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Lifestyle {04} LAST-MINUTE COSTUMES

And you told yourself you weren’t going trick-or-treating this year.

{06} SCARY SIDE OF SUGAR

Thought you were going trick-ortreating, did you? Read this, and you may not want to.

Student Life {08} THE ZOMBIE APOCALYPSE We all know it’s coming. How will you survive?

{10} REAL-LIFE GHOST STORIES

Supernatural, or just supercreepy?

Students share their stories.

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{12} REVIEW ON CARRIE

{16} HAUNTED HOUSES

Book or movie? Should be clear as pig’s blood.

{14} TIME FOR GRAVESTONES Take a blast to the past with some of Liberty’s oldest gravestones.

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‘Tis the season... to go get the daylights scared out of you. See how local haunts stack up.

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Opinion {20} LIKE IT, LOVE IT, HATE IT

To trick, or not to treat. That is the question.

{21} COLUMNS

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Prepare to be scared... or perhaps just mildly amused.

Sports {28} FEAR FACTOR OF SPORTS

Everyone deals with fear. See how athletes overcome it.

{30} SCARY SPORTS INJURIES

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These North survivors show their battle scars. Maybe it was a zombie attack...

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Pictures by Olivia Brown | Written by Olivia Brown

Greek Gods Costume

Step 1: For a one-sheet toga (right) gather one bed sheet and a piece of gold ribbon. For a two-sheet toga (left) gather two bed sheets, a stapler, and a piece of gold ribbon.

Step 2: (one-sheet) wrap the sheet around from the back like a towel; take one corner behind you and around your shoulder and tie it into a knot with the other corner.

Step 2: (two-sheet) lay one sheet on top of the other and cut of the top two corners for arm-holes, then staple along the sides for the body, lastlystaple twice where you cut to make a head hole.

Step 3: Tie the gold ribbon around your waist and twist it to the back.

{ Brian Sharp and Hannah Pirrello “I like Halloween, I wouldn’t say it’s my favorite holiday but I like it.

It’s a fun time for everybody. But usually I dress up for the Halloween parties,” junior Brian Sharp said.

Nerd Costume

Step 1: Gather khakis or jeans, a belt, a button up shirt, a tie or bow tie and glasses and scotch tape.

Step 2: Dress yourself in the clothes, and don’t forget to tuck in your shirt!

Step 3: Wrap the tape around the center of the glasses and slick your hair down.

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“I love Halloween. There’s so much candy and I really enjoy dressing up, but mostly I like to party on Halloween,” junior Colyn Campbell said.

Cat Costume

Step 1: Gather black leggings, a black shirt, cat ears, eyeliner and a cat tail.

Step 2: Dress yourself in the clothes and the ears and tail.

Step 3: Draw a triangle on your nose and three straight lines on both cheeks with the eyeliner.

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“I like Halloween because its fun to dress up in weird costumes. I enjoy the candy a little bit but I enjoy the Halloween parties the best,” junior Jena Pennington said.

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Written by Kala Hughes | Pictures by Ariel Kuznia

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Whether it be to eat or decorate, pumpkins are something that have been around for decades, and can be used in many different ways.

Many families carve pumpkins and use them as decorations during the Halloween season.

“We carve them; we try to get bigger ones so we can put faces on them because they’re fun. We put them out on our porch and light them with fire,” sophomore Stevie Sieren said.

Another seemingly popular use of the pumpkin is the traditional porch decoration. Carving pumpkins is a simple way to incorporate them as fall decorations.

“My mom will usually carve the pumpkins and put them on the front porch,” senior Taylor Earle said. Along with porches, pumpkins are also used for kitchen decorations.

“We put them on our porch and we usually have one on our kitchen table. I usually only carve one; I will just put a face on it,” sophomore Kelsey Runge said. For a different decorating idea, pumpkins can also be set out in different parts of the house on shelves or tables.

Some families incorporate pumpkins in very unique ways during the season. There are many other creative ways to use pumpkins as decorations, other than the traditional jack-o-lantern.

“My mom always gets big pumpkins and cuts a hole in it and puts M&M’s and flowers in it. It’s like a flower pot. We always get pumpkins and we have a jack-o- lantern contest. There’s the scariest and the most creative,” Junior Mickayla Gasisch said.

Another student had a very unique idea for using pumpkins. This idea may be something not very many people have heard of before.

“Well, you can always shoot them with a gun, you can shoot ‘em in a slingshot, you can make art in them. Pumpkins are universal,” senior Connor Bierk said.

A relatively well-known tradition that many people do with pumpkins is to roast the seeds and to serve them as treats.

“Grill pumpkin seeds; they’re delicious. Roast them in butter and cinnamon.” sophomore Kelsey Runge said. Roasting seeds and coating them in sugar usually only takes ten to fifteen minutes.

“We usually just take the seeds out. My mom bakes the seeds, and that’s it.” Gasisch said.

Tasty recipes and creative ideas can be found anywhere, regardless if it’s for party decorations or seasonal decorations. Preparing for the fall season just takes some creativity and imagination to create the best decorations without spending a dime. Whether it be fun family traditions or tasty recipes, there is always a way to incorporate pumpkins into every fall celebration.

