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Fall Music Fills The AirSenior first chair violinist Sarah

Larsen rehearses for the orchestra concert that occurred on Monday night.

If you would like to check out more music at CF, the choir will be performing a concert Monday, Oct. 15 at 7:30 p.m. in the auditorium. Tickets will be $3 for adults and $2 for students, and activity passes will be accepted.

David BergstromStaff Writer

The Tiger Marching Band captured Division I rankings in their perfor-mance at Dubuque Senior High School in the Marching Band State Competi-tion on Saturday, Oct. 6.

The band members, advisers and fans were thrilled with the results.

“We are absolutely awesome, and our teachers are completely amazing,” junior Ambrosia Austin said.

Saturday’s results add to a long line of honors. The Cedar Falls Tigers Marching Band has a great reputation for getting Division I in state competi-tion.

“[In] 22 years of CF being in the competition, we have received a Di-vision 1 ranking 21 times,” marching band co-director Kyle Engelhardt said.

Engelhardt shares the director role with Gerald Ramsey. The CFHS Marching Band is comprised of about 145 students.

Each band must perform a routine that is approximately 13 minutes or less and determines the music themselves.

“There are no requirements at all for the routines we do on the field. What I do is listen to some music, choose pieces that I think would be good to use, and then on my computer I can do a graphic of how the routine would go, and match the music with the vi-sual of the students. So when the songs get going fast, the students walk faster. When the song becomes very slow, the students move little to not at all. I try to create excitement through the music,” Engelhardt said.

The students put a lot of trust in their directors to plan the top performance.

“Mr. Engelhardt plots out the whole show and what it would look like on the computer. He shows us how to do it, and then obviously we work on it. We don’t get it all right away, but it is awesome to see the finishing touches and the whole show complete and working in the end,” senior Kavin Sun-daram said.

In the beginning, it was a struggle to

get the performance right.“The routine is difficult for me be-

cause of all the coordination that is in-volved in getting it done correctly. I am a very uncoordinated person, so that is my challenge,” Sundaram said.

Working together, it all comes out in the end.

“I follow people around me to know where to go to and where not to go,” junior Kevin Hernandez said.

“Memorizing is hard for me, but I have a lot of help with students and teachers, so I rose up to the challenge, did everything with repetition and fol-lowed through,” Austin said.

“For having as hard of a show as we did, the students worked just as hard or even harder than I could hope for,” En-gelhardt said.

Marching Band practices every day all year, and they have put many hours into the competition.

“We have practiced every day dur-ing fourth period for an hour since the beginning of August,” Engelhardt said.

According to Koltookian, prac-tice makes perfect, and she said she is thankful that they do the practice ev-ery day on the field because that is her main way of remembering how to do all of the routine and music: lots of rep-etition.

Sundaram said he enjoys playing his part in the band with his flute along with having all of the work that they do in marching band come together as a complete work.

Senior Jeremy Resch has enjoyed his last year of marching band and will miss listening to the spectacular music produced by the band during practices.

“I love to play the music along with listening to it because it sounds very good to hear everyone all together. Af-ter my last year of high school I will not be playing the trumpet anymore,” Resch said.

Austin enjoys games, playing her alto saxophone and the amazing Cedar Falls High School Marching Band.

“I enjoy marching while playing my alto saxophone at the football games, because I get to see my work unfold

and pay off for all I’ve done,” Austin said.

“Right now I’m not sure if I’m go-ing to keep playing my saxophone after high school, but I will most definitely keep it,” Austin said.

Another alto saxophone player, Kol-tolkian has been playing since she was in junior high and enjoys playing her instrument.

“What I enjoy the most is practic-ing my saxophone during the marching band every day,” Koltolkian said.

Band members vary on their plans to continue their skills in the future.

“I play with the trumpet section,” Hernandez said, “I may play after high school, but I may not either. Right now I’m at a 50/50 chance of continuing,” Hernandez said.

Junior Kevin Hernandez plays loud along with much of the brass. He may play after he finishes his high school career, but he is undecided at the mo-ment.

Koltolkian will most likely not play after high school unless a college sees a future for her.

