UNLEASHED TBHS
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in this issue // Marching pride page 5
// Dress for success meets on the hunt for style page 11
//Postseason wrap up page 12
Letter
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Editor
With the hunting season arriving and the election just around the corner, the school is abuzz with excitement. For some of our student population, the start of the hunting season is highly anticipated. With eager eyes targeting turkeys, deer, and fish, amateur and avid hunters and fishermen share their triumphs(pgs 6-7). Hunting is a time when one can truly appreciate the outdoors, create bonding moments with family and friends, and hone their skills. While the elections were in full swing, political enthusiasts loaded their arsenals for the major issues. For those political enthusiasts, check out Fennewald and Debert’s views on the political parties and their advice on voting (pg 4). Also discussed are four of the biggest issues affecting the people: education, jobs, immigration, and healthcare (pg 8-9). If hunting and politics are not your cup of tea, two of the largest organizations, FFA (pg 7) and the Troy Buchanan Pride Marching Band (pg 5), that students spend countless hours of their high school lives devoted to are featured. Be sure to check us out on Facebook, Twitter, and Pinterest for all the latest news and information.
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// Cayla Brown
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Business Manager
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Staff
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Ali Walker Megan Ryba Jeff Fennewald Ryan Buchanan Emily Hutsler Olivia Grelle
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TableofContents OPINION NEWS
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To Party or Not To Party // Jeff Fennewald & Brent Debert
// Emily Hutsler
Keeping Road Safety a Priority // Jeff Fennewald Marching Pride
Post Season Wrap-Up
// Cayla Brown
Monster Dash
FEATURE
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// Megan Ryba
Open Season
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// Paige Martin
FFA Garners National Success // Olivia Grelle
Political Divide
// Jeff Fennewald & Stephanie Adelmann
Cover Image taken by Paige Martin.
Students pictured: Samantha O’Hanlon (12), Sean Mooney (12), Devon Fuller (11), Clayton Carroll (10), and Jodi Niehoff (11)
11 TRENDS 12 SPORTS
Dress for Success Meets On the Hunt for Style
// Ali Walker
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versus TO
PA R T Y
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As each election quickly approaches, voters may find themselves re-evaluating their personal beliefs to see what party they will align themselves with: Democrat or Republican. This political polarization is crippling our election system. It becomes more about what you call yourself and what the candidates call themselves rather than what the election should be focused on: deciding who would be better suited to run our country. There is too much focus on the beliefs of these parties. It seems that these political parties are counterproductive. I don’t want to hear about the party’s beliefs; I want to hear about the candidate’s beliefs. This is the only way to know if I am voting for someone who will represent me and my personal beliefs. We should resist from relying so heavily on the political parties. If we just simply voted for the candidates based on what they stand for and how they plan to follow through on their promises, this would result in having the most worthy candidate elected to the presidency. Candidates for the third party would also be given a better chance. These people could be just as qualified to represent our country as those of the two big parties. I have heard people complaining about their lack of choices this year. They have strongly voiced their dislike for both Obama and Romney. The other candidates are consistently overlooked because they are not Democrats or Republicans. So when you vote this year, remember that you are voting for a person, a leader, not a political party.
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Democrat vs. Republican, this has always been the battle when it comes to politics. There has been no thought as to who else could be elected to run our government. Some people may not know that the political system has more then two parties: The Independent Party, The Tea Party, The Green Party; the list goes on and on. I believe that somewhere along the way, voters forgot their job to be educated, to know that there are more than just two parties, that they don’t just have to choose a “lesser evil” this year or any year. There are constant commercials where you see politicians slinging mud at each other but then there are the politicians that don’t even have a commercial. Some Americans may think that since canidates are not on television and their views aren’t put in big bold letters on a newspaper, these Third Party politicians aren’t imporant enough to be considered. If there was ever a time where a voter needed to be educated about who and what they vote for, the time is now. Yes, we have been in a recession. Yes, we are in debt. It’s time for something besides these Democrat and Republican wars in Congress where nothing gets done. A middle ground needs to be found and a few of these Third Parties may be capable of finding it. They may be capable of compromising with Democrats and Republicans instead of worrying about their re-election and their pride as one of the top political parties. Your vote does count no matter who you vote for, I am just urging that it is an educated vote and is not for a party that will worry about themselves more than the people that elected them.
