MHS Courier May 2015

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Mandan High School, 905 8th Ave. NW, Mandan, ND

OPINION Diversity rally page 4 casey BECK

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Volume 23, Issue 6 • May 2015

CENTERSPREAD Computers pages 12-13

FEATURE Teachers’ advice page 18

Mandan looks for new sports arena

- General Reporter

The city of Mandan may be saying goodbye to Faris Field and the All Seasons Arena in the near future.

To replace the old facilities, the Mandan Park District will be planning to build one of the most up to date sport complexes in the state.

The new complex, the Mandan Sports Center, may only be a dream at the moment, but with the Mandan City Commission approving a city vote to approve funding, this dream is coming closer to being realized.

The vote coming June ninth will include whether or not to fund the proposed $22 million sports complex through an increased sales tax in Mandan.

“The $22 million is at what we think is going to be the very high end for the budget of the new complex,” said Marketing Specialist Kelly Churchill.

To pay for this massive building project the

and can no longer be used for high school City of Mandan will increase sales tax by three-fourths of a percent if the vote passes. activities. Thus, Faris Field will be converted This would make a purchase of $20 cost into new softball diamonds.

Plans for the All-Seasons Arena are currently roughly 15 cents more. changing with plans Supporters of the increase debate that being made by Mandan this new complex High and Mandan Parks and Rec. would increase the Possible sites for the amount of visitors new facilities are also up to the city and even in the air, but it has been place high level limited to at least three tournaments in the city once again. Photo submitted by Mandan Parks and Recreation sites in the northern Mandan area. Further Opponents say that the increased sales tax would severely hurt decisions on the subject will be decided by the Mandan Parks District. city businesses.

With plans still being made for the new “The increased sales tax of less than a percent would be in place anywhere from 15 sports complex, the Mandan Parks District have sent out plans and pictures for the new to 20 years,” Churchill said.

With the new Sports Center, many are sports complex.

The Mandan Sports Center is planned to asking what will happen to the already used Faris Field and All-Seasons Arena. The track include two ice rinks, a gymnastics area and portion of Faris Field has fallen into disrepair an outside football field and 400 meter track.

Custodians work to prepare school for new year

gabrielle WOLF

- General Reporter

During the summer, the school is always busy. It is filled with custodians who are trying to prepare for a new year.

The custodians are at the school from 6:30 in the morning until 4 in the afternoon, Monday through Thursday. On Fridays the custodians stay until ten to get their work done.

The work done in the school varies.

The custodians could be outside picking up garbage or inside cleaning the floors.

“We scrub the floors, we scrub out lockers, paint, we clean all the classrooms

and all the carpets are shampooed,” said administrative assistant/summer custodian Kelly Kline.

All of the light fixtures get cleaned, and they get debugged. The floors are waxed right before school starts, so they are ready for the new year.

The desks get flipped over and the undersides are scraped to get gum off.

After, the desks get sanitized and moved into the hallways, so the carpets can be shampooed.

The gum gets scraped off of every surface in the school.

The walls get washed down, and garbage that is outside gets picked up.

Along with the classrooms and hallways

getting cleaned, the gym also gets a makeover.

“We clean the gym, we do the bleachers, [we] pull them out and get all the gum and whatnot out of the bleachers,” Kline said.

Even though the whole school gets cleaned, it doesn't mean that cleaning all of the rooms is a good time.

“The worst room to clean is the welding shop, and the woods,” Kline said.

The custodians listen to music to make the time pass more efficiently.

Either the rock station 101 or the country station 105.9 is played while the custodians clean.

The custodians spend their summer cleaning the school so it is ready to be used again in the fall for the students.

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co-Editor-in-Chiefs............Mikaela Herberg Sarah Kovash Opinion Editor.....................Mikaela Herberg News Editor.................................Sarah Kovash Feature Editor...........................Colton Justice Ad Manager................................Sarah Kovash Photographer................Jade Charbonneaux General Reporters.................Trevor Murphy Carlie Borchers Gabby Wolf Colten Stoltz Casey Beck Kaelan Reedy Micayla Bitz Adviser....................................Hannah Sagaser

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Herb’s blurbs

- co-Editor-in-Chief

April showers bring May flowers and Mayflowers bring Pilgrims. Pilgrims are not the only thing that the month of May brings, however. Many good byes and new beginnings are sure to accompany them.

As the school year comes to an end, so does the amount of time that you will spend with your teachers and peers. Be sure to sharpen your pencils and end this year on point.

By now I’m sure that many of you can not wait for summer. Perhaps you are looking forward to sitting in the sun and cracking open a good book this summer and becoming well-red.

Maybe you just want to have a summer as great as Humpty Dumpty’s fall. Whatever the case, I for one am dreading all “Pulling of the changes a few strings that are soon to come. on advice As annoying as and saying some classes may Goodbye. be now, you will someday realize that their truly is a point behind decimals. Or maybe that all of your infractions in math class really did add up.

You may feel as though geometry class has you running in circles or that chemistry just isn’t your element, but those classes will pay off in the long run.

Perhaps history class feels like a bunch of old news, but if you don’t pay attention you’ll never make it into those books. If you feel as though you’ve mastered math, stand back and eat a slice of humble Pi. Perhaps English isn’t your strongest class, but slacking will surely not teach you that double negatives are indeed a no-no.

Hopefully English will teach you fun skills like how to write like a backwards poet, inverse.

Maybe you are infatuated with the idea of traveling. Pay attention in your social studies classes, because the globe means

the world to those teachers.

Perhaps you have found yourself praying for a sine from above while taking one of Mr. Gustafson’s trigonometry tests, but if you stay on task and don’t go off on a tangent, you will surely succeed.

Teachers’ hands are usually chalk-full of last minute assignments this time of year, and many seniors already have a full blown case of senioritis. The best advice I can give is to stay on task.

These classes will prepare you for careers you might not be able to even dream about. Is your summer mowing job not cutting it? Maybe you should’ve appreciated your classes a bit more and you could have gotten some cents talked into you.

