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Issue 7 Friday, February 5, 2016 Prima Vista Julia Watson—Staff Prima Vista, a night where Danville High School's Show Choirs perform their competition shows for the first time, oc- curred on Thursday, January 14th. While watching Prima Vista, many people were impressed by both group’s performances. Contemporaries, the unisex group, had a sassy princess theme, and the mixed group, Delegation, had a patriotic theme. Besides the Prima Vista the Show Choir also compete around the Mid-West trying to win big titles. The Show Choirs are very dedicated and work hard at practices to prepare them for competitions. First Time Out Madison Thompson—Editor On Saturday January 16th, Danville High School’s show choirs competed at Mt Zion, Illinois. Both groups did very well for their first time out. Contemporaries, the unisex group, placed 3rd in their division. Delegation, the mixed group, made finals with 5 other groups out of the 8 that competed for a spot. They took 4th place in finals. Mr. Neubauer was pleased with the groups performance at Mt Zion, but says that, “they could do much better if they would stay focused in rehearsal.” He continues to work the show choirs to improve their performances for upcoming competitions. 1 Big Ten and Beyond J.D. Richardson—Staff As Seniors are in the homestretch of their High School ca- reers, most are looking at the bigger picture—college. Most people are fa- miliar with the Big Ten conference in basketball or football, but how about tuition for all of the schools for students? The Big Ten Conference is made up of 14 schools, ironic I know. The schools are: Il- linois, Iowa, Indiana, Minnesota, Michigan, Penn State, Michigan State, Northwestern, Maryland, Rutgers, Nebraska, Ohio State, Purdue, and Wisconsin. According to collegeda- ta.com, the University of Maryland has the most expensive out of state tuition ringing in at just over $45,000 a year. University of Minnesota has the cheapest out of state tuition at $19,805. If you are looking to stay in state and in a Big Ten conference school, the ever so popular University of Illinois located in Champaign-Urbana, tallies in between $15,000 and $21,000 depending on what you are going into, according to collegeillinois.org. North- western University located in Evanston has an in state tuition of $47,251 according to startclass.com. Cheer Sectionals and Big 12 Madison Thompson—Editor Congratulations to our Varsity Cheerleaders at Big 12 this past weekend. They placed 5th out of 12 groups. We also wish them luck as they take on their sectional in Ma- homet this weekend. The cheerleaders have worked very long and hard to be at the point they are now. They have made major changes to their routine to add more appeal for the judges and crowd. To qualify for state, they must place Top 5. They made Top 4 last year and hope to do even better this upcoming weekend. They are very excited for their performance. State is ours, and don’t you forget it!!! Go Vikings!! 2 Opinion Story: State of the Union why the Republi- can Party is ques- Jacob D. Techtow—Staff tionable. They use On January 20, 2016, President loud words, old Obama gave his state of the union address. American views, In his address he discussed immigration, and Jesus Christ to salary adjustment, global warming, terrorist grab the American threats, the middle class, along with our im- people’s attention. provements as a nation such as our lower They also influence the more “daft” Ameri- unemployment rate, the higher rates of chil- cans by instilling fear in them by telling dren graduating. Meanwhile, the Republi- them about the dangers of terrorism, homo- cans slandered president Obama’s speech. sexuality, gun control, and immigration. As Republicans such as Donald Trump, far as immigration goes, America was built tweeted that Obama’s speech was, “boring, on it. In fact, that is the American dream to slow, lethargic, and really hard to watch.” go to America and reap the benefits of the Another former republican, Sarah Palin, life of the new land. So how can the Repub- stated that Obamas speech was “All happy licans be so against it unless they are either talk and kisses.” As you can see here, the dumb, segregationists, or they are just republicans are strictly against Obama’s be- simply trying to set America back a couple lief of a “smarter kind of American leader- hundred years? ship.” This is one of the numerous reasons Legend of Ronnie Madison Thompson—Editor Veronica Oakley is a senior and is