The Kirkwood

Volume 95 Issue 6 CallKirkwood High School 801 W. Essex December 18, 2012 thekirkwoodcall.com Editor’s Desks Page 2 n December 18, 2012 thekirkwoodcall.com

Dear Readers, OF While Santa has been busy pil- 2012-2013 Kirkwood Call Staff ing presents into his sleigh, The CALL Kirkwood Call staff has produced co-editor-in-chief...... Claire Salzman Lucy Dwyer Editor ($50) the final issue of the semester. Maggie Teson Tara Hawkins The Gray Family It’s hard to believe the school Donna Campbell managing editor...... Alex Jones Madeline McEvoy Meg & Anne Hellwege year is half over. In just a few days design editor...... Danny Gray Bridget Randazzo The Gorham Family we can hang up our backpacks web editor...... Maggie McWay in-depth editor...... Kelly Weber Tom & Sandy Cox Hazel Kirk and forget about equations and web managing editor..Amanda Pollmann in-depth staff...... Ellen Heaghney The Berger Family essays for two glorious weeks. web copy editor...... Anna Edwards entertainment editor...... Rachel Trout Vivian Antoine Emilee Madlinger copy editor...... Jane Manwarring The Alseth Family If you’re anything like me, you Pete & Hope Johnson can’t wait to decorate cookies, video editor...... Emma Lawson art editor...... Anna Brodersen The Florent Family videographer...... Dan Weyerich artist...... Blayne Fox The Kreie Family eat gallons of mint chocolate Mary Anne Sutton web staff...... Tyler Altenthal Erin Kilfoy Chris Burridge chip ice cream and force your cat Ben Harvey Suzanne Pocost The Hilleren Family to wear a Santa suit. Dylan Slaughter Perry Tatlow Jeff & Laura West The Heuermann Family If you want to make this holi- news editor...... Emily Stobbe Lizzy Tatlow David & Lisa Hauck day season a memorable one, news writer...... Becca Gerdes Nala Turner Cliff & Terri Kierstead Scott & Debbie Stream check out our columns about Will Humphrey photo editor...... Sarah Heet The Rice Family how to properly celebrate. If you Kieran O’Connell photographer...... Kevin Campbell Janet Staicoff opinions editor...... Antonia Akrap Andrea Keltz Terese Mitchusson believe the world will end before Laura & Nick Feltes Santa gets the chance to deliver opinions writer...... Ian Madden Katlyn Kreie Linda Macker Katie Puryear Kelsey Landrum Brent & Nora Steele presents, take a look at our col- sports editor...... Daniel Witt Grant McKenna The Fitzgerald Family umn about how to prepare for Mistie Rhomberg sports writer...... John Aschbacher Zach Ortiz The O’Connell Family the planet’s demise. If you’re al- Ed Hoganson Halsey Uerling The Uerling Family The Stobbe Family ready looking forward to the new Woody Kipp business staff...... James Bachman The Varble Family school year, check out our cover- Emily Willis Mallory Gorham The Karrer Family features editor...... Kyle Rieger Chris Winget The Reinkemeyer Family age about the KHS administra- Cindy Brodersen tion’s plans to give every student features writer...... Jake Balmer adviser...... Mitch Eden Andrew Nigh Eli Cost The Lawson Family an iPad in 2013 and, as always, Valerie Treichel feel free to submit story ideas to Amy & Blake Bradshaw visit us online at www.thekirkwoodcall.com Matt Ceresia thekirkwoodcall.com. Dorothy Haldiman “While we wish that the ‘Call’ may prove in- Happy holidays, Dan and Jeanne Heaghney follow us on @TheKirkwoodCall teresting to all our readers, we particularly The Willis Family desire that it may manifest the true spirit The McEvoy Family The Trout Family like our page on Facebook and be worthy of the school it represents.” Michael Ralph -Original issue from 1918 Lisa Balmer Maggie Teson, co-editor-in-chief follow us on Instagram @The_Kirkwood_Call The Cost Family Martha Aschbacher Karen Fries The Goyda Family The Altenthal Family The Pollmann Family The Hartke Family The Easter Family The Slaughter Family The Teson Family The Waldemer Family

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