MHS Line O Type Student Newspaper October 4, 2019

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Page 2 ..........New sports complex Page 4...........Stop fake news

October 4, 2019

Volume 103, Issue 1

Page 9...........Fall play rehersal

Seniors work on their winning Pac Man float.

Page 11.........Boys soccer

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News October 4, 2019

Teenage By: Charlie Poor LO’T News Editor

It should be breaking news to no one that teen use of nicotine products has skyrocketed over the past several years. According to the FDA, the use of vaping devices has eclipsed the rate of cigarette usage among American teens, since 2014, only increasing since. With headlines left and right about this sometimes poorly-understood subject, the inquisitive student has to ask: are JUULs and other vapes really all they’re cracked up to be?

The National Institute of Health shows that the downward trend

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of cigarette use among high schoolers is clear.

Whereas, in the ‘90s, 25% of all American high school students were estimated to smoke cigarettes every day, a constant decline ever since means that cigarette use among teens is the lowest that it has ever been, still lowering at 4%.

How does this connect to vaping? It’s clear that this downward trend began well before the first vape hit in 2004.

Still, you can clearly see a drastic dip on the graph, starting in the 2010s.

Could this decline be related to the rise of the ecigarette?

The FDA has approved the use of lan-

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guage claiming that ecigarettes are a safer alternative to cigarettes. If teens who would have once been smoking toxic, dangerous cigarettes are now vaping, is vaping really all wrong?

However, comparing vaping and smoking is like apples and oranges. Vaping presents new challenges for health and safety regulators. For one, the health effects of many chemicals present in e-juice are not fully understood at high temperatures. This could lead to major health issues down the line as users get older.

Arguably a bigger issue, many of the proprietary vaping devices popular with teens - JUUL, Suo-

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Daily cigarette use is clearly declining among American youth.

Photo Courtesy of National Institute of Health

rin, etc. - are much easier to use than other forms of smoking, and are in fact designed for concealability. This leads to the important problem with the idea that juvenile vaping has led to a decrease in

juvenile smoking: more teens are starting to vape than are quitting smoking. According to the FDA, roughly 10% of all American teens report personal use of a vape.

In the time it took for 5%

of teens to stop smoking, 10% of teens have started to vape. If vaping devices truly are safer than cigarettes, how many new vapers are as bad as one smoker? Is there a trade off?

Arts Center, are monumental advances for the high school. “We went from having average facilities to--we will have a facility that is second to none in a big, big radius around here,” he says.

The new facility will greatly improve what Moline can provide its students, in and out of class: physical education classes and athletic teams will have additional space and new, modern equipment to practice and work out more efficiently in all weather. Knar adds that, “We can have it available to people at different times; we can host things at different times where we can do

lose access to the West Gym area around January 2020, with the tentative date for the facility’s completion set at January 1st, 2021. Knar implores students to remember that this is a tentative estimate, however--the work of planning and constructing a building is very indepth--the type of faucet used has to be considered, Knar offers as an example-and there are plenty of variables that could affect the progress of the project. Whenever the facility is completed, though, it’s certain to be a great addition to MHS.

MHS preps for new sports facility with the Bartlett Performing something.”Students will By: Larissa Horton LO’T News Editor

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Progress is being made behind the scenes on MHS’s new sports facility.

The addition, approved by the school board last year, aims to provide a safer and more productive space for physical education at Moline, with a new weight room, improved locker rooms, a new six-lane track, and four multi-purpose courts.

We spoke to MHS Athletic Director Richard Knar for his input on the new development. Knar emphasizes that this, along

News October 4, 2019

New bills proposed to fight mental illness in schools By: Samuel Schwartz LO’T News Editor

Many believe mental health continues to persist as one of the most stigmatized issues in our society. Schools are having trouble trying to stop the suffering related to mental health. New bills, in Oregon and Utah, have been proposed; aiming to support students in school who are struggling with mental health problems.

“Mental health days,” as called by the new legislation, would be equivalent to sick-days. Under the bill, if a student was feeling under the weather mentally, they could opt to have a mental health day.

Some ask whether

students might just use these days as an excuse to get out of school. Roxanne Wilson told the New York Times about her daughter who had lost her life to suicide: “Because she lied to get her absences excused, we didn’t get to have those mental health conversations that could have saved her life.”

