October 25, 2012 * Volume 41 * Issue 2 * Salina High School South * Salina, KS 67401 * www.tripodium.net tripodium Salina High School South Polling results can impact all students’ lives In twelve days the Ameri- can people have the opportunity to change the direction of the country simply by checking a box. Election Day will be held on Tuesday, Nov. 6. The residents of Salina will have the opportu- nity to elect 14 different officials to hold positions in office by choosing from 23 different can- didates. Although most of Salina High School South is not of age to vote, that does not mean that the election is of no importance to them. Students who are 17 years and younger are affected by politics in their everyday lives and should be concerned about By Courtney Main knowing what is going on in their community. “Students should vote be- cause elected officials impact their daily lives with sales tax, school programs and lunches, jobs, tax on cars, college and post secondary education costs and income tax,” County Clerk Don Merriman said. “All of these items affect the students who can’t vote as well.” Salina High School South students are voicing their opin- ions also. Kylee Ayres (’13) re- cently turned 18 just in time to register to vote in this year’s election. “I think it’s mostly impor- tant to vote because kids are the future for America and if we want change we need to be the ones voicing our opinions,” Ayres said. So what is going to be on the ballot for the November election? The obvious position that is going to be voted on is the national race of President Barack Obama against Gover- nor Mitt Romney. But other than seeing the campaign signs in Saline County residents’ front lawns, the local races do not get as much pub- licity and students seem to over- look these closer to home deci- sions that are going to be voted on. A few other decisions that will be voted on in the general election will include Saline County Attorney, County Clerk, Register of Deeds, Sheriff, Trea- surer and more, including the vote to keep a repeal of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans- gender (LGBT) ordinance. There are 35 locations to vote that are placed all around Salina at various churches, schools and offices. There are also 11 other locations outside of city limits in Saline County in cities such as New Cambria, Gypsum and Brookville. To find the closest polling place to your address, visit https://myvotein- fo.voteks.org/. To view a photo of a sample ballot and a full list of voting locations and candidates, visit www.tripodium.net. “I think it’s mostly im- portant to vote because kids are the future. . .” Kylee Ayres (’13) 100 students surveyed Student Survey: If you were to vote today, who would you vote for? They said what? “Well, Governor, we also have fewer horses and bayonets. . .” President Barack Obama said on Mitt Romney’s thought on the shrinking of the United States Navy. “I don’t look at my pension, it’s not as big as yours . . .” President Barack Obama in reply to Governor Mitt Romney. I went to a number of women’s groups and said: ‘Can you help us find folks,’ and they brought us whole binders full of women.” Governor Mitt Romney on finding qualified women to become members of cabinet.
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October 25, 2012 * Volume 41 * Issue 2 * Salina High School South * Salina, KS 67401 * www.tripodium.net
tripodiumSalina High School South
Polling results can impact all students’ lives In twelve days the Ameri-can people have the opportunity to change the direction of the country simply by checking a box. Election Day will be held on Tuesday, Nov. 6. The residents of Salina will have the opportu-nity to elect 14 different officials to hold positions in office by choosing from 23 different can-didates. Although most of Salina High School South is not of age to vote, that does not mean that the election is of no importance to them. Students who are 17 years and younger are affected by politics in their everyday lives and should be concerned about
By Courtney Mainknowing what is going on in their community. “Students should vote be-cause elected officials impact their daily lives with sales tax, school programs and lunches, jobs, tax on cars, college and post secondary education costs and income tax,” County Clerk Don Merriman said. “All of these items affect the students who can’t vote as well.” Salina High School South students are voicing their opin-ions also. Kylee Ayres (’13) re-cently turned 18 just in time to register to vote in this year’s election. “I think it’s mostly impor-tant to vote because kids are the future for America and if we want change we need to be the ones voicing our opinions,” Ayres said. So what is going to be on the ballot for the November election? The obvious position that is going to be voted on is the national race of President Barack Obama against Gover-nor Mitt Romney. But other than seeing the
campaign signs in Saline County residents’ front lawns, the local races do not get as much pub-licity and students seem to over-look these closer to home deci-sions that are going to be voted on. A few other decisions that will be voted on in the general election will include Saline County Attorney, County Clerk, Register of Deeds, Sheriff, Trea-surer and more, including the vote to keep a repeal of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans-gender (LGBT) ordinance. There are 35 locations to vote that are placed all around Salina at various churches, schools and offices. There are also 11 other locations outside of city limits in Saline County in cities such as New Cambria, Gypsum and Brookville. To find the closest polling place to your address, visit https://myvotein-fo.voteks.org/. To view a photo of a sample ballot and a full list of voting locations and candidates, visit www.tripodium.net.
“I think it’s mostly im-portant to vote because kids are the future. . .”
Kylee Ayres (’13)
100 students surveyed
Student Survey: If you were to vote today, who would you vote for? They said what?“Well, Governor, we also have fewer horses and bayonets. . .” President Barack Obama said on Mitt Romney’s thought on the shrinking of the United States Navy.
“I don’t look at my pension, it’s not as big as yours . . .” President Barack Obama in reply to Governor Mitt Romney.
I went to a number of women’s groups and said: ‘Can you help us find folks,’ and they brought us whole binders full of women.” Governor Mitt Romney on finding qualified women to become members of cabinet.
