Rolla High School November 21, 2016 by RHS ECHO

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Rolla High School - 900 Bulldog Run - Rolla, Missouri 65401- Volume 68 - Issue - 4 November 18, 2016 - www.rhsecho.com

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New President............................................................................3

Boys’ Soccer .....................................................................6 Powderpuff..................................................................... 14 Artist and Athlete of the Month .....................................16

Letter from the Editor

This letter would be the perfect opportunity for me to express my opinion on this presidential election and I’d assume that’s probably what you’re expecting, but you expected wrong. Instead of writing about a topic I’m sure we’re all tired of hearing about, I’ve decided to write about something truly important; Thanksgiving. The holiday season is hands down my favorite time of the year. From Halloween to Christmas, I’m just high on life. But that’s the problem, some people just go straight from Halloween to Christmas and totally skip over one of the best days on the face of the planet earth. The third Thursday of November is a day I always look forward to. It’s a day just dedicated to hanging with your family and eating your body weight in mashed potatoes. Now, I’m not going to get into the historical aspect of this holiday because frankly, it ruins the day for me all together and I’d like to think of myself as a glass half full kind of gal so family and food is all I really need. Now, I love my family to pieces, but we’re a strange bunch if I’m being honest. We have the typical crazy aunt who everyone is afraid to sit next to because you don’t know what she’s going to say or do, the lovable grandpa/ great uncle who will talk your ear off about anything and everything, and of course, the army of baby cousins running around all over the place, wreaking havoc. It’s chaos, but what’s Thanksgiving without them? Besides food and family, this holiday is also about being thankful, obviously. My family is one of those cheesy families that has to go around the table and everyone says one thing they’re thankful for. Growing up, I always thought it was corny and weird but I’m actually looking forward to it this year because I have a lot to be thankful for. And that’s something not a lot of people can say. So, forget about all the great food or the Black Friday shopping you’ll be doing the next day, and just be thankful this Thanksgiving. I mean, it’s what the pilgrims would have wanted.

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WEATHERING THE STORM: AFTERMATH OF THE 2016 ELECTION

“We have the best system of government in the world and then we put an ugly twist on it.”

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This election has been one full of vitriol, from Republicans, Democrats, and third parties alike. Passions have run high all across the board, and for most current Rolla High School students, this is probably the first election that students have actually been in-the-know about. Toward the latter-half of the presidential election however, many people agreed on wanting at least one thing from it. “The end,” Rolla High School teacher Michael Ellis said. “I hope that we can have this election be like the others and be able to put this behind us and move on,” Ellis said. While the election is over, and we have a new president-elect in Donald Trump, that hasn’t stopped the controversies, protests, and the like from taking place. Passions continue to run high, and while they may mellow out with the passing of time, they don’t look to be ending anytime soon. “I don’t think I’ll ever see another debate like this. It’s just a joke, I don’t know of any [other election] that was ever a joke,” senior Erin Hawkins said. “I think it’s been dirtier, I think there’s been more negativity towards each other, it kind of took all the union-ness out of it you know? I mean we have the best system of government in the world and then we put an ugly twist on it and kind of made us the laughing stock of the world,” Ellis said. While there have certainly been exceptions on all sides, a large number of the public have expressed their disappointment in the two main candidates of each party. This disappointment was reflected in the voter turnout as well, whereas in 2008 Barack Obama won presidency with approximately 69 million votes, and then again in 2012 with approx. 65 million, this election Trump won with only approx. 60 million votes. “It seems like no one in this election is passionate about either candidate, whereas in most elections people feel they can get behind their candidate and support them but with this election Republicans and Democrats are choosing between the lesser of two evils,” RHS teacher Travis Curtis said. While there are still so many uncertainties with the current political climate, and likely will be for some time to come, be sure to keep this closing sentiment in mind before getting too upset over any arguments at the Rolla High School: “I personally don’t follow this profession, I’m just opinionated angsty teenager,” Hawkins said.

“UNITED WE STAND DIVIDED WE FALL.”

