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So…this one time….at Cam-pus….the Wind Ensemble and Symphonic bands went to Chicago. The purpose of the trip was to play a concert at the Field Mu-seum, and of course, sight-seeing. Before and after the performance the kid were treated to some of the sights and sounds that big cities have to offer. Stuff you just can’t really find in Haysville. “My favorite part of the trip is seeing the kids see the city for the

first time,” band director Becky Hughes said. “They just kind of sit back and stare up at all the buildings; not everyone gets to see something like that in their lifetime.” The students got to take a tour of the city, shop around at the Water Tower and the Navy Pier, tour the museum they played at and the Shed Aquarium, and were also treated to a dinner at Medi-eval Times. Apparently there was jousting. Oh, did I mention they also got to see the Blue Man Group? All of these attractions, not to

mention all of the unsaid antics that go on when any group of kids (especially band kids, something about flying roundhouse kicks to the head, elaborate practical jokes, crazy people in the hotel lobby, etc.) go on any kid of trip, made this an exciting sort of mini-vacation for all those who got the chance to go. The kids left for the trip at 7 p.m. on Thursday, braved a 13 hour drive there, stayed till noon on Saturday and finally arrived back at the school on Sunday at around 2 a.m.

By now it’s probably come to the at-tention of most in the school that Tracey Repp, the old-newest addition to Cam-pus’ administrative staff, isn’t doing so well. He’s recently been diagnosed and will soon undergoing treatment. In an effort to shoulder some of the burdens currently facing him and his family, Campus and its clubs have been fundraising. There have been countless bake sales during lunch, and all of the profits (including donations) garnered from the most recent Mane Stage show, Rehearsal for Murder , went to helping the family.

Most recently, the student council has been selling “Hat Days” for a dollar to kids and “Jean Day” for five dollars to teachers. There are two more days to do this, March 28 and April 18. Their goal is $7,000. They currently have $3,434. If their goal is met, several teachers have volunteered to spend a night on the roof of the school. Any money given will also count towards Class of the Year Competition points. The Colt Special staff encourages you to donate any that you can to Repp and his family. He’s been good to the school and its students. We should be good to him.

The Colt Special staff would like very much to honor Mrs. MardyMoree and congratulate her on her receiving of the Kansas Student Council Adviser of the Year. The award honors her for her dedica-

tion and commitment to both her work and her students. Moree received the award during the last home basketball game. “I know a lot of other advisers all across the state and they’re just as good, if not better, than I am,” said Moree. “ I’m honestly just really very honored.”

We’ve got a very special....ANNOUNCEMENT! ANNOUNCMENT!

Congratulations to our Newspaper and Yearbook students who qualified this year in the Kansas Scholastic Press Associations Regional competition:

Erin Thompson - Honorable Mention; Feature Writing

Caitlyn Roush - Honorable Mention; Yearbook Layout and Yearbook Theme Development

Fundraising for Repp

Wichita State University is no longer giving scholarships for any concurrent enrollment classes next year. Students will have to pay full price for any concurrent enrollment classes which is approximately $650 per class. If a student qualifies for free or reduced lunches or is in AVID, then that student will receive a scholarship for any concurrent enrollment classes they take next year.

Students taking the ACT test on April

13 are welcome to sign up for the ACT Boot Camp prep class. These classes will meet on Wednesdays March 13, 27, April 3, 10 from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m in Mrs. Brazil’s room, D03. The registration fee is 10 dollars. Registration forms are available in the Counseling Office.

The District Art Festival will be on April 4 and 5 from five to eight p.m. on Thursday and eight a.m. to eight p.m. on Friday. The Art Festival will display artworks from the elementary, middle, and high schools and feature performances from band and the theatre department. The exhibits will be in the Campus gymnasium.

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ATTENTION STUDENTS:

Mardy Morree poses with David Cherry, the Kansas state high school athletics and activities association assistant executive Director, and Marilyn ramsey, a long-time friend of Kshsaa and Kansas student Councils, after accepting her award. photo by Jessica Ellis

Photo by Roxana Stitt

The much loved cardboard cutout of Mr. repp poses with the cast and crew of Rehearsal for Murder after thier final show.

photots courtesy of Becky Hughes (Below) The band perfroms at the Chicago Field Museum.

