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On the Cover / Technology is advancing at exponential rates. The cover depicts how it controls what we see, hear, and say. Our Indepth section looks at how our everyday items can change in the blink of an eye. Cover art by Harris Meyers
Updates on international, national, local, and Liberty North news
arts and entertainment 06 Recap on the best of 2017 08 Most anticipated of 2018 lifesyle 10
Students with tattoos
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Increasing daily productivity
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eagle’s life 12
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Courtwarming traditons
indepth 18
How technology has increased in the modern day
spotlight 22 Highlights from different students sports 26
opinion 28 Is technology growing too fast?
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“The Cows of Liberty North” by Jadyn Lewis | jlew4913@lps53.org The weather in January has been changing greatly and is unpredictable in Missouri.Waking up to shorts weather and finishing off the day with two inches of snow has become a more common winter for residents of Liberty.Wouldn’t it be great if it could just be cold or hot?
Evan Hellner / A&E Karlee Kent / Lifestyle Daniel Harper / Eagle’s Life Kaylen Aldridge / In Depth Kari Tott / Opinion & Spotlight Ingrid Weaver / Sports Web Staff Precious Bennett Zack Zell Morgan Winkel Tally Hill Reporters Lydia Bolin Taylor Burrow Santana Cervantes Savanna Eads Aashree Gandhi Emily Johnson Karsen McCune Jake Mendoza Ella Pritchett Zac Purdue Mackenna Rowe Sophia Tulipana Adviser Jennifer Higgins
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January’s headLines International
Power in Puerto Rico
National
Government Shut Down
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In some parts of Puerto Rico, power has remained inaccessible for over 100 days. Parts of the island remain to struggle without it. This has also become an issue for education as managing schools without electricity can prove to be difficult. Thankfully, this January the school of Academia Bautista de Puerto Nuevo in Saint Juan regained its power. Hopefully, schools around the surrounding area will regain their power as well. “I’m glad they’re getting the resources they need,” junior MacKenna Franssens said.
Local
New kc airport
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It is a widely known opinion that the KCI airport could use a little bit of a renovation. Construction remains in negotiation as the city decides on design elements, labor negotiations, and funds for the new terminal. The mayor of Kansas City has expressed a sense of urgency and impatience with the project. “Hogs who have to belly up to the billion-dollar trough,” Kansas City Mayor Sly James said.
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This January, the United States government shut down due to an inability to make decisions on economics and finances. Many jobs held in government were not required to go to work as decisions in the White House were made. The government shut down the day of President Trump’s first year in office. “I think that most students thought it would impact our daily lives a little bit more than it did,” social studies teacher Doug Davis said.
School
Senior girls lock in
Lucille Wilson
Every year, Liberty North has its annual senior girls lock in night. Girls arrive in the evening after school and stay until daylight the next morning making posters and hanging out with friends. The lock-in is a great opportunity for organizations to get together before they graduate. “My favorite part of the lock in was meeting new senior girls. It’s really nice to get to know who you’ll be walking with at graduation,” senior Ashleigh Erickson said.
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Looking Back... At 2017 people are left to look at the year in entertainment, here are some out picks for the best of 2017 written by Savanna Eads | sead1243@lps53.org
Player Unknown’s Battlegrounds
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Log in to ‘Player Unknown’s Battlegrounds’ and jump right into the action as each round starts out with up to 100 different players. Be ready to battle to the top of the leader charts by beating everyone else playing in the game, and try to be the last man standing in the most played game on the Steam gaming system. This is a fast and strategic game involves being able overcome obstacles and find a way out of challenging situations in order to survive another round.
Rihanna
Photo courtesy of @rihanna on Instagram
International pop star Rihanna has been creating music and climbing her way up to the top of the billboards since her first single came out in August of 2005. She has had fourteen number one Billboard songs over years of success. Songs ranging from “Umbrella”, “Take a Bow”, and “Disturbia” have all had their share of being the number one song on the charts for more than one week. With winning eleven awards during 2017, it was a successful year for Rihanna as she also released her very own anticipated beauty line, Fenty Beauty, with over fifty products and tools.
Get Out
Photo courtesy of Rodger Ebert
There have been horror movies about zombies, spirits, murderers and everything else in between. Something about the new 2017 movie “Get Out” kept drawing fans back for more, after they premiered it for the first time during a secret screening at the 2017 Sundance Film Festival. This movie is based around a boyfriend who meets his girlfriend’s parents for the first time, but when he gets there the parents have some unexpected and disturbing actions which lead to a whole new problem throughout the film. This film has received 15 different awards since its early release in February of 2017.
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Star Wars The last Jedi
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Thousands of fans hit the theaters opening night to witness the new and highly anticipated Star Wars film. The film itself received some controversy from the fans about new plots being discovered and different story lines for recurring characters. But overall it received $104.7 million on opening day, making it the second highest opening night of all time.This film is filled with plenty of battle scenes, thrilling moments, and emotional points to keep the viewer entertained and on their toes throughout the whole movie.
