Two CMR wrestlers take second at state tournament
February 23, 2011 • Megan Berhardt
Filed under Sports
The wrestling season is finally over, and CMR is home to two state placers. Seniors Ryan Otto and Phil Selin both took second place in the state tournament in the 189-lb. and 215-lb. classes, respectively. Otto wrestled Glacier’s Boyce Ballard in the championship, and lost in a 3-2 decision. “It’s... Read more »
Weeds” offers take on California life
February 23, 2011 • Alecks Leavey
Filed under Entertainment
Everyone I know has an imperialist method of shoving their favorite television shows down my throat, and as hard as I have tried to surrender and accept the atrocious series that I have been presented with, I just cannot submit to modern television. After slaving away hours of watching “CSI” and... Read more »
Vegetarian Living- CMR omnivores and herbivores share their stories
February 23, 2011 • Meg Smith
Filed under Features
Quitting cold turkey might apply to some habits, but for Sean Luwe quitting cold veggie is a much more appropriate phrase. Luwe, a senior, has been vegetarian for three years with no future plans to become carnivorous. “I actually enjoy very much how it has opened me to new foods so I don’t have... Read more »
Student employment: a business perspective
February 23, 2011 • Kristi Gange
Filed under News
The snow is starting to melt and summer is near. There is one thing on many students’ minds: resumes. “Resumes are huge. A good resume is what sells you,” Debbie Veltkamp said. Veltkamp, a work force consultant at the Great Falls Job Service, is familiar with the steps it takes to get a summer... Read more »
Senior Project English completes
February 23, 2011 • Austin Lahr
Filed under News
For some students partaking in Senior Project English, the class can be frustrating, but for senior Colton Blomker the class has, for the most part, been easy. “I had Mrs. McGraw last year, and when you’ve experienced one year with McGraw, it’s really all the same,” Blomker said, referring to... Read more »
Birds of a feather flock together
February 23, 2011 • Mandi Monroe
Filed under Entertainment
For an experiment, I had everyone on the Stampede newspaper staff take the Myers-Briggs personality test. I was hoping to see how the different personalities worked together, when to my surprise, they all came out with the same personality. They are the ENxx (xx meaning either preference) type who is... Read more »
CMR Drummers take it one beat further
February 23, 2011 • Caitlyn Aakre
Filed under Features
Whoever said peer pressure is always negative lied. “[I] auditioned freshman year with Jim [Allen],” senior Jake Henneford said about Great Falls Youth Orchestra. The entire percussion section is comprised of students from CMR. Tom Schaefer, Tanner Glicko and Joey Walker join Henneford and Allen... Read more »
Painful Pleasure: Student express themselves with piercings
February 23, 2011 • Deja Lacey
Filed under Features
CMR junior Amanda Rothweiler wanted to stand out and be different, and that’s exactly what her piercings have allowed her to do. “I walked past this old lady and she was all ‘good god!’,” she said. Rothweiler moved to Great Falls from Oregon, where body piercing is very common, she said. Currently,... Read more »
New technology generates interest
February 23, 2011 • Shayna Leonard
Filed under Entertainment
It seems these days technology is getting better and better by the minute. It’s amazing that in just a few years humanity went from the brand new cordless phone to cellular phones that can fit in the palm of your hand. And with the click of a mouse one can access anything they desire. Music, research,... Read more »
Jessie Hardin offers take on Uganda trip
February 23, 2011 • Jessie Hardin
Filed under Opinions
Clean water, microwavable dinners, and washing machines are all so simple, overlooked, and without them it would turn your world upside down. In Uganda, Africa, I was in another world where I had to retrain myself to deal without these amenities and come to the realization that I will see things most... Read more »
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