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Business Professionals of Amer-ica is a program in which students can get hands-on experience in the business world. There are many categories students can compete in, each with its own unique business related aspects. Senior Brady Byers and junior Truman Barton give us some insight on what BPA is all about. Truman Barton's favorite events are Interview Skills and Prepared Speech. He was recomended to join BPA by a friend. "Logan Ayer referred me to it, and that guy has a sense of swag so I yolo'd," Barton said. When he joined, he found out he really enjoyed the people, atmosphere and the instructors. He

encourages younger students to join for the sense of community. "One day I had found out that my dog died, and BPA instructor Mr. Stoppel really comforted me. I knew BPA was really special," he said. Brady Byers has been in BPA for two years. He has taken second in Computer Security, first in Comput-er Network Technology and finished in the top ten of two open events in order to reach nationals. Here, Brady explains open events: "An open event is an event you don't have to register for. Many people take them because everyone is allowed to, unlike your two main events in which have to register for," Byers said. When a student finishes top ten in open events, it is considered plac-ing. Last year, BPA made a trip up to chicago to compete. Recently, a

handful of students in Campus' BPA program made to nationals. This year, BPA nationals will be held in May in Orlado, FL. Students that placed will get to take a trip with their friends compete with students from around the U.S. At Nationals this year, Byers plans on competing in Computer Security, Information Technology, Computer Network Technology and Computer program-ming concepts. Truman Barton's favorite events are also Interview Skills and Pre-pared Speech. He was recommended to join BPA by a friend, and found out he really enjoyed the people, atmosphere and the instructors. He encourages younger students to join. In close, Byers would like to give a shout ot to non-other than the instructor J-Willy himself (a.k.a. Mr. Willig) for hooking up the stu-dents with his knowledge.

On March 1, President Obama signed an order authorizing the government to cut $85 billion dollars out of the federal budget. Obama promises that the effects will not be felt right away, but middle class families will have their families severely disrupted. President Obama believes that the deficit should be balanced in a way that protects investments that middle class families rely on. With an already $16 trillion deficit, $85 billion doesn’t seem like a big impact, but balance of the Sequester is supposed to relieve the deficit by $4 trillion. The effects of the Sequester will have major impacts on Kansas. In this year alone, Kansas will lose $5.5 million of funding for

primary and secondary schooling, putting over 80 teachers’ jobs at risk. College fund-ing will also be effected with 310 fewer low income students will receive aid for tuition and 140 fewer student will receive work-study jobs. Army base funding in Kansas will be cut by $78 million dollars and air force will be cut by $1 million. Law enforcement will be losing $149,000 in Justice Assistance Grants. The hardest hit that Kansas may be taking is the $322,000 budget cut. Though it’s a small amount of money, it means that 11,130 fewer people will get help in job searching and job training. Kansas is taking a big hit from the Se-quester. With huge budget cuts, there may be more harm than good done for Kansas in the long run.

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The theory of evolution is as much a “theory” as the theory of gravity, and should be taught as such in our schools. Theories such as these are known to be scientific theories which are far away from simple guesses, hunches, or even hypotheses. A great number of people believe Charles Darwin’s On the Origin of Species to contradict their religious beliefs. However, if taught correctly, the issue of dogma (beliefs of god) can mostly be avoided while teaching evolu-tionary biology. Evolution can be seen everywhere around us in the form of our house-hold pets. Domestic cats, dogs, and various

other pets have all been put through selective breeding to achieve certain characteristics. These include color of fur, overall size, etc. Selective breed-ing is evolution that can be observed in a relatively short amount of time. Of course, in nature these things happen according to natural selection. Paleontology, or the study of pre-historic life, has shown through the fossil record evidence of evolution by “transitional” fossils. These fossils are proven to be reliable through the use of carbon-dating, which is widely accepted in the scientific community as being an accurate method of measuring age. These are the remains, or rather the im-prints of the remains, of ancient life that show a gradual change in a species. Take for instance, fish with legs or “fisha-pods”. These are species of fish that,

with gradual mutation over the course of millions and millions of years, grew legs in order to surface and perhaps acquire food on land. Going in the reverse direction, there is evidence that some sea-dwelling animals were once land roamers. This is shown through vestigial structure such as hind leg remnants left in whales. Take something a bit more familiar: humans. We humans have vestigial structures ourselves, the most obvious of which is the tail bone! The amount of evidence supporting the theory of evolution is astounding. All examples supporting the validity of the theory of evolution point to one direction: It should be taught in schools as a well-known, legitimate way to study organisms of the past.

