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Happening NOW •SDHSAA Art Contest: Gallery setup noon-10 p.m. at Rushmore Plaza Civic Center in Rapid City—open to public 5 p.m. Friday

Lunch Time at WHS •Today’s lunch: Hot ham and cheese, french fries, carrots •À la carte lines: French bread pizza, chicken fajita, chef salad, sandwiches

Group Meetings •Chemistry Club: Members will meet at 3:15 p.m. today 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 •Seniors: Check the spelling of your name for your graduation diploma in the counseling center for a limited time only. •2017 Yearbooks: Should be ordered now at jostens.com or with a check for $67 to adviser Cindy Heckenlaible in A-133 fourth period. •Tickets: For the play “And Then They Came for Me: Remembering the World of Anne Frank” are now on sale for $5 after school in the Little Theatre. The show opens Monday with performances through March 25. NOW Thursday Staff

Co-Editors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lauren Green and Emily VanBockern Assistant Editor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Amy Walker Staff: Jada Cunningham, Aime Bita, Madi Forseth, Sidney Kennedy, Libby Nachtigal Co-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. Some material courtesy of American Society of Newspaper Editors/ MCT Campus High School Newspaper Service

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Warrior artists show off work at AA Tournament Nine display work at juried show in Rapid City

By Emily VanBockern ine WHS art students will display work in the Third Annual State Visual Arts Contest during the State AA Boys and Girls basketball Tournaments beginning today at the Rushmore Plaza Civic Center in Rapid City. These nine students include seniors Austriel Day, Natalie Johnson, Emily Wilcox, Scott Nguyen and Prativa Poudyal; junior Ruben Gonzales and sophomore Caitlyn Marquardt. Day, who’s art was chosen in three different categories—watercolor, crafts and acrylic painting—said it’s a great opportunity for high school artists. “I am excited and honored to represent WHS in the State Art Show,” Day said. Gonzales, who will be represented in printmaking, is excited as well. “It’s cool to be a part of something that is so important for our school and for art in general,” Gonzales said. “It puts visual art on the map.” Teachers at each represented school selected the best art piece from the 12 judged categories, which also include pencil drawing, colored drawing, graphic design, photography, functional ceramics, sculpture, mixed media and traditional culture art. Art will be on display for the public to see in a special judged gallery show during the tournament. The gallery opens to the public with live music and hors d’oeuvres from 5-7 p.m. with public hours continuing until 9:30 p.m. Friday,

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Photo by Hope Carlson GO FISH—This black and white photo by senior Hope Carlson is one of 12 pieces by WHS artists at the State Art Contest. and is open again from 11 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Saturday. All times are local MDT. Awards to top artists in each category will be presented at halftime of the boys championship game Saturday. WHS art teacher Matt Schuldt is proud of all the students. “There were hundreds of art pieces to choose from in each category, so it was a great honor to be chosen to represent WHS in the State Art Competition,” Schuldt enthused. “Students are seeing more legitimacy in the visual art world. The State Art Competition puts them up against the best of the best art students in the state of South Dakota.”

AA Tournaments begin today in Rapid City By Amy Walker The Warriors might not be part of the action, but the State AA Basketball Tournaments will get under way today at the Rushmore Plaza Civic Center in Rapid City without them. In the Boys AA Tournament, No. 1 seed O’Gorman will face No. 8 Harrisburg and No. 2 Brookings will face No. 7 Aberdeen Central at 4 p.m.

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and No. 4 Huron will face No. 5 Lincoln and No. 3 Rapid City Stevens will take on No. 6 Pierre Riggs at 8 p.m. in the first round today. On the girls side, No. 1 Harrisburg will face Pierre Riggs and No. 2 Roosevelt will face O’Gorman at 2 p.m. and No. 4 Rapid City Central will face No. 5 Rapid City Stevens and No. 3 Brandon Valley will

face No. 6 Aberdeen Central at 6 p.m. in today’s first round. Semifinal games will take place Friday, with the championships beginning at 6 p.m. Saturday in the Barnett Arena at the Civic Center. Games will also be played at the Center’s Ice Arena. Admission is $45 for adults and $30 for students. Single session tickets are $15 and $10.

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Men’s March Madness gets under way across U.S. today Starting today, college men’s basketball programs will compete in the 2017 NCAA Division I Tournament. The field of teams, consisting of 68 Division I schools around the country, were selected and placed into the bracket last Sunday after all of the conference tournaments concluded. Winners of those tournaments, including the Summit League champion SDSU Jackrabbits, received an automatic bid into the bracket. Other teams who came up short in their own respective conference tournaments were invited to participate Hear me. . . based on their overall record and strength of schedule. Carson Herbert While fans anxiously await the first round of games, it is traditional for many fanatics to predict the winner of each match-up in every round. While the odds of maintaining a perfect bracket are very slim, many people compete with co-workers, friends and family members to see what person has the best luck. Every year there is at least one underdog team that defeats a tournament favorite. These low-seeded teams are considered bracket busters since they ruin many fans’ hopes and dreams of predicting a perfect bracket. This year, Kansas, Gonzaga, North Carolina and defending champion Villanova are all No. 1 seeds in their regions and are early favorites to win the title. However, there are 64 other teams that all have that same goal of cutting down the net and hoisting the championship trophy. There is no question that the next few weeks will be a roller coaster for many fans and teams—that’s why they call it March Madness. Senior Carson Herbert will be cheering on the Jackrabbits and Golden Gophers.

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Unlimited cell plans have limits By Troy Wolverton The Mercury News (TNS) Years after three of the big four carriers ditched their unlimited data plans, all the major companies are offering plans that promise users they can access the mobile internet as much as they’d like. Well, kind of. If you read the fine print, you’ll find that there are some notable limitations to the new so-called unlimited plans.

Technology Watch Still, if you use a lot of data, you could save money by signing up for one of them. And they make a lot of sense for families who have multiple members needing to get connected. You can thank Sprint and T-Mobile for the resurgence of the plans. Sprint never stopped offering an all-you-caneat data plan even as the other carriers started discontinuing theirs six year ago. T-Mobile, which has been shaking up the industry left and right for several years now, got the other carriers to reconsider unlimited data when it started offering its One plan last August. Verizon and AT&T finally gave in last month and introduced all-you-can-eat plans of their own. Each deal offers unlimited data usage on its network to each device covered only up until a certain cut-off point. After users exceed that cap—which ranges from 22 to 30 gigabytes per month, depending on the plan -- they won’t be cut off or face extra charges, but may see their access speeds throttled severely.

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