Many students today are in need of such “mental health days,” but are unwilling to let their attendance record to be affected. Jennifer Rothman, senior manager for youth initiatives for the National Alliance on Mental Illness, stated in a New York Times Article, “The days off not only give students a chance to speak up about their needs, but help

Photo Sourced from UCLE Fielding School Of Public Health break the stigma associated with mental health.”

According to research by the Center for Behavioral Health Statistics and Quality, mental illnesses affect over 43 million adults in the U.S. each

year. Those worried about mental health view those as staggering numbers and put into focus the incredible threat mental health poses on many people across the country. These bills represent a movement pushing

The Ins and Outs of Impeachment By: Briana Castro LO’T Copy Editor

In light of recent events, Nancy Pelosi has begun the impeachment inquiry process on President Trump after he alledgedly pressured Ukraine to launch an investigation on former Vice President Biden. According to the United States Constitution, impeachment is when Congress removes a president before their term is over. To do this, enough lawmakers have to deem that the president has committed treason, bribery, high crime, or misdemeanors. In American history, only two presidents have been impeached: Andrew Johnson and Bill Clinton.

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The steps of impeachment are as follows: 1. An investigation is held on the convicted crimes of the president 2. The House of Representatives votes on the articles of Impeachment a. If a majority of the House votes for the articles, the president is impeached 3. The articles of impeachment move to the Senate, which holds a trial 4. After the trial, the senate holds a vote to convict the president a. At least 2/3 of the members’ votes are needed to convict the sitting president and effectively remove them from office

Pictured left to right are formerly impeached Presidents Andrew Johnson and Bill Clinton. Photo courtesy of the National Archives.

for schools to recognize and try to address the credible threat that mental health poses to students across the country. It is seen as a first step in providing solace to those dealing with mental illness every single day.

If you or some one you care about is concidering self-harm, don’t hesitate to call the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: (800) 273-8255

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Fake

By: Aubrie Mozingo LO’T Editor in Chief

It seems like we can’t go a single day without the term “fake news” being thrown around, be it in the media, our schools, or by famous individuals.

The phrase became popular during the 2016 presidential election, and it even became The American Dialect Society’s 2017 “word of the year.” But, in a world where the term has become commonplace, do we actually know what it is? And if we do, how can we recognize fake news in our everyday lives? In a society that is growing constantly more dependent on technology, it is easier to spread information that is misleading and incorrect. You owe it to yourself and the rest of society to be a well-informed reader.

There are a variety of definitions for the term “fake news,” but the Associated Press defines it as “deliberately false stories that appear to come from credible, journalistic sources.” More often than not, fake news is spread in order to influence political opinions. Of course, the use of false information is not strictly limited to the political spectrum, but many politicians have increased their use of the phrase in recent years in regards to news media sources.

Nearly three years after the 2016 presidential election, the idea of fake news is still prevalent today.

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the extra time to research, we will gain a more holistic view of the candidate and what they stand for. In addition, I challenge the readers of this editorial to question the articles in this newspaper, and to look deeper into the sources we choose. If you see false information in any of the articles, we want to address these problems and fix the issue. We as a newspaper wish to educate our school, but we cannot properly complete our goal if we have misleading figures or information. Fake news may be an epidemic in our society, but we would like to keep it out of this newspaper.

As the next generation of young leaders, we have a responsibility to call attention to inaccuracies and false information we may see in outside sources.

This includes large news outlets, such as CNN or TIME. It may even include the presidential candidates in the 2020 election. If you read something that isn’t right, say something. Write a letter to the editor, email the news source, or leave a respectful comment on the article. Be wary of what you share, and ensure that the information is accurate before you post it to your feed. We may be young, but that does not mean that we are without a voice on this issue. We have the right to be informed with information that is credible, and we should not be forced to accept facts that are false.

Editorial October 4, 2019

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Are all creative ideas and concepts in movies dead?

vision shows and comics spanning almost seventy years of Originality seems like it’s dead, but, in reality, By:Maya Gonzalez comics with multiple alternate universe versions of him- there hasn’t truly been a revolutionary idea in centuries.