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Senior Maizey Denton and the other art students carved pumpkins for the March of One Thousand Pumpkins Parade at Martha Lafite Nature Sanctuary.

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Photos by Ariel Kuznia | Written by Haley Hellner

alloween is filled with goblins and ghosts, scary stories and creepy decorations. All meant to fill people with fear.

However, one thing not meant to scare is the sweet candy passed out at the words of Trick or Treat. Most people do not know that the candy that fills pumpkin buckets is just as scary as any other element of Halloween.

According to Livestrong.com, one classic Tootsie Roll has the same amount of sugar as four original Oreo’s.

“Well, I eat about ten to twelve Oreo’s at a time, so I am eating the sugar anyway,” senior Ryan Chrisman said.

Livestrong also stated that the sugar in one 3 Musketeers bar is equivalent to the sugar in four Krispy Kreme donuts.

“That is weird. You would expect donuts to be worse for you than a candy bar,” freshman Brooks Casel said.

Each bag of original Skittles contains as much sugar as and entire pint of Ben and Jerry’s chocolate chip cookie dough ice cream according to Livestrong.com also.

“That is a little mind blowing. But if you were going to eat an entire pint of ice cream that would give you more food than a pack of skittles,” senior Gabe Post said.

According to Men’s Health, nine Twizzlers have the same amount of calories as a Wendy’s double stack burger.

“I would take the burger any day of the week. That is so much more food,” Post said.

Switching gears from sugar amounts to ingredients can be even more frightening.

The Huffington Post reported that Nestle Butterfingers have TBHQ in them, a form of butane, which is used in lighter fluid.

“It does not really surprise me that something like that would be allowed to be put in foods.

In small amounts, but it is still pretty shocking,” Casel said.

Huffington Post also said that Twizzlers have glycerin as an ingredient. Glycerin is also used in soap products.

“That is ridiculous. I would not expect that to be in Twizzlers at all considering you do not really eat soap often,” Casel said.

Shellac can be found in the shiny coating on candy like Mike and Ikes or Brach’s Candy Corn. It is a sticky substance made from the secretions of a bug from Thailand. On ingredients labels it is listed as ‘confectioner’s glaze’, according to Huffington Post as well.

“Well, if someone in Thailand offered me a bug I would probably trust them and eat it,” Post said.

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Afraid to Fall Lifestyle column by Olivia Brown

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igh School relationships typically end with a wrenching heartbreak, filled with emotions and hormones. Having just experienced one, I found myself falling face first into another. Teenage life is filled with many complicated decisions and I struggled to find any reason why to create more for myself by being in a relationship. Reserved and afraid, it took over a year of mixed emotions and misunderstandings before I felt even the slightest bit of security. Although I’m a month into a perfectly happy relationship, I still have the frightening constant reminder of how it hurts in the end. I felt insecure about voicing these feelings, too. I spent an entire year fixating on self-inflicted and selfish emotions that only I could understand. While being waited on by a boy giving more attention and affection than I deserved, I constantly challenged the good versus the potential bad. Although I was finally able to come to my senses, I cannot bear to imagine the loss I could experience. Allowing myself to fall so deeply into someone else is allowing an amount of trust that I cannot afford to be broken. Its unrealistic to expect or even think that we will never break up, but nothing scares me more than the day I will no longer have my best friend.

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Some helpful tips on

What You Need

Zombie

If you want to survive.

Written by: Jaxson Freeman and Rachael Wigand

Food “I would bring canned goods so the food would not get perished,” science teacher Mrs. Misty Black said.

Water “I would need to bring water because I need water to live and to stay hydrated so I could run away from the zombies,” junior Regan Hill said.

Weapons “Weapons of mass destruction like a flamethrower,” FACS teacher Mrs. Jane Boswell said.

“My weapon of choice would a knife that way I could carry mutiple of them, and would never run out because I could reuse them,” junior Hannah Gooding.

Signs of Becoming a Zombie

Transportation “For transportation I would want a team of horses because a vehicle would run out of gas,” FACS teacher Mrs. Boswell said.

First Aid “I would bring a first aid kit with antibiotics and athletic tape. If you have to amputate a limb, and iodine tablets.

Army or hunting gear to keep you warm and camouflaged,” sophomore Jaret Willhite said.

Shelter

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Cold and Pale Skin- Zombies show these features because they are dead, causing no blood flow occur which makes their body cold and their skin to have no pigment.

2. No Feeling of Pain- The

pain sensors in a zombie do not function, causing their body to become numb.

3. Weird and Crazy Desires-

Zombies crave different wants and needs than regular humans.

They crave brains and caffeine and can’t survive in sunlight.

“If the apocalypse happened, I would go to my friends house, who is prepared for this type of thing, and I would hide in his bomb shelter,” science teacher Mrs. Misty Black said.

4. Excessive Sugar and Caffeine

“ I would want a mobile home or I would go to one of my friends house who is a survivalist and stay there because he has a bomb shelter,” FACS teacher Mrs. Jane Boswell said.

