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Volume III, Issue 1 October, 2011uhspawprint@gmail.com

When coming from a three-month sum-mer break students are hesitant about

going back to school. But, there is one thing that they look forward to: Homecoming week. It is a week packed with fun fi lled, fes-tive events, made to appeal to all students. Excitement fi lls the air as the girls wait for the guy of their dreams to ask them to the dance. Senior and Junior girls are preparing for something even bigger. A battle of the grades happens every year at this time, a battle called Powder Puff . Everyone gets involved; it’s not just the students. Teachers come out and support or even referee, “Last year I saw the seniors come out and win, the juniors fought hard but now they have grown up so I think it is their year (seniors) but its always nice to see an upset” says teacher and referee Mr. Rivera. Every student had high hopes for their team, Junior Henry Joiner says, “I am going for the juniors because I’m a junior” senior Sean Moore says the seniors will win because “We rule”. Some people get more competitive than others, but after the game everyone is a friend again. Parent of senior Taylor Reed says “I like it, they should continue to do it; it’s a great tradition” of course she was going for the seniors as well. This year’s battle went into overtime when the two teams were tied at 12-12; the seniors came out on top though, at 18-12. Even though the juniors lost they played a good and hard game, almost win-ning it. The juniors came to this battle well prepared to play and win. They had multiple scrimmages against the Frontier junior class powder puff team. They (juniors) played well even though their coach, Dan Wagner, was not there. In place for Wags were Tanner Sparks, Jesse Schmidt, and Ryan Black. The teams of both junior and seniors had to go on without any of the Volleyball girls. “We can’t play because the coaches won’t let us with the risk of injury. I’m a little mad I can’t play; I totally would if I could,” Commented senior Courtney Kjeldgaard. This year diff ered from last year in one major way. This year the school had male cheer-leaders. Brian Anderson, Sean Moore, Ste-phen Bradley, and Caleb Frisbee decided to show their support for the senior class. One could hear them cheering “Be aggressive, be be aggressive” from the sidelines as they watched their senior class beat the juniors. “I am a cheerleader because I had nothing better to do, Steven is the head cheerleader,” commented Brian Anderson. However they couldn’t stay the whole game due to prac-tice, so they missed the dramatic ending when the seniors won. The seniors won this year, just like the se-niors did last year. The tradition of powder puff has lived on for another year. It is a fun way to show class spirit as well as healthy competition between the upper classes. Next year the present day juniors and next year seniors will be even more prepared and ready to destroy the current sophomores.

Mason Hartley

Powderpuff; Seniors On Top

On top: Seniors line up before a play. Photo courtesy of Karissa Korf

Sarah Karl Alannah Roth

Below: Seniors go after junior Sofi a Softas-Nall. Photo courtesy of Karissa Korf

2 NewsawprintPUniversity High SchoolOctober, 2011

Obesity is the number one killer in America, and though this isn’t a problem seen a lot

at University, it could very well aff ect nearly everyone in the school one day. Some students don’t like the athletic program because of com-petition, some because of time constraints. This gives them little to choose from when it comes to motivated exercise. One club just may hold most of the answers to this problem. “We’re about being outdoors, being fi t, and having fun,” said John Kohl, junior and president of the Advanced Uphill Walking Club, “I hope that people take the hiking seriously and try hard while walking uphill.”The club supports a healthy lifestyle by any means. The idea of having an uphill walking club came from the less successful hiking club last year. Like the previous club, few meeting and many hikes is the main idea. The club’s stance on having as few meetings as possible seems almost counterproductive, but many members are happy about this idea. “I don’t have to worry about constant meaning-less meetings. I get to go hiking now and then and see my friends there. Walking up a moun-tain sounds exciting and exhilarating” said Reno Wood, junior and club member. “When I heard that they weren’t planning on holding regular meetings, I kind of dropped out. The lack of consistency and motivation made me doubt that anything was ever going to happen,” commented senior and former club member Andy Jones. More than half the original club members dropped out when they didn’t show up to the fi rst meeting, but this didn’t faze any of the other more hope-ful members. “I still have friends in here, and I can still

have a great time. Maybe less people hiking is a good thing,” said Henry Joyner, junior. The club hopes to have its fi rst hike this October at Lily Mountain. This hike is in the same area as it was last year. Because of busy scheduling, only one hike was fi t into the club. But this year the club wants to get in as many

hikes as possible in a variety of locations. Any-one interested can ask the club’s president John Kohl about details of the club.

A d v a n c e d U p h i l l Wa l k i h g C l u b“Were abouting being outdoors, being fit and having fun.”Brandon Sandoval

Staff 2011-2012Editor-in-Chief

Karissa Korf

Business ManagerJaimie Mcfalls

The Pawprint is a student-run newspaper committed to being the voice of the student body.

The Pawprint staff invites and encourages letters to the editor. Let-ters must be signed but upon request, they may be published anony-mously. Letters including profanity or obscenity will not be published. The Pawprint has the right to edit for space, grammar, and libel. Let-ters may be delivered to room 2015 or emailed to uhspawprint@gmail.com

The Editorial Board is made up of five students (all editors) with the adviser as a non-voting member. This Board makes final decisions on all content and determines story priority.

