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Friday, Dec. 16, 2016

Regular Schedule

Happening NOW •Debate: Tournaments in Minneapolis, Minn., and Brookings cancelled •Girls Basketball: vs. Moorhead, Minn., today—JV and freshmen 4 p.m., sophomores 5:30 p.m., varsity 7 p.m. in WHS gyms; vs. Crofton, Neb., Saturday at Sanford Pentagon—varsity only 6 p.m. •Bowling: vs. Vermillion 4 p.m. today at Family Fun Center in Yankton •Show Choir: Preview Night 6 p.m. tonight in auditorium •Wrestling: Ray Wellman Warrior Invitational 9 a.m. Saturday in WHS gym

Lunch Time at WHS •Today’s lunch: Grilled cheese sandwich, tomato soup, peas •À la carte lines: Cheese pizza, bean and cheese burrito, baked potato bar, chef salad, sandwiches

Group Meetings •R&R Book Club: Members will meet to discuss “Tease” during fifth period today in the library. •Boys Soccer: Team members will meet for an open field training at 8 a.m. Saturday at the Avera Sports Institute, 1601 W. 44th St., and again Tuesday at 6:30 p.m.

Other Reminders •Seniors: Order your graduation caps and gowns by Saturday to avoid a late fee—see e-mail for instructions. NOW Friday Staff

Co-Editors . . . . . . . . . . . . Taylor Anderson and Sydney Stallinga Assistant Editor: . . . . . . Maddie VanderFeen Staff: Rachel Boer, Kylee Haub, Hailie Schock, Megan Nolan, Erika Lehan, Shoniya Stonehouse, Alejandro Martinez, Logan Barber, Abdisa Baneta Editors-in-chief . . . . . . . . . Carson Herbert . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . and Maham Shah Adviser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Jason Lueth The News of Washington is a publication of the Orange & Black Staff Washington High School–Sioux Falls, S.D. WHSNOW.COM Some material courtesy of American Society of Newspaper Editors/ TNS Campus High School Newspaper Service

Vol. 22 • No. 66

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Snow 3” total today High 16°

Snow, wind, cold Low -3°

This Weekend: Snow ending Cold—wind chills to -30° Saturday

Drama club members sponsor ugly sweater war Principal Dan Conrad to wear winner next Thursday

By Hailie Schock rama club members have been broken up into four groups and are making Ugly Christmas Sweaters, one of which will be worn by principal Dan Conrad next Thursday on Ugly Christmas Sweater Day. A contest will be held in the commons during lunch periods Monday-Wednesday next week to decide which sweater Conrad will wear. It will take the form of a penny-war— pennies will count as one positive point each; nickels, dimes, quarters and bills will count as negative points. Money raised from the contest will help fund the drama club trip to Omaha, Neb., this spring. Students who want to come on this trip must earn points throughout the year by participating in shows and

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earning fundraising points. Club co-adviser Bryan Aukerman said it has been fun. “All the ugly sweaters began as a simple, single-color, boring sweater and students had to work to add personality and kitsch,” Aukerman said. “Different students used different methods to make the sweaters, but some went so far as to make their own pompoms out of yarn in order to craft a unique snowman, while others used real, prickly Noble-Fir branches.” Club co-adviser Micki DeCurtins said the process is a way for the drama club officers to build leadership skills. “Each officer was the head of a group,” DeCurtins said. “It is also a way for everyone to get to know each other better, since we have a lot of new drama club members.”

Photo by Hailie Schock DON’T SWEAT IT—Drama Club member sophomore Grace Wolf displays one of the entries in the ugly sweater penny war.

Girls face two out-of-state opponents By Taylor Anderson Girls basketball team members will continue their season with two out-of-state opponents this weekend—tonight in the WHS main gym and tomorrow at the Sanford Pentagon in the Edith Sanford Breast Center Girls Basketball Classic. In tonight’s home opener, WHS will face the Moorhead, Minn., Spuds. The JV and freshmen will take the courts in the WHS gyms at 4 p.m. today followed by the sophomore team at 5:30 p.m. and

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the JV at 7 p.m. Fan dress theme for tonight is flannel. On Saturday, the varsity girls will face five-time Nebraska state champion Crofton at 6 p.m. at the Pentagon. Sixteen teams from around the region will participate in the classic, including all four large Sioux Falls schools. The event will be closed out with a triple-header featuring the three large Sioux Falls public schools. Tickets can be purchased at the door Saturday for $10 for adults and $5 for students. Going into these two Warrior Nation Events