I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and… wait, how does it go again? Many high school students today don’t remember the Pledge of Allegiance or what it stands for. Remember how in elementary school we would say the Pledge every morn-ing before we did anything else? We would put our tiny hands over our tiny hearts and declare an oath to be loyal to our wonderful country. Patriotism was instilled into our little hearts from Kindergarten to fifth grade. We colored pictures of the states, sang songs about America, and learned to love and respect this country. Then in middle school, everything changed.The coloring and singing

stopped.We no longer said the Pledge on a regular basis.By the time we got to high school, we had almost forgotten it completely. A short while ago I was somewhere where the crowd was asked to recite the Pledge. As we advanced past the first rhythmic line, it dawned on me that I hadn’t said the Pledge of Allegiance in years. Then I realized just how sad that is. I think that we should be required to say the Pledge every morning before school, even in high school. Just because we are older doesn’t mean we are exempt from knowing about and loving our country. How will we get anywhere as a nation if we don’t even know what America stands for and what our pur-pose is with respect to this country? And really, who’s going to say the Pledge all by themselves when no one is requiring them to? Not very many.

I am realistic, though. Even if we said the Pledge of Allegiance in every school starting tomorrow, it may not make much of a visible difference. Of course, there are going to be some people who might think it is “stupid” to “waste” one minute of our day every morning to drone out a memorized poem. I can see how it could seem mo-notonous, but I don’t think it’s a waste. Think of the difference it could make if people were reminded every day of how amazing our country is and how blessed we are to live here. So (say it with me)… I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Now, see? That wasn’t so bad, was it?

First impressions can tell a lot about a person. Whether you’re on a date or at a job interview, how you carry yourself is important. First impressions can either make or break any situation. When you’re in a high pressured situation, the best thing to do is to be yourself. There are a lot of people who try to act like someone they’re not to impress others. When people do that a lot of times it does not leave a very good impression. The first time you meet someone can be critical because what you say and how you act can affect the way a person sees you from then on. So be mind-

ful when you open your mouth and be polite. It’s your choice how you want to be perceived by others so think before you act. Just remember to not over think things though because it can make a dif-ference on how you act. The way you’re dressed and your appearance can also tell a lot about you. Think about it this way: If someone were to score you on the way that you dressed, would you be okay with that? Does the way you look carry on to your personality and how you act? Present yourself in the way you want people to look at you. Remember in any situation to be yourself and hope for the best. If you stick to who you are most likely things will run smoothly.

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Outspoken allegiance

An Evolution

Stress to impress

Author believes pledge of allegiance should still be said in schools

Author thinks evolution should be taught in schools

Author gives advice on first impressions

Gut-busting. Snort-inducing. Running low on oxygen because of insane amounts of laughter. Those are just a few words describing Mosley Street Melodrama. This small time theatre is a great place to spend time with friends and family and share a laugh together. Mosley Street Melodrama (MSM) is a small theatre in Old Town. The events of each night consist of a comedic (and downright silly) play written by a local playwright, lasting about an hour and, after a short 15-minute intermission, a “musical comedy revue” made up of songs, jokes, and skits revolving around a certain theme. The improvisation, audience involvement and play content are what make MSM worth every penny, especially their most recent play Tal-lulah’s Tavern and Funeral Parlor. The first, and possibly best, aspect to

MSM is the improvisation by the actors. Improvisation is making it up as the actor goes along. The actors fit their im-provised lines seamlessly into the script, not missing a beat. A group from Larned High School was in attendance the night I went and the actors constantly poked fun at them, getting laughs from the whole audience. The actors think so well on their feet that they’ll have audience members laughing non-stop while also using them in the improvisations. Audience involvement is huge at MSM. In the play, they constantly make jokes about Wichita State University, Derby, and, yes, even Campus High School. Though someone could think “that’s insulting” after a joke given by an actor, the joke is so flawlessly done and based on truth that everyone will be laughing right along. My favorite joke of the night was, “As a graduate of Campus High School, bachelor number three likes hunting, fishing and eating road kill.” But that’s not the only way they include the audience. During one of the skits in the revue, audience members are

escorted onto stage to participate. After playing along (and thoroughly embar-rassing themselves), the actors generous-ly give the participants a gift certificate for a free show. The content in the play is phenom-enal, if a little risqué. Yes, the jokes can be very provocative at times, but that just adds another great aspect to MSM. You can choose your level of “inappro-priateness” by looking at the playwright. Tallulah’s Tavern was written by the raunchier of the writers, Tom Frye. For a more family friendly atmosphere, I suggest Carol Hughes. There are other playwrights that are in-between, though I suggest seeing different playwrights each time to get a wide range of slight inappropriateness. Overall, Mosley Street Melodrama is a wonderful experience to go for a girls’ night out, an anniversary or birthday (they honor both with pre-show men-tions) or to just go out as a family with kids on the older side and have a laugh together. Warning: They will interact with audience members, so be prepared.