The Pawprint will produce 8 issues throughout the year and is pub-lished by Wyoming-Tribune Eagle. The Pawprint is an open forum publication.

Editorial Policy

Print EditorMason Hartley

Web EditorAlannah Roth

Copy EditorsBrandon SandovalEmily Anderson

ProoferMonique Becker

Web MasterBrooke Blehm

Promotional CoordinatorsPrint - Sarah KarlWeb - Mackenzie KorfActivies - Laura PetersSports - Taylor Jack

ReporterSavanna Ferguson

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The senior picture deadline is coming up soon!If you still need or want senior photos it’s not to late to book your senior photo session today! For $50 you get a 1-3 hour photo session and a copy of all your edited photos! Get a say in what your pictures look like and how they are edited! For more information or to book your photo session call Karissa or email her karissa@uhpawprint.com

SENIORS: Still need your senior photos?

Welcome back Bulldogs! It’s already October! It feels like the year just started. We hope this year is treating you all well. Make the

most of this new beginning and new school year. It’s the chance at fresh starts. We would like to wish you all a great homecoming week, full of excite-ment and memories to last a lifetime. Be safe and have a great time! The staff would love to see your pictures from any of the homecom-ing events! You can submit story ideas and photos to us anytime. We would love to hear your ideas and thoughts. Letters to the editor are appreciated and encouraged! The days at school drag by, but the months fl y. So make the most of your eight months here! Keep your eyes posted every month for the next issue of the Pawprint.

Dear Readers,

When entering the park-

ing lot students worries begin to fl ow in. There are the mini-van moms who believe that their Honda Odyssey is invincible. There are the texting teenage drivers who occasionally run into objects both parked and moving. Then there is the limited amount of space to park cars. However student Connor Neville, a senior at University Schools didn’t have to worry about that for the fi rst few weeks of school. He had his own front row parking space reserved. Some might wonder what makes Connor so special or if this is against the rules. Surprisingly Ed Clark is okay with Connor having his own space, as long as it’s not hurting anyone or anything. Mr. Agone, health and gym teacher at University School applauds Connor, “Well done, this is one of the only things I’ve ever seen you put eff ort towards.” While some teachers approved and praised Connor, other students lurked with envy at this glorifi ed parking space. “I just had a really

good idea, people are just mad I thought of it fi rst,” says Connor. The parking spot was eventfully taken down when Garret Roberts, junior, wanted to park in Connor’s parking space. Connor noticed the parking space had been removed and went to fi nd out who had tak-en it down. Clark looked through security tapes and discovered who had taken it down. Garret Roberts and an accomplice, who wishes to remain unnamed, took down the parking sign at a volleyball game. “I just wanted to park there,” says Roberts. The whole matter is really a joke. Gar-ret laughs as he asks, “Is Connor going to hurt me?” Garret actually has the sign in his bedroom. After he stole the sign he stuff ed it in his trunk and took it home.

Student Connor Neville reserves front row parking space.

Parking Reserved For...

Karissa KorfPhoto courtesy of Karissa Korf | Connor Neville’s formerly reserved parking spot

Photo courtesy of Brandon SandovalScience teacher Mr. Wiechern hikes with last years hiking club.

3News awprintPUniversity High SchoolOctober 2011

When certain classes are not off ered at the

school, students can decide whether or not they want to take them at UNC or Aims. Even if they just want to get started on their col-lege credits, they can take college classes. It is also possible that the classes the students are interested in taking were cut from the school’s curriculum. The French program is one example. Many students that had participated in it last year and years before have decided to take a French class at UNC. Which is a great idea, though hav-ing classes like the French program at our own school would be helpful. There is also the chance that there isn’t any higher level of the course, such as sign lan-guage. Although some stu-dents said they don’t want to have to put to much ef-fort in. “If I had the time to, I would take a class at Aims or UNC,” Payne Brewer a junior at University Schools responded. Suppose stu-dents didn’t have the ability to take the courses they want at University. Aims or UNC is the next best choice to take these classes.

College Classes in High school!Fighting the Rise

Most of the high school stu-dents in school have iPods,

cell phones, and MP3’players. All of these contain music, and, of course, those teens have headphones to go along with it. But how loud should the limit be to teen’s headphones? Should kids start watching over the health of their ears? Sopho-more, Jessi Senn stated “I like my headphones to be loud as can be, they don’t hurt my ears at all whatsoever.” That’s the problem; teens can’t tell any eff ects until you get older. Other students may say there is noth-ing wrong with having the vol-ume up as loud as they please. It may not aff ect them now, but

in the long run, it will take a toll on their ears. No one can make students turn the volume down on their headphones, but if they were smart they would take the advice and TURN IT DOWN! Studies have shown by Califor-nia Technical Publishing, a nor-mal conversation with someone is held at 60 decibels (decibels being a measurement of sound) and the average teenager has their music up to 90 decibels and the range for damaging sounds is between 120 and 140 decibels. That will cause some signifi cant hearing loss over time. There’s going to be consequences sooner or later. It’s best to turn it down, and save the ears!

