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How do you spell ‘first’?
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news
Guest Speaker
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Marching Band
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Boys’ Basketball
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Community
Service
feature
The Spell Bowl team, along with Dr. James Isaacs, principal, and sponsor Kim Schuster, poses with their banner after the state
competition.
SOUTHERNER PHOTO/ANGIE JOHNSON
amy michel
clothes
and
continued members, senior Clarissa coming up that could get us
news editor
studying
their
words. Fraker and freshman Jennifer back in the lead—and they did!
The Gibson Southern Eventually, it was time to Warren, and Kim Schuster, I am very proud of everyone,
Spell Bowl team had to wake go to the auditorium for the spell bowl sponsor, were in including those who didn’t
up before dawn in order to be competition to begin.
the crowd cheering on their spell but contributed their
at Gibson Southern at 4 a.m.
Junior Amy Reinhart team.
time and effort to help us get
on Saturday, November 14. started off the Titans with
After the ten rounds and to the state championship.”
Roger Johnson, father of spell a perfect round, spelling all 90 spelled words, the awards
The
school
board
bowl student and senior Jamie nine of her words correctly. ceremony was held. Gibson recognized
the
state
Johnson, volunteered to drive Following her lead were Southern won first place champions at their meeting
one of the school’s minibuses seniors Johnson and Dalton in Class 2, Benton Central on November 17 in the
to Purdue University, where Snyder, and junior Jill Sorg, all received second, and Bishop cafeteria of Gibson Southern
the State Academic Spell Bowl having perfect rounds. Near- Dwenger got third in the class. High School.
competition would be held perfect speller, senior Alex
Schuster
stated,
“I
The team will be having
at 11 a.m., Eastern Standard Petitjean, only missed one wasn’t nervous, but I was very a celebratory pizza party on
Time.
word during his round. Other excited because I knew this Tuesday, December 1, at
After a four-hour bus spellers were seniors Sarah team was capable of winning. Sandy’s Pizza in Fort Branch,
ride filled with sleeping and Spalding, Elise Sollman, Amy I got a little worried when we where they will receive their
studying, the Titans arrived Michel, Tiffany Pohl, and got behind, but I knew we certificates, and ribbons from
at Purdue. Students changed Emily Burkhardt. Other team had some very strong spellers the competitions.
sports
Wrestling
Vaudeville goes swimmingly
This year’s Vaudeville,
Under the Sea, has been another hit with a sold-out performance and three more nearly
sold-out performances. When
asked on how he came up with
the concept of the show, theatre teacher Matt Hart said, “I
basically wanted to do Vaudeville in that ‘place’ [the sea].
So I suggested [the theme sea]
to my classes. The students
then designed all elements of
a production. They presented
their show in a tri-fold presentation form. Then, I'm lucky
enough to take elements from
each presentation that I like.”
In the past, the department has had to go to extremes
of creativity in order to make
a show work. With a stage
lacking curtains and other
nearly vital equipment, they
have had to work extra hard
on the presention of shows.
Hart commented when
asked if the creativity of the
Theatre Department would
be compromised as a result
of the new facility. “It almost
makes me laugh to hear the
argument that we won’t be
as creative. It’s like saying a
house painter can do a fine
job with one color of paint.
The facility offers us so much
more to be more creative
with. It will allow us to go
further with our creativity.”
As for the pros and cons
of the new auditorium, Hart
claimed, “The list of favorites
is so long. Our sound board
is phenomenal. Literally it
is an industry-standard piece
of equipment. The full-fly
system is an amazing tool as
well. We’re very lucky. There
is not a least favorite on my
list. Really, it’s all just about
the time we have to learn and
work with it all. Like most
other people, I just wish there
were more hours in the day.”
Kristin Brokaw, a former
student and member of the
Gibson Southern Theatre Department, openly displayed
her envy of the new facility. Prior to a Friday night
rehearsal, she told this year’s
participants, “I wish I could be
on that stage one more time.
You don’t know how lucky
you guys are”. Other alumni
of the department, including
Joe Gilpatrick and Michael
Frohbieter, came back to reminisce and share their opinions on the facility and show.
The Theatre Department will also be performing
a new play entitled Almost,
Maine and written by John
Cariani. The play is a series
of short scenes about love,
friendship, and the consequences of both happening
simultaneously in time, but
shown one after the other.
The show that will be
prepared for ITS Regionals
has already been cast, but the
show that will be performed
here at Gibson Southern will
be cast soon. Both cast and
crew will be chosen only from
Hart’s theatre arts and technical theatre classes.
Performances will be in December.
One Size Does Not
Fit All
News......pages 1-5
World News..page 6
Boys&Girls....page 7
A&E........pages 8-9
index
jessyka miller
staff writer
Opinion.....page 10
Columns...page 11
Dossier.....page 14
Tops..........page 24