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By Shelby WilkinsonReporter

Normally students wouldn’t arrive at school at 7:15 a.m., but the morning of Nov. 16, DHS journalism students were at adviser Lisa Snider’s classroom bright and early. They were headed out on the school’s activity bus by 7:40 to the University of Oklahoma campus for Media Monday.

Media Monday is a twice a year jour-nalism event that journalism students from across Oklahoma attend. The Fall Media Monday includes an awards presen-tation for yearbook staffs with breakout sessions for both yearbook and newspaper staffs. The breakout sessions were focused on helping yearbook and newspaper staffs better their journalism skills.

People tend to have expectations for such events and Duncan’s journalism students did.

“I expect that we will have lots of fun, win prizes, and learn new stuff for the future. Oh, and try not to get lost,” said yearbook staff member Janeth Vasquez.

The keynote speakers were “2 Movie Guys”, Lucas Ross and Ryan Bellgardt. They produce entertainment segments for NewsChannel 4. But they have worked on

other projects as well. The two introduced and talked about

themselves and also showed the students some of the videos they created. One video was their review of “Bride Wars,” which made many of Oklahoma’s young journal-ists laugh.

Ross has also appeared on “That 70s Show,” and Bellgardt has written famous radio and television jingles including “Get a Dodge, Get a Dodge” and “Edmond Hyundai, Edmond Hyundai.”

After the 2 Movie Guys presenta-tion, students spread into various break-out sessions. Some of the most popular sessions included Basic Photoshop for Designers, 100+ Story Ideas, Feature Story Writing, Writing Headlines and Titles and a tour of the Gaylord College.

After the final session, students and advisers gathered in the ballroom for the awards ceremony for 2009 yearbooks. The awards included individual awards as well as ratings for each book.

Overall the yearbook staff was satisfied with what they learned.

“It’s a great experience for all of us to get to know other staffs and learn new techniques and ideas,” yearbook photo editor Tarah Frye said.

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Hannah Kafer 1st place-Student life story 2nd place-Headline writing 3rd place-Academic story 3rd place-Spread Copy Hon. men.-Academic photo

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Tarah Frye 1st place-Student life photo

Blakeley Pearson 2nd place-Sports photo

Taylor Polk 3rd place-Organization story

Taylor Casady Hon. men.-Headline design

Smoke Rings staff 2nd place-Graphic element Honors- “Going Red”

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Band’s ‘Dreams’ continues to impressABOVE: Band member scott haas plays the trombone along the parade route as onlookers watch the procession overhead.

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Volume 57 December 11, 2009 Issue 3

Media Monday awards

By Heather Johnsonsports editor

The End of Instruction tests have started at Duncan High School. The practice tests are over and now it is time for the real deal. Testing began in the 2000-2001 school year with just two tests, English II and U.S. History. Since then it has grown to include five other tests, including three math tests, one science, two English and one history. Another change is the ACE remediation classes. Students who fail the fall EOI will go to ACE remediation to study the subject and learn how to take a test. It helps students so that they are not behind next year.

“Hopefully, they will score higher,” Sandra Hurst said.

The English test is composed of two parts, a writing and a multi-ple choice. The writing portion is graded by two trained individuals, with a third brought in if a disagree-ment occurs. The multiple choice tests, taken on a computer, give the student an immediate raw score. It shows how many they got correct out of how many are graded. The preliminary scores are sent to the district approximately two months after testing is complete.

“Students could check with me at that time if they wanted to know their scores.” Dale Harris said.

The 2008-2009 freshmen and all following classes must pass four of the seven EOI tests. Tow of the passed tests much include English II and Algebra I.

“In the future,” Mr. Harris said, “I do not think that students will have to pass all tests.”

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By Jordyn RichardsonReporter

Two weeks before school starts, in the heat of a ripe summer, band students prepare and drill for the year’s marching competition show. In the summer they stay the majority of the day, going home for lunch, then coming back to practice even more. The flags of the color guard girls can be seen twirling above the heads of students while instruments blare through an already learned song. All in the heat of the day. When school starts they are still out every morning, early, practicing no matter what the weather is like. This is Duncan High School’s band rehearsal.

“It’s tiring. It takes a lot away from my social life, but it’s totally worth it,” senior

Jade Thompson says.Some of the band members

really liked this part of the year when they seem to bond over the grueling but unbelievably rewarding practices. Students have to learn the fundamentals of marching: good body posture and correct movements for the year’s show.

“Just the proper way to march,” senior Jessica Metzer said.

Dreams was the theme for this year. It’s the same show they performed at the foot-ball half-time. Assistant drum major Taylor Neal explained the complexity of teaching the performance. Sets, sheets of paper where each member’s position and movements are marked for every beat, are given to the students for each show, each year. Usually there are 150 sets; this year, though,

there were more than 200. The movements have to be kept in sync with the theme and music.

Solos were performed by Tyler Nyugen on the alto sax, and Kari Peercy on clarinet. Tarah Frye, a member of color guard, performed a dance solo.

Most band members agreed that all four competi-tions went really well. At the Putnam City Marching Contest the band placed second and received the Outstanding Music trophy for class 5A and placed ninth in finals.

