HAWK’S EYE
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Missouri law bans teachers from contacting students via internet
Meet Dr. Weber, new principal at Olathe East
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Drug dog searches Olathe East grounds
Teachers from around Olathe East share their initial thoughts
pg. 10 Overcrowding a problem at Olathe East
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Letter from the Editors
By: Jonah Jacobsen and Rachael Kolb
Freshmen say What? By: Peter Hung
Who is Dr. Weber?
By: Rachael Kolb and Jonah Jacobsen
New Teachers
By: Jazmine Smith
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Teachers and Technology By: Jamie Ras and Aly Lagerquist
Opinion 10
Overcrowding at East By: Rachel Kimmich
Sports 11
State Champs... Again
By: Kellan Richards
Past the Lockers
By: Dani Hoisington
Editorial p 13
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Band Camp
By: Maggie Brockschmidt
Crackdown
By: Sean Murray
Entertainment 13
Katy Perry Concert By: Annie Huff
Cowboys and Aliens By: Annie Huff
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Staff Summer By: Alyssa Wheeler
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In the Mix Photo Story
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Letter from the Editors Dear Students and Staff, elcome to a new school year! Whether you are ready for all your classes and homework or not, learning has arrived. Most of you are probably still in summer mode. The idea of sitting in a classroom for seven hours each day makes you nauseous. But we hope you still enjoy the good times we know you’ll have at East through the summer haze and the promise of each weekend. We - Jonah Jacobsen and Rachael Kolb - are co-editors for this years Hawk’s Eye newspaper staff, And are excited for what this year has in store. From homecoming to prom and football to track, we will do our best to report to you, the student body, what’s going on in your school. We have been hard at work the first few weeks of school to get this issue out to our readers and the whole staff hopes that it will be the beginning of an amazing publication. As to what goes on before a paper works
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its way to your hands, many hours, late nights and plenty of food passes through room 612. This class becomes the equivalent of a family. Seniors quickly fall into the role of parents; helping put pages together, dodging total catastrophes, and just generally leading a team of complete strangers into a tight-knit group. Together we work to publish a paper in which this school takes pride in. The students in these two newspaper classes are your peers. They love writing, taking pictures, drawing, and working as a team to get the job done. And since we count ourselves as the same “average Joe’s” found throughout the school, no student should fear coming right up to us and telling us what’s going on. If there is something you feel needs our attention, tell us. We want your opinions and need your input. This paper, though we love it, is not for us, but for you. So own it. Take pride in it. This is our time; make it count. Sincerely, Rachael Kolb and Jonah Jacobsen
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“The upperclassman are actually really friendly!” - Aj Stephans
Freshmen Say WHAT? NEWS
Peter Hung//Staff Artist
Caitlin Gosik
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Austin Bland
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“I’m really concerned about getting pushed around in the hallways.” - Albert Winemiller
“I have a hard time carrying around my backpack.” - Nathaniel Crockrin
Shay Growney
“I was excited to come to high school!” -
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Who is Dr. Weber? Get to know the new Principal Rachael Kolb & Jonah Jacobsen//Editors
What were your previous endeavors before coming to Olathe East? When I did my student teaching I was a math teacher at Olathe North. My first teaching job was teaching math at Olathe East. I was also a football and wrestling coach here from ‘95-2000. I left Olathe East when Chisholm Trail opened up. I was a math teacher and a coach there for two years, assistant principal for three, then principal for the past six years before coming back here. Why did you decide to take the position at East? You know, I’ve been doing the principal thing at Chisholm for six years and I felt like I had done what I needed to do and kind of mastered that piece so I was looking for that next challenge. It was a natural fit coming back here to East because I had been