senior salute 2014

The Little Hawk Senior SaluteLH May 20, 2014

May 20, 2014

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THE SENIORLH STAFF

The seniors of The Little Hawk share how their time on ‘The Newspaper that Leads” has prepared them for whatever journey they have chosen.

SENIOR PERSPECTIVES

Seniors share their advice and thoughts on high school, life and personal hygiene. Senior perspectives are on Pages 6, 7,

20, 21, 30 and 31.

OH, THE PLACESYOU’LL GO!

Whether travelling across the country or staying closer to home, all seniors are going somewhere. Here is a list of

future destinations.

THE YEAR IN PHOTOSTake a look at the best photos of the year, featuring

seniors participating in City High events.

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HAWKEYES V.

CYCLONES

With over 70 students going to Iowa and over 15 going to Iowa State, these two

state universities are the top two choices for our graduating class.

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#TRANSFORMATIONTUESDAY

From most likely to become president to best smile, seniors have received a number of “superlatives” deter-

mined by their classmates.

#THROWBACK THURSDAY

Remember the most popular songs, movies and TV show we grew up with? Take a trip down memory lane with the

best pop culture of our lifetime, and our old pictures.

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Everyone changes a lot throughout high school. See the transformations

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Emilie Burden

Future Plans:Iowa State University Ames,IA

Animal Ecology

Even though it’s only been a year for me being a part of The Little Hawk, it has taught me quite a bit about people. I was never the type of person to argue about things but this publication might have changed that. I have gotten to experience the ways of productive arguing and fighting to get things done right. Who knows? These skills might be useful against my professors in the next couple of years.

ReporterMarco Barenghi

Future Plans:High School in Italy

Study Physics in college

Being a member of the Little Hawk was great. For sure one of the best parts of my exchange year. I went to sport events, I took pictures, I did inter-views and I wrote stories. It was almost like having a job. I had to organize myself and do my job with a deadline, and this helped me a lot to improve my personal organization. It also helped me with communication and organiza-tion with other people. I had to talk, decide, organize, write and check together. It made me grow up a lot.

Reporter

Ellen Carman

Future Plans:DePaul University- Chicago, IL

College of Communication

When I first started working on The Little Hawk as a freshman I had no idea what I was in for. Now, after a crazy year as Co-Executive Editor I realize that The Little Hawk is both the best and most high stress academic pursuit City High has to offer. The paper has given me the chance to be responsible for producing a product that has the ability to help and inform my com-munity. No matter what I do next, I will have The Little Hawk to thank.

Co-Executive EditorElena Foster

Future Plans:Iowa State University- Ames, IA

Elementary Education with a Special Education Endorsement

Although I was a late bloomer in the journalism world, The Little Hawk welcomed my poor writing skills with open arms and molded them into the ways of a reporter. Being on staff taught me that you can accomplish a lot with a crappy attitude, but even more with a positive one. Laughter is the best medicine, and in the words of Mr. Rogers, don’t do drugs.

Positivity EditorElijah Jones

Future Plans:Gap year in Los Angeles, CA

Acting/Directing

Being part of The Little Hawk hasn’t really changed my life, but it has made it much better. Communication is the most important thing to learn in high school; talking, understanding, and social ability. So having the opportunity to be on staff, especially during the incline of such talent, has been an amazing experience. I just came in at the right time, and I’m happy to believe I’ve left my influence nowhere as the staff keeps rising to new heights. ...And Chris is cool I guess.

Co-Online EditorNeil Harte

Future Plans:United State Military Academy

West Point, NYDefense and Strategic Studies

Although not life changing, being a staff writer and co-opinion editor on The Little Hawk for two years has taught me many things; the main ones were realizing that when I did my work on time and positively deal with stress, everything became exponentially more enjoyable in my life. I have since taken what I learned in the news lab by procrastinating studying for calculus exams and freaking out about in class English essays.

Opinion Editor

The Little Hawk’s

Seniors


Leah Hoelscher

Future Plans:University of Missouri- Columbia, MO

Undecided

If I hadn’t been on The Little Hawk staff this year, I probably would be in way better shape. Although not being supermodel worthy, I am the better from being on newspaper. Dealing with the deadlines has taught me timeliness. Dealing with the staff has improved my communication skills. Conducting interviews has taught me to ask the questions I want the answers to. Writing and editing the stories has improved my revision skills. And deal-ing with the food has taken away any self control I ever had. Thank you, The Little Hawk.

Copy EditorChris Ohrt

Future Plans:University of Iowa - Iowa City

Business/English

My time in Advanced Journalism has been a very important portion of my high school career, especially working with such talented people. I’m not saying be-ing on The Little Hawk makes you smart, truthfully it might make you a bit insane. The fact is, this is a place where smart people seem to be attracted towards. Joining makes you a part of something much bigger than yourself, in a newspa-per with a storied tradition of excellence. Having such high standards can certainly stress you out, but yet again this class has churned out award-winning stories and a shiny new Pacemaker award.

Co-Online EditorDaniela Perret

Future Plans:University of Iowa- Iowa City, IA

Pre- Physical Therapy

Throughout my three years on The Little Hawk I learned a few things, first being, of course, the ability to write. I remember my first story about a canned food drive Student Senate hosted and it was absolutely terrible. I also learned patience, and communi-cation. Through writing features I was able to hear so many people’s stories and I think that was one of best things about being in newspaper. That, and all the endless work nights, listening to countless arguments among the editors and of course, the food.

Features EditorJacob Potash

Future Plans:Yale University - New Haven, CT

Undecided

Co-Executive Editor

Lilly Reitz

Future Plans:Warren Wilson College - Asheville, NC

Creative Writing & Elem. Education

Being a member of The Little Hawk taught me the most important things I learned throughout my entire high school career. Through interviews, I learned to talk to people. Through being the Co-Opinion editor, I learned how to communicate with my writers and how to put my (many) opinions into words. I learned, how to stop procrastinating, how to be passionate, and how to be a member of a team. Being a member of The Little Hawk has been the most important part of my high school experi-ence, and as Winnie the Pooh said, “How lucky I am to have something that makes saying goodbye so hard.”