LO’T Editor-in-Chief self. What “Spider-Man: Into the Spiderverse” does differ- Sequels and remakes may seem like the end of creative Many filmgoers and creators have grown to have ently from its predecessors, though, is not only bringing a fiction, but it’s not necessarily about creating a profit; it’s a pessimistic outlook around the future of movies as an art new Spider-Man, Miles Morales, and his different universe about making the content enjoyable by how creators apform, and these views come across quite clear when you onto the silver screen, but it takes from all of the charac- proach and manipulate the material to give the audience look to the recent releases that studios have been putting ter’s history and previous versions—Peter Parker, Spider the best experience ever. Maybe it won’t be something like out. Going on Google to see if there is anything playing Gwen, Spider Noir, Penny Parker, Peter Porker, etc.—and “Lion King (2019)”, but you never know when something that evening and seeing “The Lion King (2019)”, “Men brings them all into one story, which has never been seen like “Spider-Man: Into the Spiderverse” is around the corin Black: International”, and “Fast & Furious Presents: before, mixed with unique, awestricking visuals and in- ner to take your breath away.

Hobbs & Shaw” makes you wonder if there is any more credible voice actors that further enthrall audiences to this room for creative storytelling, or if passion has stagnated truly unique experience which, as Mark Twain expressed, and there’s nothing more that creators can do other than takes what we know and makes it something entirely new. rehash the same tired out stories in the same bland, pre- Even with the influx of sequels into the maindictable way. This view of a lifeless industry, though, is far stream, that doesn’t mean that many of them aren’t treated from the case. with the same artistic intent and creativity with which It is often considered that original ideas and cre- original movies are treated. There aren’t many people who ative media are one in the same, and that if an idea isn’t would say “Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back” or “Toy original, the final product cannot have any imaginative Story 2” don’t have the same artisor groundbreaking tic integrity and aren’t on par with ideas, or even be their forerunners, at the very least. a quality product.

Even sequels that aren’t quite In contrast to those as revered as those two, such as ideas though, “Mark “Shrek 2”, still completely change Twain’s Own Autobifrom their source material and ography”, published bring a completely new take on all the way in 1906, both their previous film and tropes had Twain speaking that have existed for centuries. on how “there is noMain cast of “Into the Spiderverse” courtesy of Yahoo So, why are sequels so popular such thing as a new in the mainstream media? It’s quite simple; it’s an easy idea,” speaking on old ideas and how “We keep on turn- way for companies to make money off of their preexisting and making new combinations indefinitely.” Although ing intellectual properties (IPs) and bring in viewers in a it sounds like something someone would say on the film climate where theatres and various streaming platforms industry of today, those words being spoken over a century are fighting to be number one. Many people have a certain ago by one of the greatest writers of the time has some amount of nostalgia for many properties that are being reweight to it, even if he wasn’t directly speaking on film vived in recent years, such as “Aladdin (2019)” and “The itself, bringing into perspective how long a lack of imagi- Addams Family (2019)”, and, despite the quality, will native ideas have plagued the movie industry. The first se- go to the theatre to experience the magic they felt many quel, “The Fall of a Nation,” was released in 1916, and the years ago when they had first first main wave of sequels was in the 1970s, way before watched the original prodfilms that are now considered masterpieces such as “Blade- uct. These types of movies runner” and “Schindler’s List” were even made.

Line O’Type is the official school-sponsored paper of Moline High School. The bring in traffic, and while Mark Twain’s words carry on to many films of theatre is desperately trying paper is published by the students under the supervision of faculty advisors for the this past decade, particularly revivals which spin their to stay alive and beat out its Moline High School community. The staff will strive to accurately report school, local, source material on its head like “The Thing (1982)” and online competitors such as state, and national news that affects high school students. Line O’Type Signals is also a “Casino Royale (2010)”. In my opinion, the idea of twist- Netflix, Hulu, and upcom- forum open to students, faculty and administration to encourage the airing of opinions ing previous ideas in order to create new, enjoyable expe- ing Disney Plus, nostalgia respresenting all sides of an issue. riences may be best encapsulated by one of my favorite is sometimes the only thing All submitted material must be signed, due to a code passed by the school board. films: “Spider-Man: Into the Spiderverse”. Spider-Man in that movie theatres can rely All responses or questions regarding editorials should be directed to your Editors-initself isn’t a unique idea, with three previous incarnations on to stay alive.

