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Do New Year’s resolutions really work?
Amanda Crouch
at what other people are
they even made a resoluof them are still pursuing
With the start of the
doing rather than what that tion in the first place,” said those goals? There is no
new year, the students here person wants to do.
senior Hunter Poage.
commitment involved with
at OHS began by making
these
some New Year’s resoluresotions. When given a survey
lutions
students expressed that the
so
most common New Year’s
there
resolutions were make
is no
some money, get healthier,
motibe a better person, get betvation
ter in school and find love.
to
Over half of the student
conbody expressed that their
tinue
resolution was to make
doing
more money over this next
them.
year. Only a few students
A
said that they wanted to
majorbe a role model or to show
ity of
more love to their family.
people
A majority of the
never
population tend to set
actualPhoto by Larissa Harrison
goals like this but most
ly start
Sophomore
JP
Harrison
made
a
resolution
to
make
more
money
this
year.
of them are unable to
their
carry these out for more
“I don’t think that
Although the students resolution. Instead they
than a few months. This
say “Oh, I do not want to
resolutions work because
stated that they wanted to
is because most resoludo that today, I can start
by the end of January most get healthier or become a
tions are made by looking
tomorrow,” but tomorrow
people have forgotten that
better person, how many
never gets here.
“I made a New Year’s
resolution to step out of
my comfort zone and do
things I wouldn’t normally
do. I’m going to do my
best to continue to work
towards this through the
rest of the year,” said senior Keonna Goodwin.
On the flip side
though, there are people
that are able to keep with
their New Year’s resolutions and their lives are
better for it. Being able to
keep up with the resolution shows commitment
and motivation that other
people sometimes lack.
“Will power is a skill
that is learned so setting
goals and sticking with
resolutions is something
that improves over time,
so if you don’t set goals or
resolutions you won’t get
better at keeping them,”
said gifted instructor
Wade Welch.
Delaney Madden
In 2008, an article
was published in The Atlantic debating whether
Google is making society
stupid. The article stated
that Google is gradually
causing people’s attention
spans to shorten. Repeatedly,
when people have a question, they go to Google
to find their answer. In a
couple of clicks they have
access to several articles,
blog posts and sites right at
their fingertips. Although
this makes doing research
on any topic much easier,
it also affects how people’s
minds take in information.
Often people’s minds want
to take in small amounts
of information in a short
is making us stupid but
it does seem to be making us mentally lazy and
detached.”
Obviously everyone
has their own view on
Google, technology, and
the internet in general. It
is interesting to note that
according to the Youtube
video “Can We Auto-Correct Humanity,” the attention span of the average
person today is one second
lower than a goldfish.
Whatever one’s opinion is
on the subject, most people
can probably agree that
this fact is pretty alarming.
That is…if anyone has
actually finished reading
this article.
Google destroys the minds of the youth
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amount of time. Most
people tend to jump from
reading a fragment of one
article to another before
finishing the last. This may
be caused by pop ups, ads
and hyperlinks that come
up once the search button
is clicked.
On the other hand,
many people believe that
society only has themselves to blame and that
Google is not at fault.
Hunter Poage, a senior at OHS said, “Google
is a tool that is meant for
learning, we as a people are
making ourselves stupid by
abusing that tool.”
Google is a helpful
resource that has made
researching and learning
much easier than it once
was. However, just like
many other inventions or
new technologies, it can
have negative consequences if abused.
“Google is not making us stupid; it is ourselves that believe what
we want on the internet.
Google is just a search engine,” said sophomore Tim
Duncan.
Perhaps the issue does
involve much more than
a simple search engine or
research tool. The brain’s
function is not solely limited to an attention span.
Behavior and morals are
also influenced by people’s
internet habits. Carl Ingle,
history teacher, believes
Google has positive and
negatives effects.
“With the information explosion, it is a tool
that is free, simple, accessible and convenient. It is a
tool, however, and should
not be replacement for the
human mind nor should it
be an obsession as it has,
unfortunately, become for
some people…Also, as a
tool, the machine makes
no moral choices...” stated
Ingle.
Ingle compares the
human brain to the most
important computer ever
invented and concluded,
“I don’t believe Google
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Read about chivalry
Keep up with basket-
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2 - News
February 6, 2015
Trojan Times
Student Resource Officer is armed but not dangerous
Andy Cornelius
OHS and Trojan
Elementary welcome a
new staff member: The
district has currently
hired a new student resource officer, or S.R.O.
Officer Donnie Basehor
is a full-time representative from the Osawatomie Police Department.
