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Harmony Happenings: Sandra Omari-Boateng

Staff Writer

The start up of Harmony is just around the corner. The club will kick off Tuesday, Oct. 26 from 7-9 p.m.

The kick-off will include food for everyone who attends and a talk given by a panel of students about what Harmony is all about. After the panel, students will be split up into commit-tees to discuss what will be going on this year.

The main focus of the kick-off is to inform everyone about the mission and belief statements of Harmony.The mission statement is, “To raise awareness and encourage acceptance of diversity to create a more united and unified community. The main goal of Harmony is to get Cedar Falls High School to be more accepting of dif-ferences like religion, handicaps, race and sexual orientation.

The club has been around for awhile and successful each year.

Harmony was started during the 1994-1995 school year when Lan-gan, another retired teacher and four students went to a conference about diversity and acceptance. They were the minority, and when they returned they wanted to show that the school was proud and accepting of diversity. Ever since then they have done many presentations at conferences and AEA 7, and they have won the Waterloo Human Rights Education Award. They have also met with a group from Eng-land hoping that a partnering program could possibly begin in England.

“Harmony is a place where people come together to solve issues and problems inside and out of school,” junior She-She Bullock said.

Another thing that is promoted is to eliminate the use of slurs, demeaning, offensive or bad language around the high school.

Harmony initiates many projects throughout the year in additon to their work in promoting tollerance. One of

annual project is performing com-munity service at Country View. This gives students a chance to step out of their comfort zones and to be positive role models and employ the mission statement of Harmony.

“[ I learned] lessons on never stay-ing in your comfort zone, but in your courage zone,” Bullock said.

After the kick-off, there are monthly morning meetings in the gym. This year’s goal is to have six to seven morning meetings throughout the year. Usually there are over 100 students that participate, and adviser Susan Langan expects no less for this year. However, she does have a few concerns.

“The biggest concern is that people don’t know what Harmony is. Most of the time people think it’s a music group,” Langan said. All students are welcome to attend the kick-off and participate throughout the year. Con-tact guidance counselor Susan Langan for additonal information.

Wifi available at select locations, not yet city-wide

Trying to find a place other than home or school to write that long Eng-lish paper or do that research project in Chemistry? Well, here are the hot spots in the Cedar Valley where you can enjoy a nice, fast, sweet or spicy treat while you do your homework.

Instead of your typical library run or trip to the campuses of Hawkeye or UNI there are many other free Wi-Fi locations where you can relax and get your school work done at the same time. Starbucks, Panera Bread and McDonald’s in both Cedar Falls and Waterloo provide free Wi-Fi. Other restaurants include Bourbon Street, Carlos O’Kelly’s in Cedar Falls, Roux Orleans and CU in Waterloo. The most popular places tend to be Panera Bread, Cup of Joe in downtown Cedar Falls, and Barnes & Noble in Water-loo.

“When I go to Panera or Starbucks I go on Facebook, or look up things on the Internet like YouTube,” sophomore Gwen Davies said.

A good amount of cities around

the world are making it possible for their residents to be connected to the Internet all day by having Wi-Fi con-nectivity throughout their city limits. The US is starting to follow the lead of Japan, Hong Kong, South Korea and many other places in Asia by having a wireless mesh of networks that work to transmit signals that are able to travel large distances and offer service to many people. They can do this because the networks connect in receivers around the city rather than one central location.

Currently in the US there are 79 cities and region wide areas that have municipal Wi-Fi projects. In St. Cloud, Florida the network that spans 24 square miles is free of charge and after six months, 77 percent of the inhabit-ants had registered for the network service. While in Tempe, Ariz., their 40 square mile Wi-Fi network only has about 15 percent of the residents subscribed.

Mountain View, California, Google’s hometown, “as a reach out for (their) hometown” offers free wireless Internet. In Corpus Christi,

Texas the large 147 square mile Wi-Fi network is mainly for the public works and public safety departments. It is saving the city a large sum of money, and the police are able to conduct their jobs better by having the instant Internet access.

As for Cedar Falls, CFU is not

looking into the Wi-Fi for the munici-pal area. If there ever were to be a Wi-Fi connection for the city there would most likely be a charge depending on the equipment needed.

