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dec. 2015 p.2 Cover photo: Autumn, the poodle papillon mix, wanders around the room while in her tutu dress.

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S tudent Spotlight

Photo reprinted with permission from James Arnold

After having a long and tiring day, junior Emily Poss

was looking for a way to express her emotions, creating

the heart drawing below. “Whatever I’m thinking about I

like to put it into a drawing,” Poss said. “It’s time by myself away from everybody.”

Poss enjoys drawing city outlines the best, although

she does not get a chance to drawn them often. “I just

like making something pleasing to the eye,” she said. “As long as the [viewers] get something out of it, I’m happy.”

For a Photo Art assignment, senior James Arnold

had his mother hold a mirror in front of her face. His main focus was mirroring the trees in his backyard. “I

think it’s pretty amazing that you can put a rectangle

around what’s around you and make something beautiful,” Arnold said.

Arnold favors structured and planned photos, be-

cause he likes to make improvements on a specific

frame or portion of a photo. “You never reach a perfect photo, you just always work through it and solve a problem,” Arnold said.

Photo reprinted with permission from Julie Srail

Photo reprinted with permission from Emily Poss

Though

her

fingers

were

numb from the cold, sophomore

Julie Srail stood in her front yard capturing the short moment snow

was on the ground. Srail does not take photos often but when she sees a moment worth capturing

she tries to take advantage of the opportunity.

“When I see something beau-

tiful that I know isn’t going to be

there very long [I find my inspiration],” Srail said. She tries to find

things that could be gone within a short amount of time such as the snow covering the flowers. Srail

takes the photos for herself to later look back and reflect on short moment in time.

dec. 2015

current events

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Current events quiz

compiled | Staff

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When was Star Wars: The Force Awakens released in theaters?

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What does Darth Vader’s name, “Vader” mean in German?

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Hans Solo

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Evil

Dec. 4

b

Darth Vader

b

Father

Dec. 20

c

Kylo Ren

c

Mask

a

Dec. 18

b c

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2

Who is of the main antagonist in Star Wars: The Force Awakens?

Which Fett bounty hunter came first in the series?

a

Jango Fett

b

Boba Fett

c

Martha Fett

6 a

In which movie does Obi-Wan Kenobi die?

7

What is Luke Skywalker’s relation to Princess Leia?

The Phantom Menace

a

Wife/Husband

b

A New Hope

b

c

Empire Strikes Back

c

In northern rural Argentina, a bus carrying 51 policemen veered off a bridge and crashed into the river below. The crash killed 41 of the officers. It was believed a tire blew on the bus, causing the crash.

c

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Death Star

Which day has been labelled “Star Wars Day”?

b

June 3

Twins

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April 8

Instead of launching a strike against a base of enemies in Afghanistan, like intended, the U.S. Army accidentally launched an air strike on a hospital nearby. The general of the U.S. Army publicly apologized, stating it happened due to human error.

Dec. 14

b Millenium Falcon

Best friends

In Geneva, Switzerland, after arresting two people with Syrian passports, Swiss police discovered possible bomb-making chemicals in their car.

Geneva remains on high alert for possible terror attacks.

Dec. 12

Century Hawk

May 4

Dec. 14

Being accused of sexual misconduct by 40+ women, actor Bill Cosby has decided to counter-sue seven of them, claiming that they are only suing because of the “financial opportunity”.

a

a

What in the world?

Dec. 15

4

What is the name of Hans Solo’s famous spaceship?

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photo essay

dec. 2015 p.4

Students collaborate in clubs

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In the library, seniors Alex Mohnan, Ally Lorber and Sydney Boyle, discuss possible answers for trivia night at Science club. The trio were part of winning team, the Shelby’s, after wagering all of their points on the last question, a science pun. “It was all or nothing and I’m normally good with jokes,” Boyle said. The team was surprised with the win Dec. 3.

Sophomore Shabana Gupta looks down at her bow as she focuses on positioning the arrow into place. “It is most fun when I am there with my friends,” Gupta said. “Most of the time you improve best when you are having fun with friends.”

Focusing on the screen junior Samantha Flodin watches “Howl’s Moving Castle”. Anime club consists of watching favorite anime films, discussing them and playing games that relate back to the anime. “We are a group of people that wouldn’t normally be friends but this similar interest brings us together,” Flodin said. The club meets every Monday after school in room 103.

Senior Brenna Yeutsy gets everyone’s attention with a party horn given out at the beginning of Catalyst. The group played the game Frogger, Dec. 18 in science teacher and club sponsor Matt Jaschen’s classroom.

Senior David Lass plays the accordion during French club. “I usually don’t play the accordion for an audience, and French club was a fun place to play for others,” Lass said. French club meets every Tuesday after school starting at 3 p.m. in french teacher and club sponsor Tamara Andrew’s room.

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Gathering around junior Uma Patel, a group of student council members listen as Patel explains their roles for the basketball intramural games.

Student council consists of students and Spanish teacher, Kari Gray. Student Council put on activities for students as well as putting on fund raisers to better the community. The intramural basketball games were held Dec. 13 in the large gym.

Quickly conversing to select an answers for the Science Club trivia game are juniors Chirayu Shukla, Matt Dolde, Afshan Chandani and Andrew Eihler.

They were all apart of team Fire Breathing Gummy Bears. The team ended up losing to the Shelby’s, after the last round where the teams could wager points. “It was disappointing, I mean the stakes were too high,” Dolde said.

Sophomore Julia Martell participates at a Gay/ Straight Alliance (GSA) meeting Dec. 17. The group took part of the Iowa Safe School survey, which asks students about instances of bullying, harassment, and other topics that could occur in schools.

The group also spoke about celebrity trans-woman Caitlyn Jenner who has said some controversial things since her coming out in Summer.

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Members of the book club gather as they discuss the different books that they have individually been reading.

“We are people who love to read and it’s always fun to share that love with others,” librarian and club sponsor Ruth Thoreson said. Book club meets the second Monday of the month in the library starting at 3 p.m.