Parting with these classes will be like parting with Rice Bowl when I move to college, sweet ‘n sour sorrow for some. But for others, they cannot wait to leave good ole’ Mandan High.

As I prepare for graduation, there are a few pieces of advice that I feel I must share as I write this final punny article.

Chemistry taught me to never trust atoms, they make up everything.

I would make another chemistry pun, but all of the good ones argon.

If you are a negatron, transform yourself into an optimist prime, they are way more fun to be around.

Losing track of your contact lenses gets annoying, so keep an eye on them. When it comes to food, take and bake pizzas are just as good as Dominos, and they’ll save you a lot of dough.

Never leave alphabet soup on the stove, it could spell out disaster. If you run in front of a car, you’ll get tired, but if you run in back of a car, you’ll get exhausted.

My final advice is as simple as this; never go seven days without a pun, it makes one weak.

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kaelan REEDY

- General Reporter

Flip

“You just know.”

How do you know when you have run out of invisible ink?

“Because you have a pair of legs”

Why do we say “a pair of pants” when there is only one article of clothing?

“Obviously not the same thing school lunch is made from, because people want to eat girl scout cookies.”

“It’s a secret.”

If peanut butter cookies are made from peanut butter, then what are Girl Scout cookies made out of?

Sophomore Samantha Power

Freshman David Hoffman

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jade CHARBONNEAUX - Photographer

“You can feel the ink bottle is still wet inside, invisibility doesn’t make intangibility.”

“Who ever writes that much down in invisible ink? I have enough trouble spelling with real ink…”

“I don’t know much about invisible ink, but don’t mess with invisible spray. It stains clothes.”

“Well, since I haven’t run out of invisible ink, you can’t read my answers.”

“Fun fact: In England, “pants” refers to underwear.”

“How awkward would it be asking someone if they liked our “pant?”

Pants are the way to go.”

“Because ‘no girl ever wants to dance with a fool who went and ripped his pants ‘“

“A pair of pants has two pant legs, so you actually have a pair of pant legs. If you only have one pant leg, you should probably get a new pair of pants.”

“Sugar and spice and everything nice.”

“Nutritionally speaking, your daily value of fat, carbs and sugar all in one. but, I like to think they are made of love. <3”

“Just remember,

Senior Breanna Olson

Junior Erik Porter

People P. Order O. Our O. P. Peppermint Patties”

Noobs of the Year

How does it feel knowing you are the biggest noob in the school?

“Pretty awesome.”

Has your backpack gotten any lighter from the start of the year?

“Definitely.”

Sabrina Matthews

Is the high school still as scary as it used to be?

“Nah. It’s just school.”

Latin Teacher Daniel Cahoon

All photos by Jade Charbonneaux

How does it feel knowing you are the biggest noob in the school?

“It is the highest honor I could receive.”

Has your backpack gotten any lighter from the start of the year?

“Well, teachers keep pumping out homework, so no.”

Is the high school still as scary as it used to be?

“Nathan Glass still gets to me, but otherwise, it’s good.”

Keatyn Skytland

For the final issue of the school year, the Courier features two noobs from previous issues to be the noobs of the year.

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Diversity rally shows diverse talents gabrielle WOLF

- General Reporter Singing, reciting poetry and playing an instrument don’t commonly happen outside of the G-wing or an English room, but during the Diversity Rally the whole school gets to see these students talents.

The Diversity Rally is hosted by the Leadership Group. Anyone who wants to can participate in the rally if they sign up.

This year, the Diversity Rally was hosted by sophomores Kaylin Tomac and Luke Peterson. Tomac and Peterson said some jokes to pass the time while the acts were being set up.

Some acts included freshman Emily Cicha and sophomore Johan Stenslie, with Stenslie playing banjo and Cicha singing and playing the ukulele.

Junior Erik Velasquez performed an original poem called “The Elephant Man.” The jazz band performed “Iron Chef Big Band” which featured sophomore Trevor Murphy and Junior Tate Russell.

During the course of the song, Murphy and Russell battled each other.

Sophomore Jen Hilde was a returning performer this year. She sang to “Dear Future Husband” by Meghan Trainor while sophomore MaKayla Burkhardt and freshman Amber Triptow danced.

The guitar class taught by Keri Hess-Bolte,

played “Invisible” by Hunter Hayes, while Administrative Assistant/Music Angela Kutzer sang.

The Diversity Rally also featured Paige Michal who returned for another performance.

After figuring out some technical difficulties, Michal performed a glow-in-the-dark hula-hoop routine for the school.

The Diversity Rally featured many acts, other than those mentioned here.

This Diversity Rally featured much talent, and it shows that MHS is truly diverse.

It is important for a student to feel like they can approach their teacher when they are struggling. Sometimes, a little extra help can make a world of difference in a student’s grade. Mr. Cahoon, the Latin teacher, exemplifies this by being available for questions and additional assistance both before and after school. He enjoys seeing students succeed, and does everything he can to ensure that happens.

• They are enthusiastic.

This one is pretty selfexplanatory. It is hard to expect students to be excited about what they are learning if their teacher looks like they’d rather be getting a cavity filled than teaching the lesson. Mr. Coyle, a biology and human anatomy teacher loves science, and it shows in his lessons. I am never bored in biology because Mr. Coyle is never boring.

It’s as simple as that. He has a passion for his career, and it shows.

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Photos by Colton Justice & Jade Charbonneaux

A student’s insight into the art of teaching

micayla BITZ

- General Reporter Four years, 36 months, 700 days, 4,900 hours: no matter how you count the time you’ll spend in high school, it adds up.

I still have two years left to go, and if there is one thing that I know can get me through, it is having good teachers to guide me along.

Teachers are among the few people who have the opportunity to make a positive and long-lasting impact on a student’s life. In a 2010 survey conducted by the National Center for Education Information, 88 percent of respondents reported having a teacher who had a “significant, positive impact” in their lives.