“I probably won’t, but if by some chance I get scholarship money for it then I will,” Koltolkian said.

“The hardest thing for me to do, I would have to say, is keeping up with the timing, [which] can be difficult at some points,” Resch said.

Junior David Farrell has anticipated the contest for a long time.

“I love the contests that the band competes in and playing in the Dome,” Farrell said.

Farrell plays the Baritone.“I am pretty sure that I will be play-

ing my senior year, but considering af-ter high school probably not,” Farrell said.

Farrell finds that playing the music over and over and doing the routine re-petitively helps everyone with the show in general. But for him it’s playing and marching at the same time that presents the biggest challenge of all.

“I think [our success] shows that we really came together, practiced hard, all that good stuff,” Farrell said.

Band captures Division I

At the very top, the Cedar Falls Marching Band is on its way to earning Divsion I rating at the State Marching Band Contest in Dubuque on Saturday, Oct. 6.

In the middle, before the per-formance, senior Jeremy Resch, junior Natalie Takes, junior Rhys Talbot and senior Megan Creasey warm up before the performance with the rest of the band.

At left, senior drum major Nirmeen Fahmy gives the cues for the band which went on to earn a unanimous Division I from all four judges at the contest.

David Bergstrom Photo

Tiger band earns unanimous decision at State Marching Contest in Dubuque

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In recognition of last Wednesday’s National Walk to School Day, many students walked to school promoting a healthier and environmentally friendly lifestyle.

At St. Patrick’s and many of the other participating schools across the country, all students, including bus riders, were encouraged to walk or bike to school.

When it comes to healthy living, the United States is behind many countries. According to recent numbers from the Census Bureau, the United States is 42nd in the world in terms of life expectancy.

We, The Tiger Hi-Line staff, believe that in a nation with medical tech-nology as advanced as ours, this statistic is unacceptable, especially since simple ways to liven up our sedentary lifestyles are so readily accessible.

In the United States, much of the pollution that contributes to envi-ronmental issues could be avoided by walking or riding bikes instead of driving. According to the Environmental Protection Agency, the United States comprises five percent of the world’s population but contributes to 25 percent of all greenhouse gas emissions.

We support the Walk to School initiative. We strongly feel that partici-pation in Walk to School Day for all students in Cedar Falls in years to come could provide lasting benefits.

Additionally, while we acknowledge that Walk to School day is an important first step in raising awareness of simple ways to improve the health of both the American population and the earth, we also believe that one day each year does not go far enough to promote this lifestyle. Small actions taken daily can have large implications for our environment. It is our job as stewards of the earth to take every available action to preserve our planet for future generations, and walking to school or work is a small sacrifice for the great benefits that it has the potential to reap.

Walking promotes healthy lifestyle

M a j o r League Base-ball is nearly done with its regular sea-son, and on the verge of start-ing its post-season.

T h e big ques-tion apart f r o m w h o ’ s going to win the World Series is, “Who will win the MVP award?”

The top two candidates have been

up at the top for mostly the whole sea-son. Detroit’s Magglio Ordonez has consistently had the best batting aver-age in the League while Yankees’ slug-ger, Alex Rodriguez, has dominated the home run column.

Being able to hit with an average of over .350 over the course of an entire season is a huge achievement.

Ordonez has, over many games throughout the season, come through with game-changing hits.

Incidentally, Ordonez is second in RBI only to the other big candidate.

After one of his worst seasons ever last year, Rodriguez came back with a monstrous season all while in the hot

seat of the New York media and pub-lic.

When you ask yourself, “Who is the most valuable player?” it’s hard to measure the two.

Ordonez and Rodriguez are both the most valuable players on their fran-chises.

But the fact that Alex Rodriguez is able to stand out as the best hitter, not only in the Majors, but also, in his own lineup of what could be considered one of the greatest batting lineups in the history of baseball, the MVP award should undoubtedly go to third-base-man, Alex Rodriguez.

