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The May 2012 issue of the Cardinal Columns, student newspaper at Fond du Lac High School. For more news, see us online at www.cardinalcolumns.org.
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2 Also Inside...Tupac’s HologramMother’s DayYouth Service Day
NBA PlayoffsThe Art ShowAmerican Reunion
Extra School DaysWempner’s Recital“Flash Back”
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A Day of Remembrance, Memorial Originally named “ D e c o r a t i o n Day”, Memorial
Day is a day to remember. Memorial Day’s date was decided by General John Logan on May 5, 1868, and was first observed on May 30, 1868 when flowers were laid on the graves of both Union and Confederate soldiers at Arlington Cemetery. There are
over two dozen cities and towns that claim to be the birthplace of Memorial Day, but Waterloo, New York was officially declared as Memorial Day’s birthplace by President Lyndon Johnson in May of 1966. Every year over Memorial Weekend, there are people who leave their home and do something. From camping to car shows, there will be something for every-
body wanting to make plans, have a good time, and, of course, remember the people that had fought and died for our country. “Every year I go to a car show in Oma-ro,” says high school spanish teacher Se-ñora Clumpner. “That is where I met my husband.” “We don’t do anything for Memorial Day,” said sophomore Danny Pichette.
by Brittany EckerStaff Writer
Eddie Wick and his mother
Mother’s DayAlong with other holidays, May brings us Mother’s Day, a day to maybe spend time with your mother or grandmother, or maybe just to help your mom out around the house. At Fondy, there are lots of different events done on Mother’s Day.
“Mothers deserve a day that is all about them. Says Sammie
Marquard, “I go out to eat with my mom and buy her a
few presents on Mother’s Day.”
“Every year, on Mother’s Day, my mom, my grand-
ma and I go out to eat at McDonalds.” Mariah
Sodermark sophomore at Fondy High.
“On Mother’s Day, my family does extra chores around the house to keep it clean so my mom doesn’t have to worry about it. I like to do it and so does my brother and sister.” Eddie Wick.
“On Mother’s Day, my mom and I hang out, maybe do some shopping, and drink
some Starbucks.” Ash-ley Osypowski.
“On Mother’s Day, for my mom I will be giv-ing her peace and quiet for the day, hard to believe, I know,” said Jared Leathers. “I will also be finding the 10 seasons of “Friends” for her and a couple other movies to go with that, and to end the day, I will make her a bowl of Coco Wheats, which she loves!
“ On Mother’s Day, I don’t do anything specific with my mom, either we walk the dog, go out to eat, watch a movie.” Andrea Dawson,
Andrea Dawson and her mom
Ashley Osypowki and her mom
“On Mother’s Day, I give my mom a big, fat, juicy kiss!” Said Samantha Flores.
Bergen Van Riperstaff writer
“On Mother’s Day, I try to be extra nice for my mom and make her breakfast and give her a foot rub. I also try to spend the day with her and have fun. My mom and I don’t have a great rela-tionship so I try to do anything I can to make Mother’s Day special.” says Miranda Freeman.
Mariah Sodermark, and her mom
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At Parkside Elementary School on April 20, storytime began. It was the quietest time of the day, but once storytime was over the noise level grew as project time began. Wind sockets were on the slate for that afternoon; as they reached for either green or purple con-struction paper, the student volunteers couldn’t hand it out fast enough. A fish went on the front with a googly eye and streamer to top it off. By the time the project was completed it was the end of the day, and it was time to make thank you letters for the helpers. Good byes and hugs for everyone. Parkside was much different than the scene back at Fondy High. While most students were sit-ting in class, 71 students were mak-ing kindergarten through second grade kids’ Friday afternoon fun. “I think Youth Service Day went great for me at Parkside! I en-joyed it there both years I went for it. I liked working with kids and doing projects with them,” says Haley Ilkenhanes, a senior. “And getting to know them and interacting is always fun if you like kids that age.” Youth Service Day is an an-nual campaign that mobilizes millions of youth to celebrate
and serve their community. Established in 1988, it is one of the longest-lasting service events in the world. Youth Ser-vice Day took place around the
world from April 20-22 in over 100 countries. “I had a lot of fun that day with the other students helping out and I am really glad I did Youth Service Day again this year,” says Meganne Shady, a senior. This year there were about 300 juniors and seniors that participated in Youth Service
Day. According to Mrs. Jos-lin, we have been doing youth service day for about 10 years. Some of the sites students helped at were Parkside and
Water Elementary Schools where helping helped a small group of students. At Rienzi Cemetery helped they locate grave-stone of veterans. The YMCA helpers cleaned the gymnastic area. At Woodland Assisted living home they played bingo. At St. Peter athletics they cleaned and organized the
concession stand, and for Adopt A Highway they cleaned a stretch of Highway 23. “It’s a wonderful opportu-nity for students to give back to their community,” says Mrs. Joslin, one of the leaders of Youth Service Day. “Many students enjoy volunteering so much that they decide to join key club to serve in other vol-unteer areas.”