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Raising the bar: lunch time entertainmentBy Morgan Ayotte
In the midst of all the change at Salina High School South, our ears must adjust to the music volume at lunch as well. It’s a bit loud, to say the least, so why not explore some other options? Music is great, don’t get it twisted, but lunch is a time for us to chat with friends and play with our iPhones; it’s our time to socialize. However, it’s diffi-cult to do so with blaring music. It sure is a new experience go-ing back to class with a ringing sound in my ears. So in return we thought of this: what about lunch and a movie? How would the student body feel about switching mu-sic for movies once a week, like a special feature? You cant please everybody, this we know, though the diversity in music does prove to be preferred. “I’d rather listen to music over movies because I’d rather be worrying about my food,”
It’s beginning to feel a lot like ChristmasBy Tiffany Bowers
said Breanna Hogan (’15). “Be-sides, not a lot of people would watch movies,” That being said, how many people are truly paying much attention to the music? But we
Each school year, students enter the hallways looking to survive yet another year. Endur-ing the interesting school lunch-es, dreaded due dates, and the drastic temperatures is not an easy task, but we all must go through it. Now, upperclassmen have experienced the classroom environments already, and it comes down to two possibilities: students are either freezing to death or preparing for heat ex-haustion. To freshmen, this new experience has definitely caught some off guard. “It’s really different because it was warmer in the middle school and it’s hard to get used to,” Parker Harris (’16) said. Though this may seem like torture everyday, these temper-atures are here to stay and for some very important reasons. For one, the thermostat does not reside in the humble office at Salina High School South,
nor in the town of Salina, or even the state of Kansas. The computer program that runs it is miles away, so no matter how bad I, and everyone else, would like a warmer environment, our
wishes will not be granted. The system used is one that tries to efficiently warm and cool the school buildings without breaking the bank. This is never easy, as there are many schools and it is hard to find a balance. “Keeping it cooler in the winter and warmer in the sum-mer saves dollars we can use for other things, such as school supplies,” Assistant Principal
George Troutfetter said. In addition to that, there is simply not enough money to be distributed evenly in each school district. Due to the con-stant changes in the economy,
schools have a hard time paying for everything, so the system is outdated, much like the school itself. As much as it pains me to say it, I would rather have nice paper, pencils and books rather than a space heater in each room. The thousands of dollars spent each year just trying to keep air flowing in this building, whether it be cold or hot, is out-
rageous. Aside from that, the air con-ditioner runs on a very precise system. The system brings in air from outside to mix with the air inside to create a constant and fresh well-circulated flow. So, naturally, when it becomes cold-er outside, it will become even cooler inside. Now, the complaints will never end, it is almost a habit now to complain about the tem-perature multiple times through-out the day. This is understand-able though, as not one person can eat lunch or do class work comfortably in this school. To all of the shivering stu-dents who can see their breath each class period, try to cover up. Do what is necessary to keep yourself warm, such as layering your clothes, wearing jeans or bringing a blanket. Be smart about your clothing choic-es, remember, summer is over and winter is definitely upon us. During the year, classrooms may feel arctic and some stu-dents may feel too cold to func-tion, but hang in there. The cold temperatures may feel terrible but, soon enough, the heater will be turned on, and then the complaints will arise about how scorching hot it is.
Q&AWhat entertainment would you like to see during lunch time this
year?
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“I wanna see Jesse Yaro-chowicz sing ‘Boyfriend’ by Justin Bieber.”
John McNabb (’14)
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“I want to see Haili Sut-ton and Teagen Lund-gren sumo wrestle.”
Paige Hamblet (’15)A
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“I would like to see a magic show.”
Lexi Gasper (’13)
Students Taylor Eddy (’15) and Isabella Pullos (’15) are bundled up in their blankets, trying to stay warm during one of their class periods. photo by tiffany bowers
A line of juniors poses by sitting on the stage during lunch. photo by mor-gan ayotte
seem to be more captivated when there’s something going on at lunch. In previous years, numer-ous singers and talents have crossed the stage. There’s been
karaoke and even a dance crew has gotten things poppin’ during lunch. When asked, many stu-dents responded that this kind of thing is what they like to see; it’s what they want to see.
Anyone is welcome to get up there and show what they’ve got, it just requires permission from lunch time MC’s Jason Hooper and Ryan Stuart and a bit of Q&A with a school princi-
pal. The awesome thing about this year is how our school has flourished and truly stepped up in student activities. “What we want is to sup-port a positive environment here at South High among the students,” Assistant Principal George Troutfetter said. Homecoming was phenom-enal, the support of charities was an amazing act of generos-ity that our school showed and let’s not forget our cougar pride this year, it is profound. Our school has a great environment that appeals to the students and our students are very involved. This being said, when our students want change, we’re given the resources to change what we want. What we want is more vari-ety at lunch: new styles of mu-sic, some brave volunteers to do something crazy, and a big crowd to cheer ‘em on.
