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Happening Now •Sophomores: Report to auditorium during reading period (10:07 a.m.) •Community Ed: Drivers’ education 4 p.m. in E-117 •Wrestling: End-of-season banquet 6 p.m. in commons •ACT Prep: Course 6:30 p.m. in A-159
Lunch Time at WHS •Today’s lunch: Pizza burger, steamed broccoli •À la carte lines: Pasta, beef fajita, chef salad, sandwiches
Group Meetings •Fishing Club: Members will meet at 3:10 p.m. today in E-126—new members are welcome. •Young Republicans: Will meet at 3:10 p.m. Wednesday in A-153. •Chemistry Club: Members will meet at 3:15 p.m. Thursday in A-217. All former, current and future chemistry students welcome. •Show Choir: Auditions for the 2017-18 choirs will be held from 6-9 p.m. Monday in the auxiliary gym. See director Jeff Spencer in the chorus room for more information.
Other Reminders •2017 Yearbooks: Should be ordered now at jostens.com or with a check for $67 to adviser Cindy Heckenlaible in A-133 fourth period. NOW Tuesday Staff Co-Editors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nic Gregg and Lauren Zimbeck Assistant Editor . . . . . . . . . Amanda Wheeler Staff: Zach Heupel, Katelyn Smith, Emelia Skogstad, Grace Isaacson, Emma Scott Editors-in-Chief . . . . . . . . . . Carson Herbert . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . and Maham Shah Adviser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Jason Lueth The News of Washington is a publication of the Orange & Black Staff Washington High School–Sioux Falls, S.D.
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Math teachers celebrate ‘Pi Day’ in classes, TPC 3.14 means actual pie for some lucky staff
By Emma Scott oday is “Pi Day,” 3.14, and math teachers are celebrating in the math TPC by treating fellow departments to actual pie. While they won’t get pie, students will be reminded of the importance of the infinitely repeating decimal during most math classes today. Donna Leininger, former math department chair, will also visit the math TPC today to celebrate with her former colleagues. Pi Day is celebrated by many math teachers across the nation on March 14, as that is the beginning of the never-ending number. WHS has been recognizing and celebrating the day for 12 years. Pi is the most recognized mathematical constant in the world. Scholars consider Pi the most alluring and significant number in all of mathematics. AP Statistics teacher Doyle Becker said the day is a natural for teachers. “All math teachers like to eat pie,” Becker said. “This day gives us an excuse to enjoy it.” Freshman Algebra I teacher Jennifer Mayer said the day is an educational one. “Pi day creates awareness for all the circles in the world,” Mayer said, “such as cookies, pies, and pizza.”
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Photo By Emma Scott DESSERT—Stats teacher Doyle Becker enjoys a piece of chocolate pie in honor of Pi Day this morning in the math TPC.
Wrestling team holds annual banquet Event honoring participants tonight in WHS commons By Katelyn Smith The WHS wrestling team will host an end-of-season banquet at 6 p.m. tonight in the commons to celebrate their recently completed season. Wrestlers that participated in the season and who lettered will be honored at the event. Some individual awards will also be given out for team leader categories. Head coach Lance Peters said he feels the team had a
successful season. “Overall, I thought the season went well,” Peters said. “We had a lot of new faces on the team and our numbers were more than expected. The team had a great work ethic and enjoyed the tough workouts. The variety of attitudes and personalities made this group fun to be around. We look to build on this year and be hungry for next season.” WHS finished the dual
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season with a record of 7-8. Wrestlers that qualified for the State A Tournament included seniors Jack Bren, Jacob Wagner and Alex Lorenzini, junior Brock Wulf and sophomore Tupak Kpeayeh. Wagner is looking forward to the event tonight. “It was a very fun season and I made a lot of good memories,” Wagner said. “We had a great team, great coaches and a great season.”
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Just call him ‘Coach’. . .
Marc Murren inducted into S.D. Wrestling Coaches Hall of Fame By Lauren Zimbeck Long-time WHS wrestling coach and teacher Marc Murren was recently inducted into the South Dakota Wrestling Coaches Association Hall of Fame at the State A and B combined tournament Feb. 25 at the Denny Sanford Premier Center in Sioux Falls. Murren received the honor in front of the largest high school wrestling crowd ever assembled in South Dakota at the first combined tournament. Murren, Feature who retired from coaching wrestling at the end of the 2016 season, said he was very humbled by his induction into the Hall of Fame. “I think it was a really nice honor and it was fun to see a lot of people and coaches that I haven’t seen in quite a while,” Murren said. Murren said he has left the Warrior wrestling program in good hands. “Coach (Lance) Peters and the wrestlers had a great performance
this season,” Murren enthused. Senior Jacob Wagner, who wrestled under Murren from his freshman to junior years, said he was happy for Murren’s induction. “He deserves it,” Wagner said. “It was awesome to be able to be coached by such an honorable man.” Murren has coached for a total of 39 years at Aberdeen Roncalli, Yankton, Canton and for 27 years at WHS. Murren was inspired by his coaches as a wrestler to continue in the sport as a coach. Murren will also retire from his position as a government teacher at the end of this school year, and says he is still unsure of his plans, but is looking forward to a change. “I’m looking forward to being able to control my own time and having choices, spending as much time as I want doing what I want,” he said. Wagner said he will not forget the teacher and coach. “I will miss how funny he was and how he could make hard times
Einstein born today in 1879 History.com (MCT) On March 14, 1879, Albert Einstein was born the son of a Jewish electrical engineer in Ulm, Germany.
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Photo courtesy South Dakota Public Broadcasting FAMOUS—Teacher and longtime WHS coach Marc Murren is inducted Feb. 25 in Sioux Falls. still fun,” Wagner said. Murren said he is spending his last months at WHS doing what he loves. “I am always here to have fun,” Murren said. “I will cheer for the Warriors until the day they put me under.”
Einstein’s theories of special and general relativity drastically altered man’s view of the universe, and his work in particle and energy theory helped make possible quantum mechanics. After a childhood in Germany and Italy, Einstein studied physics and mathematics at the Federal Polytechnic Academy in Zurich, Switzerland. He became a Swiss citizen and in 1905 was awarded a Ph.D. from the University of Zurich while working at the Swiss patent office in Bern. That year, which historians of Einstein’s career call the annus mirabilis–the “miracle year”–he published five theoretical papers that were to have a profound effect on the development of modern physics. During the next decade, Einstein made continued contributions to quantum theory and began work on a unified field theory. As a worldrenowned public figure, he became increasingly political, speaking out against militarism and rearmament. In his native Germany, this made him an unpopular figure, and after Nazi leader Adolf Hitler became chancellor of Germany in 1933 Einstein renounced his German citizenship and left the country. He later settled in the United States, where he accepted a post at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, New Jersey.
