November 2016

2 HB News The Mustang News in the afternoon New changes in the bell schedule affect when the news is played in classes. Savannah D’Avila Reporter Walking into the newsroom on involved,” Kamdyn Mohr (‘18) new segments that include an some changes to the news any given day, the news crew can said. The news crew advice column and a pop culture show’s lineup. Thomas Peyton be found collaborating like a big Starting this “ also uploads the segment. The news crew plans (‘17), who used to produce the family that has been together for school year, class My favorite morning news to bring back a political corner weather report, now hosts his numerous years. The energy they times changed, onto their YouTube as well. own game show which aired for create buzzes around room 740, eliminating the 10 part of running channel, My “This year we have a lot of as camera operators, directors, extra minutes in Mustang News different segments like, ‘Ask changes such as these improve anchors, writers, and reporters the camera and streams news Emily’ which is an advice column and increase student interaction prepare for the day’s broadcast. the news. Instead, segments onto which normally newspapers do through the show. “Being behind the scenes is our administration is getting the Mustang News but I thought it would be good Make sure to subscribe to the a lot fun, because you get to decided to air the website, www. to have a video column too. Mustang News YouTube channel, know what is going on before news during the everyone mymustangnews. What we also brought back is MyMustangNews; and watch “ com. political corner, which isn’t really from their website at, www. My favorite part of running the of 7th period. In involved By putting a new but we have two anchors mymustangnews.com. camera and being the director place of the news main focus into this year,” Justin Seecharan (‘18) is messing around with the campus news this said. countdown and getting everyone every morning, they switched to year, the morning news created The shorter format forced First Powderbowl in Pasco history Powderpuff championships between the boys’ and girls’ winners across the west side of high schools in Pasco County. Sam Burchick Reporter Throughout the years, high Sunlake going into a head-to- games that are not a part of a recent physical, and complete schools have held a powderpuff head competition to see which the online free concussion game during their homecoming school has the best team; the with any school in particular, the FHSAA has allowed Ms. Illig to course. week for school spirt. Now, winning team receives t-shirts, schools that lose cannot argue change the game to two-hand The proceeds from this game schools across the district look a trophy, and bragging rights. go to the Travel Club at Mitchell, for a way to continue the games From Mitchell, both cheerleading All who end up participating in a club for students traveling by having a Powderpuff Bowl. and football seniors won and get legitimate. If all goes well at the and experiencing global This would include the winning to compete at this event. The game, Ms. Illig intends for this paperwork so the school does classrooms. The information girls’ football team and boys’ Powderpuff Bowl will be held on become a tradition for years to for the Powderpuff Bowl will cheerleading team from the December 1, 2016. come. are within regulations of the be broadcast throughout social west side schools of Pasco Ms. Tracy Illig (FAC) has been FHSAA, all schools will need media. County. Ridgewood, Gulf, River preparing for this for many years. sanctioned sport the rules do not all their powder puff players Ridge, Hudson, Mitchell, and For this game Ms. Illig hired paid allow for there to be any more complete their paperwork, have Editorial Policy The 2016-17 Staffers Published six times a school of the year, the student newspaper Hoofbeat Staff of J.W. Mitchell High School is Issue a public forum with its student editorial board making all Editors the decisions concerning its Caroline Weyer editor-in-chief Josh Wagner contents. Unsigned editorials Lexi Clark sports editor express the views of the majority c/o 2020 of the editorial board. Jess Mason lifestyles editor This staffer has shown Letters to the editor are dramatic improvement in welcomed and will be published Raleigh Illig entertainment editor as space allows. Letters must be Sophie Sajecki news & ads editor writing skills since joining signed, although the staff may staff. withhold the name upon request. Check out his work in this issue: Reporters ‘Bill Nye’ on page 16 and The paper reserves the right ‘Melting Pot’ in center spread. to edit letters for grammar and Meghan Borum Kaitlyn Klein