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Kansas to New York: the small town start Tysen follows childhood passion of becoming a song writer
By Marisa Mitchell
Salina’s School of RockSouth High alumni give back to hometown
By Marisa Mitchell
Salina native and South High graduate, Nathan Tysen, followed his passion in the arts to become a theatrical song writer in New York. He has been featured in the New York Times for being the lyricist of the young Broadway production, “Burnt Part Boys.” Highly involved with the arts throughout school, Tysen was constantly surrounded by the fitting atmosphere. “I grew up in a VonTrapp-type family. My dad is a retired minister, so my family was al-ways performing for church functions. I got the performance bug pretty young and learned to be comfortable in front of an au-dience,” Tysen said. Reaching outside the easy school and family atmosphere, he attended Lovewell Institute for Creative Arts at the age of 16. This experience is what
sparked the true discovery of his passion for songwriting. The summer program was the epiphany to his ears when he wrote his first theatre song. “Hearing my peers sing my material was truly the best feel-ing I have ever experienced. Full-body goosebumps,” Tysen said. Following the musical course of education, he contin-ued to learn how to best improve his talents. As an undergraduate at Missouri State University with a musical theatre major, Tysen discovered that performing on stage was not his road to take. “There were so many other people who were amazing triple threats [singer/actor/dancer] and I knew I was going to get lost in the shuffle,” said Tysen. Living in New York since 1999, Tysen spent his first two years at New York Univer-sity earning a masters in mu-
sical theatre writing. Though having a masters, it did not translate to a definite spot for a career. Struggling as a song writer ultimately helped shape Tysen’s talents. “I write in many styles be-cause I’m trying to make my-self as hireable as possible. I paid my bills for many years performing children’s mu-sic which lead to writing for Sesame Street,” said Tysen. Teaming up with fellow Salina native, Ryan McCall, “Noah’s Art” became their first full-length musical com-posed together. It was first per-formed as the final production in South High’s little theatre. The duo then trimmed the musical down to 70 minutes and created an entirely differ-ent ending, making it available to license to theatres across the country. The University of
A group of Salina natives, some traveling thousands of miles, collaborated to form a muscial performance staring USD 305. Through workshops and rehersals, students worked side-by-side with the musi-cians. Though cross town rivals, South and Central came to-gether to represent the district. The headline group, Joe’s Pet Project, traveled around Salina helping constuct each element of the production. Stu-dents from each aspect on the vast music spectrum were in-volved. South Middle School fea-tured Matt Gerry’s guitar class and the select choir group, Sen-sations. Quartets, duets and solos were all showcased by intertwining students from each school. Vocal groups like New Dawn and Free Sprit shared the scene with instrumental en-sembles such as Central High’s drumline and string sections. During the week prior of the performance, a songwriting clinic took place. Students con-structed an original song and practiced performing it. Choos-ing hooks, lyrics and bridges, students learned how to write a song effectively. The middle
school group and high school group split up, allowing two songs to be formed. “Pop Explo-sion” and “The Other Side” were the end results. The high school group wrote lyrics, “When you go home and shed your mask/ Who are you really/ Is it ourselves that we decieve/ Change’ll come to us if we believe.” Not only were students in-volved on stage, but as well as behind the scenes. Techinical crews controlled lights, back stage workers and stage man-agers helped instruct. Born in Salina, and alumni from South High, Emily Thomp-son and Nathan Tysen were fea-tured vocalists. Thompson fin-ished her first Broadway tour for the show, “Hair” this past year. Thompson sang the orginal song written by the high school students, while the students backed her up vocally and in-strumentally. Earlier in the set, she sang another orginal, this time from Joe’s Pet Project. Tysen, head-front of the production and Joe’s Pet Project, hosted the night. Venturing back from 13 years residency of New York back to the plains of Kansas allowed for a change in perfor-
mance pace. Years previous, Joe’s Pet Project headlined the River Festival and played gigs around Salina; they all helped create a common atmosphere. “I will always enjoy per-forming for Kansas crowds, but bigger audiences are easier for me than intimate spaces. Debuting our rock opera, Still-water, this summer at Ad As-tra was a litte nerve-wracking. The venue only holds about 100 people, and they were all basically sitting on top of us. I would take a big, dark theatre over that any day,” Tysen said. While some students learned how to compose a song or how to manage a production, the musicians wanted to guide the students on a path of how to follow their passion. 305 Live managed to get students en-gaged in the arts through all as-pects and encouraged students to maintain active in practice. “Learn to play an instru-ment, any instrument proficent-ly. Read a book a month and start a journal. If you’re not get-ting the performance opportuni-ties you think you deserve, make them happen for yourself,” said Tysen.
Rebecca Leite (‘13) takes a solo photo by courtney main
Jackson Mattek (‘13) of Central High features a solophoto by courtney main
John Hobson, guitarist of Joe’s Pet Project, performs during the opening set photo by courtney main
Nathan Tysen (left) and Ryan McCall (right) lead studentsphoto by courtney main
South and Central students showcase a quartet photo by courtney main
Kansas Theatre Department staged the musical in 2011. “My theatre writing has always been my main focus. Because it takes years and years and hundreds of thou-sands of dollars to put a musi-cal up in New York, you have
to be patient,” Tysen said. Though the venture to Broadway was long, it allowed his resume to build while discov-ering new writing tactics. From children’s music to rock operas to musical theatre, Tysen’s well-rounded adaptability provides him the edge. “Theatre songs are always more lyrically complex and need to tell a more specific and ac-tive story. It’s better to hone in on what you want to say first, before you start with music,” Tysen said. “Pop and rock, to me, is much more about build-ing an atmosphere and creating a catchy hook. There, it is better to start with a melody or chord structure.” Just debuting the album, “Fugitive Songs,” Tysen’s mu-sical adaption to “Tuck Ever-lasting” will debut on Broad-way in the summer of 2013.
Nathan Tysen, theatrical song writer in New York gives back to Salinaphoto by courtney main
10.25.2012page 4 tripodium
Before students make final desicions about colleges and careers, they first must decide which test they should take--ACT or SAT. For many students the SAT tests are easier to take due to the high scores they get, but oth-ers do better on the ACT tests. The SAT (Scholastic Aptitude Test) also know as SAT Reason-ing Test, is a standardized test for college admissions. On the other hand, the ACT test was origi-nally American College Testing, but then later was abbreviat-ed. Both of these tests can get a person into a col-lege, however some colleges only require one test. The question is how can a student be well prepared and ace these tests? In order for students to understand which test will benefit them more, they need to examine the similarities as well as the differences. Studying for these tests can
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to study and it all depends on how well the subject is known. Online practice tests, prep classes and private tutoring are all helpful ways for a successful grade on the tests. Practice tests online help out many students get a better
understanding of what
will be on the test. It also tells them if they need to prepare as much. Prep classes offer online lectures, and homework for im-provement. Tutors are also beneficial. Having a tutor will most likely motivate the student. Tutors also help the student work on
their weaknesses.
