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The Orange and Black A Hanover Tradition
Volume 83, Issue 3 Hanover High School, Hanover, Pennsylvania Jan.-March Edition
Earthquakes 2
Winter Sports 3
Music Spectrum 6
Winter Olympics 9
Jovial, Jubilant
Juniors
10
Poetry Corner 13
Holiday Fun 14
Mr. Harnish
Update
16
Mr. Little 19
Drama Night 22
Inside This Issue...
Featured Staff Chief Editor:
Casey Louthian
Student Writers:
Erika Ayres
Cassandra Balek
Meghan Blair
Danielle Brown
Adam Caler
Carly Fuhrman
Jacki Gourley
Chelsea Hatch
Madison Hoff
Candace Menges
Charissa Morgan
Annie Pope
Meghan Royston
Christian Torres
Pete Yingst
Advisor:
Mrs. Paula Frank
Our New Assistant Superintendent, Our New Assistant Superintendent, Our New Assistant Superintendent, Our New Assistant Superintendent, Mr. MusselmanMr. MusselmanMr. MusselmanMr. Musselman
By Adam Caler
Mr. Richard Musselman is Hanover Public’s new assistant superintendent as of January 2010.
Mr. Musselman grew up in Upper Adams County, and at-tended Upper Adams School Dis-trict. He was involved in several activities including football, track, wrestling, tech ed. club, and the yearbook. After graduating Millersville University with his Bachelor’s de-gree in Science for Industrial Arts, he was in active duty in the US Army for seven and a half years as an officer. After his duty, he became a teacher at Juniata School District and Newport School District as a tech education and graphic arts teacher. He also held the positions of Assistant to the Principal, Ele-mentary and Middle School Princi-pal, and was the District Director of Curriculum in the Newport School District.
He received his Master’s in Education Administration, as well as, his Principal K-12 Certifi-cation and Superintendent’s Letter of Eligibility at Shippensburg Uni-versity. Mr. Musselman was very im
pressed with our administration and their strong sense of accomplish-ments. He feels strongly about Cy-ber School and finding many dif-ferent options with this type of learning. For example, classes may be offered online. As for his home life, Mr. Musselman has three children, two daughters, Erika, 24, Katie, 23, and one son, Joe, 20. In his spare time, he continues his interests in “hands-on,” projects, such as woodworking.
Haiti & Chile EarthquakesHaiti & Chile EarthquakesHaiti & Chile EarthquakesHaiti & Chile Earthquakes By Carly Fuhrman
On January 12, 2010, a devas-t a t i n g 7 . 0 earthquake hit Haiti at 5 in the evening. Haiti is located next to the Domini-
can Republic in the Caribbean Sea. Witnesses stated that this quake could be felt in eastern Cuba which is located nearly 200 miles away and was the worst to hit Haiti in a century. This quake lasted about 35 seconds and caused massive damage.
People were stuck under their ruined houses for days. Some managed to get help and get out from under piles of rubble but there are still many deaths and
injuries. The death toll is now approximately 300,000.
To help out with the disas-ter, approximately 16,000 U.S. troops were sent to Haiti. If you want to reach out and help the people in need, you can donate money to various places such as the American Red Cross, CARE, AmeriCares, Concern Worldwide, and Love a Child. Be careful for how and where you donate your money because it may end up in the wrong place.
On February 27 an earth-
quake shook Chile. This was the second quake this year and this time it was 8.8 on the Richter scale. This disaster could have
shortened days on earth by 1.6 milliseconds and even moved Earth’s axis by approximately 3 inches.
About 700 people are thought to be dead and the num-bers are still rising. Scientists say that this Chilean quake was 500 times stronger than the previous earthquake in Haiti. Tsunami warnings were given out to people that live in countries and states surrounded by the Pacific Ocean such as Hawaii.
To help out with this quake, you can donate your money to the following: the American Red Cross, Habitat for Humanity, United Way World-wide Disaster Fund, The Salvation Army, and various others.
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Key Club UpdateKey Club UpdateKey Club UpdateKey Club Update
By Adam Caler
• Before Chris tmas break, the Key Club helped package food with the Red Cross to many families that are in need.
• Every Thursday, two key club members at-tend a Kiwanis Meet-ing, where other Key Clubs, usually from South West or New Oxford, come and meet together with many of the other Ki-
wanis members.
• Key Club sold carna-tions for Valentine’s Day and gave faculty heart balloons and candy.
• Shultz’s subs were sold as a fundraiser for the club.
• April 1st – April 16th – Book and Toy Drive
• March 19th the Key
Club will be going to Hanover Street Ele-mentary, where book donations will be given and the mem-bers will read to the children.
• Key Club is also in the beginning stages of planning Powder-puff Volleyball.
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The winter season was very exciting for the Nighthawks. The Hanover High School winter sports’ teams worked hard all season and improved throughout. Our district was represented well throughout the season as well as in the post-season. So before we dive headlong into spring let’s take a look back at what transpired during the winter sports sea-son here at HPSD.
Girls’ Basketball Our varsity girls’ basketball team has put in much effort this year. They have had to battle through many obstacles, including a shortage of players. They were under the gun early this season. Not having a coaching staff in place since last school year the team was behind other area programs that had been honing their skills through the summer and fall months. The team was coached by first year head coach Jim Abbott. Many girls had to play both junior varsity and varsity this season. The girls fought hard in each game. The Hawkettes had two wins on the season, both coming against Fair-field. They won each of these games by more than ten points. They played well as a team and were able to beat the Lady Knights. The girls had a very young team, including mostly sophomores with a few seniors and juniors, as well. They also had a few freshmen playing either junior varsity or varsity. The girls were able to make the District Playoffs, however, they fell to Wyomissing in the first round. Seniors on the team included Ali Baublitz, Devon Barnes, Jen Brewington, and Karalee Nichols. Wrestling The varsity wrestling team had a very young team under new head coach Neal Dut-terer and had a team record of 8-13. One of the Hawks high moments came when they defeated Delone Catholic, 37-35. This was a really intense match that the Hawks were able to come out on top in. A few wrestlers put up very impressive records. Tyler Yohe led the way this season with an overall record of 19-5 but fell one win short of qualifying for District 3 competition. Sophomores Zack Martin and Derek Wolford both finished third in Sectionals and advance to District 3 Champi-onships. Zack finished the season with a record of 18-9, while Derek finished with a team high 22 wins and a record of 22-6. They have many sophomores starting for the team, so in the years to come the future indeed looks bright for Hanover wrestling.
Seniors on the team included Kevin Tomayo, Tyler Yohe, Billy Heltzel, and Brandon Wagaman.