Opinion EditorAdam Schwab

Future Plans:Gap year, then Kirkwood

Writing/Education

The time I’ve been part of The Little Hawk, wasn’t the most enjoyable period of time, my skills appear to be lacking in the hunting down of informa-tion I actually want to write about, I also am no good at designing things to go on a website so that isn’t as good either. But one thing I was good at in this, was helping others with their stuff. I don’t have directly linking talents to this, but one thing I know i’m good at is being a help to those around me. This class pointed it out to me, and I am really happy about it.

ReporterEdgar Thorton

Future Plans:Harvard University - Cambridge, MA

Engineering and Chemisty

The Little Hawk is as close to the real world that high school can get. Journal-ism teaches you about what matters in the world and why. Writing for The Little Hawk has been a transformative experience for me. Many amazing memories have been formed over interviews, re-writes and long nights. I have accomplished a new feat for The Little Hawk, reporting from multiple continents. I have learned to write for something bigger than just schoolwork. Journalism is something that matters. The Little Hawk has been just a short part of my high school experience but its impact has been immense. #turnup

ReporterAnnika Wasson

Future Plans:Simpson College - Indianola, IA

Elementary Education

Without The Little Hawk I would not be who I am today. If it hadn’t been for those late work nights, sass matches with Mr. Rogers and battling with writ-ers over deadlines, I would probably be less sleep deprived and have less gray hair. Honestly though, I am so thankful and have truly enjoyed my time work-ing with everyone on staff in these past three years. Getting to cover state tournaments, the Boston trip and dance parties in the newslab are among my favorite memories. Now, before I leave the newslab forever I must say one last time, #sportsisnumberone.

Sports Editor

I waited until junior year to join the paper at City. I worked on a news-paper freshman year at my school in Baltimore, writing reviews, political opinions, news, and even the occa-sional sports story (imagine!). At City, I was amazed to find a newspaper that wasn’t relegated to after-school-club status and given one dingy room. I spent sophomore year wallowing in debate but subsequently found in The Little Hawk a compatible group of friends, and a noble (dual) purpose: seeking truth and pissing off Ellen.

Everybody wants to change something about themselves. Boys want to be taller, girls want more curves, and everyone wants to be accepted for who they are. The grass always seems to be greener on the other side, but there was a time we didn’t know there was another side, when ignorance was bliss.

I was eleven years old when I got up the courage to tell my schoolyard crush that I had been unequivocally in love with him for four years. I asked a mutual friend of ours to go talk to him and see if he was interested in holding hands on the swingset or passing notes during math.

His response quite simple. “Well, she smells bad and isn’t pretty. At all.” That was the first time I had ever cared about what others thought of me.

Later that year, my friends and I decided to do Secret Santa. Girls were unwrapping stuffed animals and Tamagotchi’s while I found two bottles of perfume and a note that said, “Maybe boys will think you smell better now. Merry Christmas!”

I was raised in a house that did not allow

me to wear make up and never found material things necessary to make friends. It seemed like everyone around me was evolving while I was stuck in my small pond, alone. I was happy in my brothers hand-me-downs until I realized how different I was.

In a foreign land, I’d been taken hostage by mascara brushes and flirtatious skirts. As I acquired better hygienic habits, I focused on what was on my face and not what was in my heart.

My sister called me in Sep-tember and I told her about everything going my way. I was finally having the “perfect” senior experience, filled with football games and careless weekends. I had finally demolished the weird girl that never showered.

I looked at an old picture of me in a tie-dye shirt, floral pants, and matted pigtails. I was in ninth grade. I looked at her, and I realized that I didn’t associate that girl with me anymore. I

wasn’t proud to be her. I wasn’t proud of who I had been.

I wasted years of my life trying to cover up who I had been, but the best friends I have stuck by my side when they couldn’t stand my

odor. They understood that change is inevitable. We all consider ourselves to have phases whether it was tom-boy or nerd, but life is a never ending phase. In re-alizing this, I am no longer ashamed of my past.

We see ourselves as the loners, the ugly ducklings, and are always looking for ways to be as beautiful as the swans. We tend to di-

minish our success and accentuate our failures. In your four years, be happy with whatever kind of bird you are, whether simple or bold, because as long as you remember that you are a Little Hawk, your inner beauty will overpower any zit or flaw you think you have.

If You’re a Bird, I’m a Bird

I had finally demolished the weird girl that

never showered.

Say YesIt can be extremely hard to say yes. To step

out of my comfort zone, to take the risk. Not knowing how things will turn out has been the devil on my shoulder my whole life. When I came to City High as a scrawny and frightened freshman, I was told by everyone that getting in-volved is the best way to enjoy your high school career. You can imagine how hard that was for me.

However, thanks to my mom, I was forced to participate in activities, and signed up for cross country my freshman year. I suffered through brutal workouts in the summer that didn’t get any easier when school started. Just kidding, I didn’t go to summer running which is prob-ably why the workouts were so hard! I sweated through every t-shirt I owned and plowed through a pair of $125 shoes in three months.

I ended up falling completely in love with cross country and running in general. Enough to sign up for a half marathon. I trained through winter blizzards and ice storms, and plowed through another pair of shoes. When I ran across the finish line on January 8th to be wrapped in

hugs from my family, I was bursting with pride. I realized that if I had never said yes to joining the cross country team, I wouldn’t have been able to have the great experience.

After immersing myself in one activity, I felt confident enough to attempt another. At the end of freshman year, while I was busy not doing track, a few of my friends started to get me in-terested in the vocal music program. The strong desire to get away from the band program gave me the final push to walk into Dr. Grove’s office and ask to join choir. I was blissfully ignorant to how much he would immerse me in the music program.

