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Vol. 20 No. 6

Teachers relate former jobs, passions, reassure current seniors

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eniors are leaving Consol behind, and it’s safe to say a lot of us are feeling anxious. So, we interviewed our teachers who worked all sorts of jobs before arriving at the place you may or may not be leaving. We hope this might help you figure out what’s important to you and where to go in this really big world. “teachers” continued on page 3.

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FFA members raise animals for shows, learn to accept commercial operation

darcey rydl | staff reporter Senior Kayla Peterson spends an hour a day for over six months caring and raising livestock to prepare for shows. And then the livestock are slaughtered. “[Last year] I validated two goats to show but got too attached, so I talked with my parents and we decided to only show one and keep the other,” Peterson said. “This year, I knew what it felt like, so I only went in [his pen] to do what I needed to do and that was it. I had it in my mind and I knew I could not keep him.”

The difference between larger and smaller livestock is that larger animals usually require more time to care and raise them.

“With my rabbits, it’s not as big of a deal,” Peterson said. “But

because I spent several hours a day with my goat for over 6 months, I got attached.”

Over the years, the reality that showing livestock is part of a business becomes an accepted fact and members have to go into the project with this mindset.

“I don’t get as attached as a lot of people do to their animals,” senior Kayla Hanson said. “I understand the commercial operation.”

Despite this, exhibitors have an obligation to maintain a close relationship with their livestock.

“If you’ve worked with your steer a lot, your steer knows you, and it will respond to you, which will give you a much better chance of placing,” junior De León said. “But if you don’t work with your animal, they won’t listen to you, and when you get into

GOATS Signs of a Sick Goat • pressing head against fence • pale or gray eyelids • grinding teeth • runny nose or eyes

the show, it will look unprofessional.”

Exhibitors can chose between two types of livestock: market and breeding. Unlike market livestock, breeding livestock do not get processed. After the show, members can take them back home.

“You get them when they’re real little, so you have that attachment,” Hanson said. “When you keep them, they kind of end up being like little puppy dogs, and it teaches me real life lessons like how to be responsible.”

Members who show market livestock and place have their livestock auctioned off to be butchered.

“Each animal you’re going to get will be completely different [from] the last,” senior Ryan Bouse said. “After I’m done with

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that year, it is nice to get another animal and have a two month break so I can start fresh and try and do better the next year.”

Even though placing high enough at major shows gives members the opportunity to earn up to $15,000, Bouse stressed that raising animals should not be done as a way to try and make a profit.

“It is something you want to do for fun,” Bouse said. “Time is the experience.”

Additionally, members have the opportunity to expand their leadership and life skills.

“It is something not a lot of people do or know about,” Bouse said. “There are things you can get out of raising livestock that you can’t get in track or AP classes.”

Not only does raising live-

stock broaden life lessons, it also is a great social experience.

“It’s a whole different world out there,” De León said. “You get to go to shows, travel a lot and meet people who do the same thing as you all over the state of Texas.”

FFA members also share a common experience through the influence of their families.

“I grew up in the cattle industry” Hanson said. “It just fell into place, because we all do it.”

No matter how members decide to get involved, showing livestock is something they can enjoy and learn from.

“For me, it’s not about the banners and trophies,” Hanson said. “It is knowing that my hard work has paid off and that I have done everything I can.”

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Teachers’ early job choices prove career paths often uncertain, unpredictable “teachers” cont. from page 1 THE PASTOR

English teacher Mike Williams had some trouble finding a career he wanted when he first left college. The first place he tried was a Lutheran seminary in Minnesota in order to become a pastor.

“It’s kind of set up like a college but with religiously oriented classes,” Williams said. “You’re studying books of the bible to get a better idea of the intent and the meaning behind it.”

Just before leaving for the seminary, Williams had a strange experience that first suggested the idea of becoming a teacher to him.

“I was working at a Subway, and a kid came in with a piece of paper in his hand and asked for a particular kind of sandwich, and I put all of the vegetables and stuff on it, but then he just went ahead and handed me the sheet of paper,” Williams said. “It was a completely different sandwich than what he had ordered. He couldn’t read.”

After seven months at the seminary, Williams eventually determined he wasn’t cut out to be a pastor.

“I’ve never really looked back,” Williams said.

THE GUMBY

For chemistry teacher John Tollett, teaching came after a stressful but wellpaying job where he owned a percentage of a Gumby’s Pizza.

“It’s not as exciting as it sounds,” Tollett said. “It’s just a 400 foot room with two ovens in it and people running around with pizzas.”

During his time there, Tollett spent most work hours in the restaurant, acting as a manager. He began to reconsider his career choice after he realized the streets of the city he lived in weren’t as safe as most people would prefer. “[There were] bullet holes in the window of my restaurant,” Tollett said.

“They weren’t shooting at me; there are just a lot of bullets in Tallahassee, Florida.

So it wasn’t safe, and I had had enough, regardless of the money.”

Tollett decided to move onto teaching after he was inspired by some undergraduate tutors at his college, and has found teaching far more satisfying. “[As an owner of Gumby’s], I had no time, and the money was good, but it wasn’t as good as I was promised,” Tollett said. “With teaching, you don’t have as much money, but you have a good deal

of time, at least in the summers. And the reward for teaching, seeing students succeed, is significantly more satisfying than a paycheck.”

jobs.

“I had been working part time as an assistant to dentists while I was in college and I really didn’t want to go back and get an education certification, so I just THE FIREFIGHTER kept working for dentists,” Becker said. “I Track coach and US History teacher worked for dentists for a total of 12 years Kevin Waters worked as a paid firefighter between college and after college. I did before joining the career of teaching. everything from the front desk to being a “Fires are the easy part of firefighting,” full-time chairside assistant to the dentist.”

