriage from a couple based on sexuality. Amidst a fight against international forces, the national fight for equity, approaching
Opinions Andi Lawrence
an environmental crossroads, people are fighting the right to love? “I think that everyone has the right to marry, regardless of who you love,” said Hunter Smith, ’15. Of course, many people bring up religion when justifying their stance against same-sex marriage. It’s time for people to stop using that as an excuse. As well as homophobia, the Bible teaches slavery, killing those who’ve had premarital sex, and the dominance of men over women. “I understand where people are coming from when they say ‘It’s against my religion,’” said Child, “But it’s time for change.” As the time approaches for the U.S. to make some big decisions, advocates for same-sex marriage have voiced their opinions loud and clear. Child put it simply, “It’s something we need. You can’t just keep that from people.”
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A Not so Responsive Response Early in January, Joni Ernst delivered the Republican Molly Hunter response to Staff Writer the State of the Union Address. Predictably, she spent almost 10 minutes rehashing the Republican party’s congressional goals--goals which anyone with wifi or a cable news connection already knows. The number of times she managed to say the word “freedom” while doing so was almost appalling. Ernst began by bemoaning the state of the economy. Almost right off the bat, she managed a dig at ObamaCare, which the new Republican majority in Congress has continued attempting--and failing-to repeal. She then moved on to the Republican party’s intentions to get the Keystone XL Pipeline approved, an initiative which recently passed in the House and is now in Obama’s hands. Ernst mentioned the “minimal environmental impact” that the pipeline would have,
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but the EPA recently predicted that the pipeline could potentially add 1.37 billion more tons of greenhouse gases to the atmosphere. Ernst touched lightly on several issues, reiterating once again that the Affordable Care Act was a “failed” policy, and stating the Republican intent to “tear down trade barriers in...Europe and the Pacific”. She also mentioned plans to “simplify America’s outdated and loophole-ridden tax code...to lower rates and create jobs, not pay for more government spending.” I found this phrase particularly reassuring. I especially like the part where she doesn’t mention who these “simplifications” pertain to--corporations or the average taxpayer. It’s good to see intentional ambiguity alive and well in American politics.
Near the end of her speech, however, Ernst did say one thing which resonated with me. “We must also honor America’s veterans...they deserve nothing less than...a quality of care we can all be proud of.” Ernst is the first female combat veteran in Congress, so the fact that she brought this up is no surprise. Veteran support is usually something both parties can agree about so it was a nice neutral topic to include. All in all, there is nothing new to be learned from listening to the Republican reply to the State of the Union. Ernst mentions how enthusiastically her party is looking forward to a productive year in Congress, but the credibility of that promise is somewhat ruined by the Republican track record of the last several years for stalemating progress and change--government shutdown, anybody? Ernst’s State of the Union response was another typical reiteration of the Republican agenda but with some added anecdotes about bread bags and Hardee’s biscuit lines.
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Andi Lawrence Opinions
To Run or Not to Run
Chris Christie: Republican
Andi Lawrence Opinions Editor
Currently the Governor of New Jersey, Christie is a known face in the Republican Party for some positive and some negative reasons. He is known for the BridgeGate scandal where toll roads were closed in NJ for no reason and it was thought they were closed to get back at a Democrat for not supporting Christie, though he could never be directly linked to the scandal. He’s a more moderate Republican on social issues, which is good. OnTheIssues says he supports gun-control, and somewhat supports ObamaCare and immigration reform. Christie strongly opposes raising taxes for the wealthy and stimulus to fix the economy.
Hillary Clinton: Democrat
Jeb Bush: Republican
Joe Biden: Democrat
Most likely the front runner from the Republican party, Jeb Bush is the son of George Bush Sr. and the brother of George W. Bush so he has presidential genes. He is the former governor of Florida but has some more liberal views than other Republicans. Bush has said that he knows income inequality is a problem and he has a new vision to fix it. He doesn’t seem to be going more to the right, so that could get him some more votes from Independents if he decides to run.
Sarah Palin: Republican
I’m pretty sure it’s only joking stages about Palin running but if she does that’d be cool because she will not defeat Hillary.
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Hillary has been in the public eye off and on since her husband, Bill, was in office and she’s here to stay. She was a senator for New York and Obama’s Secretary of State during his first term. I love Hillary of course for her support of women’s rights. She calls for a woman’s right to choose and equal pay for women. She also wants to expand ObamaCare and wants to fix the economy so it is better for the middle class. A plus for us headed to college, she wants to make college more affordable and expand Pell Grants. The current Vice President, Biden hasn’t decided if he would want to run against Hilary in the upcoming election. I doubt he will but in general he’s a good guy but kind of looks like an air-head.