Chief, Maya Gonzalez and Aubrie Mozingo and faculty advisors, Heidi Norcross and in movies alone of Peter Parker appearing in a dozen teleJay Bohnsack

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Focus October 4, 2019

Fun at Wharton kicks-off homecoming

By: Janey Locander L’OT Focus Reporter

A busy time was had for all on Wednesday September 11th, as the whole student body trecked to Wharton for the annual homecoming kick-off. This was the second year for this event at the field house. It was definitely a busy time for everyone involved.

After students and staff had settled in, all were treated to a special performance from our very own band, drumline, and MHS cheerleaders. After the performance, the 2019 homecoming court was presented and the royalty was announced during the coronation ceremony.

The court members included: Natasha Burk, Sam Monroe, Allie Van,

Isaac Daniels, Makayla Rangel, Steven Klumb, Maddie Peterson, Karima Rangel, Derk Bergrin, Gabbi Lopez, Samuel Jenkins, Amira Siddique, Adam Klumb, Kamara Dickerson, Remington Geko, and Roberto Morales.

The Prince and Princess titles were awarded to David Keesecker and Jimena Lara while Izabel Jernigan and Aboubacar Barry took the titles of King and Queen.

All the grades were then divided up to browse various clubs and activities the school offers while also having the chance to sign up for them. Some such activities included picture taking at the Line O’ Type and Yearbook table, pieing your leaders with Link Crew, making flowers with Latinos Unidos and color-

ing at the Kaleidoscript table, among many more.

Students had the chance to become involved and learn about all the great clubs Moline has to offer.

To conclude our busy morning, students were treated to the second annual class versus class volleyball game.

Freshman took the lead over the juniors while the seniors trumped the sophomores in round one. The second round was well fought by the freshman, but our seniors ended up on top. But all the seniors’ hard work couldn’t stop the staff from taking the victory for the second year in a row.

What a successful way to celebrate homecoming week with a bang!

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The homecoming dance takes a blast to an 80’s past By: Bri Castro L’OT Copy Editor

Saturday,

Grace Baker makes a bracelet with the help of Julie Glenn Photo courtesey of Cecelia Ortega

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September 14th marked yet another homecoming dance for Moline High.

This year’s theme was Blast to the Past: Retro 80’s. For the entire second week of September, students decked out in theme week attire like jorts and jerseys or the classic maroon and white were spotted throughout the hallways all in preparation for the main event: the dance. Like every year, though, the opinions of the dance were polar. Some thought it was totally bodacious but others would rather be gagged with a spoon.

A l t h o u g h the dance had an 80’s

theme, music from that era seemed to be lacking.

Modern pop began taking over most high school dances anyway, so this was to be expected.

But senior Genevieve Strasser reassured there was “something for everyone.”

Moving on from the music selection, the venue choice is also up for

History buffs take on homcoming Photo courtesy of MHS History Club Twitter

debate. This year it was at the Davenport River Center. Many people explained that the venue was slightly inconvenient because of the construction on the bridge. Still, with this minor inconvenience, there was plenty of space to hold everybody. Due to the usual crowdedness and at homecoming, this was definitely a positive. The ample room also allowed for more dancing But, when it comes down to the nitty-gritty, students unanimously agreed that the dance didn’t seem as “hyped up” as usual. Yes, there

were the usual traditions like theme week and the parade, but there seemed to still be something missing. Even at the dance, it seemed only a few people were having fun. Though this is something that happens every other dance, this one just didn’t seem to have the same excited “vibe” as all the others before.

All in all, despite the differing opinions, the dance ended with Don McLean’s American Pie as per usual and general satisfaction.

The memories made this Homecoming week will not soon be forgotten. Here’s to yet another successful year of dances, afterparties, great friends, and endless smiles.

The mighty Moline Maroons march on despite construction By: Emma Pollock L’OT Copy Editor

Rosy VanHyfte holds up a sign to promote art club Photo courtesey of Cecelia Ortega

Students rocking out in 80s costumes in the LO’T and yearbook photo booth Photo courtesey of Eve Strasser

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The Avenue cleared as the sound of sirens, followed by the marching band, came echoing down the street. With a majority of Moline’s clubs

Before the Friday Night Lights, Moline gathered to cheer on the Maroons with their various activities and outstanding students during the 2019 homecoming parade.