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Ed Sheeran
Honorable Mentions MOVIES
Coco The Greatest Showman
TV SHOWS
The Good Doctor Game of Thrones
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The UK artist Ed Sheeran is a two-time Grammy winning singer/ songwriter who is known for his three popular albums. After the release of his new album in March, Sheeran finished the year with being Spotify’s most searched artist all of 2017. After taking all of 2016 off from singing and songwriting, Sheeran came into the new year ready to get into action and get his name back on top. With four number-one songs, he has had a total of 23 weeks where his songs were number one on the Billboard charts.
The Walking dead
ARTISTS
Kendrick Lamar Lorde
VIDEO GAMES
Horizon Zero Dawn Call of Duty WWII
legend of zelda B.o.t.w.
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The show about staying alive, fighting wars, and using teamwork to overcome the zombie apocalypse has had fans on edge for the second part of the upcoming eighth season. “The Walking Dead” follows a former police officer who is turned around when he learns the dead have taken over. He and more survivors come together and form a group who go on and battle their way through the wars of the apocalypse together. With controversy about their eighth and final season, which started in 2017, fans are now starting to wonder how this show will come to an end after so many years.
With the game, “Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild”, take a step into a new world with both new and old faces. Players will go on many different adventures to complete challenges, and to battle enemies. With a widespread range of 36 different Zelda games expanding to all genreations, fans were excitedly waiting for a new and more improved Legend of Zelda game, as the release date was set back for two years later, making it come out in March of 2017.
Stranger Things
Photo courtesy of Digital Spy
Netflix original show “Stranger Things” gives insight into stange things which live in the science fiction world, and it has drawn in a wide variety of binge-watchers. When a 12 year-old boy goes missing in a small town of Indiana, his friends refuse to believe that’s the only strange thing to have happened. “Stranger Things” and its cast have won six awards thus far. With the confirmed third season of the show, fans have high expectations for another awardwinning season.
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...and Looking Forward In 2018 people are going to be introudced to a whole new year of entertainment; these are some of the highlights written by Santana Cervantes | scer3994@lps53.org
The Impatient
13 reasons why S.2
The second season of the Netflix series of 2017 is set to debut later this year. The new season will include a new cast and characters and a entirely new plot, although Jay Asher (author of the 13RW novel), never wrote a sequel to the original. The first season had very extreme differences from the novel, and will definitely have many more in the second season. Like the first season, Photo courtesy of Playstation Weekly Selena Gomez has taken the role The prequel to Global Games’ Best Horror Game Until Dawn, The of executive producer. The show has been noted for it’s heavy Impatient takes place 60 years Photo courtesy of Inquisitr topic of suicide. before the events of Until Dawn. The game is a PlayStation VR, or The Columbus, Ohio alternative duo’s Virtual Reality exclusive, and will highly anticipated 5th album currently completely immerse yourself in has no title or release date. What we the game. The game will include do know so far is the album is reverting elements of psycological horror back to the style of their self titled as well as audio enhancement to debut album which was released in completly immerse the player in 2009. With the “authenticity, lyrics, the game. With the headset, you can delivery, and fearlessness of look down and see your arms, legs, songwriting,” frontman Tyler Joseph and hands. Just like the predecessor, stated in an interview with Alternative your choices impact the gameplay. Press. This album will be following the The game is set to be released commercial and critical sucess of their January 23rd. album “Blurryface”, as well as their Photo courtesy of twentyonepilots Grammy for their song “Stressed Out”.
21 Pilots
TOMB RAIDER
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The Tomb Raider film series has been rebooted since 2001’s Lara Croft: Tomb Raider and 2003’s Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life. 2018’s Tomb Raider will star Alicia Vikander, and will be released on March 16th. This new film will be based on the first game in the rebooted game series, that was released in 2013, of the same name. Filming took place in South Africa and in Warner Bros.’ England studio. This is also the first Tomb Raider film to be released in 3D.
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Vampyr
Photo courtesy of dontnod entertainment
Produced by Dontnod Entertainment, who are known for creating Life is Strange,Vampyr is an action role playing game.The game takes place in London during the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic.You control Jonathan E. Reid, a doctor turned vampire who must come to terms with his condition while living under the Hippocratic Oath. Dontnod stated that it is possible to complete the game without taking any lives. The game has branching paths as well as a skills for the player. The game will be released on June 30th.
The 1975
Bohemian Rhapsody
Photo courtesy of Brian Singer’s Instagram
The movie, ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’, is about the life and career of Queen frontman Freddie Mercury. Mercury died in 1991 from HIV/AIDS. The film will star Rami Malek, whose most notable roles are in the Night at the Museum films as Pharaoh Ahkmenrah, and the video game Until Dawn. Malek will play Mercury, along with rerecording some of Queen’s hits. The film will use many different means, such as audio blending and sampling Mercury’s voice, in order to acheive the sound of the deceased frontman. The film will be released on Christmas.