In the UCO Marching Contest, the band made finals, and placed ninth again out of all the schools.

At OBA Marching Cham-pionship, the biggest marching contest of the year, again the band placed ninth in finals out of all 4A and 5A bands.

Finally at the Regional Marching Contest the band received ratings of superior from all three of the judges. Our band was one of only four 5A bands that received the highest ratings at the West Regional Marching Contest.

All State is a separate band or orchestra that students all over Oklahoma audition for. Sophomore Kari Peercy was chosen for 4th Chair clarinet in the All State Band and for All State Orchestra Qyunh Anh Pham was selected for violin.

At the competitions the highlights of the day seem to be hanging out with band students from all over Okla-homa and spending all day and sometimes all night with fellow DHS band students.

“It’s cool to see all the people who play the same instruments from different places,” sopho-

more Taylor said.“It went pretty good. I

think we could have been better. There’re always things to critique. People didn’t work as hard as they did last year,” Taylor said.

The main goals every year are doing as best as they can and getting high scores in their competitions. They also want to practice hard and stay concen-trated. Marching season has passed, but concert season just started. One of these upcoming concerts is the Holiday Sounds percussion ensemble concert at 7 p.m. on Dec. 18 at First Baptist Church-Duncan. Furthermore, the annual band Christmas Concert is at 7 p.m. on Dec. 14 in DHS Auditorium.

Both concerts are free, and the band encourages everyone to see both of these shows.

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Recently when I attended an Ivy League college fair for Choctaw students I learned of a girl who had managed to get Harvard and Yale into a scholarship war in hopes of enticing her into attending their school. She only scored a 28 on the ACT, and her transcript wasn’t perfect. The thing that colleges took note of was her community service.

She had hundreds of hours of community service every year, and it was all neatly typed up and put into a spread-sheet stapled to her resume. I was shown her resume and others like it for examples to emulate when build-ing my own. As I was reviewing these resumes I was struck by a certain lack of depth on some entries. “Passed out popcorn balls at football game” is one such entry that sticks in my mind. Yes, I’m so glad you ‘served your community’ by passing out popcorn balls at a football game. While there were plenty of substantial entries in her community service spreadsheet that made her deserving to attend

an Ivy League school, I still began to wonder if we as humans are fooling ourselves into thinking that we are bettering the world – by passing out popcorn balls.

Everyone wants to make the world a better place, and I think some of us fool ourselves into thinking we’re doing that by performing our little service projects. One hasn’t really ‘served their community’ unless what they have done has had a profound impact on the life of another human. Instead of focusing on all these little service projects that don’t really amount to anything, why don’t we actually get down and get our hands dirty making a real difference.

Here’s an interesting exercise: If everyone in the world were just like you, would the world be a better place, or worse? Feel free to take a few minutes and think about that. I’m not going anywhere.

There are tons of excuses not to get involved and make a difference: “I’m not the right kind of person.”

“I’m not fit to help anyone else.” “I’ll start making a difference as soon as I finish (some project).” Oh and the most popular – “I’m too busy.” Truthfully there is no excuse for not doing your part to make the world a better place. As a human it should be your number one priority. The people who do nothing to further humanity would further it by ceasing their existence. Now I’m not saying to go off your-self. I’m saying to get involved. If one is not helping advance human-ity they are hindering it. Which are you doing?

To the people who can honestly say the world would be a better place if everyone was just like them, I salute you. To everyone else (including myself), stop passing out popcorn balls at the football game and calling it community service – make a real difference. As good as popcorn balls are, this world has infinitely more problems than feeding the people in the stands. I don’t care how many commit-tee’s, councils, service projects you participate in. If you haven’t done something to make the world a better place, you really haven’t done anything, have you?

December 11, 2009Opinion

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Driver’s Education has long been a fixture at one time or another in every high school student’s schedule. Designed to teach students about how to safely navigate roadways, the class’s method of instruction consists primarily of book work and films. Ample driving time behind the wheel is also ensured.

We, however, believe that the Driver’s Ed curricu-lum should include more than it currently does. We propose that some of the

time being spent listening to lecture or watching films be used to instruct students on how to perform hands-on skills that are necessary in maintaining a vehicle.

For example, all students should know how to change a flat tire by the end of the class. It’s highly likely that everyone will encounter the frustration and incon-venience that comes along with having to deal with a flat during their lifetime. If this was a mandated skill that was routinely taught in

Driver’s Ed, students would be equipped to deal with it. Other tasks that students should be taught that they will eventually find useful are how to jumpstart a battery or change their own oil.

One reason that this type of instruction should be common is because not every student has someone to teach them these skills. Usually the male figure of a household takes charge in instructing in this arena. However, more and more students have been living

with a single parent or with grandparents than in the past. Therefore, it can no longer be assumed that every student has someone to teach them these critical life skills.

Additionally, if these were mandated skills that were routinely taught in Driver’s Ed, students would be able to know how to deal with them. If a student knew how to change a flat, for example, they wouldn’t need to call anyone for roadside assistance or spend money

in labor fees. Being able to repair a car also teaches responsibility and self-suffi-ciency.