here before. I was also just looking for more opportunity. What do you hope to bring to the table here? I’m passionate about my job and excited to be here. I want to be able to work with kids: that is truly my passion. I want to be able to support you guys and support the student body as best as I can and so one of my first jobs is to be visible and hopefully people can understand who I am and that I am excited to be here. What is your favorite part of the job? I just like being around kids. You know a lot of the time the lunchroom isn’t teacher’s favorite part of the job, and I actually enjoy being in there every day and just helping out. I also just enjoy being able to get into a classroom and help out. I enjoy going to all the activities whether it be sporting events or theatre events or music events. Being able to be part and experience what goes in in high school. What is your idea of a perfect weekend? I would do my workout at Title Boxing Saturday morning. Then after that just be able to spend time with my family whether it be at a sporting event or just hanging around the house. Could you tell us about your family? My wife Laura is an accountant, a CPA. I have two kids: Abby is an eighth grader. She does sports and plays the viola. My son is in fifth grade; he does sports too: football, basketball, and baseball. He wants to play the trumpet this year in the band. What is one hobby that you have? I’m getting ready to start fantasy football pretty soon; I actually need to start doing some work on that before we start the draft. I always enjoy that. I also enjoy just watching sports: going to football, basketball and baseball games
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What was your favorite class as a kid? I’m a math geek. I enjoy math and it was something I was always good at. What math did you teach? When I was here at East I taught everything from Algebra I up to College Algebra. When I taught junior high, it was geometry and algebra mostly. Above: Dr. Weber photo courtesy of Amaysing Grafics
What did you get your degree in? My bachelor’s degree is from K-state. My masters degree was from UMKC and then my Doctorate degree from Baker University Where did you grow up? I grew up in Hayes, Kansas basically my entire life. Graduated from high school there and then went to K-State. Then I kept making the progression out here to Olathe and we’ve lived in Olathe for 17 years now.
Olathe East High School Administration Principal Dr. Bill Weber Vice Principals Lee Meyers Amanda Faunce Kraig Taylor Ryan Ralston
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New Teachers
2011-12 staff members find their place at East Jazmine Smith//Staff Writer
Photos by Rachel Neuman
Amy Hill
What are you teaching here at East? Special Education and Life Skills. Where were you teaching before you came to East? Free State High School in Lawrence. How long have you been teaching? This is my second year as a teacher, but I have worked in Special Education for six years. What is your favorite thing to do in your down time? Spend time with my son and my husband. Have you ever been out of the country? If so, where? I went to Italy when my sister was there studying abroad.
What are you teaching here at East? I am teaching Spanish I and II. Where were you teaching before you came to East? I taught at Frontier Trail. How long have you been teaching? This is my ninth year of teaching. What do you think of East? I love the school spirit and working with the other international language teachers. Whats the biggest adventure you had this summer? I love going to the Lake of the Ozarks, and spending time with my family and friends. I also love doing jazzercise.
Jennifer Salzman
What are you teaching here at East? Freshman English and Pre-AP Sophomore English. Where were you teaching before you came to East? Olathe South for three years as a Resource teacher. How long have you been teaching? This is my 18th year. What’s your favorite thing about East? How creative people can be with spelling, and it smells so new! What’s your least favorite thing about East? I love it all with unabashed abandon!
Keith Larkin
What are you teaching here at East? Applied geometry, Algebra I, and Pace. Where have you taught before you came to East? This is my first year of teaching in my own classroom. How many years have you been teaching? Two, if you count substituting. What other jobs have you had? My first big boy job was in banking. What is your favorite genre of music and why? I really enjoy country music because it reminds me of summer when you can just sit back and relax.
