The Eyrie | November 8, 2019

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CONTENTS NOVEMBER 8, 2019

CONTENTS

03 Trump impeachment 04 Global warming 05 Decline in college enrollment 06 New window coverings 07 Marching band wraps up season 08 Boy and girl focus 10 Fall performing arts concerts 11 Gothic Ghost Stories play

12 NHS approved service hours 13 Teacher feature 15 Computer Science Academy 16 Gaming reviews 18 Streaming war 20 Book and movie reviews 23 JUUL editorial 24 Year around school year 25 “13 Reasons Why” season flop 28 Girls in sports at the school 30 Royals’ new manager 31 Chiefs season update 02 THE EYRIE

NOVEMBER 8, 2019 NEWS

Impeachment discussions hint end of Trump era By: Alex Burbidge

After nearly three years of relentless attempts, the Democratic Party may finally get their wish; an official inquiry for impeachment has been opened against President Donald Trump.

Led by Nancy Pelosi, Speaker of the House of Representatives, the inquiry was sparked after a whistleblower published a report of President Trump’s supposed abuse of power, specifically in regard to his pressuring the Government of Ukraine to investigate Hunter Biden, the son of Joe Biden, 2020 presidential candidate. A transcript of the phone call between the president and Volodymyr Zelensky, President of Ukraine, was released by the White House and confirmed that “[looking] into Biden” was a topic of discussion.

On Oct. 29, a resolution was reached by the House Democrats determining how the public phase of the inquiry would run.

Despite all the talk of impeachment, Pelosi claims that her group has not committed to impeachment, but said she has “had enough for a very long time” and that they “might as well get some more” during a meeting with the House Intelligence Committee.

Should the impeachment go through, Trump would be the fourth sitting president to be impeached. Of the three prior presidents (Andrew John-

son, Richard Nixon, and Bill Clinton), none have been removed from office, although Nixon surely would have been had he not resigned the position before the process could be completed.

To get to an impeachment case, the House of Representatives must pass the articles of impeachment by a majority vote. The Senate would then try the president in court with the Chief Justice of the United States presiding, and if the Senate should find him guilty by a two-thirds majority, Trump would be removed from office. An added dynamic to this process is that the House of Representatives has a majority of its seats filled by Democrats (235-197), while the Senate is mostly Republican (53-47).

Additionally, Mitch McConnell, Senate Majority Leader, has suggested that the Senate essentially just ignore the call for impeachment, assuming it does get that far. This has opened debate as to whether the Consitution of the United States allows for such action.

If the impeachment does go through and Trump is indeed removed from office, incumbent Vice President Mike Pence would take his position, per the 25th Amendment. The Democrats would likely try to impeach Pence as well, leaving the presidency to Pelosi, the current Speaker of the House and head of the impeachment inquiry.

Donald Trump shows the camera a NASA uniform that has had his name plate attached to it. Trump has recently been under investigation regarding his involvement in using Russia to gain information onn his running oppenent Joe Biden.

A women marchs with a sign calling for the impeachment of Trump. Many Democrats are trying to push for Trump’s impeachment due to some of the action he has taken that has been deemed unconstituional.

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NEWS NOVEMBER 8 2019

The Planet Dying From Our Actions

By: Elijah Nichols

An ecological study found The crisis of global that the world has hit such warming has become a a point in environmental well-conversed topic among destruction that it would scientists and researchers take at least ten years to alike. We, as a society, are rebuild the environment that slowly harming and killing humans have destroyed. the planet with Three of g r e e n h o u s e Humans and their the wellgases and documented p o l l u t i o n actions are majorly g l o b a l methods like responsible for caus- changes are dumping waste ing all types of pol- i n c r e a s i n g chemicals. c o n c e n While scientists lution in the environ- t r a t i o n s and ecologists ment. of carbon have been dioxide in the atmosphere, involved in the research alterations in the and management of the biogeochemistry of the environment, they still global nitrogen cycle, and have to deal with the ongoing land use/land cover uncertainty of the several change. These primarily components linked to global ecological changes all have environmental changes. significant environmental Multiple studies have consequences. proven that global warming “Human activity– is directly related to now primarily fossil humans and human-caused fuel combustion– has ecological problems. increased carbon dioxide Humans and their actions concentrations from °280 are majorly responsible for to 355 mL/L since 1800; the causing all types of pollution increase is unique, at least in in the environment. Oil the past 160000 years, and spills primarily cause several lines of evidence water pollution from big demonstrate unequivocally corporations, urban runoff that it is human-caused this from chemical weed killers, increase is likely to have and ocean dumping affecting climatic consequences– the lives of animals as well as and indeed, it has direct the coral reefs. Air pollution effects on biota in all Earth’s arises from the burning terrestrial ecosystems. The of fossil fuels, hydraulic global nitrogen cycle has fracturing, and gases emitted been altered by human by vehicles, although activity to such an extent carpooling could save that that more nitrogen is fixed problem. annually by humanity The environment its self can (primarily for nitrogen not destroy itself only people fertilizer, also by legume can. A key example is when crops and as a by-product ecologists look at uncivilized of fossil fuel combustion) islands or protected areas than by all-natural pathways where the climate is combined.” according to the flourishing with beauty and Environmental Society of richness. A untampered America environment often has a The ecosystem that has fair balance of creation and been hit the hardest is the destruction. oceanic ecosystem. The fish

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and other sea creatures are “More than 100 countries starting to hit their thermal have adopted a global limits. What’s going to do warming limit of 2 °C or the damage to fish in the below (relative to preocean are extreme events industrial levels) as a guiding when temperatures spike principle for mitigation for a month or two. Even if efforts to reduce climate the temperatures return to change risks, impacts, and normal, the damage is done damages. However, the for the next ten g r e e n years house gas “Human activity–now This added primarily fossil fuel com- ( G H G ) nitrogen alters emissions the chemistry bustion– has increased c o r r e s of the carbon dioxide conponding to a t m o s p h e r e , centrations”- Envispecified and aquatic maximum e c o s y s t e m s ronmental Society of warming contribute to America are poorly eutrophication k n o w n of the biosphere and have owing to uncertainties in the substantial regional effects carbon cycle and the climate on biological diversity in the response.” according to a most affected areas. Finally, Harvard Journal human land use/land cover Human existence and change has transformed one. the course of our choices Earth’s ice-free surface. The have proved to contribute warming is deteriorating the immensely to the warming polar caps, which is causing and destruction of the Earth. the ecosystem to have more If we do not take care of the Inconsistent and fluctuating Earth there will be no Earth temperatures. left.

Earth’s global surface temperature in 2018 was the fourth warmest since modern record keeping began in 1880, according to an analysis by NASA. Global temperatures in 2018 were 1.5 degrees Fahrenheit (0.83 degrees Celsius) warmer than the 1951 to 1980 mean, according to scientists at NASA’s Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS) in New York. Globally, 2018’s temperatures rank behind those of 2016, 2017 and 2015. The past five years are, collectively, the warmest years in the modern record.

NOVEMBER 8, 2019NEWS

Sleep pods being installed in colleges By: Mandi Marstall

Many students in college tend to pull all nighters when studying the night before a test or an exam.

In the past few years some colleges have decided to add sleeping or napping areas to parts of their campus to try and help students rest. One of these colleges is James Madison University. They have what’s called a “Nap Nook” which has drawn students to nap on bean bag chairs outfitted with antimicrobial pillows since 2013 according to the National Sleep Foundation.

Ensurge reported that now instead of “Nap Nooks” universities have invested in sleep pods. “A handful of colleges have made room for these devices which cost anywhere from 8,000 to 13,000 dollars.” Edsurge has found that some of these colleges that have

purchased these sleep pods include “The University of Miami, Wesleyan University, Stanford University, and Washington State University.” Rethlefsen said the purpose of these pods were to “supplement a suite of wellness initiative the campus offers to help students relax and promote mental health.” Williams said another university in the Kansas area that has recently added sleep pods to their campus is Emporia State University. They decided to do this due to the amount of students falling asleep in there libraries.

These sleep pods have a chair-like bed to lay on with pads to support your back.

Attached to the sleep pod is a big, white half sphere that you move to cover your head, so that it blocks out the light for the people try-

ing to sleep. Many universities have deemed these sleep pods safe due to the location they have been placed in.

Many of these sleep pods are placed in the libraries of the universities.

“Students at Texas A&M sign up to reserve the sleep pods for 30 minute or 1 hour naps and officials can

see the data about how often the pods are being used.” observed the director of recreational sports Franklin Harrison

The debate over sleep pods on campus is still underway. By the year 2020 many more colleges could have sleep pods on their campus.

College enrollment closing in on students By: Amanda Turvey

As the 2019-2020 school year is getting closer to an end, many seniors and juniors find themselves chosing which colleges are best suited for them.

But while some students are applying for college, others are looking for

full time jobs to work at, instead of going to college.

Many colleges across the country are faced with the problem of declining enrollment. Some students aren’t able to afford to go to an expensive university first thing out of high school so instead they opt

to stay and live at home for a few years and go to community college, which is a cheaper way for students to work towards a degree.

But if colleges are in desperate need of increasing enrollment then maybe a different, route than advertising should be introduced.

“Universities should be more interactive with their students and provide for students more than they do currently,” Noe Gonzalez, senior, said.

According to a spring report from the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center,

nationwide enrollment has declined by 1.7%, or nearly 300,000 students.

