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Harvey still hurts A year after the main devastation of hurricane Harvey, families are still struggling to pick up the remains.

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Positivity arising from negativity Century grows stronger after false allegations from the Fargo InForum publication about our school’s response to recent suicide.

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Wentz works willingly Century alumni and pro-football player, Carson Wentz, returns to the field after a knee injury last year.

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(Left to right) Reporters and sophomores Samara Link, Abigail Surdez, and Rylie Fode listen to the Leadership class at a meeting in the auditorium on September 19.

What is your favorite holiday?

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“Christmas. I plan on matching family pajamas.”

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“Christmas. You get food and presents.”

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Harvey still hurts

A year later, the hurricane is still affecting Texas News • Abby Surdez Hurricane Harvey was a Category 4 hurricane that first made landfall on the coast of Southern Texas on August 25, 2017.

On August 26, it downgraded to a tropical storm but continued to bring destruction. It made three more landfalls on August 27-30, the final result being almost incomprehensible flooding.

Hurricane Harvey mostly affected metropolitan Houston and the surrounding area. Harvey was the first Level 3 or over hurricane to hit the United States for twelve years, the last being hurricane Wilma in October 2005.

Harvey was the start of calamitous storm season for the Southern United States and Caribbean Islands, hurricanes Irma and Maria to bring even more annihilation.

Harvey affected people of all social classes. There were thousands of people saved by emergency forces in the days of and after the storm. Shelters in Texas and Louisiana were filled with displaced people. The Federal Emergency Management Agency, or FEMA, had over 738,000 people who registered for assistance. FEMA moved 14,900 to temporary housing and the day after the storm delivered over 80 trailer loads of supplies.

Several schools had to close for months. The total amount of people affected by the hurricane is estimated to be about 13,000,000, fatalities coming to a horrendous 88.

More than 204,000 homes were damaged.

Seventy-five percent were outside of the 100 year floodplain and without flood insurance. There were almost one million cars destroyed. These overall damage cost about $125 billion dollars, which adjusted for inflation is $35 billion dollars, less than the cost of Hurricane Katrina in 2005.

Since many families were not insured, it will take them a long time to get back on their feet. Losing your home, your belongings, and potentially loved ones can cause serious mental

health problems.

Anxiety, depression, and Post Traumatic Stress Disorder are the most common physiological effects of living through a natural disaster.

Anxiety is the feeling of nervousness or unease and comes in many forms like panic disorder and generalized anxiety disorder. Depression is feelings of severe despondency and dejection.

Depression has numerous symptoms and is often diagnosed after weeks of experiencing symptoms.

PTSD is caused by injury or severe psychological shock and can last for months or years. Some symptoms include: not being able to control your startle reflexes, avoiding thinking of the event, feelings of guilt, reliving the experience over and over in dreams, and struggling to maintain interest in day-to-day activities. People who have experienced extreme loss due to a hurricane destroying their community must come to terms with the destruction and plan how they can rebuild their lives.

There is also long-lasting structural issues. New Orleans is still rebuilding from Hurricane Katrina that tore the city apart 12 years ago.

Flash flooding, like what Southern Texas received during Harvey, has long-term effects: sinkholes on public roads where the water has softened the ground so much that the road can no longer support the weight, mudslides in hilly areas, and mold growth.

Q&A with a surviver

Curious to hear from someone who has been personally affected by the storm, I contacted an old friend and former classmate of my father’s, Amity Beck, and asked her a few questions via email.

Surdez: What city/town did you live in when the hurricane affected you?

Beck: We live in Lumberton, Texas.

Surdez: How do you feel the hurricane affected your community in the long-term sense?

The yellow portion of the map shows the main areas affected by Hurrica

flash flooding from the storm. In fact, Harvey broke the record for the m the highest total rainfall from the storm with 60.58 inches.

Sources | World Vision, NASA, and TeenMentalHealth.org

Beck: We have a handful of friends who are actually back in their homes. Some have lost large amounts of money to scam artisits. Some were too overwhelmed or physically unable to tear out and rebuild and simply sold their homes as is at great loss. Some are just now seeing progress because legitimate contractors are now receiving new jobs.

Surdez: What was the extent of the damage your family and your community suffered?

Beck: My family thankfully received no damage.

Our ditches and streets drained normally, strangley enough, even though our community received 52 inches of rain in four days. Yes, that is 4’4” of water in an area that sits about 35 to 50 feet above sea level- not a lot of places for the water to go. The community suffered road loss.

Hurricane facts • The scientific name for a hurricane is ‘tropical cyclone’.

• Tropical cyclones are only called hurricanes when they form over the eastern Pacific Ocean or the Atlantic Ocean.

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storm as tropical storm.

• Winds exceeding 74 mph classify the storm as a hurricane.

• Each hurricane gets its own name.

• Weather in the ‘eye’ or the center of the hurricane is calm.

• Winds around the eye of the hurricane

are the strongest.

• Hurricanes do not only bring winds and rain; they can also bring extreme flooding, high waves, and tornadoes.

• In the last 20 years, tropical cyclones have caused the death of almost 2 million people.

Other catastrophic 2017 hurricanes Maria | Puerto Rico

Irma | Florida

Hurricane Maria was a Category 4 storm that hit the island of Puerto Rico on September 20, 2017. It affected the whole island of 3.4 million people, and there were damages reported from the island of Dominica related to the storm.