Waters said. “You just put the cold stuff on Working in a pastry restaurant is the hot stuff, and that’s basically it. When significantly different from working in a it gets out of hand, you have to use your restaurant. expertise and training to know when to “When you’re a pastry chef, you get out. The difficult parts usually involve have your orders to fill and you know death.” what you’re doing for the rest of the day,” Waters found most of his satisfaction Becker said. “You look at your orders, from rescuing plan out your victims and being ingredients, and able to talk to “The reward for teaching, plan when you’re them after their going to bake seeing students succeed, is what and time it treatment.

“The most so you use your significantly more satisfying time efficiently. satisfying thing about being a When you work than a paycheck.” firefighter is in a regular seeing people restaurant, chemistry teacher walk out of the you’re just at hospital who the mercy of had cardiac the orders that arrests who I did CPR on,” Waters said. come in. I was doing dentistry by day, and “A lot of times you’re dealing with death, making pastries by night.” destruction, and dismemberment. You’re Becker eventually ended up as a dealing with these people at their worst teacher because of awfully strange wages possible moment, and being able to help in Huntsville. them is great.”

“I had just gotten out of school and After Waters ran into the hiring age I didn’t really want to go back and sit in limit of 35 when he moved to Houston, he a classroom, so I sat on it for a while,” began teaching and coaching track.

Becker said. “I moved to Huntsville, and “I always wanted to be a track and at the time there, teaching paid a lot more cross country coach since high school,” than dentistry. So I thought, well, this is Waters said. “I wanted to emulate my high where I start teaching German.” school coach. So when the opportunity to Next year, Becker is becoming a coach came up, it just kind of fell in my school counselor, and she hopes to open lap. It’s one of those serendipitous things.” her own bakery at some point in the Now that he has had a lot of coaching future. and teaching experience, Waters believes that teaching and firefighting are much THE WATER PARK DESIGNER the same thing on a basic level.

Health Science and Intro to Medicine “There’s always the ability to reach teacher Charlie Gipson started out as a somebody and change somebody’s construction worker when he decided to potential outcome either athletically or move to New Braunfels. academically,” Waters said. “To be able to “I was taking a lower job than I was have a positive influence on somebody’s qualified for, but my goal was to move to future is good enough for me.”

New Braunfels,” Gipson said. “I saw that there was a job for a welder down there, THE PASTRY CHEF/HALF-DENTIST and I went down there to interview, and German teacher Elizabeth Becker the guy who was interviewing me looked worked as both a pastry chef and a dental at my resume and called the president of assistant at the same time in her first few the company. We walked around for about

John Tollett

an hour and a half talking and looking at what they were doing, and before the day was over, he hired me not as a welder, but as a Plant Manager to run and set up operations to manufacture rides for Schlitterbahn.”

Gipson had traveled to New Braunfels many times when he was younger, so he was no stranger when he arrived.

“A lot of people think you have to move where the job is,” Gipson said. “I had done that several times, but then I thought I should go where I wanted to live, and find jobs there.”

The process that Gipson was used to in construction jobs was considerably different with building Schlitterbahn slides.

“With traditional construction, you have blueprints,” Gipson said. “You build the job by the blueprints. When you’re building something innovative or creative, you don’t have plans. That was the hardest part of the job, learning how to be creative, have a job that’s halfway done, tear it down, and then rebuild it. It was really frustrating.”

Gipson about two years later quit the job, and went into medical laboratory to be a teacher.

“I wanted to be a teacher since I was in Junior High because of some fantastic teachers that I had when I was a kid,” Gipson said. “They made such a difference in my life. I felt like it was an important thing to be able to make that difference in other people’s lives.”

NO, SERIOUSLY, WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE?

The teachers we profiled all pretty much had a consensus when it comes to finding your calling: find what you’re interested in, and study/work in it.

“I was like a lot of kids at eighteen, I had no idea what I wanted to do,” Becker said. “Find out what you enjoy doing.

If you get a job in something that you really enjoy, you’ll be able to stick with it most your life. If you’re doing it for your parents or anybody else, you’re going to be miserable.”

“Think about the things you like most,” Tollett said. “Then pursue a few of them, try a few classes in that area. If you like photography, go try it. It doesn’t mean you have to change your major. Always give it a shot first before you make that decision.”

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Students offer differing views on efficacy, tactics of ‘social justice warriors’ sydney garrett & stephanie palazzolo assistant editor & senior editor Did #bringbackourgirls really bring back any girls?

Did #Kony2012 really keep children soldiers off of the battlefield?

Did #HobbyLobby change the Supreme Court decision?

Senior Carly Hicks says no.

“I’m not on social media to become an activist,” Hicks said. “I think the activist side will always be a little less effective becwause there will always be a giant population of the social media community that just does not care.”

However, nothing could be further for the truth for senior Mati Castro, who instead uses social media to fight for social justice.

“The biggest thing for media is just to get the word out there,” Castro said. “Visibility is the most important thing when it comes to social media activism.”

By raising awareness, Castro argues, supporters of social justice can achieve their ultimate goal: justice and change.

“Social justice is a concerted movement for equality for people that have been systematically disadvantaged and are disadvantaged still,” senior Karna Venkatraj said. “Complete social justice would be an equal playing field considering things like

historical facts and general disadvantages in society.”

Hicks argues, however, that social justice has no realistic place on “snippetbased” social media sites.

“I’ve seen a lot of hashtags, like ‘#blacklivesmatter.’ They seem to get around pretty quickly, but I haven’t seen many tangible progressions in the noncyber world,” Hicks said. “I don’t think that you can change someone’s belief system in 140 characters or less.”

Castro disagrees.

“If it’s more public, and we’re talking about it, then there’s more of a chance that [issues] will change,” Castro said.

But, Hicks says, these conversations are often simply reinforcements of one’s own opinion, rather than a forum for multiple viewpoints.

“You’re probably pretty well informed on your side of the issue, but not on the other side,” Hicks said. “Depending on your current political leanings, you’re probably surrounding yourself with similar minded people on social media.”