Ordonez, Rodriguez race for MLB’s MVP title

Andrew KunkleStaff Writer

Arlene FreudenbergStaff Writier

Year after year high school students frantically search for college scholar-ships, but with so many other students l o o k -ing for the same thing, the competi-tion may seem a little over-w h e l m -ing at t i m e s . T h i s sort of t h i n k -i n g shows ignorance and foolishness.

There are millions of scholarships out there. Finding them takes just a lit-tle bit of work and ambition, although there are many tips and websites avail-able to students to guide them along the way. For example: www.fastweb.com.

Fast web is a nonprofit website that is recommended by the counselors for student use. To get started, stu-dents must answer a questionnaire so they may be able to find scholarships to match their every desire. After the questionnaire is completely filled out, a list will then pop up with name, de-scriptions and application information on possible scholarships.

This site, as well as many out there, will require a current email address. “If you don’t have an email account, make

one. Hotmail, Yahoo and Gmail are all free. If they don’t have a computer at home they can do it at school,” guid-ance counselor Thresa Ruggles said.

Another helpful website is www.icansucceed.org where students can click on the “student and parent start here” link. Then, the site splits into three categories. The first is “I can Plan,” which has a link that helps stu-dents decide a potential career and lets them research a college they may be interested in attending. The second link is “I can Apply,” a link that offers tips on how to fill out applications for col-leges. Last is “I can Pay,” a link that informs one on how to make smart loan choices and provides information on fi-nancial aid.

When dealing with the Internet, just remember the guidance counselors’ rule of thumb, “If they are asking for money, then it is not a liable source, but if it doesn’t, it is.”

Another source is a list of scholar-ships posted in the guidance hallway. The displays have many choices to choose from that are spread through-out the year. They contain the name of the scholarship, roughly how much is obtainable, the due date for applica-tion and a brief summary on what is re-quired to receive this scholarship.

If the minimum requirements give a website, check it out. Make sure you are eligible in all the areas, and if they want you to apply online, apply on-line.

The only other advice I can offer is, do not put it off until the last minute be-cause by then all the good scholarships will be taken. Furthermore, no matter what the journey, your counselors are always available to help you with any questions you may come across.

Scholarship opportunities readily available for interested students

Horatio Alger Scholarship: For students who have overcome personal adversities.Amount: $2,500 - $20,000www.horatioalger.org/scholar-ships

Coca-Cola Scholarships:For students with a GPA 3.0+ Amount: $10,000 - $20,000www.coca-colascholarships.org

AXA Foundation Scholarship:For students who have demon-strated ambition, drive and in-tegrity.Amount: $10,000 - $15,000www.axa-achievement.com

Elks Foundation Scholarship:Applicable to most studentsAmount: $100 - $15,000See guidance office for details

Available Scholarships

Tiger Hi-Line SPORTSSPORTST h e

Football (4-0)beat Waterloo West 28-13Next Up: Against CR Praire (Away 7:30 p.m.)Men’s Cross CountryFinished first at Super MeetNext Up: MVC Divisional CR PrairieWomen’s Cross CountryFinished third at Super MeetNext Up: MVC Divisional CR PrairieWomen’s Swimmingbeat Dubuque HempsteadNext up: Diving and W. SwimmingMVC Super Meet against D. SeniorVolleyballNext Up:Soph. against CR Kennedy (away CR Kennedy)Men’s Golf David Weld played in the state tourna-ment on Oct. 5-6

Tigersin Action

Athleteof

the WeekAlex Mark

Cross Country RunnerWhat are thinking as you run?Who’s ahead of me, who’s

behind me and what I need to look out for.

What do you do to prepare before your race?

I try to relax and use as little energy as possible.

What’s your inspiration?Personal satisfaction. I want to

leave with no regrets.What is your goal for State,

and how do you plan to achieve it?

I would love to place in the top five at the state meet. Work hard in practice and run with confidence in the meets.

Do you have any plans for running after high school?

Yes, hopefully I have another four years of competition ahead of me.

Matt HartStaff Writer

The last baseball movie about Iowa and baseball in the same sentence was the famous Field of Dreams but this Oct. 12th a new movie about Iowa Baseball will be released featuring for-mer CFHS student Chris Olsen, who graduated in 2003, called The Final Season.

