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3.26.15 • VOLUME 84 • ISSUE 7 JEFFERSON CITY HIGH SCHOOL JEFFERSON CITY, MO

Students face staff in basketball game for Cole County Food Bank.

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D.A.R.E. program started too early to be effective long term.

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The history of St. Patrick’s Day dates back to the year 461 A.D.

Seniors bring experience and leadership to new tennis season.

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Library hosts Food Fridays for students [Delaney Jobe

News Editor: Jake Worsham Interests Editor: Brenden Harrison Features Editor: Jaycie Sabala Sports Editor: Erica Overfelt Business Manager: Thomas Hatfield Publicity Editor: Delaney Jobe Staff Reporters: Mackenzie Allen Madi Baughman Brenna Duncan Ainsley Grey Brianna Lock Skyla Moore Megan Newton Shyann Purnell Dave Rogers Claire Shipley Dalton Wheeler Advisor: Sarah Henke Principal: Sharon Longan Superintendent: Dr. Brian Mitchell Social media: Twitter: @jcredblack Instagram: @jcredblack Contact information: Jefferson City High School 609 Union Street Jefferson City, MO 65101 (573)659-3193 redblack.jchs@gmail.com

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efferson City residents celebrated the green holiday with the Irish 5K and the St. Patrick’s Parade on March 14, in the downtown area of Jefferson City.

“I run half marathons a few times a year,” Sarah Wilson said.

“I figured this race [Irish 5K] would be fun and it wouldn’t be something I need to train for.”

From little kids to adults, a variety of people get out of bed early to run for the spirit of the holiday. The downtown area is always a good location for holiday festivities: downtown hosts many other races for different holidays as well.

“I heard about the run from the YMCA. They always advertise for the holiday runs,” Wilson said.

Every runner that signed up got a “Feeling Lucky” long sleeve white shirt some of the runners wore during the race. They also got the chance to dress up in fun St. Patrick’s Day attire to show holiday spirit. People signed up because they simply love running or they just wanted to get out and do something fun for Community members run the Irish 5k downtown on March the holiday.

14 to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day. [photo by Mackenzie Allen]

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Michaela Martin feeds Gloria Anderson a strawberry in the library during the monthly food Friday. [photo by Madi Baughman]

he search for new principal began in September after Jeff Dodson resigned. The Board of Education came to the decision to hire Bob James to take on the role. He will replace Sharon Longan, the current interim principal, for the 2015-2016 school year.

Students and staff had the opportunity to talk with James on March 13 after school for a meet and greet.

“He comes with many years of experience and ideas on school improvement,” assistant principal Shanna Schwarzer said. “He is a down to earth type of guy who will relate well with our community and school. We look forward to where we will go from here under new leadership.”

James currently serves as principal of Temple High School in Temple, Texas. With experience in a program similar to academies, the administration is confident that James will aid the school with the structure and schedule shift.

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ibrary Food Fridays are special days of celebration in the library. One Friday each month, students have the opportunity to sign up. After signing up, the librarian will get the student a pass and on the certain Friday the student can take their lunch and pass to the library. They have the freedom to eat at their own table, or at tables with their friends. It gives students an opportunity to eat in a quiet place.

Vice President of the Library Media Center Board, Carleigh Burks, enjoys the peace and quiet of eating in the library compared to the cafeteria.

“You get to eat lunch in a less hectic place,” Burks said.

“You do not have to squeeze in a tiny place to eat. You have your own space to eat.”

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his month, skaters from around the state participated in the Capitol City Classic at Washington Park Ice Arena on March 14 and 15. Teams that participated included Kansas City, St. Peter’s, Wayne Kennedy, Lindenwood University and the University of Missouri with age groups ranging from toddlers to college students.

“My favorite part of the competition was meeting other people and other families from different rinks,” sophomore Anayah Gilson said.

Coaches from participating skating rinks with contestants in the competition judged all of the different events. Judges changed throughout the competition because each coach had a designated time slot. The competition was a chance for skaters to show off their skills and all their time spent practicing.

“It makes skating worthwhile,” Gilson said. “When you get to perform something that you’ve been working so hard on for weeks in front of people it gives you a rush.”

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Coach Blank prepares to make a free throw shot during the Student vs. Staff game on March 6. [photo by Claire Shipley]

Senior Paige Smith hits hands with fellow teammates before the game. [photo by Claire Shipley]

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he Leadership Class organized the Student versus Staff basketball game and raised $771 for the Cole County Food Bank buddy pack program on March 6.

“Part of leadership class is where you identify a need in the community and create a service project,” junior Abbey Lamb said.“Our group thought that hunger in our community was a big problem and we wanted to do everything we could to help that particular cause. All of the proceeds that we made that night went directly to the Cole County Food Bank buddy pack program.”

This year is not the first year that the leadership group has put on a basketball game for students and staff members to

play each other.

“Brendan Baker and Ripken Dodson came up with the initial idea,” Lamb said. ”They talked about how big of a success it was in the past and how much fun all of the participants had.”

The leadership group had an open call for players on both the student and the staff side looking for participants for this year’s game and then players were randomly selected to play.

“I played basketball my freshman year,” senior Eden Hoogveld said, “I thought it would be fun to play on the court again with a bunch of fun people.”

The students also felt that the game “The game went really well,” Hoogveld said. “It was fun and not too competitive so I believe everyone no matter their skill level had a good time” The students in the leadership

group who put on the event including Seth Stegman, Taylor Johnson, Ripken Dodson, Brendan Baker, Dominique Arcobasso, and Abbey Lamb will be presenting the money raised at the game to the foodbank at the upcoming Marcullus assembly.

“My leadership group and I would like to thank everyone who came out the event and helped us make it a huge success.” Lamb said.

The leadership group was pleased with how the student versus staff game turned out.

