Issue 16

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TRIP news

OF•A•LIFETIME

the harbinger

Besides competing at the McGill competition in Montreal, orchestra students spent time sightseeing and having fun.

Maggie di Silvestro

At 6:30 a.m. on April 28, a group of groggy but excited orchestras, East won three trophies, three plaques and a orchestra students and parents arrived at East, passports in certificate inviting the chambers orchestra to the next level hand. Anxious parents hurried to warn their children one of competition, which will be held in Boston. While the last time, “Don’t lose your passport. You won’t be able to Chambers orchestra did win the invitation to go to Boston, come back!” With that the orchestra boarded the buses for they have no plans yet to attend the competition; however, the KCI airport and Montreal, Canada. they haven’t ruled the possibility out yet.

The anticipation for this trip had been building for over a “The competition element is something I don’t year and they had been prepping for just as long. value but to have adjudicators different than the “The Monday before I was local adjudicators [assess us] is valuable,” like, ‘I will be gone in a week,’” orchestra teacher Jonathan Lane said. freshman Taylor Gudgel said.

While in Montreal, the orchestra The students were divided students spent a day doing some into two different groups because While in Montreal, the orchestra sightseeing. there were so many of them: the visited many different historically They went to Olympic Park where freshmen went in one plane and the Olympics were held in 1976, Notre and culturally important places, such the upperclassmen on another.

Dame Basilica, the Underground City Their planes left at different times, • the Olympic Stadium: built for the and Canada’s World Trade Center. however, and one connected in 1976 Olympics, this stadium houses the The students also heard the Montreal Minneapolis, the other in Detroit. Montreal Expos and Alouttes and is the Orchestra play live.

The orchestra went to Montreal for world’s tallest inclined structure at a foot They went to all of these in two a four-day international orchestra taller than the Washington Monument. groups. One group would leave for a competition held at McGill • the Underground City: a collection of monument or activity and the other University. would wait at the Delta Montreal Hotel malls, tunnels, shops, metro stations and When the orchestra got off the offices that stretches under the city of due to lack of bus capacity. The only planes, they went through the Montreal. place they went to together was the Olympic tedious process of customs. They • World Trade Center Montreal: this Stadium because two buses were available. were asked to sign a document building contains the Montreal InterAfter two students were temporarily lost stating that they had no fresh Continental Hotel as well as many Friday, chaperones started checking everyone produce with them, they did not restaurants and small boutiques. off when arriving at and leaving every destination. bring more than $10,000 and that Many of these destinations were restaurants. They www.lonelyplanet.com they hadn’t been to a farm recently. ate at fondue, Italian and French restaurants during These measures are to ensure that their three-night stay. the students weren’t bringing disease The trip home on Sunday May 1, had a few more with them into the county. All 100 (chaperones included) hindrances than the trip up, starting very early in the people were admitted to the country. morning.

The three orchestras did exceptionally well at their “We had to leave the hotel at 5 a.m. (4 a.m. our time) and competition-and they were the only orchestras competing customs took a lot longer too,” Lucas said. against many bands and choirs from all across the One plane of students arrived home on Sunday at 1:30 world. Between the concert, chambers and symphonic p.m., while the other group didn’t even arrive at the airport

destination:

Skating along Construction workers are Jayne Shelton smoothing the cement around wooden curves that mark the place of the bowl of the coming skate park of Prairie Village.

By June 7, this broken up construction site will come together to create Harmon Park Skate Park, (Jake Shepard Skate Park) for the dedicating ceremony that day. This has been a project in the making since 2002 when Jake Shepard and then eighth-grader Andy Peterson decided that they wanted to have a skate park in Prairie Village. Finally it will happen.

The original estimate for the park was made by area contractors and was estimated at about $170,000, but when they decided to go with a different contractor, one from Seattle called Grindline skate park designers, the estimate was raised to about $220,000.

This major project started small, with only Peterson and some of his friends asking kids around Mission Valley for donations. They made $5,000 just doing that. It took them two and a half years to raise $65,000 and with donations of $25,000 from Mission Hills and $10,000 from the Helen S.

SOPHOMORES Anna Zeiger and Max Clinkingbeard sit with one of the padded cellos that were shipped to Montreal. Cello players wrapped their instruments in foam to protect them.

until 6:40 p.m. because of a delay due to a problem with the plane’s hydraulics system. After sitting on the plane for over an hour, they had to board another plane. Mr. Lane was on this plane that was delayed with all the freshmen orchestra members.