Don’t turn it down, lose all sound

Nathan Tran with headphones Photo Courtesy of Brandon Sandoval.

Cant Take it Here? Not a Problem, Just go Elsewhere

Save Your Hearing! Turn the iPod Down!

Most students who eat school lunch have noticed the signifi cant changes in the Uni-

versity’s cafeteria this year. The diff erent food, the reduced fat milk, and the salad bar, are obviously very diff erent from last year’s chicken nuggets and packaged burritos.“I’ve noticed a big diff erence from last year and this year,” said Brianna Samaron, a sophomore, who frequently eats school lunch, and normally ate school lunch last year. She added, “The new food tastes better, and it makes you feel fuller.” In the last 30 years, childhood obesity in Ameri-ca has tripled. From 12 to 19 year olds, the obe-sity rate has gone from 5.0% to 18.1% (accord-ing to cdc.gov). This is an increasing problem in America, and one of the main contributions is the fact that schools lunches are unhealthy.But this year, District 6 (including University) is attempting to bring the obesity number down. By making school lunches from scratch again, lunches will be healthier. Statistics were show-ing that the childhood obesity rate in Weld County was growing quicker than surrounding areas. Because of this, administrators decided to look at “home-making” meals again. After looking at numbers, they determined that mak-ing meals from scratch was about the same cost as buying everything in prepackages. The school lunch cooks learned last year that there would be some serious changes to the menu. Last June, Chris Betz, a cook at Univer-sity, attended the “culinary boot camp”, where they taught district 6 school lunch staff how to create these new home-made lunches. “During this 5 day camp, we learned about nutrition, measurements, sugar content, and cooking with more vegetables”, she said. According to the District 6 website, the cooks also learned time management skills, and how to create healthy, easy lunches, for large numbers of people.“This year there are no chicken nuggets, there aren’t fries every day, no packaged burritos. Last year cooking meant taking things out of the freezer and putting it in the oven,” Betz said. Instead this year there is food such as: home made macaroni and cheese, meat sauce, noodles, and pizza. She added that this year cooking is more time consuming, but the cooks don’t have to get here earlier. Home-made lunches will be made 75% of the time this year, and the District is hoping to move it to 100% next year. These new lunches have a change on everyone in the school. When asked if she thought if this change would be better, Betz said, “We don’t have as many choices to cook, but the choices we have are better.”

Battling the ChildhoodObesity EpidemicEmily Anderson

Monique Becker

Savanna Ferguson

Above: Aims Community College main center. Photo Courtesy of Monique Becker.Below: Appetizing looking school lunch. Photo Courtesy of Emily Anderson.

Seniors Queen Candidates:Ashlee SchmittBrooke JonesAleia Amaya

Senior King Candidates:Sean Moore

Andres FloresStephen Bradley

Junior Attendants:Rebekah DinnebeckCorey Graham

Sophomore Attendants:Selena BaltierraAvery Hitchcock

Freshman Attendants:Marcello BaltierraBrittany Hoffner

2011 Homecoming Royalty Court Homecoming Football Game against Weld Cen-tral at One O’clock on Saturday, Oct. 8th

Followed by the homecoming dance, Imperial Dreams from 9-12 pm.

Tickets for the dance go on sale Oct. 4-7th dur-ing lunch at the art hallway. Single - $10 Couples - $18

4 FeaturesawprintPUniversity High School October 2011

November 19th Dance9 to 12

In the gym$5 to get in!Djed by Jonny Lowe

October 22nd, 2011

G movie: 5-7pm PG 13 Movie: 7:30-10:30

University School’s Auditorium

Cost: $1 per child and $3 per middle/high school student(price per parent is same as their child)

The Ring, Insidious, 1408, and Shutter IslandVote for your favorite at uhpawprint.com!G Movie: Disney Pixar’s “Up”

Movie NightHosted by the Pawprint!

Dance with Brandon Sandoval for $1

5Feature awprintPUniversity High SchoolOctober 2011

What is dubstep? It is a type of electronic music

that students normally hear at raves…or is it? Well yes, it is electronic music but it’s no longer just a rave thing. Now it is a high school dance theme. Successful? Why yes it was! Back to Bass was a smashing hit for University High School. But will there be more? Ac-cording to Johnny Lowe ( a junior from University Schools and one of the Dj’s)“Defi nitely yes, hopefully about at least four more dances this year with great out comes.” How do the teachers feel about bringing dubstep into a safe

school environment for school dances instead of at clubs were they usually hear them? “I think it is a great result, a lot of kids like dubstep and it’s good that students conduct it,” explains Ms. Lissak (art teacher at University Schools). Normally, dubstep shows are at clubs or venues with people from the ages of 16 to who knows how old which can be unsafe for minors. Bringing it to school is creating a safe environment for the students to enjoy their music. It seems like the class of 2013 is mostly into dubstep but, is it going to get more popular through the

younger generations or will it stay and leave with the 2013 class? Well there are a lot of opinions on this according to underclassmen. Kajana Nun-nally (freshman at University Schools), “It’s going to fl oor it!” Aubreana Afl ague (fresh-man of University) opinion-ates, “It’s just a class thing” And some like Marshall Outlaw (also a freshmen of University) says,” Never heard of dub-step.” So obviously it is still a growing genre of music, but it has so far been a success for University High School and the school dances.