Martin O’Malley: Democrat O’Malley was the Governor of Maryland until January and has been asked a lot about running for president. I’m not sure if he would run against Hillary, but I like him. He supports expansion of ObamaCare, an easier pathway for citizenship, and gay marriage. O’Malley wants to prioritize creating more green energy and favors stimulus led recovery for the economy. He’s also quite the looker so that could get him votes.
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A story of unrelated people with unrelated agendas and unrelated ideas, all in relation to one thing; education.
A BRIEF(ISH) HISTORY In the beginning (1964) there was an eager, war on poverty-declaring President Lyndon B. Johnson and a called to action John W. Gardner (later to become Johnson’s secretary of what now is known as the U.S. Department of Education). And the pair said, “Let there be federal educational aid to disadvantaged students,” and there, in 1965, was the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA). The ’65 initiative expanded the federal role in education and distributed funds to schools based on child poverty and educational need. This kind of worked, except that due to lack of congressional oversight, schools were using funds for all students rather than targeting funds towards the disadvantaged. In a 1969 report, “Title I of ESEA: Is It Helping Poor Children?,” it was found that more than 15 percent of Title I funds had been misused. While Congress made many attempts to amend the act with the original Johnson/Gardner goals in mind, the ’80s came, and with the ’80s came Reagan. President Ronald Reagan made considerable reductions in federal
aid in 1981. This sparked a lot of criticism, including the 1983 report “A Nation at Risk.” The combination of a decreased government role and a report highlighting the need for higher academic standards pushed schools to raise their own standards, with 41 raising high school graduation requirements and 29 raising requirements for teachers. In 1988, the federal government kicked in. ESEA was amended so that states were required to annually assess students’ academic progress. Funds then were distributed based on disadvantaged students’ achievement. Enter standardized tests. *The early ’90s is characterized by a filler period in which President George H. W. Bush makes an attempt at setting national academic standards along with national testing, and fails.* It was in 1994, under President Bill Clinton, that ESEA again was reauthorized, in which the role of identifying failed schools and deciding how to improve them was put in the hands of the school districts. Today, ESEA is known under a different name. Reauthorized in 2002 under President George W. Bush, it was renamed the No Child
Feature Bridget Williams
Bridget Williams Editor-in-Chief Left Behind Act (NCLB). The act intended to do a lot of things, from improving academic achievement to improving the quality of teachers, but when put into practice NCLB gives schools a reason to lower their standards. The act bases financial aid on student performance, placing sanctions on schools with low student performance, meanwhile giving states the power to set their own proficiency levels. Imagine a teacher telling students that they can each decide the difficulty level of their own tests while they still will get graded, and those who fail the test will be punished. It is because of this, the act encourages disparity among public schools rather than implementing ESEA’s original intent to limit disparity. Now in 2015, the act is to be reauthorized again.
PENCILS READY In 2015 there is an eager, opportunity for all-declaring President Obama and Secretary Arne Duncan of the U.S. Department of Education. The pair made proposals for the
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department’s 2016 6 percent increase, but is it budget and the possible? reauthorization of “No,” said Clancy. ESEA. “There’s no one at the Proposals include state house talking about (STATE OF THE UNION, 2015) high-quality preschool 6 percent anymore, the to all 4-year-olds from highest they’re talking low to about is 4 percent. 4 reauthorization). moderate percent would kind of maintain ESEA has income the status quo in Cedar Rapids. come a long way families; Anything under 4 percent would since its passing rewards probably be pretty bad news for the in 1965 and for schools district.” understanding supporting, As it stands, Governor the evolution recruiting, Terry Branstad’s proposal for of the act, the and supplemental aid is a 1.25 percent common themes developing increase, which in weird budget throughout its teachers in translation means a 2 percent history, and new ways; decrease in funds for the Cedar the different reviewing Rapids district, and cuts varying individuals and across the board for other Iowa involved, is Photo courtesey of Pixabay improving school districts. Already Iowa ranks essential in understanding not only state 35th among other states in terms of the battle surrounding the current assessments; and investing in a average starting salaries for teachers. reauthorization of the act, but also program to change high school “We’re $1612 below the national in understanding other people and education in terms of relevant and average. If the governor’s proposal initiatives relating to education. career-related learning. This is one of 1.25 percent were to pass, we Major themes in ESEA’s back side of the battle. would be 40th. And there is so and forth consists of how to achieve On the other side is Senator much out there that has shown that equity, how to establish high-quality Lamar Alexander, chairman of states that put bigger increases on teachers, and the issue of state vs. the Health, Education, Labor and education see larger gains in student federal involvement. Pensions Committee. Alexander’s achievement,” said Clancy. While the federal government main push is to make funds portable, In a report (a very, very long huddles around ESEA, what’s going meaning funds provided to students report) by Stanford University’s on in the states, at the local levels? would follow them to whatever Center for Education Policy Who’s making changes in relation schools they attend rather than Analysis, it was outlined that salary to education, in relation to these staying in the original school the increases attract more applicants, historical themes? funds were provided to. As of Jan. applicants who would only have 13, Alexander and a bipartisan applied to high-paying schools, and committee drafted the legislation. that this increased attraction can lead The reauthorized ESEA draft to an increase in quality-hires. In early February, Peter Clancy, proposes cuts to federal funding, It is unclear as to when the Iowa part Wash Human Geography increased flexibility to states in lawmakers will make a decision and Sociology teacher, part Cedar transferring funds, and allowing concerning state supplemental aid. Rapids Education Association vice states to identify and deal with president, met with Iowa legislatures failing schools. to ask for a 6 percent increase in Really, both sides want the same state supplemental aid. things (if “same things” constitutes While bacon, lettuce, and tomato Every professional organization the overall consensus for ESEA is still a viable Plan B for teacher of educators in Iowa is asking for a
I want our actions to tell every child, in every neighborhood: your life matters.