The Perfectionists
Photo courtesy of Sara Shepard
Photo courtesy of The 1975
The British alternative indie pop band, The 1975, is releasing their third album in 2018. The album, Music For Cars, was confirmed after each of the band members posted a video on their social media accounts The video contained the logo of their last album flickering out with the words, Music For Cars - 2018 shown at the end of the video. The album will follow up their 2016 and 2013 albums “I Like It When You Sleep, for You Are So Beautiful yet So Unaware of It” and “The 1975”. Recording sessions for the album began in September 2017.
The Perfectionists will be the second spin off show to Pretty Little Liars which ended last June. The spin off will feature Sasha Pieterse as Alison Dilaurentis and Janel Parrish as Mona Vanderwaal. The series is similar to its predecessor; 5 friends are accused of murder and must figure out who framed them and solve a mystery. The show will be based off the book series of the same name. The show will take place in Portland, hoping to create a moodier tone.
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n the past few years, the amount of people who have a tattoo is increasing exponentially. For some, tattoos can be a way to express individuality and creativeness. In recent years, high school students and their parents have started to accept tattoos more at a younger age. “Tattoos use to affect what jobs you could get and how professional you looked, but now we are becoming okay with the idea of tattoos in the workplace, so they are becoming more popular in teenagers,” senior Briana Byrd said. Roughly one in five Americans have a tattoo, and the rates of millennials having a tattoo are much higher than those of baby boomers, according to Cision PR Newswire. Although tattoos have become increasingly popular in recent years, many teenagers believe that
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Lifestyle Lifestyle
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when getting a tattoo, it must have a good meaning and they should give some thought to it. “If a tattoo really means something to someone, then it is great and okay to get! But if the tattoo is some random image that someone got, then I think it is kind of useless but I still believe they have their own opinion when getting a tattoo and I respect that,“ freshman Chloe Main said. Teenagers are seeking tattoos that are personal and have a deep meaning that represents something that has happened to them in their life. “I want two tattoos, one on my forearm that says ‘seize the day’ and one that means ‘God is greater than my ups and downs.’ This year I was diagnosed with epilepsy and the ‘seize the day’ tattoo means that I will take every day and live life to the fullest,” Main said.
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PositivitY & productivity written by Ella Pritchett | epri7351@lps53.org
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s 2017 came to a close, students set their sights high for 2018. They made new resolutions determining how they would act, how they would treat people, and how they would live. “The past few years weren’t exactly my best years. I looked at things quite negatively and I want to change my views on things. I want to be a better person and make better decisions and I feel like I have the power to do that,” sophomore Caitlin Marshall said. For some students, resolutions are about their health. Students mostly choose to focus on eating healthy or staying in shape, but for one student it’s all about blood sugar. “I wanted to test my blood sugars more often and to get my A1C down to 6. I’m not sure how I’ve done yet, but I see my Endocrinologist soon. My diabetic pen pal and I have a competition to see who can get their A1C down by the end of the year so that keeps me motivated,” freshman Hannah Bollengier said. But not only do these resolutions affect a person’s well being, it affects others too. Students have made resolutions to be kinder to others as well. “I just would like to help create a more positive environment because you never know what a person is going through and sometimes being open, accepting, and just being there for other people can really have an impact on their life. I’ve made more friends, helped a lot of them through tough situations, and made sure they knew they are appreciated and loved because we live in a society where we constantly tear each other down for petty reasons,” freshman Lydia Beeton said While some students have short term goals that affect themselves, others look into the long run for their motivation when it comes to resolutions. “My resolution for this year was to read more books. The plan is to read at least one every month. I am going to college and I want to be a creative writer,” senior Kailey Mgrdichian said.
The new year is all about focusing on your goals. Liberty North students have set their own personal goals to be productive. “My New Year’s resolution is to excercise daily and make time to go to the gym. I’m taking time throughout my day to follow through with it,” senior Zach Schipper said.
On the other hand, students look to friends, family, and peers for inspiration for their resolutions. “One of my childhood friends graduated last year. He has accomplished a lot by setting goals and staying on his grind. His name is Armand Baker, and he has earned conference awards at three different events for three different positions in football. Not only that, he is currently on a division one football scholarship at Missouri State University. He is such a great influence on my life and to others,” Beeton said.
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SENIOR GIRLS LOCK IN
Saving Grace
The backbone behind Courtwarming spirit written by Karsen McCune | kmcc9473@lps53.org
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olorful posters line the walls of Eagle Avenue encouraging attendance at Courtwarming, but this time, members of Stuco were not the only students who created them. Senior girls worked together all night at the Senior Girls Lock-In on January 19th and 20th to prepare for this year’s Courtwarming celebration. “The Lock-In is one week before Courtwarming, and its purpose is to pump everyone up by making a bunch of posters until the entire hallway is decorated,” senior Hannah Simon said. An entire night of painting can get monotonous, but the girls did not spend the whole time working. There was time for dancing, watching movies, and playing basketball and other games. “It was like a massive sleepover with all the girls in your class no matter what social group you’re in, which helps you make friends without normal boundaries,” senior Rachel Eaton said. At midnight, the lights in Eagle Avenue went out. Girls used their phone flashlights to see their posters as supervisors tried to figure how to turn the lights on.