NEWS
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Night of the Living Dead // // photo by Megan Ryba
Zombie Bride Morgan Grandon (12) stalking her next prey, photographer Megan Ryba.
Megan Ryba There’s no need to freak out about the Zombie Apocalypse. Zombies seen running around Troy on October 13 were part of the Monster Dash, a 5K race sponsored by Drama Club to raise money for the Rise Above Scholarship Fund. Despite the pouring rain, approximately 40 people showed up in costumes to scare more than 75 runners. One zombie actor, David Stuckmeyer (12), said, “It was great even though we sat in the rain for 40 minutes.” Among the runners were teacher Emily Hogan, and principals Dr. Chris Chaney, Dr. Stephen Hunter, and David Jones. “The student involvement was awesome,” Chaney said.
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Keeping Road Safety a Priority // Jeff Fennewald
“That leaves a lot of room for improvement.” -Officer Martinez On the morning of October 1, students might have experienced the seat belt checkpoint. Deputy and TBHS Resource Officer Jacob Martinez entered our school in a sixweek long MODot contest against other schools statewide. The school with the highest belt usage percentage, as well as the most improved percentage, will receive grant money for safety education. Sixty-five percent of students that were checked were wearing their seatbelts. Martinez was impressed with the drivers; he said the passengers were usually the ones not wearing their seat belts. “That leaves a lot of room for improvement,” he said.
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// photo by Paige Martin
This year, the Troy Buchanan Pride Marching Band, numbering approximately 170 students, marched as tall as always. The show this year was entitled “Masked By Shadows.” The music could have been easily recognized as the Inspector Gadget theme song. Drum majors consisted of Gina Finazzo (12) and Lauren Holmes (11) and Josh Beauchamp (11). Featured soloists included flute Frankie Hawkins (11) and saxophone Evan Musterman (11) along with a flute trio featuring Hawkins, Sam Parks (11), and Cayla Brown (12). “Going from the first The band attended marching band day of band camp to competitions hosted at the last time we play at Washington, Sullivan, and Potosi, Missouri, and Quincy, it is amazing to Quincy, Illinois. see the change.” For the fourth year in -Evan Musteman a row, the band received Grand Champion at Potosi’s Bi-State Marching Festival. They also were the Grand Champions for the parade and the Grand Sweepstakes winner at Quincy’s Oktoberfest. “Going from the first day of band camp to the last time we play at Quincy, it is amazing to see the change,” said Musterman. The band ended the year on a high note and is already making plans for next year to make everything even better. Focused bass drummer Julia Chesser (9) prepared for the halftime show of the football game.
pen Season
Although many students don’t like getting up early for school, there’s a large portion of students who willingly rise at the crack of dawn to sit and anticipate the perfect kill. Here are a few hunters’ imputs on a hobby they love.
FFA Garners National Success What specifically do you hunt and why? “Waterfowl, I grew up doing it.” -Ben Eggering (12)
// Paige Martin & Ryan Buchanan
How many kills have you gotten in one season?
“Total of five deer: two bucks and three does.” - Brandon Falls (11)
What do you do?
“Snagging, anything friends orientated.” -Victoria Hulme (10)
Are you planning on going anywhere? “I am planning to go to Wyoming next year to hunt Pronghorn Antelope.” -Jake Zorn (12)
What do you hunt with? “Compound bow.” -Taylor Paine (12)
What was the biggest game you ever killed?
“An 800 to 900 pound Blue Wildebeest.” - Doyle Justus, Agricultural Teacher
Where do you hunt? “We rent property -just for hunting.”
- Taylor Wilson (10)
// photos by Megan Ryba, Meagan Weldon
// Olivia Grelle
Come March and April, students in the Agriculture Science program will spend hours after school and on the weekend practicing to achieve success in their contest teams. Then, if their team wins first at the State contest, they start practicing again in September. The Issues team picks out an issue involving agriculture and does a 15-minute presentation. Juniors Baylie Carroll, Olivia Hoelting, Clara Jungermann, Kellianne Mitchell, Abigail Mennemeyer, Cortlyn Unser, Sara Van Ausdal and alternate Olivia Grelle, represented Troy FFA at the National Convention in late October.