Tallulah’s Tavern and Funeral Parlor is a comedy about love, eviction and drunkeness. Courtesy of Mosley Street Melodrama

Mosley on overAuthor gives positive review of Old Town theatre

Attention Prom goers!Golden Tuxedo has offered Campus a high school ambassador discount for $50 off tux rentals!

Millers Cleaners is also offering $4 off any clean & press or just press for prom dresses!

Go to the office to pick up your coupons for PROM SAVINGS!

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Ever wake up on the wrong side of the bed?

Well who knew that one small thing can change your whole mood and help jump start the day.

Here are five ways to instantly start your day;

1. Exercise

It can relieve stress and boost your energy. Plus it can help your confidence, because it makes people feel better about themselves.

2. Eat breakfast

It is the most important meal of the day. It also prevents grumpiness.

3. Going outside

Walking outside for five minutes in the fresh air can be very beneficial.

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More often than not, students see their teach-ers during their time in high school, but never think of their teacher ’s careers in past years. Students only think about current years; mot 16 years of experience. However, Mardy Moree, one of Campus’s English teach-ers and Student Council Head sponsor, has had many years of teaching experience in many schools, in Kansas, something many students don’t think about from teachers.

With as much teaching experience as Moree has, the subject she’s always taught has been of course, English. Her first teaching job was at Atchison County Community High School, in Effingham, for two years. She not only taught English, but also coached volleyball, girls’ basketball and helped coach the local middle school’s track team. Moree also directed the Fall Musi-cal and the Spring Play.

“ Then I moved to Syra-cuse and taught middle school and high school Eng-

l ish in the same building for three years,” Moree said.

She again coached vol-leyball, girls’ basketball, 7 th Grade cheerleading and directed the Fall musical and Spring play. While she loved in Syracuse, Moree met her future husband, married and had their son.

“He lived in a neighboring town, so I moved there and changed jobs,” Moree said. When she moved, she lived in Johnson and kept roll-ing right on with the same career for four more years at Stanton County Middle School. Until her husband got a new job and they moved to Rose Hill; where she began her career right here at Campus High School in the Fall of 2006.

“My first year I didn’t coach or any other extra activities; my second year I was the assistant sponsor of STUCO,” Moree said. “ Then [I] became the head sponsor the following year and the rest is history!”

With no thought of changing schools, she keeps right on moving forward at

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Photo courtesy of thegoddesblogs

Photo by Alex Mclemore

Living in Kansas, it ’s pretty much a given that one will have to deal with a lot of unpredictable weather. One frustrating, yet also dangerous, thing about bad weather is driving in it. Whether it is ice on the roads or tornadoes, Kansas drivers should take caution when driving in bad weather conditions. Here are some tips about driving through bad weather that can help to ensure that drivers reach their destination, safe and

got bad weather?Here are somehelpful driving tips for when the weather gets a little sketchy, and since this is Kanasas...

Students have recently enjoyed several days off of school due to the hazardous winter weather conditions. Kansas, as well as 20 other states across America, was under a winter storm watch for many days. Residents of Haysville were urged to stay off the

roads and stay in their homes. Children took to their backyards to have snowball fights and build snowmen in light of the first hard snow that Kansas has had in recent times.

Wichita was hit with 14 inches of snow, the city’s second-largest snow-storm on record so far. Other towns in Kansas were affected as well. Hays has seen the most snow from this storm, with 17 inches. Highway I-70 was closed for 90 miles from Hays eastward to Sali-na and hotel rooms were filling up along the corridor. Shelters were opened for

stranded travelers.

The winter storm may have dumped many inches of snow across multiple states, but the weekly U.S. drought report published today shows little im-provement overall for the large portions of the country suffering badly from lack of moisture. Despite the snow, the U.S. Drought Monitor reports that nearly 53 percent of the country is in moderate to exceptional drought.

Classes at Campus have pushed back homework deadlines and have rushed

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Tornadoes are said to sound like trains when they are near, so if you are driving through severe weather and hear something that sounds like a train, stop and

make sure it isn’t a tornado.

Don’t drive under electrical lines

during tornadoes.

If there isn’t enough time to get

to shelter, get out of the vehicle

and lie in a ditch or low area.