The average ACT score is a 20 and a perfect score is a 36. “The higher the score, the more money there will be,” counselor Teresa Vernon said. “I recommend students to take whichever test they know most about,” Vernon added. The student can take both to see which one they will be better at. Doing well in all the upper level classes will certainly help out many students. Costs on the ACT and SAT are different. SAT costs approxi-mately $50 and ACT is $35. If a student passes ,their grades
will be passed to the col-leges. From there
the colleges pick-out the best ones and from there on. “You can
take the test as many times as
you want,” Vernon said. “There is also
summer classes, taught by Carlene
Stueve,English teach-er, that has helped
many students show improvement,” Vernon
added.
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It’s fall yet again at South High and along with the chilly weather creeping in and the new school vibe wearing off, things start to resume back to normal. And as usual, the drama de-partment begins to ready anoth-er brilliant performance for the entertainment of their peers. This year, drama teacher and drama club director Kate Lind-say has picked the classic play “Little Women” as the fall show. “Little Women” is a play based on a novel about a family with four teenage girls living dur-ing the Civil War time. “It’s a fun play with a great mix of humor and heartwarming scenes. It just struck me as a good fit for the students. We’ve done it in the past and it was re-ally good, so I really wanted to do it again,” Lindsay said. With a variety of students playing the main roles, the stu-dent playing the main character Jo March, is Timeri Herrington. (’14) “I’m really excited to be playing the main role. I’d like to think I’m exactly like Jo because she likes to go against the so-cial norm. I’m also really anx-ious. There’s so many lines and songs to learn; it’s a lot of hard work,” Herrington said. Herrington has also played
past lead roles in previous plays such as Sarah from last year’s winter play Ragtime, and Carlot-ta from her freshman year Win-ter play Phantom of the Opera. The students in the play have been rehearsing since Sept. 24, practicing five days a week for two hours a day. “We practice a lot more
than you would expect. We have vocal rehearsals and some-times it’s just memorizing lines. Either way it’s a lot. But it’s all worth it when we go on that stage and preform for every-one,” Herrington said. Although trying to put on a play sounds like quite a bit of hard work Herrington has men-
tioned that it’s also a lot of fun as well. “I love how I’m able to put on a show will a lot of my friends. It’s really fun with them around,” Herrington said The show is Nov. 8 and Nov. 10 at 7 p.m. It costs $7 for adults, $6 for senior citizens and $5 for students with activ-
ity tickets. “The students have worked really hard for a long time to put on this great show. So it would be wonderful if it had a great turn out. We would like every-one to come down and see how much we’ve put in it,” Lindsay said.
‘Little Women’ graces South’s stage for fall play
Clubs are a big part of high school that can easily get over-looked. While sports are an ex-cellent way to socialize and ex-press individuality, school clubs play a role in helping one to ex-press themselves as well. A variety of clubs helps to reach out to all different types of personalities. Some clubs that students partake in include: Big Brothers/Big Sisters, BPA, Drama Club, FCA, FCCLA, Inter-national Cultures Club and Lab Chicks. “Any time you can give the
students an opportunity to make school more fun and interesting, it is a good thing. It is a positive experience,” Assistant Principal George Troutfetter said. School clubs are indeed a good thing at any school, getting more people interested and in-volved in school activities. Starting up a school club at Salina High School South is just as simple and easy as actually joining one. If a student is inter-ested in starting up a club, they only need two things: an idea for a club, and a staff member to sponsor the club. “If you think you have a good
idea for a club and you have a sponsor, you could probably do something with it,” Troutfetter said. Ideas for clubs must be school appropriate, of course. While some clubs are based off of student interests, like the Sweater Vest Club, other clubs are run through schools throughout the country, such as FCA. Some clubs also help other people, or even the environ-ment. The Tree Huggers Club for example, helps to recycle many of the unneeded used papers. They do this once a month. An-
other club, Big Brothers/Big Sis-ters, provides a younger child with a “big brother” or a “big sis-ter” to help them with school or do fun activities with. Lab Chicks helps younger girls in elementary and middle school sustain a love for sci-ence. By providing the younger girls with many hands-on activi-ties, and fun experiments to do, the Lab Chicks help them gain a better understanding of sci-ence. Lab Chicks also explores future possible careers in sci-ence. Family, Career and Com-munity Leaders of America, bet-ter known as FCCLA, also helps the community through raising money for non-profit organiza-tions. Other clubs, such as the Drama Club, participate in ac-tivities that continue all through-out the school year. Activities that Drama Club helps with are Salina High School South plays and mu-sicals. Drama Club members and any other students who are interested, help the plays and musicals through the set crew, which helps by building sets and props for productions. BPA (Business Profession-als of America), another club, is one that gets to participate in competitions. Other groups get the oppor-
tunity to compete as well, such as Debate and Forensics. Of course, along with com-peting comes traveling. Many of the clubs get the opportunity to travel to competitions, or just to travel for fun. This helps spread the spirit that the school clubs have to different schools and other places. Some clubs that travel in-clude: Debate, Forensics, BPA, Drama Club, FCCLA and many more. That being said, clubs are a big part of school. A student who joins a club gets the opportunity to travel, meet new people, and take part in something they love doing. “Clubs give students an outlet to express themselves and also gives them an opportu-nity to learn and experience new things,” Isabella Pullos (’15) said. School clubs can appeal to people who are interested in ar-tistic things, helping the environ-ment, helping other people, and just having fun. All of the clubs at Salina High School South shine a light on the idea that students should do what they love. School clubs give a chance for people to be themselves, which is important for any school.