So, what is the correlation between those teachers who left a positive impact on student lives?

I believe there are three qualities that all impactful teachers posses.

• They are accessible.

They form a professional relationship with their students Students should feel welcomed and wanted in the classroom. Ms. Mees, a current issues and geography teacher, is great at this. I was having an awful day, and without saying anything about it, she noticed.

She kept me after class, gave me a Smarties and told me that no matter what is going on, she knows that I can get through it. That small gesture improved not only my day, but my entire school year.

All in all, teachers come in different shapes, sizes and styles, but each one has an approach to teaching that makes them great.

These are just a few examples of teachers who have stood out during my short stay at Mandan High, and I know I will meet more in the years to come. We are very blessed to be surrounded by such passionate teachers, and I hope none of you ever take that for granted.

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New journalism law protects freedom of speech kaelan REEDY

- General Reporter

A new law aims to protect freedom of speech for Journalism students in North Dakota. This freedom was hindered in the past by the Hazelwood School District v.

Kuhlmeier case.

The John Wall New Voices Act, signed in on April 6, will provide Journalism students and teachers with protection from censorship, and in the latter’s case, even being fired.

In the past, student-created newspaper articles could be vetoed by the principal of a public school. While the decision could be challenged, going to court could be necessary, and the teacher’s job would be at risk, even if the article in question wasn’t inherently bad.

“I try to step lightly,” said journalism teacher Hannah Sagaser. “I would never encourage “witch hunts”, or anything like that.”

The Hazelwood School District v.

Kuhlmeier, which took place during 1987-

1988, formed out of an argument between a school newspaper and their principal, who wanted two articles to be omitted from their paper. The Supreme Court ruled that educators could censor school-sponsored material, provided their reasons are related to “legitimate [educational] concerns.”

The ruling created a divide between student journalists and educators, who in many cases have a large amount of power over the words students may publish. Fortunately, at Mandan High School, there have not been many problems between the administration and the newspaper staff.

“We have generally bowed to the

administration’s changes in the past, realizing that maybe they were in bad taste or that the fight wasn’t necessarily winnable for us, or maybe the situation didn’t warrant it at the time,” Sagaser said. “I know that, with the prior review, we have to be a bit more careful with the things that we report on, and I think sensitivity is necessary.”

This act currently only affects North Dakota journalists, protecting high school and public college students.

If successful, similar laws may spread throughout the states.

“In certain situations, [journalism students] may be told that they’re just kids, that they’re not doing real journalism, and what they do in a high school newspaper doesn’t matter,” Sagaser said. “I hope with this act that will change. It will encourage them to put value in their voice, and realize that it does have an impact.”

Photo by Jade Charbonneaux

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Club Roundup FCCLA

FCCLA members attended the State FCCLA Convention in Bismarck this past month.

Junior Rebecca Helbling received a silver award for her chapter service project display.

Sophomore Nicole Geltel received a gold award for her Recycle and Redesign project.

Sophomores Samantha Power and Gabrielle Wolf advanced to the National Competition in Washington DC for their Illustrated Talk project.

Savannah Miller was elected to serve as a State Officer for the 2015-16 school year and will also attend the National Competition in Photo submitted July.

Pictured far right is Team Captain

Trevor Vannett who the Leos Club members rallied around.

Leos Club

Leos Club participated in the Great American Bike Race (GABR) in Bismarck. They raised over $1200 to be used to purchase special needs equipment for children with cerebral palsy.

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National Honor Society

National Honor Society Medallions will be available for pick-up from Mrs. Caya from Wednesday, May 13 through Friday, May 22 for all senior students that completed their service activity.

The yearbook picture will be taken Wednesday, May 20 during third period in the auditorium.

Photo submitted

â&#x20AC;&#x153;State FCCLA may not have went how I wanted it to, but it was an experience I will never forget,â&#x20AC;? said sophomore Nicole Geltel (middle).

Speech

Junior Shae Skager took first place for her speech to persuade, sophomore North Skager took second for his speech to inform and sophomore Micayla Bitz took third for her speech to entertain.

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Page 8 Memories sarah KOVASH - co-Editor-in-Chief

Page 9 Dreams mikaela HERBERG

- co-Editor-in-Chief

colton JUSTICE

- Feature Editor

Page 14 Advice mikaela HERBERG

- co-Editor-in-Chief

Page 15 Wills

RADUATE

CLASS OF 2015

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- General Reporter Page 10 Goodbyes micayla BITZ Page 16 Goodbyes - General Reporter - General Reporter Page 11 Goodbyes micayla BITZ

micayla BITZ

- General Reporter

carlie BORCHERS

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The Class of 2015’s Favorite Memories Christina Prince

Adam Hartman

“Any memory involving band is my favorite, especially when the marching band played at the opening of Walmart.”

“I don’t know how many of you know my sunflower seed story but..... Oh, I can’t put that in here? Never mind then.”

Mikaela Herberg

“Every Marching Band Parent Night when my dad would run onto the field in his skinny jeans and Vans to greet me with a high five.”

Sarah Kovash

Leyton Kleinjan

“Every summer all I could do was wait for Marching Band, because everyone there was a ‘family’ of a sort and we always had fun.”

“My favorite memory was having to write a horror story for English 3 with Ms. Birrenkott and initially receiving a 42% because it was ‘offensive’ but then receiving a 94% after apologizing.”

Jacob Dillman

“When I scored my first varsity goal, truly a magical moment for me.”

Breanna Olson Cayne Cymbaluk “My favorite

memory from “Going to State Hockey in Fargo with the squad.” high school was meeting Hans (aka Kari-x). He made me laugh every day of my Freshman year and taught me that it is okay to be yourself.”

All photos were submitted from the graduating students or their parents.

Wyatt Thompson

“My favorite memory in high school would have to be playing in the state tournament in Fargo, ND.”

Shelby Anderson

“[My] favorite memory was graduation. It hasn’t happened yet, but I bet that [it] is going to be pretty cool.”