5. No Sleep- Zombies don’t

Intake- In order for zombies to keep upright and craving brains, they need a mass amount of energy through caffeine and sugar. sleep because they have no need to and they feed at night. A good sign to look for is droopy wrinkly eyes.

(According to examiner.com and University of Florida IML [ml.jou.ufl. edu])

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Survival Guide

Drawn by: Danielle Camerlinck | Pictures Designed by: Ariel Kuznia

What To Do

Once the zombie apocalypse starts.

Get To A Remote Location “I would get in a car and drive to a remote location somewhere in the Colorado mountains, just to find refuge, because it would take longer to spread and it would be harder for any zombies to find you,” senior Meric Schonemann said.

Have A Back-up Plan “If I wasn’t able to get away to Russia immediately, it’s always a good idea to have a back up plan, so I’d barricade myself in my house or in the library, and make sure that I was stocked up on supplies that I would need until I was able to get help,” junior Abbigail McCune said.

Stay Alert “Make sure that you have a lookout with plenty of weapons and ammunition handy, that way if you needed to evacuate quickly they could snipe zombies or use grenades to blow your way out,” sophomore Myquan Powell said.

Assemble A Group “One of the first things that I would do is try to get as many of my friends together as I could because there is strength in numbers,” freshman Richard Roveto said.

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Kailee Knudsen’s Story:

“I was home with my 3 siblings and it was 10:30 on a school night and our doorbell rang. So I went to look out and see who was outside and there were two men, one standing at our door, the other out on the walkway looking out towards the road. It was really creepy and unusual so I ran downstairs to get my brother. When we came back up, the men were looking through our windows saying stuff like ‘We know you’re home, answer your door,’ We couldn’t see where their car was and the men were wearing all black. We went to the door and opened the window and told them we weren’t interested in whatever they were wanting. Finally after about fifteen minutes the men finally left once my parents pulled in the driveway. It was a very scary experience and knowing that almost every house on my street has been broken into, it scares me to be home alone.”

Jordan Haferbier’s Story:

“My parents were talking and I over heard them, It was about how this guy had been calling my mom and saying he knows when my dad leaves for work in the morning and that she was home alone. One day she got a call from him saying ‘Meet me on our back deck in just a robe.’ It was really creepy, my mom was home alone for a night because my dad and I went out of town, so we left her with pepper spray and a baseball bat next to her bed. But surprisingly she didn’t get a call that night. We then found out two doors down that lady was getting the same calls. We went to the police but they didn’t find anything out. The good thing is the calls stopped that night.”

Faith Irvine’s Story:

“When I was about five years old, my dad, step-mom and I lived in a small house.

The house was at the end of a dead end street. My dad had done work on the house recently, and one night I slept on the couch because my room was kind of creepy. My dad and I had just watched a movie called “The Raven” which had freaked me out a little. That night, when I went to sleep, I woke up facing the window, and there was a man standing there with a crow on his shoulder.

He was trying to look through the window, so I hid and stayed away from the window so that he couldn’t see me. The next morning my step-mom woke up and said there was a strange man knocking on the door, this was early in the morning.

It was the scariest thing.”

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Club Spotlight One Homeless Night Over 140 students attended

Stayed over night and went to school in the morning Written by and Photos by: Haley Hellner Night because it is a great thing to magine constantly worrying help realize what people go through about where to sleep. Not knowing everyday. Knowing that not if it will be possible to make it everybody lives with a home, to through the night with one blanket come out and experience it and help in 20-degree weather. Feeling hungry, the cause is worth it,” senior Luke and unsatisfied from every small Small said. meal bought with the few dollars Throughout the night students crumpled up in the pocket of a dirty talked and learned about what pair of jeans. homelessness is actually like. They For over 2,000 teens in the participated in trivia questions, and Kansas City metro, this is a scary ate from a “soup kitchen” with soups reality. Thursday October 18, the donated from parents.

Liberty North High School Key “I learned to be more appreciative club held their second annual One of what I have, and to be more Homeless Night to raise awareness considerate toward people I do not for teen homelessness. know that much about. If they are “I wanted organize another One going through this, then I have a Homeless Night because I think it is completely new aspect on life,” junior important to promote awareness. A Lauren VanNess said. lot of people do not really understand The One Homeless Night was the severity of homelessness, and a great way for students to gain how many people are affected by perspective on an issue that some of it,” senior, and Key Club president, their classmates face everyday, and Montana Grizzle said. to learn to have compassion for those Over 140 North students came out, who go through the day worrying looking forward to what the night about where they will sleep, and would bring. when they will be able to eat next.

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A&E Review

Carrie

Review and Photo By: Taylor Thompson

“Carrie” by Stephen King is a classic story about the effects of bullying with a supernatural twist that makes it more than worthy of the horror genre. In short, Carrie White is a high school student who is no stranger to teenage bullying; White is on the receiving end of old school tricks such as “kick me” signs on her back, being tripped as she goes down the hall, and having people spray paint mean things about her on the walls of the school. She receives no relief at home where her crazy mother terrorizes her. One girl takes pity on White and has her boyfriend take White to the prom where things go wrong in the worst sense of the word. White,

who happens to be telekinetic, murders most everyone at the prom.

