Volume 76, Issue 3 Wednesday, June 11 2014

Photos By: Travis Nienberg of

Merritt and Carter Adams of
Garrity
Patriotism Through Music
Matthew Wagner of Copeland

Imagine nearly 140 musicians meeting and playing together for the frst time only one hour before
the frst Buckeye Boys State assembly. After just one hour of rehearsal, the Buckeye Boys State Band was
ready to roar in the Stroh Center. In defending the honor of past Buckeye Boys Bands, they had big shoes to
fll. After the frst assembly, it is apparent that this years band accepted the huge challenge. Even the band
director, Richard Albert, said that it was the best a bands frst day has ever sounded.
The BBS Band is a vital part of the entire Boys State experience. While the band gives a great
opportunity to all of those participating in it, it also adds a lot to the assemblies that take place throughout the
week. At these assemblies, the band adds key respect to our nation by performing patriotic songs like God
Bless the USA and the Star Spangled Banner. When the band is not paying tribute to America, they are
rocking a variety of classic and modern hits like Seven Nation Army and Party Rock Anthem to help
fll the Stroh Center with excitement. The students who chose to participate in the band are not only given
the great experience that it entails, but also the all-important frst come frst served privileges at lunch and
dinner.
Although the band members have not met each other prior to the program, the director, Richard
Alberts, manages to pull together all of the varying musicians into a band that blends together very well
and sounds fantastic. Alberts has been conducting the Buckeye Boys State Band for the past 26 years and
certainly doing a great job with it. Although the task of getting this many students to work quickly and well
together is daunting, Alberts told me that his job is much easier by the cooperation and responsiveness of the
band members. He also noted that he loves doing this job, and that it is both uplifting and enjoyable for him.
The progress that the band already made is quite astounding and all of BBS looks forward to the bands plans
in the future.
2 The Hetuck
Job Fair
By: Matt Oviatt of Estepp
Photos By: Carter Adams of Garrity

Were the guys that are
useless, someone says when I walk
into room 201 in McDonald Hall. Im
jobless, bro! Do you guys want to be
just criminals? Were all equal here.
Unemployed, destitute. a guy who
was asked what job he wants replied No
clue. This is the job fair.
Tuesday night at around 7:30,
the room was flling up quickly. The fair
wasnt scheduled to start until 7:45, but
a counselor stood up to speak in front
of everyone and reminded the hopeful
employees, You will not not have a
job. The job-seekers in the room dont
seem too down, though. Theres plenty of
chatter, joking around, and light-hearted,
self-depreciating humor.
A few minutes later, a man
named Tom introduced himself to the
crowded room or unemployed Boy
Staters. Thomas Worley has helped out
at Buckeye Boys State for roughly 41
years while going in and out of retirement
from a job in the government. He gave
a detailed run-down of the different job
sectors and positions available. Once the
presentation had ended, the hopeful job
seekers sprinted from McDonald Hall to
the patio outside Oaks Dining Hall, where
the jobs were advertised.
If you were not at the fair,
heres how the process works. Each
agency has a sign posted on a wall and
has a representative standing below it. A
candidate steps forward for an interview.
The agencies decide how many jobs
they need flled, and positions are given
to the frst qualifed candidate. Theres
everything from the Lottery Commission,
Ohio Expositions, Secretary of State, and
Offce of Inspector General. Its like
speed dating, Tom Worley tells me. Its
chaos that works.
An employer calls out Chief
economist, and a hopeful raises his hand.
He gets the job. On the other side of the
patio, a guy raises his hands in the air
and declares I have a job! He tells his
buddies I lucked out.
Buckeye Boys State prides
itself on zero unemployment and no
welfare programs. Whether the job fair
attendees were failed politicians or just
waiting for the right job, everyone fnds
their role here.