“It would be cool if CF did that , I know I would use it,” junior Alex Stensland said.

Junior Nate Hua kicks back and surfs the web on his ipod while waiting to be called up during play practice.

News Flash Club prepares for new year

Chandal GeerdesStaff Writer

•Senior PicturesThe deadline for seniors to

turn in pictures for the yearbook is Friday, Nov. 19. The pictures should be color head and shoulder shots, and they can be emailed to yearbook adviser Brian Winkel. Digital photos must be saved a minimum resolution of 300 dpi. All seniors who do not turn in their pictures by the deadline will have their junior picture in the yearbook instead.

•Yearbook OrdersYearbooks are still on sale for

$40 with a check made payable to Cedar Falls High School. After Dec. 18, the price goes up to $45.

•Spanish T-shirtsSpanish T-Shirts are on sale

until Oct. 25 in the main office for $10. Colors are navy blue with white letters.

After leaving the Waterloo Public Library, the 15-year librarian

Kristi Anhalt joins the Tigers. She likes to read, camp and

scrapbook.

A 13-year math teacher, Frank Jowitt is from Canada and de-cided to spend this year in CF. He enjoys running and playing chess. Last year he taught at a

private school in Fridley, Minn., called Totino-Grace.

A 25-year Spanish teacher, Patricia Black is from Argentina. Last year, she taught at Colum-

bus. She likes walking, listening to music, gardening, biking and

cooking.

The new guidance counselor is Erin Gardner. Last year she was

at Peet. She enjoys running, biking and being with family and

friends.

A 10-year math teacher, Emily Wheeler is from Reinbeck. Last year she taught at Nash Central in Rocky Mount, N.C. She likes to take care of her children and spend time with her family and

is a big sports fan.

A 13-year social studies teacher Chad Van Cleve is from

Dubuque. Last year, he taught at American International School

of Rotterdam in the Netherlands. He likes to play soccer, bike and

work out.

An eight-year vocal teacher Eliott Kranz is from St. Bonifacious,

Minn. He likes to play and watch baseball, read, relax and go on

walks with his wife and dog. Last year he taught in south east Min-

nestota.

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A 14-year English teacher, Courtney Lubs is from Sioux

City. She enjoys reading novels, playing with her kids, crocheting and taking long walks. Last year,

she taught at Pleasant Valley and Bettendorf.

Howard focused on what it will take to make a run in the state volley-ball playoffs.

“I feel this year’s team has really come a long way and is starting to play together as a team. We just need to minimize on mental errors. I feel everybody has done their part to make this team good. Not just one person. Kaz Brown is a player who has made major improvements throughout the season,” senior Sydney Howard said.

Sophomore Miranda Dusenberry focused on the mental mindset she thinks it will take to be successful in the postseason.

“I think we’re doing good, and if we stay positive we have a good chance at going to State. I feel pretty confident about going into the postsea-

son. We work really well as a team and we have a lot of

potential to do well,” Dusen-berry said.

She also pointed out some leaders to look for on the Tiger team. “I think Sydney Howard, Crystal Graves and Kaz Brown because they’re really aggressive, and with them we have a powerful blocking team. Also Jamie Farley because she’ll be great with digs to our setters,” Dusenberry said.

Howard said she didn’t think the team should have any trouble with overcoming nerves or maintaining focus.

Football10/22, @ Iowa City West, @ 7:15Volleyball10/19 @ Cedar Rapids Jef-ferson @ 5:30Men’s/Women’s CC10/21, Districts @ Marshall-town @ 4:30Women’s Swimming10/23, MVC Fresh./Soph. Super Meet @ Dubuque Hempstead @ 1:30

1. What’s your favorite part of the season and why?“Hitting people because it’s fun. I probably wouldn’t play football if I couldn’t hit people and wasn’t good at it.”2. Do you want to play in college? Where?“I don’t know yet. I’ll decide senior year.”3.How do you feel going into playoffs?“We have a good shot at State if we don’t make any mental errors. I think physically we can do it.”4. Who do you think will be our biggest competition during playoffs? Why?“Probably Iowa City High. They’re undefeated. They’re also ranked No. 2 in the state, and above us.”