While there are many reasons for this decline, one factor is the increase in women who are in the workforce. Because more women are in the workforce, the birth rate is also declining meaning that fewer children are being born therefore there are fewer children to attend college.

The increasing costs of yearly tuition and fees is also a major factor when deciding what college to go to as the student debt crisis has toppled $1.3 trillion.

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NEWS NOVEMBER 8, 2019

5 PLACES TO GIVE BACK THIS SEASON

Great Plains SPCA Why not go to snuggle some kitties and doggies while also giving back to the community? At Great Plains SPCA there is plenty of time to get your snuggles on. Watch out, you may go home with a new furry friend to add to the family.

KC Pet Project

KC Pet Project is another great place where snuggles abide. Just be sure that you have time to commit each month to volunteering here, as it is a requirement for volunteers to dedicate four hours a month for the first three months of service, among other requirements that can be found on their website.

Harvesters At Harvesters volunteers have a wide variety of volunteer opportunities just be sure that you sign up online for the activities that you prefer and that there is still availabilities for volunteers.

Deanna Rose Deanna Rose is a fabulous place to volunteer if you enjoy working outside, with animals, and being around little kids and families. It is essential that you understand the shift requirements and criteria for the position you choose.

New window decorations By: Gavin McAferty

Outside of the school door’s windows there will now be a covering with South’s colors and info about the school. Which leaves most of us asking, why? It is just a nice addition to the school to make it look better and also to keep staff and students safe. They can be seen all around the school and are made to where people on the inside can see out, but the opposing side can’t see in. Most of them contain our school

colors, yellow and blue, and displays what side of the building someone is on.

Every school in the district added them for the safety of our staff and students. They were also put up to add a bit more color to the school.

They were put up with the intention of keeping them up for a long time so don’t expect them to get replaced any time soon. Overall, there aren’t many downsides to getting these window coverings and nobody has complained about them.

Debate halfway through season By: Gagani Liyanawaduge

Mission Southside

This is a great local place to volunteer and give back directly to the Olathe community. Mission Southside has a variety of volunteer options such as sorting shoes and clothes, cans, and other food items.

For more volunteer opportunities visit eyrieonline.org throughout the holiday season.

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The debate season has been going since the beginning of the school year.

The squad has sent teams to tournaments almost every weekend so far. They recently hosted a tournament here, and many schools attended.

Jo Ball is the coach of the debate squad at Olathe South. Ball believes that the squad has been “very” successful this year. The tournaments that the squad goes to usually lasts from early in the morning to early

afternoon.

Videl Nelson, junior, enjoys debate because she “[loves] the ability to help others learn about it.” Nelson’s experiences with debate started before high school.

“In eighth grade we did a mock debate in history class and my teacher told me to join in high school,” said Nelson.

Nelson believes that the season so far has been successful, “It’s been really good; one of our teams won first place at the first tournament we went to.”

NOVEMBER 8, 2019 NEWS

Falcon Regiment wraps up successful season By: Faith Holliday As the marching band season came to a close, the Falcon Regiment seniors gave their parting speeches at the last competition on Oct. 26.

“This was such a great season to end with. I am so glad that I got to impact you guys in some way,” senior Brianna Calderon said.

The Falcon Regiment went on to place first in their division and third overall in preliminaries.

The seniors of the Falcon Regiment view this event as one of the many things they will have to say goodbye to in high school.

“Most of my section are underclassmen, and that’s really sad.” Senior Katie Dickerson said.

Senior Elyse Musil enjoys performing, but the time spent with friends makes everything worth it to her.

“I love the bonding time and sitting in the stands and watching the other teams,” Musil said.

Musil is part of the Golden

Girls, which she has been in for four years.

“I will miss all the friends and relationships that I built and have developed in the past four years,” Musil said.

Dickerson, a trumpet player, also cherishes the friendships she has formed with her bandmates.

“I got really close to a lot of people in my section this year,” Dickerson said.

The Falcon Regiment may boast 120 members, but many of them do not go on to march on the college level.

“I might do it after my freshman year because I’m going to K-State and it’s a lot of outside commitment,” Dickerson said.

Junior Madison Gordon, visual captain, is set to be part of the next group of leaders for the Falcon Regiment.

Gordon enjoys the competition aspect of marching.

“It’s always really nice to go into competition excited or at least knowing I’m going to have a lot of fun,” Gordon said.

As a visual captain, Gordon

Junior Madison Gordon plays her flute in the Old Settlers Day parade. The Falcon Regiment marches in the parade each year along side the Golden Girls and South cheerleaders. It has become a tradition for Olathe South to participate in the Old Settlers Day parade.

Junior Will Koning plays his trumput during early morning practice to prepare for the Falcon Regiment field show. The Falcon regiment practices almost every morning to prepare. was able to create the different sets and visuals that make the show what it is.

“The laying down visual is really cool,” Gordon said.

“Or at the end where Bryan conducts the band to stand back up straight and march off the field,” One of Gordon’s favorite

parts of marching band is the marching itself.

“I love marching in igeneral, so that itself is really fun,” Gordon said.

As the seniors say goodbye, the class of 2021 are gearing up to take their place and continue the legacy of the Falcon Regiment.

Sophomore Cassidy Carlson focuses hard as she prepares for her next move. The Golden Girls are also included in the Falcon Regiment and act as their colorguard.

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FEATURE NOVEMBER 8, 2019

How does

David Robertson prioritize his studies?

Some view school as a mindless routine, but for senior David Robertson, it’s a way of life.

Robertson succeeds in all of his classes, but his favorite academic class is calculus.

“I’ve always liked math.

I’ve always found it fun and it makes my brain think,” Robertson said, “I feel like I can grow from it.”

Although he enjoys the academic side of school, Robertson has many other interests.

“AP art studio is my favorite class. I love art,” Robertson said.

Outside of school, Robertson enjoys karate.

“I’m about to be a first degree black belt in a couple of weeks,” Robertson said.

Robertson has been involved in karate for almost four years at Olathe Karate Academy.

“I used to go to class

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nearly every day,” Robertson said.

While others aim for greatness for money or fame, Robertson has different motivations.

“Before, it was just to go to college to be a doctor,” Robertson said. “Now, I’m more motivated to be an oncologist because my father got cancer over the summer, and I feel very motivated to find a cure for it.”

Robertson plans to attend the University of Kansas to major in oncology. A higher goal for him would be to make it into an Ivy League school.

Robertson and his father have a very close bond.

“My dad told me that if someone shows you who they are, believe them,” Robertson shared.

Robertson is also involved in history club, National Honors Society, National Art Honor Society,

Spanish National Honors Society, and he is a writing center tutor.

In his free time, Robertson enjoys dealing memes and gaming.

His favorite celebrity is Elon Musk because “he is an absolute meme lord.”

He owns a Switch and an Xbox that he uses to play games.

“Final Fantasy VII is my favorite game,” Robertson said. “I’ve played through it three times.”

Robertson enjoys combining his interests into projects.

“I made a Super Smash Bros stage out of multiple mediums,” Robertson said.

Robertson is fluent in Spanish, he is planning on taking the AP test for Spanish.

“In total, I’m taking six AP tests,” Robertson said.

“I’m so much more of a dork than people think I am,” Robertson exclaimed.

NOVEMBER 8, 2019 FEATURE

How does

Audrey North

juggle school work, band, and church Audrey North is a very involved student and challenges herself everyday with the classes she is taking her senior year. North has a rather full plate when it comes to homework each night with all the AP and college classes she is enrolled in. Some of these classes include AP Psychology, AP Statistics, AP English, and College Biology. But those classes are not her favorite out of the seven she takes each day.

North’s favorite class is marching band. “[Band] is a really fun time and is very engaging, plus it requires me to be active but not so active that I am dying. It is also a great place to make friends,” North said.

North plays the flute in marching band as well as in the wind ensemble.

“Our wind ensemble got invited to play at KMEA which is the Kansas Music Educators Associa-

tion and I was able to play in it for that,” North said.

North has been involved in music for a long time.

“I have been playing the flute since I was in fifth grade,” North said.

Along with being a part of many challenging classes and two different bands North manges to make time for clubs during the school day. She is involved in the Book Club and is a Writing Center tutor during Falcon 50.

“I am also an executive board member for the writing center as well,” North said.

North has been a follower of God for many years.

“I am involved in my church and the youth group that my church has for teens my age and I also work in the nursery,” North said.

Church is not the only interaction North has with children. North also babysits in her free time.

“I babysit quite a few kids from different families and

that takes the place of a part time job for me since the hours are about the same as one,” North said.

As North’s high school years are coming to a close, she has to decide what she wants to do after high school.

North is planning on attending Mid-America Nazarene University in the fall of 2020.

She chose Mid-America Nazarene University because “they have a really amazing nursing program and it is close to home,” North said.

North wants to be a nurse practitioner and Mid-America Nazarene University will help her learn how to be one.

With everything North has on her plate she says her biggest challenge would be time management.

“If I have a busy schedule and someone asks me to hangout or be apart of another club I would have to say no because I don’t want to overload myself with activities,” North said.

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NEWS

Choir concert brings “Joy” to audience By: Emily Gray

All five choirs performed at the fall concert on Oct. 10. The theme of the concert was about life and living it to the fullest. Elise Peterson, c h o i r d i r e c t o r, has been re h e a r s i n g t h e s e songs with the choir since the beginning of the year.

“We prepare literature by goal setting each rehearsal and the standards we can

accomplish during a class period. The students work from bell to bell and strive to rehearse as much music as we are able,” Peterson s a i d .

