Senior Spotlight - Caleb Eichstadt
I think pretty much everyone knows who Caleb Eichstadt is. He does a little bit of everything here on campus. He’s been in too many theater productions to even count, tour choir, flag football, basketball, and baseball. He is also a leader of the Activities Committee and Leave it Better. So to say that he’s busy is a complete understatement. Hope you enjoy this Senior Spotlight!
Sophia: When and where?
Caleb: June 29, 2007, Mankato MN
S: Advice for the freshman?
C: Get out and be active. Do stuff with other people. Try not to be dumb.
S: Favorite memory? (one from each year)
C: Freshman year…probably going to the creek on the little tightrope; it was awesome! Sophomore year, probably talking with Levi and Jesse in the dorms.
Levi: You liked those?
C: I didn’t like them; they were just memorable. The content will remain classified. Junior year, that was last year, right?
S:Yeah.
C: Alright, showers. Senior year? So far, everything. It’s been pretty cool. It’s only been eight weeks, so that’s kinda crazy.
L: It’s been 8 weeks.
C: My bad.
S: Favorite play and/or musical? Why?
C: Ummmmm, play or musical?
S: Yeah.
C: Probably Beauty and the Beast. But I could’ve done without the kissing part.
Logan: Which toe has suffered the most damage throughout your high school career and why?
C: Definitely the right middle toe.
L: Why?
C: Still mumbling about musicals…. Cuz Logan motivates me to try harder in cross country.
S: If you could do one thing from high school differently, what would it be?
C: Hmmmm, freshman year, probably talk to more people. But other than that, it’s been pretty cool.
S: Favorite meal at ILC?
C: French Dip. Ohhh, Italian hotdish, no, French Dip.
S: What are some of your hobbies?
C: Ummm, sorry, I was distracted. I like balling with the boys, playing various instruments, running, beating Jesse in the bench press.
Jesse: No, you didn’t.
C: Yeah, I did (Both continued bickering for a while.)
S: What instruments did you play?
C: Organ, piano, violin. Those are the big ones. I know about 3 guitar chords, but that doesn’t really count.
S: Favorite sport at ILC, why? Memory from that sport?
C: ummm,
Levi: Logan would probably kill you if you didn’t say basketball.
C: Probably basketball. Well, I like every sport, but I’ll say basketball for Logan.
Favorite memory?
Ummm, Hitting a three.
S: A single three?
C: Yeah, a single three. We were at home and the guy didn’t want to guard me on the three point line, so I just stepped back and boom.
S: If you could pick one place to travel, where would it be?
C: Umm, Germany, because it’s my ancestral homeland.
S: Plans for after high school?
C: I don’t really know. Ummm, I kinda want to do something related to the sky.
S: Favorite food?
C: In general?
S: Yeah.
C: (After a very long pause) Steak
S: Favorite thing about the dorm?
C: The boys; that’s a good answer.
S: Is German better than Spanish?
C: Yes, because it sounds cooler. Also, no one can understand what you say because they all know Spanish.
S: If you had one day left to live, what would you do?
C: Ummm, hang out with my friends.
S: And do what?
C: I don’t know. Give them my self-employment funds.
S: Where do you see Caleb in ten years?
Logan: Probably crashing planes somewhere in Nevada.
Levi: Caleb will be flying in a jumbo jet with me in the cockpit to New York or something. Yeah, Chill.
Daniel: Here living in the dorm and making bad investments because he’s self-employed and way too nice.
Jesse: Caleb is going to be a pastor with a nice family and lives in Colorado with me.
Mason: Probably a successful business owner and he has a Ferrari.
FAVORITES:
Class: Intro to Engineering
Prof: Dr. Dan
Senior: (In a class full of his classmates)
Levi: Just say everyone.
C: Everyone. It’s my class!
Junior: Who’s in the junior class? I don’t know. Gabi, Sam
Sophomore: My sister, Anna.
Freshman: The guys. I don’t know. Jason and Derek.
Color: Blue
Song: “God is Good,” all the time
Sport to watch: baseball(Class erupts in disagreement)
C: What am I supposed to watch? Cross country?
Drink: Body Armor or waterBible Passage: Umm, Isaiah 43
Number: 7
Movie: …
Daniel: Karate Kid
Jesse: Pirates of the Caribbean
Levi: Moana or Tangled
S: Tangled’s my favorite movie!!!
C: We’ll go with Moana.
Roommate: Daniel
-Sophia Carstensen
Yasmin Kloke
Aurora: Where are you from?
Yasmin: Columbia, South Carolina
A: What’s your favorite color?
Y: Lilac
A: What is your favorite movie or TV show?
Y: I don’t know… anything horror I guess.
A: What’s your favorite song or song artist?
Y: “Seven Summers” by Morgan Wallen.
A: What’s your favorite class?