Other Athletes Two independent athletes also put their skills on display representing Hanover. Junior Cody Shoemaker qualified, again, for the District 3 Bowling Championships, and finished in 14th place overall. Freshman, Zach Miller, took his talent to the pool where he was one of only three freshmen to qualify for District competition in the 100m where he set a personal best time of 51.91 seconds.
It was truly an exciting winter for Nighthawk Nation, beating Delone a total of four times, winning championships, and qualifying for District competition, all while maintaining a tradition of class and respect. Thanks to all of our athletes, coaches, and fans for a memorable winter season, we can hardly wait to see what the spring may bring to Nighthawk Country.
HHS Winter Sports By Pete Yingst and Mr. Greg Wagner
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Boys BasketballBoys BasketballBoys BasketballBoys Basketball My Personal Account: A Trip To States
By Pete Yingst
About midway through my junior basketball season, I was at the Hanover YMCA. An older man approached me and we started dis-cussing my basketball team. I had never seen this man before, but he saw I was wearing my Varsity jacket and struck up a conversa-tion with me. After we discussed our record and victories over Delone Catholic, he said something intrigu-ing as he was leaving, “Just don’t let the op-portunity pass you by.” This quote, from a man whom I had never met, had a larger impact on me than I originally thought. I think I can speak for all of my teammates when I say this season was about more than beat-ing a rival and winning our section. This elderly man seemed to have an opportunity pass him by, and seemed passionate about his state-ment. That’s the most important meaning that came from this season for me; taking advantage of the op-portunities we have now. As a team, we came to-gether and made sure we were all on-board with a common goal. It paid off at the end of the season. To begin the season we were able to win our tip-off tournament in the first of three victories over Delone. Our team also experienced a ten game winning-streak at one point during the season. We finished with an 18-7 record and won our section, this being the first Division Title since 1978. We also were able
to get third place in the District Tournament. We lost to the even-tual champion, Trinity Shamrocks. In an exciting third place game we
beat the Squires from Delone for the third time in the season.
We also qualified for the PIAA State Tournament for the first time in 22 years. We had a tall task ahead of us, being matched up with the defending State Champion Imhotep Charter Panthers. Imhotep was ranked #1 in the state coming into the game. Although we were able to stick with them through the first half, they pulled away in the second half and beat us soundly. We had nothing to be ashamed of after this game, though, fighting off injuries and a huge size advan-tage. As a team we all grew closer throughout the season. The best thing we experienced this sea-son was not just success, but the fun we had along the way. Our coaches, led by Nate Myers and Denny Garman, mentored us all through the season and helped us
come together and accomplish our goals. Even when adversity arose, as a team we were able to stick together and rise above.
Each player had a very good relation-ship with each other and we were constantly spend-ing time together on and off the bas-ketball court. U n f o r t u -nately, we will be losing eight impor-tant seniors. Ben Connor, Brandon Wentz, Matt Bos-salina, Shea Staub, Justin Peterman, Zac Woodall, Tan-
ner Bowersox, and James McCollough will all be missed on our basketball team here at Hanover. All these players will be continuing their education at four-year colleges. Ben was a captain for his senior campaign. In essence, this season brought about more success than just an impressive record. The relationships we built along the way and the lessons we learned were quite fulfilling, as well. I learned the importance of stick-ing together and the benefits to setting goals. Most importantly, I learned to not let opportunities pass me by, and to take advan-tage of all the advantages we have when we are young, be-cause if not, I would regret the decision. I will never forget my junior season of basketball here at Hanover High School.
Music Spectrum
“You can sing ‘til you
drop ‘Cause the fun
never stops”
Snow Patrol’s interesting band name actu-ally came from one of the mem-ber’s friends who was a bit forgetful. “How’s your band going? How’s Snow Patrol?” “Er... Vince, mate we’re called Polar Bear.” “Oh.” He didn’t want to make Vince remember another two whole words, so
Snow Patrol it was.
Now, you may be think-ing, “I’ve never heard of Snow Patrol.” And I’m here to say that you probably have. You may re-member hearing their song “Chasing Cars,” which was played on the radio a lot when it was first released, or you may have heard their song “Set Fire To The Third Bar,” which is cur-rently being featured in the Dear
John trailers.
It seems that “Chasing Cars,” was one of those songs you always knew all of the lyr-ics to, but you weren’t sure who
sang it or what the title was. Be-sides “Chasing Cars,” I’ve never heard any of their other songs being played on the radio, and I find myself wondering why. I’ve come to realize that I don’t think anyone knows who
they are! This is a real shame because their music is very unique and consists of creative, catchy, and meaningful lyrics. The band consists of five members: Gary Lightbody – lead vocals, rhythm guitar, and piano, Nathan Connolly – lead guitar and backing vocals, Paul Wilson – bass guitar and back-ing vocals, Jonny Quinn – drums and percussion, and Tom Simpson – keyboards and sam-
ples.
The band was formed in 1994 by Gary Lightbody, Mi-chael Morrison, and Mark McClelland. Both Michael and Mark left the band for a short period of time, but have re-
turned periodically throughout the band’s history. Many of their members have come and gone over the years, but Gary Light-body has remained faithful to his band and has managed to keep it going. It was in 1995 that Snow
Patrol first signed with Jeepster La-bel, but it wasn’t until 1998 that they released their first album, Songs for Po-
l a r b e a r s . Since then they have signed with
Fiction Label and have released five other albums; the most re-cent being a compilation album by the name of Up to Now, which was released in 2009. Throughout their fifteen years of rocking, Snow Patrol has never been concerned about the amount of their success, "Success to us isn't a chart thing, it's when you turn up to play a gig and find the place is full." With their unique alternative rock sound, Snow Patrol’s popu-
larity has been slowly growing, and I just hope that one day I will turn on the radio and hear
one of their songs playing.