This is the first of four concerts the choir will have. “ T h e music we learned for the fall concert a l l o w s our choirs to get a great foundation as we begin the year. There’s a variety of music, some “lighter” in nature and some more

“It was so amazing to audition and get it.”

difficult literature as well,” Peterson stated.

Mya Chewning, senior, performed her first solo at the fall concert during the song “Joy”.

“I loved doing a solo.

I had never auditioned for one and it was so amazing to audition and get it,” Chewning said.

She practiced with

both Peterson and her lessons teacher.

“I asked Peterson for help on the solo and she told me to stand tall, sing from my gut and to use the voice she knows I have,” Chewning stated.

In total, the choirs performed 20 songs. The winter concert will be on Dec. 12.

Youth Symphony enjoys success By: Hunter Daniels

Youth Symphony is an association of people that play music that wouldn’t usually be available to the schools. The Youth Symphony is called the Olathe Area Youth Symphony and was created by Randy Dietrich and Gregory Ferguson, the producers of youth

symphony, over 20 years ago. They created it with the hope of offering orchestra and symphony literature, but it became something more, giving students a chance to play new music.

“We have two orchestra, the middle school level orchestra that we call the

Philharmonic Orchestra, and then the high school orchestra,” said Ferguson.

The Youth Symphony has an audition-based procedure much like auditioning for sports. Youth Symphony takes skill and other factors from the auditions into consideration before

choosing their participants.

After being accepted into Youth Symphony, the members must pay a fee of $160 to continue the afterschool activity. Dietrich and Ferguson anticipated this problem and have set up a student aid.

“Student aid is available on a case-by-case basis and will be reviewed by the Youth Symphony board. We are always willing to work with our students to help with any financial difficulties that they may have,” said Ferguson.

Youth symphony meets every Monday with the next meeting on Nov. 11.

Youth Symphony is an experience that should be taken advantage of; with the right skillset and investment, anyone can be a part of it.

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NOVEMBER 8, 2019 FEATURE

Gothic Ghost Stories enthralls audience By: Skye Pancer

Gothic Ghost Stories is a play that was on October 24 and 25. This show is very interesting, the cast for the play –if the director, Renee Hochanadel, had not double and triple casted, meaning that there are two-three roles assigned to each person- would be 49 actors alone, not counting the crew members, with the crew member it would be closer to 70.

Thankfully she did double and triple cast, leaving her with fewer people to direct and handle.

Actor Jack Cannell played Franton Nuttel, Colonel Blyntyre, Dorthy, and was part of the props crew.

Cannell’s favorite part of the process was the end product. “This play is really really fun to just see it all come together.”

Cannell talked about how it related to other plays he had been a part of Cannell says the show is “a lot like 10 Ways to Survive the Zombie Apocalypse” from last school year, say that it has “a lot of dark gawky and sort of scary makeup.” Cannell

added the costumes are “along the same lines.”

In Ten Ways to Survive the Zombie Apocalypse, There was a special effects artist who came in to help with makeup.

During Gothic Ghost Stories, the

only people doing makeup were makeup crew and the actors themselves. They had incredible designs and amazing makeup for the show, even when they didn’t have a makeup artist for the show’s actors.

Commended Scholars hard work has paid off By: Megan Stoerman Junior year of high school is notorious for being the busiest year due to the stress of classes, the beginning of college decisions, and standardized tests. Many of these standardized tests are the Preliminary Scholastic Aptitude Test (PSAT), Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT), and American College Testing exam (ACT). The PSAT taken during a student’s junior year is the test that qualifies them for the National Merit Scholarship Program.

This program gives students scholarships and other recognition down the line. The school this year has a total of

four students who have been awarded Commended Students from the PSAT. Commended Students are a group of individuals who took the PSAT and are chosen on a national index score of PSAT scores. About 16,000 students are chosen to be Commended Students from about one-third of the 50,000 high scoring students who took the PSAT. These students do not get to move on to the being in the running for National Merit, but they do still get a Letter of Commendation that recognizes them for their academic excellence. These students from the school were Anna Hastings, Abigail Morris, Jil-

lian Otero, and Dylan Stanley, seniors.

Morris found out that she is a Commended Student over the announcements, and when she found out she “was confused but also excited.”

Becoming a Commended Student and studying for the PSAT, in general, is a very arduous process. Preparation is key when it comes to studying for standardized tests. Hastings said that she “started taking practice tests about a month and a half beforehand.”

Often times, clubs, activities, and classes in school can help students raise their chances to be a Com-

mended Scholar or be in the running for National Merit.

Advanced Placement (AP) classes often help students prepare for the PSAT. Activities such as the school’s Writing Center, Science Olympiad, and DECA (Distributive Education Clubs of America) can help students challenge their minds to prepare.

Some advice to those interested in becoming a part of the National Merit Scholarship Program from Stanley is, “make sure to get a good night’s sleep before the test.”

Morris would also recommend to students “to always stay focused on your goals and don’t let anything get in your way of success.”

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FEATURE NOVEMBER 8, 2019

Students show secret talents throughout school By: Grace Price

Juniors, Alexis Redin and Zachary Broyles are gifted with unique abilities that connect them to music more than the average listener; these gifts allow Redin to see the music she hears, and give Broyles the ability to identify any note just by ear.

Redin has a talent called synesthesia, an ability with many variations that allows people to see sounds and taste words. For Redin, she defines her variation as “just hearing colors.”

“It varies person by person, but for me specifically it occurs when I listen to music. Colors kind of play like a movie in my mind. Sometimes

when I listen to someone talk for a while their voice ‘gets’ a color,” said Redin.

Broyles can’t see the music, but with his perfect pitch he can identify any note without a reference pitch, as well as learn to play music simply by hearing it.

He describes discovering his perfect pitch as a freshmen.

“I started listening to more music and learning more about music. I started learning to sing and [realized] I was naturally able to sing on key and identify pitches without a reference,” said Broyles.

Both Redin and Broyles described themselves as great lovers of music, and how their talents enrich music for them.

“I love music, and synesthesia helps the music engulf me,” said Redin.

Broyles said his perfect pitch is also helpful in creating and producing his own music.

“It helps me [identify] chords, keys, and intervals. I can hear out of tune notes and tune them. It’s easier to sing the correct keys, and I can work out music from memory easily,” said Broyles.

In general, they both mentioned how their talents tend to be prevalent throughout daily life.

“Sometimes I have to block it out because things get too loud in my head, but other times I close my eyes when my close friends talk because I’ve grown fond of their voices. Some teachers have really good voices to listen to for an hour, like Mr. Spritzer,” said Redin.

Broyles, a member of the Falcon Regiment front ensemble, shared how it helps him in band.

“I play music daily and listen to music frequently so I use this ability to help

me learn and identify what I’m hearing. Being in band, it makes it easier to learn the music because I can kind of hear where it’s going. I also create and produce my own music so it is easier for me in my own personal craft to portray the emotions I want,” said Broyles.

He elaborated on creating his own music and how he hopes to make a career out of it. Broyles also described himself as a multi-instrumentalist.

“I play acoustic and electric guitar, piano, drums, I sing and play a little bass.

I write, record, and produce all of my own music and plan on releasing my first single this winter and releasing covers before then on YouTube,” said Broyles.

Both students concluded they didn’t believe their ability to be rare, despite only 4% of the population having synesthesia, according to a 2011 study, and only one in 10,000 people having perfect pitch, according to another study conducted in 2012.

Zachary Broyles, junior, plays marimba. Photo by Alexis Redin

NHS approved volunteer, what counts and what doesn’ t By: Mandi Marstall

National Honors Society is a nationwide organization for high school students in the United States and outlying territories.

National Honors Society consists of four pillars; character, scholarship, leadership, and service.

The English teachers that are in charge of National Honors Society are Kayla Bevers and Marci Gibbens.

This year at Olathe South the requirements for service hours, has changed.

Instead of getting 10

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in school and 10 out of school hours students only have to get a total of 20 service hours and those 20 hours can come from in school or out of school service time. Both teachers commented on why they chose to change the service hour requirement, they said “a lot of students did a ton of community service out of school but struggled to find in school service hours, so they felt that if you are doing a lot of community service hours then it shouldn’t matter where you are getting them,” said Bevers.

Some students had

questions about why some certain activities like Falcon Mentor Training did not count but Writing Center tutoring did count for community service. The explanation to this was that “Falcon Mentoring does count when it is during their work time like seminar during the school day. This is because people who are students are giving up their time to do that. Writing Center also counts because they are taking up 15 minutes of their seminar time to do community service,” said Gibbens.

For students that are looking

for National Honor Society hours, there is a great opportunity coming up.

“NHS always does a Harvester’s field trip and that is a really good way to get hours and it is a lot of fun,” Bevers said.

The Harvesters field trip will be held on Nov. 14. See Bevers and Gibbens for more information.

NOVEMBER 8, 2019 FEATURE

Roth finds passion in connecting to her students

By: Megan Stoerman

Whenever students look back on their years of required education many teachers often stick out in their heads as people who shaped them into who they are now. One such teacher is Cynthia Roth, English teach-

er. Roth teaches Advanced Placement Literature and Composition classes at the school in addition to Creative Writing.

Roth decided to become a teacher partially because she “had two really great teachers that [she] loved.”

Some of the hardest parts of teaching according to Roth are the long hours, and the fear that she may not make a connection and bond with each and every student and the fear that some students unintentionally “fall through the cracks.”