“I was tortured by the freshmen girls and suffered greatly,” Lane said.

The trip was an overall success and was described by Gudgel as “on a scale from one to ten, ten and a half.”

Harmon Park skate park construction to be finished by June 7 for dedication

Bolan foundation, they still came up $120,000 short. That was until they got a call from Bob Pryzby, the public works director of Prairie Village.

“We knew [Pryzby] and the rest of the committee were really always behind [building the park],” Peterson said.

The city had given them the remaining $120,000 to finally begin building the skate park. Public works director Bob Pryzby said that the city granted the money because of requests from kids and parents for a skate park.

“When the city gave us the money that was really huge for us,” Peterson said.

Peterson’s mom, Kathy, is also very involved with the park. She volunteered to be the Head of the Skate Park ADHOC Committee.

“Kids need a safe place to skate,” Kathy said. “The skaters get in trouble and get tickets, because there really isn’t a place for them to go.” Peterson thinks that the park will bring in revenue for the city, because it is something families can do.

“Since most kids that skate can’t drive, their parents can drop them off and go shop,” Peterson said.

The place for the park is centrally located in Prairie

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photo courtesty SME orchestra boosters

montreal

Village, next to Harmon Park, but not visible from the road.

This poses a problem for its popularity. Although some people know of the park’s construction, most are unaware of it.

“People have asked me if they have started building it, but it’s almost finished,” Peterson said.

The promoting that the committee for the skate park is planning on is the same as it has been for the past few years–Jakefest. Jakefest has been a yearly event in Harmon Park on Jake Shepard’s birthday, June 7. It will be after the opening in Harmon Park. Each year, Jakefest was really meant to raise money for the park, by having bands and food there for people to support the skate park.

Peterson thinks that people will be drawn to the park because of Shepard himself.

“Lots of people liked [Jake] and know about the park because of Jake. He was really popular and everyone liked him,” Peterson said.

Shepard is really the reason why Peterson and his friends stayed with the project. Peterson has stopped skating but is still working to get the park built because of Jake’s passion for the project.

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Rewarding

year

Experience

KIDS in the Hall

What do teachers do over the summer?

having Pulsinelli was just as great, maybe even better than having Fast himself. There’s something about a 5’4” man with a permanent smile glued to his face who gets all giddy when he opens that cardboard box filled with our new reading assignments. As he pulls out the books, he gives them a quick sniff. “Mmmm. . .I just love the smell of new books.” Imagine a five year old who just figured out how to tie his shoes. Yeah. That’s Pulsinelli and literature.

I can’t honestly say I’ve loved all of the novels or short stories we’ve read in class. The homework was especially difficult to enjoy. Spending hours each night typing up symbols and their meanings can get slightly wearing, but the time we spent discussing them the next day was all worth the while. You know you can always make Pulsinelli’s day if you just participate in his carefully organized discussions.

Besides understanding a deeper meaning for literature, I can also write an essay for you within 45 minutes, pull a symbol out of virtually any situation, give you the definition of lugubrious, and write you a sentence using the “dependent adverb clause; participial phrase; gerund verb” pattern. Yeah, okay so maybe it isn’t that impressive, but it’s a good feeling to know that I wasn’t entirely useless this year.

Freshman Ruth Stark

“The teachers just go to the pool and relax like the rest of us.”

art bySara McElhaney

my 30-page syllabus for European History AP on the last day of freshman year, I knew that my sophomore year was going to be much different. I hated that syllabus because it gave me a plan for the next nine months of my life. Taking all honors for the following year was a big commitment for me, but with so much pressure to succeed, I felt like it was the best decision.

My suspicions about the difficulty of sophomore year were quickly confirmed during the first month of school.

My mom, who usually pushes me to challenge myself as much as possible academically, was telling me to drop an honors class or two to lessen the load. Now that it’s May and the end of the year is so close, I feel like I’ve made a meaningful accomplishment.

My GPA is not a 4.0. I have failed more tests than I’m willing to admit. To my knowledge, I do not have an A in any of my core classes. Although I’m not perfect on paper, I’ve been exposed to more academic opportunities this year than some people ever get a chance to experience.

I’m not going to use every little thing I’ve learned so far in high school, but I will always need the skill of communication and vocabulary. This year my English class has made the biggest imprint on my life. I want to celebrate, specifically, what the twins who teach English honors for sophomores have achieved.

