Next Generation Teachers: Four Student Teachers Enter CFHS Classrooms

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The sophomores, juniors and seniors at Cedar Falls High School are not the only students learning in the building. This year, there are several students from universities learning the art of being a teacher from observa-tion and hands on experience. Some spend time at multiple schools throughout the day, learning how to teach students of all ages, while others spend all day in one classroom, trying to understand how to teach and earn the respect of high school students. No matter what sub-ject they are specializing in, all are anxious to complete their student teaching and have a classroom of their own.

Connor KoppinOriginally from Mason City,

Koppin now attends Wartburg College in Waverly. He decided in his freshman year at Wartburg that he wanted to be a teacher, having had an amazing experi-ence in choir when he was in high school and wishing to instill that experience in others. Kop-pin was randomly assigned to teach choir at Cedar Falls High School, beginning his student teaching on Aug. 12. He will complete his experience on Dec. 14 and graduate soon af-ter with a bachelor’s degree in music education. Then he plans to move to Minnesota and be-gin his search for a job at a high school where he will teach choir.

Koppin said he feels that the hardest part of student teaching is getting the students to respect him as they respect his cooperat-ing teacher, Eliott Kranz. He felt this on his first day, which was strange for him, but now feels as though the students have grown to respect him, making teach-ing much easier. As advice for aspiring teachers, Koppin said, “Figure out what kind of teacher you want to be, and then start to teach that way.”

Heather GreelAfter growing up in Med-

ford, Ore., Greel lived in Colora-do Springs, Colo., with her hus-band, who is in the military. They were stationed there before be-

ing stationed here in Iowa, giv-ing her the opportunity to enroll at the University of Northern Iowa as a history secondary edu-cation major.

Greel began student teach-ing after being placed at Cedar Falls High School on Aug. 12, and her last day at the school will be Oct. 11. She graduates two months later in December.

After that, Greel said she hopes to go to graduate school and plans on earning a masters in both edu-cation and history.

Greel said she be-lieves that the hardest part of student teach-ing is the amount of work, as she has all the responsibilities of a teacher in addition to working on her teacher work sample, which is required to complete her stu-dent teaching.

She said the best part of teaching is getting to know stu-dents and finally experiencing life as a teacher. Greel said she will always remember her stu-dents, and they have made her student teaching experience a great one.

She said she believes that if you are passionate about teach-ing, you should not let any-one or anything stop you from achieving your dreams. “The world needs great teachers,”

Greel said.

Meghan ReynoldsReynolds came to Cedar

Falls in 2000 after living in Des Moines, to attend the University of Northern Iowa for her under-graduate degree, which she re-ceived in biology and music. She was originally a lab supervisor in

a research lab and was given the opportu-nity for a ca-reer change, so she de-cided to take the chance and go back to school to become a teacher.

Reynolds specifically requested the CFHS science department for her stu-dent teaching, as it has a great reputation. She began student teaching in the middle of Au-gust and completes her time at Cedar Falls High School on Oct. 11 before leaving for Mumbai, India, on Oct. 16 to teach there for two months.

After she graduates with her masters in science educa-tion, Reynolds plans to look for teaching positions in the Cedar Falls area, as “it’s like a second home” to her with the university nearby as a great resource.

The hardest part about stu-dent teaching for Reynolds is

time management and keeping track of everything. Reynolds said that as a teacher, she wants every student to succeed, and it takes a lot of work to do this be-cause all students have different needs. She said she likes student teaching because it gives her the opportunity to succeed and fail, with her cooperating teach-ers supporting her. Reynolds said, “You have to really want to teach and enjoy it, or it will be incredibly hard to be successful. Don’t just settle for getting by; always strive to do better. That advice should be followed no matter what your career.”

Becca PayneOriginally from Marion, Iowa,

Payne came to Cedar Falls to attend the University of North-ern Iowa. She decided that she wanted to be a teacher during her senior year of high school, having strong influences from her orchestra teacher and wish-ing to make an impact on her students like he did.