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The Rolla High School Drama department’s Fall production of Charlie and The Chocolate Factory was performed October 27th-29th at the Middle School. The cast put their audiences in a chocolate trance and nailed Violet Beauregarde’s blueberry transformation. Seeing that Charlie and the Chocolate Factory is a well known book, movie, and production, Kelli McNeven, the director of the play and Drama teacher at Rolla High School, explains the appeal and reasoning behind the decision to do this production for the fall play. “It’s a play that is popular because lots of people are familiar with either the book or the movies. I also like that it’s a larger cast so a lot of students could be involved. So the main characters or the Umpa Lumpas, could be really any size of cast we wanted,” McNeven said. Alex Pettijohn, also known as Willie Wonka, shares his experience as portraying a psychotic chocoholic. “The best part about being Willie Wonka would have to be acting as a odd ball. You are always acting in the most random sort of ways. [And] the hardest part would have to be portraying one who’s been locked up inside his factory for decades,” Pettijohn said. Like all the other clubs and extracurriculars at the Rolla High School, the drama department is also a great learning experience and chance to meet new people. “Drama is really a study of humanity and why people do the things they do. Besides that aspect of it, it’s just a lot of fun and when you’re involved in a production, you become like a little mini family because you spend more time with those people than you do with your actual family. There’s a lot of relationships that are built,” McNeven said. So, if you’re into singing, acting, or even working as part of the crew, Pettijohn says to go for it. “I loved drama but I never actually did anything in it because I never thought I would be good at it. [But] I tried out and I am absolutely loving it and all my peers love it. It’s definitely worth it to try out and you never know what’s going to happen,” Pettijohn said.

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In one of our previous ECHO issues, an article was written about various clubs here at Rolla High School. Fortunately, this article serves as a messenger to let the students know that we have one more golden nugget of club information. The Debate Team-the bonus-fry of RHS activities, if you willis officially up and running. Debate team is a club where students shape and contest arguments against individuals or other teams-all in the good natured name of proving you’re right. Sam Kimball, Junior, is at the helm of the grassroots organization that is the RHS Debate team. “Debate is a club right now, but it is also a MSSHA activity, so hopefully a couple months from now we can start going to competitions and actually start doing competitive debates,” Kimball said. “You go and you argue things; [It’s] Being able to fight your decisions while having it sound good,” Junior and debate member Renee Reisner said Kimball’s motivation for starting the team was inspired through a class activity he participated in his Sophomore year. “Well, I guess it started last year with us doing debates in Honors English II with Mrs. Gillis. I really enjoyed it, and a lot of other people did [as well], and she asked would anyone be interested in joining a competitive debate team. So I was like, ‘Yeah!’” Kimball said. At an average meeting, business is taken care of by preparing and setting up arguments, gathering evidence, and practicing until satisfaction has been reached-or at least until 4 o’clock. “We prepare for debates. Right now, we’re just doing debates among the school, but down the line we’ll begin preparing for people from other schools. We work on our outlines for our debates for the parts that we can, and the parts that we have to make up on the spot we find evidence for it. We find specific arguments for common arguments and counter arguments,” Kimball said. Although there are multiple formats on the Debate circuit, the RHS debate team practices and utilizes the Lincoln-Douglas form. “Right now we just do Lincoln-Douglas, which is a one-on-one debate debating values, like justice or personal liberty, stuff like that,” Kimball said. Because of the late start, this club is open and taking new members. “Yes we are! We would love to have new members any time. We meet alternating Tuesdays and Thursdays, contact me [Sam Kimball] if you want to join; It’ll also be in the announcements every week,” Kimball said.

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Clayton said. Rolla High School’s Constitution team competed against other high schools in the area. “It’s just a good chance to do something that most kids don’t get to do, it’s not a very common club, there’s nothing else like it,” “The constitution project is an organization that gives kids a chance to show their skills that have nothing to do with what they Clayton said. The competition gives students hands on learning, but students learn in school, and to create their own idea of what true justice have fun, too. and freedom is,” junior Mackenzie Clayton, said. The purpose of the project “I’m just doing it to do it. I’ve been told by different people that I is to give students a chance to “It’s just a good chance to do something practice their protected rights. should think about go into law, but that most kids don’t get to do, it’s not a very I really don’t think I will. It’s just “The Constitution Project a fun experience and it broadens was founded by a local judge common club, there’s nothing else like it,” named Judge Gaston and he my view on what other careers you Clayton said. created it in order to teach kids could pursue in life,” Wilsdorf said. Students who participated last the fundamentals of the judicial year persuaded others to join in this year. system. We have three teams. We have a journalism team, a CSI “I got roped into it by Steuart Meusch and Jesse Liu. They were (crime scene investigation) team, and a lawyer team. The CSI going to a meeting and I went along and I’ve be into it ever since,” team finds the case, the journalism team reports it, and the lawyer he added. Wilsdorf and Clayton both agree that being part of the team tries the case for whatever the charge is made,” senior Sam Constitution team is a rewarding experience. Wilsdorf said. Judges observe each of the three teams throughout the project and assign points during the first two rounds. “It’s scored basically on how well you execute everything. For the court case it’s not whether you win or not, it’s whether you follow procedure, so if you are respectful and know how to do objections and how to run a court case properly, you’ll score higher. It’s all on how well you execute procedure in the court,”. Wilsdorf is one of the team’s lawyers. “We get scored based on how we execute the skills we learn in our club and how well we know our part,”