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Kennedy Cupido

Hannah Jacobson

“Dancing on my boss’s desk in the musical ‘9 to 5’ my senior year.”

“My favorite memory was when Mr. Miller’s student teacher, Mr. Krumm, came back a month after he was done teaching to surprise me on my birthday and he sang to me.”

Adam Goroski

“My favorite memories are always watching the struggle of people trying to get up the hill in the back parking lot.”

Kaelee Rhoden

“I loved listening to the football players sing [the] school song after they win. [Or] buying Salz a carnation for Valentines Day sophomore year <3.”

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S E N I O R D R E A M S

“Save money, live better- BSC.” - Dmitri Tausend

“To move to Florida and swim with the dolphins for the rest of my life. And never get skin cancer.”

- Shelby Anderson

“Play more games.”

-Kelly Kuntz

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“I want to become a forensic Scientist.”

“I wanna go fast.” - Georgia Kuntz - Adam Goroski

“Fly like an eagle #pilota ¿verdad?”

- Scott Herda

“I just want to be happy.”

- Aleishea Larson

“I am going to UND and will hopefully own my own business one “Prestige World Wide.”

- Caydon Cymbaluk day.”

- Casey Wieland

“Go to college and get money.”

-Cameron Christopherson

“I am attending Arizona State U for their education.”

“To be happy in - Cayne whatever I do and my Cymbaluk plans to become a

“To major in Nursing, specializing in Oncology. I hope to change the outlook on cancer, music educator.” one patient at a “My dreams include - Christina Prince time!”

“Going to living in an air- Breanna Olson conditioned dorm BSC for 1 year and also becoming 4 inches taller.”

- Kristen Hurdelbrink

“I am going to the University of Minnesota to study zoology (and no that does not mean I want to be a zookeeper).”

“I’ll be attending -Adam Hartman BSC for the EMT/ Paramedic program so I can help people.”

- Sydney Munns

“Become a mechanic and own a few classic cars.”

-Leyton Kleinjan

then NDSU for Civil Engineering.”

- Carlie Borchers

“Use my opportunities to achieve greatness. I want to be legendary.”

-Jacob Dillmann

“Own my own salon and travel to attend hair shows.”

- Kaelee Rhoden

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Shariah Johnson

Ashley Bergman

We are proud of your accomplishments and the person you have become.

You are our sunshine.

Love, Mom and Dad

Way to go Kiddo!

We are so proud of you.

Love ya.....

Mom, Dad, Reed, Ryan

Rachelle Harr Congratulations Rachelle!

We are proud of you!

Love, Dad, Mom and Stephanie

Nicole Miller Nicole, With your strong will and determination, you will achieve your goals. Good luck and have fun at the University of Mary.

Congratulations!

Love, Mom, Dad, Dustin and Eric

Payton Schafer

Jack Bailey

Jack Tyler, I am so proud of the young man you have become, and all you have accomplished in the last 18 years! You have a GREAT future ahead of you!

Love, Mom

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Dustin Long

Kaitlyn Kipp Congratulations Kaity!

Shoot for the Moon!

Even if you miss, you'll land among the stars!

We love you, Mom, Grandma and Grandpa

Shelby Stevens

"May you always follow your heart and reach for the stars!"

Congratulations Dustin!

Love, Your family and friends

With great revelry and pride, we send the graduate into the future.

Kennedi Kautzman Enjoy your new journey to Laramie this fall!

Love you to the moon and back!

Mom, Dad and Quincy

Krista Sauber Krista, You can accomplish whatever you set your mind to in life.

We are proud of you!

Love, Dad, Mom and Kiersten

Christina Prince Congratulations!

Best of luck to you in your future plans!

Love, Mom and Dad

How to: build you carlie BORCHERS

- General Reporter

drive, operating system, monitor, mouse, your processor in this step as processors Finally! You’ve just finished downloading keyboard and either a Wi-Fi card or are very fragile. In one of the corners of that new computer game you’ve been ethernet cable. your processor is a gold arrow. Line up waiting to play. You start the game only Decide what you want to use your the gold arrow on the processor with the to get an error message. Unfortunately, computer for and pick out parts that similar one on the motherboard’s processor your graphics card is out of date and will help you achieve what you want. socket, lift up the lever on the socket, put will need to be replaced to play the Are you looking at building a the processor in, and gently pull the lever game. computer to replace your old down to lock the processor into place. If Building your own Xbox, or do you want one that you have to use lots of force, you’re doing computer allows you will run a simple program like it wrong. to replace only parts Word?

Take the cooler that came with your that need to be replaced “Make sure you have a big enough processor and if it does not have instead of buying a new case for wires,” said Latin teacher any thermal paste on computer as a whole.

Daniel Cahoon. the bottom, you “If you do your research, You can look online on places like will need to put Processor building a computer is easy,” newegg.com or at local shops like Best Buy. a very small said senior Landon Felch.

Make sure you research since purchasing strip on your You can purchase computers that are built parts that aren’t compatible with each processor. for you, but building your own computer is other can be spendy, especially if the store Follow the cheaper. When you buy a built computer, charges restocking fees on returns. instructions the labor cost of putting it together is If you can wait to purchase parts until in the manual. added to the total price of the parts. a sale you will end up saving money, but 3. Install your Another good reason to build your own purchase your parts RAM. is customization. As long as you make sure at the same Find the RAM your parts are compatible with each other, time. sockets on your you can build a computer with stunning “My motherboard, pull the visuals and audio. gaming two clips down, and RAM When you build your own computer you PC cost line up the notch on can also find ways to make your computer a me about your RAM stick with the notch on great piece of eye candy. Internal fans used $1,000,” the RAM sockets. Press the RAM to cool your computer can be equipped said senior sticks into place and snap the clips with colored LED lights and you can slap Preston back into place. stickers on the outside of your case.

Helbling.

4. Install your graphics card.

1. Mount your But even with all of the fancy colors, Find the topmost slot that fits motherboard. cheaper cost, customization and easy part your graphics card, match it replacement, building a computer is easy.