Randy Luangamath
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FEATURE
Teachers and The new Missouri law that prohibits teachers and students being friends on Facebook. Jamie Ras and Aly Lagerquist // Staff Writers
Accept or deny? It seems like a simple question. Most people use Facebook daily and friendship requests are a common occurrence. However, what happens when a friend request occurs between a student and teacher? Many teachers believe that to be a good teacher they should be friends with their students. However, according to a new law in Missouri this friendship may not be such a good idea. Missouri Senate Bill 54, also known as the “Amy Hestir Student Protection Act” requires school districts to report any allegations of sexual abuse to state authorities within 24 hours and makes school districts liable if they fail to disclose suspected or known abuse by past employees to other public school districts that make inquiries about workers. The primary purpose of this law is to prevent “passing the trash”, meaning that a teacher charged with sexual misconduct will not be able to land a job in a different district without that district being aware of the teacher’s past deeds. Missouri passed this law because of past public school student, Amy Hestir being molested by a past teacher. Hestir believed being abused would not have happened without Facebook. While people widely accept this part of the law there is also a more controversial part of the law. Teachers in Missouri are no longer able to interact with students on social media websites including Facebook. Many teachers believe this part of the law may be overkill. Most teachers who use Facebook are friends with both students and parents and any communication with the students is on the Facebook wall for the public to see. These teachers believe that this law gives the impression all teachers are predators attempting to molest their students. For many teachers Facebook is a way to communicate with shyer students who may not feel comfortable talking to the teacher face to face or asking a question in class. Other teachers create Facebook groups where they can remind students of assignments or tests coming up. Often choir and theatre directors use Facebook to tag pictures of the students in recent productions or videos of a
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choir concert. The majority of communication on Facebook between teachers and students is innocent but this law does not want any chance of misconduct. While this law has not been passed in Kansas yet one must wonder how it would affect Olathe East. Teachers have the option to use other sites such as Edmodo but few students take advantage of these sites. Facebook is an easy way to communicate because according to a recent poll 93% of students has a Facebook. In more dramatic cases, such as the Joplin tornado, Facebook was used to locate students and make sure they were safe. It is unlikely sites such as Edmodo would have the same effect. Although the Olathe School district discourages teachers friend-ing their students on Facebook until they graduate, it is not illegal for students and teachers to be friends on Facebook. However, soon teachers may have to think a little harder before clicking “accept” or “deny”.
FEATURE
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Nathaniel Thuston
Are you friends with any teachers on Facebook? I’m not friends with any teachers on Facebook… that I’m aware of.
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Do you think it’s a good or bad idea to be friends with your teachers on Facebook? Explain. It’s a bad idea because I can’t control what my friends say on my wall and because I don’t want my teachers to know everything about me. And I don’t want them to know about all the drama at East. Have you read any stories about teachers being too “friendly” to their students on Facebook? No, I haven’t heard of too friendly of teachers? But that wouldn’t be a good thing… Have you ever heard of Edmodo, the educational version of Facebook, & have you used it? Yeah, I’ve used Edmodo for math in Jr. High.
Do you think it’s appropriate to be friends with current students on Facebook? Why? Yes, well there’s a little thing called freedom of speech and press. And it allows communication. How often are you on Facebook? Not daily, but sometimes.
What do you think about that? It’s an easy way to get assignments. Why might people not want to be friends with their teachers on Facebook? Because they do illegal stuff and cuss and they don’t want their teachers knowing. Why may people want to be friends with their teachers on Facebook? They might want to be friends with them if they’re in their extra curricular activities or if they’re close.
How many current students at Olathe East are you friends with? About 100. Do you block anything from your students? I block pictures not because I’m drinking, but because not everyone needs to see them. I block pictures so that only my family can see pictures of my family, not because I’m embarrassed for them to see my mother, but because they just don’t need to see it. What do you think about the new law in Missouri stating that teachers and students cannot be Facebook friends? The thing in Missouri is stupid. It won’t stop them from emailing or texting.
Laura Trickett Junior
Photos taken by Aly Lagerquist Pie chart to left: Based on a random poll of 30 students 67% of students are not friends with their teachers on Facebook 33% of students are friends with their teachers on Facebook
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EDITORIAL
Overcrowding at East
Why are classes so full this year? Rachel Kimmich//Managing Editor
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Mr. Stephensons’ classroom Photo by Rachel Neuman
another problem of too small of class sizes: “If a class size in foreign language is too small, you lack variety of input. If all the students are quiet then it’s hard to get conversation going.” Even though Olathe East may be filled to the brim, Faunce stated, “All the other schools in the district have the same problem we do with overcrowding.”