Senior Shania Peralta focuses on the target before releasing the bowstring during the morning archery practice.“Archery club gives me something to do that is extracurricular, “ Peralta said. Archery club will be participating in the Iowa Games coming up in January at the high school. The club meets every Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday mornings starting at 6:30 p.m.

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dec. 2015 p.6

X Changing an age-old policy After a student’s presentation last school year, the good conduct policy is being reviewed Recent graduate Marcus Miller felt cheated. During his

time at Johnston, he noticed many of his teammates violate the good conduct policy and never have to face the

repercussions outlined. He failed to see the point of having

rules if the consequences were so lenient and were not enforced. “That was the problem that I was seeing, there was clear evidence that violations were occurring, yet nothing

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Conduct Violations 2014-2015

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was being done,” Miller said.

Miller raised this issue at a school board meeting last

year, calling for a change in its interpretation and strictness. “I strongly believe having stricter punishments when students are caught violating the policy will help decrease the problem,” Miller said in his speech.

The board has currently appointed a committee to re-

write the policy and athletics and activities director Gary Ross is head of this committee. “Within all policies in the

to see that changes are being made. The difficulty for them,

ficient as it could be. “The consequences should match the

and this is a policy that hasn’t been reviewed in a quite a

to enforce the policy. Sue Cline, the academic decathlon,

their season, so there’s different levels of importance com-

district it’s always good to review them on a regular basis, few years, more than 10,” Ross said. “We’re taking a look

at our current policy and seeing if what we have is what we want, or if there are changes we need to have.”

Extracurricular activities, whether they are a sport or

academic based, have their participants bound to the good

conduct policy. “It is something that is included in the stu-

dent handbook and whether students read it all or not, it’s information they’re provided,” Ross said. “They’re responsible for everything that’s in it. One of the things that we’ve

begins at identifying a violation and then finding evidence

mock trial and history day coach, has had to deal with being unable to enforce consequences. “Even if I have a suspicion, even if there are rumors or if it is common knowledge that’s not the same thing [as evidence]. I’ve had a

divided into two categories: behavioral and illegal activity.

Behavioral issues include use of profanity, proper use of

time, upholding good grades, being well groomed, obeying

authority figures and representing the district well. Illegal

activity is determined as consuming, possessing or being

that would be an opportunity for punishment. On the oppo-

chosen to break those sections into smaller more specific

the season. A student making a first offense would only sit four of these games. Varsity baseball coach Michael Barta feels that this is too small of an amount for his sport, even

year ineligibility to participate in the activity and counseling.

If the student does not self report then the first offense is 20 percent, the second is 40 percent and the third is also ineligibility and counseling.

Across many activities, coaches and sponsors are glad

pieces and get rid of outdated terminology. They are also

including a slight increase, percent wise, for the consequences.

Senior Anne Wallace is one of the students on the com-

mittee, and proposed revising how the situation is handled

derstand how the legal consequences could be transferred

of the situation and that it would be more effective for the

benefits of law enforcement involvement, but does not unto the field.

Another problem they both acknowledge, is motivation

ning, or report in order to improve their own place in the

activity, the second is 20 percent and the third results in full

in large, wordy portions and do not flow well. They have

though it may work for others. Like Cline, he can see the

Punishments pertaining to these offenses differentiate,

they do, the first offense is sitting out 10 percent of the

One of the problems they first tackled was the wording

and order of the policy, certain sections of the policy are

behind student reporting. A student would either not report

depending on whether the student self reports or not. If

policies we are right in line with [them], we’re not harsher

For activities such as hers, the general 10 percent sit-

in the presence of controlled substances or being arrested or being charged within the court system.

Currently the committee has met twice and viewed oth-

or less, we’re right in line,” Ross said.

pressure off the district and advisors.

site side, in baseball, the players have about 40 games in

school organization, such as mock trial. The violations are

say, breaking the law,” Streit said.

to see more law enforcement participation in order to take

included.”

Currently the policy is applicable to any sport (includ-

and they’re held to the same degree as someone who is

er schools’ policies as comparisons. “In relation to other

but I had no proof or evidence to enforce it.” Cline hopes

out rule does not fit as well. There is only one competition

ing cheer and dance), music, speech and drama and any

petition wise. It’s also not fair if one person is failing a class,

situation before that I knew the kid was violating the policy

started this year is have a code of ethics were the coaches or sponsors share with them a brief summary of what is

violation and each activity has different amount of time in

a fellow teammate, to better their team’s chances at win-

once identified. She feels that Ross is put solely in charge

responsibility to be shared.“I thought it would be better if more people were involved, so it’s not all on him. It puts him in a difficult position, so an increase in delegation would help,” Wallace said.

The new policy will be pieced together by Ross and

lineup. “You couldn’t take the words of another player and

revised again through committee feedback, until they are

Barta said. “If somebody is playing in front of them and

good conduct policy will be unveiled and implemented dur-

say they’re doing it, there’s so much more involved there,” they say something that’s not true, you can’t really enforce hearsay. That puts me at risk more than anything.”

As a soccer player, junior Ashton Streit views similar

problems with the policy as Cline and Barta. Streit believes

changes need to be made because the policy is not as ef-

satisfied to send it to the school board for a vote. The new ing the 2016-2017 school year.

With all these changes, Miller is eager to see them put

into action in order to better our community. While this is a step in the right direction, Miller would like to continue to see the policy evolve in years to come.

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Fostering

Hannah Crooks / BW

furry

friends

Students help speed up the adoption process for dogs in need of a home words | Hannah Crooks layout | Eileen Lagerblade

Senior Shelby Grzech pets her adopted foster greyhound, Dragon Tails, after he raced around her backyard several times. Just recently, Grzech started fostering greyhounds through Heartland Greyhound Adoption. Grzech’s family fell in love with Dragon Tails, adopting him as a permanent pet.

Senior Audrey Ide experienced a fostering horror story. ally an issue because they are adopted after a few weeks.

One of her foster dogs jumped off the roof of her house.