If the fundamentals of how to keep a vehicle in proper condition were routinely taught, the Driver’s Ed department would be making an even greater impact than it currently does. We are convinced that these skills will prove nothing less than crucial to students in the long run.

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The Point

It is already over 4 months that I live in America. During the 4 months, I experience lots of things in here. And then I begin to like many things which in here.

My one of favorites is people. I’m really not good at English, especially speaking. So I have lots of trouble to talk with somebody. I missed my family and my friends in Korea a lot. English pronunciation is very difficult to me. I can’t speak clearly and it made me being shy. But now I’m pretty sure that I’m better than before. I stay well in here despite my English problems. Because of people. I appreciate people who have a listen to my words, smile and say hello to me and try to speak with me. Actu-ally I showed nothing at that time but I feel happy inside. They helps me bear up well. Thus my favorite thing is people.

Also, America is a “melting pot” of many different cultures. Even Duncan High School has Mexican, Canadian, Indian, Chinese and so on. It is interesting to watch people. Especially, eyes’ colors, colors of hairs and curly hairs. Sometimes, it arouse my curiosity like blond people’s nose hair color or why American have dark brown eyes or how they have meals without rice.

Every body have black hair and black eyes and every meals included rice in my country so lots of things were weird to me. But I enjoy expe-rience the cultural differences.

Next is a house. I like an Ameri-can house. Back yard, bed, garage

and a fire place! I always lived in an apartment. It was hard to find houses in my village. So, there are no back yard that something like in here. And there are only a wall between houses. Sometimes you can hear some sounds from the next door. These are reason that I never raised dogs or cats before even I like dogs. Actu-ally I used to sleep on floor because the heat is from floor. So I like wide soft bed and have a personal parking place.

And I like school’s activities. Pep rally, prom and home coming. Ameri-can schools have lots of activities. I can see pom girls, cheer leaders and big band groups. My favorite activ-ity is pep rally I like senior parents’ dance and student’s dance. That was so funny and perfect. I was surprised their dances are perfect even in short times. In case of my old school’s party like pep rally, always nobody participated in school activities.

To add to this, I like food like Taco Bell, Subway and Braums and clothes, shopping mall, and so on.

In conclusion, I like America and I experienced lots of things. However, I want to experience more and have fun in rest 6 months.

driver’s education does not prepare students for real world scenarios

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Saving the world one popcorn ball at a timethouGhts on community service

By Hayden Demersoneditor in chief

Everyone wants to make the world a better place, and I think some of us fool ourselves into thinking we’re doing that by performing our little service projects.

James Whitcomb Riley once said that “the most essential factor is persistence - the determination never to allow your energy or enthusiasm to be dampened by the discouragement that must inevitably come.”

At times when I am feeling espe-cially unmotivated I always go back to this quote. Carole, a good friend of mine, has taught me that life can’t be done with perfection. Things go really well for a while, but sometimes they don’t go the way you want them. If you have a perfectionist mentality, this concept can be hard to grasp in

every aspect of life, like relationships, school and especially working out.

Self-esteem and body image are huge aspects of everyone’s life, whether they believe that or not. How you feel about yourself affects what kind of clothes you buy, who you talk to and what you try to achieve. Often, poor body image discourages and leads to lack of motivation for working out and eating right. I mean, who isn’t guilty of the occasional trip to Braum’s to eat their emotions?

I am no stranger to discourage-ment. When I started working out over the summer I did really well. I did it consistently every day, but when school started, life kicked in and it got harder to find time to do anything. Not to mention, running to McDon-ald’s with my friends was easier than going home to make myself lunch. But I finally decided it was time to get back on the horse.

It was really hard to find the motivation to do anything at first, but

it slowly got easier. I just had to start back slowly, and realize that I wasn’t going to be as good as I had been right at the beginning. I had to be okay with 15 minutes on the treadmill rather than 30, and for a while it was really hard to not beat myself up over it, but you know, 15 is better than none.

I think the main thing when trying to achieve any goal, not just losing weight, is to realize that you will not be perfect the first time around. You will try and fail and get back up again and fail again. It’s a fact of life. But it’s extremely important to get back up again and not let discouragement ruin what you’ve set out to do for you. Just stick with it and eventually the discouraging factors will be over-shadowed by success and confidence-boosting results.

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By Victoria PowellCopy editor

If you have a perfectionist mentality, this concept can be hard to grasp in every aspect of life, like relationships, school and especially working out.

What’s hot:winter fashion

By Meghan Robinsonopinion editor

Don’t be afraid to cram a whole bunch of neutral staple colors together, but do add a bit of flavor here and there. My favorite new combination of colors is chocolate brown with any shade of gray. Blue is simply my favorite color ever, so why not put them all together at once? Just add a sparkle belt here, some glimmer tights there, fabulous red lips and you’re suddenly the life of any festive party.

Layering is a necessity at any party; a button up under a wool jumper with a cashmere grandpa cardigan topping it off is perfect under the heavy coat and scarf. The coat and scarf protect against the bitter wind, but once in the warm crowded indoors, peel off the cardigan and you’re set!