The new officer is here
for safety and student
interaction.
Principal Doug
Chisam said, “The
S.R.O. is here to
complement security measures and
have a positive interaction with the
students.”
Last year OHS had
applied new security
measures to help students and staff feel safe
and secure in a learning
environment.
building as safe as possible.”
The S.R.O. also
goes down to Trojan
in the morning to help
with security in the elementary schools.
In the past the
high school had
an S.R.O. officer;
the last time the
high school had
one, it was approximately five
years ago. The
schools now have
one because of a
grant the school
district received
to bring an S.R.O.
back.
Officer
Basehor said, “I
am most excited
Photo by Andy Cornelius
for the positive
Officer Basehor assists lunchroom
surveillance in the high school.
interaction with
the students.”
Chisam said, “The
Officer Basehor’s
new officer is to make
job consists of being
the students, staff, and
here daily and doing
odds and ends around
the school such as roaming the halls on inspections. He also reviews
footage of the school
cameras if anything
suspicious happens. Furthermore, he helps with
the flow of traffic from
the parking lots.
Basehor has been
with the Osawatomie
Police Department for
eighteen years, while
being a detective for
eight of those years.
Basehor stated, “I
am familiar with the
job duties, I am here for
safety of the students
and for the building.”
Business teacher
Melody Wendt said, “I
think it is great to have
an S.R.O. to keep us all
safe in the school.”
Officer Basehor is
comfortable with his job
duties and is willing to
work for the students
needs.
Forensics back from the grave
Abigail Dickinson
When the word
leader Jordyn McReynwas in forensics in all four in [forensics] with me and
Jordyn [McReynolds] is a
forensics is mentioned,
olds. “Forensics can help
years of high school and
what comes to mind?
develop those skills and
participated in many of the great coach,” said sophoMaybe television shows
help them stand out.”
aforementioned events.
more Sydnee Foster.
like CSI or Bones and all
Some of the older
Practices are after
Competitions and
the scientific dialect, like
students might rememschool on Tuesdays and
tournaments are every
blood spatter analysis
Saturday. Many schools
and ballistics, which
travel to see who can get
comes with it? And
the medal each weekwhile, yes, this is a
end.
definition for forenForensics is a way
sics, there is actually
for shy students to get
a second: the art or
out of their comfort
study of argumentazone, build memories
tion or formal debate.
with new friends and
So what exactly
develop new skills for
is done in forensics?
those who are outgoing.
Students compete in
It is all about expressing
different acting or
yourself and being part
speech events and win
of a team who want to
medals, letters and
help each other.
even go to state. CatBethany Shotton,
egories can include
a sophomore, said, “I
Photo by Abigail Dickinson
events like prose,
joined forensics because
Sydnee Foster and Bethany Shotton rehearse lines and practice their skits
poetry, improvisation for forensics.
I love acting. Acting has
duet acting and duet
been a big part of my
acting.
ber that the school had a
Thursdays from 5:30 to 7
life since middle school. I
Forensics is more
forensics team a few years and Wednesdays from 3
really hope this will help
than just a fun improv
ago, but was discontinued to 4:30. Students practice
me in the future because
class. It can actually help
for lack of space, time and their acting and improvis- this is what I want to do
develop important skills
teachers.
ing skills in new and fun
once I graduate.”
for future use.
With the help of
ways while bonding with
“Knowing what to
McReynolds and English
their classmates.
say in a meeting or how to teacher Patty Henness, fo“The best part of
speak to a crowd is always rensics is making a come
practice is just having fun.
helpful in life,” said team
back to OHS. McReynolds I’m lucky my friends are
Staff Reporters
Katelynn Butler
Andrew Cornelius
Amanda Crouch
Abigail Dickinson
Larissa Harrison
Destinee Howard
Daphne Lofing
Marcella DelValle
Delaney Madden
Laicey Dees
JP Harrison
Adviser
Heather Adams
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February 6, 2015
3- Editorial
Chivalry, a lost art or modified form of affection?
Andy Cornelius
As Valentine’s Day
rolls around and love is
brought to the forefront,
the same questions come
up every year. What am I
going to get that special
someone? Where am I taking them out to dinner? Or
what can I do to win my
“crush” over? These questions take precedent in
our minds when February
comes around. We as human beings long for love
and acceptance; we like
to have someone make us
feel special. Does chivalry
still exist? What do guys
do to win the special girl
over?
Chivalry is a medieval word that is common
when it comes to knights
and their code of honor.