The moments when Roth enjoys being a teacher the most is when her and her students are “laughing and learning and when it does not seem to be such a stressful environment.”

Discussions in English classes often bring up lots of fun discussions especially when a favorite book is being read. Roth enjoys teaching “Sir Gawain and the Green Knight,” “Hamlet,” “Pride and Prejudice” and modern poetry the most. Outside of school she enjoys mystery novels.

Roth also enjoys reading, writing, hanging out with her kitties, knitting, baking, and writing her own poetry.

Being able to balance life and school is also very near and dear to Roth and she recommends that all students start practicing balance now so that they have the skills for later in life.

One of the school’s very own teachers Marci Gibbens, English teacher, had the opportunity to be mentored by Roth when she was a new teacher at the school. While Roth was in the process of tutoring Gibbens she taught her some tricks and “took [Gibbens] under her wing.”

Gibbens even added that her and Roth have still have some inside jokes today and that Roth is “one of the kindest, most influential teachers.”

Dr. Seeger wants to see students grow By: Colton Mudloff

“At the end of the day, I want my students to grow as people, not just learn German,” are words that German teacher Dr. Scott Seeger believes in.

Seeger is a teacher that simply wants his students to have fun, learn German, and further themselves as people.

“If I enjoy being here, I’d hope my students would enjoy being here too,” Seeger said.

In his lessons, Seeger tries to have fun and introduce kids into a new culture

and a complex lesson. He is not hard on his students and likes to run a fun, educational environment.

“I know that students are walking into my classroom with their own business, their own struggles, I don’t expect anyone to be perfect in here,” Seeger said.

Seeger encourages his students to learn for themselves and pursue their passions outside of the German classroom.

“I’m a realist, I know most of my students aren’t going to go on to be German

“I don’t expect anyone to be perfect in here.”

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scholars, especialy in the lower levels,” Seeger said.

He does not want to just regurjatate German over and over, rather he would like to use German as a catalyst to offer examples and life lessons from his experiences.

“I almost prefer the imperfection. If every student that came in here was flawless, that would be boring.

I just want to teach and be with my students that enjoy being here as much as I do,” Seeger said.

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FEATURE NOVEMBER 8, 2019

Calligraphy can encourage creativity By: Gagani Liyanawaduge

Calligraphy is an art not commonly practiced.

It is “artistic, stylized, or elegant handwriting or lettering” (MerriamWebster). The origin of the word “calligraphy” is Greek, and comes from the words “kallos” meaning beauty, and “graphein,” meaning write. Modern calligraphy is commonly used in wedding invitations, décor of many kinds, and bullet journaling.

Modern calligraphy differs from the traditional stylistically.

In modern calligraphy, artists have more stylistic freedom while traditional calligraphy has one uniform style of lettering.

Most modern calligraphers have their own style that they have developed after a lot of practice.

The time it takes to create a piece depends on the materials and complexity of the piece that is being created. This is taken into account when a calligrapher prices their art.

Modern calligraphy is a very popular art on Instagram, as many calligraphers post their pieces and process videos.

Calligraphers post their art online to gain feedback from others in order to improve

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their skills.

Calligraphy is also a good way to make money as supplemental income. There are many online shops where people display and sell their art, “gayathmiCalligraphy” is one of them, located on Etsy.

Calligraphers usually look to poetry or song lyrics to find inspiration to create art.

Many choose not to learn it because it seems too difficult, or they think they need to buy expensive materials, but calligraphy can be done using materials other than brush pens too. It can be done with Crayola markers, normal pens, and pencils. Brush pens are typically the most expensive type of pen that are used to create modern calligraphy. Other materials needed to do calligraphy are paper and possibly a ruler to draw guidelines for the words.

The art does take a lot of time and practice to learn, but it is easy to start learning the art. The basic rule of modern calligraphy is to make downstrokes of letters thicker. Doing this with a brush pen can be challenging, but after learning how to control a brush pen, it is extremely easy.

Starting out by learning to use a pen or a pencil to do calligraphy is easy.

Using a pen or a pencil to do calligraphy is called fauxlligraphy. Fauxlligraphy means fake calligraphy because a brush pen is not used to do calligraphy.

One starts out by writing something in cursive and then proceeds to make the downstrokes thicker.

Calligraphy takes a lot of repetition and practice to master, but in the end a beautiful piece of art is created.

NOVEMBER 4, 2019 NEWS

Computer Science Academy programming competitions By: Emily Selgeid The Computer Science Academy, directed by Andrew Meile and Tim Shipley, is one Olathe South’s three 21st Century programs.

The idea of working with computers and figuring out programming seems daunting to most students, but it isn’t quite so vague.

According to Meile, “They focus on problem solving skills primarily through computational thinking.

So, it’s not necessarily just programming as a lot of people think. It’s more of having a problem and the thought process that goes behind solving that problem or coming to a solution.”

Similar to any school sports team, the Computer Science Academy has many competitions in which they compete to show their skills and earn rankings.

“We have a couple different competitions,” says Meile, “We have one that’s called Cyber Patriot where our students compete with students from not only the state, but around the nation and around the world as well. We also have a couple different K-State and KU programming competitions where we compete against primarily different high schools from the state of Kansas and the state of Missouri.”

To prepare for these competitions, they have after school practice rounds where they hone their skills for the real deal. Soon, they will attend competitions in the area where they will showcase the abilities they’ve been practicing.

“We have the K-State and KU programming

competitions coming up soon. The KU one is towards the end of October and the K-State one is actually at the start of November.”

Olathe South’s Computer Science Academy is heavily involved in many competitions, but how do they compete in them?

“With Cyber Patriot, we have made it to the state round the last two years. We have not qualified for the national tournament yet,” explained Meile, “The KU competition we won four out of the last five years so we’ve done very well in that competition. The K-State competition is a new competition, so we have not gone to that yet.”

Soon to graduate, senior Caleb Bassham is working an internment with Cerner, a health technology supplier based in North Kansas City, Missouri.

Meile added, “All of our seniors have a very bright future in the different areas that they’re interested in. It’s important to have students in this academy because there’s so many job opportunities. If you have a degree in computer science

from a university you’re not gonna struggle to find a job.

More and more things are becoming computer related or driven, so they’re always going to need programmers, software developers, and data operators—things like that.”

Technology always comes with faults and errors, and it takes a special type of training to understand the thought process behind correcting them.

As Meile said, “We’re not programmers, we’re problem solvers.”

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A & E NOVEMBER 8, 2019

Fire Emblem: Three Houses

By: McKinley Schrader

The newest installment in the Fire Emblem series, Fire Emblem: Three Houses (FETH) lives up to its predecessors with unique combat and dynamic characters to get attached to.

Fire Emblem has been a long running series of role playing games where the player is set in a medieval fantasy world, with some sort of conflict between countries.

These conflicts end up with the player being drawn into long battles between the countries.

The combat system for said battles has been changed very little since the very first Fire Emblem. In Three Houses there are 3 weapon

classes; Axe, Lance, and Sword. These are weak and strong against each other in a rock-paper-scissors style matchup. Additionally, there exists Mages, Archers, and occasionally, Shapeshifters (usually dragons), which have various traits specific to the character.

As with the newer Fire

Emblem games, Three Houses allows players to go on side quests and story lines that are unique to characters met in the story. For example, there is a side-story quest for the character Flayn that allows the player to become more attached to the character, along with any loot gained during the quest.

Astral Chain Nintendo

By: McKinley Schrader

Astral Chain is a storydriven action game centered around fighting criminals with an alien police enforcement unit.

The game takes place in a futuristic city in the ocean, where an alien disease called “corruption” is taking over people and places. This forces them to go mad and commit violent acts. The police force has been tasked with keeping the corruption at bay but in the process many more can get “corrupted”.

The player receives an alien device called a “Legion” that allows them to take out corruption from afar without being corrupted themselves.

This Legion is unable to be seen by anyone that is not corrupted, so it also acts as a corruption sensing device.

Gameplay is fluid and plays well on the Nintendo

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Switch. For such a graphicsintense game, it is able to run smoothly with few problems.

Combat is handled uniquely in Astral Chain.

The player can control their character or the Legion but not both. However, with coop mode support, both can be controlled by two separate players.

Astral Chain awards players for not rushing through the game. Breaking walls or shoving innocent people aside removes points from their score and reduces rewards from missions. At the same time, they are rewarded with extra points and cash for doing simple police tasks, such as recycling trash in the streets.

Astral Chain is available for $29.99 on the Nintendo Switch.

Mario Kart Mobile

By: Faith Holliday

Nintendo launched their highly anticipated mobile game “Mario Kart Tour” on Sept. 25.

Although it has quickly become their biggest mobile hit yet, many fans are concerned with the amount of inapp purchases that are available.

The controls are confusing at best, and multiplayer has not even been added to the game yet. In addition, it costs

$20 to even play as Mario: the main character of the game.

This is the first mobile game Nintendo has made that advertises purchases so adimitly; it shows the true colors of Nintendo as a company.

Overall, “Mario Kart Tour” is an overhyped mediocre game that manipulates young fans into paying real money for pixels.

NOVEMBER 8, 2019 A & E

Darksiders Trilogy Series By: Colton Mudloff

The Darksiders series follows the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse: War, Death, Strife, and Fury; as they complete their own tasks concurrently. Darksiders’ main character, War, is summoned to Earth where a battle already rages on. War dies during his efforts to save Earth and is sent back to the Charred Council where he his blamed for releasing the apocalypse.