A New Form of Dance

Eric Blanchard, junior, is holding his gloves he uses for gloving that was also at the dance.Photo courtesy Laura Peters.

Whenever the word “club” is brought up people instantly thing of academics,

fundraising, and community service. Imag-ine walking in the Ms. Shaff er’s room with the lights off , dubstep music blasting, neon green lights swirling around the walls and ceil-ing, and dancing. This is what happens every Wednesday during lunch at about 11:30 with the newly formed Party Club. These Wednes-days are known as “Party Rock Wednesdays”. The types of dancing that are done are called gloving, poi, DJing, and the Melbourne shuffl e. Poi is a type of dance that has to do with a lot of balance in making “glow stick nun chucks” twirl and do other sorts of cool tricks. The people who do gloving will zoom in on someone spe-cifi c and start to kind of “hypnotize” them. The lights running everywhere in front of someone’s eyes can be quite a rush. Anyone who goes in

is instantly energized by everything that is go-ing on and by how much fun everyone is hav-ing. The creative, talented, young men who started this club are Jonathan Lowe, Russell Brewer, Jacob Regan, and Eric Blanchard. “We wanted to bring the school together by music and dancing. Also to have it there so you’re able to express yourself through these things,” they stated. “We went to the House of Dub’s concert last year and we wanted to bring that environ-ment to the school along with “plur”. “Plur” stands for peace, love, unity, and respect,” said Jonathan Lowe speaking for all of them on be-half of their inspiration. Ms. Shaff er’s room is the place to be when you want to have fun and take a break during lunch on Wednesday.

Party Rock Wednesdays!

Russell (Payne) Brewer, junior, is gloving in Ms. Shaufer’s room at their club “meeting”. Photo courtesy of Alannah Roth.

Jacob Regan, junior, is gloving with a clown mask on while enjoying Party Rock Wednesdays. Photo courtesy of Alannah Roth

The word “club” brings a whole new meaning to University High School.

Laura Peters

Alannah Roth

Stepping in to a new kind of dance, dubstep.

Attention University Students!Supernova! University Schools’s Free DanceWhen: Friday December 2nd, 2011 What: Dubstep drum and bass. House and electroWhere: University Schools’s Aux Gym

Vitamin Bass and the Tripodal Effects are bringing you another Techno dance! Get ready for it! December 2nd! Remember back to bass? Well get another one just like it but this time 10 times better and it’s free. That’s right, FREE DANCE!

To sign up outside guests the Tripodal Crew will be doing sign up in the art hallway the week of the dance.

Do not forget this amazingly fun opprotunity!!! Please RSVP as soon as possible.

For any more information contact junior Jonny Lowe at fellowesbic@comcast.net

6 GirlsOctober 2011awprintPUniversity High School

Inside the mind oGirls

“GGirls fall in love with whinn love with what they segiirls put on makeup and -Unknown

Girls aren’t that complicated. In fact, girls are pretty straight forward. It breaks down into these three categories: relationships, school, and life.

In school, recent studies show that girls outshine boys in academics. “The gen-der gap: boys lagging” written by David Kohn exercises a very good point, “Girls are being told, ‘Go for it, you can do it. Go for it, you can do it.’ They are getting an immense amount of support.” Studies have shown that girls are excelling in math and science compared to boys.

In relationships it’s a diff erent story. Girls hint, play games and never will fully admit when they like a guy. Girls over analyze everything. In their head they go over everything said and every action taken. “Losing a boy is like losing keys, girls retrace their steps, won-dering where they lost them [their keys] or where they went wrong,” comments a girl who wishes to remain anonymous. Girls will say personality is all that matters. That’s partially true, no one can date someone who is annoying or has an unbearable personality. However it would be false to say girls don’t like guys for looks. No girl is going to deny a good looking guy. Looks are what get you there; personality is what keeps you there. Girls have two types of crushes: the “hot, good looking, out-of-my-league crush” or the “cute personality” crush.

In terms of interaction and friendships, girls take everything personally. Girls say that it doesn’t bother them, but in reality it does. “That’s why wrestling isn’t really a girls sport; the cat fi ght would come out in them. Boys know not to take the fi ght off of the mat,” said Garcia, the wrestling coach and history teacher at University.

Graphics and Photos designed by Karissa Korf and Mason Hartley.

“Girls do not dress for boys. They dress for themselves, and of course, each other. If girls dressed for boys, they’d just walk around naked at all times.” -- Betsey Johnson

“I don’t think of myself as a poor deprived ghetto girl who made good. I think of myself as some-body who from an early age knew I was responsible for myself, and I had to make good.”-- Oprah Winfrey

“People think at the end of the day that a man is the only answer [to fulfi llment]. Actually a job is better for me.” -- Princess Diana

“A woman is like a tea bag - you can’t tell how strong she is until you put her in hot water.”-- Eleanor Roosevelt

Girls’s Minds...

