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The INTERNview

The INTERNview is a local Iowa City newspaper student-led by Sam Sunderland ‘19 and Taylor Shelfo ‘18

Dive into four senior couples’ relationships as high school sweethearts with clips of fashion, sports, and strong opinions!

High school sweethearts page 8 - by Taylor Shelfo

Above: Noah Tiegs ‘16 and Payton Proud ‘16 Below: Grace Huber ‘16 and Brendon Jacobs ‘15

Photos by each couple’s parents

Above: Angie Kalweis ‘16 and John Millmeyer ‘15 Below: Ben Wreks ‘16 and Kayla Leugering ‘16

Table of Contents Pg. 3 Profile - First year teacher Gregory Witt

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Fashion - Ned Furlong ‘17

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Fashion - Regan Steigleder ‘17

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Sports - West side trap club

Pg. 8-11 Cover - High school sweet hearts Pg.12 Opinion from Taylor Shelfo Pg.13

May horoscopes

Pg.14-15 Summer quiz

PROFILES: TEACHER EDITION

FIRST YEAR TEACHER: GREGORY WITT

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BY TAYLOR SHELFO eet Gregory Witt, math teacher at West. He started out as a home mortgages guy, until his wife was moved to Iowa City. He went to the University of Iowa to get his masters in education which only took 18 months. Now, he’s one of the most enjoyed teacher to be around.

“He teaches in a fun way [because] he’s always upbeat and makes jokes with us,” said Jake Davis ‘18.

Though being a teacher wasn’t Witt’s first option, it’s more enjoyable than his previous career.

“I wanted to be a teacher in grad school, I had no idea what I wanted to be beforehand but I was doing home mortgages before so i’d probably still be doing that [if I wasn’t a teacher],” Witt said.

With his wife moving to Horn, he had to find a new career, in which he decided to Jake Davis ‘18 teach.

“Most people apply to college of education after third semester and start taking education courses, I was a little different because I already had my degree and I went back to school for a masters program in January 2014 and I studied for 18 months straight,” Witt said.

It wasn’t just the move and his wife that influenced him, many of his friends are involved one way or another with education, such as one being a principal and another works with his wife at Horn Elementary.

Though it’s his first year, he’s already developed a teaching technique, and it seems to work pretty well.

“He’s chill, he let’s you make up stuff if you’re absent or retake quizzes and tests only when you’re ready and helps

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you on questions if you need it,” Davis said, ““He teaches the

criteria well, all you have to do to [pass] is pay attention in class.”

Davis is one of Witt’s geometry students and Jackson Nasby ‘16 is an AP stat-er.

“He’s really good at connecting with his students and making his class interesting by making hard concepts simple,” Nasby said.

Witt’s main focus is to develop positive relationships with his students.

“I expected a few bumps in the road you know as your first year at any job but I had Jackson Nasby ‘16 hoped that I would make good relationships with all my students and have a successful year,” Witt said.

Witt has made success in having the year he’d hope for, since Nasby admits that he could go to Witt for anything.

“There were bumps in the road or times when it wasn't as great as it could have been but for the most part it was good,” said Witt, “My wife would kill me [if i didn’t want to teach anymore], so it’s set - I’m teaching for the next 40 years unless I win the lottery. [Good thing] I love it here at west!”

Witt’s hoping to end the year with a bang by telling his students his new baby’s name - a pleasant surprise.

“I’ve got a kid in AP stats, and once I told my students that my wife was pregnant, they asked what to name it and one of the students said ‘Mr. Witt, you should name the baby after me,’ and what he doesn’t know is we’ve already had a name picked out, and it’s his name,” Witt said.

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FEATURE - FASHION

CATCH ME AT THE THRIFT SHOP

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BY TAYLOR SHELFO ed Furlong ‘17 can be found thrift-shopping all around Iowa City, setting trends. To Furlong, thrift shopping is not just stopping at Ragstock, but rather going to places like the Salvation Army and Goodwill.

“Ragstock is great for when you wanna pretend you’re thrift shopping but are afraid of actual poor people, ya know, actual thrift shops exist in this city, they’re cool too because back in the day people wore that stuff,” Furlong said.

Despite the thrift shops, Furlong also loves the internet’s sales.

“It’s the 21st century and not only do I not have to make actual social contact, but sometimes it’s cheaper,” Furlong said.

Furlong doesn’t have a distinct style, rather just a bunch of different clothes that he mixes and matches to make look good.