In Darksiders 2 War’s brother, Death, works to clear War’s name by resurrecting humanity while he struggles with the grief of killing the Nephilim, his previous siblings who were demons. He and the other Horsemen are the champions of the Nephilim, being forced to kill to restore the balance between Heaven and Hell.

Darksiders 3 is led by Fury. She is called to Earth to slay the Seven Sins and figure out how her brother, War, found trouble with the Council. Throughout the game, Fury interacts with some of the same Makers that Death assisted previously. The Makers work to preserve what is left of humanity by saving humans while Fury defeats the Seven Deadly Sins, Envy, Wrath, Sloth, Avarice, Lust, Gluttony, and Pride.

The games use Biblical terms and stories without boring the player. These hack and slash games are a good fit for anyone who enjoys solid action that works alongside a deep, intertwined story.

The “Darksiders” series has a lot of lore that is expansive enough to cover all bases tastefully.

Raft: A water based survival game By: McKinley Schrader

Raft is a game of surviving an endless ocean on a small raft, using polluted waters as the main resource for materials.

Although Raft is still in early access, the game is well polished with few bugs and great optimization.

As the player floats through the ocean, many obstacles will be faced, including high waves, seagulls attacking crops, and a constant threat of a shark.

Players will occasionally come upon islands, containing more advanced materials such as metal and copper, used to make a wide variety of more powerful tools like metal spears and bows.

Recent updates have added many late game addi-

tions. Cooking is a big part of the game, experimenting and finding new recipes using ingredients from islands and sometimes fish. Animal herding has also recently been added, allowing players to capture animals and take care of them on their raft for new resources.

Raft also includes an astounding soundtrack, with calming, seafaring music to fit the relaxing style of the game.

Raft is also online multiplayer. Players can invite players from Steam friend lists to their world to survive together on the Raft. No extra rafts are created when a player joins.

Raft is currently available for $19.99 on Steam for anyone interested in purchasing it.

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A & E NOVEMBER 8, 2019

Streaming services start war for consumers By: Wesley Coats

For several years, Netflix, Hulu and YouTube have been the dominant players in the streaming service medium. That will all change as the future of streaming services collides with the past. Disney is leading this new charge as on November 12 they will launch Disney +.

This new streaming service will open up the Disney vault of classic movies as well as including all their new Marvel, Star Wars, and Pixar content. At launch Disney + will also feature the first ever liveaction Star Wars series; The Mandalorian.

Also leading the pack is Apple, who will be launching Apple TV + which will launch November 1.

This service will mostly focus on original content made from creators that Apple has brought in to make these series. The one that has the most hype around it is SEE and will star Jason Momoa of Aquaman fame.

Netflix will continue to try and hold onto its many fans with new seasons of popular shows like Stranger Things and The Crown.

Hulu will actually be added under the Disney umbrella. Hulu which was owned by Twentieth Century Fox, was part of the deal struck by Disney and Fox.

Hulu will focus mostly on live sports and TV to help consumers get away from cable.

All of these companies realize that there is a lot of money at play

and have started to create their own services to try and compete with Netflix. Before this many of the Disney movies had been on Netflix but are now being taken off one at a time in order to stock up Disney +.

A survey was taken of 41 students to get their takes on the new streaming services. Surprisingly 25 out of the 41 students have said that they will not be adding any of these new services.

Ten students admitted they will be getting a Disney + account and seven said they will be adding Apple TV+.

November will be and exciting month for streaming services. With the Addition of Disney+ and Apple TV+ the crowded market will become even more crowded.

years after their respective releases. P.T., a short horror game demo, is about a man (played by Norman Reedus) trapped in a repeating, everdevolving hallway until he solves puzzles related to the string of murders taking place over the radio. The demo has extremely hard hitting themes of loss, mental health issues, and paternity.

Although released in 2014, it still made news in September of this year for new discoveries that deepen the meaning the demo.

The Last of Us, released back in July of 2014, still stands the test of time. The visuals are stunning and the story drives many to tears throughout the game. The game follows Joel (voiced

by Troy Baker) as he pushes through a mutant fungus outbreak in Boston and escorts a

teenage girl, Ellie (voiced by Ashley Hayes), who is immune to the infection. Joel forms a fatherly bond with Ellie as his daughter had died in his arms twenty years earlier. Their trust is shaken by several supporting characters on their journey to the rebel Fireflies medical team to research a cure. The story is very touching and reveals the humanity likely to take place in a survival scenario.

Movies and video games are very creative pieces of

Are video games meaningless fun or an art form?

By: Colton Mudloff

All types of media take some level of effort to make.

Some authors, directors, and other creators purposely imbed messages into their work to make a point and to make their reader or viewer think.

The movies that Quentin Tarantino and Stanley Kubrick make are known for attracting a kind of hybrid audience. Pulp Fiction and The Shining are movies that people can sit back and enjoy or study meticulously. The themes that directors inject into their movies are what makes them intellectual art rather than just an action flick. The same values go into games.

In the last decade, video game director Hideo Kojima has headed several major projects that have made news

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work that a wide variety of people can enjoy. The largest and most obvious difference between the two is how one goes about obtaining the story, passively or actively.

Some games are more involved than others. P.T. plays differently than The Last of Us both in tone and action of the player. If movies like Joker (2019) can be treated like art, something that aims to make the viewer uncomfortable, then games should be allowed the same label; art.

NOVEMBER 8, 2019 A & E

Waterparks returns and wows with ‘Fandom’ By: Grace Price

Waterparks released their third full length album titled ‘Fandom’ on Oct. 11, 2019. The album consists of punk-rock style commentary on messy breakups, fan expectations and the betrayal Awsten Knight, the lead vocalist, experienced in friendships after leaving his hometown in Texas.

Knight, 27, formed Waterparks in 2011 in Houston, Texas, and the band now also consists of guitarist Geoff Wigington and drummer Otto Wood.

‘Fandom,’ their latest album released since ‘Entertainment’ in 2018, features 15 tracks written by Knight with occasional collaboration with music producer Zakk Cervini.

This album opens with the song “Cherry Red,” an introduction to the ex-lover Knight describes for the rest of the album.

It opens with the lines “Cherry red, You know I

died for you,” a nod to the final track, “I Felt Younger When We Met” which describes how he said he’d love her to death, then claims, “so I must be dead.”

The two most popular songs on the album, “Turbulent” and “Watch What Happens Next,” are both angry responses to expectations Knight feels confined to.

“Turbulent” is his bitter response to his ex, saying he would undo everything they had if he could, refusing the stigma to break up peacefully and keep his feelings private, despite being in the public eye.

“Watch What Happens Next” is Knight’s call-out to fans who dislike the band’s evolving music.

He describes how fans expect Waterparks to maintain one sound, but he wants to be free to experiment with his music.

One prominent lyric states “You wanna hear my

art, But only on your terms,” a direct nod to certain fans’ criticisms.

“Dream Boy” is described as a pop-rock letter to fans’ expectations about how Knight feels idolized and compared to traditional traits of pop icons he feels he can never live up to.

The song goes “Build your expectations, Saturated and inflated, ‘Cause I was born to be your favorite,” describing the industry of fans worshipping singers despite their false-based admiration.

Knight uses “Dream Boy” as a way to communicate the pressure he feels, and how fans’ inflated views of him will only lead to disappointment.

“Zone Out” is identical to “Dream Boy” lyrically, but set to a different tone.

Knight revealed that he created “Zone Out” first before deciding to turn it into “Dream Boy.” It’s a softer, more vul-

nerable version of “Dream Boy” meant to highlight the pain and pressure Knight feels to be good enough.

Although both songs share the same lyrics, “Dream Boy” was deliberately created with satire, as a way for Knight to more aggressively enforce his point.

Perhaps the most accurate reflection of the band’s personality is “Group Chat.”

A 14 second, four line song which simply entails each member introducing themselves then saying they’re “all friends.”

Following this album, Waterparks announced their tour will start Nov. 15, 2019.

Green Day’s old music proves to be better By: Maddie Black Green Day has been producing music since 1990 and are still continuing to release music.

They have sold over 85 million copies worldwide.

‘Dookie’ is their most successful album. It was released on Feb. 1, 1994.

Its sold over 20 million copies worldwide. Some songs from the album include ’Basket case,’ ‘When I Come Around,’ and ‘Longview.’

This album was a

breakout success.

The next album they realesed was ‘Insomniac,’ which did not do as well as ‘Dookie,’ but still managed to get number two on the Billoard 200.

It also received double platunim. The album was released on Oct. 10, 1995.

‘American Idiot’ was released on Sep. 21, 2004.

This was their first album to hit the top of the billboard 200.

Some hits from this album include ‘American

Idiot,’ ‘Boulevard of Broken Dreams,’ ‘Holiday,’ ‘Wake Me Up When September Ends’ and ‘Jesus of Suburbia.’

There is also a musical based on this album called ‘American Idiot.’

The musical is about Tunny and Johnny and how they handle all of the parent restrictions.

There is also Will who struggles with his pregnant girlfriend. The musical was released on Sep. 15, 2009.

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A & E NOVEMBER 8, 2019

Scythe makes new era for sci-fi distopia By: Hunter Daniels

“Scythe,” the first book in the “Arc of the Scythe” trilogy written by author Neal Shusterman. “Scythe” takes place in the future, proven by the technology within the book including AI or artificial intelligence,

medical centers being able to bring people back to life and self-driving cars. The history of the “Scythe” book series is very unique. It starts with the cloud evolving into an AI called the Thunderhead, which governs the world with a neutral perspective.