Knights would prove
themselves by showing
certain chivalrous attributes such as justice,
honesty, courage and willingness to help the weak.
When we look at that definition we start to see how
chivalry is such a broad
term. In today’s society we
tend to refer to chivalry as
a guy performing romantic
gestures in a relationship.
Women look for guys who
obtain these attributes and
apply them to their daily
lives. I do not believe
chivalry is dead because
these attributes can and
should be obtained in today’s society. Chivalry is
still out there, people just
have to look for it.
When it comes to
relationships and chivalry,
few things are expectant
for a guy: open the car
door, pay the bill, treat that
special someone with respect. We all know people
who completely disregard
these standards. They
think they are too good or
that people do not deserve
these certain gestures. The
truth is that when people
treat their significant other
with respect and do anything to please them, while
keeping standards, the
relationship is more likely
to flourish.
Chivalry may not be
in the forms as we used to
see it. We have different
ways such as texting each
other first and making an
effort to hang out. Things
like opening a door is
still considered chivalry.
Technology has changed
chivalry, making it quicker
to have social interaction
with a significant other.
Chivalry today has kind of
changed with the times. If
courage and honesty are
considered chivalry, then
is it really dead? Guys
still need to be opening
the door, and giving her
flowers. Take a risk and
maybe even get her a surprise gift. Each and every
one of us wants to have a
relationship where honesty is at the forefront and
expected.
Chivalry may not
be as relevant in today’s
society but it sure is not
dead. Eventually all of us
are going to mature into
relationships, and those
relationships will be built
on some of the foundations of chivalry. Chivalry
is now seen in different
ways. Whether people
think chivalry exists or
not just remember that all
of us crave to be accepted
and loved.
flirting or maybe even by
sending silent smiles across
the room or asking for help
on a problem she already
knows the answer to just
like Cady Heron from the
2000 hit Mean Girls.
Girls love impressing
people, especially boys; it
is in our nature. When we
are trying to get our hands
on someone we will always
try dressing to impress.
We will dabble with
makeup until we find the
perfect look, and rummage
through our closets until
we find the perfect outfit to
wear to school because he
might see it. We will look
at ourselves in the mirror
a million times before we
walk out the door secretly
hoping he will finally notice
us and spare a second look,
although we probably will
deny it until we are blue in
the face.
Our friends will tease
us when he walks by and
smiles at us, but we will
still try to impress him
nonetheless. We will flutter
our eyelashes every time
he makes eye contact with
us and tell all of our friends
how we think it is meant to
be.
The female population tends to over exaggerate the way we try to flirt
or impress someone. We
go over the top with hand
gestures and jokes to try
and seem funny which typically never goes well. We
will be manic and the jokes
we tell him just never really
hit their punch line because
we are not comfortable
enough to just be ourselves.
Our personalities become
extremely fake sometimes
that we tend to handle it
poorly.
We will ask around
and find out what he particularly finds attractive in
a girl’s personality or what
style he likes. We then will
try to turn ourselves into
that exact person even if it
is not what we want to be.
We will even try
becoming our crush’s best
friend. The friendship often
works but we end up with
our hearts broken because
he feels close enough to tell
her who he really is interested in.
Girls usually try to impress guys, and end up with
nothing positive out of the
situation. If he is asking for
a changed personality, style,
music taste, or even sense
of humor, he probably is
not the one to pursue.
There are many guys
out there that will accept
us for who we are and will
love us nonetheless. We
don’t have to fall in love in
high school or even college.
If it does not happen now,
we can not force it until it
is time.
‘infidels’. As has been demonstrated by numerous court
cases and social scandals, this
ideal has been upheld for many
religions and has become ingrained into the very fabrics of
our society; however, recently
there was a case in which
a young man had his Bible
taken from him by his teacher
because he had been reading it silently in class during
free time, and his teacher had
felt offended by it despite the
young man not sharing any of
the passages out loud.
This is not the first time a
case such as this has occurred,
and it most certainly will not
be the last. The minority religions enjoy the ability to practice freely without hindrance
on the part of Christians, and
if Christians interfere for any
reason, it often becomes a humiliating court battle in which
the injured party accuses the
defendants of violating their
constitutional rights. However,
all parties must accept the
fact that their faith will have
a negative effect on someone,
somehow, somewhere, and
they must try to be courteous
to one another and worship in a
peaceful manner that causes as
little disturbance as possible.