Spectator or Oxford, whichever you prefer, heels are positively fabulous no matter what time of day or year. They are simply classy and divine, and can make anyone’s legs look good. They can be worn with trousers, dresses or skirts with tights, or if you’re daring, bare legged with socks ankle high or otherwise.

Accessories in the sparkliest manner possible are mandatory in order to assert one’s eagerness to be festive. They simply brighten any atmosphere and can be used to dress up or down an entire outfit.

The rugged, disheveled, Ivy League look is an easy but daring one to follow. Mixing and matching patterns is a key component; however, only those who really know what they’re doing can pull it off. For example, an argyle cardigan and large striped tie are brilliant together, but one would never pair plaid and argyle together.

Faded jeans and a well worn belt help to create a distressed look to tame the extreme uniformity of the Ivy League style. Even add a beanie cap or any such accessory to give the look a bit of character.

TOMS Shoes are an excellent gift that gives back. There are numerous fashion designers as well that are creating pieces whose profits go to charity: Ralph Lauren Rugby’s Match Rugby, Feed Bags, Timbuk 2’s (Product) Red Optic Messenger, (Gap) Red and (Starbucks) Red. Make two peoples’ Christmas this year with only one gift that gives back.

By Tyler TalleyEntertainment Editor

‘It’s ComplICatEd’This one is for the

chick-flick crowd. Jane, played by “Devil Wears Prada” star Meryl Streep, is a self-reliant divorcee. After ten years of separa-tion and three grown chil-dren, she finally achieves a good relationship with her ex-husband Jake, played by “30 Rock,” star Alec Baldwin, who has remarried to a much younger woman. Jake and Jane meet by chance out of town when attending their son’s college graduation. A dinner together develops into an affair, making Jane “the other woman.” Worsening matters is Adam, played by funny man Steve Martin, an architect who begins to fall in love with Jane. He soon realizes he is now part of a very complicated love triangle. “It’s Complicated” is

rated PG-13.

‘shErloCk holmEs’Here’s one for the

action comedy lovers. Sherlock Holmes is back and he is being played by “Iron Man” and “Tropic Thunder” star Robert Downey Jr. and his trusty assistant John Watson is being played by “Cold Mountain” and “Gattaca” actor Jude Law. This time around the duo is pitted against the villainous Lord Blackwood, played by Mark Strong, a Satanist who plans to destroy all of England. They are joined by femme fatale Irene Adler, played by “Mean Girls” baddie Rachel McAdams. Can Holmes and Watson save the country before destroying each other? This reboot of the Holmes fran-chise is rated PG-13.

‘thE ImagInarIum of doCtor parnassus’

This one is more for the artistic crowd. In present day, immortal thousand-year-old Doctor Parnassus, played by Christopher Plummer, leads a traveling theatre troupe that offers audi-ence members a chance to go beyond reality through a magic mirror that he got in a trade with the Devil, who now comes to collect his side of the trade: the doctor’s daughter. The troupe, which is joined by a mysterious outsider named Tony, played by the late Heath Ledger, embarks through the parallel worlds of the Imaginarium in an attempt to rescue the girl. Due to Heath Ledger’s untimely death, some of his scenes were not completed. So when the character of Tony goes into the different worlds, he will be played by different actors, which will include Johnny Depp, Jude Law and Colin Farrell. “The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus” is rated PG-13.

‘up In thE aIr’Finally, this movie

is for a more mature audience. Oscar-winner George Clooney plays Ryan Bingham, a corporate hit-man whose job is to travel around the country firing people companies are too afraid to fire them-selves. Bingham preaches about living a relation-ship-free lifestyle, saying that they only way you down. But when he is forced to take on a young apprentice, played by “Twilight” actress Ana Kendrick, he begins to rethink his lonely lifestyle. Things worsen when he is grounded and stuck in the middle of nowhere alone. The movie is directed by “Thank You for Smoking” and “Juno” director Jason Reitman, and is already generating quite a bit of an award season buzz. “Up in the Air” is rated R.

December 11, 2009Entertainment


In the movie industry, hype can mean everything. With enough excitement for any particular movie, a studio could have a blockbuster on their hands. That is why most of the budget for movies is spent in adver-tising. But is there such thing as too much hype? Can it set up unrealistic expectations for a movie?

Back in 1997, James Cameron, director of a little indie film called “Terminator 2” and the highest gross-ing film ever “Titanic,” announced his next project: “Avatar.” He promised that this movie would change the way we watch movies and blur the line between live-action and special effects.

Well it would not be until 2005 that any news about the project arrived, and it would not be until 2007 that the film would actually

start production.“Avatar” is the story of former

U.S. Marine Jake Sully, who is para-lyzed from the waist down. Jake is selected to participate in the Avatar program, which will enable him to walk. Jake is sent to the planet Pandora, a beautiful but terrifying jungle planet, which is the home of an alien race called the Na’vi. As humans encroach deeper into Pandora’s jungles in search of valuable miner-als, the Na’vi begin to fight against the soldiers to defend their homes. Jake unknowingly signs up for this encroachment. Since humans are unable to breathe on Pandora, they have created genetically-bred human-Na’vi hybrids known as Avatars. Through his Avatar body, Jake is sent into Pandora’s jungles to scout for the soldiers that will soon follow. Jake is able to integrate himself into the Na’vi tribe and eventually falls in love with one of the Na’vi women.