Both the new movie and the book have very strong positives but there are also some pretty distinct differences.

First off, the mother in the movie is not as physically abusive to White as she is in the book but she appears even crazier in the movie because she harms herself to get what she wants. The movie spent a little more time focusing on Carrie’s powers and making them look more demonic than telekinetic- she appears possessed at times. Aside from the physical differences of the book and movie versions of White, there are some personality differences that change the

effect that the character of Carrie can have on an audience. For example, in the book, White appears weak and pitiful most of the time so you feel extremely sorry for her. In the movie though, White is stronger and more assertive so you don’t feel as bad for her.

I really enjoyed the movie- I thought the changes the director made to make it a little more relatable to today’s teens really helped. On the downside, I did think that special effects looked a little cheesy at times. I would definitely recommend it to anyone who likes a good scare and a fun time, but if you really want the full impact of the tragic story, read the book.

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Hipster Logic

How to do a Cartwheel

Shine Bright Like A Diamond

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Halloween Apps Review and Photo By: Baileigh Arant What’s better than a great app to get you in the mood for Halloween?

With the numerous options in the app store, it’s hard to decide which is best.

Zombie Booth 2 is the latest version of the original Zombie Booth app. In this app, you are able to turn a typical selfie into a flesh-eating zombie that not only looks but sounds like one. If you aren’t happy with the initial result, you can pick from a list of options that allows you to change the zombie’s eyes, mouth, and many other features. This app is $1.99, but also has a free version.

If you’re more into games, then Pumpkin Xplode may be for you.

This game is similar to Candy Crush, but a little different. The

goal is to clear the screen by sliding pumpkins of the same color together, all while trying to beat your high score. With the three different types of game play, this app is sure to keep you entertained. Challenge your friends by uploading your scores to Score loop directly from the app.

This app is 99 cents, but also has a free version.

The app Halloween is perfect for the ultimate Halloween lover.

This app includes a countdown to Halloween, costume ideas, trivia, and much more. With all the functions available, this app is sure to get you excited for Halloween.

You can upgrade for only 99 cents, and receive many more options. This app is free.

American Horror Story Review and Photo By: Danielle Camerlinck A new season of this suspenseful, mature, and twisted series is coming up and for those who do not know American Horror Story- this show will blow your mind. The plot seems traditional and boring but within ten minutes it goes to both Supernatural and real-life fears; each season changes in plot, as season 2 is about witches and then ghosts.

American Horror Story was created

by Murphy and Falchuk. The first season centers on the Harmon family: Ben, Vivien and their daughter Violet, who move from Boston to Los Angeles after Vivien has a stillbirth and Ben has an affair. They move into a restored mansion, unaware that the home is haunted by its former inhabitants. This show is a place where the living, the

dead, and the psychotic come together.

Imagine you are in a huge house with a ton of people and you can never leave.

The only thing to worry about is the sexual and emotional manipulation and how everything ties together when the big climax begins and unravels. This whole show will blow your mind, but it scares you and makes you realize how precious your life is.

During the episodes where the tension is off, the Main family - Ben, Vivien and Violet - go to the other ghosts who are in the house, forbidding them to leave the house for all eternity.

The first season of American Horror Story was well reviewed by television critics and fans; ending its first season as the biggest new cable series of the year.

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Oldest Gravestones in Liberty Our story covers what was happening in the world when these people saw it last.

Written By: Jessica Hilburn; Photos by: Claire DeVry

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1781April 8- Premiere of Mozart’s violin sonata.

June 3 – American Revolution – Jack Jouett begins a “midnight ride” to warn Thomas Jefferson and the Virginia legislature of approaching British cavalry.

1812January 12 – first cargo arrives in New Orleans by steam from Natchez.

February 11 – Massachusetts governor Elbridge Gerry invents gerrymandering.

1813January 12 – first pineapples planted in Hawaii.

January 28 – Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice is published.

1817April 17-- first US school of the deaf (Hartford, conn).

December 10 – Mississippi is admitted as the 20th U.S. state, formerly the Mississippi Territory.

1818January 1- official reopening of the White House.

April 4- The U.S. Congress adopts the flag of the United States as having thirteen red and white stripes and one star for each state (twenty) with additional stars to be added whenever a new state is added to the Union.

1876March 10 - 1st telephone call made (Alexander Graham Bell to Thomas Watson) October 4- Texas A&M University opens for classes.

1877March 4-- Emile Berliner invents the microphone.

July 23-- first telegraph and telephone line completed in Hawaii.

1974Feb. 13- James ‘Cool Papa’ Bell is named to baseball’s Hall of Fame.

April 24 – Stephen King publishes Carrie, his first novel under his own name.

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Haunted houses have become a popular attraction, and we have a sneak peek at some of our city’s most popular haunted houses.

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Factor Edge of Hell Beware: If you are okay with having nightmares and new phobias, this could be fun for you.

The Beast This house is almost equal to The Beast.

Take a friend to hide behind.