This insular atmosphere can lead to extremism. When confronted with opposition, some activists turn to extreme measures like “doxing,” the malicious publishing of an individual’s personal information because of perceived racist, sexist or other offensive comments, sometimes regardless

of intent or time frame. Social justice activists have mixed feelings about this move.

“I don’t condone [doxing], but I don’t condemn it either,” Castro said. “The minute you start hating somebody because they’re different from you, you’re stripping away your own humanity, and I feel like people should be punished for that. I think they’re subhuman.”

This logic doesn’t sit well with all teen activists.

“Everyone’s a human. Saying they’re subhuman is exactly what they’re saying about women, blacks, gays, any other person of color,” Venkatraj said. “We’re all humans, as much as we hate it.”

Venkatraj argues instead that doxing crosses the line between making a point and causing real damage to a person and his or her family. “[Doxing] is not advancing the movement, it’s drawing back from it,” Venkatraj said. “If you’re going to be violent, be violent. If you’re not going to be violent, don’t be violent. This is coercive.”

Hicks agrees.

“The person who goes out of their way to dig up all of their past posts and release them for the purpose of trying to hurt them, I think they’re more of the problem,” Hicks said. “I don’t think that a person on the other side of a computer screen has the job of administering justice.”

Hicks argues that these types of malicious actions invalidate movements.

“Don’t alienate people. That’s only going to hurt the movement,” Hicks said. “You can be just, but you also have to be kind.”

However, anger and negativity tend to garner the most likes, so these opinions are the most often viewed and the most often misconstrued.

“People are exposed to only the extremists instead of the moderate views, the views that have facts supporting them, the views that, if people had all the information, most people would have,” sophomore Grace Manuel said. “People are annoyed by social media because a lot of people are very aggressive about it. They put down anyone with an opposing viewpoint.”

However, sometimes activity generates passivity.

“Social media activism creates complacency,” Venkatraj said. “People are less likely to go out on the streets and actually protest if they can get behind a keyboard and say the same thing that they would.”

But that doesn’t have to be the end-all for teens on social media.

“If you feel like you can’t do anything, just be aware of what’s going on around you,” Venkatraj said. “Read articles, be informed of the injustices in your society, because I swear that they’re there. Keep an open mind.”

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BILL FLORES

See the full interview:

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A Q&A with your Republican Congressman alex coopersmith & aaron ross opinions editor & news editor What has been your biggest surprise while serving in Congress?

“The federal government has borrowed a lot of money; it spends more money than it takes in. But the worse thing is that [the government] made about a hundred trillion dollars in promises that it is unlikely to be able to keep. So those promises are in the form of Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, Veteran’s Benefits, federal retirement benefits, things like that; and so in order to fund those obligations, the federal government has to reach into the pocket of your generation and transfer that wealth and opportunity from your generation to older generations. That was one of the biggest surprises.”

Is America in economic and moral decline?

“What the audience is telling me is that they feel like there is a basic set of moral structures that are under pressure, and our constituents are worried about that. Our constituents are diverse, so there is a whole bunch of differing opinions on this, but I think in general they are telling me they are worried about the direction the country is going from a moral perspective.

“On the fiscal question, yes, America is having a lot of economic challenges because our growth rates for the last several years have been well below the growth rates this country is capable of achieving. I feel that we are in an economic slump. We got new GDP numbers that came back yesterday that show 0.2% growth from the first quarter. It was a shock to the market because we should be growing at 3.5% per year; we’re growing at the low twos and now the sub ones. That’s a problem, and that substandard growth hurts your future.”

You recently linked gay marriage to the riots in Baltimore. Could you explain what you were trying to say?

“Well, if you looked at the piece that picked it up, if you look at the media source that picked it up, they tried to build a link that I didn’t say. The studies have shown and there are a number of studies that show that if you want to solve poverty, if you want to ensure children are able to come out of poverty and have economic opportunity, the best sin-

Do you think Congress deserves its 10% approval rating?

gle solution now, it may not be the only solution, but the best single solution is a two parent household.

“Somehow the message was, I think, inappropriately muddled and linked and it was just unfortunate it was done that way, because I’m trying to talk about how we use strong families to lift people out of poverty; that’s the message.”

“Candidly yes, I think we do. The reason is that your typical American is pretty smart and they understand all the things that are going wrong with the country. They are frustrated and they see a bunch of people in Congress that cannot work together to come up with solutions. Until we find a way to come to a consensus better, it’s going to be hard to have happen.”

A DAY IN THE LIFE 8:00 a.m.

Meeting with Republican Study Committee

9:00 a.m.

Meeting with Senator Vitter

10:15 a.m.

Hearing with Energy & Commerce Committee

lunchtime Lunch with the Texas Delegation

afternoon Voting on the floor

What was your most important accomplishment?

“Given the partisan divide in congress, it’s hard to get a lot done. You’re not going to be throwing touchdowns, you’re going to be making a bunch of three yard running plays. A lot of people come up here and they want to throw touchdowns, but you can’t throw touchdowns in this environment because you are likely to throw an interception or the receiver is going to drop the ball so you have to hold the ball and try to get first downs one piece at a time. It feels small, but it’s made a difference to a lWot of people. This is getting in the weeds, but

Helium is a really important resource for this country. Helium is used to manufacture of electronics. It is used in healthcare, it is used in party balloons, you name it. The United States has this huge Helium reserve and Congress had a plan for the Helium reserve that wasn’t working. It was getting ready to shut down and high tech was freaking out about this. It never got any press because nobody knows how to describe this. I was part of a group of people on the natural resource committee who came up with a solution to fix the helium problem in this country. It was bipartisan; it went to the senate and the president signed it and now it is a law and our helium reserves in this country are stable for a number of years.”

Meetings with constituents Media interviews Voting on the floor

4:00 p.m.