Dr. Grove went above and beyond. He en-couraged me to join the choir, the Select Wom-en’s Ensemble, and try out for the show choir program. Having band as my only previous experience with high school music, I was con-vinced I wouldn’t make it. But I tried out any-ways. Maybe it was the leftover thrill from the half marathon or my memories of watching my old baby sitter perform for 4th Ave. But wherev-er that courage came from, I am eternally grate-

ful. Because I didn’t fail, I made it in. A week before my graduation, thinking back

on my high school career, I am insanely proud of myself. I took the challenge. I stepped out of my comfort zone. Tentatively, but I did. It has brought me the greatest rewards of my life. I became a captain of the cross country team. I helped the varsity show choir win four grand championships. I lived in Spain for two whoe weeks.

But I can honestly say that when I mentally said yes as a freshman to being a Little Hawk, to joining the cross country team, to trying out for showchoir, to joining the school that leads, was the best decision of my life. I had no idea the countless opportunities it would bring me. City High has witnessed some of the best (see above) and most embarrassing (ask me later) moments of my life. And I wouldn’t change any of them for the world. I wouldn’t change any of my yes’s to no’s. I have a feeling that walking across the stage on Friday and shaking Mr. Bacon’s hand will be the proudest moment of my life.


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Between the Lines Ellen Carman

For three years I have read the Senior Salutes, eager to absorb the wise words within. Now that I sit here writing one, I realize that we seniors aren’t all that wise. Whether we are off to col-lege, about to start a career, or travel around the world, we find that we are the newbies, the freshman once again. I am ready for change and excited about new adventures. However, I would be lying if I said I am not sad to leave City High. I will miss football games in costume, huddling with the cross country girls before races and talking to Chip everyday. I would be lying if I said I never got scared or nervous. What if I don’t make new friends? What if my roommate has voodoo dolls? Will I be able to sleep with-out my stuffed animal, Teddy? Honestly, some-times when I think of the future, I almost shit my pants.

So why tell you this? After sitting at a blank

computer screen trying to come up with advice that is simultaneously helpful, smart, and hilari-ous, I have realized there is no universal piece of advice that will make high school a breeze. In high school, we are all on our own journeys. We all have strengths and weaknesses, we all have great knowledge and much to learn. We will fail in high school, but we have the power to stand up and succeed. No matter what our journeys include, we go through it together. The common experiences, the common ground we share as Little Hawks

is what makes City High an amazing place. Our school is a microcosm of Iowa City, with di-versity in every sense, but we all share the City High experience. We walk the same halls, we

suffer under the same exams, we cheer at the same prep ral-lies. City High is a place to be proud of. Here there is great talent, amazing achievements and a sense of community ri-valed by no other school. We are all Little Hawks, and for-ever will be.

My parting advice is sim-ple. Time moves fast and ev-

ery goodbye is bittersweet... Treasure your time here. Treasure the people around you. Always be proud to be a Little Hawk.

For the past four years, it seems as if

we have all been sprinting towards a piece of paper that

will allow us to move on from this place atop the hill and

below the bell tower we call home, if only

for another day.

Magnolia trees bloom from the first warm days of spring to the season’s first storm, a sin-gle stroke on the year’s canvas. But I only re-member the magnolia that stood in the back-yard of my childhood home in full bloom. I can see the petals, pure white, dipped in pink paint, fragilely balanced along the tree’s rug-ged arms. They created a canopy softening the light beneath them and coloring the few waxy smooth petals drifting toward the ground with an illusory aura. My memories of the house I grew up in are hazy. Ev-erything I remember, ev-eryday, happened in the dappled light beneath an old magnolia.

I won’t pretend to know how our minds sort our experiences into what we will remember or forget, or how we form a reserve of memories that we can recall years later. Still, I wonder how I will remember my days spent at ‘The School that Leads.’

I’ve spent a disgraceful amount of time watching clocks in classrooms with walls full of posters so familiar that their words have lost all meaning. I’ve wasted nights worrying about that next test, tomorrow’s workout, or yet another race that will make or break my season. I’ve rushed through these hallways, having no regard for the lives playing out

around me, towards a diploma. For the past four years, it seems as if we have all been sprinting towards a piece of paper that will al-low us to move on from this place atop the hill and below the bell tower we call home, if only for another day.

I don’t think I will remember a single thing that got me any closer to that piece of paper. There will be more diplomas to earn, more clocks to watch, more races to run, and al-ways an infinite library of knowledge to learn. These are not things I have to say goodbye to.

There will not always be people like City High Little Hawks.

I have to say goodbye to the co-editor who walked out of the school with me at midnight after complet-ing our rookie issue of The Little Hawk, realizing for the

first time the rewards of our responsibility.Goodbye to the seventy girls who could

spend hours trying to explain how exceptional their team is, finally realizing that it is impos-sible to describe the bond running in a City High jersey can forge.

Goodbye to the friends who ate ice cream with me sitting on the roof of a car in January. To streaking down well-traveled gravel roads to commemorate the last day of summer to-gether. They allowed me to voice weakness

and shame without judgement. Together, we laughed so uncontrollably that people stopped to stare.

Goodbye to the teacher who cares about the whole process, from the pre-writing brain-storming session through every single draft. And later, when I’m not in her class anymore but it’s been a hard week, she gives up her pre-cious time to listen before school.

Goodbye to the principal who treated me as if the things I write have an impact. When he believed that the words mattered, I did too.

Goodbye to the coaches who reminded me that the best way to improve performance is to focus not on how I can improve myself, but how I can help my teammates improve. They showed me that the real win is not a Drake flag, but the friendship that earned it.

Spring has arrived again and I love seeing the blooming magnolias. Even so, I have yet to see a tree quite as magnificent as the one I grew up with, and maybe that is why it is what I remember. It had a singular beauty en-hanced by impermanence. So, I think it will be these people, these relationships that I re-member. The same qualities that make them hard to leave also make them impossible to forget. I am confident I will meet other amaz-ing people in my life. However, I am equally sure that the kind of people that have colored the past four years and the relationships this school has fostered are rare.