Though the parade route was shortened due to I-74 construction, the crowd Marching maroons serenade students still lined Photo courtesy of Line O’ Type the streets in anticipation and organizations repreof the annual, unifying trasented in the parade, the dition. city was able so see all

Moline has to offer to its many different students.

Even students not involved in these activities could be a part of the parade by helping brainstorm, con-

its own way. Freshman made involved the class of ‘80 to a rubik’s cube, which placed fit the ‘80s theme. Ending second in the class float contest; however, the senior’s Pac-Man themed float cleverly titled “Send ‘m Packin’” depicting Pac-Man consuming a red g h o s t labeled “ R ” reigned victoriSeniors proudly posing in front of their float ous in the Photo courtesy of Line O’ Type contest.

struct, and walk with the class floats. Each class represented the 80s theme in

Another interesting feature of the parade were the three class reunions

the parade was the highly celebrated homecoming court including Prince

David Keesecker. Upon reflection after the parade he stated,“Seeing everyone lined up along the street and cheering for us was surreal. I never thought I would be in this position but it was an amazing experience.”

The homecoming parade, and all festivities packed into the week, are important to a lot of people, like Prince Keesecker.

That’s what homecoming is all about: gathering the student body as one to celebrate our school pride.

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Minecraft builds itself back to the top in 2019 By: Phineas VanVooren L’OT Entertainment Editor

Minecraft, the game of many people’s childhoods. Last year when Fortnite was growing, Minecraft was on the comeback. Coming out in 2009, Minecraft has been in people’s hands for more than ten years.

During these years it has gotten an enormous number of updates, but even though it’s been getting lots of updates , its popularity has been on a decline ever since

2013. However, at the beginning of this year, it started regaining traction. The reason for this could be a multitude of things: the new aquatic update, Youtube’s biggest independent entertainer PewDiePie, and nostalgia.

In the summer of 2018 update aquatic came out. This update added lots of new additions to the ocean biome, some of which includes visible fish,

coral blocks, and sunken ships. The ocean that had once been quite baron had gotten a new vivid aura added to it.

Then Youtube’s biggest star, PewDiePie, released a video of him playing Minecraft back in June of 2019.

This video amassed 32 million views! After releasing this video , PewDiePie started a survival series which has lasted him over 30 episodes. These videos

help show off the new features the aquatic update had introduced almost a year earlier to new and old fans.

In addition to the survival series, he did a sky block survival series which introduces to new players that Minecraft has virtually no boundaries on a creativity level.

Lastly, most people in our age group had played Minecraft at some point when we were in middle or el-

ementary school. So, seeing it become popular again brings back memories of having no homework and not as much drama. So, to try

and bring back those times people start playing the games that brought everyone so much joy, that game being Minecraft.

Minecraft thumbnail courtesy of The Verge.

“Joker” to become a fall box office success By: Henry Neff L’OT Entertainment Editor

Picture of Joker coutrtsey of Esquire

On October 4th, 2019, “Joker” will be released in theaters worldwide. This movie has been very highly anticipated since the release of its first teaser trailer earlier this year in April.

The movie will star Joaquin Phoenix as Arthur Fleck, aka Joker and is directed and produced by Todd Philips.

The movie has accumulated high praise from critics who were able to attend early screenings, scoring a 9.5/10 on IMDb, and a 76% on Rotten Tomatoes. Critics claim it will be “bold, devastating and utterly beautiful, Phillips and Phoenix have not just reimagined one of the most iconic villains in cinema history, but reimagined the comic book movie itself.” Another writes, “Phillips and Phoenix deserve credit for reimagining what a comic book movie can be.

One that isn’t encumbered with setting up multimovie plot lines and one that can go to places other films in this genre can’t.”

The movie will follow a failed comedian

Arthur Fleck after being cast out by society, we’ll see his slow descent into madness as he becomes the criminal mastermind known as the Joker. The movie will take place in Gotham, as one might expect, but will not feature the Dark Knight hero Batman typically found alongside Joker but will feature a young Bruce Wayne played by 9-yearold Dante Pereira-Olson.