Heritage Middle School Bring your baby sister along, because that is about as scary as it will get.

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Bloody Mary This is enough to make your stomach jump a few times, but don’t expect to be scared too much.

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Odd fellows Winery

Written by: Mitchell Warne, Savannah Failer, and Dylan Morgan | Photos by: Caroline Gomez

{B}ack in 1900, an orphanage, which burnt down on Valentine’s Day in 1990, was built in replacement of a hotel that

used to sit on the exact grounds where Belvoir Winery now stands. Although nobody died in the fire, the hospital that was on the grounds of the winery could be why there are rumors of paranormal activity. Owner Jesse Leimkuehler’s stories prove the point that Belvoir Winery is in fact haunted.

“I’ve had a lot of paranormal experiences out here. About a month and a half ago I was in the Ladies Room cleaning up after business was closed. I reached down to grab a Windex bottle, lifted it up and thought I saw something in the corner of my eye. I turned to my right and about ten feet from me there was about a three-foot tall boy. He was wearing a red shirt, blue knickers, and brown boots. He was only there for about three seconds or so, then just disappeared,” Leimkuehler said.

Since Leimkuehler’s daughters also spend a considerable amount of time at the winery, they have experienced what seems to be paranormal activity.

“My daughter Kali, who is six, had went down the hallway. She told me that while she was down there she heard what sounded like a little boy say ‘My name is’, but she couldn’t pick out what name the boy had said,” Leimkuehler said.

On Syfy Network’s TV series Ghost Hunters, an episode called “Vintage Spirits” aired on June 26, 2013. In this episode, the investigators roamed through the Odd Fellows buildings, having some paranormal experiences themselves.

“On the episode, they had a story about my daughter Giselle and I in the ballroom setting up table cloths. She walked out of the room into the hallway and I said ‘Giselle, come here’, and I heard her say ‘Mommy, mommy’, then I heard a female voice saying ‘Why hello little one’. I went out of the room into the hallway and saw Giselle standing there by herself, and I said ‘Giselle’, and she came back. I went around and checked all the doors, all of them were locked; there was nobody in the building at all,” Leimkuehler said.

Students here at Liberty North have been to the haunted house the winery puts on every year.

“When I was walking up to pay, I could already hear people screaming. I wanted to turn back, but I had already paid and was on my way inside. There were really tight spaces and it was kind of confusing. I thought it was scarier than Halloween Haunt and Worlds of Fun, but I wish it could have been longer,” junior Mikayla Gascich said.

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Edge of Hell

{H}aunted houses have always been a part of Halloween, from

Photo credit to www.edgeofhell.com

the haunted neighborhood garages, to the scariest haunted house in the nation. There are a few downtown, the most popular being The Edge of Hell, which is one of the scariest haunted houses in the nation.

“I’ve been there before so I kind of know my way around but it is still scary. I like to go with friends so we can all see each other’s reactions to the different scares,” senior Matt Hubbard said.

The people that go to haunted houses usually like the atmosphere and the scares that come with the haunted house.

“I like Edge of Hell because it is always scary after the first time; you can keep going back and still be scared. It is always a fun night out when we go. I think that the scariest part of it was the pitchblack room and you had to follow a wall to get through it. I think that the atmosphere sets this haunted house apart from the rest,” Hubbard said.

Heritage Middle School

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other school, but as the Halloween season approaches, HMS is transformed into the annual haunted house that is bound to give a fright. This year will be their 9th annual haunted house.

“The year I went, they had these scientist people that were guides. I really liked how they had guides so you wouldn’t get lost and they made it a better experience,” freshman Conner Paulson said.

Along with the haunted house the school puts on yearly, the school is rumored to be haunted.

“I’ve heard several stories about the elevators running by themselves at night and that someone hung herself. One year while setting up, a girl went into the far stall in the girl’s bathroom and found a chain with a fake animal hanging from it,” sophomore Luke Kernell said.

The Beast

{M}akeup, masks, dark corridors and strobe lights. Every year Photo credit to www.kcbeast.com

Oct. 31, Nov. 1-2, Nov. 8-9

hundreds of people travel to the most popular haunted houses in the Kansas City area, one being The Beast, located in downtown KC. Liberty North students venture out to The Beast with the sole intention of terrifying themselves.

“I loved it. It was different than most haunted houses because it wasn’t a usual line walk through. You just wander around and get lost a lot. It’s huge, it took me like an hour to figure out how to get out,” junior Brendon Williams said.

The Beast is different than most haunted houses due to the unusual layout and style of monsters, which separates it from the competition.

“The Beast was awesome; there were a ton of strobe lights and people popping out at you. You ended the house by exiting on a giant slide. I had a blast with my friends. I would definitely go back again,” sophomore Michael Wansing said.

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totrick,ortreat {I} feel like I am the Grinch of Halloween as I sit here writing

about how much I hate trick or treating. Not only is it silly to dress up and knock on strangers’ doors in the dark of the night, it is also dangerous. People can put anything they want to in the candy we all love, from rat poison to razor blades; the sweet treats put into pillowcases might just be the death of you. Furthermore, kids running around the streets at night, screaming at random is down right annoying. To add to the annoyance factor, getting up every five seconds to drop some candy into ungrateful kids’ pillowcases is worse than the kid that sits next you in math. Seriously though, if people would just buy their own dang candy and stay at home watching movies by themselves, this Grinch’s heart would no longer be two times too small.

