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Jenice Duong, Ian Bailey, John Camenzind, and Jeremy Koehler, are the senior members of the “Messenger” staff. Not pictured: Suhayla Sibaai. ASHLEY MATTHEWS, HEAD PHOTOGRAPHER
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letter from the editors
o the class of 2010, This special edition of the “Messenger” looks back at the events and people that shaped the class of 2010. We hope to provide our readers with a glance back at the most memorable experiences from their last four years. These moments will show how our senior class has grown and matured. This issue serves as an archive of the past four years. During our high school years, some of the most moving moments of the 21st century occurred, changing the world and the class of 2010 along with it. Stories that shaped the class of 2010 included Barack Obama’s election as the first black president, the disaster in Haiti, and the shooting of George Tiller in his Wichita church. Through our time working on this senior issue, we discovered the fascinating stories of some of the seniors that walk these halls. During our time on the newspaper staff, we have done our best to keep the entire student body both informed and entertained through our writing and photography. We appreciate all the feedback (both positive and negative) that we received. Thank you for your readership over the years. We sincerely hope that you enjoy both this issue and your bright futures..
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Past 4 years highlighted by 2008 presidential election
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A man steps through the aftermath of the earthquake in Haiti. Tragedy struck Haiti, Jan. 12 in the form of an earthquake. Casualties were estimated between 93,000-230,000. PHOTO FROM HUFFINGTON POST
Golfer Tiger Woods attracted headlines in 2009 after allegations of adultery. After the allegations surfaced November 2009, Woods did not participate in golf events until the April 2010 Masters. PHOTO FROM NIKE
General David Petraeus testifies in front of congress April 2008 regarding the progress of Operation Iraqi Freedom. Almost 4,400 American soldiers have been killed in the conflict to date. PHOTO FROM TIME MAGAZINE
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JEREMY KOEHLER, EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
t first glance, one might say that the world has not changed so much in the past four years. The Kansas City Royals still suck, politicians are still having sex with every prostitute and intern in sight, and half of the country still hates the political party in power. With that said, change might be the most accurate word to describe these past four years. From local changes, like the opening of the Intrust Bank Arena, to the election of the first minority president, this world has definitely changed.
2008 election The world event that many students remember was the 2008 presidential election in which Democrat Barack Obama defeated Republican John McCain after a lengthy primary battle with fellow Democrat Hillary Clinton. “The election of Obama really stood out to me,” Matt Phillips, sr., said. “He is the first Democratic president in eight years and our first black president.” Obama won the Nov. 4 election by capturing 365 of the 538 possible electoral votes. Anastasia Gomez, sr., understood the importance of the 2008 presidential election. “To be the first African-American president will go down in history for sure,” Gomez said. Many seniors said that the historical relevance of the election stood out them. “The election itself occurred in the midst of economic and political turmoil,” Bradley said. “Thus, Obama’s ability to rise to office despite being a minority provided hope when it was hard to come by.” H1N1 outbreak The past four years have also included health scares. The H1N1 influenza virus (often referred to as the swine flu) caused over 3,600 deaths in the United States in 2009. Outbreaks of the virus caused
schools in 19 states to close. “The swine flu really stood out to me,” Crystal Ceballos, sr., said. “It was all over the news and everyone was talking about it. When we heard we had a student infected at East we were all shocked.”
Haiti Earthquake On Jan. 12, 2010, tragedy struck the small island country of Haiti in the form of a 7.0 magnitude earthquake. “The earthquake in Haiti was devastating to see what happened to that country,” Bailey Avery, sr., said. In the days and weeks after the earthquake, international response greatly helped the already impoverished country. East students and faculty raised over $12,000 to send to Haiti. “The earthquake stood out to me because of our school’s response to the disaster,” Melyssa Warren-King, sr., said. Tiger Woods A November 2009 car accident in the front yard of professional golfer Tiger Woods led to allegations of adultery and a stint in a rehab facility. “Tiger Woods being addicted to sex stood out to me,” Chaquil Reed, sr., said. “I just thought it was funny.” 2008 Beijing Olympics The 2008 summer games were highlighted by the performance of Michael Phelps. Phelps broke the record of fellow American swimmer Mark Spitz by winning eight gold medals. “The 2008 Bejing Olympics stand out to me,” Daniel Gao, sr., said. “China is my country.” Jamaican Usain Bolt won the gold medal in the 100 and 200 meter dash while setting the world record in both. “Bolt breaking the record in the 100 meter dash stood out to me,” Dylan Morlan, sr., said. “That dude is fast.”