Payne was placed in the Cedar Falls District for student teaching, working with students at Cedar Heights Elementary, Southdale Elementary, Holmes Junior High, Peet Junior High and Cedar Falls High School. She goes to each school with her coordinating teachers, Mr. Hall and Ms. Smith. Because of this, she gets the benefit of working with students in grades

4-12 in the orchestra program. Payne began student teaching on Aug. 12 and finishes on Dec. 12, graduating soon after with a degree of bachelor of music in music education-instrumental. After she graduates, Payne plans to work as a substitute teacher while also applying for full-time teaching positions.

Payne said that the hard-est part of teaching is that her work is never completely done. She puts a lot of work into her teaching, constantly reflecting on what her students need and often coming in at night for extra rehearsals.

Her favorite thing about stu-dent teaching is the students themselves. Payne loves getting to know students as individuals and witnessing them master dif-ferent concepts that she taught them.

Speaking of her experience, Payne said, “What won’t I take away? I am constantly learning new things about what teach-ers do both inside and outside of the classroom. It is my goal to gain all of the knowledge and expertise that I can out of this experience, but if you want to know specifically, I think I will take away the passion and work ethic that my cooperating teach-ers display each and every day.”

By Editor MalloryVALLENTINE

Connor Koppin:Choir

Heather Greel: Developing Nations

Meghan Reynolds:Physics

Becca Payne:Orchestra

-Becca Payne

The hardest thing about student teaching is that my work is never completely done.

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DALLENBACH By MacKenzie

Fellowship of Christian Athletes (FCA) is a worldwide organization that has been around since the ‘60s. There wasn’t one in Cedar Falls. This is why P.E. teacher Corey Peters decided to start one in our area.

“I think we have too big of divides in our lives between communities, social classes, race, sex, religion, etc,” Peters said regarding why he started FCA.

FCA is every 2nd and 4th Monday in each month in the Holmes Cafeteria from 6:30 p.m.- 8 p.m. The high school also just started its own FCA this fall.

The purpose of this group is to im-pact the community, family, schools, etc. Peters also wanted to start this group because he wanted to have a group that was known for how they love others — not just the ones who act like they love others, but ones where they actually do something to show it. “I want them to love everyone and be known for it,” Peters said.

Anyone can come to FCA even if they are not a Christian or an athlete. Once a student told Peters that he wasn’t an athlete. Peters then asked him if he had ever thrown a ball, the student said yes, “You are an athlete then,” Pe-ters said.

Throughout FCA Peters has had many amazing experiences. A couple years ago he had a girl who was an atheist join the group. Peters loved hav-ing her there but wondered why she was coming to a Christian program if she was atheist, so he asked her. She said it was the only place that she felt accepted and loved.

At FCA they talk about the impor-tance of reading the Bible, and at the end of the meeting they have prayer time where they pray for other stu-dents. They also invite students from UNI to speak sometimes. The meetings usually have a speaker, short devotion and games in the gym at the end. Pe-ters also makes homemade BBQ once a year, and besides that, they also have

treats and pizza often. This last week there was also the

third Fields of Faith (FOF). Over 500 people attended this event. At FOF, students share stories about how God has impacted their lives. The majority of this event is run by students. “They

Get your pens out, put your thinking caps on and prepare to put your debat-ing and problem solving skills to the test. Model UN is kicking off and look-ing for members. The club meets every Thursday between 2:50 and 3 p.m. in Tim Kangas’s room, a.k.a the ALPHA room, 147.

Model UN is a “simulation on how the United Nations works in the real world,” Kangas said.

The group discusses timely topics

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and goes through the process of mak-ing amendments. In the spring, their meetings shift as they discuss specific countries that they will take on the role of becoming.

This past Monday, the Model UN competed in its regional versus Hud-son, in which they took on the role of acting as though they were the real United Nations. The club will go on and participate at State in mid-October ver-sus all of the other schools in the state

and debate topics as a whole at the state capitol in Des Moines.