Interview with The Roar

evening Receptions

12:00 a.m.

Voting on the floor

1:00 a.m.

Back to his apartment

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Government Action The FCC (Federal Coummications Commision) reclassified the internet as a Telecommunications service, giving it the power to impose net neutrality regulations on the internet. In the view of the Obama administration and many internet activists, this action was the most effective way to ensure net neutrality and a free and open internet.

Do you know what net neutrality is?

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Would you be mad if Internet Service Providers restricted what shows you could watch?

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Neutrality (the quiz) Do YOU care about NET NEUTRALITY?

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Net neutrality is the idea that Internet Service Providers (Suddenlink, Verizon, Belkin) have to treat all internet data equally. It would prevent paid prioritization, keep the barriers to entry for new websites and internet applications low and ensure that anyone can access any website on the internet from any provider. Net neutrality keeps the internet as it is, the town square of the world. If you use the internet for anything, you should be vigilant and aware of the status of net neutrality.

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clerkin’ it & workin’ it

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Attendance clerks admire past, marvel at changes of time elizabeth reed & haley mitchell | photography editor & staff reporter Every absence, tardy, forgotten ID, and sub roll leads to one place: the attendance office. The clerks who run this mysterious windowed office are two amazing ladies who, while you may not know their names, probably know yours.

KENDRA LUNDY

Formerly working in the library, Lundy became an attendance clerk in 2012. She has always maintained a sunny disposition along with fellow clerk Darlene Eastman.

“Mrs. Eastman and I are always in a good mood,” Lundy said. “We get along very well. We just take care of each other.”

Working with high school students has allowed Lundy to reflect her high school experience.

“High school is quite different now,” Lundy said. “While I was in high school in Colorado, there was an oil embargo, and we had to wear our heavy coats during the school day [because] there was not enough fuel to heat the building.”

Dress codes, while seemingly strict now, have also changed dramatically.

“I was allowed to wear jeans once a week,” Lundy said. “While I was in high school, girls were not allowed to wear jeans to school. We could not wear pants but it had to be a matching outfit. This changed my senior year, and my mom was not happy.”

Lundy’s senior year was a historic time in more ways than one.

“During my senior year the Vietnam War had just ended,” Lundy said. “We started getting refugees from Vietnam.

They spoke no English and I remember how frightened most of them looked, trying to find a way to fit in.”

Through their similar backgrounds and attitudes towards their jobs, Lundy and Eastman have become close friends.

“I love seeing the kids,” Lundy said.

“They’ll walk in and I’ll say ‘oh, Chance’ or whatever and they’ll be like ‘how do you know that?’ I work with names so I know.”

Laughter may seem hard to come by in an attendance office, but Lundy and

Eastman make it work.

“We have a lot of laughs together,” Lundy said. “We entertain each other. She is a funny person and she makes me laugh.”

DARLENE EASTMAN

Eastman, though nearing retirement, still finds joy in her job.

“I like working with the kids,” Eastman said. “Over the years you get to see them come in as freshman and then by the time they’re a senior it’s kind of fun to watch them evolve.”

Eastman has been at Consol for nine years, but before becoming an attendance clerk she led an exciting life.

“When I first got out of high school, a million years ago, college was never something I really considered,” Eastman said. “I wanted to be a secretary.”

So she did. Eastman worked at an air force base in Boston for a few years before procuring a job in Germany.

“I was like 21, 22, and just looking for adventure and excitement and romance, [so I went] off to Germany and I was there about six months and I traveled all over,” Eastman said. “On weekends we’d take off and go to France with girlfriends and a lot of teachers. “ Eastman spent more time than she planned in Germany.

“We came back like ten months later,” Eastman said. “I came back from Germany with a husband and a baby and a cuckoo clock.”

Eastman went on to have another child and later got a job at AMCHS. “My two kids went here, so I have a fond connection with Consolidated,” Eastman said. “I kind of try to treat the kids how I would want somebody to treat my kids, you know because every kid is their unique self.”

Her positive approach towards her job has also bonded her with fellow clerk and close friend Kendra Lundy.

“She’s the librarian type, and I’m not, if that kind of says it,” Eastman said. “As different as we are we work well together.”

Kendra Lundy sits in window section. Both Lundy’s and Eastman’s office spaces contain a bulletin board filled with photos of family and loved ones.

PHOTO BY ELIZABETH REED

Darlene Eastman smiles as she fills out an admit. According to Eastman, mornings are the busiest part of their day. PHOTO BY ELIZABETH REED

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the relay team of PETER SIMMONS, PETER LIU, ANDREW KEHRBERG, and LAINE JOHANSEN won the regional championship and advanced to the state meet. other state qualifiers (part of the biggest group Consol coach Ryan Goodwyn’s ever taken to state) included HUNTER SCOTT, KARLY WAGUESPACK, MARIA DEFIGUEREDO, MATI CASTRO and YANICHKA ARIUNBOLD.

tied for second with CSHS at the district meet, both trailing HUNTSVILLE by 18 points. came in sixth at the area meet (which HUNTSVILLE won, again) with 55 points.

GIRLS came second to CSHS at the district meet, trailing by three points. advanced to the area meet and came second, again to CSHS (by 11 points). team MVPs: JASMYN STEELS and ALEXIS OAKS

FALL (team)

finished 10-4 in district and 18-11 overall, which put the team THIRD in the district—behind WILLIS (19-6, 13-1) and BRYAN (12-2, 22-7).

advanced to the state tournament, placing third after falling to BOERNE CHAMPION— but just by doing that, they beat out 242 other schools.

advanced through playoffs up to the area championship, where they fell 2-1 to TOMBALL MEMORIAL.

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SPRING (individual) seniors DIEGO CRUZ-VESPA (singles), EVAN GAN & JULIAN DUNMORE (mixed doubles), junior RACHEL TINDALL & sophomore TORY TEMPLIN (mixed doubles) advanced to the state tournament.