There were a lot of kids who avoided taking honors for sophomore year just because they’d heard about the difficulty of Mr. Fast’s English classes. Mr. Pulsinelli came onto the scene, ironically when Fast decided that he needed help with the amount of honors students he was going to be having for the following year.

I was skeptical about getting Mr. Pulsinelli in the beginning because I had put all of my hopes into Mr. Fast as being the greatest English teacher I’d ever have.

Although his name wasn’t Fast, I figured he basically looked the same and both teachers did have the same lesson plans.

It turned out that

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SOPHOMORE

After all the work and stuggle, sophomore year was a...

Ally Heisendorf in my own words Receiving

Was it what you Was expected? expected?

“They all party hard all summer long.”

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“Wicked awesome! I can drive now which means more freedom and study groups at Panera!”

Bailey Armstrong

“It was better than freshman year because the teachers were better.”

Kate Adams

Junior Josh Nessari

“Teachers like to spend time thinking about how they are going to torment us next year.”

Cole Easterday

“It was great because you get to know a lot of new people. It is a big step from freshman year that was more like an intro to high school. “

“It was super duper.

My backpack got a lot heavier. I had four books instead of three.”

Melanie Trost Sophomore Karsen Brassard

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Tad Sigman

“You partake in more activities, but there is more work. It was nice to meet more upperclassmen, and they are more accepting towards you.”

Senior Casey Byrom

“They do nothing at all.

They just sit around and chill.”

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2005

senior issue

Simon Kass N

ext fall, Senior Simon Kass will join the legions of people who have found success in the CIA. He hopes to train extensively with large knives, complicated orders and the occasional open flame.

No, he is not going to be the world’s next James Bond, though he is a man of many talents; Kass will be attending the Culinary Institute of America in Hyde Park, NY, what many consider to be the culinary epicenter of the U.S. It was when he was taking the culinary program at Broadmoor Center that Kass finally decided what he wanted to do with his life. While he is interested in the visual arts, drama, and movies, Kass wants to be a chef.

“I can put everything I enjoy into cooking,” Kass said.

This may prove to be difficult because of his multiple interests. Kass is a member of the National Art Honors Society, and is often seen toting a hefty sketchpad for one of his various art classes. Kass landed a leading role in the fall production of Brigadoon, as well as parts in Frequent Friday plays. His interest in theater also extends to the silver screen: last year he started East’s first film club to view and discuss movies with his peers. The club has had much success despite copyright complications last year.

But Kass’s interest in food began long before he had starred in any productions or learned to appreciate French cinematography. His grandmother would invite the family over on holidays, and the children would help prepare traditional Jewish foods such as Mandelbrot and delicious peach kuchen.

Scott Borgmier University of Kansas Lawrence, KS

Kass’s next mentor in the kitchen was teacher Bob Brassard, or simply Chef Bob to his students, of Broadmoor Center where Kass takes his cooking classes every morning. It is through his relationship with Brassard that Kass has landed a job at Feasts of Fancy catering service and gotten many other opportunities to cook for fundraisers and conferences. He visited the Culinary Institute of America for the first time this year during spring break.

“It was like going to visit Harry Potter at Hogwarts, except they weren’t teaching magic. They were teaching food,” Kass said. He goes on to describe magnificent high ceilings covered in frescoes and windows of stained glass, complete with a breathtaking view of the Hudson River.

As gorgeous as Hyde Park is, Kass has no intention to settle anywhere for long. He can quickly rattle off 20 cities, from Bhutan to Milan, in countries around the world to which he would like to travel. In his college life, Kass plans to look at food from an anthropological perspective to discover the reflections of a culture in their cuisine, and perhaps even write a book.

“If they don’t offer everything that I’m looking for, I’ll just pick up a book and learn it myself,” said Kass.

Kass is already on his way to becoming a big name.

He has spent this year trying to get all he can out of high school and the city he lives in by seeking out little “gems” of restaurants, schmoozing with local chefs and turning every opportunity to his advantage.

Allison Boehm Bethel College North Newton, KS

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aving only started cheerleading a year ago, some may think it extremely gutsy to try out for a collegiate cheerleading squad. But not senior Scott Borgmier. His decision seemed to be somewhat spur of the moment, influenced by former East student Ellen Stolle.

“I wasn’t that nervous,” Borgmier said.