Soon Jake finds himself between the military-industrial forces of Earth and the Na’vi, forcing him to choose sides in a battle that will decide the fate of Pandora.

This year, James Cameron and Twentieth Century Fox, the company distributing the movie, have - slowly been trying to build hype for the film. The day its trailer was released was hailed as “Avatar Day.”

But all this brings up the ques-tion: Can this movie live up to the expectations that are being heaped upon it?

“I think it will be awesome,” senior Cody Huckabaa said. “All of the previews have done a good job getting me excited to see the movie.”

Other students are a little more wary.

“Nothing ever lives up to the hype. I think you should go into one of these kinds of movies with no expectations. That way you are not

disappointed,” senior Cale Horton said.

There are two movies that mainly come to mind when it comes to mega-hype. “Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace” and “The Dark Knight.” Both were films that were highly anticipated and people could not go anywhere without seeing an advertisement for them. But they both had different results: “The Phantom Menace” made millions of dollars, but most people believe it was a disappointment, while “The Dark Knight,” many believe, not only lived up to the hype, but surpassed it.

Can “Avatar” even remotely reach the high expectations that have been set for it? Will it even be able to garner attention away from the current box office leader, “New Moon?” Audiences can decide for themselves next Friday when it is released nationwide.

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Adam Young, better known as Owl City, has recently blasted his way to the top of any and every chart nationally by capturing everyone’s hearts with his hit song, “Fireflies.”

Two years ago Adam Young, while living in his parents’ home in Owaton-na, Minnesota, created a phenomenon called Owl City. Troubled with insom-nia, he spent his evenings in the household basement where various instruments and his computer helped to distract him from his sleeping patterns. Using little more than keyboards, a computer and his immea-surable imagination, he composed an electronic emo-pop symphony of sound that would eventu-ally be posted on MySpace, where his popularity grew with surprising speed. This popularity earned him a contract with Universal Republic and his debut release for the label, Ocean Eyes, was issued in 2009, accompanying Owl City’s first ever national tour.

So needless to say, when the opportunity arose to see him live, I was all over that. After about a two-hour wait outside the University of Oklahoma’s Field House,

around two thousand glow stick clad fans made their way into the Field House, where we waited for another two hours while the stage crew set up and the opening band played their gig. Then as Owl City ran onto the stage, the audience went crazy, glow sticks were flying and everyone was dancing madly as he played the opening song. After about another two hours of solid raving, he played the last song and said his good-byes.

We begged for one more song. He finally assented, and as the first few notes of “Fireflies” were played, mayhem ensued. Glow sticks littered the air, people were jumping on stage, upon which they were escorted away and adrenaline powered, dancing people that were crammed together sang the lyrics at the top of their lungs. The only thing that could calm anyone after that was an hour drive home at midnight.

Suffice it to say, over the past six months Owl City has jumped exponentially in the charts to land a spot above stars like Lady Gaga, Rihanna, Taylor Swift and Lil’ Wayne with a No. 1 posi-tion in the Billboard Hot 100 and placing in the top ten in iTunes for several weeks running.

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In theatre, there is a term used only in certain circumstances, such as when the actors know all of their lines and can deliver them fluently and convinc-ingly, the set changes are quick and unnoticed and everything overall just seems to fit together. That word is “magic.”

On Friday night, magic was acted out on stage by the cast of Duncan Little Theater, who performed exceedingly well and brought words to life in front of my very eyes. The play was entitled “The Best Christmas Pageant Ever” and was based on a novel by Barbara Robin-son about six delinquent and ill-behaved children

known as the Herdmans who come to church for the first time because of the free snacks, and end up starring in the annual Christmas pageant.

The Herdmans seem to cause more trouble than they’re worth, but as the play develops, it seems as though they are beginning to learn about what the true meaning of Christmas is, as well as how the birth of Jesus came about.

The play was directed by Michael Harris, who, with over 35 years of expe-rience, is no stranger to the art of directing.

The cast of “The Best Christmas Pageant Ever” was made up of an assort-ment of actors, some new and some veterans; however, a few of them were some of our very own.

Christopher Cowan and Johnny Lofton, students at DHS, both played impor-tant roles within the play, and their acting skills truly made it a more enjoyable experience.

Johnny played Ralph Herdman, one of the older kids in the family. He really seemed to capture the image of “child delin-quent” with his acting and put a comedic spin on his lines, some of which involve the “wiping out” of an inn keeper.

Chris Cowan took on the role of Elmer Hopkins, a shy kid who was afraid of getting “sick” like some of the other kids who wanted to volunteer for roles in the pageant. While portraying Elmer, Chris made sure to show the fear that his character had for all of the

Herdmans. This fear was evident in the sideways glances and careful avoid-ance of being too close to any of them.

Another important aspect of the play was the Angel Choir, the students whose voices lent them-selves beautifully to the singing of several Christ-mas Carols. Among the choir were several Duncan students, such as: Kalen Hancock, Rebekah Fulton and Morgan Carr, among others.