In the spring, the group travels to an event at the University of Northern Iowa where they debate as their spe-cific countries. They will debate timely topics, and, although they are all Ameri-cans, vote and act as their countries.

The spring goal is for the “students to learn about their countries,” Kangas said. He noted they’ll also learn their country’s “different views and customs.

[Hopefully they’ll] come to agree-ments.”

It’s never too late to come and join the Model UN. “The more people’s additional voices make it interesting,” Kangas said. Participants don’t have to be in Model UN in the fall to join in the spring and vise versa. So, if debating on governmental issues and topics, as well as debating as if one represents a differ-ent country, is exciting, come and join the Model UN.

challenge each other to, one begin a relationship with Christ, two, get into his word daily, three impact their home, school and community for him,” Peters said.

Also every Thursday students have the opportunity to go out and pray for

people. They hand out groceries to families in need.

Those interested can also check out Peters blog for many other stories and pictures at http://kingdomcomeprayer.blogspot.com/.

Model UN readies for state conference in Des Moines

The Fellowship of Christian Athletes (FCA) club at the high school participated in the Fields of Faith event hosted on the high school track and football field last Wednesday, Sept. 18. Many Cedar Valley youth groups attended this event that featured testimonies from some of the over 500 participants.

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FCA welcomes all to fields, meetings

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BENGSTON By Kaleb

Tooth Decay?Over 45,360 cities,

that’s approximately 226 million people, are sub-ject to a mandatory fluo-ridation of their drinking water. Though many believe that fluoride is good for you, there are a substantial amount of people standing up against this mandatory fluoridation.

Some of these critics point to a Harvard study that came out on Dec. 30, 2011, before it was accepted on July 20, 2012. The study proves that the consumption of fluo-ride has no beneficial effect on the body. Actually on the contrary, fluoride is toxic at 1.0 parts per million (ppm), and a Harvard study shows that fluo-ride, a known neurotoxin, in-gested at a young age in large quantities causes IQ reduction. At such a young age the brain is susceptible to many toxins that can cause devastating ef-fects.

Now, this is not always the case. Not every young child has been affected, as is obvi-ous, but any avoidable per-centage of people is desirable.

Fluoride is not the only chemical put in the water for medical treatment. Many of the people against fluorida-tion are aware of the most dangerous of the concoction of chemicals injected into the municipal water; hydrofluorosi-licic acid, also known as hexa-fluorosilicic acid. Hydrofluoro-silicic acid is also commonly used for water fluoridation in several countries including the United States, the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland. In the United States, about 40,000 tons of hydro-fluorosilicic acid is recovered from phosphoric acid plants.

Hydrofluorosilicic acid re-leases hydrogen fluoride when evaporated, so it has similar risks. It is corrosive and may cause fluoride poisoning. Inha-lation of the vapors may cause lung edema.

Also, fluoride excess is sometimes stored in the bones, which is linked to weak bones. The results of more than five studies indicate in-creased bone fractures in both naturally and artificially fluori-dated areas. The incidence of bone fracture is also increas-ing more rapidly than can be

accounted for by aging of the population. There are numer-ous studies, including Harvard study, which undeniably prove that fluoride’s cumulative ef-fect on bone is devastating.

It is well known that chronic ingestion of fluoride, which in this day and age is almost impossible to counter unless you buy an expensive and ad-vanced water filter, can cause osteofluorosis or skeletal fluo-rosis, a crippling bone disease.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration classifies fluo-ride as “A drug, because it is used to prevent or mitigate disease. As a matter of basic logic, adding fluoride to the water for the sole purpose of preventing tooth decay.” On an aside, tooth decay is not a waterborne disease, but they add fluoride as a form of medi-cal treatment. All other water treatment chemicals are added to improve the water’s quality, which fluoride does not.

Another argument is that the fluoridation of public wa-ter is unethical. As a standard of medical practice, informed consent is a key moral right of the patient, or in this case 226 million people. For this reason, most of western Europe has ruled against the mandatory fluoridation of the drinking water.