Hurricane Irma was a Category 4 storm that hit Florida on September 10, 2017. On September 11, 2017, it downgraded to a tropical storm and pushed up to Georgia and Alabama, and by September 13, it decreased into a tropical depression and ended in Western Tennessee.

Hurricane Maria caused 64 death in Puerto Rico. Complications that arose after the storm could make the deaths related to the hurricane close to 4,600.

The storm went through the Caribbean, the west coast of Florida, and then up into Alabama, Georgia, South Carolina, and Mississippi before ending over Tennessee.

Congress allotted $5 billion dollars to help with recovery, and a year later many people still continue to struggle.

A total of 80 people died from Hurricane Irma.

Irma is the fifth most expensive hurricane to affect the United States and caused an estimated $50 billion dollars in damage.

ane Harvey. The red dot is the city of Houston, which recieved massive

most rainfall from any tropical occurance. The town of Nederland had

Surdez: Were you concerned about your possessions?

What things were your top priorities to save?

Beck: My pastor was able to move an heirloom grandfather clock to his second floor before a ‘Get out or we will have to leave you, and you won’t be able to come back’ order was given. Pets were often left because people were the priority.

Each community was cut off from every other city for well over five days due to water over interstates or washed out roads (or in some cases, lock down from the police). [...] Water was sewer and in some places chemical ridden.

The temperatures were surprisingly cool for Texas in August, as I recall they weren’t above 90 degrees. However, the black mold began to grow immediately. People [...] were advised to throw everything that touched floodwaters away.

Living in the North, it is hard to fathom what water, heat, and humidity will do. It is a nasty combination—masks had to be worn so mold wouldn’t cause respiration issues. Gloves and other precautions of course were taken.

Surdez: Did you leave your home before the storm hit? What was it like to leave amongst so many other people trying leave at the same time?

Beck: No one evacuated in this storm until it was evident they would flood. We sandbagged a house for hours (days perhaps) [...] When they had to evacuate, they did it by boat, often operated by men and women from neighboring states. Look up ‘Cajun Navy’. The government was slow and bureaucratic. Black, white, brown, it didn’t matter.

You see, in addition to the rain dams that were released north of us, the torrent of water literally broke what was barely manageable up until that time.

Surdez: What helped you to mentally get through the whole ordeal? (Family, friends, faith?)

Beck: People just helped people. We live in the Bible Belt, and God was a very present and acknowledged help during this time and since.

There is nothing like this type of tragedy to show the compassion and beautiful hearts of people. Of course, there will always be scumopportunists who have come along for the good.

They are sad people. Then there were people like your dad who offered to send supplies from other states for us to distribute as needed.

We were able to help out a widowed woman in her 70’s who lost everything and was living with her daughter. We gave a good portion of the money to a young couple who lost their entire home in Harvey. They have two teenage sons and had very little real help. The gift of money was such a blessing to them. It shows people the heart of God when those unaffected give so generously.

No one in our hundred-mile radius escaped unaffected—all were changed.

Surdez: Are there still hurricane victims who are not yet back on their feet? (How do you suggest people help them?)

Beck: There are still thousands of families not back in their homes. They are living in FEMA trailors, RV’s, and at the beginning, many families simply lived in tents in their backyards amidst decaying animals and stinky flood residue. They are long forgotten by the media, and all the money has been appropriated

“Each of us, as human beings, has a responsibility to reach out to help our brothers and sisters affected by disasters.

One day it may be us, our loved ones needing someone to reach out and help.”

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by the government, though the many who received FEMA money now have the ardent task of paying required monthly or annual flood insurance which for some is unmanageable.

I’m not sure what can be some to help for these families. Some had flood insurance, but by percentage, I’d say likely 80 percent did not.

Karolyne Korom, Brooklyn Richter, and Ashnlynn Mitzel, members of Century’s Leadership class, attend a meeting with the Century Star Staff on September 19 and speak about their experiences surrounding the Summit to Stop Suicide.

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Meeting of student voices

found the Summit extremely beneficial.

On September 19, members from Century’s Leadership class and Sources of Strength club met in the auditorium to discuss their experiences at a recent convention, the Summit to Stop Suicide, and to discuss how to handle resulting criticism from a Fargo online editorial.

Makenna Cavanagh, a student present at the Summit, said it “proved to be a positive, helpful, and inspiring event.” This opinion was shared by many of the students that attended.

The student groups attended the Summit to Stop Suicide, held by North Dakota Senator Heidi Heitkamp in Fargo, on Monday, Sept. 10.

By attending, the students hoped to learn information that could help them to improve the atmosphere at Century High School, a constant goal of Century’s Leadership and Sources of Strength programs.

During the Summit, students discussed possible solutions to student suicides and openly spoke about their own personal experiences with the issue, touching on how the death of a Bismarck student over the previous summer had affected them.

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“We, the students, got to see what adults were trying to do about the issue, how we could help, and what we could do.”

Rachel Roehrich, sophomore Stitch’s opinion After the initial conversation at the Summit ended, many emotional students were interviewed by Monica Stich, a Fargo journalist.

She asked the students questions about the past suicide of the Bismarck student, their school’s reaction to it, and their school’s approach to the issue in general.

Many of the students who were interviewed were unaware she was a journalist. Rachel Roehrich said, “She never said who she was.” For those that were made aware, they requested that nothing be published.