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“I feel pretty confident about going into the post-season. We work really well as a team, and we have a lot of potential

to do well”—Miranda Dusenberry

sophomore volleyball player

Jordan BurtchStaff Writer

The volleyball team is beginning its march into the postseason this year with the first two rounds being at Cedar Falls and beginning on Oct. 30, with state qualifiers advancing in November. Only eight 4A teams make it to State.

“Its been a pretty good year. We have a pretty good team, and we are excited for postseason play. They’ve all stood out (this year), and we’ll obviously rely on our seniors Sydney Howard and Kaitlyn Gillett,” coach Matt Flaherty said.

Gillet agreed with Fla-herty.

“I think it (this year) went really well. We had a lot of fun, and we won a lot of games against some hard teams. Everybody needs to improve because we have really hard teams we have to play, so in order to win, ev-eryone’s going to have to play their best,” senior Kaitlyn Gillett said.

“(I) just hope we come out ready to play because every team is going to be a tough battle from here on out.”

Gillett had a different view, admitting there might be some early jitters to over-come. “Yeah, there always is. Since it’s my senior year and it might be my last volleyball games and there’s always nerves to do well,” Gillett said.

“Sometimes we don’t start off very strong, and we have to remember to fight the whole game and keep the fire going throughout the game,” Dusenberry said.

Flaherty predicted the likely foe he thinks the Tigers will face in the postseason.

“We have to go through Ankeny; they’re No. 1, and they beat us this year.”

Gillet agreed. “We’ll most likely play Marshalltown first, and if we win we have to play Ankeny who has only lost twice. I expect to get through to the third round and expect to play Ankeny, and that’ll be a good match if we play our games,” Gillett said.

Volleyball team aiming for chance at AnkenySecond Season

Jared HyltonStaff Writer

Football withdrawl. We’ve either seen someone with it or had a bad case of it ourselves.

As soon as the regular season ends and conference championships games have been played, the bowl games are announced.

So, the first couple weeks you’re stuck watching some teams you’ve barely ever heard of battling out a mean-ingless game for what? To shake the Papa John’s guy’s hand after winning the dull PapaJohns.com Bowl?

No, that’s not what the college football post-season is all about. It isn’t fair to the coaches or players, and it definitely isn’t fair to the loyal

college football fans.The Football Bowl

Subdivision (FBS), which is compiled of schools such USC, Iowa and the major football powerhouses, should switch to a playoff system like the Football Championship Subdivision (FCS).

I think when the season ends, the top 16 teams in the BCS bowl rankings should be

put into the playoff system. The rest of the bowl-eligible teams should then get to play in bowl games.

The reason college football doesn’t want to switch to a playoff system is it would potentially lose them a lot of money and sponsorships, but, if you rotated the BCS bowl games like they do now, you would still be bringing in the

same income. For instance, one year the Rose Bowl would be the home of the National Championship Game, while the Tostitos Fiesta Bowl could host the third place game, and so on.

A playoff system would make watching the college football post-season so much more interesting. And, it wouldn’t even have to take money away from the NCAA.

But there is one problem; the regular season schedule would have to be shortened a game or two, and conference championship games would be eliminated. Although the NCAA isn’t seriously considering switching to a playoff system right now, I would love to see it happen sometime.

Sports Opinion: Division I Football needs playoffs

Review Maniawith host

Lizzie DobsonThis video podcast will give you easy to follow steps to making

crafts in little time.

Oct. 15/Episode3Now’s the time for turning that pumpkin into a spooky jack-o-

lantern, and I’ll show you how to make neat work of this messy job.

This week’s feature podcast as well as eight others that are updated every other week can be found on The Tiger Hi-Line

Online (http://www.hiline.co.nr) by following the podcast

links. The website is also linked off the high school’s

website.

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Jesscia DallyStaff Writer

A couple of weeks ago I was shot and abused at the paintball arena. That was fun and all, but everyone needs a break to heal, so this week I decided to take a stroll in our local Center for the Arts located on 225 Commercial Street in Waterloo.