Behind the Scences: The Planning of the Lock In “At about midnight, the lights typically go off because they’re on a timer. That normally isn’t an issue because Mrs. Plaster’s got the key. Since she was on maternity leave, we didn’t know what to do. All of the teachers started looking around, and after two hours, we were finally able to find a key that turns the lights back on,” teacher Misty Black said. Seniors and staff encourage juniors and underclassman girls to participate in the lock-in when they are seniors. It is a high school experience that may only happen once.
“It was like a massive sleepover with all the girls in your class,” senior Rachel eaton said
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here are many factors that go in to behind the scenes of the Senior Girl’s Lock In. No one sees the preparation and work that happens to put on this event. From important parts, such as picking the theme and collecting money, to little details of making the inspiration packets, they all make for a memorable night. I never thought about the communication that has to happen with teachers to ensure that there will be advisors to help chaperone or set up two hours in advance, which involves countless trips down Eagle Avenue carrying supplies. The experience for me was great because it brought attention to things I usually would be oblivious to.
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Traditions: The KINGS Courtwarming What happened to the Dance?
What are you going to miss the most? seniorRobbie
Hanson
“Just the excitement of the wait to play the game at night and just walking around the school all dressed up knowing you have a game,”
seniorMacaleb
hughes
“I’m going to miss the excitement and the atmosphere,”
seniorTyson
Cathy
“I’m going to miss the environment and the buzz that goes around school.”
seniorZane
Brown
“I’m going to miss the atmosphere everyone brings and the hype about the game and just how you feel when everyone’s excited about the game, especially the big games.”
seniorJordan
Duberry
“Being in the student section and feeling the energy of the crowd.”
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eagle’s life
written by Emily Johnson | ejoh3553@lps53.org
HISTORY OF THE DANCE:
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iberty North’s Courtwarming dance was an event that happened every basketball season to celebrate the past activities for the season. Liberty North may not have a Courtwarming dance anymore, but it doesn’t change the acknowledgement that Liberty North tries to make every year to support the Courtwarming events. Just like Homecoming or Prom, basketball players and
coaches nominate students that have contributed or participated in supporting Liberty North’s sports teams in some way as King or Queen for Courtwarming. Students vote for who they think is the best candidate and the winner is crowned. “I think I was nominated because I try to show as much school spirit as I can and I go to all the events that I can,” Courtwarming candidate Jordan Duberry said.
Low Turnout at the dance:
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or the years that Liberty North had a Courtwarming dance, they were mostly casual and not really themed and which continues to be the traditions for schools that still have the dance. Most students said they would want to stick to that laid-back tradition if we still had the dance, as well as keeping a spirit week and King and Queen nominations that lead up to the dance. The dance ended three years ago as turnout for other dances increased, Courtwarming attendance decreased. “When I went to Courtwarming it was never very high in attendance which made it a lot less fun, at least not as much fun as Homecoming or Prom when there are a ton of people at the dance, so it was never a very big hit,” Courtwarming candidate Emily Fuller said. page design by Daniel Harper | dhar8449@lps53.org
Current Traditions:
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lthough the dance is not a tradition at North, Courtwarming is still well acknowledged every year. Having a new tradition of just having a spirit week, that has a different theme each day of the week leading up to the assembly, and nominating students for King and Queen is not new to Liberty North. Also, Liberty North has a senior girl’s lockin. Senior girls spend the night in the school and make posters a week before Courtwarming. A newer tradition is a “Tip Off Trivia”, a trivia night that asks you about sports, entertainment and many other things. Most students wouldn’t change how Liberty North celebrates Courtwarming every year. “I like the spirit week, I think it gets the whole school active and I know if we had a dance, not a lot of people would go.” Courtwarming candidate Zane Brown said. During the halftime of the game they crown the King and Queen of Courtwarming and the Golden Girls and Cheerleaders provide entertainment. “I think I was nominated because I’ve been on Golden Girls for four years and part of what we do is support the team and I think that’s a big part of what helps.” Courtwarming candidate Emily Dillman said.
What’s your favorite memory of North? seniorEmily
“I like the spirit week, I think it gets the whole school active and I know if we had a dance, not a lot of people would go,” Senior Senior Zane Brown said
Fuller
“Mine is Senior Girls Lock In: when Ava, OD, and I we the only ones awake, and Ava pulled me and OD on scooters down Eagle Avenue,”
seniorTamia
Emerson
“My favorite memory was state track last year with Eka, my sister and Kylee: we did really good in our relay. Eka and I also did really good in long jumps.”
seniorKenzie
Eklund
“My favorite memory at North is the first Liberty vs. Liberty North district title game for men’s basketball at North Kansas City High School because it was such an awesome atmosphere to be apart of and a really exciting win for the Eagles.”