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our largest with an average of 40 students.” G e r m a n teacher Christine Hanks has had her share of crowded classrooms this year. In her German I class, the room is filled with 31 students. “For foreign language, an ideal class size is around 15 students. That way there is enough opportunity for group learning and discussion. If you get up to 30 students, there are no group discussions. Too large of classes are also distracting for some students. Some can get lost in the crowd. In foreign language there is so much interaction, so we develop a family. If there are lots of students, this is harder to obtain,” said Hanks. On the flip side, Hanks also speaks of
You don’t get that one-on-one attention with the teacher. There are also too many people to look at. - Nick Hinrichs
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ll students at Olathe East know the feeling: you finally make the dash across the school, up the stairs, throw open the door of your new classroom, and find the desks have already filled up. Now you must wait until the teacher can find another chair or desk. Even though this is bound to happen some years, this year, the problem has occurred far more than usual. Vice Principal Amanda Faunce said, “The increase in class sizes can be attributed to a chain of events: Olathe East received a reduction in staff because of the Olathe Public Schools, which is a result of a decrease in funding from the State of Kansas, which is a direct result of the nation’s current economic situation.” The economy has played a large role in growing class sizes. According to the U.S. Department of Education, the average class size for the 2007- 2008 school year was 23.4 students. Despite the past results this year, Faunce said, “An academic classroom may have 30-34 students while an elective classroom may have 25-30 students. Our Physical Education classes are by far
There are too many people! - Jacob Cleek
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State Champs... Again
SPORTS
Girls Track Wins State Four Times Consecutively Kellan Richards//Staff Writer
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ast May a group of 17 sprinters, joggers, and throwers trav- nee Mission East’s team were tied going into the last event, eled to Wichita State University and successfully brought the 4x400 relay. The relay team consisting of Kelsey Quiring, home yet another state title for Olathe East. Thirteen of Rebekah Raetzel, Megan Powell and Ramie Grayson ran their the seventeen that went ef- hearts out and got first place, propelling East to the state title. fectively medaled, greatly Many others contributed, including Erica Ousley, Jencontributing to the team. ny Pinkston, Kaylyn Williams and Ramie Grayson in the “The team started off the 4x100 relay and many others in a variety of events. season working hard,” said Coach Wallace commented “the Future looks bright since we have thirteen state qualifiCoach Wallace, ers returning only losing four seniors. Long distance runner Brenna Mc“So by Dannold said “The team should be the time just as good this year as last year that the since we only lost a few seniors,” season McDannold also contributed to reasonwas end- -Mike Wallace ing on how they are so competitive “Eving, we eryday at practice we work hard to be as are in shape and ready for state.” competitive as we are. It starts with a good warm up the whole This is the fourth-consecu- team does together then we split into events. The distance runtive year that the woman’s ners do a mix of speed workouts and long runs. What really track team started off the helps our team is how close we are. Every Saturday we would Above: Dr. Weber and the State Track Trophy year with a state cham- get together and do things to build camaraderie and spirit.” Photo by Rachel Neuman pionship pep assembly. The girls plan to work hard and have another sucessful sea OE’s team and Shaw- son.
The future looks bright
Past the Lockers
A day in the life of Matt Baltimore
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he sun is rising, the clock reads 5:30 a.m., and Matt Baltimore is already on the football field along with the rest of the East football team. Two-a-Days—the term used to define two practices a day before and after school—have officially begun in preparation for the team’s upcoming game against Olathe North. Matt is up at the crack of dawn; practices go from the around 5:30 to 7; then, the team endures a full day of school. Finally, to top it all off, the players end the day with a nice and relaxing three-hour practice. Baltimore, who plays defensive end, has been doing this since his sophomore year, however; he is used to the rigor of the practice schedule. The boys have already been practicing almost every weekday since June, but these grueling double Above: Matt observes practice practice Photos courtesy the Football Boosters days begin right when
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school starts. Many of the players must juggle the extra practices, a full load of homework , and—for some of them—a job. Baltimore’s most difficult Above: Matt works hard to prepare for the season classes are Photos courtesy the Football Boosters AP Statistics and College Prep English; he also works at Tallgrass Creek Retirement Community on the weekends. Balancing his work schedule, practice schedule, and homework is tough, he said—but he knows all his work will pay off. Baltimore will be playing football for the Division I school Northern Illinois University next year. As for the upcoming season? “Everyone believes that we’re not going to be as good,” Baltimore said, “but we’re ranked third in the Sunflower League…and defensively, we’re going to be great.”