Clubs allow students to express individualityBy Cassidy Sweet
By Madison Toner
Members of the “Little Women” cast practice a scene at rehearsal. “Little Women” will debut on Thursday, Nov. 8 in the Salina High School South theater at 7 p.m. photo courtesy of megan woodfield
Members of Lab Chicks participate in an experiment during ELO. photo by cassidy sweet
Members of SADD meet in ELO. photo by cassidy sweet
Some of the FCCLA members prepare for a meeting. photo by cassidy sweet
Students CharactersTimeri
HerringtonJo
MarchMohri Exline
Amy March
Morgan Soldan
Meg March
Portia Montoy
Beth March
Rebecca Leite
Marmee March
Jon-Luke Martin
Professer Bhaer
Michael Hutton
Mr.Lawrence
Jonathan Flores
Laurie Lawrence
Shaelin Sweet
Aunt March
Michael Tran
John Brooke
Molly Courbot
Clarissa
page 6 tripodiumHalloween costume ideas
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Unleash the Terror Haunted House Smoky Hill Museum
Salina, KSAdmission: $3. Open Friday Oct. 26 and Saturday Oct. 27 from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m.
for more information visit:http://www.smokyhillmuseum.org/specialevents.html
Isle Of ScreamsWatson Park Wichita, KS
Admission: Varies from $15 to $30. Open Oct. 5 to Oct. 27 on Fridays and Saturdays. Gates open at 7 p.m. and ticket sales close at 11:30 p.m.
for more information visit:http://scaryprairiepines.com/
Field Of ScreamsWatson Park Wichita, KS
Admission: Varies from $10 to $25. Open Oct. 5 to Nov. 3, on Fridays and Saturdays and Oct. 25. Gates open at 7 p.m. and ticket sales close at 11:30 p.m.
for more information visit:http://scaryprairiepines.com/
With Halloween being close by this is the time when people get scared. Whether people dress up, go to haunted houses or visit haunted places. Believe it or not, Kansas is actually home to two real haunted places; Atchison and Stull, Kan.
Atchinson, Kansas Atchison, Kan. is known to be the most haunted town in Kansas. There are three specific places where hauntings are more common. Atchison Street, also known as Ferry Street, goes down a steep hill towards the Missouri River. One myth is told how long
ago a woman was trapped under a freezing river. The body was never recovered. Today, people can hear a lady calling to join her in the murky water where she had been trapped. Jackson Park has two leg-ends. First, a girl named Molly was found hanging from a tree the night after prom. Molly and her date got in a fight the night before. Story told, she was mur-dered by her date and hung. Sec-ond, Molly was a black woman, she was leeched by a white mod years ago. Today, people can hear screams and cries. People have also seen ghostly figures hanging in the tree where she was hung.
Two Kansas communities said to be hauntedBy Jenny LyneAtchison and Stull, Kansas
Thespians help combat childhood hungerBy Drew Mussat-Loveless
Hunger: a very scary thing
The International Thespian Society’s annual nationwide proj-ect Trick or Treat So Kids Can Eat main mission is to collect food for the hungry. This is the perfect project for students who want to help the less fortunate in their community. With the help of over 289 Thespian Troupes, over 304,000 pounds of food were collected last year.
The local Drama Club wants to help again to have an impact on the Salina community. The do-nations received are delivered to local organizations. They are then distributed where they are need-ed. The goal for the 2012 project is to collect 350,000 pounds,
46,000 more pounds than last year. There are various things that a Thespian Troupe can do in order to make 2012 another suc-cessful year. Setting a collection goal can motivate troupes in order to reach a certain amount. This can drive students to achieve their goal in-stead of shooting for nothing. Putting up posters and mak-ing announcements around your school and community help to get the word around and get the whole community involved. Setting up an area during sporting events, dances or other activities to collect food helps reach an even larger amount of donations that may have not been received otherwise. Challenging another school to collect as much food as your school can bring in friendly com-petition while helping troupes achieve their personal goals. Also challenging individual classes to build a can sculpture or pyramid, brings in more donations and competition. The class with the
Members of the Drama Club show their collect canned good during last year’s Trick or Treat so Kids Can Eat. photo by kate lindsey
largest or best pyramid would be the winner. These are just a few simple ways to make Trick or Treat so Kids Can Eat another successful year. South students in past years have dressed up in costumes on Halloween and went trick or treat-ing for canned goods instead of candy.
The Benedictine College is also a haunted place. Remains of the spirits of some old monks who founded the institution are said to haunt it. They are still around to continue looking and protect-ing the old school. Many things have been reported. For one, a girl was sleeping and felt a little kid crawl into bed with her. One girl got stuck in the closet. She thought it was her roommate who pushed the dresser in front of the closet door. Also, it was reported that a mirror was shaking as well as the desk. All of a sudden it had stopped. Atchison was also taped on Travel Channel. It is one of a few
Nearby Haunted Houses
“By participating in this project I know that I’m doing a good deed for
someone else . . .”