“His fashion, I think is great and Ned Furlong has an excellent sense of fahsion and I would like to thank him for opening my mind to new possibilities in clothing.” “[My go to outfit is to] put like a light blue button down shirt on and then you put on literally anything else, and then you’re done,” Furlong said.

Though Furlong enjoys keeping up with the trends, being himself is more important.

“Sometimes you look at other people and you see what they’re wearing, I mean you don’t have to be like, ‘oh wow look what Kanye wore today, I gotta imitate that’,” said Furlong.

Money isn’t a priority to Furlong, because the experience of getting his clothes is more fun to talk about than how much he bought them for.

“I think half of the experience is ordering [clothes and shoes] off of a shady British website and waiting for royal mail to send them across like 30 days and an ocean, that’s what makes it really fun ya know, it’s not the amount of money,” Furlong said.

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“[I prefer] clothes that fit correctly, there you go, everybody do that, there is your advice,” -Ned Furlong ’17

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Furlong’s favorite shoes, NIKE air max kabutomushi’s

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KEEPIN’ IT COMFY AND CHIC

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egan Steigleder ‘17 has a very stylish fashion sense that ranges from dresses, combat boots, and large sweaters. Her favorite stores include Forever 21 and Dry Goods, and she’s always looking out for the best sales.

“I don’t even look at anything unless it’s in the sales rack,” Steigleder said “the most expensive dress I bought was $30 from Dry Goods. I buy all my clothes myself so i like to look for cheap stuff. The only expensive stuff i have is shoes that my parents get me for christmas or birthdays.” Steigleder can be found in the mall searching for flowy dresses, skirts and athletic wear.

“Normally I have the tendency to buy too many dresses and don’t have enough shirts to go with all [my]

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skirts,” said Steigleder.

During soccer season, she likes to wear athletic clothes like shorts and t-shirts. During winter, big sweaters, boots, and leggings. Come summer, and she’s all about skirts and dresses.

“Regan is very very stylish she has so many clothes and can pull off anything she wants,” said Mackenzie Bonner ‘17, Steigleder’s friend (pictured above).

“I like to wear comfy clothes and to me flowy dresses are comfy,” Steigleder said.

Steigleder proves that anyone can create fashionable, in-style outfits on a budget by sticking to the sales rack and taking in hand-me-downs.

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Iowa City West Side Trap Club

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s a member of the INTERNview, I went out to the Amana Sports Club for a trap practice to see what it was all about. To my surprise, I found that trap was super interesting. I didn’t know what went on in the practices or how it worked but it was a great experience. It is not what I expected at all, I talked to some of the members of the club to see what is was all about and what they liked about trap club.

Mason Hanson ‘18 has been shooting competitively for six years, but this is his first year in trap.

“I grew up shooting and hunting and when I quit shooting competitive rifle, I saw an ad at school [and] decided to join the team and give it a try,” Hanson said.

Hanson loves shooting, but it can get very difficult at times. “[It’s hard] to be able to shoot a perfect score and not miss,” Hanson said, “The best I’ve ever done was 21/25, but quite a few in the club have shot 25.”

It wasn’t just Hanson’s decision to join trap, but his grandfather as well.

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Above is Mason Hanson ‘18 shooting at clay birds.

“My grandpa shot trap and we shoot trap for fun but not competitively,” Hanson said.

As a Republican, Hanson shares a strong opinion about gun control, especially since he is so familiar with them. “[One thing] I’d like to add is that guns are only dangerous if you are uneducated about them,” Hanson said.

Hanson’s favorite part of trap isn’t just the shooting, but rather getting to come out with his friends and participate in a sport that they all enjoy.

One friend Hanson enjoys shooting with is Kobe Burns ‘18.

“I’ve been shooting non-comptetitvely since I was eight years old,” Burns said, “I like to hunt so I decided to do trap, as well as my grandfather’s [influence].

The remanents of a good trap practice.

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Pictured above is Shaye Shelton ‘16 shooting at birds (fake of course).

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Hitting all of the “birds” in one round

Five spots/angles on the range where you have to shoot

Best score you can get at a trap compteition

“The best thing about trap has to be, winning.”