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{W}ho says teens are too old to trick or treat? I

personally feel that trick or treating should never have an age limit. I think trick or treating is far better than other mischievous things teenagers could be up to on Halloween night. Besides, some might just want to hold on to this childhood tradition.

I think trick or treating as a teenager is really fun. I mean, who would not want to go around neighborhoods collecting candy that can last a while?

Anytime a sweet tooth comes around, there’s a pile of chocolate hidden in your closet. It is always exciting to find or make a costume and get all dressed up, even if it is just for one night. The downside is, adults might think that many teens are just taking advantage of the opportunity of getting free candy, maybe going as far as saying teenagers are taking it away from little kids. I feel that in this case, desire trumps age.

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Written by: Dylan Morgan

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{T}here is only one time of the year when I can

receive boatloads of candy from strangers without them seeming like pedophiles- and to me, this never gets old.

Still trick-or-treating like it is my job, I have yet to understand why people ever stop. Candy does not grow on trees, so I pounce on any opportunity in which I can receive it for free. I do not let my age get in the way.

I am going to have to agree with the old people on this one: age is just a number. This number should not affect how you spend your Halloween night. We do not need to start acting like an adult quite yet, so embrace your inner child.

I do not know about you, but my sweet tooth is calling. Those who think they are too cool or have too much “swag” to go trick-or-treating, so be it.

My love for this activity will never come to an end, regardless of my age.

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{I}’ve always found enjoyment in

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scaring people. It all started when I was in fourth grade. When I got home from school, my sister’s friend decided it’d be Written by: Cortney Snyder | Photo by: Madi Saunders funny to hide in our shower (behind the curtain) while I was about to go to the bathroom. She jumped out before I could get my pants down and I wet myself. I was so embarrassed that I made a promise to myself that I would no longer be the victim of people’s humor, I would be the culprit of fear.

The best scare I can remember that I ever accomplished would be in sixth grade with Ariel Kuznia. At my 12th birthday party, I invited all my friends over to celebrate. After dinner, cake and opening presents, we all went to my room to share scary stories. Ariel, one of my best friends back then, I knew was an easy target. She went to the bathroom and while she was gone I told the other girls that I was going to hide in the closet to pop out and scare her when she got back. When Ariel returned, she sat down and all the girls started giggling, anticipating her reaction to my scare. When I stepped out of the closet I ran up and tried to tickle her sides. She screamed, loud enough to wake up a dead man, ran straight out of my house and tripped on her way out to the yard. The other girls and I watched her from my window and we all started laughing harder then we ever have. Ariel came back in and just glared at me in anger. But to this day, if you ask her, she remembers everything.

{Y}ou know what’s scary? Not knowing what to write your column about,

that is what. Lack of column equals grumpy editors. And that is scary. (Just kidding, editors.) With this whole Halloween theme in question, however, I have to admit, the zombie apocalypse subject sounds awfully tempting. Okay, you talked me into it.

Zombie apocalypse, everyone! Is it overhyped? Yes, it is! Is it ridiculous? Yes, it is! Is it fun to blame the world’s problems on? Yes, it is. Because it is so very unlikely and so very ridiculous, it has become the butt of many an end-of-theworld joke. But what if it was not a joke? Think about it, guys: do you really want a zombie apocalypse? Is that really how you want the world to go down?

Sounds awesome in theory, but I think it is just too cliché. What if the end of the world happens to be a little more ironic? How about a unicorn apocalypse?

Nobody would ever see that coming.

Zombies are never going to end the world because we have already spent so much time and energy theorizing about how to counter a zombie attack. If they have any sense at all, they know they will be outmatched by our strategic paranoia. Why even try? They know we will win. Unicorns, on the other hand, are completely underestimated. Nobody suspects that a unicorn could be capable of an apocalyptic overthrow. But you never know. Expect the unexpected, people. Tread lightly this Halloween.

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Just a Scary Thought Written by: Madi Saunders

{A} s you should notice, this issue is centered on one central theme: scary.

So, to fit this theme, this column will also be scary; be forewarned, my column will probably be the scariest thing in this issue. It might even be the scariest thing you will read in your entire life.

Growing up is my greatest fear right now. It also controls this point in my life; as I am getting closer to the age of adulthood, I fear that I am not ready.

In fact, I know I am not prepared to live on my own quite yet; I cannot even kill a little spider by myself.

Not only is becoming an adult fast approaching me, but so is college.

College, the thing I have been looking forward to my entire high school career, now seems like a scary unknown. I will be split from loved ones, some going into the military, and others going to different colleges. My family will be an hour and a half away, and being an only child who has only been away from them for a short time, it is a scary thought to live months without them.

Being a shy child, I fear that I will not be able to enjoy my college experience without the friends I have made in high school; I do not make friends very easily. I want to hold on to all the relationships I have made, and grow new ones also, but fear I might not be able to.