I could have gotten a diploma anywhere. Only this diploma, inscribed with City High, has the spirit and capacity to hold my memo-ries between its lines.

Proud To Be a Little Hawk Emma Greimann

I will miss football games in costume, huddling with

the cross country girls before races and talking to

Chip everyday.


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Carpe DiemOmar Shaban

There is one thing that we all share, one thing that everyone has in common whether boy or girl, black or white, freshman or

senior. We all have regrets.

High school. Such a simple concept right? I’ve spent countless hours staring at a computer screen trying to write a perfect paper saluting the experiences I’ve had during my four years here. But then I realized, how am I supposed to write a perfect essay about such an imperfect place? Dont get me wrong, I love City High and I truly believe it is a special place that you can’t find any-where else, but we as students are also part of City High, and by no means are we perfect. There is one thing that we all share, one thing that everyone has in common whether boy or girl, black or white, freshman or senior. We all have regrets. No one goes through high school without hav-ing regrets. Regrets don’t have to be necessarily bad. Regrets can be defined as the dislike for an action that has been committed, but more im-portantly, regret of an action not taken.

The first day of freshman year was the very

first time I met Mr.Bacon. It was during the kickoff assembly and he walked up to the podi-um with this aura about him that was very capti-vating, that genuinely made me want to listen to the speech he was about to deliver. And man am I glad I did. I had never heard a man speak with such passion and drive towards a school. He had

urged all of us to get involved in as much as possible and expand our horizons because our time here is short and is go-ing to fly by fast. At the time as a freshman I was like “what is he talking about? How are four full

years gonna go by fast?” but now as a senior I realize he was not kidding. As our time in a place we have grown so accustomed to is coming to an end and we’re about to venture into new and un-familiar territory you can’t help but start to re-flect on your time here. Everyone wonders how to have a successful high school career, and hon-

estly its like Mr.Bacon said, by getting involved in as much as possible. Like why not join a ran-dom club, like chess club, or tryout for soccer, or go to a football game? Even if you end up not liking it at least you find out first hand that this specific activity isn’t for you. By getting involved in different things you get to meet new people, try new things, and have new experiences. It is with these experiences that you form memories. Don’t get me wrong, I fully understand that the main goal of high school is to provide to you with a good education and you won’t find much better than City to provide that, but I also genu-inely believe high school is a time to experiment. What I mean is, try as many different things as you can and expand your horizons. Find out what you are and aren’t interested in because you’re going to regret it if you don’t.

Obviously you’re not gonna be able to do ev-erything and that is okay. What is not okay is wasting our time here because at City High, we ALL matter. We matter by making the most of everyday, cause the only regrets we are gonna have are the chances we didn’t take, and like my friend said, “A diploma means nothing without the memories that come with it.”

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It makes me feel good to know that there is a place that can

make me feel so bittersweet about

leaving.

Iowa City is covered by a little bubble, set off from the rest of the state, surrounded by corn. Iowa City is a liberal, diverse, and artistic culture with an amazing sense of community. Our town is completely unique in so many aspects, and I’m so happy to have been molded into who I am by our city.

Aside from a year in South Dakota when I was three, I’ve lived in Iowa City for my entire life. Iowa City is the only home I’ve ever known. Even though I love Iowa City so much, I’ll be packing my bags on August 19th and driving 900 miles to Swannanoa, North Carolina, a small mountain town outside of Asheville, with a population of less than 5,000.

I am beyond excited to move to North Caro-lina, don’t get me wrong. North Carolina holds some of the most beautiful landscapes I’ve ever seen and some of the cleanest air I’ve ever breathed. I love what my college will provide for me and my future, and I love the kindness and hospitality that I experienced in the south. But as excited as I am for my adventures, I will miss Iowa City more than anything.

I’m not quite sure what I’m going to do in North Carolina without being able to eat a big Pancheros burrito in the Pentacrest with my friends, or what I’ll do when I see trees without sweaters in the cold winter months. I’ll miss climbing around on the roofs above Iowa Book and Basta, eat-ing Yotopia in the Ped Mall, drinking 50 cent 28oz drinks from The Den, and walking through the library to get some air condition-ing or heating (depending on the season) on my way home. These are just some of the little magical things Iowa City holds, and if I tried to list every single one, I would fill up all 32 pages of the Senior Salute.

Although it hurts to be leaving, I am glad that I feel this way. It makes me feel good to know that there is a place that can make me feel

so bittersweet about leaving. I know it will be very good for me to go somewhere completely new and start my life on my own, and I’m so glad I have such an amazing home to come back to

for Thanksgiving, Christmas, and the summer.

Leaving my home feels bit-tersweet, and I’m sure anyone else who is going away for col-lege feels the same way. I’m leaving behind my favorite city in the world, but I know it will always be here to welcome me home when I return.

As we all grow out of our adolescence and into young adulthood, we move from city to city, see so many things, and meet so many people. I think that too often people grow up

and forget where they came from and who they used to be. I know I’ll never forget Iowa City and all the things it brought me, because a little part of me will always be here.


Don’t Cry Over Spilt Milk Cassidy Bringle

Take This Chance Daniela Perret

Don’t take things so

seriously. For goodness sake,

your frontal lobes aren’t even

developed yet.

There are parts about high school that have been very cherishable, but everyone has had times where really crappy things have happened to them. They might have let this stuff stick with them, even through their senior year. I think for us seniors on our last day, we need to think about letting go of all the negativity. The good stuff is what we need to remember and hold on to as high school memories, because what someone said about an outfit we wore or that girl dumping you isn’t going to mean a darn thing ten years from now.