Just a day later, a letter from Stich was published on the Fargo Inforum news site. In the letter, Stich made numerous false claims about Century which she stated as fact.

Stich claimed that, in an email sent to parents addressing the loss of the Bismarck student, students were told that “they could not talk about or discuss the loss of their classmate-or there would be consequences.” She stated that “the ban” forbid students from not only speaking about the loss, but also from commemorating their fellow classmate, making mention of a student who was “reprimanded” for discussing the suicide.

She also spoke about the student’s name being said aloud in class when attendance was taken, saying his classmates “were just too scared to say anything because they had been warned to keep quiet.”

According to Stich, Century staff failed their students, created “isolation” and “empowered it [the loss] to hurt even deeper.” Stich claimed they stopped a conversation that could have been beneficial to students, preventing them from healing.

Cavanagh’s letter When the Century students who attended the Summit read the letter, many were offended. The letter felt like a step backwards. The students attended the Summit with the goal of improving the atmosphere at Century, and the letter disregarded their school’s many efforts.

In response to Stich’s letter, Makenna Cavanagh, a student leader present at the Summit, wrote her own. As stated in Cavanagh’s letter to the editor, the Summit had lit “an incredible new candle of hope” which “an uninformed source aimed to blow...out.”

Cavanagh’s letter was written in an attempt to aid in the healing of the students and staff who were hurt upon reading Stich’s online opinion by ensuring that the truth would be known, that their efforts would not be diminished, that the candle would not be blown out.

“Our school may not be perfect, but...we have created a space of security and school spirit.”

Makenna Cavanagh Cavanagh said, “My response was not to convince her of what actually happened. I wrote my response to her article because I saw the effect that it had in our school. I saw people read the letter and start crying...teachers and students.

That’s why I wrote the reply. Because I knew that this would have a bigger effect on our school than we were ready to just take and move past.”

Within her letter, Cavanagh corrected Stitch’s inaccuracies.

According to Cavanagh and multiple other Leadership members, the student that “‘was caught’ confiding to a friend of hers (about the lost classmate) and was reprimanded by her teacher,” as stated by Stich in her letter, attended a different school. That incident did not occur at Century.

On the first day of school, the student’s name who died from suicide was called in several classrooms, an unfortunate oversight.

The students present often did not explain the student’s absence due to the weight of the issue.

Though they did not speak out, they were never told that they could not.

Immediately after the incident was brought to Century staff’s attention, they removed the student from the roll.

Making a difference

Choosing a positive perspective Stich wrote another letter in reply to Cavanagh in which she briefly but adamantly stood by her claims about Century.

Despite this negative response, the students who attended the Summit remain positive, using it as an opportunity to learn and, in turn, to improve Century High School by focusing on suicide discussion and prevention, putting up posters for World Mental Health Day that encouraged conversation about mental health and discussing the topic with school faculty.

The Goal When approaching suicide, schools such as Century, struggle with deciding what is most helpful to students. However, students and staff continue to try to improve how to handle the growing issue of suicide.

On September 20, Century’s leadership class held a discussion with multiple leaders in Bismarck, including Staff Sergeant Brett Gentile, Century’s recruiter for the National Guard, and Dan Donlin, a retired police officer and chief of the Bismarck Police Department, in order to learn more about how to properly lead. How best to react to failure was one of the main points of conversation.

Student Courtney Glasser said, “I feel like it’s a great opportunity to build off of it and help improve it.”

Another student, Rachel Roehrich, said, “We learn from it, and we grow.”

On October 8, the Leadership class gave a presentation to Century’s staff during a staff meeting.

Mark Murdock, Assistant Principal “I’ve very impressed how our students have a knack for identifying a need in our school and finding a way to meet that need. Some of the many wonderful organizations within CHS are Sources of Strength, SADD, Peer to Peer, Leadership, etc. have worked to create the positive culture in our school.”

Laurie Foerderer, Leadership Teacher “In their [the students’] hearts they really want to create positivity, and the only way to do that is with a positive mindset. Right now, we are working with the Bismarck Public School Foundation on a thing called the Pumpkins on Parade. The money collected is going to be put towards mental health education in Bismarck Public Schools.”

The presentation was about how teachers and other faculty members could help students cope with the recent loss of another student as well as how to address the problem in general.

Century students and staff, by remaining positive and learning from past experiences, are constantly striving to improve school culture in order to make Century the best environment possible. They continue to encourage discussion about mental health and suicide prevention and awareness, participating in an event called Pumpkins on Parade that could raise around “20 to 50 thousand dollars,” as stated by Mrs. Foerderer, for mental health education in schools like Century. They continue to aid their students in handling the issue of suicide, encouraging them to focus on their strengths and making counselors and teachers available to students in need.

Melissa Ringenberg, Sources of Strength Advisor “There’s the eight strengths that kinda make us a whole person. Sometimes you’re really strong in areas and sometimes you’re really weak. So, when we find that we’re just feeling really down, one way to work through that in a healthy way is to look at where [we are] weak and where do [we] need to strengthen these aspects of [our lives].”

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1,870 North Dakota citizens called a suicide hotline in 2015

Sources Bismarck Tribune • North Dakota Suicide Prevention Program • American Foundation for Suicide Prevention 5 News

Struggling and need help?

If experiencing suicidal thoughts, visit local doctor to get treatment.

text or call 1-800-273-8255

Confide in a loved one, trusted adult, or counselor

Therapy or medication can help.