Snow Patrol By Candace Menges
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I Don’t Trust Myself With Loving You… or Do I?I Don’t Trust Myself With Loving You… or Do I?I Don’t Trust Myself With Loving You… or Do I?I Don’t Trust Myself With Loving You… or Do I? By Madison Hoff
If you can allow yourself to remove a connection between mu-sic and musician, art from artist, ignoring all his media tactics, then you could possibly fall for John Mayer’s music. He started out in want of being an acoustic/blues mu-sician and with that occasionally catchy pop sounding hit; John Mayer managed to accessed airtime on the radio. Admiringly, I fell for John Mayer’s lyrics and music early in his career, acquiring his first two albums ‘Room for Squares’ and ‘Heavier Things’ in the 7th grade. But my love for his music faded when his songwriting and sound came across as simply songs made to fit the radio. H i s n e x t a l b u m , ‘Continuum’ was enriched with the roots of blues music in attempt to be like his influences Stevie Ray Vaughan and Eric Clapton. This album was a success in both the mainstream media and in instilling fans like me with confidence that he was in fact a great musician and guitarist. In November 2009, he re-
leased his new album and tour, ‘Battle Studies’, which is a very obvious themed album of heartbreak and lost love. And while it may not be his best album, it does not shatter the reputation of being a great gui-tarist; only it retreats back to his old songwriting techniques about love. But while it would seem John Mayer was follow-
ing the right track musically, he fell short with his persona to the public. Dating celebrities and causing un-necessary media attention-grabbing antics, Mayer was looking like a typical musician letting fame get to his head. He began losing public popu-larity rather than gaining it, ending in an apology to his fans for playing into the ‘media game’ just a few weeks ago, writing “I wanted to be a blues guitar player. And a singer. And a song-writer. Not a shock jock.” I was pre-sented with the idea to attend one of John Mayer’s con-certs in D.C at the Verizon Center this year and without hesitation I ac-cepted. Not just because I wanted to see the apparent ‘amazing live per-former’, but mainly because I wanted to be able to appreciate him
again. Unsurprisingly to me, he was incredible live, just as I had assumed; but for Dona Tolic, she said “I’m absolutely shocked. I never would of guessed he’d be that amazing live; his guitar skills, voice, song choice; he was so much more bluesy and talented than I had thought.” I could sense his desire to get back to being a true musician by the songs he chose to play. ‘Gravity’, ‘Slow Dancing in a Burning Room’, and ‘Belief’ were all apart of the set list that drew back to his blues style. Even with a new album out, he only played four songs from it, proving that possibly
he now under-stands the direc-tion he should be heading musically in the future. He may not seem to be the nicest person in the world right now regarding personality, but as for his live per-formances, that’s a different story. If curious to know if I feel as if I wasted my money or time riding the metro to go see John Mayer per-
form , the answer is no, in fact; he might of just gotten a fan back…musically.
It’ll Be A Day To Remember By Adam Caler
From Ocala, Florida, A Day To Remember (ADTR) fea-tures a post-hardcore, pop punk, emo feel with the five talented artists in the band. Members in-c l u d e , J e r e m y McKinnon (vocals), Neil Westfall (vocals), Kevin Skaff (guitar and backing vocals), Joshua Woodard (bass guitar), and Alex Shel-nutt (drums). Origi-nally, the band had a few different members when A Day To Remember was first created. Soon after the new boys joined the band, they were
signed shortly after to Victory Re-
cords in 2007. With their latest
album Homesick, each song has a unique beat and head-banging rhythm to satisfy most of their au-
dience. Do not be surprised by the moshing/circle pits that are
made at their concerts. ADTR has toured with other several similar bands including Alesana, New Found Glory, Four Year Strong, and many others. The hard punk feel isn’t everyone’s preferred style, but anyone can catch themselves head banging to their beats.
Note: Listen to the
morning announcements
for songs from these bands.
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Battle of The Bands 2010 By Mrs. Boyd Congratulations to our 2010 Battle of the Bands first place winners, Aquafiend, a Hanover band comprised of seniors Gabi Rosenbrien, Luke Winand, and Tanner Bowersox. Hosted by the class of 2011, Battle of the Bands was held on Sat., Feb. 20 in the HHS auditorium with bands com-peting from Hanover, Delone, and New Oxford. Hanover bands Collective Consciousness (Cody Oldknow and Wade Yohe) and Psychedelic Bathtub (Garin Greenholt, Michael Hoffman, Tommy Link, and Luke Winand) also had great performances. Special thanks to Links Music for sponsoring the event. It was a huge success!
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2010 Winter Olympics By Madison Hoff
The Winter Olympics 2010 in Vancouver, Canada took place February 12 - 28. A seventeen day, world wide event televised around the globe has increased the time spent in front of the T.V. cheer-ing on different winter sports for your country. Competition in sports like hockey, cross-country ski-ing, free style skiing, snow-boarding, bobsleigh, luge, curl-ing, speeding skating, figure skating and more all come to-gether for the Olympics. The U.S.A. finished as the country with the most medals at 37, while Canada managed to take the most gold medals home at 14. These Winter Olympics known now as tradition and ex-pected to occur ever four years, started out officially in 1924, where they were held in Chamonix, France. More than 2,500 athletes came together to compete in sixteen different sport events totaling 86 dif-ferent medal compet-ing events. Vancouver ’s weather played a huge role during the games; fog created problems for skiers, iced snow caused major falls during the women’s downhill skiing event, rain and warm temperatures and not enough snow forced Vancou-ver hosts to ship in snow.
This 2010 Olympics also
stirred emotions from sadness and shock to happiness. The unex-pected death of Georgian Luge competitor, Nodar Kumaritashvili brought sadness from the start of the Olympics. An unforeseen win of American male figure skater, Evan Lysacek over Russian fa-
vorite Evgeni Plushenko gave Americans something to cheer about.
Ameri-can favorites came to the Olympics to win and many did succeed in their goal. Shawn White, a half pipe snowboarder, came to Van-couver with gold in mind and with ease got the gold with his first r u n .
Lindsey Vonn, a reinjured athlete, grabbed the gold in downhill ski-ing while Apolo Ohno finished the Olympic Games with a total of 8 medals, resulting in him now being the most medaled Winter Olympian in history. Both the men and women’s ice hockey tourna-ments ended in Canada win-ning gold over the U.S.A. The Canadian team won against the U.S. in overtime with the final score of 3-2 and the women won with a score of 2-0. The Olympics ended with a closing ceremony on Febru-ary 28 with lots of entertain-ment and the passing of the Olympic flag from Vancouver to Sochi, Russia, the future hosts of the 2014 Winter Games.
Jovial, Jubilant JuniorsJovial, Jubilant JuniorsJovial, Jubilant JuniorsJovial, Jubilant Juniors By Meghan Royston
Let’s Get Saving With Sarah!
Sarah Elizabeth Hammond, a junior here at Hanover High School, is an outgoing, fun loving, extremely spirited girl. Sarah is everywhere and anywhere when it comes to school functions and has a closet full of clothes for spirit week. One of her favor-ite accessories in that fashionable closet is a Hello Kitty ring that she got off of a cupcake. When asked what she does in her spare time she laughed and said, “What spare time?” Her activities include goal keeping on the varsity field hockey team, mid-distance in track and field, and indoor field hockey. Sarah is proud to announce that she has made 180 saves in field hockey, and by the end of the season next year, she has made it a goal to make 200 saves.
Over The Hill and From Missouri!
Billy Lee Hill, a junior here at HHS, is big into
sports and knows what he wants to do with his life. Billy lived in Norwood, Missouri from the
time he was born up until fifth grade. He moved here to Hanover with his family but has gone back and forth from Hanover to Missouri mainly over the years because his family got homesick.