“Ellen told me that they typically don’t have that many guys try out and so I would have a much better chance than a girl.

That made it much better.”

He emailed the KU cheerleading coach a few times before the tryouts to make a connection and make them aware of what he had to offer. Borgmier’s background in diving made his tryout go much smoother because he handled the tumbling aspect much better.

Not only has he been very involved in cheerleading this year but also the dive team and the art department. Borgmier will be entering KU next year as a freshmen in the school of fine arts. He plans to major in jewelry.

When Borgmier found out online that he had made the team he immediately called his mom, who was out of town at the time, to tell her the good news. He will be attending a camp at the end of summer and practice twice a week during the school year next year in addition to games.

“I broke my nose at tryouts stunting a girl,” Borgmier said. “But other than that things went pretty smoothly.”

His tryouts were much easier than they

Culinary Institute of America Hyde Park, NY

could have been because he tried out with incoming and returning squad members.

Next year Kansans can see Borgmier as well as Stolle cheering at home football games, woman’s basketball and volleyball games.

“When I tell people that I am going to be a cheerleader in college they typically just ask ‘aren’t you too small?’,” Borgmier said.

He can individual stunting now, and will do a little working out over the summer but does not need to “bulk up” too much.

hen Allison Boehm goes home, she often pulls out a medical encyclopedia she picked up at an estate sale or gets onto wikipedia.com to look up scientific terms she doesn’t know.

“When I don’t know something I look it up.

My friends are always like ‘Allison, you’re such a nerd, but they appreciate it when I tell them what’s wrong with them,” Boehm said.

Her desire to learn makes her an exceptional student according to Anatomy teacher Nikki Bauer.

“The thing that puts her beyond the rest is her interest and her work ethic. A lot of students can get good grades, but not all of them have the work ethic she does,” Bauer said.

Her passion for medicine sprouted at the age of nine after her five-year-old sister broke her wrist.

“When we went to the office the pediatrician was really good but after we got home from the emergency room, her wrist still hurt so I put a rollerblading wrist guard around it,” Boehm said. “When she went to the orthopedic doctor, he complimented me on my idea.

After that I just thought that being a pediatrician would be cool.”

Boehm is taking her experiences in her science class like the cat dissection with her to Bethel College, a Mennonite college in North Newton, Kansas to double major in Biology and Health Sciences.

“I’d always wanted to go to [Bethel] because it was that first college I heard about that wasn’t KU or K-State. Then I realized that it had a lot of the stuff I was looking for. It has a 96 percent acceptance rate for pre-meds to go to med. You can’t argue with those statistics,” Boehm said.

What entices Boehm even more about Bethel is the fact that she will be surrounded by not only other enthusiastic pre-med students, but also fellow Mennonites. Boehm has been the only one she knows at school that follows the Mennonite religion, a Christian group stressing peace and community, for her whole student career. Next fall Boehm will finally have the chance to study at a school where there are people who share the same passion and the same religious culture.

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After four years together, seniors head off to t

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DESTINATION ARIZONA ARKANSAS

ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY Jonathan Steiner

UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS Elise Arensbreg Meredith Looney Paige Sutherland Rachel Findley

NORTH ARKANSAS COMMUNITY COLLEGE Thatcher Carter

CALIFORNIA BROOKS COLLEGE Danielle Hernandez

BROOKS INSTITUTE OF PHOTOGRAPHY Kelsey McCarthy

CLAREMONT MCKENNA Ross Boomer Greer Donley

FASHION INSTITUTE OF DESIGN AND MERCHANDISING Sarah Smart

STANFORD UNIVERSITY Cristin Weekley Patrick Ardinger

UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA Jack Lynch Tiffany Lovett

COLORADO

COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY Sally Simonsen David Dembicki

COLORADO UNIVERSITY Afton Beebe Kyle Hawkins Scott Miller Jack Bresky Stephen Powell Heather Ray