This hotline is open all hours, seven days a week.

The necessity of conversation “The ultimate outcome of a student media piece like this is for students to recognize suicide is a real issue and there is a desire to empower students to talk about it.

“With suicide, continuing ‘business as usual’ just isn’t a reality.

Rachel Roehrich, Leadership student

“We have to be able to talk to each other.”

Rachel Roehrich

Through grief it is good to talk about it, and everyone heals in their own time. You can’t just talk about it once, just after it happened, and expect everything to be okay.

It just isn’t realistic. We have to be able to talk to each other.

None of us have all of the answers to prevent suicides from happening, but if we aren’t afraid to talk about it and we work together, we have a better chance of finding those answers together.”

Steve Madler, Principal

“[S]uicide is a real issue and there is a desire to empower students to talk about it.”

Additionally, there are many trusted adults within the building and outside the building who are available as a support to guide students through these conversations.”

Steve Madler

How to help someone when they are grieving a loss Sara Fleck, Leadership student

Cade Garcia, Sophomore

Noah Schaffner, Sophomore

“I would say be there for the person who is grieving and comfort them.

Understand that they are hurting and let them know that you’re willing to listen.”

“The best way to help with grieving is to be around important and special people in your lives. Family and friends are the best way to help with loss.”

“I’d say the best way to help some grieving would be to find someone you have lots of trust in like your best friends or family members.”

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Carson Wentz finally returns to the field following knee injury Story • Caleb Herr On September 23, Carson Wentz, star quarterback for the Philadelphia Eagles and former Century Patriot, returned to the game he loves.

In December of last year, Wentz tore his ACL and LCL in his left knee causing him to miss the rest of the season.

His comeback was possible because of how he prepared himself throughout his recovery.

As he ran out of the tunnel for the first time since December, the fans rejoiced as they saw their franchise quarterback take his place on the field. He made his presence known when he threw a touchdown on his first drive of the season.

As the home crowd cheered, he jogged up to his tight end, Zach Ertz, just like he did last year before the injury.

“It felt good to finally be out [on the football field]. It’s kind of a long time coming. Obviously, a lot of excitement, a lot of emotions.”

Carson Wentz

Wentz better, but it was really Wentz who challenged them both through hard work.

Wentz learned from Newman in college when he had a wrist injury. Later, he started to teach Easton Stick, the freshman quarterback who took over for Wentz.

Just like with Stick, Wentz chose to help Nick Foles become a better football player and a better individual. Foles, the backup quarterback for the Eagles, learned enough from Wentz and led the Eagles to the Super Bowl.

Foles and the Eagles won the Super Bowl with a 41-33 win over the New England Patriots. With Foles winning the Super Bowl MVP, Wentz prayed for God’s guidance to keep selfishness from overtaking him.

Wentz’s time in the hospital was not pleasant to him but with his future wife by his side it made it easier.

Maddie Oberg (Wentz’s girlfriend at the time) was his companion throughout the entire surgery and comeback. Wentz posted a picture on Instagram of himself with his girlfriend during his hospital stay. The caption read, “The Lord truly blessed me with this beautiful young lady to walk by my side and support me through all of this!”

“It felt good to finally be out there. It’s kind of a long time coming. Obviously, a lot of excitement, a lot of emotions,” Wentz told a reporter from NBC Sports.

The relationship between Wentz and Oberg strengthened through this tough experience and became Mr. and Mrs. Wentz shortly after the surgery.

Wentz would not have gotten to that point if he decided to not work hard day after day.

Wentz’s fight to get back to where he left off last season is still a work in progress.

Ben Newman, a sports performance coach, helped Wentz through his years at North Dakota State University.

The fight is still on

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Although he was able to take the Eagles down the field on his first drive of his season, he still had troubles in the game. Wentz kept the Eagles’ record safe with the win, but he fumbled once and threw an interception.

Played as the second string quarterback through his first two years at NDSU

Romo still thinks Wentz has to keep learning throughout these tough experiences. Wentz is still a young football player at the age of 25, so it is clear that there are aspects in Wentz’s game that need improvement.

The Eagles are still working to get back to where

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Newman also said his first interaction with Wentz was that the quarterback deeply desired to learn more from Newman.

Newman told ESPN it was his job to make

Wentz will be expected to lead his team this season and will have to continually improve his game if he wants to take the Eagles back to the Super Bowl.

Wentz played starting quarterback for the Century Patriots

In an interview with ESPN about Wentz at NDSU, Newman said, “I walked in, and Carson was sitting in the front row. He had his glasses on and a notebook in hand. He and everybody in that room wanted an opportunity to get better.”

As the defending Super Bowl champions, the Eagles have more pressure then other teams in the NFL. Wentz also has the pressure of leading his team after what he was capable of doing last season.

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When Wentz was injured during the 2017 NFL season, Newman knew he would have to work hard to help Wentz get back to being a strong, healthy quarterback.

Wentz looked well in his 2018 season debut, but to Tony Romo, long-time Dallas Cowboys quarterback and now an NFL commentator, Wentz needs to be in a position where he feels comfortable.

they were in the 2017-18 season.

Wingenbach: “I had him in the precalculus class, and the competitive nature was not only evident on the football field but it was in the classroom as well.

One thing about Carson was he was kind of a perfectionist, and so consequently, he took a lot of pride in his academic work as well as his level of play that he had.