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Former University of Kansas head football coach Mark Mangino celebrates an Orange Bowl win January 3, 2008. The Jayhawks finished the season with only one loss. ASHLEY MATTHEWS, HEAD PHOTOGRAPHER
Scott Roeder reacts to his life sentence for the shooting of abortion provider George Tiller. Roeder shot and killed Tiller May 31, 2009. PHOTO FROM WICHITA EAGLE
Barack Obama waves to a crowd at INVESCO Field during the Democratic National Convention August 28, 2008. Obama was named the 2008 Democratic Party presidential candidate during the convention Aug. 25-28. PHOTO FROM BBC
Wichitans celebrate the opening of the Intrust Bank Arena January 2. PHOTO FROM WICHITA EAGLE
Mario Chalmers shoots the three point basket that sent the April 7, 2008 National Championship game into overtime. The Jayhawks won 75-68. PHOTO FROM ESPN
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“Freshman year I got pushed into the pond. I will never forget that.” -Aracea Castaneda
“When Madison, Andrea, Rebecca, and I skipped out on prom last year and had way more fun than everyone else!”
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“Catching a fist fight in front of the tower that lasted about 20 minutes.” -Adan Pena
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“Just the little “I will never forget when the heater exploded in the art room things senior my junior year. The whole room flooded and we had to stand year as an on the tables clutching our artwork. Crazy stuff!” exchange stu- Taylor Broadfoot dent.” “All my band days of go-Eef van den “All of my best memories from high Broek ing to the games and the school came from being on the East pep assemblies made high High dance team, specifically laughing so hard at dance camp every year.” “Getting girls.” school so fun.” -Amanda Britt -Michael Garrett -Lakin Ballard “Spending an entire class “I think my best “Spending time with my ‘fammemory is to listening to GH ( Gary ily’ in senior hall everyday after be at the Harden) tell stories of his actually school.” - Stacy Mar best school ever, lifetime.” and enjoying it “Meeting my best friend Giovanni for four years.” - Gianni Santucci Poland in French class freshman
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“Finding who I am and meeting new people just about everyday.” - Naomi Mitchell “The fashion show my fashion merchandising class put on.” -Ciana Turner
“The Aces for Haitians week.” - Rachel Butler
“Going through long nights of homework and difficulties in life along with my fellow classmates. No matter how tired we are, we can always find something to look forward to together.” -Qiao Yi Chen
“Probably winning prom queen and getting crowned. It really didn’t matter if I won or not, but, I mean, be grateful for what you have.” “Da Loui-Van Anh Teresa Nguyen
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“My first homecoming as a Spirit Cabinet member. They made me feel welcome and we all had a lot of fun te Frisbee tourthough the water was a bit cold, together.” t in Minnesota.” it was great to take a day off from -Tamber Koss ian Kaufman school and enjoy the outdoors with “Aces in the Commu“Qualifying for riends and the a touch of science education allong state wrestling.” nity, junior year, when the with it.” -Kha Nguyen group I was with helped at ences.” -Aldo Hernadez the zoo.”-Melyssa Warrena Duran “Meeting the person I’m King going to marry.” “Being a mother, making new an Aaron Bryson friends.” -Tierra Cook ally
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“My best memory from high school was when my psychology class helped the specialed class.” - Jaclyn Huerta
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” ...start a cult//KelbeFox “ I think it’s because of the way I do my own thing, sometimes a little eccentrically. I’m into anime, and a lot of other weird, not-so-normal stuff like Japanese horror films. And obviously I dress weird sometimes.