FORT LEWIS COLLEGE Connor Sweeney

DELAWARE FLORIDA GEORGIA HAWAII IOWA

Monica Brandli Jill Sheshol

GRINNELL COLLEGE Mikey Horrell Kate Mallula Matt Montemore

INDIANA UNIVERSIT Becca Hayes

UNIVERSTITY OF IOWA

Kelly King

Megan McCaddon

Perrie Malone

Katie Klinkenborg

GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY Matt Turner

SAVANNAH COLLEGE OF ART AND DESIGN Marianne Melling Megan Sweeney

HOLLYWOOD COSMETOLOGY Brianna Boudreau

CORNELL COLLEGE Robert Busby

DRAKE UNIVERSITY Caitlin Hall

Benny Armstrong Lisa Carpenter

Stephen McKim Jamie Thompson

UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN IOWA

Brittan Etzinhauser Willam O’Rourke Rachel Beck

DEPAUW

IOWA STATE

UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE

UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI

INDIANA

ILLINOIS

CHICAGO COLLEGE OF PERFORMING ARTS

Kyle Kleiboeker

DEPAUL UNIVERSITY Andrew Carlson JoAnna Geffert Dayna Lee

ILLINOIS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY

TAYLOR UNIVERSITY

LOUISIAN

LOYOLA UNIVERSITY Lauren Berman

TULANE UNIVERSITY Chris Holdgraf Ashlee Riden Kelsey Ward

MASSACH

BOSTON UNIVERSITY Adam Miller

CLARK UNIVERSITY Robert Hipps

Hannah Zwibleman

WELLESLEY

KNOX COLLEGE

Celene Reynolds

Ian Flora John Webber James Wetzel Corinne Stanley Brady Meyers

NORTH PARK UNIVERSITY Jessica Leichty

NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY Libby Nelson

WHEATON COLLEGE Reed Fagan Nelson Stauffer

MICHIGAN MINNESO

UNIVERSITY OF MICH Allison Isenberg Ada Johnson

MACALASTER COLLEG Doug Brake

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Camryn Reynolds

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UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTATWIN CITIES Mariah Eilts Elizabeth Griffith Meredith Hart

MISSOURI AVILA COLLEGE

NEBRASKA DOANE COLLEGE Hannah Kruger Matt Lengle

UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS Pete Elliot

TEXAS CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY Andrew Young

UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA-LINCOLN

UTI

Marshall Martens Ross Paczkowski Andrew Spitsnogle

Juan Duque

UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS

COLLEGE OF SANTA FE

BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY

Lauren Gray

Sarah Fredrickson

NEW MEXICO NEW YORK

Stephanie Bruggeman

UTAH VERMONT WASHINGTON WASH., D.C. WISCONSIN OHIO WYOMING CANADA OKLAHOMA ITALY PENNSYLVANIA MILITARY NA RHODE ISLAND SOUTH DAKOTA WORK FORCE HUSSETTS TENNESSEE YEAR OFF N TEXAS NORTH CAROLINA OTA UNDECIDED

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Sarah Parker

CENTRAL MISSOURI STATE Kelsie Brooks Harrison Poole Jahana Reck

CULVER-STOCKTON COLLEGE Alex Eddins

DEVRY

Paul Bowen

KC ART INSTITUTE Beckie Tuttle

CORNELL UNIVERSITY Devin Kennedy Rowena Perry Simon Kass

Sean Vanliew Hayley Volkmer

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Alex Hardy

UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI

NEW YORK UNIVERSITY

NORTHWEST MISSOURI STATE Matt McGrory

Logan Rutherford

CULINARY INSTITUTE OF AMERICA

LONGVIEW COMMUNITY COLLEGE

Madi Christianer Courtney Condron Crystal Schlichting Ryan Sonderegger Amy Thompson

MIDDLEBURY COLLEGE

Jessica Meara Stuart Sudekum

SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY Cynthia Goldman Hannah Paulsen Mallory Toombs

WHITMAN COLLEGE Evan Conner

TECH AND DIGIPEN JUNIOR COLLEGE Scott Root

GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY Gordon Culver

PARK UNIVERSITY Kyle Hamer

PENN VALLEY COMMUNITY COLLEGE Emily Cuevas

ROCKHURST COLLEGE Trevor Fletcher Vasilios Tryphonas II Ava Martin Ryan Waters

CASE WESTERN RESERVE Joshua Hamilton

TRUMAN STATE

Amy Bockelman Jennifer Franklin Melanie Rutherford Sarah McKee Michael Nachman Karen Rees Parker Stock