It was a nice, quiet build-ing where people are allowed to just think as they view different art collections and possibly catch a quick play or musical.

The building dates back to the 1960s and has grown by adding additions. The lat-est addition was the Phelp’s Youth Pavilion. The museum offers classes that range from little children and coloring to adults and cooking. It really varies, and you can be sure to find something that interests you. They also offer school tours and room rentals for inspiring artists. You can also become a member with a do-

nation and get certain benefits and other great offers. The building has a gift shop and offers parties. They also have a website you can check out if you want to see what’s being offered or what is coming up soon, www.waterloocenter-forthearts.org

I sat down and talked to Kent Shankle, the building’s curator. His responsibilities

are with the exhibits and the permanent collection. He’s been working at the museum for over 15 years. He says the mission is, “To produce pro-grams that reflect and interpret our collection,” which they do nicely. If you are wanting to get your art work into a museum, Kent is also avail-able and may possibly be able to help you. He can propose

the artwork to a committee, and their decisions will be based on whether they go with a collection or theme or if it’s a good piece. I’m not making any promises to anyone that their work will get in, but I am encouraging.

The museum will associate themselves with the Gallagh-er-Bluedorn when the op-portunity arises. An upcoming event they are involved with at the Gallagher-Bluedorn is the Haitian drummers. The Center for the Arts has the largest Haitian art collec-tion in the nation, so they’ve agreed to put some art at the show.

The art museum is a great place that has opportunities around every corner. They have artists who come in, they have classes for all ages and they give off a fun, friendly environment. The museum also offers jobs and fun volun-teer projects for everyone.

Next time, I will be writing about the haunted houses I visit in the Cedar Valley area.

Rachel SharkeyStaff Writer

Hitting a music rut can make your mind feel sick. The constant repetition of the same old songs can truly get to a person.

Luckily, newer and fresher music is always in abun-dance. One of those new and fresh bands to hit the United States music scene is Flor-ence and the Machine.

The UK band is known for its indie/alternative/soul sound and feel. Female singer/song writer, Florence Welch is the lead singer. She is also accompanied by a backing band.

Although the band did not hit it big until this past year in the United States, you may have heard Florence and the Machine’s newest hit maker album in many popular tele-vision shows and movies.

Welch’s enchanting voice has been heard in the highly acclaimed British televi-sion series Skins as well as the television show Greys Anatomy.

Their music has also been on the Eat, Pray, Love and Twilight Saga: Eclipse sound-tracks. The album providing all the screen worthy songs is titled “Lungs” and debuted in

2008.Flor-

ence and the Machine hit it big when they were both nominated and performed at the MTV Music Video Awards. Welch per-formed the hit single, “Dog Days are Over.”

The song became an instant hit. They also ended up winning a VMA for the catchy single. The band completely stole the show and impressed the star packed audi-ence.

Welch’s voice is fresh and beautiful. It is not a voice you hear when you turn on the radio to a top hits station.

Their songs make you want to move and dance, while also

calming you inside.“I love the singer’s voice,

it sounds like chocolate! They have a really good sound,” junior Elley Bailey said.

“Their songs are uplifting. Her voice is perfect, and even if you don’t understand the words at first, the song still in-trigues you,” junior Elizabeth Turcotte said, “and you can barely sit still when you listen to their songs.”

In an interview in March 2010, Florence and the Machine said they were in the works of a new album that would be recorded this month. Fans are excited for the new arrival.

Bailey is eagerly anticipat-ing the updates. “Yeah, I will totally keep up with them.”

Now is the perfect time to listen to Florence and the Ma-chine to end your music rut. Their music is an easy way to get some uplifting, feel good music in your life.

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Florence and the Machine have been spreading their catchy tunes.

Around TownCenter for the Arts provides welcome reflections

Intriguing vocals let new band dance into your hearts

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Rachel SharkeyStaff Writer

The fist pumping cast of Jersey Shore are not exactly known for their abundance of intelligence. They are known for shockingly tanned skin, trashy lifestyles and crazy night clubbing.