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advanced to the state semifinals (winning five consecutive playoff matches); fell to DRIPPING SPRINGS and finished the season 37-15.

BOYS won the district and advanced through playoffs up to the regional quarterfinals, falling 1-0 to TOMBALL MEMORIAL and finishing the season 17-5-2.

SOCCER

GIRLS

finished second to CSHS in the district, advanced through playoffs, but lost 3-1 to Magnolia. finished the season 17-4-3.

BASKETBALL

senior CARLY HICKS and junior HALEY SLOCUM were named to the all-state team.

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By all accounts, it’s been a good year in sports for the Tigers. The Roar contacted some of Consol’s coaches to find out how our teams stacked up.

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finished 34-5 as district cochampions. advanced to the playoffs and made it through bi-district, area and regional quarterfinals before falling 63-60 to RUDDER in the regional finals. senior BETH ASHLEY and sophomore A.J. STARKS were named to the all-region team.

Ashley was also named to the all-state team. team MVP: BETH ASHLEY

BOYS finished fifth in the district with an overall record of 17-5. team MVP: TRE FLOWERS

GIRLS seniors KYNDALL FOUST and CHRISTI CORKRAN won the regional championships in their respective weight classes while setting three records each—at state, Foust placed second, and Corkran placed sixth.

BOYS sophomore ROBERT FRANKLIN placed second in the region in his weight class and competed at state. sophomore JONATHON SYLVESTER placed third in the region in his weight class.

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SWAN SONG

Students pay tribute to retiring choir director, reflect on influence rachel lamb | assistant editor Choir students found their Angel in 1983, and his leadership has transformed the choir program.

But next year they will have to find a new inspiration, because choir director Travis Angel is retiring.

“He has a way of making you love to sing,” senior Tara Templin said. “Somehow that passion [for music] developed mainly because I loved coming to class every day and I loved learning from him.”

Angel first began influencing young musicians 40 years ago when he taught at a junior high in Canyon, Texas that had 255 junior high kids and no piano.

Eight years later he started working at Consol.

“Everything’s changed, like when I “He’s really realistic, and he makes Westmoreland said. “Without him, I came they did not sight read, [and] we issues that seem really big not really truly believe I’d be a completely different do that all the time [now]; they didn’t big. He keeps you practical,” Templin person.” know any music theory whatsoever, and said. “The biggest way is that we had a Yet even though his absence will we changed that,” Angel said. “We create a hole, the students are didn’t have any computer, no confident the choir program will “I always joke around a lot and call continue to grow. cellphones, you know, life moves on.”

“I think that he’s very him dad and stuff, but he’s honestly the What has not changed is his important obviously and he’s been passion for music, which led him grandfather I’ve never had. Without here for so long,” Templin said. “I him, I truly believe I’d be a completely think that it will go on to be great to pursue teaching.

“I loved singing, and I loved different person.” even after he’s gone, just because of music,” Angel said. “And at that the way he’s left things. I think the

point in time that was the most students that are going to be seniors —Randy Westmoreland [and juniors] next year learned a lot logical thing to do, to teach, so that’s what I did.” from him while we have been here, Through his passion for singing, he lot of fun; it’s really awesome to see like and are going to be able to continue that.” has inspired countless more students to this ‘go, go, go’ mindset that was pretty But with all the success Angel had love music. cool to learn from and experience.” in teaching over the years, he’s most “Everything I’ve learned about His supportive attitude has created proud of the attitude they maintained singing, I’ve learned from him,” deeper bonds than found in typical throughout rehearsals. junior Derrick Elder said. classrooms.

“We followed rule number one,” Angel Angel’s influence even “I always joke around a lot and call said. “We had fun, we had a good time.” spreads to other aspects of his him dad and stuff, but he’s honestly the musicians’ lives. grandfather I’ve never had, really,” Randy

WORDS FOR ANGELS “Thank you for the impact you’ve had on my life and all the students around me, and really just thank you.”

—Tara Templin

“I love you like family.”

—Randy Westmoreland

“We are going to miss you a lot and you’ve made a big impact on everyone, and I hope you knows that.”

—Marissa McShane

“You are the best choir teacher I’ve ever had, and it’s been fun.”

—Kathleen Stipe

PHOTO OF TRAVIS ANGEL BY ROJAS OLIVA

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New language creates rocky transition, opportunities for ESL students olivia garrett & maya girimaji staff reporters Foreign words, ranging from Japanese to an African native dialect, come from each mouth. Yet, even with the many language barriers, all English as a Second Language (ESL) students can bond over the same thing: the struggle to fit into a new country.

Many ESL students come to the United States without knowing any English and are forced to quickly cope with these sudden changes.

“Along with the regular teenage struggles that you have with fitting in, [my ESL students] also have to grasp what’s going on in the classroom,” ESL specialist Marissa Mitchell said.

“That’s a big struggle for them.”

The ESL classes are extremely diverse. Many students come from Zimbabwe, Venezuela, Bra-

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These comic strips present their experiences as told to us.

“Most of the time they’re in here it’s more like a support system,” Mitchell said. “They have peers that speak the same language and are from the same areas who can help them out with work.”

All of the ESL students must be in the class for about five years before they can be tested out.

In addition to taking these tests, they must also take EOCs to graduate, like other students do.

“We do different comprehension things before EOCs,” Mitchell said. “We’re working on practice biology EOCs just to get them used to using translating dictionaries and not their electronic translators.”

Despite the challenges the ESL students face, they still put in their best efforts to reach success in this new country.

“I don’t allow them to use language as a crutch and I refuse to help them if laziness kicks in,” Mitchell said. “But they work hard. They really do.”

lesley tambwai

The Roar interviewed three ESL students about their transitions to America.

zil, Guatemala and China. With native languages ranging from Portuguese to Vietnamese, ESL students often struggle with the language barrier.