Kobe Burns ‘18 is pictured above in the “trap house” getting his guns and clays ready to shoot

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HIGH SCHOOL SWEETHEARTS

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ith the school year coming to a close, we are saying goodbye to a lot of our favorite seniors. However, we aren't saying goodbye to relationships. The INTERNview interviews four high school sweethearts: Kayla Luegering and Ben Wreks ‘16, Payton Proud and Noah Tiegs ‘16, Grace Huber ‘16 and Brenden Jacobs ‘16, and Angie Kalwies ‘16 and John Millmeyer ‘15.

Leugering and Wreks have been dating for two years.

They met the first week of freshman year at Leugering’s friend & Wrek’s girlfriend’s house. This meeting created a great friendship until late sophomore year, when that sparked into a relationship. “now he’s like my best friend,” Leugering said.

The couple texted a lot as friends and had many classes together. “So we just talked all the time and started hanging out and now we’re here” Leugering said. After two years, the couple is still going strong.

“We kinda have the same sarcastic personality so we click really well, he's silly and we’re always laughing together” Leugering said.

This couple can be caught having fun by doing everything from ping pong, to hiking, to driving around, or just dancing around at home.

“We can joke about [everything] because we have the same sense of humor, she also takes my sarcasm very well and sometimes fires back with her own,” Wreks said.

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Kayla Leugering ‘16 and Ben Wreks ‘16 taking pictures for homecoming and prom.

The couple has shared many interesting memories together in their one year.

“Over the summer we had our one year together and the night before we were just like ‘let's go to adventureland’ it was literally so random and the next morning me and him drove up and it was freezing!

One of the coldest days ever and all day we rode rides and pigged out on corn dogs and funnel cakes,” Leugering said.

The two of them have fun doing anything; they can watch movies all day and stay home, or go out to the mall of America. Whatever the event for the day, they are always having fun.

“When we do hangout, we dont really have to do anything to have fun. I can say or do whatever i want around her and it's never awkward,” Wreks said.

Wreks and Leugering are both going to the University of Iowa next year, so the plan is to remain together.

“I’m lucky cause she likes me a lot,” Wreks said.

They're planning a vacation for their last summer in high school, as well as going to Lollapalooza.

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iegs and Proud have been together two years and six months. Tiegs believes they met in Mrs. Reis’ kindergarten class - “FALSE,” interrupted Proud, “we met at Tot Lot, when we were toddlers and he pushed me off my favorite toy and then I started crying,” laughed Proud. Tiegs remembers her mainly in kindergarten because she said to the entire class ‘my initials are PP’. They dated in 8th grade but broke up and didn’t talk until the summer before freshman year.

“We did a coralville central work day & were power washing the benches out front and I really wanted him to get up on the table and twerk, it was kind of playful flirting and that was the first time I was like ‘oh well we dated once.. I guess it could happen again!’”

Proud said.

The couple share the common interests of theatre and choir, even though Proud argues she’s not a choir nut like her partner.

“She left her tea in the choir room once, so she’s a choir kid,” Tiegs said.

Aside from their interests, they’ve made traditions and memories along the way.

“Every year we’ve gone to homecoming and prom together, and we’ve kind of made it a tradition to take the same picture underneath a willow tree by our house [where] we like to hang out in the summer,” Proud said. “I remember the first movie we watched was Ice Age 3 and it was terrible!”

After two years together, the couple has begun to be so close to

Payton Proud ‘16 and Noah Tiegs ‘16 at homecoming and prom a their favorite willow tree nby their houses.

each other, that they share things they can’t relate with to anyone else.

“We both have a very dark sense of humor that we share and it sometimes can get us in trouble with a group of people that don't share that sense of humor, but when we're together we can tell those jokes that are usually inappropriate,” Proud said.

Though most days are bright and fun for them, they do share hardships like everyone else.

“The hardest part [about being in a relationship] personally is that we’re both busy people, particularly late fall spring with all theatre and choir activities, [so] sometimes just being together and actually seeing each other can be a challenge, but we’re neighbors so that helps,” Tiegs said.

The couple plans on staying together after graduating and just taking each day as it comes.

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Pictured above is John Millmeyer ‘15 and Angie Kalweis ‘16 having fun and taking pictures before prom.

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alweis has been dating Millmeyer for a year and four months. They met on a bus to a show choir competition and then didn't talk for a year. Junior year, they had Economics together and started talking again. “[It’s a] pretty simple story,” Kalweis said. “But he definitely caught my attention when we met, I still remember it pretty well, I had a boyfriend at the time, so I didn’t think much of [him] until I was single, he claims to have liked me for months before actually getting up the courage to ask me out.”