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He always wanted to win.”

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Herr: What did you think about Carson Wentz when he was here at Century High?

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Herr: Was there a certain point when you knew that Wentz would be a great player?

He also had a lot of growth, and it made it quite evident that he would make it to the NFL.”

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I’d also say he was a family friend because he was over at our house quite a bit with my son Cameron.”

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Wingenbach: “Well, in terms of what you see in the media is really what he was like here at Century as a student and a player.

Wingenbach: “I think the moment it hit me was the end of his junior year at NDSU. Not only did I get a chance to watch him play, but his offensive position coach said a lot of NFL scouts were starting to inquire.

Returned back to practice. Later he led his team to another national championship win

Herr: How would you describe Carson Wentz?

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Ron Wingenbach with Carson Wentz at Bismarck State College’s new building during Scheels’ promo event after Wentz was drafted by the Eagles.

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Homecoming and more! #rollPATS Story • Maria Klipfel

“I feel comfortable [in Sources of Strength] and like I can be myself.

It’s like a big famiy.”

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A. The annual Buddy Walk, an organized march to spread autism awareness, was held on September 22.

B. Several Sources of Strength members embrace during a game at the training on October 2.

C. The Bismarck Public Library has made available a “Teen Center” for students in middle school and high school to study, to do arts and crafts, and to play board games and video games.

D. Swimmers on the Girl’s Swim and Dive Team cheer before a meet in Minot, North Dakota, which ended in another Patriot victory.

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H. E. The homecoming court competes in a game to see who could eat the entire donut off the string first. Senior Peyton Larr won this challenge.

F. Juniors Hailey Fletcher and Alea Eslinger take it back to the 80’s for Tuesday of the homecoming spirit week.

G. Sophomores Kadin Kisse and TJ Davis travel through the jungle on October 20 for the homecoming spirit week.

H. The Mentahnas perform their iconic kick line at the homecoming pep rally on October 21.

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Behind the wire cages Puppy mills need to end Opinion • Samara Link Wire cages stacked in columns, fur and skin airtight against protruding bones due to malnutrition, shouts for help in the form innocent and pained barks. This is the reality of puppy mills.

These are essentially farms of misery for dogs.

Puppy mills are commercialized industries in which dogs are sold for the profit of a corrupt owner. Conditions in puppy mills are inhumane, abhorrent, and, at best, a middle finger in the face of Mother Nature.

Puppy mills are seldom recognized because they are hidden in plain sight. Pet store employees can ensure you of said, “safe and local” breeder farms, but keep in mind, the Humane Society reports 99% of dogs sold through meet and swaps, online ads and even pet stores were kept in puppy mills.

As responsible inhabitants of an Earth that is not our own, we should not enable such horrific and demeaning practices. Animals are living things who deserve to be respectfully cared for.

When we even have to have reprimands for actions, such as dog feet being permanently damaged from wire cages, female dogs being slaughtered because they can not keep up with the little to no break in reproduction, genetic 11 Opinion

mutations and disorders due to inbreeding, there is a problem.

Studies from Tufts University Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine, Best Friends Animal Society, and the Humane Society show that dogs from puppy mills commonly exhibit behavior problems like anxiety, aggression, light and surface sensitivity/avoidance, hoarding,

“...dogs in desperate shape: blinded by cataracts and corneal ulcers; their jaws half-gone... rotted away....so feeble they couldn’t stand erect...paws were urine-scalded and their wrists were deformed from squatting on wire their entire lives.”

Paul Solotaroff (Rolling Stone writer) on his experience at a puppy mill

difficulty in house breaking, and much more.

Behavior issues are not the only conditions being spewed out of puppy mills.

Sources ASPCA, HSUS, Petful, Rolling Stone Magazine, YouTube Since genetic quality is often regarded as a second thought to profit, numbers of congenital, hereditary conditions, and diseases/infirmities spike. Epilepsy, intestinal parasites, kidney disease, and heart worms are just the beginning.

Twenty percent of dogs do not even make it out.

Puppy mills do not just effect places halfway across the country. State law strictness and abilities to prevent and condemn animal abuse/ neglect was rated by the Humane Society. Our own home of North Dakota was listed along with Missouri, South Dakota, Mississippi, Alabama, Idaho, and Kentucky to be some of the worst.

The ASPCA estimates as many as 10,000 mills operating in the United States. Ten to tenthousand breeding dogs on 1 puppy mill of 10,000 just in the U.S. Now imagine those dogs in cramped wire cages, no basic healthcare, and extremely tight quarters.

Trust me, I’m not here to scare you. But maybe fear of this disturbing practice can motivate young individuals. Despite the darkness, some good can come out of situations like these, and I think, as students of the next generation, it’s our responsibility to take charge and end the brutality of puppy mills one step at a time.

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Commit to cruelty-free products Several companies have pledged to keep testing their products on animals out of the selling process.

Anastasia Beverly Hills, E.L.F. Cosmetics, and H&M are just some of many to pick from.

Report anything suspicious If you notice signs of animal abuse, cruelty or neglect, call Animal Control at the Bismarck Police Department.

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One of the most simple ways to help is simply getting informed. Reading through your state’s animal treatment laws, learning the signs of animal abuse, or even scrolling through www.humanesociety.org can give you greater knowledge and help spread awareness.