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!* o G l ’l u o Y s e c la P Oh, the College! AMERICAN UNIVERSITY WASHINGTON, D.C. Robin Dauster AMHERST COLLEGE AMHERST, MA Adrianna Turner BARTON COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE GREAT BEND, KS Bailey Avery BELMONT UNIVERSITY NASHVILLE, TN Cora Kilgour BETHANY COLLEGE LINDSBORG, KS Jeremy Koehler Melissa Presnall BOWDOIN COLLEGE BRUNSWICK, ME Rami Stucky BROWN MACKIE COLLEGE SALINA, KS Kieria Miller BUTLER COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE EL DORADO, KS Tara Austin Vanessa Ayala Keitiza Bakhtiar Lakin Ballard Peter Bastian Nathan Baughman Arlette Bernal K’La Beruni Alisa Buggs Alexandra Burcham Rachel Butler Crystal Ceballos Tierra Cook Olivia Duran Joseph Fandozzi-Buggs Breeanna Gwyn Kenishia Haggard Jameelah Haley Jaclyn Huerta Tiyauna McGill Shemeka McNeal Naomi Mitchell
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Karen Montes Anthony Ochoa Irvin Perez Jonah Perez Son Phan Shamari Ramirez Chaquil Reed Katherine Romero Tamber Ross Angela Schillinger Alyssa Sones Katherin Soto-Lopez Andrew Tenbrink Ashlie Tracy Ciana Turner Stephanie Voldrich CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY CLEVELAND, OH Pooja Sheth CENTRAL CHRISTIAN COLLEGE McPHERSON, KS Mackenzie Hobbs CLOUD COMMUNITY COLLEGE CONCORDIA, KS Cori Bennett COFFEYVILLE COMMUNITY COLLEGE COFFEYVILLE, KS Jaleel Burns-Guidry Demetrius Johnson-Reed COMMUNITY COLLEGE OF THE AIR FORCE MONTGOMERY, AL Aaron Elliott COWLEY COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE ARKANSAS CITY, KS Akia Buchanan Cassandra Gosvener Aldo Hernandez Edgar Morales Michael Nguyen CULINARY ART INSITUTE LENEXA, KS Jenny Nguyen
DARTMOUTH COLLEGE HANOVER, NH Christopher Clark DAVIDSON COLLEGE CHARLOTTE, NC Samanvitha Sridhar DENMARK TECHNICAL COLLEGE DENMARK, SC Mads Jesperson ERIC FISHER ACADEMY WICHITA, KS Alexandria Dooms EMPORIA STATE UNIVERSITY EMPORIA, KS Abbey Balzer Austin Oetting FORT HAYS STATE UNIVERSITY FORT HAYS, KS Ruth Ebersole FRIENDS UNIVERSITY WICHITA, KS Dezuan Hill Erin Isherwood Benjamin McCosh Christina Millhauser GRACELAND COLLEGE CENTERVILLE, IA Antonia Davidson GRAMBLING STATE UNIVERSITY GRAMBLING, LA Shemika Cannon HARVARD UNIVERSITY CAMBRIDGE, MA Nivanthika Wimalasena HASKELL INDIAN NATIONS UNIVERSITY LAWRENCE, KS Michael Hamilton HESSTON COLLEGE HESSTON, KS David Whiteside
HUMBOLT UNIVERISTY OF BERLIN BERLIN, GERMANY Eef Vandenbroek HUTCHINSON COMMUNITY COLLEGE HUTCHINSON, KS Andrew Bailey Timothy Dukes INDEPENDENCE COMMUNITY COLLEGE INDEPENDENCE, KS Randall Rogers ITT TECHNICAL INSTITUTE WICHITA, KS Anastasia Gomez JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY BALTIMORE, MD Divya Chivukula JOHNSON COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE OVERLAND PARK, KS Phoenix Keane KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY MAHATTAN, KS Eric Bishop Christian Kaufman Troy Morris Alicia Teufel Altovise Williams KANSAS WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY SALINA, KS Mackenzie Augustin McPHERSON COLLEGE McPHERSON, KS Jacob Bauman MIAMI UNIVERSITY OXFORD, OH Pirrita Porter
MISSOURI STATE UNIVERSITY SPRINGFIELD, MO Hope Clayton Alexandria Gates Preston Richey Geoffrey Stanford MISSOURI VALLEY COLLEGE MARSHALL, MO Phillip Wright NEOSHO COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE OTTAWA, KS Aaron Greenwood NEWMAN UNIVERSITY WICHITA, KS Tram Nguyen Aurora Norris Shanaye Sanders Melyssa Warren-King PAINE COLLEGE AUGUSTA, GA Clyde Samilton PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY UNIVERSITY PARK, PA Yi Yi Zhang PITTSBURG STATE UNIVERSITY PITTSBURG, KS Kira Moravec PRATT COMMUNITY COLLEGE PRATT, KS Tabitha Bohnstehn Michael Garrett ST. PETERSBURG STATE UNIVERSITY ST. PETERSBURG, RUSSIA Tatyana Smirnova TARRANT COMMUNITY COLLEGE FORT WORTH, KS Victoria Woods UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO CHICAGO, IL Evan Hernandez
UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA GAINESVILLE, FL Amanda Britt UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS LAWRENCE, KS Arshia Ahmed Eva Anderson Sonam Bhakta Taylor Broadfoot John Camenzind Anna Chang Qiao Yi Chen Daniel Gao Kori Hays Erick Heiman Allie Jenkins Tyler Johnson Stacy Mar Nawal Musleh Richard Nguyen Dillon Park Pann Pichetsurnthorn Gianni Santucci Suhayla Sibaai Alesha Shears Michelle Smith UNIVESRITY OF MICHIGAN ANN ARBOR, MI Jonathan Lewallen UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA DULUTH DULUTH, MN Dylan Morlan UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI KANSAS CITY KANSAS CITY, MO Huy Dao Kha Nguyen VanAnh Nguyen UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN LINCOLN, NE Ashley Murphy-Lehman Lynn Rich Kaylee Wheeler UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS DENTON, TX Bryllan Gill UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA NORMAN, OK Laura Combs
UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER ROCHESTER, NY Tina Bui UNIVERSITY OF TULSA TULSA, OK Timothy Brown Jack Welch UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY LOGAN, UT Kristen Allsup WICHITA STATE UNIVERSITY WICHITA, KS Caitlin Badgett Ian Bailey Sarah Blake Alexzandria Buggs Nicholas Coates Megan Davis Jenice Duong Mackenzi Edens Meghan Edminston Sandra Flores Megan Janusz Xiaotian Ji Andrew Keefer Amy Knoblauch Bridget Koenig Amanda Lowe Matthew Mally Taylor McKee Trissauna McGill Lacey Montague Anastasiya Nosova Avery Perry Jorge Ponce Michelle Tran Martha Velasquez Domonick Venskus Toan Vo WICHITA AREA TECHNICAL COLLEGE WICHITA, KS Alia Edmond Khaliah Harris Matthew Phillips Julio Silva Tina Thai Erick Vasquez
WESTMINSTER COLLEGE FULTON, MO Greer Horning WESTMINISTER COLLEGE SALT LAKE CITY, UT David Perales UNDECIDED COLLEGE Nathaniel Bradley Erika Devilli Shamari Griffin Larissa Kolsch Breanna Owens Rameka Poole Laurence Reynolds Valeria Rosales Landon Salazar Teance Walton
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As the year comes to a close and we say goodbye to our school, and most importantly, our friends, we must look forward to our futures. May those futures involve college, military, the work force, others will want to know the places you’ll go. So, here it is, our plans for the future and beyond.
Military! AIR FORCE Jose Manuel Tuan Nguyen ARMY Adan Pena William Sanchez
Other! OTHER Ladarius Cornwell Kathryn Freeman Cameron Head Kyle Hill Kenneth Kickery Ryan Lockaby Anthony Mathenia Caleb Mitchell Leshae Squires Salvador Valenzuela UNDECIDED GENERAL Justin Hartman Francisco-Javier SalazarCaballero *students not listed did not fill out Senior Surverys by press time
WICHITA TECHNICAL INSTITUTE WICHITA, KS Aaron Bryson
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Who influenced
YOU?
Seniors reflect on classmates and faculty who most shaped their high school years
Alesha Shears was most influenced by Lisa Kellerby, english instructor. “She has pressed me on and been supportive. She’s a teacher and a friend in one,” she said. “She’s always really open to questions.”
Stacy Mar has been helped by Joe Hutchinson, physics instructor. “He has a great sense of humor but knows when it’s time to get serious and can push us to do our best,” she said.
Derrick Gronewold is the staff member that has influenced Cora Kilgour most. “Mr. G. is more than just a teacher or director, he’s a friend too,” she said. He has high expectations for us and challenges us. He really wants us to succeed. He’s like a second dad.”
“I know this is cheesy, but Alex Buck, my boyfriend. He has taught me how to just look at things and evaluate how insignificant they will be in the long run.” - Rachel Butler “Mr. (Stan) Reimer taught me a lot about life and calculus. He helped me with study skills and taught me how to work through challenges.” - Allie Jenkins “Mrs. (Jennifer) Fry is the teacher that inspired me and encouraged me throughout the years.” - Qiao Yi Chen “Mr. (Casey) Christofferson has pushed me to better myself.” Vanessa Ayala
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“Sergeant (April) Floyd and Colonel (Michael) George have kept me on track. They are like second parents to me.” - Ashley Tracy “Anastasia Gomez has taught me to believe that I should not care about what others think.” - Angela Shillinger “Mrs. (Joan) Kornelson has been a great influence. She has helped me get into many of the organizations I participate in now.” - Erick Heiman “Mr. (Brandon) Reith has pushed me to do things beyond and above my regular abilities and standards.” - Clyde Samilton Jr.
LeShae Squires has been affected most by Doug Riney, choir instructor. “I’ve been in choir for three years and he has always shown me that it’s okay to be serious and have fun at the same time,” she said.
“Mr. (Ashok) Surender was hard on me at first but as the years went on and I became more mature I realized it was for a good reason.” - Troy Morris Jr. “Coach (Ron) Allen has been there for me since I came to East. He’s been a great friend and coach to have.” - Randall Rogers “Mr. (Steve) Maack has incluenced me the most. He has been an amazing English teacher to me during my senior year and an effective coach on the Ultimate team.” - Christian Kaufman