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match-ups, WHS is 1-1, after beating Stevens and falling to St. Thomas More last weekend in Rapid City. The Moorhead Spuds are currently 2-3 and Crofton has a record of 5-0 with a game tonight. Senior Emily VanBockern said she is ready. “We have been working really hard in practice this week,” VanBockern said. “I am excited for the tough competition. They should be good games.” WHS will also travel to Yankton for a boys/girls doubleheader Tuesday. All WHS News

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Wrestling team hosts Ray Wellman Invite By Alex Martinez and Abdisa Baneta The 2016 Ray Wellman Warrior Invitational Wrestling Tournament will begin at 9 a.m. Saturday in the WHS gym. WHS will compete with wrestlers from nine schools at the event, including Adrian, Minn., Brandon Valley, Mitchell, Stevens, Roosevelt, Vermillion, Watertown and Yankton. Three mats will be used

throughout the tournament and the final session will begin around 2 p.m. Saturday. Admission will be $6 for adults and $4 for students and no passes will be accepted. Sophomore wrestler Tupak Kpeayeh is ready. “I think the meet is going to be really exciting and fun and hopefully we perform well,” Kpeayeh said.

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Student group issues ‘Renaissance Bucks’ By Maddie VanderFeen The Renaissance Committee at WHS circulated “Renaissance Bucks” to each staff member at WHS today. Each teacher has received two orange “bucks” worth $1 each at the Warrior Zone school store. Teachers will hand these Renaissance Bucks out to students who consistently are helpful and display random acts of kindness in

the classroom or hallway at WHS. Renaissance Committee member Rachel Boer said she thinks the bucks are a good way to honor students. “It is a good way to reward our peers and people who go out of their way to help others,” Boer said. “It is a good way to keep spirits up after a long winter with semester tests quickly approaching.”

Things heat-up inside, cool off outside The temperature is continuing to decrease, putting us in a tie with Antarctica yesterday, it seems. This cold should be an important reminder to us to stay warm for our health and safety, because we haven’t seen anything, yet, Warriors. Before you run out the house Hear me. . . to go to an exciting day of school, do not forget to grab your gloves, scarves, hats and Kylee Haub winter jacket— but make sure as you enter the building you put it safely in your locker, as it is our school’s policy! Now, neither my friends or I personally know where our lockers even are, but today would be

a great time to find out, as teachers are cracking down on the long-standing rule against winter coats in the hallways and classrooms. I know this can be a bit of a hassle, but it is better to be safe than sorry. While the weather is continuing to be freezing cold, it seems the battle between teachers and students is just heating up. There have been many arguments against the policy that I have personally witnessed this past week, perhaps providing even more of a classroom distraction than the winter coats themselves. Just remember that our teachers are just doing their jobs by enforcing rules and to not take it out on them—just take it off! As the week is winding down, the severe storm warnings are just beginning. Today we can expect three inches of snow combined with freezing wind chills. Take precautions and stay warm and have a chill weekend! Senior Kylee Haub left her coat at home to avoid heated confrontations.

 

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H.S. vapers often become heavy smokers By Lindsey Konkel Science News Today (TNS) E-cigarette use grew an astounding 900 percent among high school students from 2011 to 2015. That’s according to a report by the U.S. Surgeon General’s office, released Dec. 8. It highlights the harmful effects of e-cigarettes, especially to young people.

Science Friday Studies had shown that teens who vape are more likely to try cigarette smoking. And that’s disturbing because in the United States alone, the number of teen vapers nearly quadrupled between 2013 and 2015 — to more than 3 million. However, it has not been clear whether these kids who move on to tobacco “are just experimenting with smoking or whether they go on to become regular users,” says Adam Leventhal. He’s an addiction scientist at the University of Southern California, in Los Angeles. The distinction is important, he says. Teens who become regular smokers during high school are more likely to develop a lifelong addiction to nicotine. According to the Surgeon General’s Report, nine out of 10 adult smokers tried their first cigarettes during adolescence. The study showed that the likelihood that a student who admitted previously trying vaping were about two times as likely to use cigarettes as were teens who had never vaped. Each jump to a group that vaped more frequently roughly doubled the likelihood that a student would report frequent, heavy cigarette smoking by the spring. Leventhal’s group published its findings online Nov. 8 in the Journal of the American Medical Association.