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70th Primetime Emmy Awards Story • Matthew Huber On September 17, the 70th Primetime Emmy Awards were held at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles and broadcast on NBC. The comedic introductions from Saturday Night Live members Michael Che and Colin Jost were wonderful. They did a great job of hosting the Emmy’s and had no problems at all. Throughout the whole performance, I laughed at every joke I heard.

The first Emmy of the night went to Henry Winkler who won Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series in the new HBO series Barry.

Henry Winkler is also known for his role as Coach Klein in The Waterboy and the Fonzie in the 1970’s sitcom series Happy Days. This would be his first win out of six nominations since 1976.

Rick & Morty, an animated sci-fi sitcom series, won an award for Outstanding Animated Program for the episode “Pickle Rick” and was also presented the award for Reality Competition Program.

Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, an Amazon Prime show, won four Emmies for outstanding comedy series: Alex Borstein won Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series, Rachel Brosnahan won outstanding actress in a comedy series, and the show won Outstanding Casting for a Comedy Series.

Game of Thrones, the fantasy-drama series based off of George R. R. Martin’s best selling book series A Song of Ice and Fire, also won many awards. Peter Dinklage won Best Supporting Actor in a fantasy drama series for the third time in his career. This was also his 7th nomination.

The show also won Outstanding Special Visual Effects and Fantasy/Sci-Fi Costumes.

Then a total a surprise came from out of the blue when Glenn Weiss won the award for Directing for a Variety Special. When he started to talking, he was so nervous, and then his speech turned into a proposal.

He said to his girlfriend, “Jan, you are the sunshine in my life. And mom was right. Don’t ever let go of your sunshine. You wonder why I don’t like to call you my girlfriend? Because I want to call you my wife.” The crowd cheers with joy and delight. Many were shocked, including myself. It was a sight just priceless to see.

As Jan went to the stage to face Weiss, he said, “This is the ring my dad put on my mom’s finger 67 years ago. And, to my sisters and 13 Opinion

brothers, I didn’t swipe it. Dad knows I have it, okay? Jan, I want to put this ring that my mom wore on your finger in front of all these people and in front of my mom and your parents watching from above.” Weiss then knelt. “Will you marry me?”

She said yes. It was amazing what Weiss did. It was incredible to see.

“What a delightful but horrifying out-of-body experience this is.”

Charile Brooker on winning his award for Writing for a Limited Series, Movie or

Dramatic Special

The Emmy’s were amazing to watch, every moment being delightful. Personally, I would have liked to see Donald Glover win Outstanding Comedy Series for his FX show Atlanta, but it went against The Marvelous Mrs. Marisel, which won numerous times throughout the night.

However, they did win for Oustanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series and Cinematography for a Single-Camera Series.

The show later went against Marvelous Mrs. Marisel again for Supporting Actress. Though Glover did not win, the fact he was a nominee for an awards show that has been on the air for 70 years shows, he can say to himself, “I did it.”

Towards the end of the show, there was a memoriam to the recent pasting of actors, like Burt Reynolds, writers like Neil Simon and Bob Schiller, the popular singer and songwriter Aretha Franklin, and to Republican Presidential Candidate and former US Senator John McCain.

Playing in the background was Aretha’s cover of “Amazing Grace,” a wonderful choice for the memoriam that reflected on good people who did wonderful things to make a name for themselves and to make the world a better place.

The Emmy’s had another successful year, and it was fantastic event for great year of shows that deserved to be seen as unique. Each one is different from each other, showing that there is a greater variety of shows today then there was 70 years ago.

History of the Emmy’s The first Emmy Awards ceremony took place on January 25, 1949, at the Hollywood Athletic Club and honored shows produced and aired locally in the Los Angeles area. The show was broadcasted on a local station, KTSL, and there were less than a million television sets in the U.S. Only six awards were given: The Most Outstanding Television Personality, The Station Award for Outstanding Overall Achievement, Technical award, The Best Film Made for Television, Most Popular Television Program, and a special Emmy was presented to Louis McManus for designing the statuette.

The term “Emmy” is a French alteration of the television crew’s slang term “Immy”, the nickname for an “image orthicon”, a camera tube used in TV production.

In the 1950s, the ATAS (Academy of Television Arts and Sciences) expanded the Emmy’s into a national event, presenting the awards to shows aired nationwide on broadcast television.

In 1955, the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (NATAS) formed in New York City as a sister organization to serve members on the East Coast and help to also supervise the Emmy’s.

NATAS also established regional chapters throughout the United States, with each one developing their own local Emmy awards show for local programming.

ATAS still however maintained its separate regional ceremony honoring local programming in the Los Angeles Area.

With the rise of cable TV in the 1980s, cable programs first became eligible for the Primetime Emmy Awards in 1988 and the Daytime Emmy Awards in 1989.

NATAS created a new Daytime Emmy Award category for the 2013 ceremony to honor such web-only series. The ATAS also began accepting original online only web television programs in 2013.

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Academy members in 1948 selected a design that television engineer Louis McManus had created using his wife as a model. The statuette of a winged woman holding an atom has since become the symbol of the Television Academy’s goal of supporting and uplifting the arts and science of television. The wings represent the muse of art and the atom, the electron of science.

After selecting the design for the statuette that would reward excellence in the television industry, Academy members were faced with decision number two: what to name the symbol.

Harry Lubcke, a pioneer television engineer and the third Academy president, suggested “Immy,” a term commonly used for the early image orthicon camera. The name stuck and was later modified to Emmy, which members thought was more appropriate for a female symbol.