Older dogs however, that may stay with the family for

“My dad was on the roof and the window was open and she several months, or even a year, develop relationships with climbed out,” Ide said. “It was scary. Amazingly, she was per- the foster families. “Sometimes we can visit the dogs,” Ide fectly fine.”

said. “But there’s one dog we can’t visit because she gets

Most popular breeds 2015 2014 2013 Retrievers (Labrador)

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German Shepherds

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cared for due to health reasons or lack of resources. The fos- cause the legal limit in Johnston is four dogs. As a result,

Retrievers (Golden)

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be social with other dogs and increase their chances of be- foster through several rescue shelters, including Aheinz57,

Bulldogs

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Beagles

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Fostering animals can help them get adopted. Many ani- sad after every time we visit.”

mals that end up in foster care come from a shelter where

Grzech’s family started fostering in 2014. They were

they would have been euthanized because they could not be looking to adopt another dog, but were unable to do so beter home allows the animals to have a loving environment, Grzech began looking into fostering. Her family applied to ing adopted.

Furry Friends, Forever Home and Hope Animals Rescue.

Ide and her family have been fostering dogs for seven Aheinz57 contacted the Grzech family first and they set up

years. “We started our own organization called Forever a home visit to see if the Grzechs had a home fit for fosterHome Dog Rescue,” Ide said. The organization was start- ing. “We have a lot of dogs and they liked that,” Grzech said.

ed mainly with a group of people from dog rescue group, “We didn’t even have to attend a foster orientation and they Aheinz57. They made their own organization because of dif- just gave us five puppies. Originally, they were going to give

fering views from other organizations and the desire to help us two puppies and my mom said, ‘Oh no, we can take them more dogs. “Most of our dogs come from a shelter where all.’ So then we had five puppies.” they would be put down,” Ide said. “Then they come into our rescue and it is completely foster based.”

Grzech’s least favorite aspect of fostering dogs is the

time and responsibility necessary to take care of the dogs.

Once the fostering process has begun, people looking to “It’s a lot of work, but it’s a lot of fun,” Grzech said. “The only

adopt dogs can place an application in the rescue shelter’s thing I don’t like to do is cleaning up after them. Puppies are

website and, if they are selected, they can be sent to the fos- very, very messy, but they’re really cute so how can you be ter home to interact with the dogs. Following this, the home mad at them? And anyway, it’s all worth it in the end.” that the dog will potentially be adopted into is visited to en-

Along with the somewhat chaotic atmosphere, Ide said

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Harriers

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sure it is a safe place for the dog and meets all necessary there are often medical issues with the foster dogs because requirements, such as a fenced-in yard.

they come from shelters or would have been euthanized if

Another family in Johnston fosters dogs as well. Senior foster care was not an option. “There’s always health is-

While Ide strongly believes in the benefits of fostering

Shelby Grzech has four dogs and fosters additional dogs. sues, dogs who get sick and dogs who come in sick, it’s sad

dogs, she has some fore-warning advice to anyone think-

greyhound foster, because his name is Dragon Tails and we

Even though there are downsides, Grzech is genuinely

“You should probably have had a dog before so you know

favorite part is seeing the people who are adopting the dogs

In the future Grzech wishes to continue fostering dogs

“We foster-failed once,” Grzech said. “We adopted our first sometimes,” Ide said.

ing of pursuing it. “Make sure you have the time,” Ide said.

are the Johnston Dragons. He’s a really, really good dog so happy that she has had the opportunity to foster dogs. “My

what you’re doing.”

we fell in love with him.”

“Foster-failing” is classified as beginning to foster a dog, get the dog for the first time,” Grzech said. “Seeing them

but becoming attached and deciding to adopt the dog in- interact with the dog is really exciting. Getting pictures after stead. For puppies, Grzech said, getting attached is not usu- they have been adopted is one of my favorite parts, too.”

because of the impact it has already had on her life. “Fostering has opened my world to opportunities of volunteering,” Grzech said. “I love to volunteer. It’s really special.”

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words & layout | Kathryn Ikeda and Kate Lichter

Students and their families share stories about a family member’s deployment

The FRG gives guidance to soldiers and their families prior to deployment, during time apart and after they are reunited. All soldiers and their families qualify for the program however it is voluntary. Their goal is to relief stress from families, the unit and deployed soldiers with communication and support. avg.

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Even at the age of five, junior Rylee Robinson could

sense the emotional tension in her household after her stepdad Matt Lair was deployed to Afghanistan for eight months.

Her mother Lynae Lair worried while he was away, and

they created care packages to send over as well as held

nightly calls when possible. “We would put in books, anything he loved to read, lots of pictures and letters,” Lynae

said. “We put one of our pillow cases, and I sprayed my perfume on it, so he could feel like he was at home.”

This was one of the ways the family coped to the keep

from worrying. Lynae and Rylee also spent time with the

Key Spouse, who happened to be a friend of Lynae. The Key Spouse makes sure the wives of the deployed are adjusting.“I guess we didn’t notice that much of a difference because things were so busy,” Lynae said.

Now looking back, Rylee realizes her reaction to the de-

ployment would now be different than it was when she was

five. “I understood what was going on but not to the full ex-

FRG helps on average about two to three family members per service member.

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tent of all he had to do while he was over there,” Rylee said.

One thing would not change however – the dynamics

in the household shifted once Matt came home after so long. “It was all kind of stressful, even to the day he came home and we went to the airport to pick him up,” Rylee said.

“[Even] that was really emotional. There was a bunch of

guys coming in at once and then you saw all the wives, husbands and children just standing there.” She said her stepfather is rather confidential about what happened overseas; however, Rylee thinks that it is a more relaxing atmosphere

when he is home.

Lair was apart of the Air Force until the summer of 2012

when he retired. He currently works for Wright Tree Service.

Grace Carlson

Senior Grace Carlson was in fifth grade when her father,

Bill, was deployed, but she still realized the danger he was

in. “It was kind of weird, kind of scary,” Carlson said. “Whenever you’d see something on the news about over there, it’d kind of scare you.”