Here is some cheesy advice from a senior, but I really would have liked to hear this when I was a freshman: Don’t take things so seriously. For goodness sakes, your frontal lobes aren’t even developed yet! Yes, there are times when it is healthy to cry and be upset, but don’t forget that you have so much living left to do. The little troubles really don’t matter in the grand scheme of things. Those negative times aren’t what you should remember about high school. There are games, dances, competitions, meets, and shows you should remember more than what some-one said about you in the hallway. A stupid kid spreading a stupid rumor just isn’t that impor-

tant.Don’t let petty things get in the way when

there are so many other great things to focus on. Now, it may seem big, but sometimes take a moment to really step outside of your shoes and think about it in the grand scheme of things. Ask yourself simple questions like “Will this blow over in a week or two?”, “Can I just pretend I didn’t hear that?”, “In 10 years, will I even recognize this person?” Remember that you are not the problem, you have your own stuff to worry about. There are bigger things in life! Col-lege, jobs, test scores, your next big game or concert. Kill it before it gets under your skin, and you will have nothing to worry about.

I’ve dealt with this so much in high school. As a freshman, I was bullied, something I think most people don’t know about me. Being bullied was terribly hard for me to deal with, but when

my ostracizer came up to me the next year to apologize, I accepted and let it go right away. I couldn’t let what was going on in her life affect who I was and how I acted. I had bigger things to worry about than a mean girl. Going to home-coming, being in the musical. You just have to

go on with your life, and let the others be stuck in their own per-sonal gunk.

This is a huge lesson to learn in life, you are not going to be able to brush stuff off your shoulder right away. It will take some time! It’s a tool to success that takes a lot of practice to be able to get better at. I’m not a pro at all yet, some people may never be. It took me all 4 years of high school to become confident in my ability to let things roll over me. Cliche as it seems, keep your

head up and truck on through all the negativity, and push it away for better things in life. As long as you give it a shot, then you might find your-self becoming more confident, and hopefully happier. After all, happiness is key, right? Right.

There were 200 meters to go and there was only one other person in the race, who was ahead of me. I started hearing my name being cheered, “You’re almost there!” “Go Dani!” “You’re so strong!” as I began closing the gap between me and the other girl. I could feel my left leg begin-ning to weaken, but that didn’t matter to me. As we were coming around the final bend I began passing my opponent. I was in the final stretch of the race and my legs felt like lead. I could see the other girl’s shadow to my right and I knew I had to keep going. I kept pushing and finally crossed the fin-ish line. I had done it, I ran a race. A permanent smile spread across my face as I hugged almost every girl on the team. I thought back to the ac-cident and my doctors telling me I would never run again and I felt a surge of contentment. I thought about all the change that had happened in just one year.

Everything can change at any moment, sud-denly and forever. Sometimes people don’t real-ize how true this is. Everyone experiences change at one point in their lives. Just one choice, one

event can begin a whole new chapter of your life. At the end of last summer, I was involved in

an accident that changed almost every aspect of my life, and in many ways changed my own be-ing. In just one moment, my world was turned upside down.

In that moment, multiple thoughts raced through my head, but one stood out from the rest: running. Just like that, my running ca-reer was taken away

from me. I was about to begin my senior year un-able to do cross country, the sport I had trained for and loved over the past five years. Along with not being able to run, I would be unable to walk. I felt like I would be missing out on so much. That thought consumed me for a while, but then I thought about all the experiences I had already had throughout high school and the friendships I had made through these experiences.

I had gone out for track and cross country all three years, through which I had made some of my closest friends, gone to state meets, went out for JV soccer (a good time) on a whim my soph-

omore year, and even non-physical activities that I had done: joining Choir my junior year for the year, doing Chess Club, being a reporter, and this year an editor, for The Little Hawk, and I began seeing things from a different perspec-tive. You never know when things are going to change, or how quickly something can change, and I thought about how lucky I was to have gotten the opportunity to have had these experi-ences. Now, I look back on them with nothing but fulfillment.

Almost all of us seniors are going to go through a drastic change this coming fall as we head off to college, whether it be staying here in Iowa City or travelling across the country to California. And so I hope all seniors can look back on their four years at City High with con-tentment, with no regrets.

My advice to younger students would be to take advantage of the opportunities that you are given because you never know when they may be taken away from you, when things may change. If you’re interested in something, take the chance. Go out for Cross Country, take an art class, join Math Club. The experiences that you will have and friendships that you will make may surprise you.

Everything can change at any moment,

suddenly and forever.


While most seniors at

City High are send-ing in college deposits,

Sonny Nguyen ‘14 is preparing to move to the City of Angels to pursue

a career in filmmaking. Nguyen has been editing videos since he

was eight years old, and has been making short films almost as long. His movies have been enjoyed at City

High’s Film Fest for the past two years.Two years ago, when Nguyen’s filmmaking partner

in crime Elijah Jones ‘14 brought up the idea of moving to L.A. to pursue careers in the film industry, Nguyen was apprehensive.

“When Elijah suggested moving to L.A., I was skeptical at first, but I realized I couldn’t really get any-

where here,” Nguyen said.“Elijah has a friend who works on the set of

True Blood, so right after graduation we will be working on the set,” Nguyen said.

Nguyen is slightly nervous about moving to L.A. due to high crime rates and the higher

expense of living, but is ready to start the next chapter of his life.

“Moving to L.A. is scary because financially, I don’t know if we’re go-

ing to be ready,” Nguyen said, “I’m going to be making rice

every single day!”

Attending St. Mary’s College has become some-

thing of a tradition for Keighley Ehmsen’s family. Next fall, she will attend the all girls,

private school in Indiana where her mother earned her degree and her sister currently attends.

“I always said I would never ever ever go to an all girls, Catholic school,” Ehmsen said. “But when my sister got in and we moved her there, I just saw how great of a community it had and how beautiful the campus was, so I just decided that was where I wanted to go.”

“My freshman and sophomore year I always said I would go to a coast where it was really warm,” she said.

“It sounds dumb, but on the way to my interview at St. Mary’s I got a fortune cookie that said, ‘you’re in the right direction, trust your instincts,’” she

said.At St. Mary’s, Ehmsen plans to play intramural soccer and volleyball,

as well as write for the University of Notre Dame’s newspaper. She plans to major in Elementary Education, which also runs

in the family. Both of her grandmothers and mother were teachers.