Open your up with the plate on the back All you need to know how to do is read computer case, set I/O shield and motherboard of your case, remove the plate instruction manuals and the screws found and replace it with your plug in wires. inside the case aside, open the box graphics card’s bracket. Press In order to build a fully your motherboard came in and take down to lock the bracket functional computer, you out the I/O shield. Find the rectangular into place and then will need a processor space in your case and securely snap all screw it into place. (a chip to process four corners of the I/O shield into place. 5. Install your data), motherboard Take out your motherboard from its hard drive. (basically the brain of box and line up the ports on the back How you the computer), graphics with the I/O shield, making sure to line install your hard drive card, power supply, it up with the screw holes in your case depends on Graphics card case, internal hard drive and and secure the motherboard to the case. how your case is two sticks of RAM. You designed. Follow Computer case 2. Install your processor. will also need an optical You need to be extremely careful with the instruction manual that came with the

ur own computer case for instructions specific to your case. wire, two wire. It’s that said senior Brydon Wanner.

6. Install your optical drive. easy,” Felch said.

Your computer will reboot itself Pull out the plastic cover on one of your Clean up the cables a few times and eventually the drive bays. Slide in your optical drive and so air circulation is process will be complete. screw it into place. possible and your 11. Installing your drivers and 7. Mount your power supply. computer won’t updates.

There should now be an open rectangular overheat. Some cases If Windows has found the drivers space at either the top or the bottom of may come with zip for you then you can skip this your case where the power supply will go. ties to hold the cables step. If not then use the disc that Mount the power supply with the fan facing together. came with your motherboard and away from the edge of the case and screw 9. Turn your computer install only the Wi-Fi or Ethernet Power supply it into place. The holes in the back of the on. driver you need to connect to the case should line up with the screw holes in Plug the power cable into the back of internet. The rest of the discs that came the power supply. your computer, flip the power switch on, with the other parts to install the drivers 8. Plug in everything. and press the power button located on the are probably out of date. For the updated Separate all of the cords coming from the front of your case. If you did everything version of the other drivers you will need to power supply. These cords will all need to correctly you should see the POST screen. head to the manufacturer’s website. be plugged in separately.

Press the delete key and you will head into Go to your motherboard’s support page.

Start with the motherboard your BIOS setup.

Download all necessary drivers including cables and then plug in You’ll want to make sure the chipset, audio, SATA, and any other the graphics card cables. everything is installed listed drivers. You don’t really need the Remember to refer to your correctly by finding the extra bundled software offered. instruction manuals.

System Information For your graphics card, lifehacker.com “If you have trouble go to page and making recommends Youtube for piece by piece videos,” sure it is detecting all of you download Optical drive Cahoon said. the RAM you put in. the drivers The next set of cables you want to If your computer is not from NVIDIA or plug in to the motherboard are the SATA detecting all of the RAM you AMD’s website power cable and the data cable. Repeat the put in, make sure the sticks are rather than the process of both the SATA cable and the correctly inserted. If you don’t drivers from the data cable to hook up your optical drive. have a System Information page, manufacturer’s Take the male side of the Molex power then it will be on your POST site. cable connected to your case fans and plug screen.

If you it into the female Molex cable on the power You can change your BIOS, haven’t gotten supply.

Some fans may connect but it’s not necessary. If you a notification to the motherboard and plan on editing your BIOS, from Windows Photo by Jade Charbonneaux Update go to will be labeled CPU_FAN make sure you research before A fully built computer. or SYS_FAN. changing anything.

Start, Programs, You should now have 10. Installing Your Operating System Windows Update. Install the updates and just a few more cables (OS). reboot your computer. Keep checking for that will consist of Take the OS disc out of the case and put updates until Windows Update tells you one or two pins. The it into the optical drive. everything is up to date. remaining cables should If a window pops up and tell you press Now that you’ve done everything you all connect to an 8-pin any key, press a key and once the installer need for your computer to function, you header somewhere on the loads click on install now. Accept the terms will want to check out a few antivirus motherboard. of use and choose the advanced settings. programs to keep your computer safe.

Internal hard drive Every build Find your primary hard drive, click on the Have fun playing games with friends or is different so refer to the motherboard unallocated space partition and click next writing that dreaded paper for class. manual you received. to begin the installation process.

“Microsoft Security Essentials works great “Just remember, red wire, blue wire, one “Just follow the instructions you have,” and is free,” Felch said.

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Micaela Higlin Leave a little sparkle wherever you go! We are so very proud of you.

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Sarah Kovash Congratulations Sarah! We are so proud of you. Good luck at UMary.

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The story of a wonderful teacher

- Feature Editor Jeanne House, also known to many Mandan High School students as Señora House, is one of the longest serving teachers out there. She is well known to many students as being fun, energetic, charismatic and among other things un poco loca.

House followed her passion throughout high school and college and went into the career she always wanted.

“I come from a family of teachers - my dad, my brother, my sister-in-law, two nieces and a daughter,” House said.

She attended Concordia College and also studied at University of Madrid and at Mangold Institute in Madrid, both in Spain, for her teaching degree. Eventually House ended up here in Mandan, ND and she has taught here since 1972.

She was a full-time teacher here at MHS for 32 years teaching Spanish I - Spanish IV.

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After that she became a substitute teacher, to learn how to speak it.

“Mademoiselle Charlebois and has since subbed for eight years. would have to give me several pronunciation/phonics lessons!”

“I do not miss teaching full time. Teaching was a passion House said. of mine and sometimes was House’s adventures haven’t been centered in Mandan, or consuming,” House said. “I do miss interacting with students, North Dakota by any means. She has traveled to 40 different states, but do so with subbing.”

Of course throughout her Western Europe, Mexico, Costa years of teaching House some Rica and the Maritime Provinces in Canada. memories of her favorite Photo submitted by Jeanne moments while she was here.