Despite her fears, Carlson knew her dad had wanted to

be in the military all his life and was fulfilling a dream. “He’d

always wanted to deploy,” she said. “He was doing something he wanted to do, and it was easier knowing that.”

Bill enlisted into the National Guard in Storm Lake as

a senior in high school, and worked his way up to Deputy

Chief of Staff for the Iowa Army National Guard. He was

sent to Ghaznī Province, Afghanistan, as a Brigade Team

Chief for an embedded training team, training the local police and military forces to function in a more efficient way.

Bill and Terry Carlson sat Grace and her brother, junior

Will Carlson, down months before the date Bill would be leaving. “They had to understand where I was going and

what I was going to do,” Bill said. “But that there was also a certain amount of risk.”

After months of training, his 16-person team underwent

further training in Fort Riley, Kansas. Bill called every day

and took trips home when his training schedule allowed it.

However, the last trip home before flying to Afghanistan was

both emotional and a relief. “After you’ve known about it for six months, and have gone off to so many training things,”

Army National Guard Members

Bill said. “you just want to get it started. Because the sooner you get it started, the sooner it’s over.”

Grace and her brother adjusted to life without their dad.

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Once Bill arrived in Afghanistan, he was only able to call

home around three times a week, but e-mailed often. “When

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you talk, you want it to be like I’m just on a business trip,”

once every two weeks, or whenever John was available. “It

over there, unless it’s something cool or fun like “I saw a

“But the Internet in Afghanistan isn’t the best.”

Bill said. “You’d mostly talk about what’s going on with them camel today” to lighten it up.”

Grace described what is was like when he returned

home. “I don’t even know the feeling,” Grace said. “Relief, I guess. I was definitely proud of him, too.”

Katie Perkins

Senior Katie Perkins has experienced a household ad-

was really nice that we actually got to see him,” Katie said.

During the first deployment, she missed her father so

much that Katie would sleep every night in her parents’ bed. “[My mom] couldn’t get me to stay out of it,” she said.

It was different while John was in Afghanistan, maybe

because he had gone on numerous business trips before.

“I guess I was just kind of used to it at that point,” she said.

The first time in Kosovo was more relaxing for the family

justment to the physical absence of a father figure twice.

compared to the war zone of Afghanistan. Both times they

another to Afghanistan, is a Lieutenant Colonel in the Na-

long John would be gone.

parture to Kosovo. “First grade I didn’t really understand,”

(FRG) provides services such as communication between

whole time, I actually understood it more.”

leaving ceremony, they give teddy bears to the kids and

John Perkins, who was deployed one year to Kosovo and

tional Guard. Katie was in first grade at the time of his deshe said. “(Seventh grade) I knew he was actually gone the

Before each departure, the National Guard holds a tra-

ditional leaving ceremony. “[The sending-off] ceremony is

sat down with the kids to let them know where and for how

Key Spouse Program

The duties and responsibilities the Air Force program has for spouse support Must be a spouse of a unit member

To help families cope, the Family Readiness Group

families and soldiers and support to military families. At the

Maintains community resources and services

Communication with soldiers and families

necklaces for the spouses.

When John returned home, they had a special dinner

Provides support to other spouses

really sad,” Katie said. “And I cried. It’s really sad to know

after the homecoming ceremony. “I think we felt like a com-

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When he left home, Katie felt the void. “You really notice

someone’s not there, there’s kind of a hole and when they

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that he’s going to be gone for a whole year.”

plete family again,” Pam Perkins, Katie’s mom said. “When

when he’s not there,” she said. “It’s like if your parents have

come back that’s filled again.”

ever gone on a business trip, but for a whole year.”

She noticed little things. “There was definitely something

missing,” Katie said. “Those conversations during dinner

The homecoming ceremony was just as emotional as

the sending off ceremony. “Everybody’s smiling,” Katie said.

“You see people who have little kids, and see them just run

and all that.”

up and give them a big hug. It’s really cute.”

children. “I kind of had to pick up the slack for him not be-

gether. “Especially my little brother, Nick,” she said. “I would

for granted they do and you don’t realize it until they’re not

he needed to talk with me or anything.”

Katie’s Mother, Pam, took on both the roles for her four

there to do them.”

While John was in Kosovo, Katie and her family commu-

nicated through phone calls once-a-week. While in Afghanistan, they talked through phone calls and FaceTime about

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An unofficial support group for military families has been in place since the mid 1600s, when national guard was formed.

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The deployments brought Katie and her family more to-

check up on him more often to see if he was doing good, if

batteries

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Rylee Robinson

John is currently in Rhode Island earning a master’s de-

gree at Naval War College. “We’re kind of going through the same thing this year,” Katie said. “But it’s better because we know it’s not like he’s in danger.”

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dec. 2015 p.10

1 in 1600: Da’Shaun Payne

On a list of all students in the school, from sophomore to senior, one student was randomly chosen to tell their story

words | Anna Toot

layout | Eileen Lagerblade

“El tiempo libre”: free time. This is junior Da’Shaun

Payne’s favorite Spanish phrase. Coincidentally, in his free time, Payne is extremely passionate about learning other languages. He has studied 20 languages by choice, along

in these languages, he appreciates the challenge it brings

him. Payne chooses the next language he is going to study based on how useful it will be in the real world.

After he chooses the language, Payne uses the endless

with taking Spanish classes for four years.

information on the Internet to educate himself. “As great as

Japanese, Chinese and French. “I like learning languages

ey,” Payne said. “The Internet gives me the liberty to learn

Some of the other languages he has learned are Arabic,

that don’t use the Latin alphabet, basically that doesn’t use anything that looks like or is close to English,” Payne said.

“I think he has always been intrigued by people’s differ-

ences,” his mother Ronice Payne said.

One of the languages, Arabic, caught Payne’s eye. “I

read a quote from the Quran,” Payne said. “I thought that it was really beautiful and cool that people can learn to read from right to left, unlike English readers.”