In Billy’s spare time, he likes to hang out with friends or his girlfriend. He also prac-tices after school for either football or basketball. He has been playing basketball for as long as he can re-member. He has been playing foot-ball since fifth grade, and he played baseball up until his freshman year.
Since Billy is into sports, he doesn’t watch much TV, but he is interested in coun-try music, especially if it is by Jason Aldean.
Billy wants to get into a local trade school for welding or get a scholarship for a sport and go to a four-year college.
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Ask AndiAsk AndiAsk AndiAsk Andi Q: Dear Andi, My parents want me to attend college after I graduate, but I won't push myself to succeed. What shall I do? Signed, Confused Senior A: Dear Confused Senior, If I were
you I wouldn't be so quick to write
off college as "not for me." College
is a completely different environ-
ment than high school is, so don't be
so quick to slam that door of oppor-
tunity. You can meet new people,
take on new challenges, and pretty
much create a whole new world for
yourself. If I were you, I'd at least
try it out before rejecting it com-
pletely. Maybe try a semester or
two, and if you still don't like it or
you aren't doing well, then decide if
college is or isn't for you. By doing
this, you can make your parents
happy by giving it a chance, and you
will be able to make an informed
decision about the subject. Best
wishes!
Q: Dear Andi, I am so sick of guys leading me on, and then turning around and acting as if they have no idea that I even exist! How do I know if a guy is for real or not? Signed, Annoyed A: Dear Annoyed, First I want to
say that if a guy truly likes you, he
won't lead you on and then ignore
you. Some guys may look and act
tough, but those are often the ones
with the softest cores. If you want to
find out if a guy is for real, then just
ask! You may get tongue-tied, you
may trip over your words, and you
may be really nervous, but at least
you'll know the truth.
Q: Dear Andi, I am really happy with my boyfriend, however I am having some issues. Whenever we hang out with his friends, they all act as if I'm not even there. Maybe I'm being childish, but it annoys me that it seems as if I'm not in-cluded. I want to feel as important in his group as I do when we're alone. How should I tell him? Will he think I'm being dumb? Signed, Fly on The Wall A: Dear Fly on The Wall, If he
really cares about you and your
feelings, he won't think that you're
dumb. Being in a relationship is
all about communication, under-
standing, and caring. Just explain
to him that you're feeling as if
you're unimportant and not in-
cluded when the two of you are
with his friends. No one likes to
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Jolly, Jolly Jaide!
Jaide Finfrock, a Junior here at Hanover High School, is hyper, outgoing, fun to be around, and very sparkly- like her sparkly black chucks she adores. Though she thinks she’s a very boring person, she is very busy and rarely has time for friends. Her favorite singer is Lady Gaga and her favorite song to listen to by her is “Bad Romance”. Her favor-ite color is green, not just any green but “the healthy kind of grass green.” Jaide is into cheerleading and has been cheering since middle school and plans to keep cheering until she graduates.
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Get To Know Miss Bair! Get To Know Miss Bair! Get To Know Miss Bair! Get To Know Miss Bair! By Meghan RoystonBy Meghan RoystonBy Meghan RoystonBy Meghan Royston As Miss Sierra Bair fills in
for Mr. Little, our recently retired history teacher, she noticed that she had “big shoes to fill.” She has shown students that change can be good, and she sheds a different light on history for students.
She is fun, enthusiastic, and energetic while teaching American History II and World History. A goal she has for her students is for them to appreciate history and be more aware about current events.
Miss Bair went to South Western School District, graduat-ing in 2004. Her activities included field hockey, softball, key club, student council, and the school board.
She went to Hood College in Fredrick, MD and got her bache-lor’s degree in history. She wants
go back to get her master’s and certi-fication in European history. She was
into softball, she was a class president and a dorm president, and she was also in five of the six honor societies.
Miss Bair taught at Spring Grove last year, teaching twelfth grade American Society and fresh-man Honors US History. She hopes to get a permanent position here at Hanover.
In her spare time she coaches the hurdles and sprints in track and field, and junior varsity softball. She works out at the gym and likes to be with her friends and family. “I am a very family oriented person,” she says.
Some fun facts about Miss Bair are that she has pet peeves about road rage and dishonesty. She has an older brother named Greg who is a resident of Hanover. Her favorite food is chicken parmesan and her favorite dessert is lemon meringue pie.
Someone New On The Block
By Jacki Gourley
Mrs. Seideman is a new HHS sociology teacher that is tak-ing over the two sociology classes for Mr. Kraus who is working as the technology coordinator in the mornings. She has always loved history and sociology, which is why she has become a long term substi-tute for Mr. Kraus’s sociology classes.
Recently married and new to the area, Mrs. Seideman already knows that she really likes Hano-ver. She said, “Hanover is a posi-tive and friendly place.”
She grew up in northern New Jersey in a town called Moun-tain Lakes where she graduated from high school. She received a bachelor’s degree in history at Ithaca College in New York, and her master’s degree in special edu-
cation from the University of New England in Maine.
She used to be very ath-letic. In high school she played
field hockey for four years, softball for three years and played golf in her senior year. At Ithaca College she was on the swim team for four years and became the team captain. She said, “Basically, swimming used to be my life”.
She likes to take her dog, a Border Collie from Puerto Rico named Andie, to dog parks, and she is currently taking a class in cooking and baking.
Her grandmother and mother-in-law are teachers and she feels like she is following in the right footsteps. Even though she has taught middle school, she believes that high school is the best place for her until she gets older. So stop by Mr. Kraus’s room before fifth period and say “Hi” to Mrs. Seideman!
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Poetry CornerPoetry CornerPoetry CornerPoetry Corner
The Bloom By Ashley Lawyer
So many in a room So many chances to bloom,
The pressure rises inside your chest
You see your loved one And your heart leaps out of your chest,
This feeling is painful Yet sweet and free
This is where we are supposed to be
The people stare The other’s dance
This is your last chance For real romance
Good luck to your love, Tonight is the night,
Go make a beautiful sight.
Love’s Absence By Michael Daniel
You were the sun
The moon and the stars You were a comet My Venus and Mars
You were the universe
And I was a man You took me in
And our love began
My heart was gold And your love was sweet
You promised we wont fold, My life complete
A beautiful girl
So amazing and fun I would have never known That you shot like a gun
Our days went by I grew to believe
Without you I’d die And my heart with me
Though eventually it happened
And I cried a sea I always had wondered If you thought of me
And now I sit here I’m grateful and free You found love again
But my heart’s…not with me
Did You Know? April is National Poetry Month! It has been since 1996!
