South Tahoe High School Viking Longship­Volume II Edition II­ September 2016

The Sports Fall Sports

News, Schedules, New Articles

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The Voices Heard Around School, Sage Words from Sage, Free Advice

The Times Club Schedules and School Events

The Colors Arts News from

Lacey

The Numbers A Mental Game from Matthew

Photo Courtesy: Emily Doyle, Head Staff Photographer

New Victories on and off the playfield

On Friday, September 9, 2016, a multitude of amazing things took place. Babies were born. People got married. South Tahoe High won their first home football game and the new jumbotron made an official debut. The evening was filled with excitement. South Tahoe was up by point after point, the crowd was screaming in joy when a great play was made, but little did most know that two amazing teams were part of the explosive victory that night. A small and little recognized team sat at a temporary location beneath the new scoreboard, computers and coffee covering the table as they managed the new jumbotron. Every time South Tahoe’s successful team made a touchdown or field goal, the team below, comprised of DMA teacher Travis Steil and members of the DMA club Thunderclap, worked hard to put a corresponding animation up on the scoreboard. Two members actually created an animation about the snack shack within the evening itself, putting together a drawing in less than two hours to display. Though some were dubious about the school’s necessity for an expensive new scoreboard, many fears have been quelled as the Jumbotron is finally getting used and run: and by students, no less.

The Times Ah, September, the infamous ninth­supposed­to­be­seventh month of the year. If only Julius and Augustus hadn’t gotten so arrogant as to create and name entire months after themselves, the calendar would have been laid out so much better. Damn those pesky Romans… September at STHS is a lively month, packed with home football (and tennis and soccer and cross country), and school events. The leaves are starting to show spots of red and orange, the air chills, and the newness of school hasn’t worn off just yet , making spirits high. It’s the calm before the storm, Vikings. Be quick and get your warm coats out, for we in Tahoe are never sure when the times are right for snow to fall.

Clubs and Club Meetings: Ally Gay­Straight Alliance: Thursdays at Lunch in Mrs. Heidel’s room, B­9 ASHRA (Advocates for Safe and Healthy Relationships Alliance):

Wednesdays from 3:00 to 3:45 in room A12. Computer and Robotics Club: Thursdays at lunch in Mr. Smith’s CAT­206 Friday Night Live: Fridays at lunch in Ms. Russell’s, ST­103 Gardening Club: Fridays at lunch in Ms. Greenough’s Generation Green: Tuesdays at lunch in Bedwell’s room, ST­1. Come for

cool nature hikes and environmental fundraisers! Interact Club: Mondays at lunch in B­5 Key Club: Mondays at lunch in Ms. Berry’s room, C­7 National Honors Society: Wednesdays at lunch in Mrs. Miller’s room, A­9 Order of the Ictus: Mondays at lunch in the TADA Music Room S. Club: Tuesdays at lunch in Mrs. Tilson’s room, B­8 Strategy Club: Wednesdays and Thursdays after school from 3­4:30 in Bedwell’s room, ST­1 Thunderclap: Thursdays at lunch in Mr. Steil’s VTV room. Creative Writing Club and the Longship Staff meets Tuesdays in Berkshire’s, B­4. We welcome new

writers and journalists willing to communicate, learn, have fun, and contribute to the Viking Longship.

School and Community Events: Sept 23­25: Bishop Photography Trip Monday Sept. 26­ Sports Picture Day Ashland Theatre Trip: Sept 29­ Oct 2 Homecoming Week: October 3­Oct 7 Homecoming Football Game: Friday, Oct 7 Homecoming Dance: Saturday, Oct 2 National Chocolate Milk Day: Sept 27 TBWES Environmental Trip: Oct 12­14

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The Sports

Fall Varsity Sports Schedule and Scores Please send in any corrections, changes, or additional events to sthslongship@gmail.com .