“I would say that game was a huge success,” Lamb said, “We raised more money than we anticipated and I think everyone who went to the game really enjoyed themselves.”

thought that was extremely interesting,” sophomore Lucy Liao said. “I did not know they operated the way they actually did.”

After students viewed the House in session, they went on a tour of the Missouri Supreme Court building across the street before ending the day with a Rotary lunch at the Capitol Plaza Hotel.

In addition to touring the state captiol, the day was also a way to learn how to become productive citizens for the future.

“Government Day is an opportunity to learn more about how we as American citizens can make America better for us and also for our future children,” Gernander said.

Government Day brought many educational benefits for students. For senior Amber Krumm, the day offered an opportunity to better understand how the state government works.

“I went because I thought it would be a really educational experience to know how our government works on a daily basis,” Krumm said.

Students also learned how to be a better leader through the observation of political leaders.

“It sounded interesting,” Gernander said. “I love being a part of leadership so I figured this would be a good way to learn how to be a leader in the American culture.”

Having a full day dedicated to touring the capitol and learning more about the state government was an opportunity for students to see government leaders in action.

“It’s important to attend because I think it is extremely interesting to see how the legislature actually works,” Liao said.

Students benefit from Government day [Brianna Lock

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espite its small size, Jefferson City is very important politically because of its status as the capitol of Missouri. On March 10, a select few students at Jefferson City High School and other Missouri schools had the opportunity to attend Student Government Day, a day dedicated to touring the Capitol building as well as learning about state government.

The day began with a visit to Senator Mike Kehoe’s office space and was followed up by the opportunity to view the chamber where the senators pass bills. After viewing the senate chambers, students were able to visit with Representative Jay Barnes and watch a portion of the session.

“My favorite part was watching the House of Representatives on the floor. I

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ext school year, the Library Media Center will downsize when the media center moves to the Pemberton room on the 2nd floor which was previously used as space for the library.

Librarian Lisa Scroggs is concerned with the decreasing space in the library and fears that we are sacrificing technology for knowledge.

“The Pemberton room was originally part of the library and called the Library Research Room,” Scroggs said. “Teachers could bring classes to do research, so two classes could do research at the same time with one class in the library and one in the Pemberton room. However, starting next year there will only be one research area. Some people say students can do work in the classrooms now with the iPads; however, with only one research space in the library and only one library media specialist that will limit research instruction students will get. With only one instructional space remaining we will be turning away several classes that in the past have been able to come in for assistance.”

The Media Center will need the entire room, like it currently does, as students with iPads transition to the high school.

Librarian Patty Schweitzer, who is currently at Simonsen sometimes spends whole days working on technology problems created by the iPads. However, she does have hope for students in later years as they learn how to use them.

“This year I have spent anywhere from an hour to the entire day on student iPads” Schweitzer said. “I would guess that it has averaged about five hours a day. This can involve helping a new student with the initial set-up of an iPad, dealing with restrictions on an iPad, helping with an issue such as an app not working correctly, looking up a password or changing one, resetting an update, getting a broken iPad repaired, or a variety of other issues. Next year the students should be more familiar with their iPads after having them for a year and will hopefully not have as many issues.”

The library was not the only thing that has been downsized recently.

“For decades there have been two library media specialists in this program and this school year for the first time we have only had one,” Scroggs said.

“Without a second librarian I am stretched pretty thin and am unable to spend as much time with as many students as I would like. Because of this there have been days when there have been classes both in the library as well as the Media Center and I have had to run up and down the stairs to help both classes with research.”

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Key Club prepares for color run

Students throw color into the air and spend the rest of the day wearing it on their clothes to promote Key Club’s Paint the People 5K on April 18. [photo by Mackenzie Allen]

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n the morning of the March 17 shades of every color flew through the air before landing on the excited faces of students and teachers alike. Key Club’s promotional event is held to draw interest for the Paint the People 5K on April 18.

“People always enjoy running around and nailing their friends and teachers with paint,” junior Key Club member Chelsie Hart said. “The proceeds go to HALO, who currently will use the money to build a homeless shelter for homeless teenagers in the area.”

Key Club’s current main objective is to get the word out to the community about the 5K, a day which many students, such as sophomore Brianne Bechtol, are greatly looking forward to.

“It will be my first 5K since I was

injured,” Bechtol said. “They raise money for charity while also being a lot of fun, and both really get the whole school involved.”

For many of the first time attendants to the promotional event, it was an eyeopening experience into Paint the People and the world of Jay Pride.

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very year at the District Music Festival the best bands, choirs, orchestra groups and individual performers in Missouri come together and compete against one another to see who is the best. This festival lasts over two weekends, with the first weekend dedicated to large group performances such as choir and instrumental, then solo and ensemble on Saturday. The second weekend is committed to large group orchestras and choirs. Finally, on the last Saturday, string solos, ensembles, piano solos and ensembles perform.

“All performing groups from JC are involved as well as individual solo and ensemble events,” band director Brett Myers said.

The schools will be against some hard competition like Chamois, Versailles, Fatima, Blair Oaks, Helias, Vienna, School of the Osage, and South Calloway.

The three groups that are going to state to represent the Jays are the, symphonic percussion, concert band, and symphonic band. Along with 26 solo and ensemble events, totaling 42 students going to state if they get a one rating for both weekends.

“For all students who earn a one rating at solo and ensemble for both weekends, they will be eligible to compete at the solo/ensemble state level on Thursday, April 20th,” Myers said. “This event is held on the campus of the University of Missouri.”

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trophy of the event. Among those painted was nurse Patty Doeroff, who says the event serves an important purpose not only to the community, but also to the school.

“It is a great way to show school spirit,” Doeroff said. “The school spends the majority of the year focused on team events, usually sports, and with Paint the People the entire school comes together as one team.”