The lawyer team before competition. Photo courtesy of Celia Parsons

“It’s just a fun experience and it broadens my view on what other careers you could pursue in life.”

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Conference: Ozark Conference Co-Champions Districts I: Rolla Vs. Camdenton 2-0 Districts II: Rolla vs. Helias Catholic 1-0 Sectionals: Rolla Vs. Glendale 1-0 Quarter Finals: Rolla Vs. Carthage 1-2 The Rolla Boys Soccer team had a successful season this year. It was the first time that they made it this far to the final four teams in the State since 2012. “It feels really good to make it to the State Quarter Finals because we had some really rough seasons in the past. We are really proud we made it this far this year. We appreciate everyone who come and support our games,” Senior Alec Falkenhain said. Falkenhain broke his leg earlier this season, but manage to recover before District games. “I broke my leg so I had to come back from that. It has been a lot harder. But we had a lot of fun still. We won a lot of games so that was pretty fun.” The team has mature a lot throughout the season. Not only were injuries healed, but friendships and bonds were made. “I love the friendship and the compatibility that we all have. Towards the beginning we were kind of separate, but we all started having it all out and becoming real good friends. That helps us play better too,” Junior Nick Janke said. The guys worked very hard throughout the season. They put a lot of effort into improving their skills and gained a lot of experience. “In the beginning [of the season], they were a little rough. It was a little rough start. It took a while for them to come together as one. When they did, they were unstoppable. No one could stop them except for Carthage,” Senior Morgan Gabriele said. It took a lot of effort from the team to have made it all the way to the Quarter Final games. This means that Rolla competed as one of the top four teams in the State. “It was a fun season. The guys exceeded everyone’s expectations but their own. Conference champs, district champs and sectional champs is a great season by anyone’s standards. I am very happy for them,” Coach Mike Howard said. Sadly, the season had to come to an end. Rolla lost against Carthage at Quarter Finals 1-2. It was a very close game. “This season has been very fun, and I enjoyed every moment every of it. It sucks that it was my senior year, but we’ve came the farthest we have in four years. It was a great accomplishment. I play soccer because it is a sport I love, and the people I play it with are like a family,” Senior Mike Jennings said.

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In certain circumstances, a large group of people remember something in the same way (name of product, etc), but in reality their memory was incorrect. The Mandela Effect proposes that this is due to people switching between parallel universes. “The reason it’s called the Mandela Effect is because a lot of people believed that Nelson Mandela died in jail, but in reality he didn’t. There’s other smaller examples that people remember wrong, like the Berenstain Bears conspiracy. Basically, they remember it one way, and it won’t be that way [in reality],” junior Allyson Mack said. The Berenstain Bears, a popular children’s book series and show, is a frequently refrenced example of the Mandela Effect. “Some people remember it spelled ‘Berenstein’ while others remember it spelled ‘Berenstain’. The correct way to spell it is “Berenstain”, although many would argue that they were completely sure of it being spelled differently,” Mack said. One possible explanation of this example is that the people who remember the title as “Berenstein” were in a parallel universe where that was the correct spelling of the title at some point in their lives. “I don’t really know a lot of the science behind it, because I don’t have that kind of time on my hands. As far as I’ve seen, the main theory is that supposedly there is a cross between one universe and another universe, and that’s where the difference in our memory lies,” Mack said. Opposition to the Mandela Effect proposes that the reason for different memories is a due to misperception rather than

