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Dr. Ron Mersch will be replaced by John McKinney as assistant principal at the start of next year
BY GAGE BRUMMER
The seniors aren’t going to be the only people leaving the building for good after this year. Administrator Ron Mersch is also going to be saying goodbye to Shawnee Mission East.

This March, Mersch let Principal Susan Swift know that this would be his last semester at East.


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FEATURES
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I-Doser’s ‘binaural brainwave doses’ deliver simulated high to listeners
BY MICHAEL STOLLE
Sophomore Joe Newman lies down on his bed, puts on his headphones and presses play on his CD player. A low humming begins to play in the background, the music gets louder and louder, growing in tone and intensity.

After about 10 minutes of listening, the blue bathrobe hanging on his bathroom door begins to subtly change color. The robe fades into a yellowish hue before changing back to the original blue. The color continues to gradually change back and forth for some time.

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photo by Karen Boomer. East students meet outside the school to release balloons in honor of Paige Winters and others on May 1.
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SPORTS
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Junior Marcus Webb is already being recruited by big D-1 schools
BY JORDAN PFEIFFER
Nine years of premier soccer. That’s how long junior Marcus Webb had dedicated himself to playing the sport. But coming into high school his freshman year, he decided to take a chance at a something else: football.

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Even with a famous lead actor, ‘Deal’s’ lacking plot and poor supporting cast can’t be salvaged
BY DAVID HENDERSON
“Deal” draws comparisons to the 1986 film “The Color of Money” but it lacks the award winning director and cast to call itself a full house.

Deal is a story about a poker player, Tommy Vinson, played by Burt Reynolds who is the perfect character for the role. With Reynolds being well known for playing slick attitudes he is the perfect poker player. With the slick backed hair, sunglasses, and suave attitude, Reynolds certainly looks the part. However his supporting cast and the lack of a fascinating plot has this one as a real dud.

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