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Relations Amy Berendzen said. “It tells an important story of giving back to the people while also fostering teamwork among the students. The outcome is a piece of art, definitely a conversationstarter. I cannot begin to imagine how exciting the 5K will be.”

Berendzen was one of many administrators and teachers who came out to get painted for the cause, only to wear the chalk the rest of the day as a

tudents, teachers, and family eagerly stood in the cafeteria awaiting the annual Spaghetti and Jazz Dinner on March 5. The Middle School Jazz Band, Jazz I, Jazz II, and the Lincoln Jazz Ensemble all performed for the hungry guests.

“It is a Jay tradition,” junior and trumpet player Landon Bishop said. “People can enjoy our music and eat good food.”

The dinner tradition dates several years back. In fact, the history goes all the way back to the late 1960s when Jerry Hoover was the Jay Band director. To live up to the tradition, the Jazz I and II bands have prepared for this event since October, with practices every morning at 6:30 a.m.

“The Jazz bands at the high school meet two to three times a week on a rotating basis,” band director Brett Myers said.

The band worked hard to prepare for the event, but they were not without assistance. They received a lot of help from the Food Service, Band Boosters, and parent volunteers.

“I look forward to seeing the community come out to support these great jazz programs,” two year parent volunteer Beckie Gierer said. “We had some exciting plans in store!”

All of the money raised is going toward the everyday costs of the band. They hoped to raise $1,000 for regular funds, such as food on trips or buses. In the end, the dinner raised about $1,500.

Even with making more than they anticipated, the band still values the support they receive from students.

“The band really appreciates your support,” Bishop said. “Whether it is money or just coming to events like concerts and competitions.”

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What grade level do you think would benefit most from the D.A.R.E. program and why?

5th Grade “D.A.R.E. should be taught before they see drugs.”

Zane Coleman [Senior] 5th Grade “By fifth grade kids have an understanding of right and wrong.”

Logan Green [Junior] 6th Grade “Most fifth graders do not understand and thus do not care.”

Alex Baldwin [Sophomore] 8th Grade “Most get involved with drugs and alcohol in high school.”

Hanna Watson [Freshman] 6th Grade “D.A.R.E. also tackles bullying, which the middle schools are most affected by.”

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D.A.R.E. to fail With many questioning the success of the D.A.R.E. program, students share their opinions on whether or not the program helped them.

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any students are familiar with the song “Looseneck” and the “D.A.R.E” song that were taught for some of us almost seven years ago.

The curriculum of the ten-week program teaches public and private school students about life skills. Some topics that are taught include consequences, resisting peer pressure, building self esteem, managing stress, solving disagreements without violence, and decision making skills. Although these lessons were taught, it is fair to say that for many students the program has not been very successful.

The D.A.R.E program used to be taught in elementary schools but ended in 2013. Honestly it is better this way.

Even though the program informed many about the different drugs and real-life situations, programs like this one are not very effective for elementary school students. If anything a course like this should be taught during the middle school years. The transition from elementary to middle school when considering drugs, alcohol and peer pressure is less drastic compared to the transition from middle school to high school. Furthermore, it should continue to be important for students to be more educated throughout high school instead of just elementary or middle school.

According to a Huffington Post survey, about 17 percent of American high school students are drinking, smoking or using

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drugs during the school day. This is a significant amount of students affected by the issue every day, and this does not even take into account how many students are doing drugs outside of the school.

2012 also marked the 6th year that 60 percent or more of teens reported that their high schools are “drug infected.”

That number jumped 36 percent since 2011. Even though it is important to educate students early on in their lives, it should be more important to continue on that education throughout high school and not just confine everything into the early years before being exposed to these vices.

Drug use will only continue to increase over the next years, along with the cause

of the epidemic: teenage curiousity. To help the transition become smoother over the course of a student’s education, something like the D.A.R.E program should be set in place for eighth graders and ninth graders. So it is time for everyone to accept and attempt to fix the fact that students are doing drugs and not to give up teaching students once they come to the high school.

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hether or not the purpose of the new term Meninism is to end certain unfair expectations of men or to satire Feminism, it is irrelevant because it is completely missing the point of Feminism in a rather offensive way.

The term Meninism, which seeks to end the objectification of men, has risen in popularity since it exploded on Twitter in recent months.

Many pictures advertising Meninism either question chivalry or compare a picture of an overweight man and a muscular man with a caption stating, “Stop objectifying men, real men have curves.” However, joke or not, Meninism inappropriately mocks the real struggles Feminists are fighting.

The motive of Feminism is to make both genders equal in daily life, media and the workplace. Meninism is arguing the issue of objectification, which Feminism has been addressing for years, while also creating more separation

men really is that bad why can they not be feminists? The answer is they can; they just have to put aside the all-toocommon misconceptions of feminism in America, for these misconceptions are the cause of the creation of Meninism.

between the rights of men and women.

Is there objectification of men in media? Yes; however, these instances of objectification are far fewer in number than the instances of female objectification in media, and this does not even address the unequal wages and double standards that most women have to face daily.

Furthermore, if the objectification of

Feminism seeks to end all objectification and make all voices valued, a goal which men and women can agree upon.

Meninism may just be a joke, but if so; it is a joke that is causing more problems for the sake of a laugh.

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Ignoring ISIS will only allow them to grow more powerful

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t is our true policy to steer clear of permanent alliance with any portion of the foreign world,” George Washington once said. One of our founding fathers warned the United States to stay out of foreign affairs, but since WWI the US has been caught up in other countries problems. Now, once again, we are dragged into the Middle East terrorist’s struggles with Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS).