If there is a tornado near while

you are driving, get out of the ve-

hicle and seek the nearest shelter.

Don’t try to out-drive tornadoes.Brake and accelerate lightly.

Put extra space in between you and the car in front of you.

If your rear tires skid, turn the steering wheel in the direction

that the tires are skidding.If you get stuck in snow, don’t

spin the wheels as it will dig deeper into the snow. Turn the

wheels side to side to dig your-self out.

If the roads are icy, start break-

ing sooner than you normally

would at intersections.

Slow down; use your judgment to see what speeds are safe.

Teacher feature:

Iceage 2013

Bad mood blues

Although by looking at the weather you may not realize it, Spring has begun and it is time to bust out the old broom and dust pan and get to work on deep-cleaning your home. Be-low are some helpful tips to get your home spiffy in a jiffy.

1. Formulate a plan & set reasonable GoalsWrite down the areas of your home that you need to clean, come up with a plan and be sure to budget in time for distractions so you won’t get discouraged after just a few hours cleaning.

2. Check for Cleaning sup-pliesThere is nothing more frustrat-ing than to start cleaning only

to find that you’re out of sup-plies.

3. Tackle One area at a TimeThe chance of getting through the house cleaning the fastest is to do one room at a time.

4. De-clutter Before CleaningIt is frustrating to be ready to dust an area only to realize that you have to move 15 knick-knacks, 10 pieces of junk mail, broken crayons and wadded up paper before you can get started.

5. use Bins to Organize the “Get-rid-Of” stuffInstead of just dividing up things into separate piles that will likely get knocked over or mixed up, use plastic bins to keep them organized.

6. Open the windows for Fresh air

The chemicals in the house from the cleaning spray can be overwhelming, open a window to keep safe and keep the room smelling good.

7. Clean each room from Top to BottomStart at the ceiling by dusting the ceiling fan or light fixture then get all the cobwebs off the crown molding. Work your way down the walls, over the furniture, all the way to the baseboards and flooring.

8. Design a Daily Cleaning scheduleAfter all your hard work is done and your house looks great, make sure that you have a good cleaning schedule in place.

Don’t wait until next Spring to clean your dang house!

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(in an accent)Dirty house? Clean it up.(with gibson-tips, not Orbit)

Mrs. Mardy Moree

4FeaTureMarCh 2013

Moving into the future Modernizing Tech

A 21st Century Science

Campus got Talent!KiD STuFFWe Are All Kids inside

The stuff of 20th cen-tury science-fiction is now

the modern technology being developed and used today. Not literally, of course, but similar devices in any case. Advances in technology have made leaps and bounds into the future in

recent years. Take for instance the Graphene Supercharger. Graphene is a substance made up of Carbon, spread out one-atom thick. These

super chargers take minimal amounts of time to charge, yet they hold a lot of energy. So much in fact, that one could charge their phone within a matter of seconds. And that new electric car? Charged within a matter of minutes.

In the world of smart phones, the game is always changing. As soon as one

purchases a device, new tech-nology comes out that tramps the old. In this case, take the organic light-emitting diode. The OLED is made up of car-bon, and able to be produced in thin sheets. New devices implementing OLED could

have rollout screens, or fold up to fit inside a pocket.

Technology, research and development can change

many aspects of lives, includ-ing diet. The current state of

agriculture (the meat oriented areas) is largely inefficient in ways of both cost and space.

It is speculated that in the near future, many humans may

become vegetarian, or eat in-vitro meats. In other words, meat essentially grown on a

pitri dish in a lab. While some may see it as artificial at first, it may not take long for people to accept new ways of thinking as

it pertains to their diet. At the moment, online pi-racy is a fairly big issue. But, this issue may become put on the back burner in light of the recent boom in 3D printing technology. A 3D printer is a machine that take a three-

dimensional image of an object and “prints” the image into a physical piece. Imagine the frenzy that will ensue when

issues regarding dimensional copyrighting come into light. These are just a few exam-ples of modern technology that have become popular recently. The bitter-sweet fact of tech-

nology is that what we see now as an amazing machine could

be trampled by a breakthrough in technology in the next few years. People will continue

improve, invent, and move on eventually rendering these in-credible technologies obsolete. Who knows what the future of

technology will hold?

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Everyone has an activity they did as a small child, that they still love today. The Campus Newspaper staff has put together a list of some of the top “kiddish” activities!