Party girl cast member Nicole Polizzi, aka “Snoo-ki,” easily fits the ditzy guidette profile.

She believes fried pickles are the best things to ever be invented. She also believes her ethnicity is tan and not

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Caucasian. Viewers of the show have

seen and heard Snooki’s ditziness first hand. She says the most outrageous things on the show.

“That’s why I don’t eat lobster or anything like that cause they’re alive when you kill it,” Snooki said.

Even more intelligently, “Sympathetic. Word of the day ... that’s a big word,” Snooki said.

It is obvious that Snooki is not a book-smart girl, so fans were shocked to hear that she was writing a book.

“I wasn’t aware that she read books, let alone wrote them,” sophomore Alex DeMartino said.

Snooki has allegedly read only two books in her life.

“I think it’s funny that she’s writing a book because nobody on that show seems qualified to write a book, but it should be interesting,” junior Josh Fristo said.

Her book is set for release in early 2011 and is titled A Shore Thing. The book is about searching for love on the Jersey Shore.

A Shore Thing will also

include, “big hair, dark tans and fights galore,” according to Gallery Books, the book’s publisher.

Fans are awaiting the re-lease date to see if Snooki’s book will be a good read.

“I think she will be aided through the whole process, but if she had to on her own, it wouldn’t get too far,” Fristo said.

With Snooki having such a bad reputation on her intelligence, it makes one wonder if readers will even pick up A Shore Thing, but her fans seem to follow her

everywhere.“Yeah, I’ll probably read

it out of curiosity,” DeMar-tino said.

“I’m not much of a reader, but I would check it out for a laugh or two,” Fristo said.

Snooki seems to have joined the latest craze of branching out and brand-ing yourself. Only time will tell if the the ditzy brunette will make it big on her own. For now fans can only wait in anticipation to read her amazing, or not so amazing, new read.

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Food Fight Faculty takes title in v-ball fund raiser

Beginning from left to right clockwise, confident art teacher and volleyball coach Emily Luensmann readies her-self to hit the ball over the net. Senior Austin Javellana stands at the ready while his teammate spikes the ball onto his unsupecting opponent junior Ben Bonwell as he tries to make the block. Senior Matt Allender cheers on his teamates along with his his fellow seniors. Head volleyball coach Matt Flaherty makes a call as he acts as reff from the sidelines for the game.

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We often forget that with any attempt to effect societal change, there is usually a gap between what is planned and what actually happens. Nowhere is this more apparent than in politics. Legislation proposed to solve a press-ing problem is drafted into a perfectly worded, visionary bill and, with a flourish of a pen, the issue is supposedly fixed. What actually happens when it comes to implement-ing it on the ground level is an entirely different story. This is illustrated particularly well with the recent legislation to improve school lunches in the United States.

The legislation to improve school lunches was proposed as a way to address the esca-lating childhood obesity epi-demic in America. It required schools to take a look at their menus and rework them so they contain less saturated fat, sodium, sugar etc. Schools were also asked to provide more fresh fruits and vegetables so that school meals, which often con-tained upwards of 1,000 calories and the fat content for an entire day, would at the very least stop exacerbating problem. Not that wild of a proposi-tion — but as with many pieces of legislation, it did not account for many of the complexities that are often encountered when laws are translated into action. What resulted from this new piece of legislation is something that even has the teachers whining.

Now, there isn’t only one way to make food taste good. You can load it up with fat, sugar and salt, which our taste-buds are hardwired to crave, or you can use fresh ingredients and actually cook

them to make a meal. The first is obviously the cheaper alter-native and has been what most schools have been relying

on for years. It’s cheap and easy; schools can use the most inex-pensive, lowest quality ingre-dients because, after adding a

pound of butter, a cup of sugar and plenty of sodium, almost anything will taste pretty darn good. It also allows them to use ingredients that are pre-made, or so stacked with preservatives that they can sit in a box without being refrig-erated for months, in order to cut costs.

The second method for making something taste good, cooking food with fresh ingredients, takes more time, effort and money. However, the resulting dishes taste even

better than the former and as a result of using fresh, authentic ingredients, these dishes also happen to be healthier.