“I play Eddie Fitz. He’s the left fielder on the team, and I play on the team for the two years that the movie covers,” Olsen said

The movie is about the Norway base-ball team in the early ‘90s. The school board decides to merge with another school, which would end the Norway baseball powerhouse that had won 18 of the last 22 state championships. The movie is about the final season of Nor-way baseball and them winning their 19th state championship.

“There’s also a little love story in-volved, so you’ll have to watch and see that,” Olsen said

The movie also has its fair share of celebrities, including Iowa native Tom Arnold and Sean Astin, also known as Sam from Lord of the Rings.

“The so-called stars of the movie were all pretty nice. I mean they were always around whether we were just standing around or eating lunch or whatever, but you could tell a couple of them thought they were too good for us,” Olsen said.

Olsen has a couple of speaking parts in the film including one saying, “It’s hard to hit a ball the size of an aspirin pellet,” which was his longest line.

“I originally had three lines, but one got cut, so I was kind of bummed about that,” Olsen said

Olsen’s father in the film also plays a pretty big role because he is on the school board and votes to join the

schools, which causes a conflict be-tween the two.

So as Iowa’s stature for great base-

ball movies grows this fall, viewers will be able to say some of that legend was raised right here in Cedar Falls.

Photo Courtesy of Yari Film Group

In this photo from the movie, The Final Season, 2003 CFHS graduate Chris Olsen is pictured third from left.

Former CF student starring in Final Season2003 Grade fills minor role in movie

Jordyn SchreiberStaff Writer

Jan-Mikael Juutilainen. Do you know that name? Chances are you don’t unless you were friends with him last year, had him in a class or you’re a hockey fan.

Juutilainen is a hockey player for the Waterloo Black Hawks. Last year instead of attending school at East High of West High like the rest of the team, he attended Cedar Falls because East or West can’t accept foreign exchange stu-dents, so for the first time Cedar Falls got to have a Waterloo Black Hawk in the graduating class.

Juutilainen transferred here from Finland, a long 20-hour flight, to play hockey.

“It was kind of hard, but after the first month, it was alright. You can’t live at home all your life, so it was a lot easier this year because I knew that I wanted this, and it was also easier for my parents,” Juutilainen said.

Not only was home life different but so was school. He spoke a different language and missed school for prac-tice and for games.

“The hardest class was probably biology or government, but now I am

Trading Talent

done with high school, and I am happy about that,” he said.

This year he was supposed to attend college at the University of Nebraska-Omaha.

“Another year here is good for me, and it prepares me to get better as a player, and then get ready to play col-lege hockey,” Juutilainen said.

He got drafted by the Chicago Black

Hawks of the NHL, but right now he is concentrating on the season at hand.

“First we have to get a good start, and then win the Anderson Cup, and then win the Clark Cup,” Jan said about his team.

The Anderson Cup goes to the team at the end of the regular season with the best record. (The Waterloo Black Hawks won the last season.) The Clark Cup goes to the team who wins the cham-pionship game. (The Black Hawks were in the final but lost to the Sioux Falls Stam-

pede.)Saturday was the home

opener where they played the Chicago Steel. The team lost 6-4, but Juutilainen got an as-

sist on Craig Smith’s goal in the first period.

On the ice he can get help from him-self, his teamates or his coaches. Off the ice he can get help from his housing parents or by calling his parents over in Finland, but there’s one special per-son who helped him out last year and continues to attend his games, cheer

him on and help him with anything he needs help with.

“Cedar Falls was a great school! I had some great teachers, but I need to thank Mrs. Jennifer Paulsen. She helped me all the time,” Juutilainen said.

His teamates see him as one of their brothers. “I think it’s good thing he wan ted to come here. They want to play a faster version, and we learn their style,” team member Brett Olson said.

In addition to the difference in play, Juutilainen also had to adjust to the lan-guage differences. “He had a hard time talking at first, but then he came out of his shell,” team member Paul Weisgar-ber said.