ISIS is the Iraq fraction of the Al-Qaeda organization that the US has been fighting with since 2001. They are responsible for bombings, dozens of kidnappings and most famously beheadings of hostages. After the deaths of Peter Kassig, a journalist, and Kayla Mueller, a volunteer nurse, the US has been increasingly involved in stopping ISIS. The military are aiding the Tikrit anti-rebel fighters with hundreds of air strikes and attempting dozens of rescue missions for the hostages. Although ISIS has killed a couple US citizens, most of the hostages are from other countries. Despite this, the US has done the most to rescue the hostages. After dozens of failed rescue missions, the real question to ask is why is the US continues to be involved with the fight against ISIS? Looking back at our time in Iran and Iraq, has the US really accomplished anything? We spent over ten years there trying to push our government on them with very little success, then left after wasting millions of dollars. Now we are going back, even though the leader of the anti-rebel forces said that they do not need the US air strikes help to defeat ISIS. It should not be the government’s responsibility to save everyone, especially if they are on foreign soil. We should not put our troops in danger when we have our own problems. Millions of people in our country are homeless and starving, yet we are focused on other countries problems.

Right now ISIS is not a threat to the country and with all the coverage of ISIS by the media, we are just fueling their campaign. If the media would stop making a big deal of what ISIS and other terrorist groups are doing, then they would not have a reason to attack the US. By involving ourselves with ISIS, the military is putting more people in harms way, and making any American a target.

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when innocent lives are at risk because we are a country that can actually protect them.”

should be a last resort and for now air strikes are the only logical US action.”

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but not with boots on the ground. There are diplomatic ways of containing ISIS.”

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he United States stepping out of the Middle East is a nice thought, but realistically and historically it will only bring about more deaths and more strain on international relationships.

The trouble caused by the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS), or as the United Nations now refer to it Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), reentered the news on Aug. 19 when they beheaded captured US journalist James Foley. Following Foley’s death, ISIL has become an internationally feared terrorist organization. Shortly after, ISIL beheaded another US journalist, a British aid worker, two American aid workers, two Japanese hostages, and 21 Egyptian Christians, they also car bombed Libya killing over 30 citizens and has burned a Jordanian military pilot alive in a cage. Their numbers are growing due to their use of social media to recruit and they have recently captured 21 Kurdish Peshmerga fighters, who have been paraded down Iraqi streets in cages as a threat to Peshmerga.

No one wants another Iraq War; however, we cannot turn a blind eye to what is going on overseas.

So why does the U.S. always have to get involved in other countries? The U.S. attempted isolationism during WWII by simply ignoring the Nazi army’s invasion of Poland, which killed over 66,000 innocent citizens, despite the United Kingdom and France already declaring war on Germany. For years the American government ignored the horrors that were occurring overseas, and as a result the horrors came to them on Dec. 7 1941 at Pearl Harbor. Isolationism results in more preventable deaths and will eventually result in the endangerment of the country practicing it.

Like it or not, the US is a model of democracy and freedom that many countries look up to on international issues, and what about the people being hurt by ISIL? Men, women and even children have lost everything and fear for their lives every day. By the US turning its back on ISIL, it is turning its back on them. The US has always reflected the image that if others are in trouble the US helps and that image cannot be shattered now, not with innocent lives at risk?

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n the hallway beside the chaotic cafeteria, different clubs and organizations beg and bargain for the last scraps of change in a high schooler’s already empty wallet. It seems there is always a product sold at every lunch shift, whether it is apparel, school accessories, or other merchandise. StuCo, Leadership Class, Entrepreneurship class, sports teams, and other clubs keep students buying their items by sitting

in the cafeteria and making loud announcements that are almost impossible for students and staff to ignore. Although the many clubs and organizations need money and support, sales should be spread out and students should not be asked to buy something every day they go to lunch. It is understandable for an organization to sell a product multiple days so students have time to bring money, but students cannot afford back-to-back product purchases. More often than not, there is more than one product being sold to students. So, if a

student is not being pressured to buy one thing they are pressured to buy something else they might really want.

This is not to say that the items being sold are not useful or bad quality; the merchandise is always well-produced and is useful to the students. But the expectation for students to buy everything is outrageous. There is no need to stop the sales or the search for student support in different clubs and activities, but the sales should be more spread out and Brooke Thompson and Meagan Howerton sell priority distributed equally between different parking tickets and suckers for Student Council during organizations. lunch on March 19. [photo by Mackenzie Allen]

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hrek was one of my favorite movies as a kid, so when I learned that Helias Catholic put on a production of Shrek the Musical, I could not resist the opportunity to see it.

Although much of the show was impressive, the singing and acting really stood out. The actors created humorous, likable characters that viewers could not help but root for, while also impressing the audience with killer vocals. Another great part of the play was the attention

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n alternative to taking a class at the high school can now be found in the comfort of your home. E2020 or Edgenuity has become a new way for students to take classes that they either have not been able to take or do not want to take in a classroom setting. Common classes include Personal Finance, Art 1 and even Physical Education.

Although taking the classes online can be convenient, they lack the true education needed. The Internet is easily accessible

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to detail given to the costumes and sets. Every character on stage, from the main characters to the chorus members, had unique costumes that created an authentic feel to the play. The many sets ranging from forests to castles to swamps also created a believable atmosphere throughout Shrek’s journey.

Overall, the play was very well done and it was evident that the students put a lot of hard work and dedication into the production.

in another tab while the practice quizzes are being taken. Not to mention that the copy, paste option can help instead of typing out each definition. On the bright side, all the Unit tests and finals have to be taken under the supervision of a teacher, however, are we truly learning the substance of the classes we are taking online? To be honest, not really. Taking an online class has just made it ten times easier to get a credit instead of taking the actual class and learning the subject.

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ction packed. Seasoned with evil.