The Thunderhead starts to take care of crime, terrorists, and the biggest thing that humans are plagued with, death. But with no one dying, the world was overpopulating so to solve this problem the people created an organization called The Scythedom. The Scythedom was created to “glean” or what others would call kill people to keep the population under control. There were also rules set in place to keep Scythe under control. The most important rule is that the Scythes must not like

the job and do not want to become a Scythe. The plot of the book is that a Scythe named Scythe Faraday takes two apprentices, Rowan and Citra under his wing.

However, a different Scythe named Scythe Godder made the two apprentices play a game where the loser must be gleaned by the winner.

But that is difficult for the two apprentices because the two of them are falling in love with each other.

The book was unique for a dystopian, science fiction book. The concept of it was well made, and a fresh take on a double-sided story. “A fresh, rich central conceit is often the first step toward a superior science fiction saga, and this new novel has a winner of a premise. Readers of Scythe will be with Rowan and Citra every step of the way as they prepare for their

in their family has suffered some kind of tragedy by their 17th birthday and are ultimately rejected from the family tree. Deena and her friends have to follow Mandy’s letters all around Ireland in order to try and break the curse before tragedy strikes her.

Along the way, she learns about her family’s past and meets people who have had a significant impact on her ancestors. By switching points of view between Deena and her female ancestors, a thorough understanding for the family is given. Deena hopes at the end of the

journey she will be getting Mandy back, but she ends up gaining a lot more.

The novel has a strong emotional connection to things we, as a society, still suffer with today. There are heavy topics talked about that might trigger some people, so please be aware of this before reading. Besides that, the overall story is not focused on those topics and gives a very powerful message that the ability to do anything is possible.

The book shows how a girl’s devotion to her family can seriously change the course of her future. I would

duties as dealers of death.

Author Neal Shusterman tackles big themes but keeps the action running high, with plenty of twists, reversals, and unexpected secrets. This volume delivers a satisfying reading experience, but it also leaves plenty of room for an exciting follow-up,” said Michael Berry, Common Sense Media. “Scythe is unique. You’ll have fully emerged in the story in no time, whilst you figure out alongside our main characters what’s really going on. You’ll be surprised, you’ll be shocked and you’ll love it. One of the best parts of this book, in my opinion, is that it really makes you think about what immortality could mean for humanity.”

Said Femke, booksfemme.

The book deserves a 4.8 out of 5 stars.

Fowley-Doyle creates mystical world for readers By: Emily Gray “All the Bad Apples”

by Moira Fowley-Doyle was a haunting and compelling novel about a girl with a family curse.

When Deena’s older sister Mandy disappears, no one is surprised. After all, Mandy has always been a “bad apple” in the family, but when Deena starts receiving letters from Mandy supposedly written from beyond the grave, she learns that the family had been cursed a hundred years before; a curse that starts with an apple tree.

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recommend this book to anyone who enjoys mystical books that also have relatable topics.

Also this is a good book for anyone who just wants to escape reality for a few hours.

NOVEMBER 8, 2019 A & E

Maleficent: Mistress of Evil exhilarates audiences By: Morgan Montgomery “Maleficent: Mistress of Evil” came out October 18. It was easy to follow and had very good acting and the casting was accurate.

Although Prince Phillip was played by a different person, Harris Dickinson portrayed Prince Phillip as a prince who is full of love for Aurora and he only cares about Aurora and he cared about having peace between the moors and the humans better than Brenton Thwaites.

Aurora, played by Elle Fanning, was perfectly cast, she’s smart and innocent but also knows

the problems and also tries to help unite the two kingdoms. Angelina Jolie played Maleficent perfectly, she was scary, but sweet. There was a plot twist a couple times that made you second guess everything you have seen in either of the movies.

The plot was very very thrilling and kept the audience on the edge of the seat in anticipation of what was going to happen next. There were some emotional parts, but they weren’t terrible. There were some parts that were confusing, but overall it was easy to interpret and understand. I liked the

“Maleficent: Mistress of Evil” more than I liked the first “Maleficent”, you learn more about the Moors and the feud between the Moors and the human.

The costumes were very cool for all of the Moors. All of Aurora’s outfits at the beginning show her innocence and her love of nature. She wears flowers in her hair and wears very floral dresses and accessories.

Maleficent’s costumes are intimidating, matching her intimidating physique.

Maleficent: Mistress of Evil was overall a very good movie and I highly recommend watching it.

“It Chaper 2” is superb “Joker” aces all stages By: Skye Pancer

“It Chapter 2” is easily one of my favorite sad movies, I could cry to that movie any day. One problem I had was ready to get scared, spooked. Well, I really bamboozled myself. That movie was not scary and that is the one thing I would change about it, I was ready to watch a horror movie, I got a sad and slightly, very slightly, spooky movie.

Although, the movie is – as it should be- for mature audiences, it covers heavy topics that some people won’t be able to understand or simply just sit through. One of the people I had gone with, stood up and left through it because she could not take the realness of this film. I, on the other hand, thought

that the film was perfect in that respect. They covered topics just how they should, how they happen in real life.

That’s a very difficult thing to do, especially in movies or shows, lots of directors don’t know how to do that, the topics are simply too much. Andrés Muschietti, the director of said film, is amazing at tackling these tough topic, like what he did with Mama in 2013 and “It Chapter 1” in 2017. All three of these films are horror and/ or thriller, they all tackle really difficult subjects such as suicide, murder, sexual assault and rape and several other controversial subjects.

He executes all of them extremely well and I’m quite excited for more films to come.

By: Gavin McAferty

Joker is a movie that finally takes the perspective of a villain. Joker is the most liked antagonist. This thriller really makes viewers think differently about the superhero/Villian industry.

Joaquin Phoenix fits the Joker character perfectly, stuck up and yet has a weird sense of humor. In this film he is a failed comedian that dresses as a clown for pay. But he finds himself getting made fun of instead of making fun of others. To feel like he’s not worthless he makes it his mission to play a role in the world. He slowly but surely gets knocked down mentally until he becomes a psychotic criminal known as the Joker.

The rating of R is perfect

for this film, it definitely has some not child friendly scenes.

The film delivered the largest October opening ever with $93.5 million.

Obviously gaining growth in popularity, Joker has opened eyes to maybe a new series of films. [Could end up maing a sequel or other vilianous movies.]

This was an enjoyable film that I’d recommend. This was a really well cast movie that captured each moment with ease. Although it is entertaining it is also very gory and explicit. Don’t bring younger children to this film, they’ll be horrified based off what I saw. I do urge older people to watch this film if gore doesn’t bother them.

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OPINION NOVEMBER 8, 2019

Teenage activism continues to rise By: Aly Gad

For as long as anyone can remember, teenagers have been regarded as lazy. Recently, an antonym for that word has been showing up in headlines next to teenagers: teenage activism. Some regard it as a comedic oxymoron, while others are inspired.

The list of activists that spark interest in the brains of teens across the country is extensive, starting with Emma Gonzalez, a survivor of the widely known Majory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting in 2018.

Her name is quite recognizable due to her moving and relatable speeches about gun control. She

started speaking out after the shooting, which inspired many students to use their voice as well.

Just two years ago there were walkouts all across the country with many in Johnson County.

Gonzalez got far in her career of sparking change, including taking on NRA spokesperson Dana Loesch at a town hall in 2018.

Although there were many other teens involved in the uproar regarding school shootings, Gonzlez should be considered the most recent and most productive face of the protest, causing teens across the country to really think for themselves.

One of the most famous young activists is Malala Yousafzai, a girl from Pakistan who started blogging at age 11.

She also won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2014 for her “struggle against the suppression of children and young people and for the right of all to children to education,” which makes her the youngest to ever receive that award, at age 17.

She was very outspoken and wrote a blog about about her family’s experience living under the Taliban, a military organization in Afghanistan, which is waging war in her country.

Her family ran a chain of schools, keeping Yousafzai’s

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Taliban officials attempted to assisante her twice after her blog became popular and her voice was heard, resulting in her family fleeing to the UK, where she founded the Malala fund and published her first book, “I Am Malala”.

The popularity of teenage activism will continue to grow for years, inspiring not only the current generation, but those to come.

Once the older generations of yesteryear finally start to rethink their opinions of the modern teens of today, they will have a significant and profound impact on society.

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District sues Juul, beginning trend By: Alex Burbidge

In the age where vaping is a clear and obvious epidemic, a mysterious illness that ultimately leads to death has made headlines, culminating in two deaths in Kansas and 1,479 reported cases as of Oct. 15.

These recent events, in addition to students in the Olathe School District vaping at a seemingly never-ending increase, have led the district to sue the primary manufacturer of vaping devices, Juul.

The Olathe School District was later joined by districts in St. Charles, Mo.; Long Island, N.Y.; and La Conner, Wash., as well as the Blue Valley and Shawnee Mission school districts. Many other districts are expected to follow and will probably seek a class action lawsuit, effectively making all of these districts a single plantiff.

the district is pri-

marily seeking reperations for being “forced to expend significant resources combating [the] public nuisance,” and claims that the company has created a threat to student health. Juul responded by releasing a statement, saying that “[their] product has always only been intended to be a viable alternative for the one billion current adult smokers in the world.”