I found the play to be extremely entertaining as well as very funny, and I was glad to see that such an old classic can be picked up off the shelf, dusted off and set on a stage for all to see and enjoy.

I give it four stars out of five.

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• Ice skate at the Devon Ice Rink in downtown Oklahoma City in front of the Civic Center located at 201 N. Walker. Rink hours are noon-10 p.m. daily starting Nov. 27 until Jan. 3, including holidays. On Dec. 24, hours are from noon-5 p.m., Christmas Day, noon-10 p.m. and New Year’s Eve noon-11 p.m. Tickets are $8, which includes skates and a two hour session; $5 for those with their own skates. The Rink is also available for private parties and group tickets sales. Hats, gloves and scarves are a must. Go to downtowninde-cember.com for more details.

• Go for an exhilarating ride this season by snow tubing in OKC at the Brick. Presented by Chesapeake, go tubing at the AT&T Bricktown Ballpark. Tickets are $10 for a one and a half hour session. This is the biggest man-made snow tubing slope in the nation, so hats, gloves and scarves are recom-mended. Go online at down-townindecember.com to view open time slots and buy advance tickets.

• Oklahoma City Commu-nity Foundation presents Free Museum Sundays where fami-lies can enjoy an afternoon of culture, art, history and music. Beginning Nov. 29, each Sunday one of four participating Down-town museums will be open for free from 1-6 p.m. On the last Sunday, Dec. 27, all four museums will be open for admis-sion for a grand finale. Nov. 29- The OKC National Memo-rial and Museum located on 620 N. Harvey. Dec. 6- American Banjo Museum on 9 E. Sheridan Ave. Dec. 13- Gaylord-Pickens Oklahoma Heritage Museum on 1400 Classen Dr. Dec. 20- OKC Museum of Art on 415 Couch Dr. Dec. 27- all four museums open.

• The Duncan High School Percussion Ensemble presents Holiday Sounds, A Community Celebration. Taking place at the Worship Center of First Baptist Church on Friday, Dec. 18 at 7. Admission is free and the church is located at 901 West Ash. Call 412.916.6607 for more details.

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On Nov. 7 some Duncan students and even a few of the high school’s staff attended the Second City perfor-mance at the Simmons Center, myself included. Chisholm Trail Arts Council sponsored the Second City actors from Chicago. The performance, I thought, was hysterically funny and it seemed to open our local crowd up to a differ-ent type of humor. Usually when an audience sits before a stage and laughs, it is at the structured, general-ly polite humor from one specific play. However the comedy with Second City actors comes from all the walks of life and every day scenarios that we deal with as people. All the situations, whether original or not, had the crowd rolling. It was like the Late Night Show.

In their show there were two types

of performances: pre-rehearsed skits and improvised scenes and acting games, both of which were presented back to back. The skits were about dating, stereotypes, kids, politics and other things. One skit showed the tackiness of a proposal that took place at Chili’s with a waiter and waitress in training who added their unwanted thoughts to the couple.

With the improvisation the actors asked a woman in the audience, Kari, what she had wanted to be when she was a child. Kari replied, “A hair-dresser.” On the spot the four actors made up a song about the life of Kari the Hairdresser. Kari, wife of DHS counselor Michael Barrick, laughed during the song and got comments and questions from other audience members during the intermission.

Mr. Barrick especially seemed to like the improvised segments of the performance more than any other part

in the production. “You could tell they were just

dreaming things up and throwing it in there,” Barrick said.

The Second City’s skits and improvising techniques won over the Duncan audience, who called for an encore, having liked the unusual humor in the theatre. As if that wasn’t enough groups of people really seemed to want the CTAC to bring back the Second City Group, or a group like it, to send the laughter of Duncan people rolling again soon.

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The Wendy’s Heisman Award is a prestigious award given to an athlete from every school that has the greatest character and the most community service involvement. Allison Edwards is the Duncan High School recipient of the award this year.

With the softball season and senior year starting at the end of July, Allison juggles community service proj-ects along with school work, the responsi-bilities of every senior wishing to go to college and upholding a social life while practicing for an average of three hours every day. This is the average sched-

ule of any involved athlete, but Allison’s accomplishments have not gone unnoticed; she has been awarded the Wendy’s Heisman Award because of her ambitious agenda. The softball coach Robert Cowan agrees with the choice that has been made.

“Allison works harder than anyone in softball; she’s very deserving.”

Even though at the local level the recipi-ent is awarded nothing but the title, Allison has decided to not take it to the higher levels, such as the county and state levels.

“There are different, higher levels and they do keep your application in the running, but I didn’t apply specifically for it.”

Even so, Allison has had many offers from colleges to play softball for them. She is weigh-ing her options, and Cowan thinks that this award will open even better alternatives in her future.

“I think it’s wonderful; she wants to continue playing softball, so this award will be a great tool to help her do that.”

With her impres-sive GPA, outstanding record of community services, leadership roles and experience as a shortstop, pitcher, catcher and outfielder, Allison has promise to lead a successful future in whatever field she chooses.