So like I said, this column is the scariest thing you will read. Not because it is scary, but because it states what most seniors are afraid to admit: they are afraid of what the future will hold.

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{S}eeing the innocence in a child’s eyes come Halloween time is a wonderful feeling, no doubt, but as time passes and girls

grow up, dressing sweet and innocent on this holiday is almost unheard of.

The days of striving for best costume at the elementary school Halloween party have come and gone; the time spent looking through countless magazines searching for the best princess dress is a lost cause. Girls seem to be focused on showing a bit more skin and a bit less material now days.

As a whole, the Eagle’s View newspaper staff does not have an issue with the idea of girls wearing skimpy costumes on Halloween. We believe people should have a good judgment and decide for themselves what they feel comfortable wearing.

Their body, their choices.

Expressing yourself is a way of life. Costumes are a way of putting on a mask one time a year, being someone or something that you may not necessarily be. Wearing a scandalous outfit on Halloween may not represent the person you are, what it does show is a sense of freedom. All teenagers want to do is find out who they really are. Different people like different things. There will always be girls dressing skimpy on Halloween because they like the look, others may disagree and go more traditional. This is all a matter of opinion.

Like most everything else, it comes down to personal judgment. You always need to know what is a little too much and when to stop. Dress the way you want, but keep the kiddos in mind. Little children get taunted enough on Halloween. Their eyeballs might just burn out because of seeing what teenage girls are wearing while they innocently walk down the streets.

What do y o u think?

Should teenage girls be allowed to wear skimpy costumes?

“Halloween is the one time of the year when it is okay to be someone that you are not. What you wear one day of the year does not necessarily reflect who you are.”

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Maddy Gangai

“I think there is a fine line between dressing up and having fun and being inappropriate. While on one hand I try to let my daughter make most of her own decisions, even as a young kid, I also don’t think as a parent we would be okay with her wearing something that both my wife and I would think as inappropriate.”

“In my opinion, I believe that skimpy Halloween costumes ruin the feeling of the day. Halloween is a time for kids to have fun and get candy, not to see girls walking around in a mini skirt.”

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History teacher Art Smith

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Frightening Frame of Mind

The nerves and jitters an athlete experiences while competing create the scary side of sports.

Written by: Baileigh Arant Pictures by: Cailey Hagen

Whether it’s an injury, or a bad case of nerves, “I’ve been playing soccer for so long and have played on some sports can always have a hidden scary side. what of high levels, so I don’t get nerves anymore before For some people, sports come naturally, for others, games. But I guess when I play in big games, it scares me to not so much. But, underneath it all, everyone has think I won’t make the plays I need to make. The scariest thing that one fear they get in the pit of their stomach that has happened to me was when I went up for a header when they step on the field, court, pool, or track. and collided heads with a kid and got knocked out for a sec“My fear is probably really ond. I felt my head where I got hit and “What scares me stupid. As I come in to play, when I looked at my hand it was swolis the feeling of off the bench, I get so scared len and really bloody,” Trinidad said. possible failure, when the serve is about to With the intensity that comes along but I know if I do come. All I can think about with football, fears are inevitable. what I practice is, I just got in! Don’t serve it Football is most definitely one of the and train to do, I to me! But, knowing that my most dangerous sports. One thing footwill succeed,” senior teammates will be there to ball players learn to do is play with Wyatt Haywood back me helps me push past my their fear and use it as an advantage. said. fear,” sophomore Libby Westhues said.

“What scares me is the feeling While playing right side on the volleyball court, of possible failure, but I know if I do what I practice and Westhues is faced with this constant fear, but she train to do, I will succeed,” senior Wyatt Haywood said. is still able to play to her full potential. She has not The fear of failure tends to be the main thing on any let her fear stop her from doing what she loves. players mind. Failure can hit a player hard, and give Sophomore Alex Trinidad dominates the soccer field them doubts. Fear of failure brings alive the tension, as a midfielder, but behind his athletic ability, he worry, and anxiety of sports and striving for success.

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The Eagles Volleyball team is strategizing how to deal with nerves as they head into the district tournament.

“Every athlete has the nerves varying from past experiences, but the difference from a good athelte and a great athlete i whether or notthe player can handle the nerves and pressure,” sophomore Ali Gates said.

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Athlete the of

Even though most fall sports are coming to an end, Maddie Styhl is making her senior golf season last as she continues on to the state golf tounrnament.

“Maddie qualified for the State tournament, and is only the second Lady Eagle golfer in program history to do so.

She was all-conference and all-district this year as well,” varsity Girl’s Golf Coach Jeff Braden said.

“This year we made history by taking four girls to sectionals.

We also took 2nd in conference and 3rd in districts,” Styhl said.

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Sport: Cross Country Year: Senior Austin Casel is a senior on the Varsity Cross Country Team and has a been a big part of the sucess they have seen this year.

“He doesn’t really get recognized all that much but works harder than anyone. He operates at a high level with everything, the team wouldn’t be where it is without him,” Varsity Cross Country Coach David Chatlos said.