Cameo Bond (’13)
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UYG Haunted TrailSalemsburg Lutheran Church
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Two Kansas communities said to be haunted
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Thespians help combat childhood hungerHunger: a very scary thing
Members of the Drama Club show their collect canned good during last year’s Trick or Treat so Kids Can Eat. photo by kate lindsey
To get the school involved each student is challenged to bring two cans of food to school. If they do bring two cans, they will be excused from their E.L.O. the Thursday before Thanksgiving break. The goal for South is usually set at 2,000 pounds of food so they can say that they collected
“a ton”. After they have collected the cans they are then counted and taken to the local food bank. “By participating in this proj-ect I know that I’m doing a good deed for someone else and giving back to the community,” drama club officer Cameo Bond (’13) said.
Trick or Treat So Kids Can EatOct. 31, 2012 (Halloween night)
South High Drama Room
4-5 p.m.Play games and give out
prizes
5-7 p.m. Trick or treating
7-7:30 p.m. Count food collected
places in the United States where people know this a haunted town.
Stull, Kansas As well as Atchison, Stull is a haunted town in Kansas. In Stull, the church and cem-etery are told to be haunted by the devil. The devil appears here only twice a year, Halloween and the Spring Equinox. When Halloween comes around, he shows up at midnight. People from surrounding areas come around 11 p.m. to see him appear. Never once, has anyone seen him. Police give tickets to people who are there for tres-passing.
During the Spring equinox, the devil appears to visit a witch that was buried there. Legends all say that they have a child of their own buried here, known as “Child of Satan”. He was born with only a few days to live due to his deformities. People have said they see a ghost walk around the grave and he is seen in pictures peering behind a tree. Many hauntings have been seen here through out the years. Grabbed arms, memory loss and random winds inside the church. None of these haunts have been heard around the town itself. The town was once called “skull” but, they changed the
name to cover up the black mag-ic, says one legend. The reasons behind all these legends are from when a mayor was stabbed to death in the cem-etery’s old stone barn. They later turned it into a church which was gutted by a fire. Stull has many more haunt-ings. These are ones that are common to happen. Atchison and Stull are two major places in Kansas that are haunted. With all the legends told, people go out to these plac-es and see if they are actually true. Others decide just to read up on them and just believe they are true.
Nearby Haunted HousesTerror From WithinNext door to Ace Hardware S. Broadway & South Street
Salina, KSAdmission: $10 per person; bring a can of food to donate to the Salina Food Bank and get $1 off admission. Open October 26 & 27 from 6 p.m. to 11 p.m. Big Brothers/Big Sisters benefit.
SOUTH’S GOAL
2000 POUNDSOF FOOD
South’s lone qualifier for the 5A state golf tournament in Emporia was Caitlin Corn (’13). Corn finished the Oct 15 tourna-ment 45 out of 91 golfers. “Overall Caitlin played very well on a couple of holes I think she wished she could go back and re-do them but she did very well,” South Coach Trey Crow said. The low scores from individ-uals from non-qualifying teams also qualified to state.
Lady Cougars led to state by golfer Caitlin CornBy Drew Mussat-Loveless
At the class 5A regional golf tournament at Salina Munici-pal Golf Course, South finished sixth in the team standings with a score of 426. Although the Cougars did not qualify for state as a team Corn qualified as an individual. Corn had the best score out of all the South golfers with a 98, putting her in 11th place. South’s Michaela Nixon (’13) finished with a 104, while Mor-gan Maxey (’13) finished with a
111 and Morgan Cossette (’13) with a 113. Although Corn qualified for state she felt she could have played better. “I improved as the round went on and ended up with my best score ever on the back nine,” Corn said. Playing on the home course was an advantage to Corn. “I thought we struggled and just didn’t quite come around like we did last year,” Crow said.
“You can really tell some of the other teams put more time in during the off season than we did.” Now that the 2012 season has come to an end their is al-ways room for improvement next year. “Next year I would like to see more girls out overall. The other big improvement would be to spend time in the summer working toward the season,” Crow said.
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Three runners head to state at Rim Rock courseBy Kelsi Baird
Coach Crow gives Caitlin Corn point-ers. photo by drew mussat-loveless.
Emilee Holloway (’15) runs the track at the Salina Invitational cross country meet at Indian Rock Park, where Holloway placed first in girls 5A. photo by kellie glassburn
Three of Salina South High School’s runners make it to State. Which will be taken place this weekend at Rim Rock Farm outside of Lawrence. The 5A boys state championship races will start at 10 a.m. and the 5A girls race at 11:30 a.m. Sophomore Tristan Irish was top of Salina finishers, com-pleting the Barton Lake Golf Course in 4th place with the time of 17:44.84. On the girls side, Souths’ Hol-loway sisters, Megan (’13) and Emilee (’15) will also be making a trip to return to state. Megan took 16th at region-als with the time of 16:53.91. Emilee finished 14th with the time of 16:49.79. All three state qualifiers have a had great seasons.
Lady Cougars tennis team has a successful seasonBy Tiffany Bowers
This year at Salina High School South, the Lady Cougars tennis team’s vigorous effort and tremendous hard work pro-vided them many wins, bringing some well-earned titles home. For the first time ever in his-tory, not only did all of the ladies qualify for State and place fifth overall, but the team earned first place at regionals as well. Each girl worked hard to achieve these victories and their coach could not be more proud. “Coming into this year af-ter the success of last year, I was cautiously optimistic that we could accomplish things that had never been done in the women’s tennis program,” Coach Ryan Stuart said. Gaining fifth place overall at state, becoming champions at multiple events and being runner-up at two invitationals, the Lady Cougars completed a successful season. According to their coach, each and every individual player on the team did their part, and together they tore it up in many of their matches. Working harder than ever,
always ready with a positive at-titude and willing to participate to the best of their ability made the ladies such a good group to work with. “The girls came to practice with these goals in mind and worked hard everyday. It was fun to see the team accomplish them,” Stuart said. Indeed, the girls do work hard and it reflects in their many accomplishments. They ended the season on a very good note, proving that all of the afternoon practices paid off. Whether working alone or together, the Lady Cougar’s al-ways gave their opponents a challenge. They never backed down and always powered through each match, going full out as if they were performing. When the ladies went to State, a doubles team, consist-ing of Cassidy Cook (’13) and McKenzie Haynes (’13) placed fourth. Another doubles team, made up of Molly Courbot (’14) and Sophia Darnell (’15) quali-fied. Individually, Marisa Mitchell (’14) placed seventh at state in singles and Katie Siemsen (’14) qualified in the same category.