Payne is not fluent in all 20 of the languages he has

studied. “I know some main phrases, but [mostly] go deep

a language teacher would be it would cost too much monit. It’s no different than someone else learning a recipe or

something.” His favorite language to learn is Spanish, however he thinks everyone should tray any language, what-

ever it may be. “I believe that it’s important for anybody at least try to learn foreign language,” he said.

“He really wants to learn, so he will take the time to

learn,” Olguin said. “I remember he would come in after school just to practice Spanish to learn more. He was so happy when he learned more.”

Payne’s passion for foreign languages is respected by

into the history of the language,” Payne said. “I have some

many. “His biggest interest is learning foreign languages,

cally just the culture of it.”

ed Dannels said. “Give him a few years and you could be

information about that and how it changes over time, basiNora Olguin, Payne’s Spanish Three teacher, also sees

Payne’s enthusiasm for diversity. “I think he has a very

especially harder ones like Japanese,” Payne’s friend Jarlooking at the next C3PO from ‘Star Wars’.”

In the future, Payne wants to become fluent in Spanish.

open mind, and he is very interested in the culture, too,”

“I think it’s important to try to give yourself a bonus when

I’m going to learn the culture’,”

for a job, if you’re bilingual, you have more opportunities.”

Olguin said. “He realizes that ‘if I learn the language, then Although Payne does not take any foreign language

classes (aside from Spanish), he teaches himself everything about the languages. Although he may not be fluent

Top 10 most useful languages (and how to say hello) 1

English

Hello

Spanish

Hola

Mandarin

Nín hǎo

Arabic

‘Ahlaan

French

Salut

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Zdravstvuyte

7

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Hallo

Japanese

Kon’nichiwa

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Olá

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going out into the real world,” Payne said. “When applying

9

He also is looking at the long term benefits. “It enhances

10

your creativity, and decreases your risk for Alzheimers, so all the more need to do foreign language.”

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editorial Students missing critical period to learn

dec. 2015 p.11

Providing students with an earlier education in a second world language would benefit them in the long run Living in multiple different countries, senior Bernardo

An overall benefit to teaching a language at a younger

Duarte has had a lot experience with learning languages.

age is the development of native-like pronunciation and

tuguese. He attended a private school in Brazil where

words, which causes the words to all run together. “Stud-

Duarte was born in Brazil so his first language is PorEnglish was offered once a week. Starting at the age of eight, his family invested in Spanish classes after finding out that they would be moving to Mexico.

In Mexico, Duarte be-

came proficient in Spanish

and English with the help of daily tutoring for two years along with the languages being

taught

in

“

school.

“Learning Spanish and English was easy because I didn’t really have an option,

because obviously in Mexi-

intonation. We lose the ability to separate the syllables in ies have found that students who learn a second language

earlier are more likely to become truly bilingual than anyone who learns the same language later,” speech language pathologist Katie Lutteneg-

Studies have found that students who learn a second language earlier are more likely to become truly bilingual than anyone who learns the same language later,

co we spoke Spanish all the time so I was kind

”

of almost forced to learn it,” he said. “But with English in Mexico they didn’t speak it on a regular basis, but at

the same time I still had to learn it because my score (in school) was 50 percent English and 50 percent Spanish.”

After moving to the United States, he began tak-

ing French starting in eighth grade along with the other

students who also started a new language. Duarte ex-

ger said. Luttenegger works with

students from Wallace Elementary, Summit and Johnston Middle

School as part of her job at the AEA Heartland.

Senior Olivia VanderPloeg ex-

perienced the benefits of learning

a secondary language during her

early childhood, being the young-

est child out of five siblings who were all learning Spanish in high school. “I kind of started to learn Spanish at a

younger age because my siblings taught me some,” Van-

Imagine if we actually took the time to teach our stu-

is practiced in many different countries, for example most ico teaches students half in Spanish and half in English.

We would not be the first school in the metro area to

The older we get, the harder it is for us to adopt a new

introduce teaching a foreign

tary, we miss a critical period in childhood development.

The West Des Moines School

language. By not starting foreign languages in elemenThe language-learning window allows us to master certain aspects of a language that are more difficult to learn

at an older age. We need to start teaching a second language at a younger age and continue on in high school rather than starting in high school.

The school district does offer opportunities for learn-

ing Spanish in the elementary schools. Private tutoring

has been offering once-a-week after school. Unfortu-

nately, it costs $55 to $75 depending on the length of the class sessions which can be a burden on families.

Parents asked for the classes. Currently, classes are

language at a younger age.

district teaches Spanish start-

ing in first grade and through

sixth grade, providing them

with the option to either con-

tinue or even take on a different language after sixth grade. The

district started the program in

1994 with a grant. They incorporate two 30-minute sessions every week.

“

”

West Des Moines’ only concerns are the financial and

scheduling aspects, but they have been outweighed by all

teachers could label classroom items in English and

have been learning a language and the earlier you start the

Spanish. Students could learn to pronounce the items in

language system. “A lot of it is how we use the aid from “If money wasn’t the issue we’d just have to find a way to add it in the week.” If other public schools in the area

are finding the time and resources to make it happen, it seems very possible for us too.

Speaking multiple languages is becoming more com-

mon in the professional world. The chances of having

a job where you must communicating with a non-native English speaker is more prob-

The biggest pro is the longer you have been learning a language and the earlier you start the better you are going to be able to produce the language itself,

offered on Wednesdays for an hour.

Now we need to do more. For example, elementary

Superintendant Corey Lunn also agrees that the finan-

the state and how we spend our resources,” Lunn said.

impact on her ability to speak the language.

schools in Mexico, such as the one Duarte attended. Mex-

Duarte said.

junior high and high school.”

ment where Spanish is occasionally being spoken had an

his childhood. “I couldn’t even imagine how far ahead in French I would be if I had learned it at a younger age,”

going to be put into a higher proficiency level going into

cial aspect is what prevents the transition of a two world

entered Spanish classes.” Just being around an environ-

dents the basics of Spanish starting at a younger age. This

learning language in middle school in comparison with

riculum Facilitator Rebecca Abraham said. “Students are

derPloeg said. “I think that really helped me a lot once I

perienced a significant difference with the difficulty of

both languages.