“The New England states are House beautiful!” House said. “Costa Rica “Organizing and chaperoning student trips as well as Spanish House kissing a cow in is a very pristine, ecology friendly Segovia, Spain. country - great flora and fauna!”

Club activities. Also, developing Some of her favorites places to new and unique learning ideas visit include Spain and Italy and London. for students,” House said.

“As long as I keep moving, I will continue to In addition to speaking Spanish and English fluently, House can also speak Italian and travel! I really want to return to Italy and also read French, though she would someday like get to South America,” House said.

From teachers to seniors

Lets face it. Seniors can be lost on what to do in their life after high school; some plan to go to college and others are going straight to work, but what’s going to happen after that? that’s usually over looked and it’s a good idea to ask someone who’s been around the block once or twice.

“It’s a great idea to go straight to college and that comes with a lot of benefits,” said principal Mark Andresen. “But some professions don’t need a college degree before you start work there… and some places may pay you to go to college that will help students that know that they want to do this job for the next 30 years.”

It’s also very important to know exactly how much debt and stress you’re taking on by going to college, and it’s not a good idea to walk into that nightmare without a plan.

“Having to deal with harder classes, and

your professors not being on you to get you have to educate yourself and never your assignments in,” said English teacher give up on that goal, and you have to “Get Rachel Yosch. out and explore. There is a huge world Are just a few things that makes college outside of Mandan, ND and you need to go more difficult. experience it, see it, and actively live your “But time management and planning can life,” said history teacher Megan Hanson. be hard if you’re unsure of “Never, ever stop ...it’s not about how well learning. Go out and what’s next. ”Yosch said.

“If you’re unsure of what you can do things, it’s about make things happen, you want to do or major how well you rebound don’t expect in, there’s nothing that opportunities to fall from those situations. says you have to take on a into your lap.” full load of classes,” Andresen said. “It’s not Since one can’t expect things and a bad idea to just take some generals and opportunities to come knocking at the door expose yourself to maybe something you’re when the college life is over, there is really interested in.” only one thing you can expect: hard work.

After college though, is even harder; there “You work harder than you’ve ever worked are a barrage of things that will obstruct and before,” said art teacher John Gieser. “... just slow your attempts to get a full time job. don’t stop, just keep going. You’re gonna “When you get your first job you don’t have get beat down and then beat down again as much social interaction that you have in but it’s not about how well you can do school,” said Spanish teacher Andrew Kadlec. things, it’s about how well you rebound Once you’ve got a handle on your interests from those situations.”

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Mandan teachers share their history

- General Reporter High school can be a place many students look forward to surpassing, but for some they just keep coming back.

Several students who have gone to Mandan eventually came back to their old high school to teach the students they once were.

The few teachers who returned can give an insight into how Mandan has changed over the years. These teachers have seen Mandan in different times and can compare it to now.

“If I was going to teach, I knew it was going to be in Mandan. I’ve always been a Mandan girl,” said social studies teacher Megan Hanson who graduated in 2002.

Mandan currently has 15 teachers that went to Mandan that have come back to teach.

They range from Karen Katzung and Shawn Boehm on the ground floor to Kurt Miller, Jill Charlebois and Amy Wurth on the top floor.

They fill the same hallways of the school just

“Student-wise I think we are becoming a lot as they once walked through them.

Some of the future teachers at the school less rural and now we definitely have more were even instructed by the same teachers diversity as a whole,” said math teacher Stacy that are still teaching students at Mandan. Fitterer, a graduate of the class of 1985.

One of the things that the In some ways, the students “Students now former-Mandan really moved on and became students the masters or at least the are a lot more agreed on is that most equals of some of the more connected and students now are much experienced teachers here friendlier to one another friendly to one and less group-oriented at MHS. another” “Yeah, I remember Mr. than in Mandan’s past.

“Students now are a lot Andresen was my Physics teacher. Most of my teachers then have more connected and friendly to one another. moved up into the administration of the Back in my day people were in groups and school,” said art teacher John Geiser, a older kids and younger kids just didn’t talk to each other,” said Hanson. graduate of 1998.

Over the years, the students have changed Many things have changed within the school and it’s long history, especially when in many ways, but many of the school’s and dealing with the student body of Mandan. city’s most important features have retained.

“I think the idea of Mandan pride among Some may say these changes are for the better, while others may argue these changes the kids hasn’t changed, even since I went to school,” said Gieser. are for the worse.

The summer’s best books and movies

If genetic mutations and the supernatural Staying up late may end up happening though when reading one of Stine’s spine is your thing, “Origin” by Jessica Khoury is - General Reporter a good start. She also wrote another book chillers.

There are always new emerging movies, called “Vitro” that is about the For fans of John Green’s book books or music coming out. Many people and movie “The Fault In Our Stars,” laws of creation and how they don’t know about these things because the books “Looking For Alaska” can be altered. they are not always advertised. In the and “Paper Towns” may be made Dinosaurs like the Tyrannosaurus summer there are many things that could into movies later this year.

Rex and the Stegosaurus will be be experienced, other than making an appearance in the Arnold Schwarzenegger sleeping. new movie “Jurassic World” this fans from movies For fans of “Pitch Perfect,” “Pitch June. The new movie is about the like “Terminator” will Perfect 2” is on its way. It’s going new attraction to the park and be pleased to know to be making an appearance at what happens when it escapes “Terminator: Genisys” the end of May. and terrorizes the park. comes out on July 1st.

For the superhero fanatics out There’s a six year gap The book “Yes Please” by Amy there Marvel has just released Poehler is a memoir that talks between the films, “Avengers: Age of Ultron.” Stan and just like the Arnold Shwarzenegger about her life and career. It Lee has also recently released terminator, the films returns for the fifth focuses on her life during this a new book called “The Zodiac time, and advice she could will be back. installment in the Legacy,” which is about a have given.