The couple enjoys playing video games and watching TV together, with shows like The Walking Dead, Game of Thrones & How I Met Your Mother. Though they are pretty indoorsy people, they enjoy going to shooting ranges and practicing archery in the summer.

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Above is Grace Huber ‘16 and Brenden Jacobs ‘15 taking pictures for homecoming and prom.

uber and Jacobs are our last couple and they have been together for three and a half years. They’ve known each other since junior high, but became close in eighth grade drama club.

“We both love theater, although I’m not a big fan of musicals [like Grace is]. I’m a dog person and she’s a cat person but we both love animals,” Jacobs said.

One unique interest their share is their love of debates. “[We often talk] a lot of politics and normally play devil’s advocate to each other’s drama from the day,” Jacobs said.

So after three years, how did this begin?

“I’ve always had a crush on her, but I don’t know when I could pinpoint the moment I knew I wanted her by my side,” Jacobs said. “ we had to take care of her sister’s puppy together and that was a lot of fun.” “[I remember] the Fourth of July before ninth grade at the carnival and fireworks was when I knew,” Huber said.

Huber plans on going to Luther next year and Jacobs is still undecided.

The INTERNview wishes all of our West High class of 2016 couples a great year together.

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OPINION

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Taylor Shelfo’s opinion on: School Permits, featuring opinions from Anna Wells ‘16, Shaye Shelton ‘17, Morgan Saylor ‘17, Jarrett Beireis ‘16 and Tanner Heiar ‘19

hh, high school. The place known as “the best four years of your life.” Where you gain new privileges like extended curfews, dating, and driving. When picturing a teen driving, it’s usually an image of someone 16 or older… but not at West High. Here, freshman are allowed to drive with permits as young as 14 years old.

As a freshman, there are plenty of things to be dealt with like who to sit with at lunch, how to manage your time with friends and homework, deciding which exciting clubs to join - there’s no need to add the stress of driving onto that in the first year of high school.

Take it from someone who just got their license three months ago, driving is tough. Not only do you have to pay attention to what you’re doing and the car in front of you, but rather every car behind, next to, and even three cars ahead of you. It’s unfathomable how people can do all of that and still use their phone.

So, as a sixteen year old that has driven with a permit for two years (with a parent in the car), driving is a challenge. So how is it possible that fourteen year olds can drive by themselves “to and from school” - I say that because we all know that no one really sticks to their route - if they just got their learner’s permit at the same time as their school permit?

Yes, school permits make it easier for kids to attend school if their parents can’t take them, but that’s what the bus is for (note: the bus isn’t entirely social suicide). Two years ago, I doubt I would be capable of driving by myself all the time; it requires a mental state that 14 year olds really aren’t in yet. In fact, my best friend will be eighteen in September and he still slips up every once in awhile.

Not only is it unsafe for a freshman to drive on their school permit, but it’s so taxing on them with all the rules that have to be followed such as only one person allowed in the car or sticking to a specific route.

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that I hope you all gather from this is that there is no need to rush into your driving experience - practice with your parents until you get your license, then you’ll be way more confident in your driving then starting to drive to school on your own months after you took your permit test.

But that is just one person’s opinion, let’s see what other people think.

Jarrett Beireis ‘16 drove with a school permit so he disagrees with my opinion for personal reasons.

“If the child is responsible enough I think [they can drive on their own to school]. Personally, I was involved in like four different sports and working as a freshman so it was always a burden having to find a ride or get my parents to give me rides. I think they're a good thing for someone who is really involved,” Beireis said.

However, Morgan Saylor ‘17 shares a different opinion: “Yes some people's parents can't take them to school [or games] everyday, but I think [school permits] should only be for sophomores and up because in my experience, freshman haven't had enough experience driving. I've been rear ended three times this year by freshman in the front lot.”

Another junior has a similar opinion to Saylor, but different reasoning.

“I think they are a good thing for students who have after school activities and their parents can't drive them but, I think a student should either ride the bus or with somebody because the parking lots just don't have enough space,” said Shaye Shelton ‘17.

Anna Wells ‘16 has a different opinion: I think [school permits] are a good thing to have because you learn responsibility and it is convenient for both the child and parents with rides to and from school. However, I think it is not necessary if you have older siblings because only one person needs to drive. The whole gang doesn't need to drive separately,” said Wells.

To a freshman, Tanner Heiar ‘19, school permits are a necessity: “There haven't been many issues with [school permits] and if that's your only transportation you should have it.”