Casel was a part of the boys recent Confernce Championship and hopes to lead the team to a State victory as well.

It is the eye black you apply before the big game, it is the music you listen to while warming up, it is the walk you take to the batter’s box, the stance you take at the starting line, the ritual you do at the free throw line; all these things we do as athletes to create the intimidation factor. The scariest thing in sports is the intimidating opponent you have to face, intimidation is what always gets the best of me. I have been playing softball for about eleven years and the scariest thing I have ever experienced is stepping into the batters box to face a big, muscular, girl, who is headed to a Division 1 school, and has all the confidence in the world. Stepping into that box, she had already won the battle; she had beat me without even throwing a pitch. Intimidation can make even the best players face defeat. When I am on the starting line waiting for the gun to shoot for a race and I look to the right of me and see a 6-foot girl taking her mark, it is hard to be optimistic. The girl has legs two times the size as mine and calf muscles that look like a body builders biceps, I am instantly intimidated. I know that it is extremely frightening to take a soccer ball to the face, to dive for a hard spike, to take a charge against a guy twice your size, or to stare down a 230 pound man who has hopes of pounding you into the ground, but nothing is scarier than the person you are competing against because they too are fighting for the win.

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TheStrains an Written by: Douglas Martin and Madi Eklund

Career ending injuires are one of the only things than can stop an athlete from doing what they love.

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Luckily when injuries happen, sport trainers are there to evaluate the injury and determine the seriousness of them and provide aid. Liberty North’s Jeff Snow deals with injuries in a variety of sports and explains his view of them.

“In general, I haven’t seen any increase of injury patterns for this season. I’ve been a part of high school and college football and injuries are going to happen.

Football is a very traumatic sport where shoulder, knee, and ankle injuries are common,” said Snow.

Some injuries are minor and just take time to recover, on the other hand there are other injuries such as Savanna Schoen’s. Savanna is a unique sophomore, she plays rugby as well as dances. While in Colorado playing rugby she suffered a serious injury.

“I got a knee driven into my head, getting a concussion, I kept playing. Then I hit the back of my head on the field and got the second concussion and a spine injury,” sophomore Savanna Schoen said. Because of cconcussions Schoen received, she is not allowed to play rugby ever again.

“It sucks not being able to ever play again because I really liked playing it. But, I guess it’s probably for the better so I won’t get injured again later on,” Schoen said.

Similar to Schoen’s injury is senior Payton Reid’s. Payton is a player for the football team and recently has had his fourth concussion and is unable to play.

“It was during practice and we were doing a tackling drill. Me and another guy went to make the tackle and as we made the tackle our heads got wrapped around the backside of the guy and we collided heads. So for the rest of practice I knew something was up because

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I’ve had a concussion before. I was just really foggy and in a daze. I went to the trainer and told him that I thought I had a concussion. I couldn’t remember anything from the day before practice. He told me that I definitely had a concussion. That was my fourth concussion diagnosed, so that means I couldn’t play football for the rest of the season,” Reid said Being a senior and not being able to play in the senior night game is a feeling only few can describe.

“It really sucks honestly being my senior year. I know I’m not going to play football in college, but I just wanted to finish my senior year of football with my friends who I grew up playing with. It really sucks to watch games on Friday night from the sidelines and not having an impact on the field. There’s definitely an emotional impact as well just because you fight alongside those guys and you work so hard alongside those guys,” Reid said.

Playing football is a very physical sport. Injuries often occur and affect the lives of thousands of athletes across America. Another one of those unfortunate athletes is Conor McCann. McCann broke his collarbone the week before the first game against Ruskin and was unable to play.

“The first time I was running out on a pass route to catch a football and the ball was low and I dove to catch it and I hit the ground and my collar bone broke.

It was originally supposed to take ten weeks to heal but after six weeks it was a lot better, so my doctor cleared me and I was able to come back and play.” said junior Conor McCann.

Returning right back into the sport which your last injury happened can make anyone nervous. The thought of it happening again is terrifying.

“Honestly I wasn’t really that nervous because I had been practicing all week and it hadn’t really bothered me at all, so it was the last thing on my mind. The next week I came back and started playing again.

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blocker and my collar bone broke again. I was more mad than anything. It was just sad because I couldn’t play anymore this season,” junior McCann said.

Recurring injuries can be upsetting too. Linsey Buckholz suffers from these. She is a junior that participates on the school dance team. Last year she had to have surgery on her foot because of an irritated nerve. Now she’s back in a boot.

“Two weeks ago my foot started to hurt again, and I tried to dance on it and that didn’t work, it hurt really bad. And the next day it hurt to walk on it. So I went to the trainer and he said I might have sprained it. And then I went to my doctor and he said there’s a break on my foot and he is going to compare my x-rays. Right now he’s calling it a sprain,” Buckholz said.

Buckholz has been on the dance team for three years and each year she has had to sit out because of an injury.

“I don’t like sitting out because I miss out on stuff and I feel behind when I get back. I don’t like it because I am not even allowed to stretch or do anything with them. I just have to sit down,” Buckholz said.

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