clarity, and all letters are subject Sam Burchick Avery Philion Morgan Fliss to laws governing obscenity, libel, privacy and disruption of Michelle Cervera Mackenna Shiver c/o 2020 the school process, as are all This staffer goes above contents of the paper. Savannah D’Avila Morgan Fliss Opinions of letters are not Bailey Illig Max Trettin stories and getting necessarily those of the staff nor content. should any opinion expressed Kristina Jautze Josh Wagner Find her stories ‘Interact to help in a public forum be construed give thanks’ on page 3 and ‘A as the opinion or policy of the Alyssa Magilligan Chris Wilson taste of fall’ on page 4. school administration, unless attributed. Advisor Mrs. Susan McNulty News HB 3 Red or Blue: Which one are you? The Young Democrat and Young Republican clubs on campus form before the presidential election. Max Trettin Reporter During the 2015-16 school clubs in the school. political topics, we’re going to Republicans, and try to help Young Republicans and Young year, Isabel Bradley (‘18) noticed “It got started when Grace and talk about both sides; just kind them do their thing. We’ll get Democrats, students can talk I were taking the world history of get into discussion of what we involved with local politics, and to the advisers. The Young around the campus. She brought exam and we were thinking think about both sides, how to just kind of serve our community it upon herself to create the that it would be really cool for stay open-minded, and just learn in any way we can,” Phillips said. third Wednesday of each month Young Democrats Club. a Republicans club on campus, more about each party,” Bradley Both the Young Democrats in room 705, and the Young “A friend and I were walking said. and Young Republicans share Democrats meet the second and around campus, and people and asked Ms. Hampton if she As presidents of their clubs, similar goals, to expand fourth Friday of each month in weren’t educated on the wanted to be the sponsor,” Bradley, Phillips and Keim knowledge of politics room 811. platforms of political issues. Keim said. endeavor daily to spread throughout the campus. In addition to this, they have They knew who they liked, The students recruited advisers political beliefs throughout the “We’re still going to be talking debate parties and discussions Hillary Clinton or Donald Trump, Ms. Heather Daniel (Young campus. When the presidential about popular topics within where they watch the debate but they didn’t really know why. Democrats), and Ms. LuAnne election is complete by mid- politics. Whichever president and discuss it amongst When we tried to talk about Hampton (Young Republicans). November, both the Young gets in, we’ll talk about it. themselves. The approximate it, they couldn’t explain it. We Friends, yet political rivals, the Republicans and Democrats We’re going to have education started the club because we advisers sought to aid Bradley planned to continue meeting. discussions and learn more participate in both of these clubs wanted to bring more political and Phillips in the creation of the “We’re going to get more about who our president is and strongly encourage students education to the campus,” clubs. involved in the community. what the platform is, and how to get more involved in local Bradley said. “[Ms. Daniel] wanted to help One of our big focuses are the we can make our future better,” politics, and their community in Grace Phillips (‘18) and Paulina better the education in politics veterans in our area, and we Bradley said. its entirety. Keim (‘18) got together and for other students. Within the also want to get involved in the To participate in the also realized the lack of political club we’re going to talk about Pasco Republicans, like the older initiatives presented by the Remembering Mr. William Hull Raleigh Illig made an impact on those he Mr. Hull’s students were very he liked to do things with the Editor worked around. Even those special to him, and he always kids in order to make them who didn’t know him might made sure that he showed feel good, he just had a heart For three years, ESE remember his sports car. how he cared about them by for the kids and we miss him,” Transition Assistant, Mr. “He had a black sports bringing in candies for them Ms. Karen Courtney (FAC) William (Bill) Hull (FAC) car with yellow stripes that said. worked at Mitchell within he always drove. He had it “He had nicknames for the Mr. Hull cared for his the Exceptional Student parked in the Orange parking students, one he called a coworkers and students, Education department. lot and we would talk about candy thief because she used and in his few years he built Mr.

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