Y: Spanish.
A: What’s the weirdest thing you’ve ever done?
Y: I don’t know. (Turns to Lydia Kloke) What’s the weirdest thing I’ve ever done?
L: Exist.
Y: Ummm… one time I ate strawberries with sour cream.
A: What is your biggest pet peeve?
Y: Ummm, I don’t think I have one.
A: What would you do if AI robots were invading the school?
Y: I would leave.
A: Where is your favorite place to go on weekends?
Y: Target.
A: ¿Hablas español?
Y: ¡Sí!
A: Who’s your favorite prof?
Y: Prof Weis.
A: What’s your biggest addiction?
Y: I used to be addicted to Roblox.
-Aurora Willitz
Logan Thompson
K: Kenzie
L: Logan
When: Tony Romo’s debut as the quarterback for the Dallas Cowboys at 11:58 pm
Where: Sacred Heart Hospital, Eau Claire, probably on a really high floor because I was really important.
Why: I was getting pretty big in the womb; it was time for me to make a name for myself.
K: What do you plan on doing after high school?
L: No comment on the matter.
K: If you could go anywhere in the world, where would it be? Why?
L: Dallas Cowboys game against the Giants because we always beat the Giants, or a March Madness game, probably not to school though.
K: If you are stranded on an island with three people, who would they be?
L: Leah, because she is emotional support and would help me not to do stupid stuff; Cheyenne because she is almost taller than I am; and Caleb, because he is my boy; and I would sneak Jesse in my bag because he is more likely to want to fit in a bag.
K: Favorite high school memory?
L: Winning Regionals in basketball, just cross country in general, and doing stupid stuff with Jesse and Caleb. Definitely not doing homework at 10 pm and driving Leah to school.
K: What do you look forward to after graduation?
L: Going to more sporting events, and buying Jerry Jones’s yacht.
K: Favorite childhood memory?
L: Probably fighting with Leah every day, and when I(Mario) pulled Leah’s (Princess Peaches) arm out of her socket because she was falling into the lava (stairs).
K: What was the stupidest thing you did as a kid?
L: I almost killed my sister Malaena by letting go of her stroller on a hill that almost went into the lake.
Favorites?
Prof: Weis, Roehl, Lau, Gullerud
Color: Orange
Food: Mom’s white chocolate raspberry cheesecake with oreo crust and Shrimp Alfredo.
Animal: Armadillo
Freshmen: Jason
Sophomore: Jake or Sawyer, depends on the day.
Junior: Leah, then Dulton
Drink: Body Armor
Passage/Hymn: John 15:16, “Come Thou Fount of Every Blessing”
K: Where do you see Logan in 10 years?
Leah: Still on the basketball grind, not wanting to go on any vacations over the summer because he doesn’t want to ruin his schedule, waking up every morning and eating a bowl of oatmeal and having a pile of dishes in the basement because he never brings them up, probably still in college because he switched what he wanted to do so many times, spending his free time watching old basketball games of him in his good old days, and visiting me in Florida because he won’t have a house.
Caleb: Still sneaking in the gym to play basketball at night. playing college basketball, about to get drafted in the NBA, and taking six gap years. He is a delusional Cowboys fan.
Jesse: With Cheyenne and wanting to become a basketball player, but becomes an accountant like his dad.
Cheyenne: Almost died from Body Armor poisoning, but ended up getting a sponsorship because of how much he drinks. He’s like an extreme Cowboys fan and gets free tickets to every game, but doesn’t live long enough to see them in the Super Bowl. He is raising a team of basketball studs, three of which are high draft prospects.
Lydia: Happily married to Cheyenne, and living next to me and Noah.
Dulton: Married to Cheyenne having baller D1 athletes, and being the best basketball coach in the world.
Gabi: Definitely married to Cheyenne with 3 kids - all of them being in the little kids NBA.
-Kenzie Koenig
Audrey Arndt
K: Kenzie
A: Audrey
When: April 6, 2007
Where: Valentine, NE
K: Favorite high school memory?
A: Freshmen year study hall with Prof Roehl; Sophia and I were looking at pictures of the Avengers deciding which ones were the hottest.
K: Favorite childhood memory?
A: It was family game night and we were playing a game in the living room when we all of a sudden heard an animal on our porch so we looked to see what it was. It was a raccoon sniffing my dirty socks and I was too scared to go outside and get them. I was scared that the raccoon was going to bite me. Then I ended up having a laughing attack.
K: What do you plan on doing after high school?
A: Going to college and getting my dental assisting degree and becoming an orthodontic assistant.
K: If you could have any superpower what would it be?
A: The ability to talk to dogs so I can become all of their best friends and they'll all love me, and my house will become a doggie hotel and I’ll always have extra rooms. Or invisibility.