Legionnaires, counselors, and
other faculty met Wednesday
in the Offenhauer Towers lobby
regarding scheduling for the blood
drive. Members of the BBS health
department and Terresa Houck, the
Donor Recruitment Supervisor of West
Lake Eries American Red Cross, laid
out plans for the upcoming blood drive.
The American Red Cross has
been working with Buckeye Boys State
since 2009, and since then, BBS has
donated 827 units of blood plasma to the
American Red Cross to be distributed
among twenty seven hospitals in the
West Lake Erie area. In the meeting,
Houck explained that for each unit of
blood donated to the American Red
Cross, up to three lives can be saved. If
this is true, that means Buckeye Boys
State has helped save about 2,481 lives!
This years goal is to
donate 180 units of blood plasma to
the American Red Cross. Delegates
who wish to donate can sign up online
at redcrossblood.org by entering
BOYSSTATE in the sponsor code feld.
Delegates who wish to donate are also
reminded to get a good nights sleep
Friday night (easy, right?), eat a healthy
meal before donation, and hydrate
often. Delegates must bring a state-
issued ID to the Student Union on the
day of the donation. Delegates who are
sixteen years of age must bring a signed
permission slip from their parents. When
asked why some delegates do not donate,
Houck stated the number one reason
that someone doesnt donate blood is that
they werent personally asked.
Platelets and Platforms at BBS
By: Maxwell E. Hoover of Brady