Each year, the R.S. Owens company is in charged of manufacturing the close to four hundred statuettes ordered for the Primetime Emmys.

Which are awarded at the Creative Arts ceremony and Primetime Emmy telecast.

Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or Movie: Merritt Wever, Godless

Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or Movie: Jeff Daniels, Godless

Lead Actress in a Limited Series or Movie: Regina King, Seven Seconds

Lead Actor in a Limited Series or Movie: Darren Criss, The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story Writing for a Variety Special: John Mulaney, Kid Gorgeous

Writing for a Drama Series: Joel Fields and Joe Weisberg, “Start,” The Americans

Directing for a Drama Series: Stephen Daldry, “Paterfamilias,” The Crown

Lead Actor in a Comedy Series: Bill Hader, Barry

Game of Thrones What is your reason liking Game of Thrones so much, and do you think it deserves to win an Emmy?

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portrays that very well. [I]t [has] fantasy and monsters, dragon eggs, dire wolves that are sometimes bigger than bears, and you know it’s one of the most excellent portrayals of fantasy ever[.] [It’s] one of the best fantasy shows out there right now.”

Variety Sketch Series: Saturday Night Live

Variety Talk Series: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver

Guest Actor for a Drama Series: Ron Cephas Jones, This Is Us

You may not know her The real story of Pocahontas

The Virginia Company sailed for London. Rolfe would show England the Company met their goal of converting Pocahontas from her Native American beliefs to Christianity.

Story • Brooklyn Brown Many are unaware of the real story of Pocahontas. She was treated very differently than in the Disney movie.

Who was Pocahontas?

Pocahontas was a Native American born in 1595.

She went by the name Pocahontas, although her real name was Amonute. Pocahontas meant “playful one” because she was always very happy.

Pocahontas’ father was Chief Powhatan. She was the favorite daughter out of her six other siblings. Powhatan was a leader of more than 30 Algonquian tribes in the Tidewater region of Virginia.

John Smith was an English explorer and came to the Virginia looking for gold and new land.

There he stumbled upon Pocahontas.

There was never a love relationship between Pocahontas and Smith, but this is stated depicted differently in the Disney movie.

In 1609, drought, starvation, and disease threatened the colonists. They made threats to attack Powhatan and his tribe. Eventually, Powhatan tried to bargain with Captain Smith, but the bargain was declined. The tribe tried to ambush the colonists and kill Smith.

In 1613, Pocahontas was kidnapped by Captain Samuel Argall and taken as prisoner on his ship during the first Anglo-Powhatan War. Argall stated he would not return her until Powhatan

Pocahontas was kidnapped by Captain Argall in 1613.

released the English prisoners, weapons, and gave them plenty of food. Surprisingly, Powhatan only sent half of the ransom and Pocahontas was left as a prisoner to the English.

Pocahontas was only 11 years old when they met while Smith was 27.

While captured, Pocahontas was beaten by the English people several times. Earlier on, she was baptized as a Christian and given the new name “Rebecca” and was taught English.

Pocahontas was an ambassador for the colonists.

She brought food to the hungry and eventually helped to negotiate the release of her tribe’s prisoners in 1608. But relations were still tense on both ends.

On April of 1614, Pocahontas married John Rolfe, who was 27 years old at the time. It brought peace between the colonists and the tribe.

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Pocahontas later gave birth to her first son Thomas Rolfe. During this time, she met Smith again. Pocahontas was unaware he was still alive because she was told he died on ship.

On March of 1617, Pocahontas, Rolfe, and her son traveled back to Virginia. Pocahontas became ill. Historians are unable to pinpoint what disease she died from. Some say tuberculosis, pneumonia, or smallpox while others believe she was poisoned.

She was buried at St. George’s church in Gravesend on March 21, 1617.

Rolfe traveled back to Virginia, but her son Thomas remained with his relatives in England.

Thomas returned to the US at age 20 to claim his inheritance. He then became a successful tobacco farmer.

To this day, the exact location where Pocahontas was buried is unknown since the church was burned down in 1727 during a fire that destroyed most of Gravesend.

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Disney and minorities Racial stereotypes in popular cartoons Past Disney movies have several racial stereotypes in many of their movies, and you may not have even noticed as a child or even today.

Movies like Dumbo, Aladin, Fantasia, and Song of the South features some of the most prominent racial stereotypes.

In Dumbo, released in 1941, the song “Song of the Roustabouts” has lyrics relating to slavery.

Lyrics like “We leave until we’re almost dead / we’re happy hearted roustabouts” and “Keep working / stop that shirking / pull that rope, you hairy ape” are sung by circus workers.

In Aladin, released in 1992, the song “Arabian Nights” included lyrics like “Where they cut off your ear if they don’t like your face. / It’s barbaric, but hey it’s home” were later changed to: “Where it’s flat and immense and the heat is intense.”

The Song of the South, released in 1946, is about a former black slave singing songs and telling stories while living on a plantation he was enslaved on.

In Pocahontas, released in 1995, Disney listed Native Americans as two types, noble and violent, which is an offensive categorization.

At the ending, it seemed like a “happy ending,” but it was definitely not. The movie failed to acknowledge the brutal slaying and severity of the abuse of Native Americans by white settlers, painting a convenient picture for white history.

Many of Disney’s older movies have racial messages which were only being fixed after the public spoke out.