Karissa Korf

7Boys awprintPUniversity High SchoolOctober 2011

of a typical teen Boys

hat they hear, guys fall ee. That’s why some some guys lie.”

High school, the horror of every student’s educational career. with all of the drama and rumors there is one thing to look forward to the hand-

some guys and beautiful ladies. However it’s not all about looks, what’s going on in their minds? How does a girl or a guy see the opposite? It’s a very con-fusing journey into the teenage mind.

Boys especially, take everything literally. Boys don’t pick up on hints or sug-gestions. “Maybe that’s a reason high school relationships never really work, girls like playing games and hinting around. Guys don’t get it,” says Connor

Neville. However many guys do strive to have a good re-lationship with that certain someone. Tad Strohauer, sophomore, is one of them, “If a girl is really awesome then she is defi nitely worth putting eff ort into a relationship for.” Girls have their mind set about

a guy before they meet them because of rumors. So basically guys strike out before even getting up to bat.

Throughout life guys are pushed to be the best they can be without any re-morse. They have to be the best in sports, academics, dating, looking good, and overall life in general. Guys have so much competition when it comes to getting a job or going into college because of all of the young men trying to get in. Every guy has been through it too; trying to choose between getting good grades and not going with the crowd or just going crazy in high school and hope a college will except them. Guys in general have it rough but some-how they always preserver through.

“I like low-maintenance girls, but at the same time, classy. She needs to take care of herself. But also be a girl who isn’t afraid to get sweaty and play basketball, so it’s cool if she’s a tomboy.”--Chris Brown

“I prefer ordinary girls - you know, college students, waitresses, that sort of thing. Most of the girls I go out with are just good friends. Just because I go out to the cine-ma with a girl, it doesn’t mean we are dating.”--Leonardo DiCaprio

“A girl can tell I like her when I blush or start telling bad jokes.”--Zac Efron

“No man succeeds without a good woman behind him. Wife or moth-er, if it is both, he is twice blessed indeed.”--Harold MacMillan

Boy’s Minds...

Mason Hartley

8 FeaturesawprintPUniversity High School

October 2011

Senior projectpreviews

Social networking sites such as facebook, myspace, twitter, and many others are an incredibly signifi cant

part of student’s lives right now. They provide the op-portunity to check up on friends and see what they are doing, keep in touch, meet new people with similar in-terests, and fi nd out about someone. With smart phones and internet access in more places, these networking sites are boosting in popularity. Most people with inter-net access use some sort of social network, and many say that it is very benefi cial to them. But, studies have also shown that social networking sites can be addicting, and detrimental to academics.According to telegraph.co.uk, when a group of student volunteers were asked to go 24 hours without text mes-sages, facebook, and twitter for 24 hours they began to show withdrawal symptoms. They were anxious, fi dgety, and were constantly thinking about logging back in. People in all age groups join these sites, and it’s become evident that there is something addictive about them. However, even with the addicting aspect, studies show that facebook and other sites have a mild eff ect on most students’ schoolwork.“I like never get on my facebook, and I make myself do my homework before I do” says Jacob Wyman, a sophmore, “I don’t really see the appeal of the website anyway”. While most sites focus on socializing with other people, some of them actually have what could be described as valuable attributes. Fanfi ction focuses on writing stories based on books, movies, TV shows etc. While this may seem like it is a favorable use of a social network, by do-ing something constructive like writing, students claim

that this deteriorates to their schoolwork as well. “I get on fanfi ction.net every day to read stories,” says Saman-tha Kohlert a junior, “I’ll admit that it has caused me to blow off schoolwork”. When asked what the appeal of this website was that made it so appealing and addict-ing, she replied that fi nding new stories was really exciting for her, and she loved to read and com-municate with other authors.Whether it provides a positive, nega-tive, or completely neutral aff ect on a student’s grade, is up to the student. Social networking sites were designed to make things more convenient, and in most cases they do just that. While they are addicting, and it is possible to become so wrapped up in them that one for-gets everything else. But, students who get wrapped up in them and have their

grades aff ected because of it could just have easily been distracted by TV or their friends. The actual websites are, for the most part right now, harmless to student’s grades.

Student goes on facebook even though there is homework to be done.Photo courtesy of Emily Anderson.