Another reason against flu-oridation is that it’s impossible to control the dosage. Once it’s dispersed in the public wa-ter, it’s up to the person to un-derstand the toxic dosage of fluoride. Different people drink different amounts of water.

For example, construction workers consume much more water than a desk clerk. It is the moral reasoning for any doctor (or in this case city or state government) to inform the patient of the toxicity, what it is and how much the patient is consuming.

A Nobel Peace Prize win-ner for medicine, Dr. Arvid Carlsson, is even against the forced fluoridation of citizens. “I would advise against fluori-dation. ... Side-effects cannot be excluded. ... In Sweden, the emphasis nowadays is to keep the environment as clean as possible with regard to pharmacologically active and, thus, potentially toxic substances.”

So even the Nobel Peace Prize winner of medicine is tak-ing a stand against fluoridated water. Recently many cities across the nation are standing up against the forced fluorida-tion of the municipal water. Portland, Ore., is fighting for clean water after being the longest standing city to not flu-oridate its water. In 2010 Port-land held a quiet city meeting to fluoridate the water, telling the public afterwards that it had decided to fluoridate the water. Immediately the people started complaining about the fluoride. Although Portland is still fighting, this may be an-other victory for the people.

To bring this home, Cedar Falls fluoridates its water. On the Cedar Falls website, con-tinuing on to the utility page, states, “The Municipal Water Utility was formed in 1888. Cedar Falls’ water comes from eight groundwater wells draw-ing from the Silurian-Devonian limestone aquifer. The wells range in depth from 147 to 275 feet. The water from this source is of such high quality that little treatment is needed; only chlorine and fluoride are added at the well sites. CFU’s water distribution system in-cludes four towers and 199 miles of water mains.”

Do we want fluoride in our drinking water? Do the Cedar Falls citizens agree with the forced fluoridation of our chil-dren, elderly, parents and ev-eryone who doesn’t have the time or the resources to filter out the fluoride with the ex-pensive filters mentioned ear-lier? Do we want to be forced to take a pharmacological, known to cause a drop in IQ and other ailments?

I believe that fluoride should be taken out imme-diately, but that means any people on the side of non-flu-oridation need to take action and show what democracy re-ally means.

Questions overlooked in flouridated water

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Homecoming: it’s the first dance of the year. Time for girls to dress up and boys to ask their crushes out. Sadly, sometimes, instead of just enjoying homecoming, some people decide to do bad things. Sometimes they de-cide they want to drink or do drugs. The thing is they don’t re-alize that it’s ac-tually not going to make their night any better.

When peo-ple who drive to homecom-ing drink, they put themselves and whoever they are taking home in danger. They use the excuse that they won’t drink enough to be un-able to drive right, but, once they start drinking it’s not that easy to just stop themselves.

Other people that don’t have to drive home think they’ll be fine no matter how much they drink, but here’s the thing: if you’re drinking so much that you black out and don’t know what’s going on, so many things could happen. You’ll not only miss the fun at homecoming, but you could wake up with a hangover. You could wake up and find your-self somewhere you’ve never been before. There could be pictures of you on the Inter-net doing things while you’re drunk that you wouldn’t do normally. Most people don’t think about what could hap-

pen afterwards; they only think about how much fun they’re having at that mo-ment. And that’s how bad things happen.

There’s a reason the drinking age is 21. Teens get drunk faster than

adults but have more t r o u b l e k n o w i n g when to stop. When states have tried to lower the drinking age in hopes of l e s s e n i n g u n d e r a g e drinking, it actually got worse. Teen

brains are still maturing, and if the drinking age was lowered and we were allowed to drink, it would cause some health prob-lems for us.

Marijuana is a problem too. People argue that it doesn’t affect their driving, but they’re actually quite wrong. Even low doses of it can affect concentration and perception and even mess with reaction time — all things you need to have in order to drive safely. Marijuana can make it hard to judge distances or re-act to signals and sounds when your driving.