Pres. Trump Addresses Navajo veterans

The racial significance here is inappropriate, casting a darkskinned girl as a servant to those who are light-skinned.

Fantasia, released in 1940, originally had a girl named Sunflower, a small, dark-skinned centaur girl with braided hair who played a servant to the larger, light-skinned centaurs. The racial significance here is inappropriate, casting a dark-skinned girl as a servant to those who are light-skinned. This is no longer in the movie.

During a White House ceremony for Navajo Veterans of World War II, Trump referred to them as a “very, very special people” while standing in front of a portrait of President Andrew Jackson, the seventh president.

Jackson signed the Indian Removal Act of 1830, which resulted in the mass displacement and deaths of Native Americans, it is often referred to as the “Trail of Tears”.

The Pocahontas movie should have been focused more on history.

any of the past Disney movies, as most of their audience is directed to children.

The movie talks about voyaging to the New World but does not focus on the true interactions and dangers involving Pocahontas.

Disney should take on the responsibility of portraying them in a respectful, non-racial way and not to stereotype. Portraying these stereotypes to children may lead them to think the way the movie shows minorities.

The movie is much different from the real story of Pocahontas. Disney made Native Americans seem like a threat to the English settlers and the settlers see them as “dangerous”.

Pocahontas is born.

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The comment was very awkward for the crowd, knowing that the ceremony was supposed to honor the young Native Americans during the World War II battle.

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John Smith is seen as a handsome man in the movie, but in reality is a creep.

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Disney movies may seem peaceful and have happy endings, but no one realizes the true meanings listed in the movies themselves.

Past Disney movies do not portray history accurately, especially for minorities.

The English colonists call the Native Americans “savages”, meaning hostile and aggressive, a threat to them and their people.

Not many people notice the racial stereotypes in

In the movie, John Smith and Pocahontas are

seen as “in love”, but that is nowhere near the true story. Pocahontas and John Smith were never in love.

Disney has made racial stereotypes in many movies, fixing them each time.

Disney will continue making movies, hopefully learning by their mistakes as time goes by.

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Who is the 2018 Mr. CHS? A. James Hart B Matthew Rader C. Andrew Geiger

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A. Andrew Geiger and Jayda Boyd B. Treyton Mattern and Gracie Grinsteiner C. Patrick Litton and Ashley Scherbenske 4. What year did Century open?

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A. Patriot Man B. Bald eagle C. We did not have one before 6. What is the date of graduation 2019?

A. May 26, 2019 B. April 31, 2019 C. May 28, 2019 7. Why can’t we host a football game at Century?

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B. We’re built on a dumping ground.

C. The grass isn’t green enough.

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A. 75% B. 90% C. 80% 10. How many sports teams do we have?

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Snow place like home

Fall season. The time for the Pumpkin Patch, leaf raking, and coffee drinking, but what happens when a favorite drink is the deadliest.

Pumpkin spice lattes kill on average 500 pignosed rats with vampire teeth.

“Don’t get me wrong—these drinks are tasty but boy are they bad for the environment,” said Dr. Know I. Tall.

Hawaii becomes a winter wonderland and North Dakota a tropical destination.

Pig-nosed rats with vampire teeth are in danger, and are migrating towards Canada to stay away from the basic girls obsessed with pumpkin.

Lyrics have teeth The song “Baby Shark” became an overnight hit, but do you know the real meaning behind the song?

Sharks are going on the hunt for food and could potentially steal kids in the middle of the night. The end of the song that says, “It’s the end,” and is just one of warning signs of possible shark attacks.

Another warning sign is the “Do do do” part of the song. If you play is backwards and at a high frequency, you will hear Miley Cyrus singing her hit song “We Can’t Stop” in unison with the sharks.

A sharknado will be upon us soon.

The spice in the drink for the rats is like

The Bachelor gets fired

“It’s so sad to watch these poor rodents die just because of a drink.”

Selena Gomez

Here are some self-defense methods to protect you from a cute, hungry shark family on the prowl for a snack: 1.

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drinking poison. This also would be less of a problem is if people would not waste their drinks. The rats climb into the garbage and eat what they can find.

These rats feel like they are not good enough because nobody will do anything to help them out.

The new Bachelor Colton Underwood gets let go from the popular series for being too single.

Selena Gomez is throwing a concert in their honor. All of the standing pit area will be reserved for the pig-nosed rats. She will be singing the song “Who Says” and kill them with kindness.

Other featured artist are Beyonce and Eminem.

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The concert will be held December 15 in Fargo, North Dakota. Tickets will start selling Wednesday, October 17 and prices will vary based on seat placements. From sales, 96 percent of the money made will go to keeping these poor animals safe and happy.

“He’s a crazy man. He wrote a song about me and asking me if I love him,” said Keke said.

Keke later filed a restraining order on Drake.

“It’s so sad to watch these poor creatures die just because of a drink, and nobody is doing anything about it,” Selena Gomez said.

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Run. Do not walk. Sharks are slow on land. If you are in water, good luck.

Go to your local grocery store and buy a flashlight. The sharks are not used to electric lights.

Shut your doors. They cannot open them.

No opposable thumbs.

Don’t trust anyone. If you see a baby shark, do not be fooled by their cuteness, especially if it is a cartoon. Proceed to your nearest exit. Hide your children.

Moral of the story is get out there if you see a shark, and stay safe while you still can.

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