Prediction Differences Amongst The
Groundhogs By Meghan Royston
As Groundhog Day rolled around on Tuesday, February 2, 2010, some groundhogs saw their shadows, but some did not. Though Punxsutawney Phil and Dover Doug saw their shadows and claim there is going to be six more weeks of this frigid weather, that wasn’t the case with other groundhogs.
York’s Poor Richard and Mount Wolf’s Susque-hanna Sherman predicted that there will not be more of this winter weather.
The groundhog from New York, Staten Island Chuck, failed to see his shadow and predicts that there will be beautiful flowers.
Breaking that tie in the end, the conclusion was that there will not be six more weeks of winter.
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Valentine’s Day Celebrations Around The World By Danielle Brown
Valentine’s Day is one of the most celebrated holidays of the year. As Americans celebrate Val-entine’s Day by buying flowers, cards, and boxes of chocolates for the ones they care about and love, they celebrate love and friendship on Valentine’s Day. Many countries all around the world have their own traditions and cultural ways. The Chinese, and South Koreans spend the most money on Valentine’s Day by buying Valen-tine’s gifts. In South Korea and Ja-pan women give chocolate to men on February 14th and men give non-chocolate candies to women on March14th. In China, the common tradition is that the men give choco-late, flowers, or both to the women that they love. In Vietnam, couples wear costumes having the same color and style. In Europe, the French cele-
brate Valentine’s Day by focusing on the couples and the romantic partnerships be-tween people. They used to celebrate with a partner pair-up, which is when single men and women entered houses that faced opposite of each other and call to one another until they pair off as a couple, until it got banned by the French government. In Denmark and Norway, Feb. 14 is known as “Valentinsdag” and people eat a ro-mantic dinner or give a red rose to their partner. In the UK a character named Jack Valentine” knocks on the door of houses and leaves sweets. Iran celebrates Valentine’s Day by buying gifts. Lebanese people celebrate Valentine’s Day by sending cards, roses, and balloons. Many of them go out for romantic dinners.
Saudi Arabians aren’t allowed to celebrate Valentine’s Day items such as cards, flowers, chocolates, and any red items that would have to do with Valentine’s Day. It was banned because the day was consid-ered as a non-Islamic holiday. This ban created a black market for roses and wrapping paper. In Central and South Amer-ica, Valentine’s Day is known as “Dia del Amour y la Amis-tad” (“Day of Love and Friend-ship”). It is similar to the U.S. ver-sion in many ways but it is common to see people do acts of kindness for their friends. The “Amigo se-creto” (“Secret friend”) is a tradition where the participant is randomly assigned a recipient who is given an anonymous gift. However it is celebrated, the world could use a few more days like this, where love and kind-ness are the focus of the day!
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A Wee Bit About Saint Patrick’s DayA Wee Bit About Saint Patrick’s DayA Wee Bit About Saint Patrick’s DayA Wee Bit About Saint Patrick’s Day
By Carly Fuhrman
Every year on March 17, St. Patrick’s Day is celebrated. Many people don’t know who St. Pat-rick was, why
this day is celebrated, or what the true meaning is. Saint Patrick was a Brit-ish man that lived in the fourth and fifth centuries who brought Christianity to Ireland. He strug-gled throughout his life after be-ing taken as a prisoner at age16 by Irish raiders that attacked his family’s land. Patrick was taken to Ireland and worked as a shep-herd. He was afraid and turned to his religion, Christianity, for relief. St. Patrick eventually es-caped and left Ireland to return to
Britain. Afterwards, he went back to Ireland as a missionary to convert the Irish. St. Patrick’s Day is celebrated on March 17 because he was believed to have died that day in approximately 460 A.D. There are a few symbols that go with the celebration such as shamrocks, a snake, a leprechaun, and corned beef. The shamrock gets its meaning from the idea of the Trinity. St. Patrick used this to portray the image of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit with each being a leaf on the shamrock. A snake is seen as the idea of Patrick “banishing the snakes” in Ireland. This con-cept really means the cleansing of Ireland and bringing in Christianity. There really are no
snakes in Ireland. Corned beef is used as meal with cabbage to bring together loved ones. Origi-nally Irish bacon was used, but it was too expensive for the Irish-American immigrants so the Irish looked to their Jewish neighbors and learned about a cheaper substitute, corned beef. The leprechaun origi-nated from the Celtic folklore and belief of fairies that used powers to provide evil or good. Oddly enough, a lepre-chaun had nothing to do with St. Patrick’s Day at all. It was simply the American invention of Walt Disney in his movie “Darby O’Gill and the Little People” and is a symbol now associated with this holiday.
Student Council UpdateStudent Council UpdateStudent Council UpdateStudent Council Update By Sarah Hammond
Hey there HHS! So much has taken place over the past marking period and there are plenty more activities planned for the final marking period! (Woot woot!) Your Hanover High School Student Council has been sending representatives to babysit at Clear-view Elementary PTO meeting nights held once a month. It’s a fun way for us to lend a helping hand through interacting with members of our community! We’ve also had the great pleasure of planning numerous pep rallies for both the winter sports teams and more recently, to get our guys’ basketball team (and fans!) pumped up for Districts…
The 3-peat against Delone!..And for our first trip to the State Play-offs against Imhotep Charter School! Spirit Week included wacky, eclectic Spirit Days where each student who dressed up earnd one point per day that they dressed up, for their class total! The class with the most points at the end of the week (after the Penny Wars and pep rally activities) was the ultimate winner of a pizza party paid by Student Council. Also, the Penny War going on during lunches all week was a huge battle for points! Many students made sure that they put pennies in THEIR class’s slot and SILVER COINS/BILLS in the slots of the
OTHER Classes’ (pennies are positive points, where as all other forms of currency are negative points). During Spirit week, tickets were sold to nominate three mem-bers of the administration to be pied in the face at the pep rally! Tickets cost one for $.50; two for $1.00 and/or 5 for $2.00!! A ticket was drawn from each of the winning teachers’ bags and that person was the one to pie the teacher in the face. Many helped out this fantastically fun cause. All profits will be donated to help fight Cystic Fibrosis. We will be hosting the first annual “Hanover Idol” which
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From Mr. Harnish...
On Monday, March 1, 2010, seniors Carley Muntz and Brittany Weckesser completed the re-quirements to graduate from the HACC Certified Nurses Aide (CNA) Training Program. These two aspiring nurses, along with students from South Western High School, were required to attend 104-hours of class work, plus a 4-day clinical at the Homewood at Plum Creek Retirement Community in Hanover. Upon successful completion of the necessary exam through the State of Pennsylvania, both students will be licensed Certified Nursing Assistants. The purpose of this course is to provide the long-term care nurse aide trainee with a basic level of knowledge and skills needed to care for an elderly resident/client as set forth by the profession of nurs-ing and regulated by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. This program is offered in both the fall and spring to seniors at Hanover High School.