A side of love. The new movie in the Divergent series “Insurgent” has all of these. I was very impressed about how the movie kept me watching and never had a dull moment. The first movie “Divergent” left off with such a cliffhanger, which left most people wondering what was going to happen, but this movie delivered. The movie amplified Tris’ stress and emotions and allowed movie-goers to truly see what she

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is going through. The movie’s cast did a great job keeping the audience on the edge of their seats. Shailene Woodley in particular did an exception job as the movie’s star Tris. With the entire movie keeping me intrigued, the end left me wondering how they were going to make a third movie out of it; however, I am still very excited for the next installment in the “Divergent” series and will be eagerly waiting the premiere of “Allegiant.”

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MOVIES VS Unlike the way most musicals go, students never burst into sudden singing and dancing at random times, unless they are performing at an assembly in Show Choir.

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alking into school on the first day of school can be overwhelming, especially since the perceptions students have about high school are from movies or TV shows. Growing up most of the shows that are on TV twist the high school experience. Although they may have an underlying truth, most of what they portray is a stretch.

“I feel like the TV shows and movies show the extremes of high school,” senior Maggie Albert said. “Like the highs of super fun stuff and the extreme lows like being involved in drama and the embarrassment but never the boring monotones stuff that everyday students go through.”

In any high school based movie, the biggest drama comes from cliques. They separate themselves at lunch and never associate with each other. “Mean Girls” demonstrates this when the “queens” of the school rule everything, where people sit, what they do and whom they hang out with. “Mean Girls” are a made up stereotypes that rarely occur in high school. “[Movies] show a lot of cliques and do a stereotype of cliques,” drama teacher Zachary McKinney said. “I think in reality there are so many people that fit in every crowd. You cannot walk the halls in JC and say there is the mean girls.”

Before a student ever steps into a school, they already have a negative view on teachers because of the way Hollywood makes them out to be. Most teachers are friendly and willing to help students, which is why they become teachers in the first place.

“They show that schools are kind of like a zoo,” McKinney said. “There is no structure, kids can just leave class whenever, do whatever. The teachers are all either stupid or ridiculously strict. The principal is never approachable; they are always out to get the students.”

For freshmen another common stereotype is the “arrogant senior,” which can cause underclassmen to be nervous to talk to seniors. But seniors are just like every other teenager.

“I remember thinking the seniors were big and bad before I got to high school,” senior Zach Fry said. “But high school is about having fun and enjoying your time as a high schooler with everyone, regardless of who they are.”

Top Ten High In many movies jocks stand out becuase they wear their uniforms or letter jackets which can make them seem like they are more important. In reality athletes are normal students that only wear uniforms on special occasions.

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“I guess there’s kind of movies like Mean Girls out there that represent certain groups and cliques, and if you bother them you’ll get bullied. The first day I came to high school I was completely scared, but then kind of realized it wasn’t true. The movies gave false representation. There was nothing to be scared about.”

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S REALITY Students, especially girls, tend to take to heart the ideal relationships that are shown on TV. The boy stuffs the girl’s locker with roses, and they fall forever in love after one month. There may be some relationships like that out there, but for the normal high school student, this perception of love is not normal.

“I think they give girls and boys unrealistic expectations for what their boyfriend or girlfriend should treat them like,” Albert said. “For example dramatic promposals and the materialistic extent of things boyfriends should do for their girlfriend.”

Not only do students carry stereotypes but also do adults. Some adults who do not have kids or have younger children, have a corrupt view of high school students; They believe all teens do is party and do drugs, which is not the case for an average student.

“It is like when you watch those high school movies they do not show that kids are in activities other than maybe sports teams,” McKinney said. “It just shows that they go to the mall and party, and that is all they do. Teenagers do not do that, they are in a bunch of different clubs, have a job, and are busy.”

Coming into high school students can get caught up in stereotypes and worry about their image, which can hurt their emotional well-being. Teens may have a hard time making friends because they are not confident or are just followers.

“I think that it affects how a lot of people react to people in social situations,” McKinney said. “They will try to make new friends on the first day, but they will be kind of scared to because they’re like, ‘I do not know if your in my crowd.’ But really no one has a crowd; everybody does everything.”

While high school movies are more dramatic, they tend to hold a bit of truth to them.

There might be jocks, but they are in AP classes too. There might be mean teachers, but other teachers make up for it with their kindness. There might be parties but with the parents right upstairs. There might be stereotypes, but people push to break them. High school is a time to learn about yourselves and others. Most importantly high school is a time to have fun and for teenagers to step outside their comfort zones.

“Choose your friends wisely,” junior Lundon Brent said. “Do what makes you happy because you cannot make everyone happy.”

Commonly in many shows and movies students use their locker as an extension of their home. In reality, if students have a locker it is an exceptio. Most kids just carry their backpacks around all day.

SCHOOL MOVIES • Dazed and Confused • Clueless • Bring It On • High School Musical • Grease “The plastics, like in “Mean Girls” those are kind of a thing, but not as serious. I thought that there were going to be groups, there are groups but you can be friends with everybody.”

Teven Sternberg [Senior]

In movies science classes are always portrayed with over-thetop experiments. In reality, science classes are more tame with small experiements that usually don’t involve danger.

“I really dreaded coming to high school, but once I got here I realized it wasn’t so bad. The classes here aren’t as intense as they are in movies. Also, people are a lot nicer than they are in movies, so that’s always good.”

Megan Turner [Senior]

“From High School Musical it looks really fun and theatrical. High school was still fun, but less than I expected.It was more work, but overall it is a good experience.

Comparing it it movies, its nothing like movies.” Cyrus Taylor [Junior]

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ome of the most important people in the JCHS building are behind the scenes. The maintenance and food service staff work day in and day out to keep the school looking nice and keep the students fed.