What schools have done in reaction to the new regulations has not been to move towards using better ingredients and actually cooking meals, but rather to simply take out much of the fat and sugar from their existing menu. It should come as no surprise that doing this makes meals taste like cooked cardboard. When you’re building meals from the lowest quality ingredi-ents and just adding the fat and sodium on top to make it taste good, what do you expect is going to happen when you take out the fat and sodium?

To be fair, it is not without reason that schools resorted to this. According to some estimates, schools only have around $1 to $2 to spend per meal. With the pressure to instantly meet the new regulations and with very little extra money handed to them, schools really didn’t have much op-portunity to brainstorm alter-natives. The lunch system is

Sara GabrieleEditor-in-Chief

constrained by many factors, and the added pressures and lack of funding have made it very difficult to do anything but just stick with their regu-lar menus, minus some of the fat and sugar.

Cooking fresh food takes more time, effort, better facili-ties and, you guessed it, more money. However, it’s not impossible to do, especially if you implement it in small steps. All around the country and in our own state, schools are moving towards this alter-native. Independence has re-cently begun cooking more of their school lunch items from scratch and has built gardens where students plant and har-vest the food that is then used in their lunches. Near Oelwin and at a Montessori school in Des Moines, similar changes are occurring. In Cedar Falls, the Malcom Price Laboratory School makes all their school lunches from scratch and primarily uses locally grown ingredients.

What these schools are moving towards is the sustain-able healthy food envisioned by the legislation that doesn’t have students and staff gag-ging. The Grass Roots Cafe at Price Lab, for example, has

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Sophomores Alex DeMartino and Nicole Jeffrey look for meal options at lunch.

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a menu that consists of items such as hamburgers, pizza and chicken linguini. However, they’re cooked from local meat, real cheese and fresh vegetables. The result? Real food that tastes good and, as an added bonus, is healthy.

These schools haven’t achieved this easily. It is a hard transition to make and, frankly, it may not be all that realistic for schools such as Cedar Fall High School. After all, we are a much larger school, which makes it all the more difficult. But implementing the concept on a smaller scale is not a ridicu-lous proposition.

Why not have a salad bar or try getting milk from Hansons? Why not try to get locally produced beef for one meal a week? Why not start purchasing apples from Iowa farmers instead of shipping them from across the country in bulk?

Students should have the option to get a Chocolate Chunk Rice Krispie square and chips al la carte if they so desire, but they should also have the choice to get a healthy, cooked meal that won’t end up stockpiling plaque from saturated fat in their arteries. Simply taking out fat and sugar from meals without moving towards using better quality ingredients does not provide students with fair alternative.

The legislation directed at improving school lunches does not give schools much of a hand. In fact, it makes it harder for them in some re-spects because of the pressure for schools to instantaneously meet new guidelines without a lot of additional funding. It could, however, be seen as an opportunity for schools demonstrate their capacity to create innovative and creative alternatives. After all, when has legislation ever translated easily into a direct product? That’s what people on the ground level have to figure out.

School meal legislation doesn’t play out as planned

“Simply taking out fat and sugar from meals with-out moving to-

wards using better quality ingredients does not provide students with fair

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our view

In a time of budget constraints and program cuts, proposing purchasing personal laptops for all students seems completely nuts. That is what Columbus High School recently decided to do for all its students from sixth grade up, and it got us thinking: is it really that ridiculous of a proposition?

Our school has 11 computer labs, that is, rooms with over 20 computers. Each of these computers costs $685, with the exception of the new computers in the library which have a more complicated pricing system. More importantly, these computers take up a lot of space. The rooms used to house these computers are rooms that could be used for teaching. And there is even talk of creating more computer space by making additional labs. Why? Because teachers are constantly struggling to book times for computer use, as teaching today involves an increasing use of technol-ogy to be done effectively.

This is the result of a world-wide trend; the use of technology is only going to keep escalating and education certainly isn’t a place where there is going to be an exception. It is inevitable that at a point in time, we are going to have to move to having each student have their own personal laptop. Desktops computers are not the future, so trying to patch the problem by slowly adding more desktops computers to our school is only delaying what needs to happen eventually. Grants are out there and so is a sustainable program, such as the one Columbus has adopted. The question is only whether to make this investment now, or keep spending dollars patching the problem only to have to make the investment later.