“Though 10 years have passed, the wounds are still present, the emotions still raw. You have always carried the memory of that day with you, and in its aftermath you have shown a strength and a cour-age that embodies the character of America.” -Defense Secretary Leon Panetta.The tenth year anniversary of 9-11-01 gave the nation a chance to think back to a time when our nation was under attack; when the sense of panic was felt across the

nation. High school students as a whole were young; the senior class was only in second grade when all of this occurred. “I remember the sadness, and not knowing the magnitude of what was going on,” comments sophomore Mattie Kerns. “I was young, I remember it changed the way everyone had to travel,” comments Cassie Olmsted. The nation as a whole has been brought together by the attacks, as one could tell at the anniver-sary. “The fear brought everyone

together, not in separate politi-cal groups, but together as a nation,” stated Mattie. The memo-rial, opened to the public on September 12th of this year, contains the only tree that survived the attack. Also at the site are two acre sized refl ecting pools, 150 trees and the names of all 2,983 people who were killed in the attacks. The names are on bronze plates

surrounding the pools. “I went to ground zero; it was all very sad,” commented Mattie. As a whole, 9-11 brought the nation together through tragedy, and its anni-versary gives people the time to remember and to look back and come together again.

9/11: How it affects us

World trade center memorial Photo courtesy of reelriff s.wordpress.com

S o c i a l n e t w o r k i n g s i t e s

Karissa Korf

Sarah Karl

Emily Anderson

Senior Project PreviewJohn Kohl has big plans.

Not only does he intend to graduate early with the senior class of 2012, he also has big plans for the wres-tling team. John’s senior project is to renovate the wrestling room. The wres-tling team is fi nancially stable and has extra money to fund this project.John plans to paint the names of past state champi-ons on the walls and also buy new equipment for the team

such as pull up and monkey bars. “If you compare our wrestling room to others, we’re behind on everything” comments John Kohl when asked why he decided to do this as his project. Mr. Gar-cia, John’s advisor and the Wrestling coach will assist him as a committee member on his senior project team . Heard of a great senior proj-ect? Share it with the Paw-print! Email us at Karissa@uhpawprint.com.

Do they e f fec t g rades and schoo l product iv i ty?

A senior project done by Nicolette Bardos for last year’s graduating class. Photo courtesy of Karissa Korf

9Opinion awprintPUniversity High SchoolOctober 2011

Ignorance at its fi nest: the way students are todayMackenzie Korf

Is ignorance always bliss or is it making more of an impact than just happiness?

Abraham Lincoln once said, “75% of quotes online are false.” One may not believe this, but some

teens would not even give that sentence a second glance. Some teenagers may not doubt it because Abraham Lincoln was said to be the one to have said it. Hearing his name and knowing that he was an “honest person,” may just be good enough for some to believe it is true. This type of thinking can lead to ignorance. Some teens are even ignorant on purpose to what is happening in the world. Ignorance is not always bliss. When people look at the news today people see war, poverty, and other terrible events regularly. In fact that is what most news is made up of. A large amount of people prefer to only know the good news, and none of the bad. In reality nobody wants to know the bad news, but it is usually some of the more important news in the world.Kaitlyn Endres, freshman, said,” I don’t watch the news because I don’t think these things eff ect me now.” Thinking the events now or in diff erent parts of

the world will not aff ect you can be a huge miscon-ception, especially when it comes to politics. Politics and government are a huge part of how America runs and not knowing what is going on can cause the country to not run well, which does aff ect everyone. Being carefree and happy is also why most people choose to stay ignorant. Savannah Whitfi eld, fresh-man, said, “I don’t like hearing it because it makes me worry about what is going on, and I stress out about it.” Stress these days can really be a big factor in people’s life, no one wants it. A large amount of the news can be stressful, but it can be better than being blindsided. When hearing the news, one’s mind should be open to hear diff erent opinions and facts. Hearing the news about how corrupt and horrible the world can be, saying times will get better, and doing one’s part to help as much as one can, is better than staying ignorant. After all, if one does not know the issues, how does one fi x the issues?

He Said She Said: Just Another Rumor

Brooke BlehmWhy rumors are just so bad!

This is a way of life that can’t be changed. Once

someone hears a rumor, they can’t take it back. Even as time goes on in high school and students know many more people and have more reputations and opinions, it doesn’t seem to matter; people still like to spread rumors. Look at the people who spread rumors in school today. What really makes them want to spread a rumor? A new freshman here at University who wants to remain anonymous gave me the chance to hear her experiences with rumors. She said, “Rumors have changed my life in many ways, I have no self confi -

dence anymore, I don’t ever feel like I’m pretty.” There is just so much pain that goes on in her life that she never gets to feel beautiful. High school students can stand up to the bullies that like to spread the rumors. People can then help those who are victims of the rumors and help set their rumors straight. Another freshman at University, who wishes to also remain anony-mous, tells how rumors have aff ected him.” When the rumor was spread about me, all my “true friends” left me and I was all alone. I had to rebuild my entire school life just because of one little rumor.”

Welcome Back to the Fish Pond Freshies TIPS TO AVOID

RUMORS:1. Don’t tell everyone everything about personal information about anybody.

2. Have good friends that are trustworthy to not tell others about anyones personal business.

3. Lastly to make sure oth-ers aren’t listening to conversations so that people won’t have the opportunity to spread a rumor about

others.