It is true that Christians
have persecuted other faiths
for thousands of years, but so
has every other religion that
has existed as long as Christianity, and to target the larger
religion for the sake of revenge
on behalf of ancestors long
dead is a pitiful way to relieve
one’s anger regarding his own
life. Religion has killed more
people than the world wars
ever did, but it is also the basis
of establishing uplifting morals
and can inspire great acts of
courage, love, and forgiveness. It only causes trouble
when people choose to relieve
their boredom and use it as an
excuse to create excitement,
or to exert control on others
and thereby make oneself feel
powerful.
The act of reading the
Bible, the Quran, or any
other religious book has never
caused harm in the act itself, so
why should we persecute the
believers of the faiths? Like-
wise, there is no harm or cruelty in not believing, so why
harass those of different faiths,
or those without faith? Are we going to adhere
to the old belief that differing faiths cannot and will not
coexist, or are we going to
accept one another based on
the personality housed within
our souls, the actions we take
for or against others, and the
kindness embedded in our
hearts? Religion is said to be
the root behind many worldly
problems, but in reality, is the
people who take faith too far
who are at the roots of evil,
and it is often those of similar
mindsets who branch out and
try to love all, for better and
for worse.
How girls suffer to get the guy of her dreams
Katelynn Butler
Every girl likes to
impress her boyfriend or
the cute guy who sits next
to her in English. There
are so many ways that girls
like to show their fondness
for their male friends with
Religion is not detrimental to society unless we make it so
Destinee Howard
According to the first
constitutional amendment,
Congress has no right to impede the practice of religion,
the establishment of any place
of worship, or to persecute
those of any religious orientation for the sake of hunting
4 - FeatureFebruary 6, 2015
OHS welcomes a new faculty member
Laicey Dees
Students may have
noticed a new face, Aaron
Nickelson, around the
school, in Rodney Madden’s classroom. Madden
thinks that having a student
teacher is a “very good
thing” to have.
Nickelson is 32 and
has a wife, Shari, who is a
bridal consultant. Together
Nickelson and his wife
have three girls and a child
on the way. His three girls
are Aubry, who is eight,
Izzy, who is four, and a
21-month-old daughter,
Lilly.
Nickelson grew up
in Fort Scott, Kansas and
went to high school and
junior college there as well.
He obtained a business
ing at Jayhawk
degree
he went to
that
Western Govhe no
ernors Unilonger
versity to earn
uses.
his masters of
After
social sciences
junior
in education.
college
In five years
in Fort
Nickelson
Scott,
sees himself
Nickwherever he
elson
is needed and
went to
wherever he
Kansas
can make the
State
biggest differand
ence.
finished
Nickwith
Photo
by
Laicey
Dees
elson
says
classes
Teacher Aaron Nickelson handing Junior Tanner Wilson a test.
that he would
in hisideally like to
worked as a para for a
tory
disabled child and coached work with middle school to
and social sciences. After
college students.
for Jayhawk. After workKansas State, Nickelson
“The only thing about
college kids is you have to
be smarter than them,” said
Nickelson.
Before going to Kansas
State he worked at a corporate job in Lenexa and did not
like it, which motivated him
to go back to school and get
a job he enjoyed. After his
job in Lenexa he got a job at
the Lakemary Center in Paola
while going back to school.
Nickelson is where he is today
because of hard work and concentration.
Nickelson’s teaching
philosophy is “Provide the
students with the opportunity
to learn the material or knowledge and give them the chance
to process information and
take it for what it is worth.”
Senior Standouts: Daniel Dees, Candy Gibbs, Bailey Poage, Skyler Reichley
Katelynn Butler
Daniel is a brown-eyed
senior whose favorite color is
silver. His favorite thing about
Valentine’s Day is the candy.
He loves the song “Hold You
Up” by Shane Harper because
it is a very uplifting song that
comforts him when he is sad
or feeling down. His plans
after high school are become a
teacher and wrestling coach.
Candy is a blue-eyed
senior whose favorite color
is pink. Her favorite thing
about Valentine’s Day is
getting to spend time with
her boyfriend. She loves
the song “I Can’t Wait” by
Runner Runner. Her plans
after high school are to go to
college and get a well paying
job.
Bailey is a brown-eyed senior whose
favorite color is royal blue. His favorite
thing about Valentine’s Day is the annual
Baker Honor Band that is typically held
on Valentine’s Day. He also enjoys spending time with his loved ones. He does not
have a favorite song because he has found
wonderful music in all genres. He has
not thought much about the future but he
knows he would like to teach kids how to
play music.