The film will likely be a big hit at the box office and is predicted to make over 90 million dollars domestically opening weekend. However, this is at risk due to the recent credible mass shooting threat made by alleged exremists on the dark web. The threat was revealed on Monday, September 23 by military officials at Fort Sills Army base in Oklahoma and was supposedly quite “disturbing and very specific.” Some fear this may be a direct repeat of the September 20, 2012 mass shooting in Aurora Colorado at a screening of “The Dark Knight,” which also featured the Joker.

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Starting fall play rehearsal is “All in the Timing” By: Megan Neill L’OT Feature Reporter

At the beginning of the 2019-2020 school year, the MHS theater department got right to work on auditions for this year’s fall play, “All in the Timing” by David Ives. This comedy is a collection of six hysterical, romantic, and somewhat absurd one-act plays.

In “Sure Thing” and “The Universal Language,” love is seen through two different couples expressing the desire to be together, whether that be through hilarious improv or deep, touching moments. “Words, Words,

Words” and “Variations on normal, except, it isn’t. all play appears to be just er the listener dives into the Death of Leon Trotsky” While the over- for a fun time, the deep- the context and rationaltake an intense, lightizes the acts, they can hearted tone, giving then realize the true the audience a comemeaning of this play, dic break in which the with all jokes aside. playwright has used As for what history and nonsensithe students of MHS cal cultural myths to think about the play, entertain the listener. junior Keith Glass, a Additionally, existenmember of the tech tial undertones can crew, says the technibe found in “Philip cal demand for the play Glass Buys a Loaf is quite interesting and of Bread” and “The that many are currently Philadelphia.” Within “programming the light these acts, the charinto the board for the acters are almost in show.” Joshua Stivers, an alternate universe a sophomore member where everything Ben Klocke and Izabel Jernigan rehearse lines. Courtesy of Cecilia of the cast, tells how seems completely Ortega. he has enjoyed being

a part of this experience as it has “differed from other plays” he has previoulsy been a part of at MHS. Senior cast member Aubrie Mozingo says she “really likes the new directing style that Mr.Adamson is bringing to MHS theater.”

So if you need something to do on the nights of October 10-12, bring your friends and family to MHS’s rendition of “All in the Timing” and enjoy the humorous, charming, and thought-provoking theater presentation. Tickets cost $5 per student at the bookstore or at the Bartlett Performing Arts Center.

The top 10 fall season must do’s A spooky wordsearch 5. Have a bonfire 1. Go to a pumpkin patch with friends 2. Brainstorm cool costume ideas for Halloween 3. Get a Pumpkin Cream Cold Foam Cold Brew from Starbucks 4. Go apple picking

6. Get lost in a corn maze 7. Carve the pumpkin you got from the pumpkin patch 8. Stock up on cozy flannels 9. Have a horror movie night with friends 10. Read a spooky story

Blood Costume Graveyard October Skeleton Vampire

Bones Creepy Haunted Pumpkin Spooky Witch

Candy Ghost Monster Trick or Treat Scarecrow Zombie

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Feature October 4, 2019

IPhone 11 and IOS 13 update bring something fresh to Apple

By: Emily Lopez Feature Co-Editor Two years ago, Apple released the iPhone X, which brought drastic modifications to the phone’s design. The X flaunted a new face, ditching the iPhone’s traditional home button for a screen that spread from one end of the phone to the other. The phone introduced a dual 12-megapixel camera that was praised for creating crisp low light images. In addition, Apple introduced new features, such as facial recognition, wireless charging, and Animojis.

Just when we thought Apple ran out of new ideas, the company released the iPhone 11. Released in mid-September,

the iPhone 11 Pro brought on another drastic change to the phone’s design. While the iPhone 11 still offers the dual camera lens, the Pro introduces a third camera that offers optical zoom, giving your photos a greater range and producing almost movie-like videos. Additionally, the phone has a powerful battery life that lasts approximately 10.5 hours and is said to be the fastest phone on the market.

Photo In other exciting news, Apple released the IOS 13 update,

which gave iPhone users the displays of their screens The IOS 13 also includes some good and bad news. from the traditionally white new customizable Animojis, The good news is, the up- screen to a black screen which gives users the option to create animated icons of themselves. The Animojis have 24 different emotions available and can be shared with friends or be used to react to text messages as other emojis typically would be.