Don’t worry about being a freshman too much. It gets easier, though for some reason freshmen are just highly

disliked because they supposedly act childish and imma-ture. Junior, Derek Wilkes, said "You freshman need to stop thinking you’re on top of the world, just because you are in high school.” Another tip is don't get distracted. Keep focused on school work and grades. Get to know teachers and classmates, and make some friends. Remember, people don't get a second chance to make a fi rst impression, so make it a good one. It may suck being on the bottom chain again after being 8th graders, but that’s how it is. Making the best of it will help your freshman year go smoother than ever. Also, try getting involved in school activities like sports, clubs, plays, and other extra circular activates. Joining these activities alone already open a new way to meet new people. The high school years are the most important last 4 years of school ever. It’s time to shine and show what freshmen are all about. Prove to the upper classmen that what they say freshman are, isn’t true. Make these years memorable, shoot for outstanding grades, and get involved in school. Taking this advice will surely help new freshman in the long run.

Tips for all the freshman looking for some adviceSavanna Ferguson

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Children fall all the time and parents usually freak, but the kids just get

back up and keep going. Some of these stories can be quite memorable and not just the scar but a great story that the parents will remember forever. Mandy, a mother of three very outgoing and adven-turous girls, said, “My most memorable crash of my oldest daughter was when she was riding a four wheeler and she hit her grandma’s car, she got right back up and kept riding.” It is not only amazing that a little kid can ride a four wheeler that young, but also she just got back up right after she fell. Another story was by Mrs. Bauer, a middle school teacher at

University. She said, “I am a very protec-tive mother and I want my children to play it safe; I don’t want them to get hurt.” As a result her experience in the emergency room has been quite rare. Mr. Garcia has two little kids and an interesting story. He said, “My daughter, Hope, was helping with our backyard fi re pit and she picked up the hot iron cover and burnt her hand, but with all that pain she made up her own little kid cussing. She didn’t know any of the bad words so she just made up her own.” In all, parents have many sto-ries about their kids some stories are just more disturbing than others.

Oops! They Fall AgainIt may not be just a scar, but a great story.Brooke Blehm

Our tennis teams have been very suc-cessful in the past, but one com-

plaint that is always apparent is the lack of support for the team. Because the school doesn’t own any actual court, the tennis matches tend to be overlooked compared to the number of students that attend other fall sports. Despite this, most play-ers seem optimistic about this year. “Over the last few years, the team has grown and learned a lot. I think the start has been slow but we’ll do better.” Said Reno Wood, a junior who has played for his entire high school career. “I think that even though a lot of people don’t show up, students do care and are interested in our status. I’m very hopeful.” All players are completely invested this year.“We lost a lot of good players last year, but I think we’ll do good nonetheless.” Said Ryan Barber, senior who has played

for four years. Though Barber wasn’t that happy over lost players, the other players didn’t seem to mind.“Yeah we lost a lot, but the amount of tal-ent and eff ort I see is inspiring. I think the team will do very well and try their hard-est, just like every year.” said Reno Wood.Overall the players and supporters of the team wereand happy about the new year of tennis. The lack of support is always a problem with smaller teams, but this prob-lem is easily overlooked and passed be-cause the of teams optimism. The future of the team is said to be in good hands.Ryan Barber said “We’re all very excited and looking forward to a great year. Every-one on the team and everyone who comes to the matches are great and fun people.”

Tennis Year Looks OptimsticDiffi culties don’t discourage playersBrandon Sandoval

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Digital Bulling at University

Photo courtesy of Mackenzie Korf.

Thirty percent of teens have said to been bullied according to family-

fi rstaid.org. Not only can someone be face to face with a person who is bullying them, but now it can follow them home as well. Digital bullying is a huge issue today, not only can it make it easier for one to bully, but it can be publically dis-played. Many times all one does is hear about it, but that doesn’t mean that it didn’t happen. Seth Hill, freshman, said, “I think digital bullying is an issue, it can ruin someone’s life.” Bullying can go beyond the years that someone is bullied. It can destroy someone’s confi dence for the rest of their life, it can also make others stron-ger in ways.Brooklynn Pena, a freshman, has gone through digital bullying in her life. She said, “It was pretty harsh, and out of know where I got called by a blocked number saying things that were inappropriate. Then a bunch of random numbers text-ed me, I was confused at fi rst and then I ignored it. It started getting to a point where I needed to do something about it. So I blocked their numbers.” Through this experience Brooklynn did get something positive. She said, “After that experi-ence I learned to stop caring what people thought of me so much.”Tre Daniel, a freshman, said this about how Pena reacted,” I think just blocking the bully doesn’t solve the problem com-pletely, but I also believe that people have the right to their own opinion. I also would just accept what they think and know they are wrong.” When it comes to bullying no one thinks about what they are doing. Technology has given bullies an indirect yet personal way to hurt someone. Without having to

see the hurt in someone’s eye, it can make it so much easier for the bully to not be bothered by what they are saying. Digi-tal bullying has had a chance to increase over the years thanks to the wide variety of social networking sites and since most teens have phones. It’s is easier not to think about what one is doing in this gen-eration, when all you have to do is push a button.

Perspective of a bullying victimMackenzie Korf

When falling off the monkey bars at school, this child got an injury to her head.Photo courtesy of Brooke Blehm.