Skyler is a hazel-eyed senior
whose favorite color is purple. Her
favorite part of Valentine’s Day is
seeing everyone in love. She loves
the song “Have Faith in Me” by A
Day To Remember because it really
speaks to her and she feels many
emotions while listening to it. Her
plans after high school are to go to
college and try to just be happy.
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Feature - 5
Perceptions of love through the eyes of third graders
Daphne Lofing
Love is a beautiful accomplishment; people
show love to everything such as each
other, food, television, God and much
more. It is important
for the world to love
as much as possible
throughout their life;
love brings happiness
and purpose. One of
the first emotions children learn is to love
their mothers while
they are in the womb
and they continue to
love them throughout
childhood.
Children have
untainted concepts
of love compared to
most adults; it is likely that
this is due to their lack of
negative experiences with
others. As a child grows
they will learn that love is
different than they once
thought and that it is
not all just puppies and
with less domestic violence.
rainbows. If humankind
would have the same
thoughts of love from
childhood to adulthood
then perhaps the world
would be a happier place
Kevin Newcomb,
a third grader in Mrs.
Jenkins class at Trojan
Elementary, believes that
love is “Somebody that
you like and you ad-
mire.” He does not have a
girlfriend because he cannot have
one until he
is eighteen.
Other kids
in the third
grade have
boyfriends
or girlfriends,
but less
than when
he was in
the second grade
because
teachers
observed
that they
“shouldn’t
have one
because
[they’re] too young.”
Kayli Lupien, a third
grader in Mrs. Jenkins
class describes love in
the way that she loves
her cats, mom and dad.
Although Lupien is not
currently in a relationship
with another third grader
she observes that students
dating “Would be nicer to
[their significant other]”
compared to the way they
treat other third graders.
Quinton Claxton,
a third grader of Mrs.
Shippy’s class thinks of
love as hugging. According to Claxton, 15 or 20
kids in his class have a
significant other. The
process of dating begins
with one person asking
another, “Do you like me?
I like you. Do you want to
go out?”
Love in the eyes of
a child is beautiful and
mysterious; adults should
aspire to be more childlike
and love everything and
everyone as they had once
done as a child.
Chocolates are not the only unhealthy thing on Valentine’s Day
Marcella DeValle
Valentine’s Day is
approaching quickly and
soon people will be pairing up to celebrate this
day of love. Yet, not everybody’s pair is a perfect
match. Everyone knows
a couple that may fight,
be on and off, or just not
seem happy. But, how
can one tell if a friend, or
even ourselves, are in an
unhealthy relationship?
When people think
of unhealthy relationships
the first thought may be
unhappiness, lying or
cheating on a partner.
But, the most serious
issue of unhealthy rela-
tionships is abuse. Abuse
comes in different forms
from physical, sexual,
emotional and verbal
abuse. All forms of abuse
are serious topics and
the best way to end an
abusive relationship is to
turn to a trusted and responsible adult for help.
Some abusive
relationships may be
confused with unhappy
ones. It is important to
keep both people in the
relationship as happy as
possible.
“If you have a
problem, don’t act like
it is not bothering you
and talk about it with
your significant other,”
said senior Colin Redifer. When Briley Beets,
junior and Redifer’s girlfriend, was asked how to
keep both people happy
in a relationship, she
said “Eat together, stay
together.”
Abusive relationships can interfere with
school work, home life,
social life and well being.
There are many signs
of abusive relationships
like lack of talking and
respect, no trust and
jealousy.
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“I would leave it
[an abusive relationship].
We are high school students and no need for that
kind of stress. There is
so many more people to
meet before you decide
who you want to spend the
rest of you life with,” said
junior Harleigh Kitchen
after being asked what she
would do if she were in an
abusive relationship.
There are many signs
to spot an unhealthy relationship, like if a friend
constantly cancels plans,
worries about making his
or her significant other
angry, gives up important
things, and or becomes
isolated from friends and
family. According to the
website, Love Is Respect,
nearly 1.5 million high
school students nationwide experience physical
abuse from a dating partner every year and only
33% of those students told
anyone about the abuse.
If a reader or friend
of a reader is in an abusive
relationship, talk to an
adult or call a domestic
hot line for help at 1-800799-SAFE(7233).
