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Always pronounce the word 'meme' correctly.

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Flyerettes enjoy senior night

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Feature

Atiya Dosani: What has the club [Model United Nations] been doing to prepare for this conference?

Senior Nakul Narendran: We have had a series of club meetings during which we review proper committee etiquette and practice our speeches. During that time, the upperclassmen are also able to help out and guide the younger members who have never been to such a large conference like Model United Nations University of Chicago (MUNUC).

Dosani: What is MUNUC typically like?

Narendran: The conference begins in the evening on Feb. 5 with an opening ceremony. After that, each delegate goes to their committee for a night session. Committee on Feb. 6 and Feb. 7 lasts all day with several breaks throughout the day where we can go out and get lunch or dinner. We have a few hours of free time on Saturday night so the SHS MUN club is going to go out and do something as a group. The last committee session is in the morning on Feb. 8, followed by a closing ceremony. We drive back on Sunday afternoon and return back to Cincinnati that night.

Dosani: What are your expectations for the club?

Narendran: MUNUC is a huge conference with people from all over the country, as well as other countries, so we don’t expect to receive any huge awards like we do at other smaller conferences. We have received verbal recognitions in the past which is great. Overall, we just plan to do well in our committees but also have a good time.

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Sports

Athletes sign to continue careers

Alex Wittenbaum

At the winter signing on Thurs. Feb. 5, eight athletes signed to continue their athletic careers in college.

Among the eight were seniors Phillip Silverman, Brian Jenkins, Jay Cobbs, Luke and Landon Hardwick, Eric Stepp, and Ashley Thiss.

Silverman signed to play football at The Ohio State University, Cobbs at West Virginia State University and Stepp at Butler University

The Hardwick twins signed to play soccer at Mount Vernon Nazarene University. The team is a part of the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) and play in the Crossroads League. In the 2014 season, the team had ten wins and six losses. They made it to the NAIA Final Four in 2008.

The twins led the 2014 SHS soccer team to two-post season wins and a ten win, 5 loss, 4 tie record in the 2014 campaign

Thiss signed to play soccer at Cleveland State University, a National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I team. They are a part of the Horizon League. The team recorded eight wins and eight losses during the 2014 season.

She was a key factor on the girls soccer team at SHS in 2014, as she helped them finish sixth in the Greater Miami Conference (GMC)

Jenkins signed with North Carolina A&T. The team is part of the NCAA Division I Football Championship Series (FCS) in the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC). They finished 2014 with a nine win three loss record. They took third in the final MEAC standings.

Jenkins played a variety of positions to help the SHS football team finish the season with six wins and six losses. He was a key leader.

Eight SHS athletes signed to continue their athletic careers in college on Thurs. Feb. 5. Each player was talked about by his or her coach and gave a speech to the almost full gymnasium.

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I'm all about dem dank memes.

senior Eli Seidman Deutsch

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Our selfie contest winner is junior Haley Rayburn. Her picture of herself with her new pet fish was deemed the funniest submission. Rayburn has won a 10 dollar Chipotle gift card.

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Within the halls of SHS is a senior who is already a published author. Taylor Evans self-published her adventure novel "The Unknown" in November of 2014, which is now available on Amazon and various E-readers. Join her as she remembers the six-year process of writing, editing, and publishing her story, as well as how the book has affected her personally.

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News

Senior artwork selected for Xavier University contest

Kathryn Tenbarge

Duck tape work of art done by Taylor.

The Biennial Regional High School Junior and Senior Juried Exhibition is hosted by the Xavier University Department of Art, and this year seven SHS artists are featured.

Their work will be on display from Nov. 7 through Nov. 25 at the Xavier Art Gallery (Cohen Center).The competition is open to any artistic media including painting, sculpture, graphics, drawing, printmaking, fibers,ceramics, photography and etc. Each student artist could only submit one piece. Selected submissions from SHS are as follows: 

Painting: Katherine Steinberg (Self Portrait)

Painting: Caleb Francis (Self Portrait)

Duck Tape assemblage: Laurel Taylor

Drawing: Audrey Moeller

Sculpture: Derek Southward

Ceramics: Elly Willis

Three awards will be given, including first and second place, and a merit award on Nov. 7 at the opening from 5:30-7:30 p.m.