Football Boys Tennis

Girls Tennis

Boys Soccer

Girls Soccer

Cross­ Country

Volleyball

8/26 @ Sparks 49­19 Win

8/30 Vs. Truckee 10­8 Win

8/30 @ Truckee 11­7 Loss

8/25 Vs. North Valleys 1­0 Loss

8/27 Vs. Montgomery 6­0 Loss

8/26 Douglas Class Races

9/7 Vs. Fallon 3­1 Win

9/2 @ Spring Creek 51­21 Loss

9/1 Vs. Incline 13­5 Win

9/1 @ Incline 11­7 Win

9/7 Vs. Lowry 1­0 Win

9/7 @ Lowry 3­2 Win

9/2 Twilight Invitational

9/9 @ Elko 3­0 Win

9/9 Vs. Fernley 36­8 Win

9/5 @ North Tahoe 16­2 Win

9/8 @ Sparks 18­0 Win

9/9 @ Sparks 6­1 Loss

9/9 Vs. Sparks 5­1 Win

9/10 Nevada Union

9/10 @ Spring Creek 3­1 Win

9/16 @ Fallon 38­30 Win

9/8 Vs. Sparks 18­0 Win

9/13 @ Fallon 13­5 Loss

9/20 Vs. Truckee

9/14 @ Incline 2­0 Loss

9/17 Folsom Invitational

9/14 @ Incline 3­1 Win

9/23 @ Lowry 9/14 Vs. Churchill

9/15 Vs. Truckee

9/23 @ Elko 9/20 @ Truckee

9/21 Retro Relays @STHS!

9/16 @ Lowry 3­1 Win

9/30 @ Wooster

9/15 @ Truckee

9/20 Vs. Incline

9/24 @ Spring Creek

9/23 Vs. Elko 9/24 Truckee Invitational

9/21 @ Dayton

10/7 Vs. Dayton Homecoming!

9/20 @ Incline 9/29 Vs. Churchill

9/28 Vs. Churchill

9/24 Vs. Spring Creek

9/23 @ Sparks

10/14 @ Elko 9/22 Vs. North Tahoe

9/30 @ North Tahoe

9/28 @ Churchill

9/28 Vs. Truckee

10/21 Vs. Truckee

9/27 @ Sparks 10/5 @ Lowry 9/30 Vs. North Tahoe

10/3 Vs. Fernley

9/29 @ Churchill

10/8 Vs. Sparks

10/5 Vs. Lowry 10/7 Vs. Elko

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Varsity Football with Back to Back Friday Night Lights Wins By Emily Abuhajleh

The Vikings have been on fire recently with last week’s win against Fallon (38­30) and the previous week’s triumph over Fernley (36­8). Unlike our easy win against Fernley, it was a nail biting last ten minutes against Fallon while the Greenwave fourth quarter rush scored twenty­two points in almost under ten minutes. Without Senior Jacob Bernal’s final touchdown pushing the Vikings’ score to 38, it might have been just too close for comfort. However, throughout the night Seniors Noah Jackson and Robert Cage’s

names boomed throughout the stadium after scoring touchdown after touchdown and other star players such as Junior McCallan Castles and Senior Jacob Bernal helped the

team score a total of 74 points over the two weeks, getting the Vikings two great wins. Collision after collision, tackle after tackle, touchdown after touchdown. Although it would seem an end score of 36­8 would indicate an easy game, the Vikings were still playing at their full capability against Fernley. Scoring a total of seven catches, two touchdowns, and a total of 136 receiving yards, it seemed as though Junior McCallan Castles owned the Viking field that Friday night. Alongside Castles, Seniors Noah Jackson and Robert Cage seemed unstoppable. The crowd could

lip sync with the loudspeaker as they announced yet another Vikings touchdown. However, the repetitive and almost anticipated scoring didn’t make the crowd any less excited or the energy of the stadium any less electric. Photos courtesy of Emily Doyle.

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opinions The Voices on campus

Heard Around School: Opinions on Campus This week’s question: Are you excited for autumn?