“The Boy”By Sean Bryant-Thomas

A little boy was alone, scared, unknowing.A man in a car moving curious and nervous.The little boy looks at the car as it slows down.A door opens and the boy runs to the car.As the car drives off a man in the car asks, “where are you go-ing?”The boy says, “I don’t know...”The man looked at the rear view mirror and saw a grim shadow over him.The man says, “what is your name?”The boy replies again with an I don’t know.At this point the man looks a little bit nervous and asked, “are you okay?”Once again the boy says, “I don’t know.”The man than said, “we are going to the police station to find your parents.”But all the boy did was move his head up and down.So the man drove down to the police station and told the boy to wait in the car.The boy agreed.The man ran into the police station and told an officer about the boy.As they walked out the boy had his eyes closed.The man told him to wake up.But the boy did not wake up.

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roll out display made from Graphene technology. Photo By Jake Barb

CAmpus newspAper stAff Sean Bryant-Thomas usual-

ly writes about his dreams. The Campus student has always

had an affinity for writing, and highlighted here is a sample of his poetry. Bryant-Thomas usu-ally writes about his dreams, and if he could get the chance to have his work professionally

published, he would, though it’s not something he’’s ac-tively looking for. “Your imagination can really be brought out [in writ-ing].” Said Bryant Thomas.

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The iCub robot is a project aimed to study human thought. About the size of a three year old child, the iCub can feel, see, and hear and even has a sense of balance, much similar to a human child. Photo courtesy of robotcub.org

The actual desktop has become the touch screen computer. While good person- al use; in a class room setting, the desktop can be used as a tool for activities and give the teacher a better view of what the students are doing with a master desktop. Photo courtesy of lcd-monitor.16mb.com

Right: The HAL robot suit’s purpose is to assist the elderly or crippled stay mobile. Given just a slight indication of how one wants to move or which way to walk, the suit will perform the movement desired. While aimed for the elderly, the suit is a good step towards humans becoming cyborgs. Photo courtesy Dailytech.com

Left: Charge small electronics with a wrist charger. The battery pack will be ready to charge up your divice on the go. Photo courtesy theawesomer.com

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SpriNg SpOrTS hOME gAMES & iNviTATiONAlS

AThLETE PROFILE:TiM piTTS

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As the hot sun blazes down, sophomore Tim Pitts stands, golf club in hand, in quiet concentration. He care-fully measures the distance from the hole to the small white ball in front of him. Slowly, he raises the club and gently taps the ball. He watches as it rolls towards the hole and… it’s in! Pitts proudly smiles as he enjoys the satisfaction that comes with golf.

Pitts has been playing golf for six years and has been playing for Campus since he was a freshman. He first start-ed playing so he could spend more time with his cousin.

“We didn’t spend much time together so one time I went to the golf course with him and have been golfing ever since,” Pitts said.

Pitts puts in a lot of time for the sport. During golf season he works hard and practices on weekdays and Sundays, and he continues to work hard at it during the summer. He puts in so much effort because he knows it’s

worth it.

“Golf takes a lot of time and practice,” he said. “It also takes time outside of prac-tice.”

With as much work as he puts into it, Pitts enjoys play-ing golf with his friends.

“Practices are fun and you get to talk to cool kids like Colton Van Ness,” Pitts said. “Also, it’s fun to watch the ball fly.”

Another thing Pitts claims to enjoy about being on the golf team is hanging out with the rest of the team members. Although golf is an individual sport, Pitts and his teammates work together and support each other while still having fun with it.

“We are just a bunch of dorks acting goofy,” he said. “We are even goofier on the course.”

Pitts is dedicated to golf and plans on continuing to play for Campus through his junior and senior years. He is unsure whether he will be able to play in college, but he plans to enjoy it now while he can.

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The bowling team had perhaps one of the most successful seasons of any sport in school history. The team won a great many awards this year includ-ing KSHAA State Runner-Ups in both boys and girls’ 6A bowling, feat which would take a lot to rival in the world of bowling. At the state competition the girls lost to Wichita East in the third game and the boys participated in a three game shootout with Olathe North, keeping things interesting throughout all of the competition. “I was greatly impressed with the team effort I saw, if one person struggled then another did really well,” said ath-letic director, Richard Elliott. Elliott had

the opportunity to watch both the boys and the girls’ state competition. “This was the best year this school has had in bowling since we started. We had the best boys team we have ever had and we had the best girls team we have ever had,” said Elliott. Almost anyone would be hard pressed to disagree with him. The bowl-ers won a total of nine awards this year. The boys and girls both took first in the Campus Invitational, the boys won a sportsmanship award in the Great Plains Classic, both the boys and the girls were AVCTL Div. I Champions, the boys were also the Regional Champions while the girls took runner-up, and both took runner-up at State.

do pep assemblies inspire pep?