The bad news is that many iPhone users have reported having glitches and bugs in their phones and are not able to access text messages or even of the latest iPhone 11 models Courtesy of Apple use the Animojis since the update. These incidate introduced dark mode, ,which many have claimed dents have been reported which allows users to adjust to be “easier on the eyes.” for users with older phone

models, such as the iPhone 8, despite the phone being only two years old. If you still haven’t updated your iPhone 8, you may want to take caution and consider the potential outcomes that may come with these fun, new changes.

As of now, Apple is already creating plans for the iPhone 12. It is rumored that the phone will not include the “notch” that was introduced with the iPhone X, but instead include an uniterrupted screen with the microphone and camera placed above it.

No matter what Apple has next on the agenda, the company will surely not dissapoint its users.

The Marching Maroons keep their heads up after defeat

football games, but they’ve attended parades, local gigs, being in step and being together; and you’ve played the By: Guadalupe Cuellar and just competed in their first competition of the season. music really well. I feel like we did the best we could’ve Feature Reporter The sounds of whistles and tackles filled the night Sadly, the Marching Maroons came in 7th place in class 4A for our first competition because I know the nerves got to as the second quarter of the football game neared its end. which is last place, but junior drum major Brooke Peterson some people. I know for sure they got to me, so I mean Suddenly, “BAND! TEN! HUT!” pierced the frigthat’s one thing for sure.” id air. Laughter and chatter that had taken place In response to what makes the Marching Maseconds prior ceased and attentiveness had taken roons unique, Petrson adds: “I feel like maces is one its place. The moment that the band had been pathing. That’s one separate little extra thing. I feel like tiently waiting for had finally arrived. the main part of it is that we’re new to the competitive Since the start of the season, the Marcharea so with us learning from everyone else that’s going Maroons, led by junior drum major, Brooking to be a definite push for us. Once we watch other lyn Peterson, and senior drum major, Gabriel bands that were like “oh they sound really good cause Lareau, have been hard at work perfecting their they did this for this part like a crescendo.” So we will show. At each practice, each individual strived to just catch on to the little things and that will help us as perfect both the drill and musical aspects of the a band to becoming more competitive because that’s performance. To perfect the music, each member what we learned definitely from last year because this had spent the same amount of time, if not more, year we have an amazing band. I know that for WIU, outside practice in order to truly focus on music our next and final competition, we’re definitely going memorization and assure that their individual part to be better than last place because our James Bond is covered. With this year’s show featuring the mu- Picture of the Moline marching band courtesy of Genevieve Strasser theme my freshman year when we got 7th, everyone sic of British rock sensation Queen, the Marching was crying. We’re definitely better than that year so unMaroons have worked extremely hard in order to please remains optimistic stating, “I thought we all did really re- less everyone else stepped up and they’re five times betevery audience they encounter throughout the season. Play- ally good. There were some things that I definitely know ter than they were, they have some competition to go up ing hits ranging from“Another One Bites the Dust” to “Bo- that could’ve gone better like the clinician had mentioned against for first place. We definitely won’t get last. I can hemian Rhapsody,” the Marching Maroons have kept fans being together and stuff like that, but from what I’ve no- promise that.” on their feet. Not only has the marching band performed at ticed with you guys is that you guys were really good in

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October 4, 2019

Moline football looks to 3-Peat and keep its title By: Trevor Fracque LO’T Asst. Sports Editor After making the IHSA football playoffs for two consecutive years, Moline football looks to return for a third year. This season, Moline has been ranked as high as 8th in Illinois for class 7A. Led by Coach Mike Morrisey, the Moline football team is currently 3-2 with twowins coming at home and one at UT. Four games through the season, Moline’s Aboubacar Barry and Kaeden Dreifurst total 1,026 rushing yards, taking the top 2 spots in the WB6. When asked how the season is going,

kicker Caroline Hazen says, “The season has been going well; the boys work really hard at practice. They’re all really supportive and have helped me improve greatly. It’s been so much fun, the energy at practice is great. I’m really grateful I got the opportunity to do this and I hope I can help the team. I really believe we can have a great season.”