6 - Sports
February 6, 2015
Trojan Times
Trojans making each day their masterpiece
“Our leaders are
pretty good communicaGoals have been set
tors: they care about their
high for this season by
teammates and are willing
the upperclassmen. One
to help them become betof many goals would be
ter. They also hold everyto win the league chamone accountable for their
pionship and to advance
work ethic and behavior,”
to state in the post season. said boys’ head coach DarLeadership is important
ren Soucie.
for any type of sports
Every team does have
team. Communication
their obstacles to overskills are always a key at- come, one of those being
tribute needed in a leader
their defensive game. The
on any team.
team still needs to learn
how to disrupt teams and
cause confusion on the
other end. With such a
diverse group of players
it has been hard to get
everyone on the same
page. But with each
player setting a goal for
himself and working to
make themselves a better
player helps the team get
better as a whole.
Spectators roared
from tip off until the last
buzzer during the Prairie
View game on Jan 16.
Sheldon Booe, senior,
started off the first quarter with a hot hand and
made three of his four
three pointers in the third
quarter. Senior Morgan
Photos by Larissa Harrison
Soucie posed a threat in
Junior Derek Manes finishes the
the lane while posting up
fast break with a lay up against
and ended with a total of
Central Heights.
fourteen points for the
Larissa Harrison
night. The fourth quarter
was when the adrenaline
and excitement was in
full force. Coach Soucie
received a technical with
a few minutes remaining.
The boys fought tooth and
nail to pull a win over the
Buffalos. Prairie View was
at the free throw line with
a few seconds remaining.
The Trojans rebounded
and took off for the other
end. Sophomore Chaseton
Wylie received the pass
and threw up a three at
the final buzzer to take
the lead but the shot fell
short. Throughout the entire
game the boys played as
a team trying to reach
the goal of beating their
rivals. The loss to Prairie
View has helped fuel the
fire to work even harder at
practice to become better
and to beat upcoming opponents.
Before every practice
Soucie always likes to
quote John Wooden, and
the quote of the season
is “Make each day your
masterpiece.”
“If all of us do that
we will be doing great
things on the court and in
our school system,” said
Soucie.
When players were
asked on how they
thought the season was
going each described a
sense of improvement
and a wanting to get
better each day.
“I think we are
doing a decent job, but
I want to do more to
become a better player,” said junior Riley
England.
The boys are 5-5
overall and 3-2 in the
league. There has been
great improvement on
the team’s offensive
work. They are seeing
situations better and
are progressing. The
JV and C teams are
also seeing a share of
improvement.
“I really
enjoy practice.
The upperclassmen are supportive and make the
experience fun,”
said freshman
Brian King.
Come out
and support the
Trojans as they
battle the Anderson County
Bulldogs and
the Santa Fe
Chargers durSheldon Booe (below) evaluated his next move
ing homecoming Senior
agaisnt his Central Heights opponent. Senior Morgan
Soucie (above) powered up to the basket againt Central
week.
Lady Trojans start from the bottom up
Larissa Harrison
This year’s Lady Trojan
basketball season has been
a season of firsts. Starting the season off with an
entirely new coaching staff
and few returning varsity
players has been a challenge for the team.
“The girls have been
very receptive to the new
style of coaching by showing a positive attitude and
asking several questions to
learn the new offenses and
defenses,” said head coach
Dave French.
Along with that, the
staff is seeing a higher
level of confidence with
the fundamentals being
taught. The coaches are
seeing improvement with
everything since the season
began. One of the greatest
challenges Coach French
has stumbled upon would
be finding time to teach
and prepare everything.
“Our objective is to
control the tempo with
good execution of our
offense. We want to keep
the basketball away from
our opponents by slowing down the pace of the
game,” said French.
Teaching a new
offense takes time and
Heights.
will take the entire
season. The team is
getting there and is
seeing positive results in each game.
The toughest opponent faced so far
would be between
Iola and Burlington.
Both teams have excellent coaches who
prepare their teams
well. Even though
both were great
challenges the girls
did not give up. The
theme for the season
Photo by Larissa Harrison
is to be fighters and Freshman Sydney Wallace breaks to the basket after stealing the ball from
to never give up.
the Phillies.
The junior varsity
has been progressing from
“We all get along well
and sub-varsity team have game to game.
with each other and don’t
been working just as hard
Although faced with
ever try to break anybody
as the varsity team. Both
many struggles so far, one
down,” said senior Makayteams have been progress- of the strengths the team
la Pope.
ing over the course of the
has is supporting each
Come out and support
season through their skills other. The bond between
the Lady Trojans as they
and practice times. Those
each of the teammates is
battle the Anderson County
improvements have been
positive and encouraging
Bulldogs and the Santa Fe
shown on the basketball
for everyone.
Chargers during homecomcourt and their confidence
ing week.