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parallel universes. “I feel like it could be legit, but I think it’s more psychological rather than because of the parallel universes. I feel like it’s just a weird psychological thing or maybe a weird cover-up with Nelson Mandela,” Mack said. Another skeptic of the Mandela Effect is a Physics professor at Missouri University of Science and Technology, Dr. Allan Pringle. “I’ve seen no evidence that such a thing happens, and physics is based on evidence. Eyewitnesses are the worst form of evidence, contrary to popular belief,” Dr. Pringle said. Adversaries of the theory believe that it can be explained by psychological reasoning. “The Mandela effect, the theory of how parallel universes explains how people remember the same events incorrectly, is viewed differently from a psychological standpoint. In psychological terms, the Mandela effect would best be explained from a cognitive psychology view. Cognitive psychologists study mental processes, such as learning, memory, thinking, perception, creativity, and problem-solving. I would not characterize the Mandela effect as false memories, but rather I would characterize it as part of our faulty memory system. Far from what many people believe, our memory system does not work like a recording device. Our perceptions, life experiences, and external influences greatly affect our memory. Thus, this is why many people remember the same memory incorrectly,” Fleming said.

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What do you remember? Oscar Meyer or Oscar Mayer

Sketchers or Skechers Febreeze or Febreze

Addidas or Adidas

Flinstones or Flintstones

Looney Toons or Looney Tunes

Kit Kat or Kit-Kat

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November Album Recommendations We asked students of Rolla High what their favorite music album is and why.

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“My favorite album is ‘Vessel’ by Twenty One Pilots. I like the song ‘Trees’, ‘Migraine’, and ‘House of Gold’, it’s just really chill and fun to listen to.” -Lexi Turner, junior

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“My favorite album is Avenged Sevenfold’s ‘Nightmare’ album. The second song ‘Welcome to the Family’ is the first song I learned how to play on drums all the way through. I also really like ‘Buried Alive’ and ‘Nightmare’ off of that album.” -Marc Lyle, junior

“My favorite album is ‘Sgt. Peppers’ Lonely Heart Club Band’ by The Beatles, because it’s a good blend of psychedelic Beatles, pop Beatles, and rock Beatles, it’s very good. I like ‘A Day in the Life’ and ‘With a Little Help From My Friends’, I like that one because they let Ringo sing, which is fun.” - Mr. Loker, history teacher

“Twenty One Pilots self-titled album, some of my favorite songs off of it are ‘Isle of Flightless Birds’ and ‘Friend Please’. I like how they sound and I like the message, it is very dear to my heart.” - Abbey Williams, sophomore “‘The Life of Pablo’, because everybody loves Kanye! My favorite songs on it are ‘Wolves’, ‘FML’, ‘Ultralight Beam’, and ‘Waves’.” - Devon Green, sophomore “My favorite album is ‘Dream Your Life Away’ by Vance Joy, because it’s just really fantastic. My favorite song on it is ‘Georgia’, but I also like ‘Riptide’ and ‘Mess is Mine’.” - Ashley Barth, sophomore

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“This was Rolla High School’s third anual Powder Puff game,” senior and Powder Puff coordinator Madison Hansen said. “I believe the first person to start Powder Puff at Rolla was Hannah Lucas,” Hansen said. The money raised by the event goes to the coordinator’s choice. “This year the money raised will go back into the leadership program to help fund other events like Safe and Sober Prom, 3V3 Soccer, and the blood drive,” Hansen said.

Cheerleaders: Jared Gullet, Steven Haven, Josh Weisenborn, Preston Perry, Trey Quick, Sam Wilsdorf, Drew Jones, Garrett Helm, Gavin Hux, Isaiah Thompson Cheer Coaches: Rylie Veik and Taylor Stevens

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Junior Players: Emma Weinbaum, Allie Senior Players: Celia Parsons, Morgan GaHarman, Mackenzie Clayton, Ellie Homan, brielle, Calista McCormack, Kaley Burgess, Adrianna Heitman, Macy Moreland, Ami Olivia Gonzales, Deja White, Kameron JorIkuenobe, Savannah Womack, Courtney dan, Elizabeth Parkinson, Olivia Brinkley, Colench, Krista Hilmas, Peyton Dent, Mattie Koulthoum Boubacar, Addy Brow, Morgan Dean, Katie Huskey, Cauley Blel, Brooke Gill- Phenix, Kelly Dupes man, Kelly Cates Senior Coaches: Dawson Satterfield, Junior Coaches: Devin Declerk, Josh Pritchett, Xaviar Douglas, Jacob Cunningham, Caleb Turner, Ryan Smith Hunter House