Moline was looking to bounce back from a tough loss at Alleman and bring their WB6 record to 3-1 when they played the UT Panthers. Senior Jacob Pauwels was asked how the team adjusted after the

By: Logan Fracque LO’T Asst. Sports Editor Moline Maroons soccer is off to a good start with an overall record of 6-4-2, led by head coach Rick Sanchez. The boys have had some very impressive achievements so far in the season.

Recently they went to the 32nd annual Knights Invite where they went undefeated with a record of 4-0-1 and took home the trophy. They also had a very impressive game against Alleman, blowing away the Pioneers with a score of 8-0, led by junior Blake Bastian’s five goals.

Along with those two achievements, the Maroons have faced plenty of good competition like the Bradley-Bourbonnais, in which the Maroons came

out on top. At about half- a great deal and are ready way through their season, for the big games ahead. the Maroons have learned However, not everything

team’s loss at Alleman. He said, “We just took Alleman for granted. Thought we were better than them and thought nothing of them, but we prepared so hard for the game against UT. We practiced as if it’s were to be for a playoff game.” Luckily, the team defeated the panthers and is on its way of reinstating its image as WB6 Champs.

The Maroons look to finish the season strong in order to keep theirr title, but they must beat Galesburg, Geneseo, Sterling, and Quincy. Thus, show some school spirit by cheering on the team to victory!

Aboubacar Barry dashing for the finsih line at Moline’s hocoming game against Rocky Photo taken by LO’T Head Photographer Eve Strasser

Determination leads soccer boys to their multiple wins was smooth sailing for the boys. Senior defender and captain Jarod Raber says,

Varsity boy’s soccer pictured smiling on the homecoming float just before the parade.

Photo Courtesy of LO’T Feature Editor Cecilia Ortega.

“It took us some time to find our rhythm, but once we got our inexperienced

players some games under their belts, we have started to connect much better as a team. Our plays are also way smoother.”

After a bit of an unfortunate start, it has been their hard work and determination which has kept them going, and with 50% of their season down, they have learned about different styles of play and each other..

The players have also learned how to handle difficult situations, to which Raber believes are what has taught his team the most. He believes that “As long as we all keep good energyt, we can achieve so much as a group.”

Needless to say, there is tons of talent on this season’s roster, and we wish the boys’ soccer team the best of luck in carrying on the legacy for Moline soccer!!

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Sports October 4, 2019

Moline’s volleyball girls serve up stunning wins

By: Sarah Gustafson LO’T Sports Reporter

It goes without saying that Moline’s volleyball team is dominating this season. The girls have been excelling in their schedule with a win ratio of 11-4.

While the team has lost to a couple different schools like Orion and Normal West, their season looks very promising. Not to mention, this season, varsity is being coached by one of Moline’s own, Sarah Fetter, who teaches physcial education.

Kristen Brahm, a junior on varsity, informs us that “Coach Fetter has done a good job helping our team adjust to all the new changes of having a new coach along with helping the team prepare to face new opponets, Sterling and Geneseo, at conference.”

To which varsity player, Carly Rouse, adds “We hope to acheive beating the new opponents, as well as the old ones, by working better as a team,

practicing extra hard, and overall staying postive.”

Similarly, the sophomore team has also had an outstanding win record of 13-2. The girls were undefeated for awhile; however, the team lost at their invitational. Despite this loss, the girls are really upping their game and are staying on track thanks to Coach Garcia, who is also a staff P.E. teacher at Moline High School.

It should be noted that the girls also had a teacher apprciation night before facing Untied Township. The night was dedicated to honoring a special administrator who has impacted the player in a significant way. Both teachers and players where recognized and given flowers, which created a night full of energy and good vibes for all whom were present.

Regardless, things are looking very good for all teams. The girls are putting maximum effort into the season, and after a week-

Moline volleyball girls recognize some amzing teachers at Teacher Appriciation night before defeating the UT panthers Photo Courtesy of Moline Maroons Volleyball team page. end sweep of Alleman and Geneseo, they have positioned themselves in a very strategic spot for another Western Big 6 title.

So, let’s keep their spirits up and show some support for the team by attending as many upcoming games as possible. Go Lady Maroons and best of luck!

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Cross Country Invitationals @ Freeport

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Volleyball vs. Galesburg @ Galesburg

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