Trojan Times
February 6, 2015
Sports - 7
Swimmers swim hard through the 2015 season
JP Harrison
OZPA swimmers
have already been diving
into several swim competitions. Meet after meet,
the team has been having
overall improvement. But
none of them will come
near to the amount of effort that will be needed
from the swimmers to
meet state expectations.
The swim team has
already competed in meets
both home and away. The
swimmers have swum
twice at both Blue Valley
Southwest and Blue Valley
West. They have also competed at home three times.
The team only consists of nine members with
four returning swimmers.
Returning to the swim
team are Osawatomie
sophomores Chris Dorsett
and Chris Struckhoff,
Paola senior Kai Beverlin and sophomore Nate
Trigg. Joining the veterans
are sophomores JP Harrison, Thad Miller, Rance
Waddle, Addison Welter
and foreign exchange student Lennart Ueberheim.
“It has been a fun and
challenging experience,”
remarked Miller. “Ever
since the beginning of the
season I have had lots of
personal improvements.”
The swimmers are all
fairly good at the free-
style stroke, but each one
specializes in a different
stroke, making it a wellrounded team. Competing
in breast stroke events
are Trigg, Ueberheim
and Waddle. Dorsett and
Miller perform the butterfly stroke on the 200
medley relay teams.
“The season so far
has been good up to this
point. It will take a lot of
practice to make it to the
state competition,” stated
Dorsett.
At their first home
meet on Dec. 17, the team
placed second out of three
teams. While competing
Photo by JP Harrison
Sophomore Rance Waddle prepares to turn into the final stretch of the 100 breast stroke at home on
Jan. 13.
at home later in the season on Jan. 21, Struckhoff
placed fifth in the 100
backstroke with a time of
1:09. Coach Sarah Dorsett
is pleased by the improvements and results of this
hardworking team.
“I have seen a lot
of improvement
from this team
since November. I
kept telling them it
takes eight weeks to
see true improvement,” said coach
Dorsett. “We still
need to work hard
so we will be able
to make consideration times for the
state meet.”
Wrestling is in full swing, beating the competition
Daphne Lofing
As the season has
progressed the wrestling team has continued
to practice hard and it
shows when it is time to
compete.
“Wrestlers are
wrestling hard
and practicing
hard; they treat
practice like a
meet,” said Coach
Matt Higgins.
As far as tournaments go, the team
wrestled at Anderson
County Dec. 13 and
placed first overall; at
Ottawa, Dec. 20th they
were able to earn fourth
place. On the other hand,
the wrestling team has
competed at multiple
duals where they lost to
Chanute, Prairie View
and Baldwin but beat
Holton (the returning
state champions), Fort
Scott and Spring Hill.
Wrestlers were successful individually placing at Anderson County,
freshman John Diediker
placed fourth, juniors
Brendon Chrisjohn and
Cole Wallace along with
senior Tristan Geiger
placed second and
sophomore Cody Hazlett
beside seniors Daniel
Dees and Andy Blanton
placed first overall.
This year the team
competed in an interesting Pioneer and Frontier
League dual on Jan. 9th
winning 88-55 where
Osawatomie beat Spring
Hill and Prairie View
beat Paola.
Many dedicated
wrestlers watch film of
other teams, learn moves
on their own and sometimes they idolize other
wrestlers for their skills
and dedication. Some
may even idolize someone from their own team
and can learn from them
sometime more than
their coach.
“My
brother
Brendon
inspires me
to be a better wrestler
because he
works really hard,”
said freshman Tyler
Chrisjohn.
Wrestling is a
big mental
and physi- Photo by Shannon Blanton
cal sport
Senior Tristan Geiger pins his opponent in a spladle.
that conmusic, practice and lift,” said junior Kitana Diediker.
tains many almost ritual
As wrestling season continues wrestlers will conlike activities such as
tinue to practice hard, cut weight and compete even
finding a quiet spot and
listening to music while
harder.
preparing mentally or
stuffing their face with
food because they have
been cutting weight for
weeks and have already
made weigh-in. Every
wrestler is different but
preparing themselves is
necessary for success
when it comes to a tournament.
“[To prepare for
tournaments] I listen to
8 - Extra
February 6, 2015
Trojan Times
Student Trivia: What would be your perfect date?
Delaney Madden
Freshman Levi Karigan
“A night at the plaza…dinner,
window shopping, then a carriage
ride through the town sippin’ hot
chocolate cuddled up with my
[date] looking at all the beautiful
lights, buildings and people.”
Sophomore Haley Haefele
“A nice dinner to Olive Garden and after to top it off, I
would enjoy a nice movie.”
