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‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’ opens tonight in Little Theatre
•Football: 11AAA Quarterfinal Playoff game vs. Rapid City Central 4 p.m. at Howard Wood Field •Play: “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” opening night 7 p.m. in Little Theatre
Lunch Time at WHS •Today’s lunch: Chili Fritos, carrots •À la carte lines: French bread pizza, chicken fajita, baked potato bar, chef salad, sandwiches
Group Meetings •Bowling: Team members will be announced at 3:15 p.m. Wednesday in the Little Theatre—all who tried out or who are interested should attend. Practice begins at 4 p.m. Wednesday at Eastway Bowl.
Other Reminders •Girls Basketball Players: Check the on-line calendar at goo.gl/d5edA6 for the weight lifting schedule. •Students and Staff: Are invited to wear pink on Friday in recognition of Breast Cancer Awareness Month ending soon. •WHS Library: Will mail overdue notices soon—return any overdue books now. •Yearbooks: 2017 books that have not yet been picked up are now available in the Student Services office. •Photos: For the year-end HonorFest video can be submitted anytime to Instagram #whshonorfest2018. NOW Thursday Staff
Co-Editors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rachel Boer and Alyse Dockter Assistant Editor . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sadie Goodhope Staff: Brock Wulf, Carter Munce, Caitlyn Wolfgang, Marlene Valdovinos Co-Editors-in-Chief . . . . . . . . Madi Forseth and Libby Nachtigal 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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Shakespeare classic is first WHS show for new director By Caitlyn Wolfgang arrior drama students will present the William Shakespeare classic, “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” opening tonight at 7 p.m in the Little Theatre. Shows will also continue at 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday, and a matinee performance will be presented at 2 p.m. Saturday. Admission is $5 at the door at each show. “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” is a comedy written by Shakespeare around 1595. It portrays the events surrounding the marriage of Theseus, the Duke of Athens, to Hippolyta, the former queen of the Amazons, including the adventures of four young Athenian lovers and a group of six amateur actors, known as the mechanicals, who are controlled and manipulated by the fairies who inhabit the forest in which most of the play is set. The play is one of Shakespeare’s most popular works for the stage and is widely performed around the world. Director Julie Abraham, who is making her WHS debut, said young people today can connect with this story. “The human condition hasn’t changed that much since the Elizabethan era, so the whole ‘boy loves girl, but girl hates boy’ drama that Shakespeare wrote about is relevant to what today’s teens still experience,” Abraham said. “Shakespeare—like any live theatre produc-
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Photo by Jacee Rohlck JUST A DREAM?—The cast of “A Midsummer Night’s Dream,” which opens tonight at 7 p.m. in the Little Theatre. tion—has the power to touch our hearts and sometimes, if we’re lucky, even to transform our minds.” Sophomore Katelyn Boyd, who plays the Cobweb Faerie in the show, said she’s excited to see how the show turns out tonight. “The cast and crew have been working very hard, and we’re hoping it looks good for the audience,” Boyd said.
Warriors enter 11AAA playoffs today By Marlene Valdovinos and Rachel Boer Warrior varsity football team members will enter the postseason on a chilly afternoon and evening tonight at 4 p.m. at Howard Wood Field. WHS, 9-0 and the No. 1 seed, will take on No. 8 seed Rapid City Central, 2-7. The Warriors played the Cobblers just two weeks ago, defeating them 51-19 Oct. 13 in Rapid City. This afternoon’s game promises to be a chilly affair,
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with winds gusting out of the north at 40 miles an hour, and temperatures in the 40’s and wind chills in the low 30’s. Fans are advised to dress in layers, including hats and gloves and the gameday sweatshirts that will be passed out before game time today. Senior Will Farniok said the weather will not slow down the Warriors, however. “It should be fun tonight,” Farniok said. “It was a good week of practice. Everyone is looking forward to a great start
of playoffs.” Coach Chad Stadem agreed his team is ready for the challenge today. “We are excited to play Rapid City,” Stadem said. “It should be a good game—it’s going to be very windy, so when we have the wind to our backs, we are going to have to take advantage of it.” Admission is $5 for students and $7 for adults for this SDHSAA playoff game. No activity tickets or other passes will be accepted.
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We all have bad days— don’t let it get you down
Extension finds coupons for you
There are many things that can go wrong in daily life— your phone can break, that concert that you’ve been looking forward to can get cancelled, or your alarm clock could not go off. All this has happened to me this past week. But I keep telling myself it’s just a bad day, not a bad life. Considering the events this week in my life, I have done some research to help combat a bad day. So here’s five steps to turn a bad day around. First, turn on your favorite song. Trust me, we have all seen that person at a stoplight screaming the lyrics all alone in their car. It’s not weird, it’s Hear me. . . normal. You can never go wrong with “Party in the USA.” Rachel Boer Second, take a hot shower or a bath. There is something about the steam that seems to get rid of the negativity. And, at least you will be clean! Third, find an animal, any animal (well, maybe not a crocodile) and pet it. Pet therapy is a real thing. I had seven puppies for a while, and coming home to them was the best part of my day. Fourth, workout. I prefer yoga because it just seems to make me forget about my problems for a little bit and focus on my mental and physical health. And last but not least, watch a funny or interesting Youtube video. The Buzzfeed channel is my go-to whether my day is bad (or good). Seriously, never underestimate those videos titled, “Try To Make it Through this Video without Laughing,” I always fail. So next time you have a bad day, try these tips. Senior Rachel Boer will be home this weekend petting her dog instead of at the Thomas Rhett concert in Omaha.
By David Pierson Los Angeles Times (TNS) LOS ANGELES — Ryan Hudson was trying to order pizza online for his two children when he was prompted to enter a coupon code at checkout. Hudson knew better than to bother searching for a discount. His kids were hungry and he didn’t have time to scan the internet for coupons that had either expired or didn’t apply to the cheese pizza he wanted to order.
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Technology Watch “And then it hit me. Why can’t I just automate the process?” said Hudson, a computer engineer turned entrepreneur. The software Hudson cobbled together that night would form the basis for a startup he cofounded called Honey. Headquartered in downtown Los Angeles, Honey offers a free extension for Google Chrome, Firefox and Safari that aggregates discount codes for whichever shopping site a user visits. When it comes time to make an online purchase, the extension automatically applies any code it finds that saves the shopper the most money. Since there’s no need for customers to navigate away from a checkout page in search of coupons, shoppers who use Honey’s extension are 55 percent more likely to complete a transaction than those that don’t, the company says. Honey’s extension works only on desktops. Honey’s founders argue comparison shopping lives on desktop computers.
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