Illustration/Kallie Beebe

able. Future job opportunities

could increase if we started to incorporate a second language

starting at a younger age. It all

comes down to cost and scheduling - There is not enough funds

or time in the day to incorporate

a second language, but with proper collaboration, a solution seems possible.

The ability to communicate is

key in any situation that you encounter and it is becom-

ing crucial that you are able to interact with those who

may not speak the same language as you. Teaching our

the positive outcomes. “The biggest pro is the longer you

students at a younger age will only make our students

better you are going to be able to produce the language

program at the elementary level needs to be made a pri-

itself,” World Language Professional Development/Cur-

more prepared for life after high school. A duel language ority in our curriculum.

The editorial is an opinion held by the editorial board of the newspaper. It needs a simple majority to pass. This month’s vote was 9-0.

opinion

dec. 2015 p.12

Not all Muslims are terrorists

something that only happens

in other places.

However, it happens here, too. We need to

words & layout | Carly Campbell

As

sophomore

continually educate, especially in mostly Caucasian suburbs like Johnston.

Let’s look at some numbers. It is estimated

Sma-

that the Islamic State of Iraq and Levant, ISIL,

school one day last

number 1,599,950,000 billion. That is .00003

Amra

jlovic got ready for

has between 30,000-50,000 members. Muslims

spring, she made a deci-

percent, Unlikely that the Muslim you may know

sion that she never imag-

is a terrorist.

How many

have the United

States had? None. Iowa

women governors? None. So

yes, there are extremist nations who

pass extreme laws, but that does not represent

the rest of Muslim majority nations who are just following the religion they were born and raised to believe.

Some people think any country that incorpo-

Our government sometimes seems to sup-

rates the Islam teachings into its government

Muslim women wear, she choose

the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, 2011, people

of northern Africa and the Middle East would be

were many people coming up to me

suspiciously, but especially people with darker

Smajiovic said. “I started wearing it to

standable the United States had to respond to

ined making. After wearing

a hijab, a head scarf that some

port this idea that most Muslims are bad. After

to go to school without it. “There

got scared and started to look at everyone more

and threatening me if I didn’t take it off,”

skin or women who wore hijabs. It is under-

feel closer to God, and when I took it off, it

the 2,979 Americans who lost their lives that day.

Smajlovic’s family is originally from Bos-

and 35,000 Pakistani citizens have lost their

hold. She began wearing the hijab again this

to destroy those responsible for the act. Yes,

of it. “People will call me a terrorist even though

needed to be punished, but why did we have to

just felt different.”

However, 1,690,903 Iraqi, 48,644 Afghan

nia, and she was raised in a Muslim house-

lives on the United States’ merciless endeavor

year and feels people still judge her because

the people responsible for the attacks in 2011

I try to be as nice as I possibly can so I can

kill so many unrelated people?

prove them wrong and show not all Muslims are bad,” Smajiovic said.

Because we make assumptions.

One assumption is that Islam promotes vio-

Other students have had similar experi-

lence and mistreats women. People like to cite

India and considers herself a Hindu. In middle

(FGM), thought as a Muslim problem due to the

of people just assume if you’re not white then

and is a predominantly Muslim country. FGM,

said. “Kids would call me that all the time

ing to United Nations International Children’s

even classified with that race.” Gollapudi

rate of 89 percent, with Ethiopia following close

“It caught me off guard at first, but

ered Christian nations. FGM is not a religious

but I did,” she said. “I would be

Another assumption people believe is that

system is corrupt or subject to suspicion. Most considered a Muslim state. But not all of them

are extremist nations like Syria. Take Morocco

for example. I traveled there last year and never felt unsafe or that the people were more violent.

This is a nation with Islam at the center of the government, similarly to Iran, but Morocco is not a threat, unlike those two countries.

The root of the problem is we do not learn

from history. There are examples of violence in every religion.

Look at Buddhism for an example.

We

typically

think

this religion as a peaceful

one.

of

We

think of meditation and

ences. Junior Simran Gollapudi’s family is from

incidences such as female genital mutilation

school, other students singled her out. “A lot

fact that Somalia has a rate of 98 percent FGM

you’re probably a terrorist of some sort,” she

however, is a Central African problem. Accord-

and it really bothered me because I’m not

Emergency Fund (UNICEF), Eritrea has a FGM

was shocked by the hateful comments.

being at 74 percent. Both countries are consid-

moted violence. The Klu Klux Klan acted in

problem, but a cultural one.

people, but we never considered them represen-

I got used to it; I didn’t want to, shocked at first but then I just

women lack basic social rights such as holding

selflessness - not murder. How-

ever, in Myanmar, a country where 80 percent of the population is Buddhist, a group of Buddhist monks has murdered scores according to the “The Washington

Post” and has displaced thousands of others.

Even here in America, Christians have pro-

the name of Christianity and killed 3,446 black

tative of Christianity. What the KKK did was no

different than what ISIS is doing now. They were

felt like crawling back into a

political positions, going out alone and driving.

Islamophobia,

ist nations, such as Iran or Saudi Arabia, but

terrorists is bigotry. Maybe we have a tendency

Islam, seems

lim population is not being taken into consider-

known a Muslim. People tend to be afraid of

little corner.”

Yes, this is certainly an issue in Muslims extrem-

prejudice against

as usual, the rest of the dauntingly large Mus-

l i k e

ation. In countries such as Indonesia, Pakistan, Malaysia, Bangladesh and Turkey, women are

equal to men. Bangladesh has had four female

heads of state, Pakistan has had two, and Turkey one.

terrorizing a group of innocent people.

Calling Muslims like Smajlovic and Gollapudi

to do this because a lot of us have never really the what they do not know.

Most Muslims are not terrorists and

therefore we should not treat them all as so.

dec. 2015 p.13

This month’s issue: Syrian refugee crisis

opinion

varying viewpoints

As the 2016 election approaches, each month two Black and White staff members will explain their stances on a popular issue. layout | Carly Campbell & Kathryn Ikeda

Moral obligation trumps possible threat of refugees words | Casey Metcalf

All around the country, politicians are

The terrorist attacks that took place on

crying that we should focus on helping

stations lit up, government leaders around

refugees. Their arguments are that we

Nov. 13 in Paris shook the Earth. News the world raced to be the first to comment.