However, this press release can essentially be seen as the company covering themselves to ensure that their own words will not come back to bite them under oath in court, as it potentially could. Additionally, the fine print on all advertisements produced by Juul speficies that it is “the alternative for adult smokers,” and that the smoke vapor contains heavu amounts of carbon monoxide, suggest-

Juul pods have been produced in many flavors that can be addicting to teenagers. One of the more popular flavors that many teenagers have become addicted to is the mango pod. This pod has since been banned due to how addictive it has become. ing that their products are not to be used by minors.

As it stands now, the district only suspends caught students for a threeday period for their first offense, with an option to come back early if an online

schooling assignment is completed. However, this punishment should be increased to a week at minimum with no option to come back early; the message should be conveyed straight from the beginning, with no leniency.

This is referred to as herd immunity or community protection, and is an essential benefit of vaccination “so little babies do not die, or cancer patients. It is herd immunity” said Ramshaw.

Recently the United School District 223 required students to have an up to date record of vaccines to be allowed to come to school. Many students agreed it is the right thing to do and those who choose not to be vaccinated are not doing their part to help keep the schools safe.

Ramshaw said “it is [an individual’s] choice to not be scientifically literate” and ignore the facts.

Senior, Tony Hampton told his genetics class that “ there is no down side to vaccinating, it is proven by

science to help.” He further added, “ vaccines do not create autism” unlike how some people believe.

Vaccination protects children from serious illness and complications of vaccinepreventable diseases which can include amputation of an arm or leg, paralysis of limbs, hearing loss, convulsions, brain damage, and death.

Va c c i n e - p r e v e n t a b l e diseases, such as measles, mumps, and whooping cough, are still a threat and can be contained if everyone who can get vaccinated does.

Do your part and get vaccinated.

You getting vaccinated is not only saving yourself but also all of those who cannot be vacinated due to rare conditions or the age of the individual.

Vaccines can save lives and prevent diseases

By: Elijah Nichols

Vaccines are essential for all people. If vaccines were not helpful, then scientists would not spend so much time and money researching and advancing the study into vaccines.

Vaccines do not only provide individual protection for those who are vaccinated, but they can also offer community protection by reducing the spread of disease within a population.

If the transmitting case only comes in contact with immune individuals, then the disease does not spread beyond the index case and is rapidly controlled within the population.

Bioengineering and Genetics teacher, Kirstin Ramshaw said “you should get

vaccinated because it is not about you, it is about those who can not” be vaccinated like cancer patients and babies.

Your vaccination helps protect those who cant against potentially fatal illnesses.

Vaccinations are proven to be safe and effective.

Vaccination protects those you love by helping reduce the spread of diseases.

Senior Garrett Frentrop added that vaccines “are a good thing, they protect children and the elderly” Interestingly, this chain of human-to-human transmission can be interrupted, even if there is not 100% immunity, because transmitting cases do not have unlimited contacts.

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OPINION NOVEMBER 8, 2019

Teachers grade homework to benefit students Homework has been one of the most hated things among students for generations. Its effect on grades can be devastating and rather irritating, if a teacher chooses the accuracy grading route. However,

By: Aly Gad

grading for completion has skyrocketed in popularity recently, to the delight of students school wide.

Marc Gibbens, English teacher, grades mainly for accuracy, with a few reasonable exceptions.

“If the constituous parts of the assignment were present, then it is pretty much graded on completion,” Gibbens said regarding an essay outline he assigned to his Honors English students, “doing an outline for a paper is part of the process, the completion of the process is the important part, that’s building towards a final

draft that obviously won’t be graded on completion.”

Gibbens has a thoughtful attitude towards student’s overall learning, and how homework will benefit them. “From a mercenary perspective, grading by accuracy doesn’t necessarily benefit the students grade, but presumably they will become invested in learning more from the process,” said Gibbens.

Dennis Burkett, chemistry teacher, grades homework entirely on completion. “I still grade for accuracy but it just

doesn’t count as part of your grade,” said Burkett.

“Accuracy is good because it allows students to know whether they’ve understood something or not, however I don’t include it in the gradebook.”

Both agree that homework matters in a sense of helping students on bigger, more important things.

“Homework is like if you’re on a sports team, you may like the game time but you hate going to practice, yet practice is valuable to your performance at game time,” said Burkett.

Year-round school more beneficial to students Most schools have the traditional school schedule, where students get a 60 day summer vacation, 70 days of learning without a significant break, 3 day break for Thanksgiving, 15 more days of learning, 10 days of winter break, 55 days of more learning, 5 day spring break, 40 more days of learning and repeat. The balanced schedule has 30 days of summer vacation, 45 days of learning, a 15 day fall break, 30 days of more learning, then 3 days for Thanksgiving, 15 days of learning until you get a 15 day winter break, then 45 days of learning, 15 day

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spring break, 45 more days learning, repeat. Most prefer traditional.

Of the 122 who took a survey, 75% preferred the traditional school schedule.

Some said traditional only because the students didn’t want change from what they are used to. Abby Pierce, sophomore, says traditional because she “feel[s] like the summer vacation gives students [time] to have fun and be free without having to worry about if they finished their homework or studied for a test. It gives them time to go on vacation and enjoy the summer”.

Only 25% preferred the balanced year-round schedule. Rowan Farha, sophomore, says “short breaks (a few weeks) interspersed throughout a school year would be a lot smarter. Most of us are extremely bored by the time August hits, and then the immediate impact of massive amounts of school is very stressful and sudden. If it was

year round there wouldn’t be time for boredom but still plenty of time for fun vacations and relaxation.

I love summer break, but it just isn’t healthy.” Most agreed and thought it would be less stressful with the more frequent and longer breaks.

Year-round school is more beneficial to learning because with the shorter and more dispersed breaks, students don’t lose as much

information. After a 60 day break, students spend the first month or two reviewing what we already have learned in the past. If we went year-round, there would be less of that and there would be more actual learning, increasing the amount of learning and therefore increasing the amount of knowledge we have. The intelligence of America would most likely increase if we went to a balanced yearround schedule.

NOVEMBER 8, 2019 OPINION

13 Reasons Why is dangerous to mental health By: Hannah Holliday

The well-known Netflix series, 13 Reasons Why, should never have been created.

The book version of 13 Reasons Why, written by Jay Asher, came out on Oct. 7, 2007, over ten years before the first season of the Netflix series was released. The book version does a fantastic job of portraying Hannah Baker’s internalization of her trauma and the slow lead-up to her death,w while the Netflix series focuses on the attention she receives when she dies and how sorry everyone around her is, essentially glorifying suicide. The story also focuses on the “fact” that it was other people’s fault that she died, as evidenced by how the show portrays the tapes that Hannah recorded.

Victor Schwartz, medical director of the Jed Foundation, told NBC News

that “the whole thing is an extended revenge fantasy.”

Schwartz said the show is loaded with imagery and actions that could be considered harmful to young adults or children who could be dealing with suicidal thoughts.

After an outpouring of concern about the graphic nature of the show, Netflix added

young people that might be triggered by the show had already watched at least the first season as they were added a year after it released.

Seasons two and three extend beyond the book’s plot unnecessarily.

It is a painfully stretched out addition to a story that should have ended.

While season two brings awareness to the injustices of the courts and the public education system, it often comes off as saying that the entire legal and education system is

“Suicide is the second-most common cause of death among teenagers and young adults.”

-CDC

introductory videos to serve as trigger warnings, but was too late. While Netflix does not release viewer ratings, it is safe to assume that the vast majority of

corrupt and does not deserve respect.

Season three, because apparently the writers have exhausted all of their suicide related materials, focuses on shootings, drugs, and ICE. While these are important issues, it feels isolated from the first two seasons which are focused mainly on suicide and rape. Season three attempts to show why Bryce became an abuser and raped several girls but it instead comes off as making excuses for him. There is no excuse for rape, ever.

Out of this disaster, an amazing organization was founded in Johnson County: Zero Reasons Why. According to their website, they work to “affirm there are zero reasons why suicide is an option” and break the stigma on mental health by getting people talking. Visit zeroreasonswhy.org to find out more information and get involved.

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PHOTO NOVEMBER 8, 2019

TOP LEFT At the district marching band festival Mitchell Reno, senior, plays the xylophone during the Falcon Regiment’s performance.

PHOTO BY Faith Holliday TOP Kaitlynn Llamas carries her golf materials and clubs during a golf match.

PHOTO BY Alexis Redin RIGHT Alyssa Deleon, junior, works on posters with some other fellow members of STUCO. PHOTO BY Alek Mackey

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NOVEMBER 8, 2019 PHOTO

ABOVE Elise Bowles, junior, sings at the school’s choir concert during the combined women’s piece called “I Want to Die While You Love Me” composed by Rosephanye Powell.

PHOTO BY Aja Wong LEFT Some of the school’s football players line up to complete the next play.

PHOTO BY Brianna Calderon

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SPORTS NOVEMBER 8, 2019

Girl Power in Sports Girls Golf

The Olathe South Falcons Girls Golf coach is Mathew Croft and Mike Allen. The Lady Falcons get 14 games this year including state. This year in September they played they played Olathe Northwest, St. James Academy, Gardener Edgerton High High School, Lawrence Free state, Saint Thomas Aquinas, Shawnee Mission North, Shawnee Mission Northwest, and they had a tournament tournament Sept. 24.

They had state on October 22, as South had one first round State Qualifyer.

Overall a good season for the Falcons.