By Heather JohnsonSports Editor

Duncan wrestling started out their season with a 51-25 win at Lawton Eisenhower on Dec. 3. They went on to win their home opener against Western Heights 56-9.

“Duel wise we have a chance to be really strong,” coach Kevin Kelly said.

The Demons had a 10-3 season last year and were one of the eight teams that made it to duel state. They have four returning state qualifiers. Juniors Payton Atchley and Justin Hughes placed fourth at state last year.

“It comes with a lot of responsibility,” Payton said.

Coach Kelly has taken over as head coach this year. Kelly has been assistant coach alongside coach Tom Brack for 12 years. Assisting Kelly will be coach Rodney Calhoun.

“Coach Kelly makes us work hard,” Justin said.

Wrestlers have a repu-tation for working hard and losing weight. There is no diet that the wrestlers have to go

on, but they have a certain weight they want to get to and must work hard to lose or gain the necessary weight. A major-ity of the weight is lost during practice.

“You get exhausted and they want you to do more,” senior heavyweight Tyler Wickard said.

The Demons are working hard for their season to be

a memorable one, and they already have in mind what is likely to be the most memo-rable of the games.

“The most important duel is against Comanche,” Justin said.

Comanche is the biggest rivalry for Duncan wrestling. Last year, the Demons were able to pull a win against the Indians, and they are hoping to do the same this year.

“I’d like as many students as possible to come cheer on the guys,” Kelly said.

The next home duel is against Comanche at 7 p.m. on Dec. 17 in the DHS gym.

Deer Creek will host a tour-nament tonight and tomor-row. It is the first tournament that the wrestlers will go to. Afterwards, they will travel to Lawton High on Dec. 15.

“It’s going to be a good year,” Payton said.

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Senior Allison Edwards catches in the game against McAlester. Allison has many other talents on the softball field, including outfielder and pitcher.

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December 11, 2009 Features

By Zack McDonaldManaging Editor

“You’re going to die sooner.”

That will be a conse-quence of a piece of legisla-tion being swiftly hustled through Congress, accord-ing to Oklahoma Sen. Tom Coburn.

This type of no-holds-barred criticism has come to characterize the passion exhibited by both sides in recent debate. It is aimed at the Democrats’ national health-care package, the Affordable Healthcare for America Act, which is designed to drasti-cally alter the way healthcare is provided to Americans.

Currently priced at $848

billion, the current Senate plan includes an addition called the public option, which would inarguably create a new marketplace controlled by the govern-ment from which citizens and employers could choose a plan.

Proponents, including President Obama, extol the plan as a long-overdue moral imperative, citing the fact that no other major devel-oped nations lack a national healthcare system.

“The cost of our health care has weighed down our economy and the conscience of our nation long enough,” Obama said.

Critics, including Repub-licans, are in staunch oppo-

sition to the bill. First of all, many claim that the current bill is unconstitutional. In response, Democrats claim that this power is provid-ed for under the Constitu-tion’s implied powers, which include the government’s regulation of food and drugs by the FDA. Republicans also want to see interstate compe-tition and tort reform passes instead of the public option, which many have called socialistic.

Local U.S. Represen-tative Tom Cole is playing an integral role in oppos-ing the legislation, calling it a “massive government takeover of our health care system” and decrying how he thinks that Democrat’s have

“made it abundantly clear that they ...aren’t listening to the American people” when it comes to healthcare.

So how will Congress’s latest initiative affect the average Oklahoman? Ideally, the program would allow people to sign up for a free federal insurance plan if they choose, which has been compared to Medicare for all.

However, in the long run, people could get cut from their private insurance by their employer in cost-saving efforts. Additionally, it could possibly cut services provid-ed by insurance companies, since preexisting conditions would have to be covered and other clauses make it difficult

to drop the already insured.How close are the Demo-

crats to victory? Since the bill was passed by the House in early November, the Senate has begun to negotiate and revise the bill. On November 21, the Senate voted 60-39 to enact cloture, which means the bill has passed its first hurdle and is now up for open debate on the Senate floor.

Final critical debate will begin early next year. No matter one’s personal parti-san perspective, the fact that America will be venturing into uncharted waters if the Affordable Healthcare for America Act passes cannot be denied.

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If you get to call universal healthcare “socialized medicine,” I get to call private for-profit healthcare “soulless vampires making money off human pain,” but you’re probably thinking: “But the profit motive is what fuels and sustains capitalism.” Yes, and food is what fuels and sustains people, but that doesn’t mean we try to eat everything. Not everything needs to make a profit.

The United States is ranked 50th in life expectancy in the world. And the 49 “loser” countries ahead of us? Well, they may live longer than us, but they are shackled to the “tyranny” of non-profit healthcare. Here in America, you’re not coughing up blood, you’re coughing up freedom.

In the old days, all you had to do was go to the hospital, the doctor would treat you, and charge you $5 for your visit. But just like everything else that is good and pure, some businessman got the bright idea: “Hey we can make a profit off of this!” And now we have Chick-fil-A and other fast food places in our hospitals.

The problem with this plan isn’t socialism, it’s capitalism. When did profit become the only reason to do anything?