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BLT
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Bridget Williams Feature
empowerment, the BLT initiative in action now is the Building Leadership Team, a variety of staff in the district who meet every two weeks to help the administration make decisions. “I think it has [been effective],” said David Duer, Wash Language Arts teacher and BLT member. “What I’ve found interesting is the ways in which the administration seems to have kind of given up some of their power, to sort of share that with a steady group.” One aspect of the group is their role in professional development, deciding how best to use the time and what to do with the time. “…Whatever business you go into, but it’s particularly true in schools, there is a certain amount of professional development that goes on. A lot of that can be just crap… somebody far off somewhere else said, ‘this would really be good to develop the professionalism of our staff,’ and they make these decisions in a vacuum and the people that are working in the trenches just are going, you know, ‘WTF?,’ ‘what was that all about,’ ‘how did that relate to us,’” said Duer. BLT isn’t a part of a mass movement for teacher involvement, but the group does represent something. “Whether this is a trend? I don’t know. Hard to say, I mean part of what’s going on here is a result of the Teacher Leadership Grant program, which one could say was a state level decision that recognized the value of putting teachers in leadership roles within the school communities. So you could say, maybe that is a trend, because you know, not only did they say that’s a good idea, they said we will commit moneys to doing that. It’s hard to say in the larger scope,”
said Duer. “I do think there’s that recognition that in order for schools to be successful, teachers need to be empowered. Teachers need to be given a certain amount of autonomy to be able to make decisions for themselves, and people have recognized that that’s a good model.”
@EQUITY On Jan. 19, Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, students enjoyed the day off, while teachers cozied up in the cafeteria for a meeting fitting for the day. It wasn’t the typical Wednesdayhalf-day meeting students have grown to love and teachers have grown to not so love, but it was a meeting in which an educational consultant came in to talk about ways to acknowledge and incorporate cultural differences into different aspects of education. Cultural sensitive types of education have been addressed before, but never to this extent. “Well I mean I think when you’re sued by the justice department for racial issues, then that probably has something to do with it. I think that the demographics of the Cedar Rapids districts are changing, so that it’s less white, and I think that it’s something that the district is concerned to at least look like they are addressing it,” said Warren Sprouse, AP Government and Debate teacher at Wash. While the meeting’s cause was noble, it was still this sort of professional development brought by the district, and the meeting itself was ‘sort of incomplete,’ as Sprouse put it. “I’m always suspicious when a school district pays someone to come and say some stuff, and so I guess I would like to see this kind of, sort of sensitivity education, be more broad based so that it’s not just black
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versus white students, but students of all kinds of different demographic backgrounds, and that it’s done more hands on by people at Wash…I think it would be much more meaningful to have, you know, like educational strategies that were actually pragmatic, and could be implemented, and were developed at the building level instead of some dude from California they paid to come here,” said Sprouse. The meeting’s main spiel was for awareness, awareness in that the ways people learn are not inseparable from their culture, that in order for all backgrounds to feel they can contribute and participate, teachers need to accommodate to different forms of expression and communication. While teachers seem to be tired of benchmarks, and professional development, and disparity among students and schools; states, districts, and individuals are implementing their own programs and ideas—ideas that teacher empowerment is linked to student achievement and that equity starts in education. The themes that come from ESEA’s history, how to achieve equity, how to establish high-quality teachers, the issue of federal vs. state involvement; these themes are what will characterize the U.S. down the road. They start in individuals with ideas; in unions and organizations fighting for increases in funding; in Obama’s push for free, community college; in Alexander’s push for state flexibility; in Bush’s NCLB; in Reagan’s cuts to federal funds; and in the beginning, with Lyndon B. Johnson’s initiative for federal financial aid to disadvantaged students.