11Sports awprintPUniversity High SchoolOctober 2011

High school has long lived around sports. If someone were a star ath-lete then they had it made. In today’s society it’s more balanced between sports and education. Imagine balanc-ing those two things but then adding something extra. Jeremy Hewitt a senior at University High School, is taking on a very hard task. He is currently juggling classes and two (that’s right, two) sports. He is a varsity defender at Northridge High School for their soccer team, and the varsity kicker for the Uni-versity Bulldogs football team. People are usually adverse to change but not in his case. “I like change…it spices things up,” he said During the summer he said he wasn’t sure if he was going to play or not, but something changed his mind. “I guess it was just my friend Caleb Frisbie (another senior and var-sity football player) that talked me into

it” he said. So why would he want to play foot-ball for his fi rst time during his senior year? Starting varsity in a sport is every athlete’s dream so why not start in two sports at the same time? Jeremy started playing the game of soccer at the age of fi ve. His parents never

pushed him to do any sports; he said it was his choice to play soccer and base-ball. Through his years of two sports, he made the decision to drop baseball and continue on with soccer. He played Bootlegger soccer, which is a club team. When asked about what was his knowledge of football before this year, he replied with, “Middle school lunch football and watching football

on the TV with his dad”. Some sports go together like tennis and baseball or cross-country and track but football and soccer are very diff erent. There was one thing that did match up though, punting and kicking. He knew that he could kick because when he played football with his friends that was the

one thing he was good at. So what was going through Jeremy’s head the fi rst day of practice? “I was scared at fi rst, but I was in shape so it wasn’t bad at all”. So apparently football isn’t as

scary as everyone says it is. People who are scared of change will never know if they’re good at something else or not. Jeremy made the change from a “fi eld fairy” to a “meat head”. University, as of September 14, 2011, is the only team in Greeley that is undefeated. If that is because of Jeremy, no one knows.

“I like change…it spices things up,”

Double Sports Juggeler

“Football is like life - it requires perseverance, self-denial, hard work, sacrifi ce, dedication and respect for authority.” - Vince Lombardi

Jeremy Hewitt overlooks his playing fi eld.-Photos Courtesy of Karissa Korf

Summer has ended once again and school is back; sitting in dreaded classrooms with

lectures, learning, blah, blah, blah. Along with school being back, so are season sports! Many kids say sports are a huge plus when it comes to school. University has a fairly decent sports program, but vol-leyball blew through the roof last year; second place state champs!! Everyone can only hope it will be as good as last year. A lot of senior varsity players graduated last year and left the vol-leyball team. These seniors include: Lindy Matthews, Caryson Garcia, Ashli Maira, Chelsea Smith, Leanne Eb-ens, and Sara Tappy. This leaves only two seniors for the 2011 volleyball season. Are the present junior, senior, and sophomore play-ers ready for the challenge to top last year? Senior and middle hitter, Courtney Kjeldgaard,

seems to be quite positive about the ongoing season, “Competition has defi nitely improved and the schools are harder than ever. We have a young team so there is a lot to improve on,

but I think we will do just as good as last year at state.” The varsity coach, Greg Cravens, also has high expecta-tions. He says, “We are slowly getting to where we were last year. Our biggest struggle is getting everyone to the experience level we had. As for state, we may not top last year, but I expect in the top eight. One of our biggest strengths is defense, but our weakness is off ense. So far we are ahead for our season wins and losses, and I ex-pect it to stay that way.” Expecta-tions are high and hopefully the 2011 volleyball team

will live up to them!

Bump, Set, and Spike It

University students have diff erent and unique opportunities. One oppor-tunity not given, however, is the chance to play soccer for our school.

Since we do not have a soccer team, students are free to go play soccer at any other school. A number group of students choose to play for Frontier; it is close and very convenient. “I wouldn’t play for a University team; this is my team,” comments Sophomore Taitian Bowie. “The team this year is very energetic, but they are also young,” states head Coach Kennan Reinert. The team has proven its energy with a fi ve and three season record. Although they are young, they have the ad-vantage of being able to play as a whole team for longer, and not having half of their Varsity team leave each season due to graduation. They will benefi t from this in the years to come. The team has played well against opponents, and they have had some close games. Win or lose they can be seen playing as a cohesive unit. Coach Reinert also states, “The boys play well together, as a team, they are excited and we have good talent.”

Young & Reckless

Danielle Rodriguez spikes the ball.-Photo Courtesy of Alannah Roth

-Photo Courtesy of Alannah RothTaitian Bowie working hard on the feild

Even athletes have fears. Jeremy Hewitt juggles his soccer ball while holding a football

“Make sure that team members know they are working with you, not for you.”- John Wooden

12 RoyaltyawprintPUniversity High SchoolOctober 2011

Homecoming Sen io r Roya l ty

Senior Homecoming Candidates

Brooke Jones Aleia AmayaAshlee SchmittAndres FloresStephen BradleySean Moore

Photos Courtesy of Karissa Korf