History Day competition winners announced

Topeka Capital-Journal, The, May 20, 2003 by Capital-Journal

The Capital-Journal

The theme for this year's Kansas History Day competition was "Rights and Responsibilities in History." Throughout the 2002-03 school year, more than 1,200 students in 19 counties participated.

Kansas students in grades 6 through 12 competed in junior and senior categories, divided by individuals and groups, performances, documentaries, papers and exhibits.

The Kansas History Day competition is administered by the Kansas State Historical Society with additional support from the Eisenhower Foundation.

Area winners include the following:

Junior papers: Kirsten Maples, "Tuskegee Syphilis Study: Violation of Rights of Research Subjects," Topeka Collegiate School, Topeka, teacher John MacDonald, district 3, first place.

Junior individual exhibits: Christina Gitto, "The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire: A Labor Rights Tragedy," Topeka Collegiate School, Topeka, teacher Laura Straus, district 3, first place; Ashley Hodges, "Those Blooming Women and Their Rights," Frank V. Bergman Elementary, Manhattan, teacher Terry Healy, district 4, third place.

Junior group exhibits: Kevin Van Slyke, Taylor Patterson and Trevor Weaver, "Voyage of the S.S. St. Louis," Woodrow Wilson School, Manhattan, teacher Terry Healy, district 4, second place; and Kevin Coffey and Ani Mulukutla, "Joseph McCarthy," Frank V. Bergman School, Manhattan, teacher Terry Healy, district 4, third place.

Junior individual performances: Caitlin Fitzpatrick, "Frances Willard: Crusader on the Sea of Temperance and Suffrage," Topeka Collegiate School, Topeka, teacher John MacDonald, district 3, first place; and Ann Goodson, "The Truth Shall Set You Free! Rights and Responsibilities of the Press," Wamego Middle School, Wamego, teacher Marcia Fox, district 4, second place.

Junior group performances: Atima Lui, Chase Hamilton and Davis Wittig, "John Ritchie and the Underground Railroad in Kansas," Topeka Collegiate School, Topeka, teacher Laura Straus, district 3, second place.

Junior individual documentaries: Andrew Tate, "Water Rights: Responsible Use of the Ogallala Aquifer," Washburn Rural Middle School, Topeka, teacher Donna Sanders, district 3, first place; Matthias Heilke, "Rights versus Responsibilities: The War Measures Act," Central Junior High School, Lawrence, teacher Dari Hilbert, district 1, second place; and Hannah Frydman, "Defying the Constitution: America's Abandonment of the Jews," Central Junior High School, Lawrence, teacher Dari Hilbert, district 1, third place.

Junior group documentaries: Hillary Spratt and Maya Weil, "The Fight For Control: The Creation of the Pill," Central Junior High School, Lawrence, teacher Dari Hilbert; district 1, first place.

Senior papers: Audrey Southard, "The February Sisters: A Catalyst of Change," Free State High School, Lawrence, teacher Mike Hill, district 1, first place; and Allison Edwards, "The Right Not to Fight," Free State High School, Lawrence, teacher Mike Hill, district 1, second place.

Senior group exhibits: Ali Johnson and Alisha Gibbs, "China Dolls: The Subjugation and Prostitution of Chinese Women in America," Seaman High School, Topeka, teacher Susan Sittenauer, district 3, second place.

Senior individual performance: Samantha Birchfield, "Emmeline Pankhurst: Waging War for Women's Rights," Lawrence High School, Lawrence, teacher Mike Ortmann, district 1, first place; Erin Niedenthal, "Federal Theater: To Be or Not To Be," Lawrence High School, Lawrence, teacher Mike Ortmann, district 1, second place; and Jessica Rezac, "Plea For Intervention," Seaman High School, Topeka, teacher Susan Sittenauer, district 3, third place.

Senior group performance: Brenna Daldorph, Mulligan Greenwell and Emma Hoyle, "Living in Limbo: The Story of the World War II Refugees of Fort Ontario," Central Junior High School, Lawrence, teacher Dari Hilbert, district 1, first place; and Whitney Juneau and Ariel George, "Notes From the Cell," Lawrence High School, Lawrence, teacher Mike Ortmann, district 1, third place.

Senior individual documentaries: Jessica Hirschey, "Alfred Dreyfus," Lawrence High School, Lawrence, teacher Mike Ortmann, district 1, first place; and Anne Neilson, "Federal Government Rights vs. State Rights: Little Rock," Wamego Middle School, Wamego, teacher Marcia Fox, district 4, third place.

Senior group documentaries: Eleanor Ott and Annie McEnroe, "Rights and Responsibilities: Racial Conflict in Lawrence in the 1960s," Free State High School, Lawrence, teacher Mike Hill, district 1, first place; and Jordan Crice and Sarah Zimmerman, "Funky Rhythms and Fancy Dresses," Central Junior High School, Lawrence, teacher Dari Hilbert, district 1, second place.