Fans of Maggie This summer also Terminator series boy named Steven who has These are some of the things S t i e f v a t e r ' s welcomes the new to go on a chase around the “Shiver” novels and fans of that could be watched or read when people world when twelve powers get “Avengers: Age of Ultron” Stephenie Meyer’s “Twilight” are just sitting around in extreme boredom released into the world. novels would enjoy Stiefvater’s new novel during the summer.

For people who like horror, R. L. Stine has called “The Raven Boys.”

All photos used with permission of Wikipedia a new novel called “Don’t Stay Up Late.”

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teams could use the fields.

- General Reporter “It’s not used by recreation softball which Mandan’s fastpitch team has their own helps a lot,” Jungling said. “I know Bismarck field to practice on located by Fort Lincoln has to deal with that so it’s definitely a good Elementary school. thing to not have to worry about.”

“It’s an advantage because it’s only one But there are other amenities the new field and most of field offers such as permanent the other ones speakers, a press box and a are in complexes,” storage room. The field will also said Head Coach be getting a batting cage.

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“It’s awesome that we get Last season the the chance to use this and that girls fastpitch we’ll be the first high school team practiced team in North Dakota to have a at the Mandan batting cage,” said senior Shelby softball complex Anderson. where recreation Last season was the first year teams play. Their Mandan High School had a girls practices were fastpitch team. cut short because During the postseason Photo by Jade Charbonneaux they had to be off tournament last season, the of the recreation Junior Mariah Marsh warming fastpitch team was split into two up by playing catch with a fields by 5:30 pm teams and went 3-4. teammate. so the recreation “It was really good to see us

doing the best we can at the end of the year at the tournament,” Jungling said.

The varsity team this season is currently 2-16. In the long-term, they are preparing for this year’s postseason tournament.

“We’ve got some really good fielders and girls that are just allround players,” Anderson said.

“This season is fun and it’ll get to be more fun Photo by Colton Justice once the nice Senior Shelby Anderson weather starts batting during a home to appear.”

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21 Sports Coach Kuhn’s legacy continues in 36th year

making for a combined 52 years of coaching experience. To go with those 52 years of - General Reporter coaching, Kuhn was inducted in the North In the spring of 1979 girls’ Track and Field Dakota High School Coaches Assoiation Hall Head Coach Mike Kuhn began his illustrious of Fame in 2008 and has won three national career with the Mandan girls’ track program. coach of the year awards.

Little did he know that year “I remember freshman year that 36 years down the road where the girls asked Kuhn what that he would still be with the kind of time they were shooting team and be one of the most for and he told them just run and I respected coaches in the will tell you if you suck or not” said state of North Dakota. senior Brydon Wanner “It was the Mandan High School best practice ever.“ has gone through a lot of In the time that Coach Kuhn has changes in the last 36 years, been at Mandan he has lead the but Coach Kuhn is not one of girls to five WDA titles and two them. state titles. Along with all of those Kuhn is a legend in the team titles he has won over 280 North Dakota coaching meets and coached dozens of community. He coached as state champions. the defensive coordinator The girls continue to put several Photo by Casey Beck for the football team for Coach Kuhn looks on as athletes on the podium every 16 year and head track his girls take the track at a year thanks to the talent of the coach for the girls for 36 athletes and Kuhns ability to meet in Bismarck.

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mold that talent into champions.

Kuhn’s favorite events to coach are all the events that go from 400 m down. This is seen with the consistent top finishers in these events. At the last state meet the two short relays placed third and fourth respectivly. In the hurdles Chelsea Peterson took second in both hurdles. Due to Kuhn’s love for track and field, his only focus isn’t just the sprints, although he can be seen all over the track coaching up all of his athletes from the distance runners all the way down to the throwers.

Before Kuhn started coaching he participated in track in his younger days.

He did everything from the 180 yd hurdles all the way up to the 3000 m steeplechase.

Kuhn recalls that he did more in one day than most track stars now could fathem doing in general.

“I was the only person in our conference that did the 3000 m steeplechase, ran the 400 m and ran the 4x800 m in the same meet,” Kuhn said.

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Sports Roundup

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Baseball

The Boys Baseball Team is currently 10-8 in the 2015 season and sit atop the WDA at 6-3. This is where the team would like to be at the end of the season also.

The boys have played some interesting games this season which includes the 4-3 extra inning win over Century that landed them the first place spot. The boys next game is at Williston on May 8th.

Girls Track and Field The Girls Track and Field

Boys Track and Field

The Boys Track Team has averaged sixth place so far. Qualifiers for the boys so far are Gabe Meschke, Andrew Morgan, Jake Harm, Sawyer Schmidt, Dale Spilman, Colten Stoltz and Dmitri Tausend. Gabe is one of four athletes in the state of North Dakota to run the 400m dash under 50 seconds. The next meet for the boys will be the Fargo Classic in Fargo on Friday, May 8.

Softball

The Girls Softball Team Photo by Casey Beck team has had a very good has a had a tough year with its Sophmore Sawyer year scoring a total of 340.5 new varsity team and are still Scmidt runs the 100m going through some growing points in their first four meets in March, and finishing eight dash during a meet in pains. The girls are currently Bismarck. meets so far. Some of Coach 2-18 overall and 2-10 in the Kuhn’s top runners this year who have WDA placing them in eigth out of 10 teams already qualified for state are juniors Alison in the WDA, but have remained confident Froelich and Jazmyn Williams, Eighth Grader even since the start of the season, and are Kelby Rinas, senior Kaytlyn Bowers and counting on improvement. “We’re 0-4 right sophomore Jessica Fry. The girls next meet is now as a Varsity but we’re improving,” said the WDA on Monday, May 16.

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Boys Golf

The Boys Golf Team has had a rough start with their first meet cancelled, however the team came back and golfed their first rounds on April 17th with Colton Murphy taking 1st with a score of 75. The team finished 11th ate the East-West Classic in Jamestown.

Colton Murphy took second the first day with a score of 75 and first the second day with a score of 72. The teams next match is May 8th at the Minot Invite.