The use of technology is only going to keep escalat-

ing and education cer-tainly isn’t a place where

there is going to be an exception.

Personal laptops may not be that crazy of an idea

Follow these tips for perfect Halloween fun

High school is a hard time for Halloween. Do I go trick-or-treating with friends? Do I throw a party? Do I go to a party? Do I dress up? What do I go as?

We may all be students in high school, but trick-or-treating is always a fun way to spend your Halloween. It’s one night where you can go out and be kids again and not get into trouble. You can go in a family group, or you can get together with some friends. Either way, you will still be getting candy. If you are definitely going ToT, then you need to plan your route. If you have always gotten good results from your neighbor-hood, stay there! If you are a routine ToT’er, your candy intake will probably be higher seeing as the people will know you. If you are going with friends or want to try a new place out, go to a bigger neighborhood with sidewalks. Bigger neighborhood means that most likely more houses will have their candy out, and sidewalks mean that it will be easier to get around and more people will be out, so there will be more candy.

Another fun thing is to throw a Halloween party. Here are seven good tips that you might need so you don’t lose your Halloween spirit while planning:

1. Have a Committee: Plan the party with a few of your friends and give each person one or two things to take care of.

2. Make a List of Guests: Is it going to be a small party with a group, or a large class party?

3. Food and Drink: Make a list of things that sound good to eat and drink at the party. Try to go for small finger foods so that there will be less cleanup.

4. Playlist: A party is only as good as its music, so pick songs ahead of time and put them on your iPod or make a CD. This way, you will be able to just pop it in and go.

5. Decorations: You can decorate with a few stream-ers, or you can go full-out haunted house. Fog machines make everything more fun.

6. Games: Games were always fun when you were a kid, but the time is over. Costume contests would be alright — scariest, funniest, sexiest, cutest, weirdest, etc.

7. Parental Supervision: No one wants any! They are great for the prepara-tion, but once the party starts they just make you nervous and you wont have fun. Have your parents go to a family friend’s house or be in their own private room.

Parties are great to host, but also great to go to. Car-pool with friends, plan your

costume, and be super nice by taking some food.

I think you should defi-nitely dress up. It is one day out of the year where you can wear whatever you want and not be bothered. If you are trying to go for something scary, you can always be a dead person or a gothic ghost, vampire, cheerleader, etc. If you want cute, be some type of animal or a fairy. You can also be a food, a celebrity or a movie character. If you don’t dress up, however, you will stick out like a sore thumb.

If you are looking for things to do this 2010 Hallow-een, here are some upcoming events for Waterloo and Cedar Falls:

Friday, Oct. 30: Cross-roads Mall trick-or-treating from 6 p.m. till 8 p.m.

Saturday, Oct. 31 (Hal-loween): 3:30 p.m. till 5 p.m. “Halloween on Main” trick-or-treating with your little brothers and sisters in Cedar Falls.

Saturday, Oct. 31 (Hal-loween): The Phelps Youth Pavillion in Waterloo is taking $1 off admission to visitors wearing costumes, and the first 100 guests receive a trick-or-treat goodie bag from 10 a.m. till 5 p.m. Cost is $5 without costume.

Saturday, Oct. 31 (Hallow-een): Official trick-or-treating time from 6 p.m. till 8 p.m. for both Waterloo and Cedar Falls.

Internet adds to bullying changes

The times have changed and so has bullying. It used to be physical and verbal, but now it has gone cyber. Nowa-days Facebook and Myspace are two of many social networking sites that teens use to bully other kids. However, many schools still have verbal and physical bullying going on, but why? The answer may be because of their home life, low self-esteem or just personal issues. In a recent

national survey, 36 percent of high school teens admitted they don’t feel safe while at school, and bullying is more common on school grounds — not off.