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Some people get excited for the pep assemblies, and some do not. Some people get really involved and pumped up, but some would rather be anywhere else besides those bleach-ers. Campus' Student Council works to put on the pep assemblies every year. They work to get the students and faculty involved in school events with the Class of the Year competition and other events that are aimed to increase school and class spirit. "We want to get everyone pumped," junior and student body vice-president Josh Woods said. While the goal of pep assemblies is to make everyone in Campus ex-cited for the sports and other activi-ties at school, the Student Council recognizes that not everyone is quite as peppy as they had planned and are actually a little frustrated with the assemblies. "If [the not so excited students] don't want to get something out of [the assemblies] then they won't," Woods said.

Junior Seth Hernadez is one of the students that do not get really pumped from the pep assemblies. As a trumpet player in the school band, Hernadez's job at a pep assembly is to play and help get the school population all pepped up, although he feels that the band does not receive the attention. "No one pays attention to the band besides [the members]," Hernadez said. According to Hernadez, the reason for the unsuccessful assemblies is because they are on Fridays. With so many upperclassmen with early release on Fridays, the pep assemblies are not quite as fun and exciting for the audience with only freshmen. The few students that are there for what-ever reason simply do not want to be there and do not pay attention. "The assemblies could be not boring, but [the students] don't know because they leave," Woods said. Swim coach Kelly Kennedy comes to assemblies when the boys' and girls' teams are announced. Kennedy believes there are some students who could care less because they are not the ones involved.

"If a student isn’t recognized, then they aren’t the ones not inspired," Kennedy said. If a student just sits in the bleach-ers during pep assemblies, then they are more unlikely to enjoy the assem-blies. It is more exciting to be part of the action on the floor with their team mates and peers, than to be sitting in a corner texting. According to Nguyen, student council does quite a bit of work to check their peers' reaction to the assemblies. They ask around and even hand out evaluation checks to be submitted to understand what people are thinking. "We try to consider everyone's opinion," senior and student body president Yesenia Nguyen said. To liven things up, some students have their own ideas to pump up the pep assemblies. While the class of the year contests are fun for a little bit, something needs to be added to the assembly agenda, such as more games for everyone or loud music to get themselves pumped up before the assembly.

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The boys swiming team also had some success this year sending five boys to state. Sophomore, Brandon Elkins took 29th in diving. Seniors, Tony Carr, Nevanta Peacock, John Paschal, and Ryan Howerton, competed in both the 200 and 400 meter relays taking 20th in the 200 and 23rd in the 400.

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The girls bowling team: Madison Taylor, alyssa Magee, emily Dull, Breanna Burdick, shanna Mad-den, Caele shaffer Photo by Zach Magee

Winter sports recap

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here comes hopping spring trendsIt’s spring again and that means new trends are around the corner! This time it’s like stepping back in the past because the fifties are coming back. With pastel colors, printed bottoms, and tea-length pants, the past is coming back with a blast. Let’s take a look at the most popular trends coming to us this spring.

The main reason the fifties are coming back: pastel colors. Light blue-greens, peaches, and pinks. They’re light and easily to match. Pastel colors flatter us pale-skinned girls while still looking good on the tanned. Though the colors are the same that our grandmothers wore, the shirts and bottoms are cut into a modern day style!

For those who don’t know fashion lingo, tea-length is where the skirt or pants stop mid-calf. Now, while this has never been one of my favorites, with the right tea-length (pastel colored) skinny jean and a ballet flat, it can really pull together a great outfit. Again, it’s the fifties coming back (if you need a reference, watch The Help), but maybe that’s not so bad.

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Print has moved south! While tops, jackets, and even skirts have always been the home of print, shorts and skinny jeans are becoming its new home. The most popular is black flower or paisley print over blue, red and white. Interesting. But print is here to stay and styled with the right top, it can be one amazing outfit.

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Once in a generation, there’s a sort of defining movie. A movie that ignites the minds of a generation and leaves people waiting in the seats after the credits have rolled, waiting and hoping for more. Our guest columnist Damien Hendrickson has taken the time to highlight one such movie for us.

Toy Story is the 1995 Computer Ani-mated film directed by John Lasseter, stars Tom Hanks and Tim Allen, and was the first Pixar-produced film.