Girls Soccer

The Girls Soccer Team is currently 1-9 in the state and 0-6 in the WDA with their only win against Fargo South. The girls are still hopeful with their next game at Legacy on May 5th at 6 p.m.

Girls Tennis

The Girls Tennis Team had its first matches on April 14th, where the girls walked away with a 0-1 loss. They currently have a record of 3-6 overall and 2-3 in the WDA that places the girls at sixth place. The girls have the chance to move up in the polls with two more WDA matches left. The next set of matches for the girls are at Williston on May 8.

(All information for Sports Roundup is updated as of May 5, 2015. Any meets/games from May 5 - 8 are not included.)

Senior Athletes of the Year

Bryce Andresen

Cross Country, Basketball & Baseball

Bryce Andresen is a year round athlete who has competed in Cross Country, Basketball and Baseball throughout high school. Along with this, he is a top student in his graduating class. Not many athletes commit themselves to being in three high school sports throughout high school, let alone excel as Bryce has done.

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Each sport that Bryce has participated in is distinctly different, yet his work ethic has ensured him a starting spot on each of them.

Bryce was a captain for the boy’s basketball team this year and exemplified his leadership abilities at every practice and game.

Bryce has regularly been awarded “Mr. Hustle” awards throughout his athletic career along with the “Brave Award”. Bryce is truly an athlete that demonstrates what it means to be a team-player and he strives to make everyone around him a better athlete also.

Bryce is the son of Mark and Julie Andresen.

Madysen Zander

Volleyball, Hockey & Soccer

Madysen Zander was nominated for her participation in volleyball, hockey and soccer.

Madysen is a four year letter winner in volleyball, a two year letter winner in hockey

and a three year letter winner in soccer. She truly gives everything that she has into any sport or activity that she participates in. She is a true team player and always looks out for what is best for the team, verses her own personal satisfaction and success. Madysen has a natural athleticism to her; however, this coupled by her hard work ethic and positive a t t i t u d e makes her an amazing s t u d e n t a t h l e t e .

Madysen is the daughter of Brad and Karla Zander.

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January and February Athletes of the Month

January Athletes Senior Keaton Sedivec Boys’ Swim and Dive

Keaton Sedivec had a GREAT month of January!

The Braves Swimmers and Divers had 8 competitions during the month and Keaton won 7 of the 8 in his specialty of diving.

Keaton’s Score of 395.85 pts a the Minot Invite made him a North Dakota 1st Team All-State and Qualified him for NISCA All American Status.

He is a Team Captain this season and is truly leading the 8 members of our Diving Squad to new levels. He is a hard worker and keeps all team members reaching for their Goals.

What a great month of January for Keaton and The Braves!! What a great youngman!

Senior Emily Bendish Girls Basketball

Emily Bendish has shown great leadership on the Mandan Girls’ Basketball team throughout the month of January. Her workethic speaks volumes. She always has a great, competitive attitude and expects nothing less than everyone’s best effort every time they step on the floor.

All of her teammates greatly look up to Emily and respect her immensely. Statistically, Emily has had a very solid month of January.

She averaged 5.3 points per game. She also had a very strong, physical presence on the floor. She averaged less than 1.5 turnovers per game along with pulling down 5.7 rebounds and blocking nearly 1 shot per game.

Emily’s leadership is fairly quiet, but extremely present. She leads by her actions, and she is a great representation of what true competitiveness should look like.

February Athletes

Sophomore Mackensi Higlin Girls Basketball

Mackensi Higlin had a great month of February for Girls’ Basketball. She led the team in both points and steals per game over the 6 games that were played during the month, averaging 11.7 points per game and 2.8 steals per game.

When Mackensi is playing well for us, our team has a different feel to it. We feed off of Mackensi’s ability to create a spark on the offensive end of the floor. She is a player that can take the game into her own hands and wants the ball when the game is on the line. She has great determination and is becoming a much better allaround player with each game that is played.

She is really beginning to learn what her role is on this team and how she can help us out on both ends of the floor. Along with her 11.7 points and 2.8 steals per game, Mackensi also averaged 4.7 rebounds per game and found her teammates well, averaging 2.5 assists per game. Mackensi has really become a complete player and a crucial member of the Mandan Girls’ Basketball team.

Sophomore Maiah McCowan Girls Hockey

As a sophomore, Maiah has made a name for herself in girl’s hockey. She is the kind of player that everyone wants on their team but hope you don’t have to face her on the opponent’s team.

Maiah is like that pesky mosquito, she is constantly buzzing around waiting for you to let down your guard so she can strike.

Maiah is continually hustling, always racing

her opponent to every loose puck. She was one of our best penalty killers because of her hustle and determination to get to the puck first.

Maiah’s also have very high regards for her teammates. One day she had a doctor’s appointment that made getting to practice difficult. When it was suggested that she miss practice her response was, “I will be there. I can’t let down my teammates.”

Maiah’s effort makes everyone around her work harder. Maiah ends the season as our third leading scorer with 20 points (9 goals and 11 assists).

Senior Ryan Zachmeier Boys’ Wrestling

Ryan ended his high school wrestling career this February with a bang!! After losing a hard fought match in the finals of the WDA tournament, Ryan avenged that loss by defeating the #1 seeded Bismarck High wrestler by an 8-2 dominating performance in the State Finals!

Upon reaching state champion status, Ryan also raised the previous school Technical Falls record from 13 up to 19 (46 season wins)!

Ryan also claimed the Total Match Points in a Season with 508 and tied the Total Wins in a Season record with 46! Not only has Ryan claimed three school records this year, Ryan was also Academic All-State boasting over a 3.5 GPA! Ryan was a senior captain and a prominent leader on the team.

Ryan leads mainly by example by watching film with coaches before practice, and by doing the extra work after practice. Wrestling is mainly an individual sport, but Ryan goes above and beyond himself and is seen giving advice and working with the younger classmen and teammates to help our team grow and be successful.

All information and photos were taken from www.mandan.k12.nd.us/activities/ marclub.