Grandma’s Recipes Potatoe Salad

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8 large potatoes Claussen pickles (2 halves) 1 sweet onion 6-8 red radishes real mayo (not miracle whip) celery (optional) hard boiled eggs (optional)

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• Peel potatoes and boil them until soft enough to easily stick with a fork. Not too soft or else they will fall apart when mixed. Let potatoes cool and then cut into bite size pieces. • Dice pickles, onion (half or whole depending on preference), and radishes. • Mix all ingredients in large bowl with mayo. The amount of mayo depends on preference. • Optional: Mix diced celery or top with halved hard boiled eggs. • Cover with plastic wrap and keep cooled. • When served top woth a paprika.

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1 3/4 cups mashed, cooked, pumpkin 1/2 teaspoon salt 1- 1 3/4 cups milk 2 large eggs 2/3 cup brown sugar 1 1/4 teaspoons cinnamon 2 tablespoons sugar 1/2 teaspoon ginger 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg 1/4 teaspoon clover

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• Mix all ingredients together in blender. (mix first three ingredients first and then add more or else blender may not mix) • Pour into pastry lined 9 inch pie pan. For crispness have nottom pastry a little thicker than 1/8 inch. • Bake at 425 for 45-55 minutes, or just until you can stick a butter knife into the center and it comes out clean. It may still look soft but will set later. • Refrigerate.

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With fall sports coming to a close, many Rolla High athletes are focusing on the start of winter sports. However, this time of year also presents many students with the opportunity to focus on sports outside of school. One of these sports is hunting; many students enjoy spending their days in the woods. Seth Hofheins, senior, looks forward to hunting season each year, and he begins his preparations in the summertime. “Hunting takes a lot of preparation; a lot of thought goes into it. If you just walk out into a field with a gun, you’re not going to shoot anything. I start preparing for hunting in the summer. We go out to our farm and scout around; we might even shed hunt. We have to set up stands and make food crops. We also have this whole process where we clean all of our clothing with this scent stuff, to get all of the human scent out of it,” Hofheins said. In order to get results, it is not uncommon for Hofheins to spend a whole day in the woods. His day begins before sunrise, and it often does not end until after dark. “It’s kind of an all day affair. I wake up at like four in the morning, so I have time to get out to the stand an hour before daylight. You can shoot something thirty minutes before sunrise, so I like to try to be there an hour before because it makes a lot of noise walking in and stuff. Usually I stay out all day with an hour lunch break, and then I stay out until an hour past dark,” Hofheins said. Hofheins enjoys several different types of hunting, but he likes

the challenge of bowhunting. “I like bowhunting the best. There’s something about how close you have to get [to the deer], it’s honestly a lot harder. Just shooting a doe with a bow is just as exciting as shooting a big buck with a gun. I’ve shot bucks from like 300 yards before, but with a bow you have to get really up close with them, so it’s a whole different hunting experience. Other than bowhunting and gun hunting, I also like to go bird hunting, which is with a shotgun instead.” Over the years, Hofheins has experienced many different styles of hunting. Perhaps one of the most untraditional styles is pheasant hunting, in which Hofheins must be loud instead of trying to stay camouflaged. His annual pheasant hunting trip is perhaps one of the highlights of Hofhein’s hunting season. “We go on this yearly trip to South Dakota with my dad and his friends where we go pheasant hunting. It’s a completely different type of hunting. With deer hunting and turkey hunting, you’re sitting in a stand trying to be as quiet, camouflaged, and scent free as possible so that you can sneak up on the deer. With pheasant hunting, there’s these big lines of people, and dogs are running everywhere. You flush fields to try and get the birds up, you’re loud, you’re talking, and you’re kicking through brush as you try to get the birds to fly up. It’s a completely different type of hunting and it’s really exciting. It was our third year doing that this year.”