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-Brother of Nicole Rizer -Recently Engaged
-Parents of Riley Dewolf -Married for 20 years in
Where are they now? Avery Novak Profiles Editor -Parents of Madeline Knutson -Married for 23 years
Jillian Knutson fell for her brother’s best friend, David Knutson, when they met freshman year. “I asked him to WPA, and we went in a group with my brother and some friends,” noted Knutson. The couple dated all throughout high school attending prom their senior year, “we were supposed to go to homecoming, but David got sick.” They decided to make a list of places they wanted to go for college, staying impartial to each other’s decision, and ended up continuing dating through college. “Some of the schools were the same, and some were different. We told each other at the same time, and had picked the same school.” David was an art major, and Jillian decided to follow him to Italy to study, where he proposed their senior year, on a gondola.“We started dating 30 years ago, it’s weird to think about!” Photo courtesy of Jillian Knutson
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The first time Tiffany Westrom, ’10, caught site of her latter prince charming, “I was running late for a cross country meet, and didn’t have my uniform. She caught me jumping half naked into a bush trying to get my friends uniform on, five minutes before I was supposed to run.” Andrew Rizer, ’10, It wasn’t until Sophomore year the couple officially met, with Andrew “being the shy new guy,” he never talked to her until mutual friends started hanging out. That year the two went to homecoming together, and at a football game soon after Andrew popped the question, “it was the Kennedy game, it was going to decide if we made it to playoffs or not. There was a winning Hail Mary pass, and I turned to her and asked her to be my girlfriend,” Rizer relayed. They decided to break up when Rizer joined the coast guard and Westrom was attending ISU. “I was getting called back to Iowa and I felt like I had to ask her out, so we started dating again in June of our senior year in college,” said Rizer. The proposal was one out of a fairytale. “I was in Hawaii, shooting a documentary about one of my friends who is a disabled athlete, and basically asked her to fly from New York to help me with it.” Rizer proposed to Westrom on an illegal hike, on a peak called Stairway to Heaven.
Chris and Suzy DeWolf, unbeknownst to them were born in the same county in Chicago, and lived two towns apart, until they came together in the same preschool class, here in Cedar Rapids, meaning they officialy met when they were four. “I went to Grant Wood for elementary and he went to Arthur, until he transferred to Grant Wood in fifth grade,” said DeWolf. “We started ‘going together’ (that’s what it was called back then) in fifth grade,” she laughed. They continued school together at Mckinley Middle School, and started dating in 9th grade for the long run. “We were together most of high school,” dating other people here and there, they attended homecoming, WPA and prom together. They dated long distance in college but came together to study in London for their junior year. “Coming back from London we were either going to get married or breakup.” Chris visited Suzy in Wisconsin, where she went to school, and two days before her graduation, he proposed. “We went to dinner, and to a park afterwards, and that’s where he proposed,” DeWolf reminisced. “Us and another couple in our class were voted ‘Most Likely To Get Married,’ and we both ended up getting married. Photo courtesy of Suzy DeWolf
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Emily Burke Staff Writer JP Ampey:
Q: Do you have any weird fetishes? A: I like pointer fingers. Q: If money was no object what would you be doing right now? A: Stripping. Q: If you could have any superpower what would it be? A: Flying. Q: If you could date any celebrity who would it be? A: Kylie Jenner. Yep, Kylie Jenner. Harrison Baty: Q: What is on your ideal pizza? A: probably bacon, pepperoni, sausage, hamburger, turkey, ground turkey, ground beef, salami and pastrami. Oh and Parmesan cheese. Q: If you could date any celebrity who would it be? A: Selena Gomez Q: What are the top three things on your bucket list? A: To live in Rocky Mountain National Park for a week with Elliott Lewis, go on a moon landing trip with Clayton Linge and the the first driver of a 300/mph car in the United States . Reece Chadima: Q: When hat is your favorite cereal? A: Reese’s Puffs, gotta rep the name ya know, Q: If money was no object, what would you be doing right now? A: Trappin’ out. Q: If you could date any celebrity who would it be? A: Mike Tyson Jack Foarde: Q: What is your favorite feature/trait about yourself? A: My hair because it’s really luscious and I don’t know I feel like I’ve got great curves. In my hair. Q: If you could only eat one meal for the rest of your life what would it be?
A: I would say this really good mac and cheese my mom makes, it’s like so creamy mac and cheese. It’s fire. Q: What is the song you play the most? A: Frank Ocean. Take your pick, any Frank Ocean song. Oliver hammond:
Q: If you were stranded on an island and could only bring with you one other person and three objects who/what would they be? A: I would go with Chuck Hanks, played by Tom hanks, with a volleyball named Wilson-for more company, a paddle ball to keep me entertained, and the Digital Blu-Ray collection of the Disney princesses (because I can).