As many of you Buckeye
Boys Staters know, there will be an
American Red Cross Blood Drive on
Saturday June 14, on Bowling Green
State University main campus. The blood
drive will be held in Room 308 of the
Student Union.
Photos Done By: American Red Cross
The Hetuck 3
Why Must Our Attire Inspire
Us to Perspire?
By Ryan Shockling of Abele
Photo By: Travis Nienberg of Merritt
One of the topics most
frequently discussed by Buckeye Boys
State delegates is clothes. Some people
prefer to wear casual clothes favoring
their comfort, increased mobility, and
their compatibility with the increasingly
high summer temperatures. Others who
have taken a liking to their formal clothes
feel the clothes help them to impress
others or improve their performance or
credibility at their jobs. Both options have
their positives and negatives as two sides
of an argument often do.
Those who have shown
preferential treatment to casual attire
believe the clothes they wear impose
fewer limits on them. Many have kept
their casual clothes on in order to avoid
blisters on the daily mile walk to the
Stroh Center. Others prefer t-shirts and
shorts due to the amount of walking and
other physical activity. Most feel they are
able to walk adequately in these clothes,
as well as believing the clothes allow for
more movement than would a dress shirt
and coat. The fnal and most prevalent
reason for wearing the clothes one would
normally wear relates to circumstances
beyond the control of anyone at Buckeye
Boys State, this reason being the weather.
The heat can often overwhelm delegates
in formal outfts, especially those who
typically wear casual clothing. This
reason fnds itself at the front of any
argument because even the most avid
suit supporter cannot defend his clothing
choice against the high heat of the
summer.
However, these suit supporters
have several other reasons to endorse their
choice. The feeling of necessity inspires
many to suit up, or at least wear khakis
and a button-up shirt, on a daily basis.
The reasoning behind this feeling stems
from a hope to impress any potential
voters when running for an election, or to
avoid showing up to a job underdressed.
However, with elections passed and each
delegate having obtained a feeling of the
room, so to speak, the need for formality
has passed (unless required by ones
job). Yet even despite the passage of this
precautionary formal period of time,
many continue to wear formal clothes.
The reasoning for the continuation of the
formal period likely stems from the dress
for success mantra. Often employed
by athletes, dressing for success can
be described most simply in the words
of Deion Sanders, former professional
football player and current professional
football hall of famer. Sanders, now an
analyst for the NFL Network, has often
been quoted as saying, Look good, feel
good. Feel good, play good. Whether this
Artist is Mathew Perry of Albert City
From Buckeye Boys to the Final
Frontier
BBS Delegate Refects on
Brothers Accomplishments
By: Mattew Wagner of Copeland
If there is anything that proves
the success of the Buckeye Boys State
program, it is the achievements of its past
delegates. While there are many successful
people who have gone through this
program over past years, often times we do
not understand its importance. To change
this, here is a connection to a recent Boys
State alumnus who has accomplished a
great deal in their lifetime. One of those
alumni is my brother, former delegate
Travis Wagner. Travis participated in the
Buckeye Boys State program just 5 years
ago and has already paved himself a road of
success. Recently, Travis graduated from
the most prestigious engineering school
in the country, Massachusetts Institute
of Technology (MIT). Having recently
done that, Travis is already moving on to
something far bigger in his life. He will
soon be moving to Pasadena, California
to begin the next page in his life working
at Jet Propulsion Laboratories (JPL).
For those of you who do not know, that
means that hell be working for NASA on
various space programs. While his job title
is complicated, in laymans terms, he will
be controlling robots in space. Although
this job will be extremely challenging,
Travis has proven repeatedly that he is up
to the challenge. While he has yet to see
its challenges, this job is exactly what he
has wanted to do for nearly his entire life
proving that you can accomplish anything
you put your heart into. For Buckeye Boys
State Alumni, the sky is most defnitely
not the limit, and my brother exemplifes
that.
Photo By: Mattew Wagner of Copeland
theory occurs entirely in ones mind or
can at some point be proven as holding
some sort of real value, many hold it to be
true and attempt to look their best at all
times in order to boost their performance
and confdence in their respected feld.
4 The Hetuck
First Day on the Job: Mayor
By: Matt Oviatt of Estepp
Photos By: Travis Neinberg
D.O.V.A. Jonathan Brooks
After job fairs, appointments,
and elections, Boys Staters set out for
their frst day on the job on Wednesday
morning. Rather early, it was apparent
that McDonald Hall was the center
of attention for most delegates. Upon
arrival, rooms had been assigned, city
council meetings were in session, and
masking tape was being laid down to
designate road lanes.
Along the hallway, there was
talk of road construction, budgeting,
and other topics concerning new city
leadership. In other words, things were
underway rather soon.
In an interview with Mayor
Eisenhower of Estepp, he discussed
what it is like to be mayor. Its a little
overwhelming, honestly, he said.
We had a lot of papers thrown in our
faces, but the Legionnaires came and
explained and helped out.
Of course, not all positions
in the city government are elected.
Theres city engineer, safety, parks
and rec, clerk, so fve full-time and 2
part-time jobs, Mayor Eisenhower
stated about the appointed positions.
Theres been a palpable
change in these young men, at least,
in the men from Estepp. The goof off,
typical high school boy behavior was
replaced by a certain professionalism,
a mindset focused on accomplishing.
I think its great, said Mayor
Eisenhower. Its like a switch. When
the time comes, we can fip that switch
and get to work.
After working hours,
delegates switch back to high school
guy mode. Tons of pizza will still be
ordered, arm wrestling challenges will
still happen, and football is still a thing.
However, this hands-on program run by
the American Legion is already shaping
lives, preparing the future leaders of
America.
Paremount Lawyers from bottom right
to wall: Tristan Walters, John Beatris,
Jeffery Aqan and Vince Ruberto
for the game, Codding joked about his
hope that his game can someday become
as big as Flappy Bird, another game
that frustrated most who downloaded
it. In addition, the day he sees a phone
broken over the game, he will print out
a picture of it and hang it from his door.
Unfortunately, Codding has shared with
some of the other citizens of Abele that
he receives very little proft from his
creation, earning him less than a penny
for every thirty seconds a person spends
playing his game.
However, for this reason,
the citizens of Abele have taken it upon
themselves to turn the game into a
sensation. Several of the delegates living
in Abele have sent texts home, informing
friends about the game and requesting
they download it as soon as possible.
Others still have attempted to popularize
the game by word of mouth, requesting
that other delegates take the time to
give the offcial app of Boys State, as
they have been calling it, a try and to
spread it to their friends. Another method
of getting the word out has been on
twitter. Many of the citizens who have
downloaded the game have followed @
pillar_pass on twitter in a twenty-frst
century attempt to raise awareness for
Coddings game. Their motivation for
spreading the word about the game is
uncertain, probably even to themselves,
but even still, the citizens of Abele hope
to make a difference.
Photo By: Nathan Shively of Estepp
Coddings Creation Popular
Amongst Abele Citizens
By: Ryan Shockling of Abele

A fairly new app has been
drawing the attention of Boys State
Delegates from the city of Abele in
DeWeese County. However, unlike most
apps, this game has a special signifcance
to the citizens of Abele. One of their
own, Andrew Codding, also Speaker of
the House of Representatives, created the
game himself. The game, called Pillar
Pass is available to any Apple, Samsung,
or Droid smart phone or tablet devices.
A version available for Windows phones
is currently in the works. The object
of the game involves avoiding pillars
on the bottom side of the screen as the
player passes forward through a colored
environment. According to Logan Hess,
one of the citizens of Abele, its a little
frustrating at times, but its still fun.
Descriptions such as these have often
been given of many popular apps.
Codding, when asked about
the game, said Pillar Pass was not overly
diffcult to make. When sharing his goals