What scares me, is that instead of taking ahold of this problem, the govern-ment has been doing the opposite in recent years, by stepping aside and letting unregulated private enterprises run things they are plainly too greedy to be trusted with.

People like to blame President Obama for our current situation, neglect-ing the fact that it was the last administration’s trust in the heads of insurance companies who have made off with millions of clients’ money with the constant bailouts over the past year that has the country in a crisis. Our president is simply trying to pick up the shattered pieces of Humpty Dumpty they pushed off the wall. Leading Republicans say things like: “Healthcare decisions should be made by doctors and patients, not the government.” Leaving out the fact that healthcare decisions are not made by doctors, patients or the government. They are made by insurance companies that can take away your healthcare over something as simple as a typo.

How many uninsured working-class people have to die before the other side realizes that their way is not working? According to the U.S. Institute of Medicine, over 26,000 Americans are dying each year due to lack of healthcare. More than half of these people are employed people who pay their taxes, but insurance companies will not cover them. Some are even covered, but cannot afford to pay back-payments or hospital bills.

Now I’m not saying all commercial enterprises are bad. Let them run our fast food chains, video games and cell phones. These things were made for commercial use and not government control. I’m saying let certain things go to the government like healthcare and Wall Street, two things that have nearly been run into the ground by private businesses. It is time for a reform because the current route we are going down is not working.

I mean think of our current healthcare plan like a dead horse. Would you keep throwing money at the dead horse or buy a new one?

In closing, you might be thinking: “But why would you want the govern-ment to run our healthcare? Do you honestly want healthcare to become like the post office?” Yes, actually. I would be thrilled if our healthcare was even close to being as efficient as the post office and actually helped take care of the thousands of people that are going to die due to lack of healthcare coverage. That would happen in a perfect world where a public option would be possible. But this is not a perfect world, and in my opinion universal healthcare is the lesser of two evils.

If someone’s digging a hole, and they realize that it’s nearly too deep for them to climb out of, what should they do? Should they put the shovel down, or just keep digging? The answer is simple enough: Drop the shovel. So then why on Earth would you want to add $848 billion to a financial hole that’s already more than $12 trillion deep? Especially when that “hole” is the U.S. national deficit.

Healthcare has always been, and always should be, a part of free-market capitalism. That’s what this country is founded on, freedom. By the govern-ment taking control of healthcare and forcing us to buy in, it is robbing us of our freedom to make that choice for ourselves, and if they can take one decision away, they can slowly begin to take them all away. I mean, look at cell phones. Cell phones have always been on the free market. And look what’s happened? The cell phone industry has evolved so much that we have these creations such as the Droid and the iPhone that can do things like compose e-mails, trade stocks, manage your Facebook and browse the Internet while still retaining the ability to make phone calls and send text messages. However, landlines have remained under government control, and the last “major advancement” was Caller I.D.

Things that remain under citizen control have the ability and potential to evolve into something incredible. But if the government takes over healthcare, the system will turn out the same way as every other government-run organiza-tion. It will fail. Just like social security. Just like Fanny Mae and Freddie Mac. Just like the “War on Poverty” program, started in 1964, where one trillion dollars of our money is transferred to “the poor” every year. It doesn’t look like it’s helped. The definition of insanity is to do the same thing, the same way and expect different results.

This healthcare bill requires owners of small businesses to buy healthcare for any uninsured employees. But some small businesses are barely making it as it is, which means that they can’t even afford to pay for their employees healthcare. That means that if a business has 30 employees, but can only afford to cover 15, half of the people working there are going to be laid off. But that’s not all. Thousands of small business owners have said that if this bill passes, and they have to provide coverage, it will force them to shut their doors perma-nently. I find it ironic that the president that promised over and over again that he would create “more jobs for Americans,” but has not only failed to do so, but is actually doing the opposite.

Many people who are in favor of this bill do not realize that, while they will start paying for the healthcare immediately after the bill is passed, they will not receive one single benefit until the year 2014.

Of course, let us not forget the thousands of people who claim that the bill is unconstitutional. It is of course, but let me briefly explain why. The constitu-tion says absolutely nothing about any kind of government run healthcare, but because of the “Implied Powers” section, they claim the right to regulate this, because, believe it or not, the government can only do what the constitution gives them the power to do. If they fail to do this, and they encroach on our freedoms, it is our right and duty to stand against this. I encourage all of you to read the Declaration of Independence sometime.

But what happens to those unlucky few who just simply can’t afford health-care, but don’t qualify to have it given to them? They are fined $750,000. But they probably can’t afford that either. Does anyone know what happens when someone doesn’t pay the fine? Well, have you ever landed on the “Go To Jail” square in Monopoly? Its kind of like that.


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Above Junior Jackson Stone attempts a shot as junior Dominique Petties tries to block.

Left Sophomore Brooklyn Scott steals the ball from D’Shala Culberson during the first scrimmage of the night that ended in a 21-21 tie.

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Above The girls of the team, as well as the audience, storm the court during a break and dance to “Party in the USA.”

Left Eighth- grader Sam Moffatt spins around a bat as part of a challenge in one of the many games that night.



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