There were even a sea of people on social media that changed their profile pictures to pay homage to France’s flag. It was a tragedy, and it seemed to land on

our “own” before letting in and caring for

interviews, medical evaluations and an

less veterans.

This seems to be their favorite argu-

majority of politicians saying these things

repeatedly in the past against benefits for our vets.

The current system is so taxing that we have

Southern border. We have so many people doing this, in fact, that we have presidential

candidates running on the platform to build

the U.S.’ own Great Wall of China. The immigration process for a citizen from even an allied country usually takes years.

Not only that, but the process is intensi-

extremely tedious process consisting of

interagency security screening process

making sure that the refugee is not a threat to the United States.

Therefore, it is nearly impossible for

an ISIS-sent terrorist posing as a refugee to bypass our security measures.

Not to mention, statistically speaking,

Veterans are their favorite argument

fied even more for refugees, and even more

it is seven times more likely that you will

from voters. It is their own racism lazily

status” through the United Nations High

Muslim one - so maybe we should con-

because it incites an emotional reaction

ian refugees into America or to deny the

covered with false patriotism. However,

people in need because of our own fear.

However, before that happens, a Syr-

people risking their lives daily crossing the

The United States is now faced with a

moral dilemma: to continue allowing Syr-

The thing about the United States’ immi-

should give priority to helping our home-

the country because before we do, we

are members of the GOP who have voted

displaced refugees.

placed in the United States.

deemed qualified, they could possibly be

ian refugee has to go through another

vealed as working for ISIS - and the gained access into France by posing as

way of knowing if they are terrorists.

bring refugees into America, we have no

gration system is that it is almost too good.

ment, disregarding the fact that the vast

members who committed the attack had

worldwide. If they are accepted and are

should not allow refugees to come into

par with Sept. 11, 2001.

The terrorists responsible were re-

comes out with the false idea that if we

this is not their primary argument. That

so for Syrians. First, they apply for “refugee

Commission for Refugees, the committee in charge of protecting displaced people

View-sharing candidates: Bernie Sanders Hillary Clinton

be killed by a right-wing extremist than a sider not allowing any more Christians in the country either.

Martin O’Malley

Danger of migrants proves too extensive to ignore

words | Logan Swaim, Guest writer

as migrants to gain entry to welcoming

way to predict future behavior. This is the

refugees. The head of the National Coun-

A deadly example of this happened

These attacks show that there are flaws

tober that the intelligence in Syria is “not

On Sept. 11, 2001, our country suf-

countries who pose a threat to our nation.

to ever occur on U.S. soil. On this day,

Nov. 13 in Paris, France. A series of co-

in our immigration system and how terror-

lims.

one of the terrorists responsible for this

of loopholes.

the history of the U.S., there have been

a migrant and was able to gain safe entry

cannot allow any Syrian refugees to enter

There have also been examples of

pledged that the U.S. will accept an addi-

fered the most devastating terrorist attack

2,996 people were killed by radical Mus-

ordinated terrorist attacks occurred, and

According to the Religion of Peace, in

cold-blooded attack left Syria posing as

3,110 people killed by radical Muslims in

to France.

killings.

this closer to home. The terrorists of the

running from the civil war, where 320,000

Tsarnaev and Tamerlan Tsarnaev, immi-

12,000 children. Anyone can see that in a

lic of Kyrgyzstan.

82 terror attacks and Islam-related honor Currently in Syria, many citizens are

Boston marathon bombing, Dzhokhar

people have been killed, including nearly

grated to the U.S. from the Soviet Repub-

perfect world we would help them.

But it is those who harbor the extrem-

ist views and the ISIS terrorists who pose

View-sharing candidates:

first of multiple examples.

ists can get through it and take advantage

To help prevent future attacks, the U.S.

terterrorism Center told Congress in Ocas rich as we would like it to be.” Even

FBI Director James Comey told Con-

gress there are “gaps” in data availability, especially for Syrians.

In their interviews to gain access to

our country. The Obama administration has

America, terrorists can hide extreme ide-

tional 45,000 refugees, mostly from Syria,

unleash those beliefs by killing masses of

from 2016 to 2017. This will highly increase

the risk for another terrorist attack on Unit-

ologies until it is their time to strike and people in the name of Allah.

The refugees fleeing Syria do - of

ed States soil.

course - deserve help, but it is too dan-

At the time when they were in the

and screening process can keep potential

them access to our country when ISIS ex-

flags that came up. However, there is no

conflict zones, there is a lack of data on the

immigration process, there were no red

Donald Trump

Some argue that our background checks

threats out of the country, but coming from

Ben Carson

Marco Rubio

gerous for the U.S. to continue to allow tremists can blend in and cause another horrific attack.

Ted Cruz

health

dec. 2015 p.14

The few, the proud, the

hangry

Have you ever been hangry?

words & layout | Eileen Lagerblade

89%

2%

Yes

No That’s a thing?

9%

During Super Bowl XLIV in 2010, Snickers released their line of

“You’re not you when you’re hungry” commercials. They typically feature

a celebrity comedian acting as an angry person, then once they eat a Snickers bar, they return to their normal selves, normally an adult man

or woman. Since these commercials have aired, Snickers has furthered

their campaign revolving around the idea of people being angry due to being hungry, hence the term “hangry”.

Hangry is when people are so hungry they become angry. It may not

sound real, but research points to hangry being more than just a phrase.

Polled 187 students on Twitter

A majority of people experience this. “This research shows that

hangry is real,” professor of mass communications and psychology at The Ohio State University, Brad Bushman said.

The studies use glucose levels to determine how hungry a

person really is. Glucose is fuel for the brain and the pre-frontal cortex which is the part of your brain just behind your forehead.

The pre-frontal cortex is in charge of important functions like emotional control.