The maintenance staff moves and removes furniture in classrooms, waxes the floors, and makes repairs and improvements to the facilities. They work through the summer to prepare for the upcoming school year, and clean up messes left by forgetful students.

“I feel like they do a fantastic job of keeping our school clean and giving me good food,” sophomore Braden Millard said.

Sophomore Jaidon Walker respects the work that the support staff does for the students, even by just cleaning up a mess that was left. It is sometimes easy for a student to forget that someone will

have to clean up their messes, since some students tend to drop their trash and run or leave their tray on the lunch table.

“I feel like some students leave huge messes,” Walker said. “They [support staff] have to clean it up, but it is not even their mess.”

The maintenance staff takes care of what some students fear the most: the messes in the bathroom, hallways, and cafeteria. It is not uncommon for a student to breeze past a tray left on the table without thinking twice that somebody will have to clean up the mess they are leaving behind.

Facilities Supervisor Nathan Buschman enjoys his job of supervising custodial staff and maintenance of the complex, as well as taking care of students, but his least favorite part of his job is cleaning up the messes.

“The cafeteria is our biggest problem with [messes],” Buschman said. “The high school compared to the middle schools is very different. Middle schoolers

are one hundred times worse. That age tends to just drop and run.”

As it aggravates students to remember to bring their lunch money or scramble to find someone to buy their lunch, they should understand that the cafeteria staff does not enjoy denying kids their lunch.

“Telling the students they don’t have enough money for the food [is my least favorite part],” head cashier Deborah Kremer said. “Usually they can find money, but I hate telling them that. We do start warning the students several days before they run out of money, so they do have plenty of warning.”

Kremer’s favorite part of her job is that she gets to work with kids and help them out. After seeing the familiar faces go through the line for three years, she really gets to know them. “ I am always sad to see the seniors graduate,” Kremer said. “We get attached to the students. Graduation time is bittersweet!”

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he Feast of St. Patrick, or more commonly known as St. Patrick’s Day, has been celebrated since 461 AD. St. Patrick was from Britain but was kidnapped as a teenager into slavery and brought to Ireland.

He eventually escaped from the slave camp and later became a bishop in Ireland. After his death he was named Ireland’s Patron Saint.

On March 17 the Irish celebrated St. Patrick’s Day by having a feast. It was not until the Irish immigrants came to the United States that it started to be celebrated with parades and green outfits.

“On St. Patrick’s Day I usually go to the parade and get tons of candy and beads,” fifth grader Ashton Price said.

“After that I usually hang out with my friends.”

Some people celebrate without even knowing the origins of this holiday.

People who aren’t even Irish celebrate St. Patrick’s Day and some people Irish or not, don’t celebrate.

“I really do not celebrate St. Patrick’s Day,” sophomore Auriana Adrain said. “I just go along as if it is another day.”

In the United States people celebrate the Irish culture with certain foods, parades, dancing and by wearing a lot of green. The legend says if someone does

not wear the color green on St. Patrick’s Day then leprechauns will pinch that person, but instead of leprechauns pinching people, humans decided to take on that role.

“The way I celebrate St. Patrick’s Day,”

junior Tanner Smith said. “Is literally going around pinching people who are not wearing green, because it is funny.”

The symbols of St. Patrick’s Day, such as leprechauns came from the legend, which says before Christianity came to Ireland; they believed that kings and queens came from gods called Tuatha Dé Danann. These gods showed themselves to humans as fairies, but not the small fairies that fly. To the Irish these gods were a bit bigger than that and cannot fly, these fairies are leprechauns.

“Leprechauns are small people who wear green,” Price said. “They also go around stealing people’s gold especially around St. Patrick’s Day.” But what people do not know is that leprechauns were known as very tall, much like an average person or taller.

Another art of the legend says that leprechauns are wild, mean and hide pots of gold. However, if one catches a leprechaun it will give you their pot of gold. Despite the legends that have devolped in Ireland, the people still enjoy the festives and celebrations.

“I enjoy St. Pats because it is a time to hang out with friends and have fun, while going to the parade and afterwards usually having a barbeque,” junior Melvin Jekins said.

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ids with autism, a mental condition that is characterized by the difficulty in communicating with others, have a hard time when looked at as different.

“The ignorant thing about autism is that it causes most of the misunderstanding and prejudices that people with autism face,” Glenn Studebaker said.

Glenn found out his son, sophomore Parker Studebaker, was diagnosed with Sensory Integration Disorder, which is a condition which the brain has trouble receiving and responding to information that comes in through the senses.

“Before the diagnosis his behavior was not normal, but we did not know why or what to do,” Glenn said. “When he was diagnosed, it allowed us to identify services and find ways to help.”

Later, his diagnosis changed from Sensory Integration Disorder to Asperger’s Disorder. This is a type of autism that impacts the ability to communicate and socialize.

“It is really commonly misconceived,” Parker said. “Asperger’s is the type of autism where it doesn’t make you mentally disable or anything, it just means that your brain is structured differently. Therefore you have to be taught differently, but eventually you can medically speaking, be cured from it.”

Parker was never afraid to be open about his disorder, but when Parker was younger he thought of himself as different from other students. As he grew up, he realized that he is just like a normal kid.

“All kids are likely to be bullied for something,” Glenn said. “Children with autism can be easy targets. Parker never hid his autism from his classmates, but he also didn’t want his friends to feel sorry for him.”

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oach Melvin Meyrs gained a new responsibility as the head coach staff for Jays Track and Field program. As previous boys sprint coach, Meyrs has experience with coaching already. Before that he coached at Thomas Jefferson when he was a senior in college and moved to coaching boys sprints in 2007.

Last year when the job was posted, Meyrs jumped at the opportunity. “[My job is] making the schedule, helping coaches get lined up at middle schools and the paperwork involved,” Meyrs said. “Before I always did the workouts so that is nothing new.”