Flying Far

Afield

Seven months from now, when most City High graduates are bust-ing out their winter coats and gloves to endure yet another Iowa winter, Talbot Morris-Downing ‘14 will be relaxing at one of Califor-

nia’s best colleges, Stanford University, in

50 degree weather.“I applied to a lot of

schools on both coasts.” Morris-Downing said, “I wanted to be as far away from Iowa as I could get.”

Morris-Downing was also acepted to Harvard. Although the decision between Harvard and Stanford was tough, Morris-Downing knows he made the right decision.

“Going to any school like Stanford will open a lot of doors for you,” Morris-Downing said.

“People at Stanford seem really relaxed.” Morris-Downing said, “When I visited, there were people just laying in the grass relaxing.”

Morris-Downing feels that his time at City High has prepared him for the chal-lenges that Stanford may bring.

“City High is a really good school.” Morris-Downing said, “We have a lot of A.P. classes, and every-one is really collaborative.”

Morris-Downing plans on majoring in computer science and plans to pursue a computer science career in Silicon Valley.

The decision to

attend Swarthmore was not an easy one for

Traore. She was waitlisted at Princeton and was also accepted to Smith College.

“I battled for days between Smith and Swarthmore,” Traore said.

In 2013, U.S. News and World Report ranked Swarthmore the third best liberal arts school in the country. It is also part of a Tri-College Consor-tium, meaning Traore can take classes towards her degree at three other schools including the University of Pennsylvania.

“Swarthmore is a liberal arts school so I can kind of just step into any field to see what I like,” she said.

“I hope to be involved in some sports, I don’t want to competitively run,

but I still want to be involved in intramurals,” Traore

said. “I also really want to volunteer more.

That’s something I’ve always wanted to do, just get out there and help other

kids realize their dreams too.”Traore says her time at City High has given her the

academic challenges and opportunities she needed to prepare for her application process at competitive universi-ties.

Although she is unsure of her specific future plans, Traore knows Swarthmore is a place where she will be able to thrive.

“When I talked to someone about Swarthmore, they said I can find my voice among men and women,” Traore

said. “That’s more of an ideal situation because in the real world I’m going to be encountering both.”

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UNDERAGE DRINKING COMES AT A COST.The funny guy. The singer. The athlete. The nice one. The ambitious one. Or the person who ruined friendships, got thrown off the team, and threw away their future because of drinking. The choice is yours.

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I’m Older Than YouI’m older than you, but I’m not old. Today’s

my birthday-May 12, 1971. I know you are read-ing this at a later date, but I was asked to write a column for you and this is what I’m thinking about right now.

It’s not turning 43 that I find a little weird-it’s not. I have almost all the milestone birthdays out of the way: 18-“what you need a fake ID for?” “So, I can vote.” (movie reference-look it up); 21-that mystical age where we think we are finally grown up but were not; 25-lower car insurance (really, it’s a big deal). And then there are the decade birthdays: 30, 40, 50, etc… that some people lament about but I have never given

much thought about. It’s not my age that weirds me out. It’s that you are graduating from high school and I just realized that I graduated from

high school, in May, 25 years ago. Now, that makes me feel old.

When I graduated our phones were still attached to the walls of our house; a GPS device was the person sitting next to me in the car looking at a paper map and yelling at

me to take the next exit; and, social media was a bunch of us sitting around on a Friday night

with nothing better to do but watch whatever was on TV.

Birds were the only things that tweeted. I’m sure Chip could share some more hor-

ror stories with you all about the changes he has seen over the years. He actually had to physically “get up and turn the channels on the TV” with his hands when he was a teenager.

The person that I was, who graduated from high school 25 years ago, no longer exists. School, jobs, independence, a wife, and children have hacked away a lot of those rough edges.

Long story made short. 25 years is a long time that passed very quickly. I hope your lives will be as happy and sad, fulfilling and disap-pointing, adventurous and mundane, and as fun and rewarding as mine has been.

I’m hoping to see you all at your 25th re-union. At least, I hope you’ll look me up in the yearbook and say, “There’s Morris. Remember that guy? He was __________”

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I’m sure Chip could share some more horror stories with you all about

the changes he has seen over the years. He actually had to physi-cally “get up and turn

the channels on the TV” with his hands when he

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Why did you choose Iowa State over the University of Iowa?Lauryn Alderson: I really wanted to experience something different.Kevin Buell: I chose Iowa State because it has a superior engineering program. Elena Foster: Because I knew I wanted to get out of Iowa City, and it’ll be a new experience descovering campus life.

Why did you choose to leave Iowa City?Kevin Buell: I’ve been in Iowa City my whole life, so I wanted to get out of it and experience something new while being on my own, but still being near my family. Zach Coleman: I want to meet new people, not just hang out with all my old friends. Emilie Burden: My mom doesn’t want me to stay in town, so I can experience the world without my family .

What are you majoring in and did your major have an influence on your college decision?Lauryn Alderson: I’m majoing in kinesiology, and Iowa State was the ONLY college I visited with this major!Emilie Burden: I’m majoring in Animal Ecology, and Iowa

State is the best in state animal college.Elena Foster: I’m majoring in Elementary Education with a special education endorsement, and to me Iowa State has a better special ed emphasis than Iowa.

What other colleges did you apply to, and why did you ultimately decide not to attend them?Lauryn Alderson: UNI, I really liked the size and feel, but none of their majors fit me. Zach Coleman: I applied to Wisconsin, but out of state is expensive, and it is quite a ways from home. Emilie Burden: I didn’t actually apply anywhere else but I looked at Oklahoma State. It was way too expensive as an out of state college.

What are you most looking forward to about going to Iowa State?Zach Coleman: The new people and the freedom to do anything I want to. Emilie Burden: I will get to hang out with my brother, and be in a different kind of atmosphere.Elena Foster: Going into the greek society at Iowa State because it is one of the best in the nation and has a large philanthropy emphasis.