SeniorEmily
Dillman
“My favorite memory at North was probably making the dance team because that’s where I’ve met most of my best friends and spent most of my time.” To promote spirit for Courtwarming, the senior girls stay over night, creating posters to cover the school.The seniors mixed games and work, creating a fun night that builds spirit for Courtwarming. “It was fun because I got to bond with girls I normally don’t talk to. I got to talk to all my girls and stay up all night with them (more on pg. 13).
seniorJordan
Mccue
“My favorite memory is every game where the entire school and community showed up. The environment and pride of being an eagle is exhilarating.”
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“Our jumbtron makes the games super fun and because of the two levels it makes it feel huge and a way for everyone to get involved,� senior Kenna Belew said. photo by Harris Meyers| hmey6969@lps53.org
losing ctrl Is the increase of technology in daily life a good or bad thing? written by Zac Purdue | zpur7958@lps53.org & Mackenna Rowe | mrow9940@lps53.org
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echnology. A single word that has been redefined for many generations and doesn’t look to be stopping anytime soon. It has become a massive part of many people’s daily lives, whether it is for good or bad. “I think that the technology possessed by schools has an overall benefit for students. Having personal computers, internet access, and access to software and hardware for educational purposes allows students to explore content in ways that they otherwise are not able to do,” science teacher Spencer Fish said. Technology’s rapid expanse was predicted all the way back during 1960 by a man named Gordon Moore. The prediction’s statement became known as Moore’s Law. Even today the law is still very relevant. “It’s not a surprise that technology has grown as much as it has over the years.
Back in 1960 a guy named Gordon Moore predicted that technology would grow at an exponential rate, and it seems he’s been right so far,” PLTW teacher Brett Kisker said. Technology is continually evolving whether, it is for schools or everyday use. “Black Mirror” is a Netflix series that details the extreme possibilities of technology and the different cases it can be used for and in some episodes how it can affect society. “My concerns with safety while using technology would be that something is bound to go wrong, now with “Nosedive” the way you’re seen online affects whether or not you get a nice apartment. It affects what car you drive, and how you go about everyday life,” sophomore Autumn Galloway said. The episode “Nosedive” is based on how after talking to someone they will be rated on a scale of 1-5 through a mobile device and their overall rating bases how society views
“I don’t think technology is advancing too fast. I do think that laws and regulations lag behind the development of technology,” science teacher spencer fish said
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them. This episode shows similar social media effects on some people today. The technology people use almost every day hasn’t been around that long. The mobile cell phone was invented in 1973, and the first home computer was made in 1977. Now there are thousands of options for each. “I don’t think technology is advancing too fast. I do think that laws and regulations lag behind the development of technology, which can cause some issues in how technology is dealt with. But in general, I think the fast growth and development of technology is great and tends to improve society,” Fish said. Black Mirror has many different scenarios relating from electronic bees to implants in the human body. So far there are four seasons with each episode being a completely different storyline. Nearly 1.6 million people watch the show. “I feel like it’s important to keep the series
going because it gives possible scenarios of how technology could be utilized in the future and some episodes show the dangers of some technology that is meant for good,” sophomore Olivia Bunch said. Within the workforce, technology has been doing things like building cars and doing other jobs that prove quite dangerous for most people. But it may also be slowly creeping into the normal work force, eventually it could make it so companies no longer have a need for workers at all. “It’s already been happening, and what that means is that we need to change our teaching system to get people used to interacting and working with technology. That being said, nowadays we don’t have enough people who know how to swing the hammer either,” Kisker said. Many believe that technology has been expanding at a rapid rate, and improving the lives Continued on the next page
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of many, but with good comes terrible as well. What are the downfalls of technology in the modern era? “I think the growth is very fast, maybe even alarming, and at some point, we’re going to reach the singularity where we can’t keep up with it, and it just improves itself,” junior Sean Purdue said. On the darker side of technology, there is a push to add more and more connective home gadgets, and the threat of hackers has grown. Many of these new devices are made without security in mind and are vulnerable to become instruments in an attack like a Denial of Service (DOSing).
“Right now, technology is being pushed out faster than we can make sure whatever is shipped out safe, and with some of the things it can do, it could cause some major problems,” Purdue said. With so many devices being made and different ways technology is being, used it can be essential to let people know the dangers. “I worry about how seriously my students take technology, sometimes things on social media are taken way too seriously which can lead to adverse impacts on social and family life, as well as harming education as well,” Fish said.
Black Mirror a review B
review by Mackenna Rowe | mrow9940@lps53.org
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lack Mirror is a TV series based around some extreme possibilities of what technology could be in the future. Each episode has its own storyline but there are hints that some of the episodes take place around the same time. There are interesting topics brought up like electronic bees, being obsessed with how others view you, and being able to block people in real life. There are some episodes that do not have a clear ending, like ending on cliff hangers. Some of the episodes repeat similar topics or storylines or have episodes that are not very clear on the topic. I enjoy the series and most of the episodes and the ideas behind them. I don’t enjoy some of the topics discussed and how some of the episodes end with no ending that can be inferred. The series is intriguing and can make you think about what you would do or how you would react in those situations. Some of the topics of the shows are just exaggerated versions of currents topics happening now..One of them includes the idea of TV shows dehumanizing people (Fifteen Million Merits). Even with most of the episodes being around or over an hour they lack some details that can be important to the story line. Overall it is down to a matter of opinion about the genre and topic of the series and what it could possibly be saying about society.