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Q: If money was no object what would you be doing right now? A: Probably scuba diving. Gunnar Lenzen: Q: What are the top three things on your bucket list? A: Pee of the Eiffel tower, hangout with Graham’s friend Mountain Jam, and play guitar hero with Bruno Mars. Q: If you could date any celebrity, who would it be? A:Easily Jennifer Aniston Q: What is your favorite feature/trait about yourself? A: My favorite feature is definitely my hair. Braxton Leonard: Q: How many pairs of shoes do you own? A: I wanna say like six or seven maybe. Q: If you were President what would be the first law you would make? A: I would make a holiday based on myself. Q: Do you have a favorite smell? A: Yankee candles, dog. I’m a white woman. Elliot Lewis: Q: What is your favorite feature/trait about yourself? A: I really enjoy how I’m quiet but thoughtful. Q: If you were stranded on an island and could only bring with you one other person and three other things who/what would they be? A: I’d bring Harrison, of course, “Harry Barry.” And I’d bring a soccer ball, a hammock and a water filter. Q:What is the most played song on your phone? A: I have a wide range of songs that I play. But I’d go with “Who Knows, Who Cares” by the Local Natives.
Meet Your Mr. Washington Candidates! A:Brad’s Organic Gluten Free Raw Crunchy Kale with Vegan Nacho Cheese and Lightly Salted Veggie Straws Q: if you were president what would be the first law you would make? A: Start a project to increase the temperature of Iowa using my supersonic electrostatic airaidiator nuclear heat gun (patent pending) launched into space by nasa so I no longer have to scrape my car in the morning or freeze to death on my way to school. I will then call the new state Iowarm. Drew Linge: Q: What is your ideal pizza? A: Pepperoni. Just kidding, it would be margherita. Q: What color underwear are you wearing right now? A: I think gray. Do u want me to check?
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Are you looking for someone who is funny, smart, and amazingly talented? If so, you’re in luck, because Thomas Corbett, 15’, is looking for love. He’s looking for a girl with dirty blond or brunette hair and under 5’9’’. He also likes when girls are funny and smart. “Like, someone who is fun to be around, and they should have good grades too,” said Corbett. Corbett’s ideal date would be going out to Osaka (his favorite restaurant), and a movie. If that doesn’t sound like fun, he’d also be
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down to just hang out and maybe smooth-talking bachelor, you’re sure watch some TV, possibly his favorite to have a good time. show, Game of Thrones. If you can’t find Corbett at the pool, he might be at home or a friend’s house playing video games or sleeping. Wondering what he’s currently listening to? Ed Sheeran, Bruno Mars, and Kanye West, obviously. If this 5’9’’ brown-eyed, currently bald guy sounds like a good match “The freshman bachelor of America.” Photo by Rielle Jones Teske for you, don’t be afraid to approach him in the hallway and start a conversation! With this charming,
Alice Tosi: Featured WLP Artist
pencil or watercolor.” Tosi tries her best to dedicate time daily to drawing. Although, between Happiness and solace come to juggling her many activities, like people in different ways. For Alice speech and bowling, and staying on Tosi, ’16, these good vibes come with top of schoolwork, finding a solid drawing. amount of time to just sit and draw is Tosi is the art editor of another challenging. one of our high school’s fine “I’ll often be sketching daily. publications: the Washington Literary Maybe…during class,” whispered Press. Not only does she scan the Tosi. art submissions, but she also enters Back in elementary and part of her own work to WLP. Tosi speaks middle school, Alice expanded her very highly of WLP and enjoys being involvement in art by participating in a part of the publication because it a painting club. allows her to see what other students “It was painting nominally, but do and have created. She also likes we also did some drawing in “Lady Nature” by Alice Tosi, published in WLP’s to get feedback on her own artwork. different mediums,” said Tosi. Cinderblock: The Nature Issue Tosi has been drawing since Tosi’s future plans are since. she learned to hold a pencil, but the uncertain. She’s considering careers Tosi’s typical subject in her prospects of a more serious drawing like architecture or design which drawings is people. She particularly career were in sight when she started incorporate art. “I don’t know if focuses on young females. keeping a sketchbook as a fourth I want to be a pure illustrator or “My most frequent medium is pencil grader. It was at this point that she comic book artist or something, but inked over with inking pens. And for adopted an anime and manga style, I definitely want to include some coloring, [I] generally [use] colored which has influenced Tosi’s artwork artistic element to my career.”