With over 70 students at-tending the University of Iowa and more than

16 attending Iowa State University this fall, these state universities are the top two college destinations for this year’s graduating class. After surveying students planning to at-tend these colleges, it seems that cost and options of majors played a large role in their decisions. by Leah Hoelscher and Daniela Perret ISU

Why did you choose the University of Iowa over Iowa State?

Steven Achrozoglou: The University is better for the majors I’m thinking of. Brady Swenning: Iowa State was never an option, I’ve always been a Hawkeye! Claire Jacobson: The program I wanted was here so why go far away? I didn’t even apply to Iowa State.

Why did you choose to stay in Iowa City?

Braxton Bell: I grew up here and have always wanted to be a Hawkeye. Chris Ohrt: I chose to stay because I know where everything is already. Omar Shaban: Because Iowa City is a fun and diverse city. Claire Jacobson: Because there was an extra option to live at home.

What other colleges did you apply to, and why did you ultimately decide not to attend them?

Ryan Cox: I applied to Iowa State but I decided not to go because I wanted to stay in Iowa City. Michael Haring: I didn’t apply to any other schools but I visited them for baseball and I picked Iowa for the Big Ten and Iowa City’s atmosphere. Braxton Bell: None, I’ve known where I’ve wanted to go for years!

What are you most looking forward toabout going to Iowa?Emma Greimann: Having more freedom and being able to take classes I WANT to take. Kole Butler:Moving out of my house, meeting new people, experiencing new things, and having new opportunities.Claire Jacobson: Studying abroad and doing research with-out having to pay for any of that.

Have any of your relatives attended the University, and did it influence your deci-sion?

Ryan Cox: My older sister goes to the University of Iowa, and she has said a lot of good things about it. Emma Greimann: My dad went to Iowa but he would be supportive of wherever I go. Madi Genz: I have two brothers at Iowa, and one brother at Iowa State. One told me to go to Iowa, one said to go out of state, and the last one said to go for the cheapest, so I listened to two of them. Brady Swenning: Yes, my parents went to the University and they are pretty successful, why not follow?

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A Change in Perspective Emma Greenberg

It’s easy to lose perspective when you’re in constant motion. You lose

the ability to look at yourself and your life and recognize

what matters.

Leaving elementary school six years ago, I was a confident person. Everyone there was so supportive and made everyone feel unique. Not only that, but I would like to think that most everyone left elementary school with the feeling like they were going to accomplish great things.

Junior high made me aware that I wasn’t one of the top 5 people in my class anymore, but good grades still weren’t hard to achieve. So while I felt like I was just now in a big-ger pool of people who were also unique and special, I still knew that I was included in that group. Once sophomore year of high school hit though, I began to re-alize that being involved in three clubs, a com-petitive sport with two a day practices, and tak-ing a full load of courses not only stressed me out, but didn’t even set me apart from everyone anymore. Suddenly I was surrounded by people who were in the same classes I was, but getting better grades. Somehow those people had time to do sports too, but could be varsity athletes.

This began my obsession with comparing

myself to others. What started out as fascina-tion that my peers could accomplish so much soon turned into jealousy, and eventually made me incredibly self critical. And when I received my first B, I thought it was the end of the world.

Looking back on it now, of course I see how ridiculous it was to think everything in my life revolved around grades and performance. It’s easy to lose perspective when you’re in constant motion. You lose the ability to look at yourself and your life and recognize what matters. When you are at school every day, constantly turning in projects and get-ting back tests, it’s hard to focus on something other than school and how you measure up. Teachers push

you to take more AP courses, and guidance counselors tell you to get involved in extracur-riculars to amp up your resumé, and soon you find yourself swamped in homework and study-ing, which you have no time for due to your after school commitments. The hardest part for me was feeling like I was the only one struggling to get everything done, since my friends seemed to have no problems maintaining their 4.0 and be-

ing busy with sports or theater until late at night.My realization that I wasn’t alone came dur-

ing my junior year, when I would come in early to study with a teacher and find others in the room asking similar questions. Instead of get-ting frustrated alone at my house about how I couldn’t figure out a chem worksheet or a math problem, I went to my teachers and peers and found out that there were other students strug-gling just like I was. Limiting my commitments outside of school also made my life easier, I had to admit to myself that I couldn’t possibly be the best at everything.

So whether you just received your first B or your first C, know that your life isn’t over. You still have qualities that make you unique, and you bring something to your classes and ac-tivities that others can’t: your own opinion. City High itself is known to have rigorous classes, even if the people surrounding you are getting A’s easily while you struggle to keep up, know that in millions of other high schools across the country, there are kids who aren’t even in classes as tough as yours, with teachers that don’t care as much as yours. Take time to reflect on that and appreciate the opportunities you have at City High. Realize that high school isn’t forever and grades aren’t the end of the world. And finally, even though it’s a cliché, make the most of your time here, it’s over before you know it.

Adventure Awaits Neil HarteJust over a month from now—at 8 a.m. on

July 2nd, to be precise—the life I have known in Iowa City will become a thing of the past. Gone will be weekends playing video games and catch-ing movies with friends at the Sycamore. Doing homework down at the library with my girlfriend before heading over to Panch for a bite? Nothing but a distant memory. Yes, this summer I will be marching, saluting, and shooting in the woods of New York State along with over a thousand other high school graduates as we complete six and a half weeks of Cadet Basic Training at West Point. Starting in August, we’ll embark on a four-year program at the U.S. Military Academy. Pushups, anyone?

That’s right, unlike most of you, I won’t be getting a job or heading off to a typical college experience. Heck, I’m not even going to be a freshman this fall- just a lowly “plebe” or “fourth year,” as they are called at West Point, located 60 miles north of New York City. The Army may

have done away with hazing a decade or so ago—which means I won’t have any “Yearlings,” “Cows” or “Firsties” forcing me to stand for hours on end in my underwear—but there won’t be rock concerts any time soon in Eisenhower Hall, never mind binge drinking in the bar-racks. Hot dates or nights out on the town? Not, as far as I’m aware, until I’m a Cow.