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Areas of Focus William Jewell College Rotaract Club Heritage Middle School Interact Club Rotary Readers Literacy K-5th Rotary Youth Leadership Academy 9/10th graders
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“Service Above Self ”
118 days until the last day of school! As of January 24th
studentSPOTLIGHT
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Mackenzie Harkness Ninth Grade
1 in every 64 pregnancies result in giving birth to twins. Despite the fact that the chances of being a twin are very slim, Makayla Harkness opens up about what living life with a twin is like. “My sister and I tend to share the same friends and clothes. We’re always with each other and go places and do things together. We can never really stay mad at each other, which is a pretty good thing. Usually, when we fight, it’s over little things like clothes that she’s borrowed or that I have borrowed. Since we have the same friends, occasionally we’ll fight over whose friend is whose. It’s never anything major,” freshman Makayla Harkness said.
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Austen Hoss
Tenth Grade
Many students at Liberty North are involved in a handful of activities. Austen Hoss elaborates on how he manages his busy schedule during the school year. “I fell in love with football when I was probably about four years old and I also do track because it’s one of the way I would like to get a scholarship for college. Balancing my schedule with StuCo and sports was a bit of a struggle at first between getting my homework done and also doing all of that, but it’s a little easier now because of the study period, so I don’t have that much homework to do after practice,” sophomore Austen Hoss said.
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Eleventh Grade
There are organizations for just about everything and many students are associated with more than one. Josi Smith is one of those students. “I really enjoy being involved in all of the clubs for different reasons. I like being involved with new students, being a part of LINK, and StuCo is really awesome because we get to help the school as a whole. I’m interested in going into the medical field, so HOSA is really good for that and NHS has a lot of community service opportunities. I was here a lot over the summer for StuCo for the big conference we held, but during the school year I’m not as involved because I’m not enrolled in the class, but when there’s something that’s for the full council I’m usually there,” junior Josi Smith said.
Michael chapman
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Twelvth Grade
Michael Chapman shares his experience with the theatre department that he has been a part of since his freshman year. “It’s been quite an experience. I love being a part of something that shows social change and that shows morals and messages that we all can relate to and learn from. I also like being someone I’m not, acting and escaping and learning more about myself through the process. Right now, I don’t know exactly what I want to do, but speech and theatre education has always been an idea. I’m auditioning for the Professional Acting Program at MSU later this year, so we’ll see where that takes me,” senior Michael Chapman said.
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Debater of
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eople who talk to walls may be seen as mentally insane, but to people in debate, it’s completely normal. With over 40 students in the debate program, they’re all known for preparing for tournaments by presenting their cases to the wall. “In debate, you get to choose which form of debate you want to be in your freshman year.You get to be on a team and participate in tournaments every weekend and depending on what type of debate you’re in you get to argue over a certain topic. It’s a really educational experience,” Aikmus said. There are three forms of debate- Public Forum, Policy, and Lincoln-Douglas- from which students are assigned topics to research and take to tournaments to present cases. “I’m in Public Forum, which is a four-people debate with two people on each team. It runs for about 45 minutes and you debate about a different topic every month, for which you then write cases for,” Aikmus said. Students put countless hours into their cases and work hard in school, but work especially hard out of school, having tournaments almost every weekend. “Getting to spend time with other debate kids is
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my favorite part about tournaments. I’ve made quite a few friends through it. Also, I really like to argue, which makes the tournaments really entertaining for me,” Aikmus said. Everything can have its benefits and, with debate, it can be the social knowledge that they gain without even realizing it. “I’ve been in debate for two years which has helped me to improve my public speaking skills and researching a new topic every month opens up my mind about what’s going on in the world,” Aikmus said. Most debaters join debate because they know that is what they want to do in the future and it will help them with their profession. “I plan to go into law when I’m older, so being in debate plays into that and is really helpful because I can work on my skills now, instead of having to wait until I’m in college,” Aikmus said. While being in debate tends to take up a great deal of his time, he still makes time to be in Model United Nations. “Model UN kind of goes hand in hand with debate. Debate is more organized into different events and Model UN is more collective, where we all work towards the same thing and give speeches, instead of arguing a certain topic,” Aikmus said.
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“Cheering during basketball games is a lot more calmer and it’s better because it’s inside rather than football games.There is a lot more student involvement,” senior Emma Wagner said.