Mark Modrcin

OHIO UNIVERSITY Matt Halderman Monica Pack

Lauren Burns

WESTMINSTER COLLEGE Andy Launder Daniel Hohensee

Ashley Kornhaus

UNIVERSITY OF TULSA Austin Roberts

BUCKNELL COLLEGE Andy Logan

UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND Ashleigh Steckly

WILLIAM WOODS UNIVERSITY

SOUTH DAKOTA STATE Chris Uhl

NASHVILLE AUTO DIESEL COLLEGE

BAYLOR UNIVERSITY Jordan Steadman

Dale Szafranski

JOHN CABOT UNIVERSITY Kristen Mapes

ARMY

Adam Bardwell Ana Castaneda Sam Dodge Will Cheek James Rosenthal

NAVY

Andy Chau

AIR FORCE

Jon Way Christina Hake Hillary Carlson Amy Grandgenett Brian James Cody Gray Jeremy Joiner

James Quaas

Erin McLay Jessica Dalton

NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF THE ARTS

Christine Vezina

Anne Mason

WILLIAM JEWEL Erin Gerkovich Kate Wooldridge

Drew Shaffer

UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA

WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY Cicy Li

WYOMING TECH

CEGEP ANDRE-GRASSET

NORTHWESTERN OKLAHOMA STATE

UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI-KANSAS CITY Christine Dulle Spencer Fleeman Will Fritz Rachel Karash Arwen Thomas

Robin Metzler

MIAMI

SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY Danny Dunn Pat Prathuangsuk Emery Reusch Anica Wu Evan Jarrold Susan Ryan

MARQUETTE UNIVERSITY

Sarah Hocevar Jillian Shoptaw Megan Williams Christina Lovell

CY FAIR COMMUNITY COLLEGE Micalee Neubert

WAKE FOREST

NORTHWOOD UNIVERSITY

Curtis Shank Maddie Simpson Jenny Stromsted

SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY

Jennifer Mullane

Joanna Wochner

Andrew Badgerow Brian Lingenfelter Trevor Walton Jessica Bruno Tyler Rzepka

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KANSAS

ALLEN COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE Timothy Williams

BETHANY LUTHERAN COLLEGE Lindsey Cattanach Mary McLaughlin

BETHEL COLLEGE Allison Boehm

COFFEYVILLE COMMUNITY COLLEGE Amanda Gray

EMPORIA STATE Kristi Long George DeVeau Dell Jones Lauren Oversch Kelly Rose Dan Schlotshauser

HAYES HAIR DESIGN SCHOOL Amanda Bentley

FORT HAYES STATE Emily Shoemaker

FRIENDS UNIVERSITY Nicole Paden

JOHNSON COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE Jeremy Ackerman Sam Anderson Marisa Bade Josh Balhuizen Cassie Bellinger Christina Bland Emily Boullear Tim Bruner Casey Byrum Brandi Bunnell Phillip Camacho Jessica Campbell Michelle Castro Brandey Cheatnam Lynsey Cole Christina Delaney Brittany Drope Crystal Eastland Sean Englehart Dani Grantham Matt Greenlee Addie Herndon Katie Hersh Laura Hoskins Angela Howard Craig Huskey Nicholas Jacks Christy Janouschek Sam Johnson Max Johnson Molly Kerr Veronica Khanisenko Andrew Lafever Kevin Lander Aimee L’Heureux Isabel Mandelkern Carlos Mata Keith Middleton Lindsey Miller Elizabeth Milner Hillary Mitchell Bryan Moser Anar Musayer Brittney Myhre Sarah Nichols Michael Panis Stephanie Park Nikki Patton Sarah Plante Michael Proffer

2005

Thomas Reiter Tony Schimke Justin Sinkins Cara Smith Joseph Spohn III Alex Tarantino Cory Tarr Ben Thirkel Ashley Walsh Stephen White Doug Woy Tim Garrett Desirae Homer Drew Martin Brad Miller Derek Hodge Crystal Calderon Stephanie Gavin Johnathon Oyer

KAW AREA TECHNICAL SCHOOL David Overbaugh

KCK COMMUNITY COLLEGE Perri Hull

KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY Jami Block Sarah Burford Cristin Canaday Megan Cleary Bryce Cope Heather Deddens Frank Emert Joe Falk Christina Fancher Maggie FIsher Kristina Fisher Whitney Gilliland Jim Groening Megan Harper Charlotte Hecht Kristina Held Bridget Howland Devin Humphreys Melissa Kronblad Kelly Kyndesen Kayce Lavender Robin Lindquist Andrew Marquez Brad Mascal Maggie Masterson Ken McDonald Max McKee Sara Neibling Kathryn Orlowski Jeremy Page Garret Parker Will Poulson Nathan Rassmussen Adam Ross Dante Ruiz Ben Smith Stephanie Sommers Stephanie Stanley Jared Sullivan Janie Tocco Carrie White Amelia Wiederaenders Eryn Woofter

UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS Michael Alley Stephanie Altoro Spencer Anderson Cameron Austin Sarah Bachand Brooke Badzin Dillon Baird Josh Bayless Kevin Becker Matt Becker Dustin Bentley

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the harbinger Jamie Bernard Renee Blinn Isabel Boehms Kara Boeshaar Annie Booton Scott Borgmier Dayton Botts Marie Braukmann Alfie Breitenstein Evan Brown Cade Brummer Scott Bryant Sara Buchanan Grant Carson Rachel Carter Amy Chapman Chris Coen David Cooley Caleb Cordry Jessie Crain Todd Crawford Josh Cunningham Kurt Darling Tom Darnall Libby Dix Alex Doherty Hannah Doran Sean Dowling Laura Draxler Ben Driks Kelly Dvorak Bre Farnum Emily Flatley Micaela Flick Jaclyn Frankenburg Brad Franklin Bailey Gage Emily Gairns Kellie Gans Charles German Scott Golub Blake Goodman Andreas Graf Lauren Gray Jordan Hacker Claire Haflich Heidi Hall Rob Hargis Lacey Hargrove Tyler Harrelson Amy Harris John Hassler Marian Havach Alex Helmuth Kaylin Hertel Joshua Hobart Jared Hodgson James Holswade Trevor Howell Erica Hudson Amanda Huebner Austin Hurst Zach Hurst Katherine Johnson Kevin Jones Paul Kaldahl Rachel Kowaleski Taylor Lampton Robbie Lee Emmie Leek James Levy George Lewis Emily Limpic Cory Lucas Sarah Lueg Nick Lyles Matt Mahoney Spencer McElhaney Austin Meager-Manson

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MCPHERSON Paul Neibling

OTTOWA UNIVERSITY Jessie Sargent

PITTSBURG STATE Aaron Bennett Ruthie Cameron Sarah Dees Scott Fischer Keith King Josef Koukol Matt Miller Marissa Ritter Will Stewart Jennifer Chronister Jeffery Perkins

WASHBURN Ben Thomson

WICHITA STATE Kat Forster Nam Pham

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the harbinger

BAND

together

SME bands perform for all to see and hear during the recent “Bunch O’ Bands” Joey Soptic

The lights went dim. The fourth band was preparing to play at the SME Bunch o’ Bands. In one corner of the gymnasium, a night vision camera darted back and forth between drums, guitars and musicians, and light from a projector screen illuminated the silhouette of a lone Star Wars storm trooper leaning against a wall, and in front of it stood senior Matt Mahoney and the rest of his band, Climax Control.

Lights, projectors, cutouts, disco balls, and other items were even more common than usual at this years Bunch o’ Bands.

Spectacular showings of bands were amplified by the element of strobes and neons to add to their shows. Bands’ blazing guitar solos could be seen normally, or three times as big on a screen behind its soloist.

All of which leaves behind no doubt that SME’s “Bunch o’ Bands” for 2005 was a success, and lays down more foundation to build on for coming years.

In another corner of the gym, the band, “Transition Element,” a harder rock band, tried buying some extra props for their set to use during the night. Junior Sam Tucker and the rest of “Element” had the lights dimmed down and their stage lit brightly by newly bought flood lights.

“We bought them because our performance relies heavily on our appearance, so if people can’t see us it takes away,” Tucker said. As their band began playing the lights went off and on flicked their new stage lighting.

Mahoney and his band also set up a camera to project onto a screen behind the

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band, and zoomed in on the crowd, members of the band, and their instruments, making it easier to see what exactly what guitar riffs or drum beats were being played. However, he has a different opinion about it. “I think as long as its dark the mood is set, I don’t think the lights do a whole lot,” he said.

“It added something else to the music that wouldn’t have been there without it,” said sophomore Spencer spectator Yohn. “ It would’ve been plain, but the extra junk added a characteristic the others didn’t have.”

Also in the competition that went the extra length to decorate their set was “Stop Time” which includes Sophomore Tyler Enders and Junior Corey Waldman. The addition of two disco balls and a blowup beach ball to their set that flash and spin with the music helped set the mood for their stage. So as bass lines and guitar riffs echoed through the gym the disco balls followed in rhythm and beach balls bounced aimlessly around the crowd, band members, and even on the drumset.