“They’re expected to jump into a class and study and do the same amount of class work,” Mitchell said. “But they don’t know the language.”

Yet, having a common foreign language with most of her students really helps Mitchell and her students.

“Because the majority of our ESL kids speak Spanish, I am able to do a lot of communication with them,” Mitchell said. “I will say an entire sentence to them in Spanish and then right afterward repeat myself completely in English so that they hear it in both ways.”

In the ESL class, the students learn about English grammar and vocabulary. Yet, even with all this help they still struggle in maintaining their grades and passing other courses.

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Teachers create, embrace non-traditional teaching style

OLD DOGSNEW TRICKS jennifer zhan | staff reporter Students are scattered around CATE teacher Scott Faulk’s room like confetti.

“I believe that when you have something like audio-video, you learn by doing,” Faulk said. “We’re making movies, writing scripts, producing commercials….we’re very hands-on.”

Of course, Faulk provides the basic principles.

“We want to complete as many projects as we can,” Faulk said. “The few

SCOTT FAULK times we take notes, it’s like: here’s how you use a camera. Now show me.”

Instead of giving a lecture like most teachers, Faulk says he interacts with his students as he watches and critiques their final products.

“I believe in developing relationships,” Faulk said. “Once you have that, you have a better idea of how to guide them and customize projects and lessons and so on.”

Speech teacher Roy Rodriguez isn’t startled when his class begins to shriek.

“You scream when you hear what’s called the word of the day,” Rodriguez said. “I do this because I want my kids to pay attention. The idea is if a kid’s not paying attention and everyone screams, they’ll wonder what’s going on and start listening.”

Rodriguez offers an incentive for participating in the word of the day: the first person to scream earns “Classcraft” points. “Classcraft” is part of the gamification trend in education, which integrates game-like mechanics in the classroom.

“What I love about ‘Classcraft’ is it really equalizes

History teacher Jason Pratt doesn’t bat an eye when students walk out of his classroom without a pass.

“If I had freshmen, I’d make them take their notes and do certain things,” Pratt said. “But my seniors? They’re 18.

They have certain responsibilities.”

Pratt embraces looser lesson plans as a result. He shows videos, asks individual questions, asks them to pull out slates, or holds discussions. He stresses that his class is not one that can be expected to follow a pattern each day. Activities can vary not only on a daily basis, but from class period to class period.

“Some people are very concreteminded in their way of needing to get things accomplished,” Pratt said. “I am

the playing field,” Rodriguez said. “It’s something everybody understands—do good things, earn points, buy things. Do bad things, lose enough points, get in trouble.”

At the beginning of the year, students choose a “Classcraft” character to represent them. Points can help students earn armor, change the character’s appearance and (upon leveling up) receive rewards that range from coming to class late to asking for hints on an exam.

“My overall philosophy is about student experience,” Rodriguez said. “If you’re not comfortable, you can’t learn; if you don’t feel safe, you can’t learn; if you don’t want to come to class you won’t want to learn.”

In Rodriguez’s classroom, the presence of couches

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JASON PRATT not their favorite teacher.”

But Pratt says he maintains a productive and attentive classroom setting through “positive proactivity”.

“Basically, I think kids will work harder if I make class fun,” Pratt said.

“But I also proactively deal with issues before they occur.”

He states that caring about the success of students is the most important quality in a teacher. His only advice to other teachers is to be consistent in what they do, so their kids can understand what the classroom will be like.

“The main thing is, kids should like learning,” Pratt said. “And they will if they have a good teacher that wants to let them learn.”

and folding chairs is striking. As long as his students are paying attention, how they’re sitting is unimportant, he says.

“But he’s not a typical teacher,” Sprintson said. “He moves around the room, he varies the volume of his voice, he acts things out, he’s very personal…you can tell he wants to be there, really wants to teach.”

Rodriguez would like his students to be as enthusiastic about coming to class as he is.

“I hope when they come in here, it’s like hanging out with an old buddy,” Rodriguez said. “Like a wise old grandpa.”

ROY RODRIGUEZ

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Onto the Back Nine Senior looks forward to college, pro golf For Tiger Woods, golf is life changing. For Brad Hardman, golf is life saving. But for senior Max Miller, golf is… just golf.

“I’ve played golf my whole life, so it hasn’t really changed my life,” Miller said.

Miller, who has been playing golf since age five, credits his father for introducing the sport to him.

“He’s always inspired me to play sports,” Miller said. “He was a really good golfer, so that’s really what influenced me most to play golf.”

Although he originally played both golf and baseball, Miller quit baseball at age 12.

“I was better at golf than I was at baseball, so I decided to play golf,” Miller said. “Also, when I was about ten years old, I started meeting all the guys on the A&M golf team. I liked them so much that it became my dream to go there.”

His dream did eventually come true, as Miller plans to follow in his father’s footsteps and play golf for A&M next year.

“I’ve lived in College Station my whole life, so I know the town really well and I know all the people,” Miller said.

“It’s going to be quite an experience.”

For Miller, whose favorite part of golf has always been meeting other people, college golf gives him the opportunity to not only meet new people, but those as passionate about golf as he is.

“Over the past couple years, I’ve always been number one on the team; I’ve always been MVP, and I never really looked at someone above me,” Miller said. “I’ll be going from number

one here to hopefully number five over there. It’ll be tough, but it’ll be fun and teach me something different.”

Still, that’s not to say Miller hasn’t seen his own share of troubles: this year, he missed state by two shots.

“Just the last couple of months, I’ve been struggling with some of my short game. But it happens to everyone,” Miller said. “At the end of last summer, I was really on a hot streak; I was playing really well. Then throughout this year, senior year kind of got to me. I’ll get it back though.”

And doing that, Miller said, requires a strong mental game.