A fact about the 1990s is that comput-ers took over everything. Soon storytell-ing took advantage of this new technolo-gy. Computer Animation already existed, but none said “Hey! Why not use this new technology to make a movie?” And

thus we have Toy Story.

When it first came out, it had three things going against it. It is animated, fantasy, and it’s for kids. So how did Toy Story work out? Well here is the story. The basic rundown is that when you leave the room, your toys come to life. The film follows toys owned by a boy named Andy. His favorite toy is a cow-boy named Woody. That is until Andy’s birthday, when he gets a new astronaut action figure named Buzz Light-year. And quickly it seems that he is going to replace Woody as Andy’s favorite toy.

However, Buzz actually believes that he is the real Buzz. When thinking about the film, both of these characters are fighting the same issue. Both of them feel they are becoming irrelevant in differ-ent ways. Also the issues the characters

go through are relatable, because people fear becoming irrelevant. Besides the rich character growth, the premise is just creative. There are so many things one can do with a premise like this.

Also, there is so much attention to detail in the animation. It helps the world feel so real, and makes this 17 year ani-mation still look really good because of that attention to detail. However, what makes Toy Story hold up is that it has more than visuals to offer.

Pixar put the story and its characters first. It is clear that Pixar set out to make a good movie. In the end, Toy Story is a brilliant film that everyone should see. You could be a baby, high school student, or an adult; it does not matter. Toy Story is one of the best animated films ever made.

Sequels that should happen

That Awkward Moment When... Toy Story: childhood right of passage

There is a sort of stigma surrounding sequels. They sometimes have a tendency to be sort of suck-ish rewrites of the originals we came to know and love in the theatre. Come on, did anybody really need The Hangover Part 2, or, and I almost hate to say this, a second Bambi, Mulan, Aladdin, or Cinderella? These iconic classics were pretty great by themselves; the sequels didn’t do much for those legacies. Don’t get me wrong, there are a lot of pretty cool sequels out there. Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen and Transformers: Dark of the Moon were arguably kind of awesome, and Iron Man 2 did a great job setting up the Avengers movie as well as being a great movie in its own right. I propose three Sequels That Should Have Happened:

Alright, enough ranting and raving. There is probably a ton more movies out there whose characters deserve a little bit more wear and tear. Maybe it’s time for the big guys up top to stop making Die Hards, and superhero reboots and get down to the nitty-gritty. Dig through the oldies and find a few movies that should get just a little bit more screen time.

The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen 2 – Alright, arguably, that title sucks, but the premise doesn’t. If you haven’t seen it yet, I suggest you do so right now. Seriously, drop whatever you’re doing, give this to the teacher for a pass. Tell them what you’re doing, especially if you’re in D-Hall. The movie follows some of the most iconic literary creations of all time as they struggle to untangle the plot of a mysterious madman. Maybe it’s the nerd in me talking, but watching all of my favorite classic literary characters work together to kick some bad-guy butt is kind of my perfect idea of a movie. There are a million things that weren’t touched in the first one. Could we maybe actually see some authors this time, instead of just their creations? That would probably be kind of cutesy funny. Please. Someone. I’m literally begging for a sequel to this movie.

Space Jam 2 – This was kind of just around my time, and maybe you haven’t seen it yet. If not, I highly suggest you do. Basketball + aliens + Looney Toons = Hilarity. In this com-bination live action/animated movie, the Looney Toons are challenged to a game by some crazy aliens. A basketball star meets a couple of our favorite Looney Toons, including Porky Pig, Bugs Bunny, and Daffy Duck, who enlist his help out of this jam. It’s really kind of awe-some. While there wasn’t a ton else that could be done with that, it was still a cute movie, and Hollywood seems all about the throwbacks lately. I think Warner Brothers could spring for another jam.

The Incredibles 2 – Are superheroes a thing again? Was the law redacted? Did baby Jack ever figure out how to control those crazy powers of his? How much did that baby sitter get paid? Did Violet get the guy? Is Dash still on the track team? And what about Frozone or that cool costume designer lady? This movie left us with a ton of unanswered questions and plenty of potential plot wiggle room. What do you say Pixar? Up for round two?

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1. That awkward moment when someone you don’t like says something funny and you try not to laugh.

2. That awkward moment when it’s quiet in class and your stomach decides to sound like a dying whale.

3. That awkward moment whenyou are at someone’s door to sell them something and they pull into the driveway.

4. That awkward moment whenyou laugh at something that was supposed to be really serious.

5. That awkward moment whensomeone yells at you for clicking your pen, but you have to click it one more time to use it.

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