“I think the crazier the stuff you have on your set is, the more people get into your music, the more inclined they are to dance,” Enders said. “The disco balls really helped set the mood for our music.”

The Bunch o’ Bands this year might have had a slightly smaller amount of fans in attendance, but bands went to more trouble to hook up systems of decorations, and get more equipment to take themselves home some glory.

ABOVE RIGHT: Junior Ian Cook performs for the crowd at SME’s “Bunch O’ Bands”; ABOVE: Junior Nathan Lane rocks out during a performance; RIGHT: Junior Sam Tucker vocalizes in the darkness for his band Transition Element.

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issue 16 CUE the Empire theme, because the man Darth Vader himself (inset) is back and breathing louder than ever. BELOW: These three blind mice may be Jedi but they still can’t see the demise of peace coming their way in “Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith”

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GOOD ‘STAR WARS’ MOVIE!

Final “Star Wars” prequel is actually good. No, really, it’s good.

Evan Favreau It’s been six years since director George Lucas released “Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace,” the first in a “Star Wars” prequel trilogy. Two disappointing movies later, the same problems plague “Episode III: Revenge of the Sith.” But along with the cheesy dialogue and poor acting, “Sith” keeps the promise that the filmmakers made so many years ago: a cinematic account of Anakin Skywalker’s descent into the dark side, into Darth Vader.

This plunge into evil almost makes up for the two previous disasters.

In “Sith,” Anakin Skywalker, (Hayden Christiansen), becomes Darth Vader, the black masked and cloaked ultravillian from the original, revolutionary sci-fi trilogy.

“Sith” portrays his slide into the dark side while he alienates and betrays his Jedi mentor Obi-Wan Opens Thursday Kenobi (Ewan McGregor) and pregnant wife Padmé (Natalie Potman). It’s this evolution that gives the movie a story that is actually interesting and provides for some of the most spectacular action scenes in the series.

These scenes are spawned by the heavy presence of lightsabers, one of the series’ many staples. While there seems to be large-scale battles between anyone and everyone who has one of these shiny contraptions, the best comes from the inevitable duel between master and apprentice against the backdrop of a molten volcano planet. And, compared to the battles seen in the previous prequels, the majority of these clashes actually seem to matter because viewers know what he consequences are.

Connecting this film to the originals was a key thing to accomplish, and Lucas has done it well, though not without some hiccups. Though no details will be given away here, the last ten minutes of the movie is a straight bridge to the beginning of the original, “Episode IV”. By treating us to

some familiar characters and sights by the end, Lucas shows us that this movie really does connect to the original trilogy. However, some of the details included seem forced and a bit out of place in the flow of the story. Another nice touch is the design of the ships: throughout the film it is obvious to see how some of the ships will evolve into the interstellar vehicles seen throughout the originals.

Episode III” has over the two Another advantage “Episode previous prequels is the pacing: the film has non-stop feel to it giving it the fast-paced adventure feel the original, “Episode IV,” had.

While the past two films had soggy soft spots, most notably the love-fest getaway with Anakin and Padmé in “Episode II,” “Sith” keeps the poorly acted mushiness to a minimum. Instead, we are presented with non-stop action that only a “Star Wars” movie could provide, all accented with excellent but sometimesoverabundant visual effects. Isn’t it possible to build sets instead of a green screen for the actors to work with?

Despite the huge leaps made in the action and pacing, “Episode III” again suffers from a nowcommon affliction: horrible acting and dialogue, something that falls under the direction of Lucas.

Granted, the original trilogy didn’t feature award-wining monologues either, but at least it didn’t stick out.

Here the poor performances smear the gloss of the rest of the film, with the most notable culprit being Hayden Christensen. The man can act; go rent “Shattered Glass” if you don’t agree; but with his

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line deliverance in this film still feeling like a whining kid, the only reasonable explanation is that this is what Lucas wants for the character, even if it hurts the film. Granted, Christensen does get better as Anakin becomes darker, but it doesn’t make up for previous two atrocities.

This film really is what was promised. Viewers will be able to see Anakin become Darth Vader, while also seeing some brilliant and exciting action scenes lacking from the previous prequels. But with some bumps along the way, such as Christensen’s wailing and a few forced connections, it isn’t the masterpiece it could have been. But it does come close.