One may have heard stories about the playful attitude of Meyrs. Many athletes were excited to hear about his new position because of his coaching style and personality.

“Coach Meyrs is different from other coaches because of his approach to coaching,” varsity senior Paul Harris said. “He takes approaches that are easy to follow, and relate to. He is great at teaching complex things in simple ways.”

This year Meyrs had a surprise for the varsity relay teams; each athlete who earns the chance to be in the race gets to wear a new uniform that is different from the others. However, changes are not always primarily

Coach Melvin Meyrs instructs the boy’s team runners during warm ups on March 17. The runners lean against the fence for hip stretches in preparation for the Festus Invitational on March 28. [photo by Erica Overfelt]

in the program, for instance MSHSAA has added a new state division and Meyrs plans on taking home the first every Class 5 State Championship.

Throughout Meyrs years of coaching boys sprints at JCHS he has grown close to seniors Elijah Pittman and Darryl Williams. Williams shared a district win in the 4x1 with Meyrs as well. It is not just these two athletes he has worked with; he has spent countless hours working with not just track athletes but football as well making an impact on many and getting along with all.

“He is always there if I need him,” Pittman said. “I am like his own son, he has always found ways to make us

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better as an athlete and a person.”

The Track and Field program is the winningest program with 10 State Championships. A strong foundation has been made by previous track coaches such as Dennis Licklider and Dan Ridgeway. However, a new coach brings a new personality and Meyrs will have his own influence on the team.

“I talked to Coach Licklider and Ridgeway a lot and they told me to coach like myself,” Meyrs said. “I just have to have my own mentality even though there is a lot of tradition.”

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his year, the bar for the Jefferson City High School boys’ tennis team is set high. The team will have a lot of experienced players returning, including seniors David Clausen, Spencer Bone and David Steinmeyer, who have been on the varsity team since their freshman year. Other returning seniors include Dane Biesemeyer, Kader Fees, Isaac Roling, Jacob Ruboneka and Tyson Suttle. Head Coach Henry Thompson believes the seniors this year will bring irreplaceable experience to the team as well as leadership on the court.

“Players you play against will always have talent but one thing our team has right now is experience,” Thompson said.

“That and being good leaders by example,

and being leaders vocally are both things that our seniors bring to the team.”

Senior varsity player David Clausen believes this year’s team has the talent to go far in the post-season with the ultimate goal being to win state.

“This is the team with the most potential that has come through JCHS in a long time and we realize that,” Clausen said. “The first goal is to win a district title and the next is to win state, which I think we’re capable of.”

While having success is an important part of the upcoming season, senior Dane Biesemeyer’s favorite part of the season is the opportunity to connect with teammates while competing.

“The best part is being able to bond with my teammates and having a lot of fun as a team,” Bisemeyer said.

In order to have success, Coach

Thompson believes that being a good student and maintaining good character are both essential parts to becoming a good tennis player. Thomspon believes the players’ performances off the court will ultimately be most beneficial to their success on the court.

“Having good character and being a good citizen, to me, is what it means to have success, “ Thompson said. “If we can do that, then I think we’ll have success on the tennis courts as well.”

For the underclassmen looking to continue the successful program, Clausen believes dedication to the sport will ultimately benefit players the most.

“The underclassmen just need to stick with it,” Clausen said. “This is a sport of persistence. You can’t get good without a lot of time investment and hard work.”

Life Lessons: Seniors reflect on what tennis has taught them “To be gracious in defeat and humble in success, except against Hickman.” -David Steinmeyer

“How to look good with a velcro hat.”

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“Hard work and how to keep going no matter what.” -Kader Fees

“Waiting for my opponent to make a mistake has taught me patience.” -Tyson Suttle

“How to never give up.”

-Dane Biesemeyer

“It’s never over until the last point is played in life.” -David Clausen

“What the second best exercise for your forearms are.” -Isaac Roling

“Perseverance because it’s a very mental game meaning there is a lot of highs and lows.” -Spencer Bone

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s warmer weather moves into Jefferson City, the Jays’ Golf team prepares on their home course, Meadow Lake Acres Country Club. Golf is unlike any other sport because its home course is outside of city limits, a quiet audience and the need for mental strength.

“There is a saying that golf is 10% physical and 90% mental,” varsity senior Andrew Hansen said. “I like golf because it is an individual sport where you do not necessarily have to play an opponent, but you can test yourself against the course.”

Head coach Randy Bickel, must work with a new group of golfers in showing the tradition and expectations of the team.

Bickel must prepare them for several tournaments over the season from the Columbia Quad hosted at the Jays’ home course to the Helias tournament held their as well.

“Each year the teams take on their own identity with senior leadership changing,” Bickel said. “However, this team, like most of the teams in the past, has a desire to work hard and improve. We will have to see how they progress and adapt to playing in competition.”

Freshman Nathan Erickson is looking at his line and preparing for his putt. [photo by Erica Overfelt]

Even though the season has changed and new members have joined, the Jays’ golf team has had a consistent top three players from junior Gabe Trowbridge, then seniors Andrew Hansen and Jimmy Spath who each have contributed greatly to the program. Trowbridge was All-District his freshman and sophomore year then qualified for State both years as well. Bickel has high hopes for the team this year with all they experience within the team.

“The attitude is very positive, everyone on the team wants to get better,” Trowbridge said. “We have a realistic chance to send our entire team past Districts and maybe even to State.”

Featured Athlete Bret Jaegers

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Sport: Baseball Grade: Senior Years on Team: 4 Background: “[I started because] I always watched Cardinals baseball with my dad when I was little and I think every parent with a kid around four or five always puts them in tee ball to see if the kid likes it and I really did.”

Favorite part: “I like how it is not like any other sport.