Congratulations to Carley and Brittany on all of their hard work!
Certified Nursing Assistants– Brittany and Carley
Intro To Manufacturing
On Wednesday, January 20th, Troy Schrum and Tyler Yohe, along with their "Band of Brothers" from South Western High School, impressed a record crowd of business leaders at a Hanover Chamber of Commerce breakfast. Troy and Tyler had recently completed the Introduction to Manufacturing course, offered through HACC-Gettysburg, during the fall semester to Hanover High School seniors. Both students displayed their knowledge and leadership- congratulations Troy and Tyler!
The Introduction to Manufacturing Program (ITM) is a collaboration between the Hanover Chamber, HACC-Gettysburg, local businesses and local schools. ITM educates students about to-day's business environment and career pathways that exist in manufacturing. The students com-plete 5-weeks of coursework, followed by 10-weeks of on-site learning within local businesses, fol-lowed by more coursework. Students earn high school credit and may choose to take the course for college credit as well.
Troy and Tyler would like to thank not only the Hanover Chamber and HACC, but also the following businesses for their participation in this program: Elsner Engineering Works, Leonhardt Manufactur-ing, McClarin Plastics, R.H.Sheppard, Snyder's of Hanover, SKF, and Utz Quality Foods, Inc.
Birds of PlayBirds of PlayBirds of PlayBirds of Play By Chelsea Hatch
At the beginning of the year, a group of students from Mrs. Smith’s speech class were asked to come together with Mr. George Matthew in a production for elementary students throughout Hanover. These “Birds of Play” focused on two different stories that each taught a valuable lesson about being who you are.
The Birds of Play went to Clearview, Hanover, and Washington Street Elementary schools to perform. After performing for them, each participating student went backstage with the elementary students and spoke to them about the performances and what they learned.
All in all, the Birds of Play was a success. Both students and teachers were happy with the performances and would love to see them continue in the years come.
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Above:
French III celebrates Mardi Gras
with a Kings Cake. Jaide finds the
baby and must provide the cake next
year!
Below: BJ Wentz shows off his hard
work on his refurbished truck for his
Senior Project.
18 AP Literature Students Enter The AP Literature Students Enter The AP Literature Students Enter The AP Literature Students Enter The
World of Jane AustenWorld of Jane AustenWorld of Jane AustenWorld of Jane Austen
By Charissa Morgan
It is a truth univer-sally acknowledged that an AP English student near-ing the end of the year must want to read Pride
and Prejudice. But, such was not the case for Hano-ver’s senior AP students.
When first introduced to the world of the confident Elizabeth Bennet and the mysterious Mr. Darcy in Jane Austen’s renowned British classic, a groan echoed throughout Mrs. Smith’s room. However, after spending the third marking period laughing with, or at, memorable characters, relating with the struggles of relation-ships, and longing for a British accent, most stu-dents would secretly admit
they enjoyed the world of Pride and Prejudice. In celebration of the novel’s completion, the AP class shared insights of the book while indulging themselves with delicious hot tea and homemade scones with lemon curd topping and Devonshire cream. All prejudice put aside, these AP students can now be proud to say they’ve properly completed a Jane Austen classic.
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A Legacy Here and Not So Gone By Cassandra Balek
Most of you knew Mr. Steve Little or saw his smiling face throughout the halls of Hanover High. Mr. Little was the World History teacher and taught in room 151, which now belongs to Miss Bair. Even though Mr. Little is, and forever will be a Nighthawk, he was once a Squire. Yes Mr. Little graduated from Delone in 1964. After graduating he went to St. Vincent College for Art History, then to Maryland for Liberal Arts and had 60 and more credits of graduate work. He taught for forty-two years! For Mr. Little the most changes in the school since he started are technol-ogy. He said that there has been more technology in the past five to ten years than in the previous thirty years. In the recent years, Moodle, Smart Boards, and lap tops have entered into our lives. The Xerox photo copy ma-chine made a big positive dif-ference compared to the old mimeograph machines. He also said that in the past, the school was not inte-grated and there was always a full auditorium because there were more students here. He thinks that we should have ca-ble TV back in the classroom, the school used to have its own TV station. When asked about the negatives and positives that he has seen over the years, he had so much to say. “The
negatives are no one's fault in particular. The faculty and administration is great but the rapid turnover of new people was a difficult change
to get used to. Having a small student body is a good and a bad thing. It’s good for people that wouldn't have a chance in a big school, they would have a chance here to participate in extra curricu-lars," Mr. Little stated. The negatives are just that the school can't offer as many classes as they want. "I like the idea of a small school, I’ve never been anywhere else". He thinks the stu-dents are great and are bet-ter now then when he first started. The students are re-spectful and there is just a big change in homework, students seem to like pro-jects better than homework. “It’s an exciting time," Mr. Lit-tle said while talking about all the new things at HHS. What will Mr. Little be
doing after he leaves the halls of HHS? He enjoys go-ing to Potter County where he camps and hunts. He plans to travel and do some
home projects. He wants to get a dog, maybe a Springer Spaniel. He also is con-sidering a part-time ca-reer in something or he might like the freedom of being able to do whatever. He is on the substitute list, so we might see him in our halls from time to time. He will also still be coaching football and be attending school held events. Mr. Little
was also offered a position at McDaniel College as being a supervisor for student teach-ing and he also wants to help out graduate students. . When asked what he was going to miss he said, "I'm going to miss the day to day thing, and I’ll miss the kids and the faculty.” Mr. Little may have retired, but he is not gone forever. Not only will he be in substituting, but there is a part of him in every faculty member and student that he talked to. Mr. Little is one of a kind and he will be missed by the Hanover Public School District. Thank you Mr. Little for all the years you spent with us and we wish you the best of luck.