very excited to graduate, but also very sad that this is her last year at DHS. She is involved in many activities such as, gaming club, The Band of Vikings, Hispanic Lead- ership club, NHS, Worldwide Youth in Science and Engineering club, and International Club. In her free time, Veronica likes to flip flags, play guitar, play basketball and play Legend of Zelda. “The moment I realized I loved playing video games was when my mom put a controller in my hand at 1 years old and let me play Banjo Kazooie,” she responded when asked when she became interested in gaming. We wish the best of luck to Veronica as she finishes up her senior year! 3 Super Bowl 50 weekend— the Carolina Panthers and the Denver Ms. D—Advisor Broncos. Being the talent- This weekend mil- ed writers that they are, as lions of Americans will be well as avid NFL fans, they glued to the TV watching have written some exten- Super Bowl 50. Whether sive narratives with well they are watching for the researched facts about game, the commercials, or these two teams. the snacks, this weekend If you haven’t al- VS is one that most of us look ready picked a team to root forward to all year long. for this weekend, read on Many of the staff the next few pages to help writers of the Maroon and you make an informed de- White have very “big”, and cision. And check out the loud, opinions about the poll results of DHS stu- teams matching up this dents and staff. A school divided… Looks like DHS has a split opinion on which team should win Super Bowl 50. Either way, plenty of people will be bragging come Monday morning. Dab-On-’Em Marcus Coe—Staff I believe the Carolina Panthers will win Super Bowl 50. All I have to say is Luke Kuechly. He is the best MLB in the league and ESPN Senior Writer released an article placing all the active players in the Super Bowl (which is 106 players total) and Kuechly was placed at number 1, which is understanda- ble since he has 118 total tackles this season and 4 interceptions. Out of the 4 intercep- tions, he returned 2 for a touchdown and became the first person in NFL history to have 2 consecutive pick-6’s in the playoffs. THAT MAN IS A BEAST! And you know he makes a play when you here the whole crowd chant “LUUUUUUKKKKKKEEEEE,” so be looking for it. Continued on page 5 4 Panthers— the tendency to be blowing really can’t do anything. Continued from page 4 out the opposite team by The Panthers had a halftime in the playoffs this Then there’s the great league low allowed passer year (31-0 against Seattle, rating, meaning they made Cam Newton who has im- 17-0 against Arizona). Bron- proved all aspects of his the opposing QB complete cos’ fans boast about their the least amount of passes. game in the past couple sea- defense when in reality, it sons. Most noticeably is his They’re fourth for allowing only works on solely pocket the least rushing yards and pocket passing which has passers. Cam Newton, how- improved tremendously lead- no other team has intercept- ever, is the best scrambling ed the ball more than Caroli- ing him to throwing 35 quarterback in the league touchdowns this season. na. This game will be tough and can easily get out of the for the almost 40 year old He’s still a threat on the pocket and make a pass or a ground though, scoring 10 Manning and with this most run. likely being his last game, he Carolina has offensive will make more mistakes as weapons such as: Cam he franticly tries to force the Newton, Jonathan Stew- win and commits sloppy art, Fozzy Whittaker, mistakes. I have all confi- Mike Tolbert, Brenton dence that Manning will end Bersin, Corey ”Philly” his career after a huge upset Brown, Jerricho loss to my favorite team, the Cotchery, Devin Funch- Carolina Panthers ess, Ted Ginn Jr., and #KeepPounding Greg Olsen its hard see- ing Denver’s defense able to Broncos All The Way rushing touchdowns this shut down all if not even half season, which is about 10 of those players. Our offense J.D. Richardson—Staff more than Peyton Manning has been immaculate this has on the ground this sea- year and simply cannot be Despite the fact that son. Cam Newton is the first stopped regardless of how Peyton Manning is 39 years old and he is only 4 years rookie Quarterback in NFL good the Broncos defense is. history throwing for more off of neck surgery, Man- than 400 yards in his first Broncos only WR ning has helped the Denver NFL game, beating Peyton weapon is Demaryius Thom- Broncos reach the Super Manning’s record by 120 as, who like many other Bowl for the second time in yards.