“Yes­ it’s my favorite season!” ­Ryan Newberger, Class of 2019

“Who? Oh, the season. I don’t really care…” ­Charlie Filce, Class of 2017

“No! I hate autumn!” ­Chris Hoefer, Class of 2019

“No.” ­Ms. Bedwell, Science Teacher

“Yeah, I just like pumpkin stuff.” Mario Miranda, Class of 2018

“Heck yeah I’m excited for autumn!” ­Zoe Greco, Class of 2017

“Yup, I’m really excited for autumn” ­Dillon Mlynsky, Class of 2017

“Nope, it’s cold, no snow, and miserable.” ­Max Morgan, Class of 2017

Sage Words: In the April of 2014, Flint Michigan’s water source changed from Detroit's water and sewage district to the untreated Flint river. Despite advisory from the Flint city council to revert back to purchasing water from the Detroit treatment plant, the state appointed Jerry Ambrose (flint's emergency manager who is in charge of all funds) issued a statement "Flint water today is safe by all Environmental Protection Agency and Michigan Department of Environmental Quality standards, and the city is working daily to improve its quality.” In other words, instead of buying safe water for a little more, the government chose to continue purchasing untreated, unsafe water and spending millions to try and convert it to clean water. Estimates of the cost for new pipes to replace lead pipes are from millions to 1.2 billion. Keep in mind, the citizens of Flint have to pay for this contaminated water. It is a requirement of parents to have running water by the Child Protection Agency, so if a household does not pay for water that is poisoning their children, the CPA is legally obligated to seize the children. A physician of Flint found that increased blood­lead levels has risen 5% (in 2015). Legionnaires Disease, coming from a bacteria that lives naturally in untreated water, has recently had an outbreak in Flint, infecting 87 recorded people, 10 of whom died. THMs (a chlorine byproduct) was found very early on, and long term exposure to this chemical causes cancer. It is incredible to me that these contaminants were found so early on, and still this injustice continued. On September 19th, 2016 (a day before I’m writing this) the city of Flint Michigan made it impossible to sue the state . They (gov snyder and his appointed board) enacted a law to prohibit lawsuits unless signed by the state. Therefore, people whose family members have died or had catastrophic health effects cannot get any compensation. Make no mistake. If this was a city of rich white people, this would have never happened. Our society and our corrupt government sees fit to enact violence against POC and especially low income POC. It is incredible that in a first world country such as ours, where it seems the upper middle class has everything it could ever want or need, an entire city could lose its fresh water supply, simply due to bureaucratic nonsense/money.

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→http://www.helpforflint.com/action →http://flintwaterstudy.org/2015/09/pediatric­lead­exposure­presentation­from­hurley­medical­center­doctors­concerning­flint­mi/ http://www.michigan.gov/flintwater/0,6092,7­345­76292_76294_76297­­­,00.html

Submission of the Week: Free Advice by Freeman George: You know those stickers on apples? The other day I was sitting and eating my lunch when I pulled

from my bag the most gorgeous, red, crisp, giant, apple.

It was the 2nd Coming of apple Jesus, it was the Mona Lisa, the David, the Pantheon of apples. How

was I supposed to wait the 15 seconds it takes to remove a sticker? What was a small piece of wax paper

compared to the fruit messiah?

So fast forward to the next morning when, after my daily use of the porcelain throne, I catch a brief

glimpse of a certain sticker disappearing down the drain.

Now my advice is that you take that 15 seconds to remove that sticker because seeing it again is quite

disturbing, trust me.

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The Colors The Lights – The Theatre – The Brush ­ The Aperture – The Sounds – The Sights

The Theatre

Congratulations to all those who have

been cast in White Christmas !

Tyler Martin, Zane Brady, Caroline Krolicki, Zyena Tolhurst, Trae Vincent, Aurora Gooch, Porter Befu, Ian Sielsch, Bailee Salmon, Melissa Lea,

Dominic Schlosser, Brian Trejo, Sammy Wright, Dylan Martin, Anna Edwards, Dean Kallas, Destiny Bueno, Cole Rhodes, Kayla Mason, and Sarah

Edwards.

Dance Chorus: Kayla Mason, Sadie Waldie, Bailee Salmon, Izzy Preston, Sarah Edwards, Emma Aaron, Hannah

Lucas, Sarah McConaughey, and Bryce Rasmusson.

Singing Chorus:

Senia Qualls, Laney Terell, Sierra Bedwell, Haley Lillard, Lacey Chappel, Eden Paganini, Faith Brown,

Zoe Greco, Briana Budd, Angel Capagli, Sage Alexander, Josiah Kramer, Quinn Picinonmo, Sophia

Lamore, Kylie Pilkinton, Maddie Evans, Elijah McClellan, and Alex Montgomery.