Marisa Mitchell (’14) prepares to return the ball. photo by paige hamblet
Sophie Darnell (’15) stands pre-pared during a match. photo by paige hamblet
McKenzie Haynes (’13) is set to serve the ball across the court. photo by paige hamblet
Since Mitchell placed in singles along with Cook and Haynes placing in doubles, the girls became apart of the top ten best in the state. With all of the other teams attempting for the spots as well, the ladies really pulled through, showing their Cougar pride at every match, no matter the out-come. “Out of the four years I’ve
played, this year was the most fun. We ended the season good, and finished well at most tour-naments,” Haynes said. Concluding this season, the team is proud of what they achieved this year. Looking back, each girl put in effort to earn their qualification for state. Becoming champions for the first time ever at regionals and taking fifth at State proved just what a Lady Cougar can do.
South starts strong in the beginning of the Barton Lake Golf Course for regionals where Tristan Irish (’15) placed 4th and is now headed to state. photo by jeana sullivan
Emilee Holloway finished first in the Salina Invitational meet at Indian Rock with the time of 16:08 which was 34 seconds better than her time last year on the track. Irish placed fourth in the regionals leading him to the state finals this weekend.
Megan Holloway, along with her sister, qualified for state this up-coming weekend. “My season has been go-ing pretty good and I have been getting better throughout it,” Emilee Holloway said.
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Boys soccer plays hard against Andover As the boys soccer team prepared for regionals they had some league games. They played the Newton Railers on Tuesday, Oct. 9. They lost 0-2 giving up a goal in each half. South had some simple mistakes that put them behind defense wise. “We’re a better team than that,” Coach Dave Ouderkirk said. Salina South’s boys soccer
During the 2012 volleyball season, Salina High School South has won against Hays, Norton, Hutchinson and Nicker-son. South was ranked 25 in the 5A division. South has had a hard season going up against a lot of good teams this year with a record of 8-30. Kelsi Baird (’13) has went to state as a setter for the vol-leyball team for the past three years. “Towards the end of the season we did a lot better and
we became more aggressive,” Baird said. The Cougars have played hard this season it is just the little mistakes that have caused them to lose matches. Andrea Alstatt (’15), Aman-da Clayton (’14), Emily Webb (’13) and Janai Mitchell (’13) have been rewarded the title of player of the match. Players receive this title by Alstatt and Webb have both received this reward twice. On Oct. 20 the Cougars were led to sub-state by head coach Christy Fritz and assis-tand coach Tiffany Wooten.
The first match played at sub-state was against Valley Center ranked at number one with a record of 36-3. The Cougars were defeated by Valley Center ending their season with a record of 8-30. Returning player Karissa Stockham hopes to see im-provement on the team for next years season. “I would like to see bet-ter leadership among the up-perclassmen and more team bonding outside of the volleyball court,” Stockham said, “We play better as a team when we’re all getting along.”
By Drew Mussat-Loveless
2012 Cougar volleyball season comes to an end
By Kelsi Baird
Cougar football storms into post-season play
Christian Galindo (’13) passes the ball to team mate Trenton Keller (’13) against Hutchinson. photo by kelsi baird
The boys’ South Soccer team lines up along the field for the announcing starters at the South vs. Hutchinson game at Salina Stadium. photo by: kelsi baird
The defensive line rushes in for a tackle against the Indian’s ball carrier during the Hays game. photo by jd warren
By Morgan Ayotte
Chase Turner (’13) tackles the ball carrier for the Hays Indians. photo by jd warren
The Cougars have dominat-ed every single opponent since their stumble at home with Derby during the first game of the season. Salina High School South is now ranked number one in Max Prep’s state rank-ings. After locking in a close win on cross town rivals, the Cougars advanced once more to play on Hays High School’s turf, defeating the Indians by a
score of 35-6. After doing so well, the Cougars have locked in a home advantage in the first round of play-offs. Despite the number of players unable to take the field, the Cougars continue to earn their wins. Both defense and offense have worked the ball into the right directions. This week, as they face Great Bend, the team is ready to go, having carefully prac-ticed by executing their plays. Great Bend is currently 0-2 in district play. “We’ve had a great year, won lots of games and going into playoffs we have high ex-pectations to go all the way this year,” Head Coach Sam Sellers said. After having won seven of eight games they’ve played so
far this season, they have al-ready technically won the dis-trict play. Having won will ad-vance them into the playoffs, continuing to regionals, sub-state and then onto the state championship. The team is amped up and ready to go and finish out the
“. . . Going into playoffs we have high expecta-
tions to go all the way this year.”
Sam SellersHead football coach
season on a good note. And with a rowdy, supportive stu-dent section behind them, it’s believed they can get the job done. The final game of the regu-lar season kicks off tomorrow
at 7 p.m. against Great Bend, who has recently lost to Cen-tral last Friday night. The first round of the playoffs is set to begin the following Friday at home.