The international language of video games helped with the communication gap. “He loves playing NHL 08 on X-BOX. His computer is all in Finish, so no one can understand anything on it,” team member Mike Marcou joked.

On Saturday, Oct. 13, Party Town hopes to see the Black Hawks come out with a bang and beat the Green Bay Gamblers. Party Town is located at Young Arena and will open its doors at 6 p.m. in hopes that everyone will bring their friends and their cowbells along to help cheer on Juutilainen ands the rest of the team.

2007 CF graduate exchange student continues play for Waterloo Black Hawks

Waterloo Black Hawks player and CF grad Jan-Mikael Juutilainen

with English Teacher Jen Paulsen and her son Tommy.

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Nadia HonaryStaff Writer

Picture this: It is mid-October and many CFHS seniors are scurrying to have their pictures turned into the year-book by Nov. 20. Seniors have many options for photography studios, from large photography companies to inde-pendent professional photographers. A growing number of seniors are looking for help among their classmates instead of photography studios when planning their senior portraits. Elle Frodsham is one student photographer.

“I make sure to use the right light-ing and to have a good setting. I just go with the flow, and they turn out right,” Frodsham said.

Senior Megan Creasey is getting her senior pictures done by Frodsham.

“I like more personalized photos, and I feel my friends know me better.

I’m much more comfortable around people I know, which I think will make the pictures more natural,” Creasey said.

Creasey plans on taking Frodsham’s senior pictures as well, using film photography. “I do feel a little bit of pressure be-cause it’s film, so you have to get it right because it’s more expensive, but I have a very good camera,” Creasey said.

Another student, senior Jordan Llewellyn has taken senior pictures us-ing digital photography.

“Unless the pictures turn out bad, I don’t feel any pressure. I use different angles, and I use Photoshop to get bet-ter colors and more contrasts. I took my cousin’s pictures for free,” Llewellyn said.

Unlike Llewellyn, Frod-sham does feel a bit of pressure.

“If they turn out bad, they still have to pay for the film processing, and they put their trust in you; the parents count on the pictures to turn out,” Frodsham said.

Frodsham has done four sets of se-nior pictures so far, and she still has three more to do.

Senior Anelga Doumanian has also decided to get her senior pictures done by a friend.

“I trust my friend. She’s a good photographer. It is also a lot easier to get the pictures done by someone you know. I’m more comfortable around her than I would be with a stranger,” Doumanian said.

Doumanian feels it is more fun to get senior pictures done with her friend.

“It was so rejuvenating. I loved it. And if there is a mess-up, we can just re-do the photo shoot as many times as it takes,” Doumanian said.

Say Cheese: More students choose peers to take senior photographs

[1.] Utilize creative angles.[2.] Outdoor photographs are most interesting.

[3.] Overcast days provide the best color.

[4.] Use a timer and tripod

to take photographs of yourself.

[5.] Black and white pictures have more dramatic impact.

[6.] Saturation (color intensity) gives photos more impact,

but too much saturation ruins skin tones.

[7.] Taking more pictures is better than fewer. This gives you options to choose from.

[8.] Take pictures in creative locations.

[9.] Capture real emotion. Fake smiles are less convincing.

[10.] Find a professional printer

who provides quality prints for amateur photographers.

[How to take quality portraits]DIY Pictures1). In my senior pictures I want to look: a). classically beautiful b). unique

2). I would prefer to have my photo session be: a). formal b). informal

3). I want my photographer to: a). have access to the latest technology b). take a simplistic approach

4). I would rather: a). have the photography studio print my pictures b). shop around for my prints

5). I prefer to give patronage to: a). professional photographers b). amateur photographers

Mostly As: You would prefer to have a professional photography studio take your pictures. You prefer to have classical shots and structure as part of your photography experience.

Mostly Bs: You would enjoy having a friend take your photographs. You are into having unique shots and an informal session.

Remember: no matter what route you take, you will likely love your senior pictures.

Quiz: Who should take my senior pics?

Nadia Honary Photo

During a senior photoshoot, senior Megan Creasey captures Elle Frodsham on film. Frodsham took Creasey’s and several other students’ senior photo-graphs earlier this year.