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FESTIVALPALOOZA Lauren Barber A&E Editor
COACHELLA On The Map: Indio, California How Long: April 10-12 or 17-19 How Much: $375 Most Famous: The Weeknd, Hozier, Steely Dan, Tyler, The Creator, Drake
HANGOUT FEST On The Map: Gulf Shores, Alabama How Long: May 17-19 How Much: $229 Most Famous: Skrillex, Foster the People, Paramore, Krewella, Vance Joy
SHAKY KNEES On The Map: Atlanta, Georgia How Long: May 8-10 How Much: $99-599 Most Famous: The Strokes, Neutral Milk Hotel, Best Coast, The Kooks, Wavves
BIG YEAR IN MUSIC Matthew Andersland Staff Writer We are now almost two months into 2015, and there have already been quite a few exciting events in music. Be it the new Joey Bada$$ album, B4.DA.$$ or the Maroon 5 pop hit, “Sugar”, 2015 is looking to be an exciting year for music. 2014 was not the best of year for hip-hop, but 2015 is looking to be a great one. It has started out with confirmed releases later this year from artists such as Lil Wayne, Kid Cudi, and A$AP Rocky. Alongside these confirmed releases, there are rumors of new music from artists such as Tyler the Creator, and the possible Surf album by Chance the Rapper. Rapper Scott Mescudi, known
BONNAROO On The Map: Manchester, Tennessee How Long: June 11-14 How Much: $300-$325 Most Famous: Mumford and Sons, Childish Gambino,Twenty One Pilots, Earth, Wind, & Fire
Photos Courtesy Of en.wikipedia.org by his fans as Kid Cudi, will be seen many good things coming ending his “Man on the Moon” from alternative music be it trilogy of albums this year. With Menace Beach’s “Ratworld” or the upcoming release of Man on The Charlatans “Modern Nature”. the Moon III, which will be the Another album many have been conclusion of the series. awaiting, is the new release from With rumored releases from Radiohead, Johnny Greenwood, many artists from Ezra Koenig a member of the group has stated to Radiohead, 2015 will be an they are trying to release their interesting year for Alternative ninth album before the end of music. After the surprise 2015. appearance in iLoveMakonnen’s Additionally, with the release “Down 4 So Long,” many rumors of the film, “Fifty Shades of Grey” have sprung up about possible new many hit songs have come out. releases in 2015 from this Vampire Some of these include “Earned Weekend vocalist. It”, by The Weeknd, as well as, Other musicians to look out for “Love Me Like You Do”, a pop this year will be Laura Marling song by Ellie Goulding. The films and Dutch Uncles who have both soundtrack has also pulled many confirmed album releases this other artists including Sia, Jessie year. Already this year we have Ware, Laura Welsh and Beyonce.
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Baking With Berg Bridget Williams Editor-in-Chief
“I was 12 or 13 years old and I made a cheesecake. It was winter and my dad was out of town and I was like, ‘let’s make a dessert,’ and so then I made a cheesecake and it actually turned out really well and then yeah…ever since then I’ve just been baking away,” said Caroline Berg, ’15. Berg, an employed baker at Brewed Awakenings and two year vegetarian, is cooking up sweet plans for the future. Majoring in managing and marketing at Iowa State in the fall and hopeful for cooking classes and bakery internships in following summers, Berg plans to
one day open her very own bakery/restaurant creation. Berg preps for the future by always cooking and baking, to relieve the stress of high school and life as it comes, to take bits and pieces of recipes to create her own, and to see someone take that first bite; to make good food. Needless to say, Berg’s beyond simple cookies and cakes, and is on her way to a recipe for success. Check out the two dishes she prepared for me here and support Berg’s baking endeavors by voting Brewed Awakenings as Best Coffee for the KCRG A-List.
Bulgarian Tomato Dumpling Soup
Focaccia Veggie Sandwich
Soup 1 large onion, diced 4 garlic cloves, minced 3 tablespoons olive oil 6 cups chopped fresh tomatoes (or drained canned tomatoes) 2 tablespoons unbleached white flour, sifted 1 tablespoon salt 4 cups vegetable stock
Focaccia Bread 2 ½ cups water 2 tablespoons active dry yeast ¼ cup olive oil 6 ½ cups unbleached all-purpose flour 4 teaspoons salt Top with: Herb-infused olive oil Chopped rosemary and thyme, and sprinkled kosher salt
Dumplings 4 tablespoons butter, at room temperature 4 eggs, separated ½ quick-cooking couscous ½ cup boiling water 1 ½ cup unbleached white flour, sifted ½ tablespoon salt 2 teaspoons dried dill weed 2/3 cup milk (Tablespoon the dumpling batter into the simmering soup and cook covered for about 15 minutes)
Making focaccia is very confusing and difficult, if you actually want to make it find Chef Berg for details. Inside the sandwich Any variation of grilled vegetables and crumbled goat cheese
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Head In The Game, Aaron Bissell Staff Writer
Frank Howell, is known for his energetic teaching style, and coaching abilities. Few may know that he also plays banjo in his free time. In this interview he talks about how he was introduced to the unique instrument and his influences. What got you interested in banjo? Banjo wasn’t really a part of the music I grew up listening to. I was initially introduced to the banjo through a Dave Matthews Band album. I was drawn to a few of the tracks in a way I had never before experienced. Bela Fleck was credited with playing the banjo on those tracks. I then found one of his albums from his band, the Flecktones and was immediately hooked. I even had the opportunity to see the group live five different times! The Flecktones quickly became my favorite band.