Senior Melina Callegari swings her golf club back behind her to hit the ball towards the hole.

Volleyball

The sophomore volleyball team had an undefeated season and won first place in their league tournament.

The team worked every day to prepare for a successful tournament. They practiced after school until five p.m. working on different kinds of drills, focusing on passing, setting, hitting etc. They even worked hard and stayed productive over the break, as to not waste the time before their season actually started. “This last summer we had summer weights and open gym for more practice,� said Lauren Miller, sophmore.

Senior Sydeny Allmon prepares to recieve the ball as it is served over by the opposing team

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NOVEMBER 8, 2019

NEWS

Gymnastics

The gymnastics team showed determination this year by competing in state. The events they competeted in was floor, bars, vault and beam.

They competed aganist many different schools including all Olathe schools.

Senior Alexis Chai begins her leap in her floor rountine portion of the competition.

Girls Tennis The team took on personal goals to achieve throughout the season. The ultimate goal was to improve there skills, win matches, and to have fun playing the game. The Tennis coach Andrew Davids said that one of the teams strengths was that they really enjoyed being with each and that the team had a strong bond that made them succesful.

Jacey Medlin swings her tennis racket as she hits the ball back across the court to her opponent.

Varsity 51-75

JV 96-71

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SPORTS NOVEMBER 8, 2019

Matheny hired as Royals skipper By: Alex Burbidge

The Kansas City Royals announced that they had finalized their decision for who would replace Ned Yost’s position as manager on Nov. 1. In a press conference, Mike Matheny was hired and signed his contract, much to the dismay of fans across the city.

Many fans came into the 2019-2020 offseason in fear that this would be the move the club made; after having been fired as the manager of the St. Louis Cardinals for six and half years, many disturbing stories surfaced concerning the conduct in his clubhouse, including cases of veterans bullying rookies, Yadier Molina, Cardinals catcher, being called “tired,” and Dexter Fowler, Cardinals outfielder, completely ignoring text messages from his manager. This lack of respect that was seen towards Matheny at the time of his departure from St. Louis should have been a major red flag for the Royals front office, and yet it seemed that they were willing to either

look past or simply ignore the past troubles when they hired him as a special advisor to Dayton Moore, Royals general manager.

Hired toward the end of the 2018 season, many saw this as the beginning steps toward Matheny eventually taking over Yost’s post whenever the Royals’ all-time winningest manager decided to retire or leave the organization. When he submits his Opening Day lineup card on March 26 of next year, he will become the 17th full-time manager in franchise history, and the first to take over at the beginning of a new season since Trey Hillman took the reigns, relieving Buddy Bell at the start of the 2008 campaign. Counting interim managers, Matheny will be the 20th manager all-time.

The concerns that arise with his hiring stems from reports that came out of the Cardinals clubhouse near the end of his stay in St. Louis.

Bud Norris, former pitcher, mercilessly bullied Jordan Hicks, who was then a rookie, and repeatedly outed him to the media. When ques-

Photo courtesy of Associated Press

Mike Matheny, Royals manager, awaits a relief pitcher to come in from the bullpen during his time with the St. Louis Cardinals. Matheny’s bullpen use came under frequent fire during his stay in St. Louis.

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Mike Matheny, Royals manager, talks about pitching with Daniel Ponce de Leon, pitcher, during his time with the St. Louis Cardinals. Matheny was hired as the 20th manager in Royals history. tioned about it, Matheny said with a chuckle, “Bud’s going to continue to do what he thinks is right as a veteran, so you respect that.”

Additionally, Matheny came under fire by Molina, a probable Hall-of-Fame catcher, when he hinted that he wasn’t playing as much because he couldn’t handle the heavy workload. Molina harshly criticized him in a since-deleted Instagram post that stated that the backstop was “not tired and the day [he] feels tired, [he will] express it himself.”

Matheny was seemingly shocked that the Royals gave him a chance, despite already being employed by the club; at his introductory press conference at Kauffman Stadium, he joked that he “should be on a couch” instead of being introduced as the manager of a Major League Baseball team.

His style of management with the Cardinals is also a blaring cause for concern for Royals fans; the trademark of Royals baseball is a fast-paced game with many stolen base opportunities and fundamentals down to

a tee. Though the Cardinals were regarded as one of the best-bunting teams in the National League, they attempted to steal second base in only 5.4% of their chances, and had a mere 1.1% rate in regard to stealing third during his tenure. Comparatively, Yost had rates of 8.3% and 2.2% as the Royals’ skipper.

Matheny ranks fourth all-time on the Cardinals’ games managed list out of 64 in franchise history with 1074, as well as fifth on their wins list with 591. This success, however, can be attributed to the team that was handed to him by Tony La Russa, former manager. La Russa retired immediately after building one of the most talented rosters in recent memory, culminating with a World Series championship in 2011. Since Matheny took over in 2012, they seemingly were on a steady decline, as in 2013, 2014, and 2015, they lost in the World Series, National League Championship Series, and National League Division Series, respectively, and did not qualify for postseason play in his three final seasons.

NOVEMBER 8, 2019 SPORTS

MLB postseason ends with dramatics

By: Mark Elliott

The 2019 postseason in Major League Baseball was one for the history books.

The New York Yankees played against the Minnesota Twins in the division series.

The Yankees swept the Twins in three games. The other series was Houston against Tampa Bay. The Astros won in five games.

The first NLDS series was the Cardinals matched up with the Braves. The Cardinals won in five games. It was an upset series as the Braves were expected to win, having had the superior regular season record. The second series was the Dodgers versus the Nationals. One of the biggest upsets in the

postseason happened, as the Nationals won in five games.

In the American League Championship Series, the Astros played the Yankees.

The Astros won in six games due to the play of Jose Altuve, second baseman, and Gerrit Cole, pitcher. In the National League Championship Series, the Cardinals played the Nationals. What was yet another surprise the Nationals swept the Cardinals due to the performance of Max Scherzer, pitcher, and Anthony Rendon, third baseman.

The World Series was the Nationals and the Astros.

The Astros, who were heavily favored to win the World Series, lost in seven games. For the first time in MLB history, the home

photo courtesy of the Associated Press

team did not win a single game in the World Series.

The Astros won all three games in Washington, while Washington won all four of their road games in Houston.

The World Series MVP was Stephen Strasburg, pitcher, collecting two wins on the

road. It was the Nationals’ first ever World Series win dating back to their days as the Montreal Expos.

With the Nationals capping off the city’s first MLB championship since 1924, another baseball season has concluded.

Chiefs continue to fall short of goals

By: Wesley Coats

The 2019-2020 Kansas City Chiefs’ season has been all about one goal; to lift the Lombardi Trophy in Miami on Feb. 2, 2020. Thus far, the season has been plagued with injuries and free agent signings underperforming to their potential.

The Chiefs currently have a 6-3 record after week nine of the NFL season. The season started off winning four games against the Jaguars, Raiders, Ravens, and Lions. Then they suffered two home losses against the Colts and Texans.

Since those two home loses the Chiefs have

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gone 2-1. They won a game on the road in Denver, beating the Broncos 306, then two straight home games, which included a loss to the Packers and a win against the Vikings.

To say that injuries have plagued this team would be an understatement.

With injures to star players Tyreek Hill and Chris Jones that have sidelined them both multiple weeks, this team has a few gaping holes.

Then on Thursday, Oct. 17 against the Broncos, the reigning NFL MVP Patrick Mahomes dislocated his right knee cap on a quarterback sneak.

Mahomes, having already suffered what some say is a high ankle sprain in week one, will now be sidelined for at least three weeks. The offense will now be turned over to Matt

Moore to get the job done until Mahomes is back.

The main focus of this offseason was on defense, which still seems to be the team’s Achilles heel. The defense is ranked 22nd out of 32 teams in Total Defense according to NFL.com. Though the pass defense has actually looked decent through seven weeks, the run defense has been horrendous allowing 139.6 Rushing Yards Per Game according the NFL.com.

The pass rush also took a major hit with Frank Clark now listed as week-to-week with a neck injury sustained in the first week of the season. He attempted to play through it.

The Chiefs will now look to turn the season around and gain back several key players to help them scale towards their ultimate goal.

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THE EYRIE KITCHEN

SOAPAPILLA CHEESECAKE

Ingredients

Directions

2 cans of Pillsbury refrigerated crescent rolls 2 packages (8 oz. each) of cream cheese,

1. Preheat oven to 350°F. 2. Unroll 1 can dough. Place in bottom of ungreased 13x9-inch (3-quart) glass baking dish. Stretch to cover bottom of dish, firmly pressing perforations to seal.

softened

3. In medium bowl, beat cream cheese and 1 cup of the sugar with electric mixer on

1 1/2 cups of sugar

medium speed until smooth. Beat in vanilla. Spread over dough in baking dish.

4. Unroll second can of dough. Firmly press perforations to seal. Carefully place on

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

top of cream cheese layer. Pinch seams together.

1/2 cup of butter, melted 5. Pour melted butter evenly over top. Mix remaining 1/2 cup sugar with the 1 tablespoon ground cinnamon

cinnamon, and sprinkle evenly over butter.

PREPARATION TIME: 20 MIN

6. Bake 30-35 minutes or until bars appear set when gently shaken. Cool slightly,

COOKING TIME: 30-25 MIN

about 30 minutes. Refrigerate for easy cutting. Cover and refrigerate any

COOLING TIME: 30 MIN

remaining bars.

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