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I could not wait to see all the blue corduroy jackets came together from all over the country. - Abigail Mennemeyer (11)
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This was Mennemeyer’s second year competing at National Contest. Last year, she competed on the FFA Knowledge team. “I can not wait to see all the blue corduroy jackets come together from all over the country,” Mennemeyer said. This was also Carroll’s second time competing on the FFA Knowledge team. “I am excited to compete and see how we do and I hope we do well,” she said. Last year the Agriculture Issues team competed at National Contest. This year, the Issues Team ranked 5th out of 39 teams.
P LITICAL DIVIDE IMMIGRATION // Jeff Fennewald & Stephanie Adelmann
// photos by Megan Ryba
“I’m afraid that the rights of immigrants will be restricted. KEVIN TOVAR (11)
PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA’ S STANCE
“We are a nation of immigrants ... But we’re also a nation of laws. So what I’ve said is we need to fix a broken immigration system ... The first thing we did was to streamline the legal immigration system, to reduce the backlog, make it easier, simpler and cheaper for people who are waiting in line, obeying the law to make sure that they can come here and contribute to our country and that’s good for our economic growth ... Number two, we do have to deal with our border so we put more border patrol ... If we’re going to go after folks who are here illegally, we should do it smartly and go after folks who are criminals, gang bangers, people who are hurting the community, not after students, not after folks who are here just because they’re trying to figure out how to feed their families.
REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE MITT ROMNEY
“I want our legal system to work better. I want it to be streamlined. I want it to be clearer. I don’t think you have to— shouldn’t have to hire a lawyer to figure out how to get into this country legally. I also think that we should give visas to people— green cards, rather, to people who graduate with skills that we need ... Number two, we’re going to have to stop illegal immigration. There are 4 million people who are waiting in line to get here legally. Those who’ve come here illegally take their place. So I will not grant amnesty to those who have come here illegally. What I will do is I’ll put in place an employment verification system and make sure that employers that hire people who have come here illegally are sanctioned for doing so ... ”
JOB CREATION “If regulations on small businesses are altered to allow them to expand, then jobs will increase.” PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA’ S STANCE
“Number one, I want to build manufacturing jobs in this country again. It also means we’re helping them and small businesses to export all around the world to new markets. Number two, we’ve got to make sure that we have the best education system in the world ... Number three, we’ve got to control our own energy. Now, not only oil and natural gas, which we’ve been investing in; but also, we’ve got to make sure we’re building the energy source of the future, not just thinking about next year, but ten years from now, 20 years from now. That’s why we’ve invested in solar and wind and biofuels, energy efficient cars.”
REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE MITT ROMNEY
“We have to make sure that we make it easier for kids to afford college And also make sure that when they get out of college, there’s a job. I want to make sure we keep our Pell grant program growing. We’re also going to have our loan program, so that people are able to afford school. But the key thing is to make sure you can get a job when you get out of school. I know what it takes to get this economy going. With half of college kids graduating this year without a college— excuse me, without a job. And without a college level job, that’s just unacceptable.”
JIM ZUROWESTE, Physics teacher
After the three presidential debates, it became apparent that the two candidates have different views on various topics. Many of these issues have an impact on the TBHS community. In addition to presenting where the candidates satnd on the issues, several individuals voiced their opinions as well.
EDUCATION “If anything changes
PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA’ S STANCE “When it comes to community colleges, we are seeing great work
with scholarships or done out there all over the country because we have the opportunity train people for jobs that exist right now. And people who are FAFSA then going to going through them know that there’s a job waiting for them if they to the college that complete it.” I want would be REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE MITT ROMNEY much more difficult.” “The primary responsibility for education is, of course, at the state and ALYSSA SCHRADER (12)
local level. But the federal government also can play a very important role. The federal government can get local and state schools to do a better job. I happen to believe, I want the kids that are getting federal dollars from IDEA or Title I -- these are disabled kids or poor kids or lower-income kids, rather, I want them to be able to go to the school of their choice. So all federal funds, instead of going to the state or to the school district, I’d have go, if you will, follow the child and let the parent and the child decide where to send their student. I don’t want to cut our commitment to education. I wanted to make it more effective and efficient.”