Makeup has been a part of countless societies throughout history, serving different purposes for each one. Cosmetics have now become a part of everyday life. Senior Joseph Sweitzer finds joy in using the human body as a canvas. Sweitzer was not always interested in makeup art, but it is something he adopted as he learned more about the subject. “I don’t really know how I started. I do know that I started learning by watching videos on YouTube, and then I was like, ‘hey, that looks interesting,’ so I went from there,” Sweitzer said. After he gained interest from watching YouTube videos, Sweitzer taught himself the ins and outs of makeup art. He dove right into experimenting with new makeup techniques. If his work does not turn out like he wants it to, he just tries again. “Yeah, essentially YouTube and trial and error. You learn pretty quick if it doesn’t look very well. So, the best thing that I did was just watch YouTube videos; I never had any formal training or anything like that,” Sweitzer said. During this process, Sweitzer stumbled upon several YouTubers that he looks up to. He not only enjoys watching their videos, but he enjoys learning from them. “I really love Jaclyn Hill, as well as Manny Mua, Tati Westbrook, and Kathleen Lights,” Sweitzer said. Makeup art has been a part of Sweitzer’s life for around a year now, and he encourages prospective makeup artists to keep working towards their goal. He thinks that it is important to not only work on your technique, but to also take good care of your skin, as well as your makeup brushes.

“The best thing to do is just keep with it. If you think you’re not that good then just keep doing it. I’ve only been doing it for about a year, so there’s a lot that can happen in a year. The best thing to do is blend, blend until your fingers bleed. The best foundation is a good skin care routine, and your makeup brushes will make the world’s difference. One of the most important parts is your makeup brushes and skin,” Sweitzer said. As a high school student, Joseph prefers to keep his everyday makeup more natural looking; however, he does occasionally experiment with bolder looks, especially if it is a special occasion. He finds much of his inspiration from the internet, where lots of makeup artists share pictures and videos of their work. “Usually if I wear makeup to school it’s very soft and settle. Obviously, it doesn’t always turn out that way. The only reason that I would ever wear more makeup to school is if it’s picture day or halloween, but usually I get my inspiration from watching videos and looking at instagram pictures, stuff like that. I try to recreate it as best as I can,” Sweitzer said. In regards to the future, Sweitzer has considered different ways that he could work makeup art into his career. “I actually really enjoy it. It’s kind of calming to do, unless I’m constantly messing up, then I get really stressed out. I plan on keeping with it, depending on my career path. If I do neurosurgery, I won’t really have time to do makeup, but if I do plastic surgery I will try to triple major with dermatology and cosmetics chemistry and create my own skin care and makeup line. I think that’d be a lot of fun,” Sweitzer said.

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Humans Of Rolla High School Some people might recognize Jeron Hicks as the star for Cooking With Jeron while watching RHS Review. Jeron Hicks is a sophomore at Rolla High School and was born in Rolla Missouri. Jeron has traveled to various places including, Alabama, Florida, Louisiana, Arkansas, Nebraska, Illinois, and Iowa. But Jeron has lived in Florida for six months. “My grandma lives in Florida and we missed her a lot so my family and I traveled to Florida and lived her for about six months,” Jeron said. Jeron is the oldest of his two siblings, Hayden and Serenity Hicks. And are very close in contact. “I have two siblings, we are tightly knit and argue a lot but we love each other a lot. We have grown up in this area our entire life, though we lived in St. James until I was in third grade,” Jeron said. One of Jeron’s activities he does, is creating episodes of Cooking With Jeron for the RHS Review. Knowing he has made four, he says he likes to make other people laugh. “I am working on the fifth Cooking With Jeron episode now. I just like to make people laugh and I decided to take something I’m terrible at, cooking, and instruct people about how bad I am at it in the most ridiculous manner I can,” Jeron said. Having s job as a high school student seems to be a necessity,

especially when it comes to paying insurance. Jeron used to work at Mickey’s Pies but now works at A Slice of Pie. “I love working at A Slice of Pie, I’ve made lots of friends and it’s a fantastic local business. I maybe work 6-12 hours a week, but I enjoy my time there. I basically cut and serve pie, cleanup, the usual food service things,” Jeron said. Jeron is very passionate about his studies, but when he moved to Florida for six months, he was surprised by the atmosphere. “I started a new school in Florida with a terrible education system and it got me behind. No one had motivation, no one strived to be intelligent. It was an entire different atmosphere. It got me so behind that I was forced to come back to my eighth grade year and reteach myself a lot of what was learned last year,” Jeron said. Jeron has big plans once he graduates high school, involving college and possibly becoming a history teacher. “I want to be a history teacher when I graduate high school. I love having an effect on people’s lives. I feel like having an understanding of the past leads to a better understanding of the future. I also like having an effect on people’s lives, it’s my goal when it comes to social life, being important just makes me feel like a happier person,” Jeron concludes.