Most sports consist of getting a ball into a goal or end zone of some sort.

Baseball has a completely different concept.”

Role Model: “I like Greg Maddux because he was a very unorthodox player. He played in the steroid era and still made pitching look easy. He could hit a floating dime from the mound to home plate with any of the pitches he threw. He gives hope to players that do not have the natural talent of a good arm.”

Favorite Memory: Overall I have just really enjoyed going to Florida two years in a row and bonding with my teammates while playing baseball down there.”

Least Favorite Part: “Everybody goes through slumps and getting out of those is not easy. In baseball there is a lot of time to think so it is very easy to lose your focus.”

Interesting Fact: “I always lick my fingers after every pitch and rub them on my hat so by the end of the year I have a big dirt spot on the bill of my hat.”

Future: “[I want to play] maybe for a club team, but not for any school.”

Awards: All-district, sophomore year Academic All-state, two times Best Game: “We had a really good game Capital City invitational tournament last year. We won the thing and it was the first time a JC team had won since Coach Brian Ash was in high school.”

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ome students eat lunch provided by the school, but students also bring their own lunch from their home.

Junior Devyn Logan bring her lunch to school everyday.

Q: Why do you bring your lunch to school?

A: I feel like I am more energetic. I stay awake longer instead of eating the school’s greasy lunch.

Q: What do you bring to school for lunch?

A: I bring a salad everyday and it is just greens with tomatoes on it. My mom makes my dressing.

I also bring an apple, celery, and peanut butter.

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A:I sometimes switch it up, but I

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generally bring a salad everyday, but I bring different sides Q: Why do you think it is important to bring your lunch to school?

A: I just feel better and not as tired. When you eat McDonald’s you just feel kind of heavy, but when I eat a salad I am not completely full but I am fine.

Q:Do you think it is hard to pack your lunch for school everyday?

A: Some people say it is, but my mom packs it for me, so it is not really a problem.

Q:How long have you been bringing your lunch to school?

A:I’ve been bringing my lunch to school since the beginning of my sophomore year.

Junior, Devyn Logan, enjoys her salad and vegetables with peanut butter during luch. [photo by Mackenzie Allen]

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or students who have taken a Marketing or Entrepreneurship classes Distributive Education Clubs of America (DECA) has been another opportunity to gain marketing experience.

“You have to be in one of my classes,” DECA adviser Kelly Grunden said, “I am certified in marketing education and DECA goes right along with that since its’ an association of marketing and entrepreneurship classes.”

Although it is a small organization, students interested in marketing gain many experiences within the community from being in the club.

“I want to go into Kirsten Schmitz, Courtney Cole and other DECA members attend Legislative Day at the capital in February. [photo summited by Kelly Grunden]

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ccording to USA Today the most popular college major in the United States is Business Administration. Many young students chose a business path because they feel it offers the most opportunity; however, some students, like CEO of the National Biodiesel Board, Joe Jobe, do not chose to begin their college careers as prospective business majors.

“I started as a biology major pursuing a career in dentistry,” Jobe said. “I decided to change to business after my first semester.”

Jobe’s first choice of business degree would have been business administration, but since his college did not offer it as a major, he decided

on what he believed the hardest and most relevant business path for him.

“I attended St. Vincent University in Latrobe, Pennsylvania. St. Vincent did not have a Business Administration degree, so I chose what I perceived to be the most rigorous of business majors: accounting,” Jobe said. “I graduated with an accounting degree and later received my CPA certification.

It was my intention to work in management, not necessarily in accounting.”

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soybean oil, corn oil, sunflower oil, canola oil, animal fats, or recycled cooking oil, chemically it is very similar to diesel fuel, except for its environmental and energy security benefits.

Jobe’s job is to conduct research, development, education, and government advocacy on behalf of NBB’S members (biodiesel producers, marketers and retailers).

Jobe’s college history displays that he understands the struggle that many high school students are facing, trying to decide their futures now. He feels that student should not concern themselves with this and understand that their decisions are not final.

“Most high school seniors agonize over decisions about what they want to do for the rest

a scenario test to see determine what score they would receive. “[The first time competing] was a little nerve racking,” Schmidt said. “Afterward it was a good experience. It is something different from the normal course work. [In Feb] I competed in the retail merchandising category.”

After competing at the mall in February the contenders who make it to the next round go to the State Level at the Lodge of the Four seasons at the Lake of the Ozarks which is held from Mar 13-15.

“My student are only first year students so I don’t put them into the big research projects,” Grunden said. “They do more of the team decision making events and the individual series which consists of customer service in the different industries.”

DECA has given the opportunity for students to delve into the marketing spectrum, being given real life scenarios and experiences to learn from. “[The best part is] getting to compete against other people from other schools who have the same interest that I do,” Schmidt said. of their life, where they want to go college, and what they should study,” Jobe said. “ They should take some degree of comfort in the fact that almost all of us go through that, and most of those initial decisions are not irreversible.”

Jobe advises students who want to pursue a specific career to put in good, hard work and passion and opportunity will come soon after.

“There is an old cliché that says ‘do what you love and the rest will follow,’” Jobe said.

“While I agree with this, it can be misleading for young people who might feel like they have to love all aspects of early jobs. My advice is to get an education, get a job, work hard, demonstrate that you can be trusted, show kindness and respect, learn as much as you can, and opportunities will emerge.”

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marketing in college and DECA is a marketing club,” DECA president Kirsten Schmidt said, “I thought the experience would be perfect for me. We also did some community service stuff like a canned food drive and donated toys and food to a family at Christmas and got to compete at the mall in February and I also go to be a part of legislative day at the capitol in February as well.”

When competing, there are various categories that students can compete in such as Restaurant and Food Service Management Series to Retail Merchandising Series. They have to complete a written portion first then a judge will do

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