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Blizzard shortens MHS Snoball Kaitlyn Schelske
Feature Editor
This year’s Snoball was nearly postponed due to a blizzard but was cut short. On Dec. 8, the annual Snoball winter semiformal dance was held in the Mandan High School gym. Dancing was the favorite part of Snoball for 47 percent of the 62 surveyed MHS students. “Dancing [was the best part] when the music was good,” said sophomore Carlie Borchers. Some improvements were suggested for the Snoball of 2013; thirty-four percent wanted a better DJ and a better choice of songs. “There was a pretty good variety of music, except for the lack of slower songs,” said junior Sydni Schmidt. Another improvement suggestion found was that 14 percent of students did not like the fountain as a decoration. “It wasn’t worth it; it leaked, and I was just waiting for someone to fall in,” said junior Elyssa Bickford. Just over 21 percent of the students polled were upset over the dance being cancelled early. “I couldn’t get my groove on,” said one disappointed anonymous sophomore. The survey was distributed during lunch, classes, and at Snoball.
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December 2012
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New school store in business is successful Kaitlyn Schelske
Feature Editor
“Limited school supplies, school spirit apparel and limited school clothing will Business marketing classes and DECA be sold to make it a selfare reopening a school sustaining store,” said Fry. store, called the Braves Although its name is Store, in the cafeteria to the Braves Store, DECA sell school supplies and and business marketing apparel to classes on cerstudents are looking into tain days. finding a different one. In previous years, busi“We are hoping to have a ness teachers have tried school wide contest to see to start a school store up who can come up with the again, but didn’t follow best name,” said senior through. Don Fry, busiHannah Fishbeck and ness and marketing eduDECA member. cation teacher, along with Business marketing DECA and the marketing classes and DECA opened classes, intend to not only the store on Tuesday, Dec. start it up again, but to 11. continue it with hopes of “It has been open for expanding it farther into only two days and it has the cafeteria. made close to a hundred “We hope to be able to dollars,” said Fishbeck. extend the store along Although the schedule the wall of the cafeteria,” has only a few days for said Fry. December, DECA and As for what the store marketing classes hope to will be selling, essentials open more often in 2013. for school and school Staff photo “The Braves Store will try spirit apparel and special The new up and running Braves to be open more periods items such as cookies Store is located on the north side and times next semester,” and suckers sold only on said Fishbeck. of the cafeteria. special days.