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See page 5 See 4 page See 8 page See page 4 FIRST FULL-COLOR ISSUE!! Rose Hill High School HE OCK- T EWS Volume 13 IssueT 6 710 S RoseR Hill Road, Rose Hill, KS I67133 NNovember 15, 2013 Robotics heads to regionals Upcoming events include region- Nathaniel Gregg als, which take place on December Asst. Social Media Mgr. 5th-7th. Hill, Youse, and Mrs. Reporter Pontious will be taking 21 mem- bers of the team to regionals this year. Every year, there is a di$erent Rose Hill Robotics has enjoyed challenge for a robot to complete. an award-winning season, led by !is year, it’s to assemble a model Mrs. Youse, and Mr. Hill. !is is of a CPU. !e robot will move on the #rst year that robotics got #rst an assembly line with a di$erent place on a notebook that they do utensil on its arm to move around for the B.E.S.T (Boosting Engi- certain things like clothes hangers neering, Science and Technology) that are meant to resemble logic award. !at gave them third place gates. !is challenge opened up a over all, sending them to regionals new world of possibilities, because that includes around 30 schools the robot could be on an assembly from Arkansas, Kansas, Okla- line, instead of having to use power homa, and Missouri. One of the to make it move on it’s own. more interesting awards that they Youse had this to say about the have been awarded this year, was !e RHHS Robotics team took third place overall at Game Day (basically challenge “What we’re supposed to a #rst place “Twitteri#c” award, Robotics state competition) on Saturday, November 2. !ey took "rst place in make this year is a CPU. !ey give thanks to the cheerleaders on the us game pieces that we have to pick the notebook and earned the “Twitteri"c” award. !ey are now preparing to up and place that are simulating side tweeting about how much go to state in Arkansas on December 5 through 7. Photo from Mrs. Youse. fun they were having. See Robotics on page 3 Beginnning teacher Foreign Exchange Brittany Thompson Student travels starts at Rose Hill from Mexico Kristin Donaldson Photography Editor Nadia Khalidi Reporter Asst. Feature Editor Reporter Most young kids have the desire RHHS has many more to be a princess or doctor, but not exchange students this year Brittany !ompson. RHHS’ new than previous years. 17-year- English teacher knew most of her old Claudia Solis of Mexico is life she wanted to be a teacher, among six exchange students. having always had such in"uential “My sister came here three teachers throughout her life. So years ago in Pennsylvania deciding to become a teacher was through this program,” said almost a no brainer. Solis. For her, this has been a !ompson went to Emporia dream since she was 15 years State University for college. Get- old. ting her bachelors degree in educa- Although Mexico is just tion and majoring in English. In below us, there are many dif- the future she plans on mastering ferences. !e music, dancing, in school counseling, eventu- food, celebrations, culture, and !ompson is Emporia State graduate ally. Before Rose Hill she worked even the schooling are, in one Senior Claudia Solis is a foreign exchange in her "rst teaching position here at at some districts in Olathe and way or another, very di$erent student from Mexico. So far, she is en- Rose Hill. Photo by Kristin Donald- Spring#eld. than here in the United States. joying her time her in Kansas. Photo by son. See !ompson on page 8 See Solis on page 8 Kristin Donaldson. Page 2 OCKET PINION November 15, 2013 Athletic favoritismR O enables bullying !e latest scandal in professional coaches, adults, or his own par- and his accusing teammate Jona- in Rose Hill. !is scandal should sports, about the football bullying, ents overlooked his “unfortunate” than Martin, might have ruined serve to remind adults everywhere begs one big question: Why? Why behavior because of his football their careers. Any child who that allowing students to get away would strong adult men engage in ability? Maybe Incognito slugged revered Incognito as his hero must with unneeded violence, on or o# an activity that typically happens a kid on a !ursday, but there was have been crushed to realize that the "eld, only serves to hurt them- on the playground, between the a big game on Friday, so the teach- he was a “meanie.” According to selves or others later in life. swings and the monkey bars? Why ers didn’t report it until Monday an article in the Miami Herald, a must a man who is revered by little and his parents arranged for him lawsuit may be in his future. Sources: http://www.cbssports. boys across the country choose to to serve detention around practice. Surely this isn’t