For the brain to function properly, it needs glucose so when

it is running low people start to have difficulties controlling their emotions, anger being the most difficult to manage.

“The studies combined show that hungry people are ag-

gressive against strangers and against the people they love,” Bushman said.

Feeling angry? Maybe eat something.

Food and anger research

In both studies conducted by Bushman the subjects were allowed to blast a sound similar to static into someone’s ears after measure glucose levels.

62 college students were given 14 ounces of lemonade. Some with sugar (glucose) and some with substitute sugar (placebo). They were given eight minutes to let the glucose absorb into the blood stream.

107 heterosexual couples were given Accu-Chek Aviva, a device used to measure glucose levels. Every morning and night for 21 days both spouses recorded their glucose.

Both studies showed that those with a higher glucose level played the sound quieter and for a shorter time than those with lower glucose levels.

sports

dec. 2015 p.15

Building on tradition

words | Sam Farrell layout | Eileen Lagerblade

Student shares how bodybuilding was introduced and why he stuck with it Senior Reese Stahlbaum never wanted to pursue some

of the more common sports and decided to take on the

sport of bodybuilding. “Sometimes I used to be made fun of and not taken seriously by people who were gifted in sports

and generally felt left out,” Stahlbaum said. “Eighth grade is usually the year people take up their personalities, social

groups are formed, and when the athletes go towards one particular sport and I didn’t see myself going that way so I had to find something unique for me.”

What

judges

look for:

Stahlbaum claims that his father’s success has inspired

muscular size of the bodybuilder

him to take on the sport. “My dad was third in Michigan in my (weight) class, and competed at the state level,” Stahlbaum said. “We’ve always had a weight room down the hall from my room and just seeing the pictures of him winning these big competitions, I just think ‘I can do that, I want to see if I can do that.’

During bodybuilding, athletes can train over multiple

months and sometimes even years before even competing

once. Many bodybuilders only compete one time a year

and base their schedule up preparing for that one competition. Stahlbaum’s first competition was back in May of 2015

where he placed first in the team division and fifth in the men’s division.

In the men’s division, Stahlbaum faced 14 men where

he was the youngest by nine years. “[At the end of the competition], I was sitting there packing my stuff up thinking

that there was no possible way I was going to place be-

Mass

Stage Presence

posing performance and other factors like skin tone, grooming, charisma and poise Definition

muscularity due to lack of body fat Proportion

even distribution of muscle in comparison to each muscle group Symmetry

equal amount of muscle between the left and right side of the bodybuilder

cause these were grown men who were practically three

efits, but in the long run it’s just not worth it.” Because Re-

said. The eight judges then have to cut the competitors

they called the fifth spot and that’s the last place where

undergoes drug tests multiple times every year and has to

the stage side by side posing for their final standings.

feet taller and were better than me,” Stahlbaum said. “But you can get a trophy which was a pretty big deal for me because of how many men there were.”

ese competes in the natural bodybuilding competitions, he stay clean in order to be eligible to compete.

upcoming competition in Spring may be difficult. “Reese’s

percent body fat. This takes around seven to eight months

look great, but what we really need to do work on to be suc-

petitor is. Bodybuilders can only have about four to five

and muscle gain. “I didn’t let Reese start lifting until he was

of lean eating (grilled or roasted chicken, potatoes, clean

about 11 where we started to do some real light workouts and lifts, but really for the first year and half, I did nothing but strengthen up his joints, especially in his shoulders, hips

cut carbohydrates like white and brown rice, etc.), a lot of

weight lifting and just a little bit of cardiovascular exercise.

Bodybuilders spend a lot of time eating lean calories

and knees,” Jeff said. “So when he got to 16 or 17 years old

and foods to try and bulk up as much as they can until

I don’t have to worry about him getting injured.”

they have to tighten up and start dieting much more. Within

where he is now, he can really push the heavy weights and

Reese is now usually in the weight room five days a

week, for two and a half hours getting stronger and prepar-

ing for these competitions. “People always tell me that I’m working too hard and [for] too long but really I’m just enjoying myself and it’s the consistency that helps,” he said.

is in wrestling season too, he isn’t able to weight lift full time like he would’ve been.”

Head wrestling coach Aaron Tecklenburg believes that

“When his competition walks out to shake his hand they

of carbohydrates and salt they take in. They then have to consume a lot more protein and water in order to drop body fat and become more lean.

When the competition day comes all of the bodybuild-

people watching and judging them from head-to-toe. “We

reason for that,” Jeff said. “You may see temporary ben-

Jeff said. “We are really crunched for time and because he

those two weeks they have to start dropping their amount

needs the assistance. One of the biggest imprints he has in the bodybuilding and weight-lifting world but there is no

cessful in his next competition is his building up his legs,”

Reese’s intense lifting and bodybuilding both gives the

ers, which can sometimes be hundreds, walk out individu-

left on Reese is to not use drugs. “There is a lot of drugs

upper body is exceptional and his chest back and arms

they are about two weeks out from the competition where

Although Stahlbaum does not need as much help any-

more, he claims that his father is always there when he

With the wrestling season starting up, preparing for his

Judges look for both symmetry and how lean the com-

Reese’s father, Jeff Stahlbaum, who competed in the

‘80s at the state level, helped Reese with the general form

down to the top five bodybuilders where they will stand on

team an edge but also has him at a bit of a disadvantage.

are thinking ‘oh my gosh this guy his huge’ and he adds

the intimidation factor as he walks out as the strongest guy on the mat,” Tecklenburg said. “But the disadvantage is the lack of flexibility.”

Despite the difficulties that comes with body building,

ally and pose in front of several hundred to a thousand

Reese plans to continue on in the future. “[Bodybuilding]

also have to put on this mocha colored paint for [stage

think because it’s such a long process and you gain so

presence] and it’s always hard to sleep because your skin

is tight and you have to keep your body still,” Stahlbaum

takes a lot more discipline and determination than people

many new skills,” Jeff said. “Bodybuilding is a lifestyle, not a sport.”

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dec. 2015 p.16

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