Chalkboard Chatter:Chalkboard Chatter:Chalkboard Chatter:Chalkboard Chatter: Say YES to Playing Multiple SportsSay YES to Playing Multiple SportsSay YES to Playing Multiple SportsSay YES to Playing Multiple Sports
By Mr. Jason Potts
Way back in the Dark Ages, when teacher’s like my-self were in high school, there was an unwritten rule that one would never only play one
sport in school. T h e t h eo r y w a s that if y o u partici-pated in
one sport, and benefitted from that sport, you owed it to your fellow students and to the spirit of the school to partici-pate in another sport (or two). Perhaps it is just a change in our society, or a change in what the student’s of today value, but as a coach many years removed from my high school days, I see a wor-risome trend in schools, and here at Hanover. It seems that more and more students have committed to participating in only one sport. Initially, looking at the choice of playing only one sport from an individual standpoint one can see that there are some positives: stu-dents practice only that sport, the student’s sport-specific skill level increases, etc. However, I would like to dis-cuss the negatives of this choice. First, if Hanover HS was a large AAA or AAAA
school, then a student’s choice of playing only one sport would not have such an impact on other sports. This is not the case here today. Hanover HS is a borderline AA school, meaning that we are barely above a single A school in size. What this means in a nutshell is that the decision a student makes about participating (or not participating) in extracur-ricular activities directly af-fects ALL activities here at Hanover. As a former student-athlete, I fully understand and appreciate the commitment a student puts into their sport; the long summer hours, the
camps and the hours in the weight room in order to im-prove them-selves and their sport. I applaud any participa-
tion, even participation from those students who choose only one sport to commit them-selves to. However, as a coach at Hanover, I can tell you with-out question that choosing only one sport to play is decimating our ability to field the best teams that we possibly can. Contrary to my intimi-dating appearance (which I hear sometimes frightens stu-dents-sorry about that!) I am a kind of person who likes to
talk with students and hear their views on things. I often hear rumors to the effect that students do not play a par-ticular sport because the team “is not any good”. In my opinion this is a defeatist atti-tude. It seems that today if people are faced with any kind of adversity, they would rather avoid it than face it. That is not how you need to live your life, and it is cer-tainly not the way I grew up believing in. I believe that kids today think the same way I do; they just need a bit of guidance. Story Time: Back in 1985, Eastern HS was in the middle of a 0-63 losing streak in football. 1985 was my first year as a v a r s i t y p l a y e r . We had 27 kids on the team. All 27 chose to make a difference, and we did just that. We went 3-7 that year, the first win com-ing against mighty Susque-hannok HS. We had a police escort all the way back to Eastern HS that night, where it seemed the entire commu-nity was waiting for us. This was a great moment in my life as I felt that I had done something worthy. I want
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the student-athletes at Hano-ver to have this same feeling. When I was in high school, I played three sports (football, wrestling and base-ball). I also lifted in my off time for my own benefit, and for the benefit of the teams I played for. This was some-thing that was considered im-portant to do. Three sport ath-letes are rare today, but I would argue that three sport athletes set fine examples for the student body. For example, I will name a three-sport student-athlete that I know well: Jake Goodfellow. Jake is a quar-terback for the football team, a basketball player, and now a
(Continued from page 20) runner in track. He also main-tains good grades and sets an example of proper behavior. I applaud him and those like him who participate in multiple sports. I would also like to acknowledge the fact that this spring there are many new faces in spring sports, includ-ing several basketball players that finished a very long and successful season. While I find this encouraging for Hanover, we are not where we need to be yet as far as maxi-mum participation from the student body. I encourage everyone at Hanover to participate in multiple sports. There is an old saying that I feel is true:
“You are only as strong as your weakest link”. The more students that participate in sports, the stronger our teams become. With maxi-mum participation, our weak-nesses become strengths. I call on all students to join up and help your teammates de-fend the Orange and Black. Go Nighthawks!
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feel left out, so just tell him how
you feel!
Q: Dear Andi, My best friend- whom I have known since kinder-garten- and I like the same girl. I don't want to lose my best friend over a girl, but I really like her. What should I do? Signed, Torn A: Dear Torn, Don't give up a
much-valued friendship over a
girl. You have been friends for far
too long to end it over something
so trivial. If either of you pursue
this girl behind the other's back, it
is only going to end badly in the
long run. Having a lifelong
friendship is more important than
a couple-week-long relationship
anyway. Stick by your bud.
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Chalkboard Chatter Continued ...
will be held in the HHS Auditorium on Sunday May 28th. So show off those talented vocal chords and tryout or come and support your peers! This event will be open to all schools in the Hanover Public School District. Mini-THON Update: Due to some interesting weather and other factors, we’ve had to postpone our annual Mini-THON to May 14, 2010. So continue to raise that money until that date! And for those of you who couldn’t make it before but can now, awesome!! Stop by Mrs. Gomulka’s room for details and a packet. Invite your friends and hope to see you ALL there!
Student Council Update (Continued from page 15)
Opinions expressed are those of
the authors and do not reflect the posi-
tion of The Orange and Black.
The Orange and Black is an open
forum for the students and staff at
HHS. We welcome all appropriate
viewpoints.
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Drama Night 2010 By Erika Ayres
Hanover’s annual play competition took place on Thursday, February 18, after be rescheduled due to the snow. Drama Night is a play competition between the freshman, sophomores, juniors and seniors where each grade performs a 30-minute play for the audi-ence and judges. This year’s judges included high school prin-cipal Mr. Samuelson, re-tired English teacher Mrs. Stevie Little, and Mr. Chris Storm, a 2005 graduate of Hanover. Drama Night was advised by Mrs. Miller, a retired English teacher of Hanover.
Awards such as best actor and best actress are awarded to actors with lead roles. Other awards include cameo awards, best play, and best direc-tor. The freshman play, “Twitch,” was directed by Tyler Hahn. It starred Cul-len Rosenbrien, Lindsay Bowersox, Clay Richard and Lily Tran. The play was about a new couple moving in from next door and the husband had an odd twitch. In the end he gives birth to an alien. Lily Tran was awarded best ac-tress runner-up for her per-formance as Nancy. The sophomore’s took on “The Imperfect Proposal” as their one act
play. The plot of the show was about a man trying to propose to his girlfriend, but kept getting interrupted by other people. Tyler Baldwin received a cameo award for his humor-ous perform-
ance as an old man. The junior play was called “The Amazing Quinn” and was written by Aaron Smith, a 2009 graduate of Hanover. The show was directed by Lo-ganne Storm. Chris Zink won a cameo award for his role as Quinn. “A Competition Piece” was performed by the senior class. It was di-rected by Gabi Rosenbrien and Marlee Hansford. The seniors won best play for the third year in a row. Josh Cartwright was award best actor, with Gabi Rosenbrien as best actor runner-up. Charissa Morgan was awarded best actress for her role as Sue and Tanner Bowersox re-ceived a cameo award for his role as Hunter. Good job to all the actors who participated and thank you to everyone who came out. If you missed Drama Night, be sure to come to the spring musical, “Once Upon a Mattress,” on March 26 and 27.
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From Mr. Harnish… Have any plans for the summer? Know what you want to do in the future? Interested in a 2-week camp to explore jobs and career options within the Hanover area, meet students from other schools, take amazing field trips, and eat for free?