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EDITORIAL
Band Camp From a Drill Teamer’s perspective
Photo Courtesy Patti Brockschmidt
Maggie Brockschmidt//Senior on Drill Team as guest writer
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hen summer break has only three weeks left, a typical the choreography. The fight song high school student is making the most of the end of wraps the night up, which concludes summer, probably by sleeping in, relaxing, and staying yet another year of band camp. away from the insane heat. However, for the school Although band camp may not band and drill team, the time has arrived for Band Camp. During be the most fun part of the year, the two-week camp, the band and drill team practice marching certain traditions make it better. Spirit days, going out for lunch, fundamentals and begin to learn the field show, which is performed and Operation Alcorn all prove to be very amusing every year. during the halftime at football games and at a few competitions. As a senior drill teamer, I can honestly say that this year’s For drill team, a typical day at band camp starts at 7:00 am out band camp was probably the best. That may have been because on the field. We practice with the band, learning new “dots”, which of the most successful Operation Alcorn ever accomplished, describe your placement on the field, and setting choreography or Molly Munyan’s rendition of the Joshua Giraffe song. with those formations. The heat becomes quite brutal, as well as the rain showers we had towards the end of the week. Around ten o’ clock, everyone files inside towards the large gym to polish marching techniques. An hour later, we are released for a lunch break. We resume practice at noon in the auxiliary gym, working on choreography and flag technique. This year, we are bringing back sixfoot flags, which have entailed extra practice. Finally around three or four o’ clock, we have finished for the day. On the last day of camp, there is an evening performance for all the drill team and band parents. We start by Photo courtesy Maggie Brockschmidt demonstrating different marching drills across the gym. Top: Senior Maggie Brockschmidt leaps through the air at dance practice. Then, the band plays the entire show, while we dance Bottom: Drill teamers practice flag routine while at “Stand and Blow.”
Crackdown
The District steps up its drug enforcement
Sean Murray//Copy Editor
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ad choices are a part of life, especially in a school as large as Olathe East. Because this is inevitable, drug sweeps are a routine part of high school life. But this year the school district is stepping up the enforcement by not only sniffing the parking lots with their canines, but also bringing the dogs into the classroom. Meet Nila: drug finder extraordinaire. Led by Officer Andy Falcon, this female Czech Labrador has four years of narcotic detection experience. Trained as a young puppy to associate her favorite toy with the odors of around five to six different common drugs, when Nila is taken to the parking lot of Olathe East, she is under the impression that her toy is hidden somewhere out there. Like in a game of fetch, the dog uses her excellent scent of smell to scan the area for any traces of the odors that she thinks are from her toy. In the event that she actually stops at a car she thinks is giving off the smell of her toy, the officer will pull out her toy and throw it to her, reinforcing her belief that she was searching out her toy rather than drugs all along. This year Nila will be searching a new venue. In addition to
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scouring the parking lots, Nila and Officer Falcon will be hitting the classrooms randomly throughout the year to crack down on drugs. As school SRO Jewett puts it, Nila is “just another tool that we can use [to enforce our zero-tolerance drug policy]”. According to Officer Jewett, other districts around the nation utilize drug dogs as well. The Olathe School District is one of the few districts in the area privileged enough to have this additional tool of enforcement. In an ideal world, drugs would not even be an issue in a school setting. But because drugs are inherently a part of life, the school is forced to respond. For those of you who are involved with drugs, lets not wake and bake on weekdays. Lets not hotbox in the locker room. Lets not do any of that. Nila can play fetch elsewhere. Photo Courtesy of Officer Jewett
Above: Officer Falcon with drug dog Nila
ENTERTAINMENT
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KATY PERRY CONCERT Katy Perry hits the stage in Kansas City
Annie Huff// Managing Editor
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he light-up cotton candy and life-size cupcakes on stage did not impress 14,000 people on Wednesday, August 17. At the end of the night they only yelled one name, Katy Perry. Perry graced the stage like a true star, from her bionic costume, to her array of back-up dancers. She gave Kansas City not only a vocal performance, but a visual one. The audience followed Perry on her quest to find “Kitty Purry” through a cute and costume filled candyland. The pop sensation filled the stage with outfits ranging from peacock feathers to purple cat costumes. Even with all the visual aspects, her
voice stole the show. Singing hits like “Teenage Dream” and “Waking Up In Vegas”, Katy also took time to cover songs by Jay-Z, Willow Smith, and Rebecca Black’s “Friday”. The most memorable part for the audience was when she invited some of the crowd on stage; she even allowed one guy to kiss her. He did not fail to mention his girlfriend’s name though. Overall, the show was full of charm, and a little bit of wit that Perry had picked up from her hubby Russell Brand. In the end, she not only ended up with her cat Kitty Purry, but a true love.