Then & Now
Then
Teachers share their history in sports The year is 2000, the movie “Shrek” is released in April, the Baltimore Ravens are Super Bowl Champions, and Ted Maxwell is suiting up for a football game in his senior year at North Kansas City High School. Ted Maxwell, a teacher at Liberty North High School, known for his many songs such as “Ladies and Gentleman” and “Are You Doing Okay?”, was once a high school student who played football, basketball, and ran track. “I was a football, basketball and track athlete. I did the 110 and 300 hurdles. And was on the 4x4 and state qualifying 4x2 team for track. I also played football where I was a tight end and free safety and was AllConference. I was an Honorable-Mention in basketball as well, where I was a Forward” Maxwell said.
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The year is 2005, Kanye West is at the top of the charts with his hit song “Gold Digger” and LNHS teacher Roselynn Zicarelli, is a tennis and softball varsity athlete, who walks the halls of Liberty High School. “I grew up playing softball and in a very athletic family where I loved competition and strategy to the game. My love for tennis didn’t start until high school where I was coached by Coach Davis, who taught me how to play the game and fueled my passion that made me want to be a coach,” Zicarelli said. Zicarelli now coaches for the Women’s tennis team alongside her former high school tennis coach, Doug Davis. “It’s extremely cool to get to coach with coach Davis because he is the one who really taught me how to play, also my doubles partner was my best friend and we’re still best friends today which is cool,” Zicarelli said.
Then
now
It’s 1993, mall bangs were the trend, “Jurassic Park” has just been released, and Misty Black is a diver turned gymnast for her Westmoore High School Jaguars. “I really didn’t enjoy much about high school other than the fact that I met my husband. My high school career was pretty uneventful, I was just kind of there and didn’t do many extracurricular activities,” Black said Black decided to dive just for something to do. “I wasn’t very involved in high school so I decided I needed to do something. So, I joined the dive team so I could say I did something. I also wasn’t super athletic so I tried to do the sports with the least amount of athleticism required” Black said.
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Home Sweet home written by Lydia Bolin | lbol9643@lps53.org
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here’s no place like home, is a saying “Senior night was very sad just because that is often said. For Liberty North’s it’s obviously our last home meet and it’s Swim and Dive Team, the Liberty emotional because it’s the end of something I Community Center is home for four meets love being a part of,” senior Jaclyn Edlin said. every season. The team usually competes against crosstown rival Liberty High School, and one or two other teams at a home meet. “I love the atmosphere of being at my home pool and having a home crowd there,” sophomore Kate Huyser said. Being familiar with the surroundings and having familiar faces in the crowd can be a nice thing for athletes. Depending on the location, family and friends aren’t always able to make it to away meets so home meets are good opportunities for athletes to have people cheering them on. Another aspect unique to home meets is secret sis. For secret sis, girls fill out a form listing out snacks, drinks, and other things that they like that would make for good gifts. Their form is given to someone else, and it is their job to get them a gift for each home meet. At the last home meet, each girl finds out who their “secret sis” is, and gets the chance to get to know them a little better. “I love secret sis because it’s a super awesome way to get close to a teammate you might not have the opportunity to get to know otherwise,” junior Ashlyn Pope said. Senior night also happens at the last home meet. After diving is completed, the seniors and their parents walk a lap around the pool deck while Coach Warner talks shortly about their highlights from swim, and what they plan to do photos by Harris Meyers| hmey6969@lps53.org after high school.
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The Diving difference
written by Lydia Bolin | lbol9643@lps53.org
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lthough Swim and Dive is one team, there are quite a few differences between the swimmers and divers, like practice times and locations. Due to space issues, the divers practice at different times and locations from the swimmers. “We practice at the community center from 5:45 am to 7:15 am on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays. On Tuesdays and Thursdays we practice at Clayview Country Club right after school,” junior Madeline Sevier said. Both Liberty and Liberty North’s teams use the community center for practices, so there isn’t enough space to have both swim teams as well as divers all practice at the same times. Another difference between swim and dive is the intensity levels at practices. “I would say diving isn’t quite
as demanding as swimming. Our practices are a lot more laid back and we get more time to talk and hang out unlike the swimmers,” junior Grace Ericsson said. Swimmers have sets or schedules to get through, while divers don’t always have a specific schedule for practices. Lastly, the way divers earn points at meets is completely different from swimmers. Swimmers have multiple events they compete in and can earn different amounts of points in each. “Divers only have one event that takes place a third of the way through the meet. Each diver competing does one dive at a time, and is then scored by judges. After all the divers have completed all of their dives, their scores are totaled up to determine the winner of diving,” freshman Lauren Barnett said.