Homecoming is packed with options for fun, so do yourself a favor and leave the chemicals alone.

Homecoming is no excuse for poor decision making

Some Stats from MADD*Almost one out of every three traffic deaths involved drunk driving.*One in three people will be involved in alcohol related crashes in their lifetimes.*Adults who drank too much got behind the wheel about 112 million times in 2010.*After alcohol, marijuana is the most frequently found substance in car crashes.*About 33% of DUI drivers are high on marijuana.

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FEATURE4Homecoming Royalty

What is your favorite part of homecoming?

I really enjoy all the dress up days. It’s fun getting to dress up ridiculously.

- Timmy Sevcik

My favorite thing about homecoming would have to be the football game.

- Danny Watters

The fun activities that go on and every-one seems to loosen up for a week.

-Ross Pierschbacher

Definitely the dress up days throughout the week. It’s fun to dress up in differ-ent outfits with your friends — also the sporting events.

- Madison Wood

I think my favorite part is probably the football game on Friday.

-Jordan Caruso

Coronation is at 8 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 26 in the gymnasium. The CFHS band, cheerleaders and dance team will be performing.

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HALL By editor-in-chief Martha

Top left: Danny Watters brushes partner Lisa Schreck’s hair (Alie Warmuth photo). Middle left: Kaz Brown applies lipstick to her foam covered partner, Spencer Betts (Lucia McNeal photo). Bottom left: Carlos Black ducks to avoid whipped cream thrown by Molly Gettman (Lucia McNeal photo). Top right: Gabe Clark sprays Laura Relph with whipped cream (Lucia McNeal photo). Middle right: Homecoming candidates await the final name (Lucia McNeal photo). Bottom right: Alyssa Vuong is pied in the face by partner Ross Pierschbacher (Lucia McNeal photo).

What is your favorite part of homecoming?

My favorite part of homecoming is dressing up for the days of the week and all the activities that go along with homecoming week.

- Kaz Brown

Seeing everyone go all out for the different days of the week.

- Molly Gettman

My favorite thing about homecoming would have to be the football game.

- Danny Watters

The fun activities that go on and every-one seems to loosen up for a week.

-Ross Pierschbacher

I like how everyone is in a really good mood and happy.

- Carlos Black

Definitely the dress up days throughout the week. It’s fun to dress up in differ-ent outfits with your friends — also the sporting events.

- Madison Wood I really enjoyed the Candyland games we played and when we decorated the halls. It’s cool to see how our hallways look during homecoming season.

- Spencer Betts I think my favorite part is probably the football game on Friday.

-Jordan Caruso

Coronation is at 8 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 26 in the gymnasium. The CFHS band, cheerleaders and dance team will be performing.

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Following Her GutCF alum pursues dreams of language, acting

Most high school students merely long to visit a foreign country or pursue their child-hood dreams. Former CFHS student Bryana Barry is making her dreams come true.

Barry transferred to Cedar Falls High School from North Carolina in November of last year. Unfortunately, her stay in Iowa was not long, as she only finished out the school year be-fore moving back to North Car-olina. However, though she was here for only seven months, Barry made a big splash at CFHS, taking AP classes, land-ing a lead role in the spring mu-sical, All Shook Up, and teach-ing the concert choir Mandarin Chinese for one of its pieces.

This past summer, Barry traveled to Beijing, China, with a program called MMLA. Learning of the opportunity from the Internet and some family friends, Barry stayed for four weeks and took a lan-

guage class every day. Barry had to sign a lan-

guage pledge promising that she would not speak English unless in the case of an ab-solute emergency. She even could have been sent home for speak-ing English. “It was dif-ficult and very quiet at first, but it was very cool and helpful,” Barry said. “I started thinking in C h i n e s e , and stopped t r a n s l a t i n g things from English into Mandarin at some point. There are some phrases, such as ‘I don’t understand,’ that my initial reaction is to say in Man-

darin.”It wasn’t Barry’s first time in

China as she moved there with her family in fourth grade. Barry said that China’s culture is com-pletely unlike that of America. “It’s night and day different. In

C h i n a things a r e m u c h m o r e fami ly orient-ed and l e s s m a t e -r i a l based. I t ’ s h a r d to de-scr ibe having b e e n

around it since a young age,” Barry said.