Bullying has also become much more violent due to the usage of social network-ing sites. It’s not just one age group either; it’s all ages, and both guys and girls. As kids get older bullying becomes a more serious thing to deal with because it can get more violent. Some of the changes

that have been added to schools to help prevent bul-lying in schools is Character Counts, early communica-tion and tougher harassment policies such as the Iowa Anti-Harassment Law.

If you are being bullied, tell an adult or someone you can trust. Some signs to look for if you think someone you know is being bullied are changes academically or so-cially, skipping school in fear of being bullied, and changes from normal routines.

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If there is one thing about Little Caesars that no other fast food restaurant in the Ce-dar Valley can compete with, it’s their advertising style.

As many have probably already seen, Little Caesar’s specifically has workers that stand outside holding signs for their “Hot-n-ready” $5 pizza while dancing. Their low-priced pizza in conjunction with their method of advertis-ing is definitely an effective way to catch consumers’ attention.

Little Caesars also is a cheap and convenient choice for students with lunch release. “It’s definitely better than the school lunch,” junior Katie Todd said.

The first Little Caesars in the Cedar Valley opened June 16, 2009. Located on University Avenue next to

Hobby Lobby and McDon-ald’s, this pizza joint has been very successful. The most recently opened Little Caesars is located on First Street next to the Caribbean Tanning Sa-lon. Some of the employees at this location have even started using instruments such as guitars and drums in addition to dancing.

Upon being hired at a Little Caesars, employees are offered the choice of either working inside or dancing. Dance shifts last three hours; however, employees are not required to work when it is dark or if there are poor weather conditions. To work at Little Caesar’s, you must be at least 16 years old and pass a drug test.

However, some may won-der how much skill it actually takes to stand outside and dance for passersby. Or their wages, for that matter.

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Noelle KoniecznyStaff Writer

Move over modern. Vintage is making a come-back, from couture designer fashion shows, to nail polish, to fantastic old fashioned hair-styles, vintage is back with a vengeance.

Tired of matching every-one in school? You’ll find more one of a kind pieces that will make your look unique. Tired of throwing your hair up in a ponytail? With some cool new retro hairstyles making a comeback, you can look chic, sophisticated and effortless all of the time. Tired of bor-ing old red or pink nails? Go vintage. With some new out of the ordinary vintage colors, like jade green, you can put your best hand forward.

Vintage inspired clothing and hairstyles reminiscent of the 1930s onwards have been

taking the fashion world by storm.

Out with all styles short and sexy, and in comes long and sophisticated; fall and winter 2010 is all about elegance, drama and feminin-ity. Tight curls and deep side waves are two of the new-old styles.

The colors that have been gracing the New York City and Paris fashion weeks are neutrals, dark charcoals and pale and feminine pinks.

There are many different places where you can buy vintage or vintage-looking pieces. Some of the best places to look are online. On-line websites provide a large variety of items and almost always have the right size.

Modcloth, is a website devoted to all things vintage. They carry everything from dresses and jewelry to bed-ding and dishes to shoes.

Modcloth.com gets new items daily. The website was founded by high school sweethearts Eric Koger and Susan Gregg Koger, built on their love for retro and vintage pieces. Modcloth has so many amazing dresses, one can al-ways find the perfect dress for any and every occasion.

Anthropologie is another top place to shop for vintage items. Although their prices aren’t nearly as low as those on Modcloth, the pieces are fun to throw in with other items.

There’s no Anthropolo-gie store in Iowa, so shop online at anthropologie.com. Anthropologie carries a little bit of everything. It’s the per-fect store if you like fun and vintage-looking items.

If you’re tired of the same boring old clothes, you never know what you can find when you shop vintage.

outside of Little Caesars are way awesome,” said junior Laura Streicher. “I always wonder how much they get paid for that though.”

Many CFHS students are employed by Little Cae-sar’s as well. Junior Lucas Hamiliton, who works at the University Little Caesars loca-tion, says he enjoys working at Little Caesars. Hamilton greatly enjoyed his first Little Caesars dancing experience. He said, “I felt really free. A lot of people were excited to see someone dancing, so I liked it.”

Vintage styles inspire new fashion

Junior Lucas Hamilton enjoys his job dancing on the corner of University Ave. for Little Casears.

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