an isolated com/collegefootball/writer/bruce- treat someone else so badly? Most Something in his childhood taught incident. Instances of athletic feldman/24192655/incognitos-sad- of all, why was his bullying be- this bully that he was so special the favoritism occur all over the coun- story-going-from-bullied-to-bully havior not corrected when he was normal rules didn’t apply to him. try, including little Kansan towns and http://www.miamiherald. younger? Now, because of this, two accom- who live for Friday Night Football. com/2013/11/06/3733796/lawsuit- It all comes back to football. plished football players, Incognito Maybe it’s even happening here possible-in-miami-dolphins.html Center Richard Incognito, the bully of the Miami Dolphins, was bullied as a child because he was overweight. It wasn’t until he joined the football team in middle school that his violent disposition became apparent. For the "rst time, Incognito wasn’t the one be- ing hit. He could hit others and was rewarded for it. As time went on, Incognito became more involved in football and wasn’t bullied as much. !e sport gave him con"dence to stand up for himself, sometimes verbally, sometimes physically. Eventually this could have evolved into a more o#ensive, less defensive attitude. But that’s not to say that every football player becomes violent, just because he’s involved in a violent sport. !ere’s something else that plays a part in Incognito’s aggressive attitude. When he was a college player in Nebraska, he was kicked o# the team for threat- ening his teammates. When he made himself eligible for the NFL draft, at least one team listed a note by his name: “Do Not Draft. Character Issues.” Yet the Miami Dolphins decided that the risk was worth it for a talented player. What if this happened all through Incognito’s life? What if some people, such as teachers, !e Rock-It News is the o"cial publication of Rose Hill High School, located at 710 N. Rose Hill Rd, Rose Hill, KS. !e paper is produced by the Digital Media Design and Production class. !e newspaper is published bi-weekly from September to May. Contact Journalism Sponsor Butch Gilbert at [email protected] for advertising information. 2013-2014 Newspaper Sta# Meredith Bartley Chandler Boese Feature Editor Colby Woods Joe Nivison Armando Mendez Editor-in-Chief Copy Editor News Editor Sports Co-Editor Sports Co-Editor Layout Editor Assistant Editor Senior Sophomore Sophomore Senior Junior Haley Can!eld Gabby Farris Nadia Khalidi Kole Wright Kristin Donaldson Advertising Mgr. Asst. Layout Asst. Feature Asst. News Editor Photography Social Media Mgr. Editor Editor Sophomore Editor Sophomore Junior Sophomore Senior Adam Henwood Nathaniel Gregg Devon Hayes Reed Strawn Ti"any Naillieux Photographer Asst. Social Media Reporter Cartoonist Reporter Reporter Mgr. Sophomore Senior Sophomore Sophomore Senior Alex Heiden Azure Jabes Autumn Jones Camille Mitchell Butch Gilbert Reporter Reporter Reporter Reporter Journalism Sophomore Senior Sophomore Senior Sponsor November 15, 2013 OCKET EWS Page 3 R N Scholar’s Go experience your Bowl prepares Deathowbrook, By meets an un- Chocolatethat’s really good. It has a Kole Wright, sophomore for Kole Wright timely end. !e play follows lot of funny characters and Ashley Clifton, junior Re- Asst. News Editor the manager, John Stone actors.” Said sophomore bekah Blakely, sophomore another Reporter (Christian Boudreaux) and Eric Tinkler, who plays Claudia Sprague, and fresh- the writer Ed Parlor (Kyler Dick Simmering, the $am- man Tiger Pollock. Return- successful Jackson) as they attempt to boyant aerobics instructor. ing actors include junior !e murder mystery/ solve the death. !e resort “I think it’s going to be Jordan Debbrecht, sopho- season comedy play Death by owner, Lady Riverdale great.” Said sophomore more Logan Kressly, senior Chocolate will be per- ( Jordan Debbrecht) tries to Logan Kressly, who plays Jaelyn Glennemier, and Meredith Bartley formed this !ursday and stop the grand reopening Alfred Mellox, the butler. sophomore Eric Tinkler. Feature Editor Friday night at 7:30 in the event from falling apart, as “!e new talent we have !e play was performed Copy Editor high school auditorium. she is antagonized by the is going to make it great, last night and will be Assistant Editor Death by Chocolate fol- self-absorbed gym manager, and the returning actors are performed again tonight at Reporter lows the employees of the Ralph Deadwood (Kole great as well.” Several actors 7:30 pm. Admissions are $4 Meadowbrook Health Wright). in the play are onstage for for students. Fresh o" a state appear- Resort after the founder of “[Death by Chocolate] is their #rst time this year.