Logan Mounivong (’16) looks to pass the ball down the field to Jose Esc-obedo (’16) at Salina Stadium. photo by kelsi baird
team overall record this year is 4-11-1. The boys soccer team is a young team this year with five returning varsity players and five freshman starters for the varsity team. The first sub-state game was at Andover. The scores of the game were not available at press time. The winner of the match plays next Tuesday, which will be followed by state on Friday, Nov. 2, and the winner of that game
goes on to the state champion-ship match on Saturday, Nov. 3. The boys soccer season has been rough throughout the year, but pulled through for some games. This season they de-feated Arkansas City, Wichita In-dependent, Thomas More Prep-Marian and Valley Center, they had also tied against Goddard. “I’m ready to step onto the field,” player Trenton Keller (’13) said, “We’re going to have to be focused.”
Kelsi Baird and Cadie O’Donnell chase after a ball during a varsity volleyball game. photo by becky baird
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The fourth installment of the popular shooting game series comes out on Nov. 6, 2012. Without releasing too many spoilers this game proves to be a great game for the holiday season. More information about the game will be released soon over the internet by Microsoft but small spoilers such as small video clips can already be found across the web. The game begins four years after the ending of “Halo 3” with the protagonist, Master Chief. This game is supposed to mark the new start of a new trilogy in the series and will be available only on the Xbox 360. Although the game is not set to come out until next month, some lucky players have managed to get their hands on a leaked version of the game, but fair warn-ing; playing the pirated game before its released date will order a permanent Xbox console ban and a removal of all Xbox Live privileges. So let’s all be smart and just wait a couple more weeks until it’s actually released, shall we?
This obviously is not a video game, but rather a new game console that has certainly been the talk of the Nintendo world. The new form of the Wii is in a sleek hand-held form that is going to cost about $300. The deluxe Wii U will run about $350. Its not much different from the original Wii U, it features a 32 GB storage as well with a stand for the tablet and a Game Pad charging cradle. It has good poten-tial that features a tablet sized touchscreen controller. Some games coming out for the new console are, “New Super Mario Bros U,” “Wii Fit U” and “Just Dance 4”. The console is also compatible with Wii games but unlike the original Wii it can-not support Gamecube discs or controllers. Also, just like the Wii, it will be able to feature Netflix, Hulu Plus, and Youtube to watch movies and videos that players can connect to the Television screen or on the game pad itself. Players will also be able to have access to social media websites Facebook, Miiverse and Twitter. For people who are Nintendo fans, it is in stores on Nov. 18, just around the time for the holidays.
The next edition of the “Call of Duty” series will be released on Nov. 13 for Play-station 3, Xbox 360 and Microsoft Windows. It will also be the third game in the shooting game series to feature a zombie mode and be the first to have the zombie mode feature its own campaign. A unique addition to this game is that it is the first installment of the “Call of Duty” series to have branching story lines where the players choices affect both the mission and the story. This feature will be shown in the 2025 part of the game and will also feature permanent death. The feature called “Call of Duty Elite” will also be free to all players whereas previously players had to pay a small fee to get monthly features. “COD” gamers have been ready to play ever since it was an-nounced in May 2011 and the excitement still has not gone down.
For all of the historical action-adventure fans, the third installment of the action packed American Revolution timed video game called Assassin’s Creed 3 will be released on Oct. 30 2012 for the Playstation 3 and Xbox 360. It will then be re-leased again on Nov. 18 simultaneously with the Wii U and then again for Microsoft Windows on Nov. 20 This action packed game is set in the year 1775. The player is set as a new protagonist, named Conner Kenway, who is an assassin trying to gain liberty for his people. The player is on the hunt to kill his enemies, meet historical heroes while fighting for liberty itself in a hostile and lethal American environment. With all the bloody battles, and killing sprees this game proves to be a good one worth waiting for.
New video games release in time for holidaysHalo 4 Call Of Duty: Black Ops 2
Taking a peek into the play lists of South students
“20% cooler” -Ken Ashcorp“Smile Smile Smile”- My Little Pony“Flim Flam Brothers”-My Little Pony Friendship is Magic“Discord”-The Living Tombstone “Beyond her garden”-My Little Pony“Between Fairy Tales and Happy Endings” -PrinceWhat-ever“My Little Pony Friendship is Magic”-Theme song“Love is in Bloom”-My Little Pony Friendship is Magic“Fine by Me”-Andy Grammer“Rainbow Factory”- My Little Pony
“Back to Black”-Amy Winehouse“One More Night” -Maroon 5“Wake Me Up When September Ends”-Green Day“Mad”-Ne Yo“If This Were a Movie”-Taylor Swift“Make Me Proud”-Drake“Someday When I Stop Loving You”-Carrie Underwood“Behind These Hazel Eyes”-Kelly Clarkson“Catch Me”-Demi Lovato“Every Rose Has Its Thorn”- Miley Cyrus
“Footloose” -Blake Shelton“Where I come from”-Alan Jackson“Gangnam Style”-PSY“Remember When”-Alan Jackson“Release Me”-Agnes Carlton“Lips of an angel”-Hinder“Some Nights”-FUN“Carry on “-FUN“It gets better”-FUN“Runaway”-Bon Jovi
Nintendo Wii U
Top Ten songs on students’ playlists showing their personality
Alexa Linenberger (’16) Michael Tran (’13) Lexy Peppers (’15)
By Madison Toner
Assassin’s Creed 3
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What has webbed feet, feathers, fangs, and goes quack-quack?
Count Duckula.
What do you call a fat Jack-O-Lantern?A plumpkin.
Why don’t skeletons like parties?They have no body to dance with.
What do the birds sing on Halloween?Twick or Tweet.
Why are there fences around cemeteries?Because people are dying to get in.
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