Barry now attends The Uni-

versity of North Carolina School of the Arts, a public university that is an Arts Conservatory (like Juilliard) with both a high school and college division. Barry said the school takes a lot of pride in currently being ranked the seventh best drama school in the world.

Barry said she discovered the school at age 12, when she became truly serious about pursuing acting. A family friend and alumni of the dance pro-gram told Barry she should look into attending her senior year of high school. (High school drama students can only attend their senior years).

When Barry moved to North Carolina her sophomore year, she began to hear more and more about it. Ironically, she said she found out that she was moving to Cedar Falls around the time she started her application. She didn’t truly understand the reputation of

the school, though, until a few days before her audition, which made her even more serious about wanting to attend.

Barry wanted to go to this school because she wants to pursue acting. Her mom sup-ported her because she wanted her to find out if this was really what she wanted to do and re-alized what amazing opportu-nity it was.

For the admissions process, Barry had to complete an on-line application, write essays and submit recommendations. For her audition, she presented two contrasting monologues, one dramatic and the other comedic, and sang 16 bars of a song a capella.

Despite being dubbed “the girl from Iowa” earlier in the day, her audition went very well. She sang “Matchmaker” from “Fiddler on the Roof,” and received a chuckle dur-ing her comedic monologue.

Barry

In China things are much more family ori-ented and less mate-rial based. It’s hard to describe having been around it since a young age.”Former Student Bryana

This summer , former CFHS student Bryana Barry (center) , traveled to China, where she previously lived, to take language classes. Now, Barry attends a performing arts school at a public university in North Carolina.

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Then she was interviewed and her mom came in to talk to the admissions officers. “Overall,” Barry said, “it was the most re-laxing audition of my life.”

Back at Cedar Falls High School, Barry found out about her callback and then con-ducted another interview over the phone. “I found out I had a callback through an email I received while sitting in De-Moss’ class and then basically had a phone interview to make sure I was sane and responsible enough to be successful at the school,” Barry said. After a social media scare due to the staggering of the acceptances, Barry received a call inviting her to be a part of the program.

Whatever one’s percep-tions about performing arts schools are, Barry is busier than ever. She takes three academic classes every school day ex-cept Wednesday and different arts related classes every day. Some of her classes include yoga, voice (speaking), singing, dance, movement (dance and other movement activities) and text analysis.

In her acting class, all of it comes together. The students are also doing community ser-vice at a local hospital.

And every Wednesday, Barry attends a class called col-lege seminar where she actually works on applying to college.

“College applications and au-ditions are a HUGE part of our program and something that we’re all really focused on.“

Barry said she always has homework in both academic and arts classes, and, there-fore, the days that she’s able to go to sleep before 1 a.m. are “miracles.”

“At a normal high school you can procrastinate and still get stuff done. Here we really can’t,” Barry said.

This is obviously a big change from her previous high school years, and Barry seems to have adjusted well. “I don’t miss the high school expe-rience, but I miss people and certain ac t i v i t i e s , ” Barry said. “I miss being able to go to choir and play rehears-al. I also miss my teach-ers. And, of course, the a w e s o m e people I met, whether they were friends or not. Out of the three high schools I attended before this, CF was my favorite.”

What Barry loves the most about her school is the oppor-

tunities to be a part of so many families, including the 150-peo-ple drama program, the senior class and the high school com-munity.