The 2010 “Career Camp” is heading your way for 8-days this summer: Monday-Thursday, June 21-24 & Monday-Thursday, June 28-July 1
Last year we had a great group of students from HHS and South Western HS and we hope that you can join us this year for more fun. Additional information will be coming to you in your classes as well as flyers in the mail.
If you are interested in learning more about the camp, please see:
25 HHS Art News
By Mrs. Sam Little
March is designated as Youth Arts Month and Hanover High School celebrated this event in several ways. During the month of March the Hanover Area Arts Guild, located at 32 Carlisle St hosted the 29th annual student art show. Artwork from local middle and high schools was on display the entire month of March. Bermudian, Delone, South West, Fairfield, Gettysburg, Littlestown, New Oxford, Spring Grove and Hanover School Districts all had work in this show. Sixteen stu-dents from Hanover High school had their work on display at the guild. HHS is participating in another show at the Susque-hanna Arts Museum, in Harrisburg. Unlike the guild show, in it’s 29th year, this will be the first show for this event. Stephen Koons, an art teacher at Hershey High School, conceived Artistic Expressions. In the fall of 09, Mr. Koons attempted to locate and gather as many high school art teachers as possible. Mrs. Sara Little attended several of these meetings and it was then decided that the first show would be comprised of art from the schools that were represented at these meetings. There are approximately ten schools repre-sented from Hershey to Fairfield and many in between. We were fortunate to secure the S.A.M. to hold this
show. S.A.M. is a professional gallery and we are thrilled that the following students will have their work displayed in such a beautiful facility: Dona To-lic, Gabi Rosenbrien, Charissa Morgan, Morgan Wernet and Veronica Ibanez. Artistic Expressions opened on March 3 and will run until the end of April. The artist’s reception is to be held on Sunday, April 11 from 1-4. The Susque-hanna Art Museum is located at 301 Market Street, Harrisburg. You can visit their site at www.sqart.org. This year six works of art from three art students were sent digitally for adjudication to National Scho-lastic in the region -at -large category. We were in-formed by letter in late February that all three stu-dents each received Gold Keys in the regional com-petition. Out of more than 165,000 entries, only 639 artworks from the Region-at-Large earned Gold Key recognition this year. The following Hanover High School students re-ceived a Gold Key: Charissa Morgan- Painting, Gabi Rosenbrien- Drawing, Molly Steinmetz- Design/Illustration These three pieces are now automatically forwarded to the national-level for judging.
NAHS Update By Annie Pope
What has National Art Honor Society (NAHS) done in honor of the arts so far this year? Back during Halloween NAHS helped children participating in Student Council’s “Nightmare on Moul Avenue” make crafts. The crafts created were “pin wheels,” made with Halloween pencils and paper. Hanover senior, Kayla Kelly, remembers the night saying, “The pinwheels were a big hit.” Then during the month of December for the biggest holiday of the year, NAHS sold Christmas or-naments. These ornaments weren’t just any old kind. They were person-alized with a picture of your choice. Anyone could buy one; all one had
to do was submit a clear photo of their choice to be produced as a Christmas ornament. A gentleman who was presented with one as a gift asked the person whom he received it from what company or organization they had to go to for the ornament to be made; and was excited to hear it was bought in support of Hanover’s NAHS. At our latest event, the pro-ceeds all benefited the Haiti effort by the Red Cross. With a successful amount raised by selling baked goods, other snacks, and fruit punch during the intermission of Drama Night on Feb. 18. Color Week is being held during the week of March 22 in rec-
ognition of “Youth Art Month.” Please listen to the announcements to find out what colors coordinate with each day and how to enter for a pos-sible prize. Like what you hear, but aren’t taking an art class and passing with an 87% or higher, with a 3.0 overall GPA, to become a member of NAHS? Then just become a member of Mrs. Smith’s Art Club, once you are a member you may participate in any activity NAHS is hosting. Remember what Anne Tucker said, “All art requires cour-age,” and you must try if you’re ever going to know if you have the cour-age in you.
26 Orange and Black Retro Orange and Black Retro Orange and Black Retro Orange and Black Retro Recently, The Orange and Black staff has acquired the archives of existing newspapers– some of which date as early as 1904. Before our newspaper was given the name The Orange
and Black, it was called The Hanoverian. We thought we would share some of these articles and pictures from decades passed. What was taken very seriously then may seem very comical to us today. Check it out!
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Mother’s Little Boy
By Christian Torres
My mother and I dragged our restless legs across rail road tracks. I held my torn teddy tightly, for it being my only prized posses-sion. After walking miles away from my home, I began to hear the bustling crowd of business men and labor-ers. The country air quickly thickened into a black sheet of chocking smoke. A feeling of anx-iousness quickly over-whelmed me, about whatever might go on after this day. “I-I love you mum.” I mumbled, shedding a tear or two as I stepped closer towards my pre-determined destiny. She looked back into my brown eyes; I knew she felt remorse about everything that had oc-curred to the both of us. Being one of many sons and daugh-ters, with a mother playing the role of a father also had its continuous difficulties. This has made her grow frail and exhausted, since her life has been totally spent at the mill. There came a time when she became my boss, hence being forced to beat me if my work wasn’t done right. After work hours she would apologize by kissing my wounds better and promising a better tomorrow, as I sobbed in pain.
“I’ll always lo-” My eyes grew enormously as I waited for her to finally tell me she loved me. My heart skipped a beat--is she really going to say it?! Am I fi-
nally going to hear those magi-cal words I have endlessly dreamt about? Sadly, a deafen-ing shriek from the incoming train shattered the moment; I clenched my teddy’s arm in frus-tration. “C-come visit me when you’ve turned out t-to be a suc-cessful man…” Mother chuckled under her breath with uncer-tainty, as to doubt my slim chances of a bright future. The train halted, crowds of strangers flooded out with their luggage. I took in a deep breath turned away from my mother’s tears and headed off to the train. I would have never thought that I would be adopted
at the age of four. But it’s for the best of us; she can no longer support me with a rock bottom wage purposely kept low. Be-cause of this cruelty, we would sometimes spend a couple days without a loaf of bread or even a
sip of water. And so, it has become my goal to rescue my dying mother and family from poverty, and grant them the life that has been long overdue. The train roared as it sped through the landscape, while grow-ing further apart from the small village I’ve called a home. I’m now headed towards my new family, new
mother, new father, and new sib-lings; in the exchange of a life fulfilled with labor…or is it? Am I actually trading my mother’s love for education and a prosperous life?
My only possession is this teddy that to any other child would be considered a toy. But to me, it means the beaten bond between mother and child. As its little hands are losing its threads and cotton, and eyes have been lost for a while, I still hang on to it tight as my lifeline. I only hope that the little bits that are still hanging on, like the love for my ill mother, act as my candle when it’s dark.
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