Cowboys and Aliens
“Demons took your gold, when you get to hell you can ask for it back” Annie Huff// Managing Editor Sci-fi meets Western? Many people took a very critical stance films, got alot of disappointing reviews from the critics. Most critics say that this film had promises, but fell flat when it came when the new movie “Cowboys and Aliens” hit the box-office. to the ending. “Cowboys & Aliens has fun moments, but it’s a The two genres have never been combined on the big screen plodding entertainment because it mostly tastes before; it scared people to think that new ideas could co-exist. However if Cowboys & Aliens has like leftovers.” said Entertainment Weekly. you put all arguments aside and just Will the aliens finally be destroyed? fun moments, but it’s a plod- The audience will be on the edge of its seat until watch the movie, one would say the ding entertainment because it the very end waiting to find out. fight between Cowboys and Aliens should never be separated. mostly tastes like leftovers. When Harrison Ford teams up with Daniel Craig, there is no denying that -Entertainment Weekly they have created the All-American team. Craig begins the movie in the heated brush of the American West, with a wound on his right side, and a mysterious contraption on his left wrist. He has no memory of who he is or how he got there. Viewers will follow Craig’s character while he finds his memory and helps save those captured by the “flying demons”. They call the aliens “demons”, because that’s the only explanation that the bible gives them. Ford teams up with Craig because the aliens capture his son, played by actor’s name. The gifted director Jon Favreau, coming off the two Iron Man
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ENTERTAINMENT
Staff Summer
The summer adventures of the Hawk’s Eye Newspaper Alyssa Wheeler// Staff Writer If you had to choose your favorite part of your summer break, what would it be?
Rachael Kolb
“My week camping in Missouri, we did something different every night. The first and last day it poured and our tent leaked!” What was the highlight of your summer? “Probably going to Taiwan for two months. One day we went to Tainan and ate fourteen meals.”
Peter Hung
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Did you make any new friends this summer, if so where? “Yes, I made new friends when I went to New Orleans while working, and I still keep in contact with them.”
Jonah Jacobsen
What was the most exciting point in your summer break? “I went to the Galapagos Islands and visited where Darwinism was created. I got to touch a 140 year old turtle.” Annie Huff
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Planking and Owling
Top left: Senior Jonah Jacobsen (editor), planking Middle left: Freshman Aaron Rhodes (staff writer), Senior Rachael Kolb (editor), Senior Rachel Neuman (staff photographer), owling Bottom left: Freshman Aaron Rhodes (planking), Senior Rachel Kimmich (section editor, owling), Senior Rachael Kolb (editor, planking) Top right: Freshman Aaron Rhodes (staff writer), owling Bottom right: Sophomore Kellan Richards (staff writer), Sophomore Sean Murray (copy editor), Sophomore Aaron Rhodes (planking) Photos courtesy of Rachel Neuman