She is part of an ensemble named Breathe with 24 other seniors, and she loved that despite their individual differ-ences, they all have the same passion. “We are all so different in the way we look, act and just are, but we all have the same passion, and it’s great to spend my day with them. I’m part of this awesome school where people can be themselves 24/7 without judgement, and it’s re-

a l l y c o o l to be in the h a l l s where so very f a -mous, or not-so fa-m o u s b u t s u c -cessful art ists h a v e

walked in.”Because this program is

only for Barry’s senior year of high school, she is completing the college application process like so many other seniors.

She is currently looking at 23 colleges, but said the list will go down very soon. She is really looking for liberal arts schools with conservatory-style programs, while many of her ensemble members are apply-ing to straight conservatories like Juilliard.

Barry said she’s looking for a school that will challenge her artistically and academically. She recognizes, though, that-most of those schools require an audition, and even with a successful audition, she may not get it. “It’s a scary thought, but I know I’ll end up where I belong,” Barry said.

Barry has had some amaz-ing opportunities and experi-ences, but she hasn’t let the the success get to her head, and she denies even the position to give advice. Despite Barry’s growing knowledge experi-ence, she adamantly declares that she is not an expert in the arts: “I don’t even give acting advice to my peers,” Barry said.

However, she takes a shot for people who want to pursue a similar path. Barry advised: “If you’re serious, and I mean re-ally serious, go for it.”

Barry credits CFHS drama teacher Michelle Rathe and choir director Eliott Kranz as great resources for arts educa-tion. She also advised to pay at-tention in school, adding that a

lot of research goes into some characters and plays, and that some of the top acting pro-grams are at some of the top academic schools in the coun-try, like Northwestern or Carn-egie Mellon.

“Actors are very smart peo-ple,” Barry said.

She also stresses that “Broadway is not the only way.” She said that many actors have been able to make a liv-ing doing what they love, even if they weren’t ever famous. “I honestly don’t care if I ever get famous, as long as I can make a living doing what I love every day, I’ll be happy” Barry said. “And don’t be discouraged by rejection, if it’s what you’re meant to do, you’ll get there.”

Finally, Barry advised to “follow your gut.”

“One really cool thing I’ve learned here is that there is re-search that you have a second ‘brain’ in your gut, and it’s so cool, when I’m really acting, and really into what I’m doing, my stomach does back-flips and is in all types of direc-tions, and that applies to life too. When you’re doing what you love, the thought of doing anything for the rest of your life makes you sick, and that’s how you know to stick with it.”

BarryFormer Student Bryana

“I honestly don’t care if I ever get fa-mous, as long as I can make a living doing what I love every day, I’ll be happy.”

Left: Barry with CFHS alum Zach Southada-Rogers in last year’s musical All Shook Up. Top: Barry with a Chinese friend she made during her stay in China.

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Sophomore swimmer Madison Hall was the third leg of the 4x100. Starting in fifth place, she helped bring her team back for the win.

How is the team doing so far? We’re all doing really well and working together, and that’s a big part of swimming.

What are the team’s goals for the rest of the year? Definitley to keep up our winning streak. We have some tough meets coming up, but I’m sure we can do it. Also, qualify as many people for State as we can.

What is your favorite part about swimming? Definitley the team aspect, just being with friends.

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Cedar Falls shocked by Metro rival West

The CFHS football team had beaten the Waterloo West Wahawks 16 consecu-tive times. That streak came to a shocking halt on Friday night in Waterloo Memo-rial Stadium, as the No. 6-ranked team in class 4A was upset by Waterloo West 17-16.

The Tigers got on the scoreboard first when a botched punt was kicked out of the endzone for a two-point safety. Af-ter a West field goal, Eli Berregaard muscled his way into the endzone from 6 yards out for the game’s first touchdown. Following that, West went 18 yards through the air for a touchdown. Instead of getting down, the CF defense blocked the PAT to keep the score knotted at 9 going into the halftime break.

Neither team could manage much on offense as the third quarter was scoreless. Even with the score tied head-ing into the final quarter, the feeling amongst the CF student section was confident.

Berregaard got his second score of the day with a 12-yard touchdown run. He led the offense with 98 rushing yards on 18 carries and two touchdowns. Sophomore Denison Harrington also was relied on in the backfield with 17 carries for 77 yards.