Do you have a hidden talent? Do you want to see your work in print?

Send your work to the Viking Longship at

sthslongship@gmail.com!

Music

Come to the Order of the Ictus! We plan all of the events in

the music department, so come be a part of the action if you’re in the music department! Meetings are held on

Mondays at lunch in the Music Room with Mr. Bagheri.

Digital Media

Come to Thunderclap! The Digital Media Arts club meets on Thursdays at lunch in the VTV room.

We run the brand new Scoreboard at football games every Friday night and run other digital media events throughout the school. Come join

the awesomeness! Art Courtesy of Lacey Chappel

Art Courtesy of Sarah Cutter

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The Numbers ­Edited by Matthew Barnett­

“I hate math,” “When are we ever going to use this stuff anyway?” “I was never really good with

numbers.” We hear these statements everyday. Perhaps you have even said a few of these phrases yourself.

Alas, mathematics is not the boring, robotic and useless subject that every high schooler (and many adults)

seem to imply. That is why I am beginning a new mini­series which I am titling “Why you actually love

math but hate to admit it.”

In this series, I will explore the hidden uses of mathematics, little known insights and generally all

around mind­blowing content. The first lesson will be on a field of mathematics rarely taught in high

school: game theory. Game theory is the study of, well, games. To be more specific, the subject examines

the choices of rational decision makers AKA rational agents. A rational agent is one that uses all the

knowledge available to it in order to form an optimal decision in a given situation. Typically, the games

studied in game theory are multifaceted, involving the consideration and anticipation of many rational

agents all plotting against each other.

And this is where you come into the story, dear reader. The survey I have put together below will

contain the first game. A valuable prize will be given to the winner, so sharpen your mind for the task.

Remember to think logically, and make sure you don’t take the game at face value. Good luck.

Survey link:

https://goo.gl/forms/bEDQBbINkpBPWhyG3

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The Puzzles Morning Maniacal Mathematical Mystery Menagerie

A Buddhist monk got an errand from his teacher: to meditate for exactly 45 minutes. He has no watch; instead he is given two incense sticks, and he is told that each of those sticks would completely burn in 1 hour. The sticks are not identical, and they burn with variant yet unknown rates (they are hand­made). So he has these two incense and some matches: can he arrange for exactly 45 minutes of meditation? If you have the answer, send an email to sthslongship@gmail.com and we will publish your solution next issue!

Mazes Easy

Medium

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Hard

If you can solve the hard maze then send the solution to sthslongship@gmail.com and you will be featured in the next paper!

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The Viking Longship Staff: Mr. Berkshire: Staff Advisor Sierra Bedwell: Chief Editor Emily Abuhajleh: Sports Editor Sage Alexander: Sage Words Writer Matthew Barnett: The Numbers Editor Meg Carlson: Staff Writer Lacey Chappel: The Colors Staff Editor

Emily Doyle: Head of Photography Freeman George: Free Advice Editor Daniel Hatfield: Heard Around School, Staff Writer Jackson Kusmik: Staff Photographer Max Morgan: Staff Editor, Max’s Madness Dylan Sanders: Puzzle Editor/Creator

We welcome new writers at meetings of the Creative Writing Club, Tuesdays in Berkshire’s B­4! The opinions expressed within this publication are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of the Viking Longship. Submissions Guidelines: Subjectmaterial is accepted from any student, parent, teacher, or community member. Materialsmust not be vulgar or excessively violent in nature. Anonymous submissions are discouraged, but accepted. Please send any writing and art submissions to sthslongship@gmail.com with a title, author’s name, any text that is to be included, and a note explaining in which section of the newspaper youwish your submission to be published in. Any submissions deemed by the Longship or LTUSD staff to be unsuitable for publication may be withheld from the newspaper and/or edited for suitability. The Viking Longship is dedicated to maintaining free speech and freedom of expression among the students of South Tahoe High School. ATTENTION: COPYRIGHT NOTICE: All articles and works contained, displayed, or excerpted within this publicationusedonpermissionof their respective authors, and are copyright said authors. These materials may not be reproduced, displayed, modified or distributed in any form without the express prior writtenpermissionof the copyright holders.

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