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How often do you play? I don’t really play at all from November through March. It pretty much just stays in the case through the winter. I really get locked into basketball during those months and don’t let much else in. I miss playing quite a bit, and I hope that I can make it a part of my life again. What does your family think of the banjo? As far as my family is concerned, they really hate that I play the banjo. It’s an especially loud instrument so someone who is learning the banjo is bound to upset other family members.
What are three of your favorite songs? My favorite Flecktones song has to be “Big Country.” My big dream Traipsing would be to put together a group to around on the play that song at MuDaCo. Another same blocks that Nas r song that is one of my favorites of ito and the BIG himself once d E How did you learn to play? their is “Frontiers”. Lastly, I have to ing called their stomping-grounds, t s By this point, I was intrigued by put down “Chennai.” The song a dc you can find a silky smooth young a the banjo but I had no idea how to go was always one of my o r d B Joey Bada$$ and his crew. On Jan 19, about learning to play one. I purchased favorites. r a my first banjo, a Washburn B-16, 12 on Joey released his debut album, B4.DA.$$. e L Climbing straight out of the concrete jungle, years ago. I took lessons from Randy on Joey kicks out the same lackadaisical, butter smooth t Escobedo and Jon Eric. They both ax Br rhymes as he dished us on his first two mixtapes. Track gave me a great knowledge of the four, entitled “Big Dusty” was the basics so that I can play my first single he dropped off of the album. It features a slow haunting banjo with any type of beat with Joey practically asking any hater in his ocular to try and call music, not just his bluff, to which his word is his bond. bluegrass. Track seven shifts the mood to a softer, more personal Joey. It only makes sense that he is accompanied on the track by BJ The Chicago Kid, who never fails to trip you up with his flowing falsetto and benevolent vibe. Track Nine lets you know just in fact “where Brooklyn at.” Joey comes hot, with a bit of each classic east coast rapper running through his veins. “No. 99” is a chronicle on the streets of NYC, letting you know straight off the top that this isn’t something you listen to with your mother around. This album is straight east coast, nothing more and nothing less. Joey brings it back to the roots, and it’s everything you could hope for of East Coast hip-hop.
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NCAA Vs Athletes Reece Chadima
Staff Writer
Over the past few years, a raging debate has been going on between the NCAA and basically the rest of the world over whether or not college athletes should be paid. Even though the NCAA makes billions of dollars a year, a whole $0 has been paid out to it’s athletes outside of the form of scholarships which seems to some, including myself, peculiar to say the least. One reason that the NCAA feels it shouldn’t have to pay it’s players, is that it doesn’t technically market it’s players. When you go out and buy yourself a No. 5 jersey from Florida State University, they claim that that has nothing to do with Jameis Winston, so it’s okay for them to sell it. The jersey’s don’t have the players names on the back so, to the naked eye, it seems as though they
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may be right here. But last year, ESPN broadcaster proved via Twitter that the NCAA did market their players. When he searched
“I think the trust fund is a good idea because college athletes do a lot of hard work...” players names on the NCAA’s website, it would bring up their jerseys and other memorabilia pertaining them. Within an hour the NCAA had taken it’s search bar down from it’s website. Because of instances like this, I think that college athletes should be paid. “I think we should be paid because the NCAA is a billion dollar industry and they are making so much money off of us, so I think we deserve at least some.” says Landen Akers ’15, who will
be attending Iowa State University on a football scholarship next year. What is being proposed now by Ed O’Bannon in a lawsuit against the NCAA is that college athletes should be given a trust fund of at least $5,000 a year that the athlete would get as soon as their eligibility runs out. “I think the trust fund is a good idea because college athletes do a lot of hard work and the NCAA makes billions off of us and this would be good because it wouldn’t give you a lot of money in your pocket to blow when you’re in college, but you would get it after when you could put it to good use.” says Julian Good-Jones ’15, who will also be attending ISU on a football scholarship next fall. Though the trust fund proposal is a good idea. The athletes would be paid a base of $5000 which they could use for basic living expenses such as food, laundry, etc. And on top of that, since football and basketball players bring in 90%+ of the revenue for these programs, they should be on a “pay for play” system, in which they are paid extra amounts for reaching incentives. This would be something such as you receive an extra $50 per touchdown scored. Another plus to using this system is that fines would be involved. The athletes would be much more motivated to be good citizens and follow the laws if they were threatened with losing their own money.