With the lead 16-9, the Tigers were making plays on both sides of the ball but

could not score. ”The defense played well, and Jared Halterman really stepped up in place of [Jared] Farley,” senior defensive lineman Alex Gary said.

With se-nior captain Jared Farley out with injury, the defense was already at a disadvantage . Time was wind-ing down in the fourth quarter, the deprived defense

only needed one more stop to seal the game and get its 17th victory in a row against its metro rival.

Waterloo West senior quar-terback Alex Young drove the Wahawks down the field on a 10 play, 74-yard touchdown scoring drive. The score was 16-15, and West made the decision to go for two. Young faked the handoff and plunged into the

endzone to break the hearts of Cedar Falls.

The Tigers had one more shot with 47 seconds to drive down the field from the 35 yard line. Junior quarterback Trey Hansen took the team to the West 43 with 20 seconds left before a pass intended for Denison Harrington went off his fingertips and into the arms of a diving Wahawk defender.

Cedar Falls was shocked, but the season definitely is not over. “It was a tough loss, but you just have to find a way to move on, keep working on stuff and keep getting better for the next one,” senior defensive back Danny Watters said.

The “next one” is the Tiger’s homecoming game against the 1-3 Linn-Mar Lions at the UNI Dome this Friday, Sept. 27.

“We’re getting angry, and we’re working a lot harder” Gary said.

The Lions run a no-huddle offense as well as many option plays, which will both test the endurance of the Tiger defense.

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Cedar Falls Tiger defensive line prepares to attack the offense.

After strorm interrupts Rich Engel home event,men’s cross country prepares for Minnesota meet

After getting off to a great start, the men’s cross country team will be going to the Uni-versity of Minnesota on Satur-day to try to continue its streak. The meet is for the top 11 run-ners, so the Cedar Falls High School will be represented by the best of the best.

“I look forward to compet-ing with other runners from dif-ferent schools, and watching our own runners compete,” junior Hiram Marquez said.

Marquez is one of the 10 returning letterwinners from last season, and he brings a winning routine to every meet. “I have a playlist of five songs that I only listen to before a race. I always eat a piece of bread and drink Ensure on meet days,” Marquez said.

The first three meets went very well for the Tigers. The first meet (away at Ames) saw a CFHS runner win both the JV race and the varsity race with ALAM

Zuhayrsophomore Jake Hartman and

senior Jared Failor winning respectively. The JV race also saw six CFHS runners place in the top 10 while the varsity race saw four in the top 10.

The second meet, which was in Marshalltown, saw the Tigers finish 2nd. Cedar Falls was led by senior Timothy Sevcik (4th) in the varsity race. Hartman was the JV meet champion for the second time in a row.

The third meet, which was at Heartland Classic, saw the JV team finish 2nd and the Varsity team finish in 7th place. The varsity meet had the top six teams in division 4A and four other ranked teams from out of state. The varsity team was lead by senior Jonathon Smith, who finished 24th out of 232 runners. The JV team saw senior Jack Sannes finish 2nd.

Timmy Sevcik, Jonathon Smith and Jared Failor started strong for Cedar Falls at the Rich Engel Classic on Thursday, Sept. 19, but the race was called off due to a thunderstorm.

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Football Lost to Waterloo West 17-16

Next up: Linn-Mar (Homecoming)on Sept. 27 at 7:15 p.m.

HomeVolleyball

Beat Waterloo East 3-0Next up: Tiger Inviteon Sept. 28 at 9 a.m.

HomeWomen’s CC

Next up: Sept. 26 Mason City Invite at 5 p.m.

Men’s CCNext up: Sept. 28 at 1 p.m.At University of MinnesotaWomen’s Swimming

Next up: Sept. 28 at 8:30 a.m.At Cedar Rapids Kennedy

Men’s GolfNext up: Sept. 30 at 9 a.m.

MVC divisionalat Gardner Golf Course