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State Cuts
Just like any other activity, making it to state is a big deal. For swim and dive, the process of qualifying for state is a little different than other sports. For swimmers, MSHSAA sets specific times called “state cuts” that are different for all 11 events. If a swimmer or relay swims that time or faster during a meet, they have qualified for state. For divers, there are two different ways to qualify. A diver can qualify if they get a certain score at a meet doing 6 dives, or a meet doing 11 dives. Here is a list of the state cuts that Liberty North swimmers have made: 200 Medley Relay: Melissa Hagan, Bryn Mattes, Ashlyn Pope & Kate Huyser 200 Freestyle: Kate Huyser 200 IM: Kate Huyser 100 Freestyle: Kate Huyser 500 Freestyle: Kate Huyser 200 Freestyle Relay: August Letscher, Ashlyn Pope, Bryn Mattes & Kate Huyser 100 Backstroke: Kate Huyser 100 Breaststroke: Bryn Mattes 400 Freestyle Relay: Melissa Hagan, Ashlyn Pope, Bryn Mattes & Kate Huyser
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Technology ToO fast written photos by Kari Tott | ktot6200@lps53.org
STUDENT BODY 66% TOO SLOW
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“Technology is moving just a little to fast for me. It is hard to keep up with all the advancements and new stuff” Eagles view reporter Taylor Burrow said.
EAGLES VIEW
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ecently, our staff has been hooked on the “Sofia the Robot” videos. They are sets of videos where they interview the life-size robot named Sophia and see what features she has. She has been on shows like Ellen, The Tonight Show, and Good Morning America, all showing off her advanced personality.What’s really incredible is her 52 facial expressions and how she learns new things everytime she talks to a human.This can either be taken two ways...incredibly creepy or incredibly fascinating and innovative. Different opinions on the subject are causing a debate throughout the whole country; is technology moving too fast? In the past few months, an iPhone with a glass build and one including facial recognition, two new major software updates for the iPhones. Samsung released a whole new phone with facial features aswell.These facial features are incredibly advanced and it is kind of scary to know a phone can scan our face.. When all the advancements are taken into consideration, it really is overwelming. Is it to much too soon? Recently Eagles View Newspaper Staff, along with the student body participated in a survey asking if technology was advancing too fast. The staff voted pretty evenly with 52% saying technology is too fast and 48% disagreeing. On the other hand the school vide vote claimed that technology is moving too slow with a vote of 66% and 34% of people agreeing with the staff. No matter what the votes say Sophia the Robot is more intelligent than any piece of technology we have seen.
written by Jake Mendoza | jmen5684@lps53.org
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’m all for technology. Helpful resources such as Netflix, Instagram, Snapchat, and Wikipedia I happen to use almost daily. A majority of the time though, I find myself not being able to keep up with newer and more innovative technology. It seems like every six to nine months, there’s a new iPhone being released, and suddenly mine isn’t as good as it used to be (function or fashion). New inventions and robots are constantly on the news, like Sophia the Robot or Samsung. Sophia is the world’s first robot with citizenship. She can speak, think, and move on her own. Sounds like an episode of Black Mirror waiting to happen. Just saying. While technology is good and makes our lives easier, I don’t necessarily see how it makes us better. The progression of technology is moving too fast for people to keep up with. Over hundreds of years, technology has slowly but surely advanced, giving people more and more time to adjust to new advances. With how fast technology is currently moving people are struggling to keep up and often find themselves left in the dust (pollution) of technology companies. Not to mention people’s patience is fragmenting because of how fast technology loads. When the internet isn’t as quick to load as it usually is, people can get impatient and cranky. People are losing time by spending so much time on their phones, and money to this new technology, along with patience. If the production of new technology were to slow down, then people would be able adjust at their own speeds, and wouldn’t have to worry about their tech becoming outdated faster than it should.
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In the last ten years we have seen the advancement of technology grow exponentially. Imagine someone telling you, you could ask a black cylinder to buy you Doritos and ship them to your home for you and it would get it done.You’d look at me like I accidentally drank some of grandpa’s old cough medicine. Some people think the advancement of technology is happening too fast, that it’s “bad for today’s society”. No.You’re wrong and you should feel wrong. The fact that I can keep in touch with my buddies from my old school and talk to them with ease is amazing. No matter how far away you are from someone with the help of social media you aren’t really that far. Now I will agree social media has its fair share of cancer, like our bozo-chimp president tweeting out something he calls the “fake news awards”. I don’t know about you but i’ll take being connected with anyone in the world over not having it any day. The advancement of technology isn’t only restricted to that field. Think about all the advancements we have made in modern medicine. Imagine a world where we don’t have to worry about cancer, think about how many lives that disease has ruined. Or imagine a world where we can filter dirty water to make sure people in third-world countries are drinking clean water, or a world where we are polluting our atmosphere with fossil fuels everyday and we all drive electric cars. Our whole existence is about change, and if you can’t adapt to the changes that are happening around you then be prepared to be left in the dust by the rest of the world.
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Which Student Are You? Do you attend all school dances that you possibly can?
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How many Liberty North sporting events have you been to?
of course!
Is navy and gold your favorite colors?
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PhoneUhhhh a friend? Lone Wolf
You’re the lone wolf. You keep to yourself most of the school days and school spirit isn’t your thing, but you still love Liberty North.You’re just not the one to shout your love for it during all sporting events at the school.
All of them!
Uhhhh best!!!
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Liberty North Junkie
You’re all about Liberty North and school spirit! There is never a single game that you miss and you are breathing navy and gold 24/7. There’s not a time that you’re not thinking about how much you love this school.
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