K: There is a zombie apocalypse and you could go anywhere on campus, where would it be?
A: The kitchen fridge so I can eat all the food.
K: What event in your life has changed you the most?
A: Sophomore year winning third at state in my two hundred; it really made me see how God has gifted me and that I’m able to use gifts to His glory. I became more dedicated because I knew what I was capable of.
K: Advice for the freshmen?
A: Don’t be lonely; if you make the effort to hang out with people then they’ll remember that.
Favorites?
Movie: Original Mary Poppins
Color: Green (any green)
Food: Soup, but not chicken noodle soup
Coffee drink: Iced caramel macchiato
Freshmen: Abby (she’s my cousin)
Sophomore: Emma S. (she’s my cousin)
Junior: Kenzie
Prof: PJL
Class: Art or History 10
Passage: John 15:5
Where do you see Audrey in 10 years?
Cheyenne and Lydia: Audrey Arndt is slaying all day, a professional drummer for a night job, and during the day she is florist, an artist who specializes in yoga frogs, secretary/treasurer for the U.S, goes to the Olympics for break dancing and does the worm. Still having coffee with me (Lydia) at least twice a month, and is raising a basketball and track team.
Kenzie: married to Vance with three kids, getting coffee every day, since she is rich. Owning a bunch of farm animals, including a corgi named Pickles. She is also the best aunt to my kids.
Laura: in the Olympics
-Kenzie Koenig
Blast from the Past: Halloween Costumes Already in Your Closet
Well, it’s that time of year again, time for walks with leaves crunching beneath your feet, looking at all the beautiful colors, time for apple picking and pumpkin spice lattes. Speaking of pumpkins, who doesn’t love carving spooky faces for Halloween? Halloween! Who can forget about dressing up for the spookiest day of the year and going to strangers’ homes to beg for candy? Even though a lot of us may feel that we are too old for trick or treating, are we ever too old for costumes? I think not. But who has money for a good costume? So here is a list of Halloween costumes that you can pull off with stuff you probably already have in your closet.
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Basic Girl- flannel, uggs, hipster glasses, beanie, Starbucks frappuccino
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Life- white t-shirt with words LIFE written on in Sharpie, hand out lemons
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Prof- button up shirt, dress pants, glasses, carry a bag around everywhere
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Ghost- a white bed sheet
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Post Malone- on your face, write the words “stay away” and “always tired” along with a few of the rapper’s famous face tattoos
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Friend- use this as an excuse to raid you friend’s closet and steal their style for the day
Well, that’s all I’ve got for you. If you don’t like any of these, don’t be afraid to dress up as something else, or nothing at all. If anyone says anything about how you didn’t dress up, just say you’re going as a stressed out student.
By Krystal Sydow
Henry Lau: The New Dorm Dad
Where were you born?
Eau Claire WI.
What year did you graduate high school?
2018
How old are you now?
24 yrs.
What were you doing before you took the position of Dorm Supervisor?
Driving semi trucks for Indianhead food Distributors In Minnesota and Wisconsin. Mainly to prisons, schools, and sometimes bars.
What made you decide to take the position?
Just thought it would be nice to be back, getting to be around people that are nice, chapels are pretty cool, and getting to see my mom every day.
Tell me three interesting things about yourself that might help the students and teachers here get to know you better?
Hmm, that’s tough. I like doing stuff outside. I like playing piano, playing piano, and anything that has to do with hymns. Singing them, studying hymns, playing hymns; anything that has to do with hymns.
What is your favorite pastime?
I like doing stuff with my family, definitely sports outside, and canoeing on lake Altoona. I like hiking around Eau Claire.
Favorite Bible passage?
Romans 8:28, “And we know that all things work together for good, to those who love God, to those who are called according to His purpose.
What do you think are your greatest attributes?
I like soup; my favorite is Zuppa Toscano soup from Olive Garden.
What is your favorite kind of coffee?
The French Press, Maple latte.
Favorite season and why?
Fall: the trees turning colors, the fall drinks, apples, pumpkins, soup, fuzzy socks; that’s when you know it's soup season
-Audrey Arndt.
Costume Contest
I always loved trick or treating as a kid. It was so much fun, and we got LOTS of candy. But now that we’re all bigger, older, and wiser, we need more candy. One lucky person will be receiving an extra bucket of candy this year. The Flash will be hosting a costume contest. Fill out the form you’ll receive in your email and put your first and last name and what you’re going to dress up as. Come to school in your costume on October 31st. The winner of this contest will receive a bucket of candy to add to their personal Halloween hoard. Your costume can be anything you want as long as you make sure it follows dress code guidelines. If you have any questions about those, check the handbook you got at the beginning of the year. Our esteemed judges will make their decision based on the creativity and effort of the costume. I can’t wait to see what ideas you’ll all come up with! Have a great time!
-Ellie Daub