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Freshman on Varsity
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News Editor
Strait ’18, is doing what most freshman athletes aren’t-- playing varsity basketball. Strait began his basketball career at the age of five and has loved the sport ever since. “I like that it’s a team sport,” Strait said. “I like getting to know people through basketball.” Freshman year is tough enough, now add varsity athletics to it. “It was a little
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At Washington High School, the students strive for excellence in everything they do. Whether it’s in academics, music, or athletics, warriors take pride in everything they do. This year, the varsity mens basketball team is looking to carry on this warrior tradition but with a rather young new face on the squad. Hunter
nerve-wracking at first...you don’t know if you’re going to fit in,” said Strait. But with the help of his teammates, the transition to varsity level basketball hasn’t been so tough after all. Two-year varsity member Steven Kramer ’15 admitted he’s never played with someone as young as Strait, but said it’s no different than playing with someone his own age. “I don’t think it matters how old he is if he’s good enough,” said Kramer. It’s no doubt that Strait will do big things for the varsity mens basketball team during his time at Wash, but he hopes his basketball career doesn’t end there. Strait dreams of one day attending Duke University on a basketball scholarship, and, yes, he still holds on to the boyhood dream of going to the NBA. But for now, Strait is enjoying his first year of varsity basketball and getting to know the guys on the team.
Spring Sports Preview
Anna Rizer
Staff Writer
With spring (hopefully) right around the corner, the new sports season is upon us, it includes: track and field, womens golf, soccer and tennis. Preparations are already underway for some athletes and coaches alike, as students brush the dust off their cleats and coaches start looking for a winning game plan. Whether you’re a returning athlete or not, this is the season to get involved. “I’m doing track because I want to get in shape and run,” said
Lincoln Anderegg, ’17. For other students, the new season brings about a fresh start and opportunities to continue athletic accomplishments left off last year. “One thing I plan to improve on is to work on my technique when I throw and to make it to state this year,” said Perisa Levy, ’16, who participates in shot-put and discus for womens track. Students aren’t the only ones who are looking forward to the season, as coaches like Frank Scherrman, head
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coach of womens track, are thinking of areas where their teams can improve. “We’re going to try to be a little more consistent...get better in all areas, not just have one that dominates, but improve all to be well rounded and solid, and be more of a team force,” said Scherrman. Whether an athlete, coach, or fan, it’s a great time for everyone. “I love the new people I meet and who I get to work with every day,” said Levy.
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Winning Streak Gunnar Bosking
Staff Writer
And so it continues. The Warrior Mens swim team, who many thought to be not as good this season, proved all the naysayers wrong on Saturday, Feb. 7 when they won their 52nd straight District title. The streak has been around since Lyndon Johnson was first sworn in, in 1963 and has never been interrupted once. It began in 1963, the U.S. was still getting over the Kennedy assassination, Russia and the U.S. were building nukes, and Lyndon Johnson had just been sworn in. The team had lost districts the year before and had made it their goal to win it all the next. What they did would start a 50 year dynasty that would include, 28 state championships, school records, and even national rankings.
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The team from 2014- 2015 was no different from past teams. They won districts pretty handily, beating Linn- Mar and Kennedy. Big contributors were Nick Saulnier ’16, Jared Thorson ’15, and Cameron Kelley ’17. “Those three guys are definitely our best,” said Chris Cruise, who has coached the swim team since the 1998-1999 school year, “they are the ones who will be the big factors at state. Cruise also said that they are going to have a tough competition at state. Lots of very competitive schools will be there. “Right now our biggest rivals are City West, Bettendorf, West Des Moines Valley, and Dubuque Senior. Senior Jared Thorson has been one of the better swimmers
throughout his career here at Washington. The individual races he swims are the 50 freestyle and the 100 butterfly. He also does two relays. “If we all swim at the state meet like we did at districts, I could see us placing second, but it will be very hard to beat schools that are as highcaliber as Iowa City West because they have fast people in every race,” said Thorson. “Seeing how much we’ve all improved throughout the season alone, I’m so worried about the future of the program here. I believe we are in the right path and with Coach Cruise and Coach Lewis, anything is possible,” added Thorson. The men took second place, on Feb. 14.
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Congratulations to the Washington High School Mens Swim Team for their 52nd district win and achieving runner-up for state, and the Wash Speech Team on their all-state nominations. We hope the winter teams who are still competing continue to have success in their respective seasons.
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