Anyhow, I will soon be leav-ing the easy-going environment of Iowa City, where I can more or less do what I want (within legal boundaries, of course) and when I want, to a fast-paced one where I will be told what to do and where to go 24/7.

Come this July, the simplest of choices will be but a fantasy. As a West Point cadet, I will be told when to wake up, how to eat

(quickly: you only get fifteen minutes), or even how to hang my clothes in the closet. Oh, and did I mention you can’t carry a cell phone. They stay

in your room. To be honest,

though, I’m really look-ing forward to this change. City High was a great place to spend four years, and I learned a lot and made great friends. I truly will be sad to say goodbye to my life as a Little Hawk. West Point, though, is the next step in my life. Being anxious about leaving my family and friends won’t make my experience away any

easier, but at some point we all have to leave home and start a new journey. Adventure awaits!

As a West Point cadet, I will be told when to wake up, how to eat (quickly: you only get fifteen minutes), and

even how to hang my clothes in the closet .


My Advice (To Myself) Elijah Jones

I’d rather be considered lazy or

awful by people who don’t respect me than have anxiety attacks that turn me into a social vegetable.

Okay, small ones, it’s story time. (Actually, the big ones can pay attention to this too.) ((Ac-tually the big ones are probably the only ones paying attention to this.)) (((What does “big ones” and “small ones” even mean?)))

This is meant to be a nice reflection on my time here, and what I learned in the world of High School- but I can’t seem to get myself to circumvent the more angsty parts. Therefore, I’ll still give you all the basis of what I’ve learned, plus a healthy dose of I’M GOING TO DIE HERE. (And how!) And by the way, don’t think that this is necessarily meant for you all, I’m really just talking to myself, while remembering that High school is manageable if I look at it at just the right angle.

Let’s remember that the reflections I’ll be giving are surely unique- we all have dif-ferent mirrors. Unfortunately for me, mine tends to be more like the fun house ones that tell me everyone else is Snow White. I know there are some of you who will relate here. Remember that film that just came out a little while ago? Oculus, where the characters constantly are looking into a mirror and see hor-rifying untrue things that ruin their lives. Our mirrors are the same. But instead of looking into it and seeing good ol’ Aunt Tracy creeping up behind you with a shiv made out of her hip bone, its just you. Me. The sad realization that the hor-ror I see in this mirror is what everyone looks at when they see me. This surrounds my brain almost every moment- and I’m here to say (to myself): STOP IT. If there’s one thing I learned through hell and back here, it’s that the mirror is not your friend; more importantly it’s not your enemy either. I’m not the “self-help” guy here, we should just know the mirror is really just an instrument for torture, and imperfections are the reason people like people.

Three Dog Night was right: one truly is the loneliest number. Loneliness. And the grope fest surrounding the hallways isn’t the solution I’m going for. (“Bye baby, I’ll miss you for the next 53 minutes.” *Grabs butt of girlfriend.) There is an interesting disease-like effect of feeling alone. While looking across the crowds and hoards of people, or friends, it’s still plaguing the mind. It’s kind of annoying. (No mind, really, there is like a plethora of people who care about me. Look, they are standing in front of me. I’m holding flowers they just gave me because they care. The flowers are infused with their hearts. Still feeling

lonely? Yes? Okay, we’ll try this later.) This, much like de-pression itself, is ac-tually just what we learn to walk side by side with. Now, depression might not have hit you like a pillowcase full of batteries like it did me, but I’m sure we’ve all felt it- it’s like chicken pox. (No Shelley, I can’t go to brunch today.

The neighbor kid has depression and I want to throw Timmy in there so he gets it now and not later!) Think of depression and loneliness as your pals. Seriously- they want what we want: to not be there. Loneliness doesn’t want to be lonely. Depression doesn’t want to be depressed. This sounds like blasphemy considering it’s the depression and/or loneliness that’s making you feel like you’re a horrible human being. But be-ing a companion to these two is probably the only way to be rid of the organic plague. So snuggle up next to them and play some Uno. (Or, I guess, solitaire.)

High school isn’t the best time to deal with self-esteem issues. Lucky us that high percent-ages of kids catch the bug at the pearly gates of

high school… Remember that paper that you need to turn in a proposal for (before you write it) in order to get points? Remember that same paper that you need to draft at least three times before you can get points for it? Remember that post paper paper that you have to write in which you write about your paper in order to get points to add on to the points you got for the paper that you needed a proposal for? Let me say, when you’re dealing with whether its worth waking up in the morning, its a punishment undeserved to get a poor grade. Just keep in mind that no grade will be an accurate description of who you are. Ever. It hurts like a dagger to the spinal cord to get a D, but IT’S NOT A DAGGER TO THE SPINAL CORD. (Which is worse.) The point is beathe. I learned a good way to look at these things. If I don’t do well on an english exam, will my heart cease to beat? (No.) If I forget, or even if I just shelf the homework, will I be six feet un-der? (Still no.) If I get a C in math, will I start puking blood? (I certainly hope not.) ((Actually, I openly celebrated my C in math.)) The only time I’m dead is when I’m dead. That’s all.

I’ve learned in my time here to always take moments for remembering that it’s never life or death. I’d rather be considered lazy or awful by people who don’t respect me than have anxi-ety attacks that turn me into a social vegetable. The saddest news is that there are people exist-ing who don’t want you to have nice things. An even sadder piece of news is that high school is just the beginning of the madness. Take your critics’ snide looks with a handful of salt, su-periority complexes just mean they are afraid of themselves. Nothing is worse than that wave of anxiety when your critics are in the room, knowing any word you say is thrown in the gar-bage. Whatever you do, just remember you are a person, and you are always worth the same win or lose. I can’t say it’s easy. That would be why I’m writing this at all. It’s hard. But you are your master. So let’s all smash that mirror and start walking like people who don’t have somewhere to be.

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