Junior Daniel DeLeon
“A walk on the beach at
sunset!”
Senior Tori Cole
“To go eat at Longhorn Steak
House and then a Royals
baseball game and then go get
frozen yogurt.”
My cultural valentine: How the world celebrates love
Destinee Howard
Across the globe, Feb.
14 is used as a day to celebrate love and friendship.
However, according to the
website Today I Found out,
not all cultures celebrate it the
same way.
In Taiwan, Feb. 14 is
used to celebrate women only,
and men spoil the important
women in their lives, with
the acts being reciprocated
on White Day, March 14. In
Denmark and Norway, men
write anonymous notes and
rhyming poems, both funny
and quirky, to the ladies they
like. If these women can
guess the senders, they receive an egg on Easter, but if
they do not and the men have
to reveal themselves, they
then owe the men who sent
the notes an egg on Easter.
Finally, in Japan and Korea
it is traditional for women to
spoil the men in their lives
and present them with chocolates, ranging from those
made specifically for bosses
to the recluse at work no one
talks to as well as a father or
love interest. The chocolates
intended for love interests
are often prepared, personal-
ized, and packaged at home,
resulting in a form of confession for the young ladies. The
gentlemen may then present
chocolates or other gifts to
the young women if they
reciprocate their feelings one
month later on White Day.
Homemade chocolates are simple to make,
cute when well-crafted, and
always delicious, so here is a
recipe for everyone to try!
What you need: candy
cups or molds (enough for approximately 30 candies), 7 oz
of chocolate, ¼ cup of milk,
any small filling that does not
Random acts of kindness week
Laicey Dees
February 15th
through the 21st is “Random Act of Kindness”
week all around the world.
Here at OHS everyone
shows different acts of
kindness that really might
make someone else’s day.
“I think kindness is
putting a positive impact
on someone’s day,” said
freshman Sydney Wallace.
Junior Tiffany DeMoss shared a status on
Facebook about kindness.
Whoever commented on
her status “I’m in”, received an act of kindess
from DeMoss. She is busy
thinking of ways to show
her generosity.
“I just want to spread
kindness around,” said
DeMoss.
Sophomore Katie
Bradley preformed a
random act of kindness
for older people who can
not get out of their homes.
Bradley helped paint plant
pots for the elders for her
youth group.
“Kindness is people
going out of their way to
be nice to others,” said
Bradley.
Senior Sheldon Booe
annually plants trees for
the Arbor Day Foundation because his mother is
the commissioner for the
Arbor Day project.
“Kindness is just
helping others,” said
Booe.
Math teacher Justin
Burchett has seen examples of kindness around
the school but one stuck
out the most. One day at
lunch Burchett saw sophomore Paige Johnson eating
lunch when she got up and
moved over to a classmate
who was sitting all alone
and started talking and
eating with that student.
There are many
things people at OHS can
do to be kind and make
the school a better place.
For example, giving a
smile, offering to help
carry books, asking to sit
with others at lunch, and
there are others. If every
student smiled at one who
looks down OHS would
be a better and happier
place.
require baking (such as nuts),
and sprinkles or other small
candies.
Directions: Chop or
break chocolate into small
pieces. Boil milk, then stop
the heat. Add the chocolates
and wait 1-2 minutes until
the pieces are thoroughly
melted. While waiting, place
the filling of your choice in
the individual cups and check
your chocolate mixture. Gently mix well and transfer to
either a Ziploc or pastry bag.
Snip off the tip of the bag
and pipe into the cups. When
the chocolate has cooled and
thickened a bit, decorate with
sprinkles and candies of your
choice, then put the cooled
candies into the refrigerator
until firm. For added personalization, try packaging
them in a decorated box or tin
wrapped with ribbon. When
I made my own chocolates, I
found the milk had a tendency
to overcook when this minute
amount was used, so I would
advise at least doubling the
recipe. All in all, it is pretty
easy and they taste great, just
make sure you have time to
kill before trying it for the
first time!
Presidents drop sick beats
Marcella Del Valle
votes, Washington in third,
Students of OHS
and Clinton in fourth.
were asked to participate
Most students say
in a survey asking “Which they choose Abraham Linpresident would win in a
coln because he gave the
rap battle?” After a few
Gettysburg Address in two
days of voting, the polls
minutes without preparaclosed and here are the
tion. The few that voted for
results. Lincoln won with Bill Clinton said they had
almost half of all the votes, done so because he had a
musical background.
Obama came in second
with about a fourth of the