“You have to train yourself to think when you practice. You practice the way you play,” Miller said. “That’s the one thing that I take to heart. If you’re gonna sit out there and practice what you want to play, then it’ll work out for you.”

Miller praises his coach for helping him maintain this mentality.

“Coach McKown is my best friend.

That’s really what I’ve enjoyed throughout my high school experience,” Miller said. “He keeps me in a good state of mind throughout my rounds. If I’m having a bad round, he’ll inspire me and tell me I’m a good player. If I’m having a really good round, he just won’t talk to me because he knows that I’m focused.”

Last semester, Miller attended the Junior Players Championship at Sawgrass, a renowned golf course known for its signature hole, one of golf ’s most difficult- the par-3, 137-yard 17th.

“Throughout the first day of the tournament, I shot 69, and tied for the lead. That was probably the best mo-

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“If you’re gonna sit out there and practice what you want to play, then it’ll work out for you.” — Miller ment of my life,” Miller said. “It’s just cool because all of these courses are ones that professionals play.”

After college, Miller hopes to make the PGA Tour, in which members travel to tournaments every week.

“If you win one of those, you make like a million dollars. Hopefully one day, I’ll be able to be in the spotlight like that,” Miller said.

But even more important than fame and monetary rewards golf offers are the life lessons it teaches.

“It’s hard to explain, but some days you’ll have good days, some days you’ll have bad days. That’s life,” Miller said. “[There are] some times where you hit a shot and it doesn’t go your way, and you have to improvise and make it better. The way you improvise shows how good of a player you are.”

a dynamic keeper

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Semi-pro goalkeeper’s opportunity leads to challenges, personal growth austin coats | sports editor In his youth, current sophomore Trevor Kallendorf enjoyed the fitness aspect of soccer just as much as any other kid.

“Once I found out that you didn’t have to run when you were a keeper I went for that as quickly as I could,” Trevor Kallendorf said.

After receiving an invitation to join the Houston Dynamo youth academy, Kallendorf learned quickly that preparing for professional soccer involves a strict regimen, one that Kallendorf describes as “absolutely insane.” From the hours spent on fitness before training to the “optional” workouts in the one-month offseason, Trevor Kallendorf works hard at his craft; but playing with a team that trains four days a week at a complex 102 miles from his home does more than knock the wind out of Trevor.

“My dad actually did the calculations; with school and soccer combined it’s like I’m working two full time jobs around the clock,” Trevor Kallendorf said.

As a result, developing as a soccer player has also taught Kallendorf to develop as a functioning human being.

“He’s had to grow up really fast in order to manage all this and in general that’s a positive,” Trevor’s father, Craig Kallendorf, said. “Every parent wants their kid to grow up to the point where they’re well organized, they use time well, they have goals, they work systematically towards those goals. He’s got all of those so even if, for example, some sort of injury ends his soccer career, he’s got great life skills from all of this.”

Kallendorf’s demeanor relays that maturity. Not only does he speak with the professional aspect that many adults might envy,

but standing at 6 feet, 175 pounds, Kallendorf doesn’t look like the average high school sophomore.

“I teach college, and he has time management skills that hardly any of my college students have,” Craig Kallendorf said. “When he goes to the movies they assume he’s a college student and ask for a college ID. When you talk to him sometimes you get the same impression.”

When Trevor first started training with Dynamo during freshman year, it was a bit of a struggle for him, as Dr. Kallendorf related that it took about six months for his son to become acclimated and find a balance in his new, hectic life.

“He had a period for about a week, a year ago, where he simply collapsed.” Craig Kallendorf said. “He hadn’t created the balance; he was staying up till two in the morning and it wasn’t working.”

Another part of the balancing act was Trevor’s disconnection from his family, especially from his seven year-old brother, Barrett.

Kallendorf remembers a whole week that he went without communication with Barrett, despite their bedrooms only separated by the length of a hallway.

“I didn’t get to talk to him because I would get home so late, and I wouldn’t see him in the morning,” Trevor Kallendorf said.

“Keeping up with family and close friends [is] important to me.”

But despite the brutal training fitness sessions at training and the sleep-deprivation and the crazy commutes and the time away from family, Trevor still does it. Why? “It’s one of those things that I look forward to at the end of every day and it’s a way

“He had a period for about a week where he simply collapsed.”

- Craig Kallendorf

1. to make my family proud,” Trevor Kallendorf said.

Pride for their son isn’t a question for the Kallendorfs, as they fully back their son’s ability and goals to play with the MLS and the United States Mens National Team.

“Honestly, they’ve been nothing but supportive and I can’t thank them enough for that,” Trevor Kallendorf said. “Without their support [...] it wouldn’t be possible.”

2.

When Trevor was first offered a spot with Dynamo, his family had to say no because of everything involved, most significantly, the cost.

“It’s actually more expensive for us than sending him to college,” Craig Kallendorf said.

As time passed, though, the Kallendorfs realized this opportunity couldn’t be passed up, and the teams he was playing for wouldn’t get him to his goal of playing for Houston’s first team. During his freshman year, they jumped in and haven’t looked back since.

“The club is very happy with him, he’s very happy doing it, and you want your kids to be happy,” Craig Kallendorf said.

1. Sophomore Trevor Kallendorf dives in an attempt to save a header on goal.

2. Kallendorf directs his backline during a tournament match in Mexico.

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APPOCALYPSE

Roar staffers review up-and-coming ways to waste time

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ALPAC EVOL A UTION

JENNIFER ZHAN | STAFF REPORTER

This game stars a constantly mutating alpaca roaming free in a field! The design and animation of ALPACA EVOLUTION are simple, and there are no instructions. To progress, the player taps on the other alpacas in the field, knocks them out, and absorbs their essences. The alpaca takes on new forms as it evolves to its final stage.

Despite the eccentric nature of the game, somehow this tapping game provides some sort of strange ritualistic pleasure.