HEALTH CARE
PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA’ S STANCE “... There are two ways of dealing with our health care crisis. One is to simply leave a whole bunch of people uninsured and let them fend for themselves, to let businesses figure out how long they can continue to pay premiums until finally they just give up and their workers are no longer getting insured, and that’s been the trend line. Or, alternatively, we can figure out how do we make the cost of care more effective. And there are ways of doing it. ... When “Obamacare” is fully implemented, we’re going to be in a position to show that costs are going down ...”
“Medicare has its good points and bad points, but I just couldn’t live without it.”
SHELLY HANEBRINK, TBHS custodian
REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE MITT ROMNEY “Number one, pre-existing conditions are covered under my plan. Number two, young people are able to stay on their family plan. That’s already offered in the private marketplace. You don’t have to have the government mandate that for that to occur. We instead need to put insurance plans, providers, hospitals, doctors on target such that they have an incentive, as you say, performance pay, for doing an excellent job, for keeping costs down, and that’s happening. But the right answer is not to have the federal government take over health care and start mandating to the providers across America, telling a patient and a doctor what kind of treatment they can have. That’s the wrong way to go. The private market and individual responsibility always work best.” **PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES STANCES’ TAKED FROM PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE TRANSCRIPT OBTAINED FROM CNN.COM , ABCNEWS.COM, NYTIMES.COM, AND CBS.COM
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TRENDS eleven
// Emily Hutsler
DRESS FOR SUCCESS Don’t get caught underdressed
TBHS students allow their dress to reflect their success.
Dressing up makes you look classy. -Rachel Martinek (11)
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My backpack shows people I like to
hunt. -Chase Creech (10)
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Wade Wilmes (11)
Creech’s backpack
Dane Colbert (12)
Kellianne Mitchell (11)
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Colbert’s Glasses
On the Hunt for Style Wearing their hearts on their sleeve
TBHS students represent their love for the sport by wearing camo.
// photos by Megan Ryba
n o s a e S t s o P Wrap-Up OPINION
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As volleyball prepared for Districts, Samantha Hogan (12) was confident the We had a good year. volleyball team didn’t go down without a Teams all over the fight. “Our team has played really well and state increased their we’re tough,” said Hogan. Volleyball has athletic abilities always been an intense sport for students at Troy Buchanan to watch, and the promise so we had to try of winning Districts only heightened the harder and work anticipation of the game. better as a team. This season, Cross Country athletes ran towards the finish line and never looked - Stephanie Dwiggins (11) back. With Riley Fader (12) knocking three minutes off of her running time, the This year, sports at TBHS are flourishing. Cross Country athletes were even more With tennis, volleyball and cross country determined to perform their best. wrapping up a tremendous season, it is safe Alex Boulware (11), a member on the to say fall athletes played well. Cross Country since freshman year, said, For tennis players, the two to three hour “I think, performance-wise, we had a good practices a day paid off when they ended season,” she said. “As a team, we grew with a .500 season, losing half and winning stronger, but we also grew individually. half of their games. My freshman year, I was running the 5K “We had a good year. Teams all over in about 32 minutes. Now, I’m at about 28 the state increased their athletic abilities so minutes.” we had to try harder and work better as a Although the TBHS Golf team did not team,” said Stephanie Dwiggins (11), who fare as well as they had in the past, winning went from the number 10th spot to the 4th was not the most important thing. Each girl spot. determinedly stepped up her game. Despite the growing competitiveness in Meg Weissenborn (12) said, “Overall, today’s tennis games, Dwiggins is convinced I feel we grew as a team this year and get the tennis team can only improve from here. along better than last year.” TBHS fall “We have three juniors on top six and we atheletes had great seasons and truly set the know what to expect next year, we are very stage for the upcoming winter season. prepared,” said Dwiggins.
// Ali Walker
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The Bulletin Job postings, club announcements, sales, & more Upcoming Events
Bully Awareness Week begins Nov. 12 and lasts until Nov. 17. The District is closed from Nov. 21 through Nov. 23 for Thanksgiving Break.
Clubs/Organizations Write, read, and fight hipsters; see Mr. Maas about joining Lit Guild. We teach and we ninja. We tinja. Room 216. Think you’re super? So are we! Join SuperFan Club. See Ms. Grillion in Rm 219.
//photo courtesy of Jenna Massey
Singles player, Haley Gardner (11),waited for the Francis Howell North opponent to serve the next point.