Serenity, Hayden, and Jeron photograph by Misty Hicks

The Hick Family together for a family photo.

Jeron at age two and Misty Hicks.

Jeron Hicks

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Rumor has it... that new information on the murder of Judy Spencer reveals that the murder story may not have actually occurred as it was told by earlier sources. B

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An employee of the former owners of Ryder’s mansion, Sheilah Vice, gave information for the last issue of ECHO on the murder of Judy Spencer that is rumored to be false. “[Judy] was very beautiful, she worked in the hospital and was a nurse and she was dating a lot of the doctors. Her car was found on FF bridge and the lights and the car was running. It was someone she knew and they attacked her and took her into the mansion. They actually convicted someone, Doc Nash. She had his skin under her fingernails,” Vice said. Leon Coffman, a custodian for Rolla High, has a very different story pertaining to the events that occurred around Judy Spencer’s death. “[Judy] was killed about 20 miles from there. She was killed and found buried behind the church about 11 miles outside of Salem, between Licking and Salem. She was buried [at that church] and they say that apparently she had been strangled. DNA was found underneath her fingernails, which came out in court. I know the gentlemen that they convicted. He wasn’t a doctor, but [he went by]

Celia Parsons Editor in Chief

Doc. [Judy] worked at the hospital in Salem. She was a secretary, not a nurse. She dated one doctor that we know of, but that was it. Her car was found over by the Ryder’s Mansion. The crime scene was out there and that’s where they found the DNA evidence. A forensics college class out of Cabool wanted to open a case so they started to do some research and that’s how they convicted Doc Nash 5 or 6 years ago. It was his DNA under her fingernails. They convicted him with the DNA, but whether he actually did it, I have no clue. She was strangled. They found her buried in a shallow grave and she had been strangled,” Coffman said. Whether Judy Spencer’s death was at the hands of Doc Nash or not may never be known. The evidence of his DNA under her fingernails proves that Spencer was either intimate with Doc Nash, putting up a fight as he killed her, or possibly both. The location of her body may have never been within 20 miles of Ryder’s Mansion, meaning that the ghost of Judy Spencer hasn’t been haunting the property.

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Welcome to this month’s installment of Completely Credible, the column where I state my opinion on things that I know too much about, all while not providing a single source to back it up. Essentially, a typical news column. The subject of each column is bound to be different, and this will more or less be about whatever happens to catch my attention at the time. While reading be sure to keep in mind this is purely my opinion on something that probably doesn’t matter. been linked to these seemingly innocent By Connor Wilson children stories. There’s a very strange Staff Writer occurance where many people think that the Berenstain Bears were actually named The Mandela Effect is a very interesting the Berenstein Bears, and while this many theory about how parallel dimensions can seem harmless at first the number of people who vehemently defend that the overlap, with the main evidence supporting this theory being how a large body of stories they read as a child were the Berenstein Bears and not the Berenstain Bears is people remember things differently than what actually happened. Now, this may staggering. seem quite hard to believe until you bring Those who remember it as Stein rather to attention one of the most pressing topics than Stain might actually be correct and of our generation: The Berenstain Bears. actually from an alternate reality, with the only clear-cut example of how these The Berenstain Bears is a children’s story universes are overlapping being the Bewhich was fairly popular in the 2000’s. They were educational short stories, which renstain/Stein Bears, causing the Berenstain Bears to be a prime example of the taught children important morals such Mandela Effect. as dealing with bullying and conquering stage fright. However, something far Some of the evidence being offered up is how if one were to do some digging, there more sinister than most could imagine has

is a mysterious lack of Berenstain Bears on any major literature websites such as Scholastic or their publisher’s website, Random House, until 2005, when they were added onto Random House’s website as Berenstain. It’s almost as if the Berenstain/stein Bears didn’t exist until sometime before 2005 in this universe, which is quite odd as the Bears reached their height in popularity in the 1990’s. There are actually many out there dedicated to uncovering this mystery of mankind, with one of the most prominent and extensive sources of information on this being the website berensteinbears.weebly. com, I highly recommend this website be perused for further evidence towards particular conspiracy. While we may never know which of us are from which reality, I think all can agree the Berenstain/Stein Bears is one of the most pressing issues of humankind and possibly the most important topic I ever write about.