AUSTIN COATS | SPORTS EDITOR

The WRASSLING app is like a mixture of “Super Mario Bros.” and “NBA Jam,” only better. Just like in “Super Mario Bros.,” your character can wear unique clothing (hats, specifically), defeat bosses and beat up bad people. “Wrassling” simply involves throwing another wrassler out of the ring. The fact that you never really know what you did to cause this, combined with funny commentary after the games and some really cool hats, make this game loads of addicting fun!

CRAZY HELIUM BOOTH FREE RACHEL LAMB | ASSISTANT EDITOR

Ever dreamt of looking like a gremlin with a chipmunk voice?

CRAZY HELIUM BOOTH FREE will make this dream a reality! It is a hilarious, bizarre, magical app that adds crazy voice effects ranging from robots to dogs. It also distorts people into fat, green monsters, and will make your friends fall onto the ground in hilarity!

The

Chinese-made

app

MYIDOL is a perfect candidate

for going viral: it’s quick, easy and hilariously weird. And if the iTunes chart is accurate, the #1 app has achieved stardom.

MyIdol transforms any selfie into an uncanny cartoon character, and although the entire app is in Chinese, it is still fairly intuitive and easy to use. Your avatar can do a variety of things, from poledancing to motorbike riding, runway walking to singing. Its combination of simple controls and entertaining results are sure to make the English edition as successful as the Chinese one.

MYIDOL

STEPHANIE PALAZZOLO | SENIOR EDITOR

FIND THESE APPS! WRASSLING, CRAZY HELIUM BOOTH & ALPACA EVOLUTION are all free for iPhone & Android.

MYIDOL is only available for iPhone.

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check out reviews of everything on theroarnews.com

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Yearbook staff describes process of creating memorable product

vi burgess | assistant editor

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earbook may spell your name wrong, but that doesn’t mean it’s not a masterpiece.

“Unlike art, [yearbook isn’t] just create anything you want; it’s a very creative process, but there are limits on it,” adviser Freda Carraway said.

“Teaching kids to accept criticism from peers and from me about things they’re so emotionally and creatively attached to [is hard].”

Sophomore Brittany Scott, along with eight other sophomores, joined staff at the beginning of this school year. Before their first deadline, the new staffers learn how to take photos, write stories (called copy), and design spreads, bringing their own spark into it.

“People thought I was really weird when they’d come in and look at my computer and I was photoshopping a weave, and they’re like ‘What are you doing?’ and I’m like ‘I’m working on my yearbook page’,” Scott said. “It’s different, but I like it.”

For each deadline, staffers are assigned three or four pages to design, take photos for, and write copy for. Each page is then edited by the editor-in-chief, the adviser, the publishing company, and then sent back for final revisions.

“I know there’s some names spelled wrong, but when you have so many students in the yearbook, it’s gonna happen,” Scott said. “I want to say on one of the pages, they forgot the ‘n’ in ‘newspaper’ and it’s spelled like ‘ewspaper’. It’s a mistake and they caught it after and it’s too late.”

In addition to misspellings, yearbook editors check for omissions and

blatant mistakes, but often the page has already been printed.

“We had a senior who had her picture made during her junior year because she wanted to have her picture made before she had braces,” Carraway said. “She wanted to make sure her picture made it in when our pictures did come in, but when we got that disk, we didn’t have it.”

According to Carraway, an omission is “the worst thing that can happen in the yearbook”. “[So] those pages went to the printer and subsequently we found out that she had had her picture made

by Specialties and they had forgotten to include it,” Carraway said. “But we lucked out because there were a couple pages that weren’t printed in the senior section; so even though her last name starts with an R, she’s after Daniel Zivney.”

During the year, the staffers wander the hall with colorful press passes and large, noisy cameras, but it’s not just ongoing food parties in the yearbook lab.

“Yearbook is split into five different deadlines and so you have three weeks where you’re working on your layout technically,” editor-in-chief and senior Karly Waguespack said.

“But really it’s like you can work on whatever you want and then suddenly, layout deadline, copy deadline and photo deadline are all within the span of a week of each other, back to back to back.”

After the five main deadlines, the staff waits anxiously for the books.

“The books come in; they’re on the giant wooden pallets and the person has to bring them in from the band hall and push the cart all

the way down to the closet downstairs and shuffle them around real quick,” Waguespack said. “We get to open them up and look at them, but we can’t let people know that we’re here yet. My first year on staff, when the book came in for the first time, we were all standing in a little closet crammed in so nobody else could see it.”

For many staffers, the backlash against the affectionately nicknamed “the book” is the worst part.

“It’s really stressful because the first day, everyone’s up there as soon as you get there and they’re like, ‘I need to buy one’ and then as soon as they open it, they find something wrong,” junior and future editorin-chief Peyton James said. “When you’ve worked all year long on something so hard and they find little things that they don’t notice all the great things, that’s probably the most stressful thing, [and] it happens in front of everyone.”

However, the yearbook staff keeps coming back each year to create something different and even better than the last.

“I tell them to get a hard shell because we anticipate that it’s going to happen and that the majority of people who get the book are going to be pleased with it,” Carraway said.

“It’s a pretty amazing accomplishment for fifteen kids to do something like that. [So] I just mostly tell them, ‘Be proud of this product, because it’s something nobody else in the school does.’”

PHOTOS OF YEARBOOK STAFF BY AUSTIN COATS & VI BURGESS.

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CONSOL YEARBOOK “I went to three different games [to take photos], and all [got] rained out.” sophomore Maddie Miller

“I had my whole design [for the robotics page] and the teacher took pictures of another school’s events instead of Consol’s.” sophomore Claire Garner

“I went to a wrestling meet [to take photos] and almost got hit by a wrestler.” sophomore Paige Alvarez “One night another girl, our teacher, [and I] stayed so late that the janitors had already gone home.” sophomore Brooke Gully