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“I had a lot of fun that day with the other students helping out and I am really glad I did Youth Ser-vice day again this year,”
Meganne Shady
Cardinal ColumnsFond du Lac High SchoolFond du Lac, WI 54935
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At Parkside Elementary School helping with a project.
by Natalee OlsonStaff Writer
Youth Service Day
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At Fond du Lac High School helping put together the water fountain in the courtyard
At Parkside Elementary School helping with media class.
One Enchanted
EveningProm 2012
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Shelby Joyce and Lizzy Oulton pose for a picture in their fashionable prom dresses.
Prom is nearly here! The time in which our seniors get one last chance to attend a high school dance. A lot of planning goes into it, though, especially for the girls. It’s one of the only chances (besides your wed-ding day) that you can wear practically any dress you want. It’s a big decision, and girls spend months dress hunting, trying on, and putting together the perfect look. Trends are really shifting this year, and we see something pretty new and mod-ern coming in: high-low dresses. If you haven’t seen them, high-lows are where the front of the dress is significantly shorter than the back. For prom, some dress-es are even homecoming-short in the front, and then prom-long in the back. Like last year, cut-outs in dresses are extremely popular for girls that want to go for more of a sultry look than a Cinder-ella one. Bare backs and exposed waists are making an appearance on more fit-ted dresses, and really can be flatter-ing and classy if dressed the right way. Bright colors are popping up every-where, especially neons. A few years back, you would only see neutrals and modest colors, now the brighter,
the better. Bright pinks, blues, and greens will make for a sea of colors at this year’s prom. And of course, the more bling, the bet-ter. Sequins, gems, and
stones are being em-
broidered on almost every dress. Whether it’s a sequined neckline, or an
e m b e l -l ished empire w a i s t , e v e r y girl can
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some-t h i n g t h e y l o v e w i t h a little sparkle. So w h e t h -er you c h o o s e a pink dress, or a b l a c k
dress; a mod-est cut, or an exposing cut;
an ex- tremely sparkly dress, or a more plain design, make prom one of the best days of your life. You only have your senior prom once in your life (most like-ly) and you should enjoy every minute of it! -Kayla Marcoe, Staff Writer
Belles of the Ball
It’s that time of year again, when love is in the air. No, it’s not Val-entine’s Day; it’s prom 2012! “One Enchanted Evening” may throw a dark twist to the typically roman-tic ambience of prom, but none-theless, Fondy’s senior boys bring out their creative, or sometimes sappy, side when it is time to get themselves a date for the night.
Ultimate Proposals or Cheesy Invitations?
Senior Jay Lichman asked one of his closest friends, Courtney Joyce, to prom over the 6th hour announcements. “I was so embarrassed, but he’s one of my best friends, of course I said yes. It will be a fun night,” said Courtney.
On the extremely romantic side, Matt Berka made dinner for his girl-friend Mandy Schmidt, and then conti-uned with the evening by s e r e n a d i n g her just be-fore asking her to prom. C o u r t n e y Rademann came home to glow-sticks in the front y a r d spelling out “Prom?” by Riley Hal-taufderheide.
Jake Diener made his date, Kelie Reimer, a tie blanket, laid it on her bed and put glow and the dark letters on it also spelling out “Prom?”... along with a picture of himself.
Courtney Rademann and Riley Haltaufderheide, and Kelie Re-imer and Jake Diener.
Around 3 o’clock on May 5th, it was chaos in our household. Curling irons were heated up at every plug, hair spray filled the air, and 3 girls crowded around one mirror applying make up. Most girls who were getting ready together for prom prob-ably had a similar experience. Each girl had put their dresses on together, zipping and tying and clipping the extravagant backs that make each dress unique. She had come down the stairs and pulled her date’s boutineers out of the fridge to pin to his tux. The girls’ dates met their par-ents, slipped the corsage on their wrists and posed for pictures. He
escorted her to the unusually fan-cy car, which he proabably bor-rowed from his dad for the night, and took off to group pictures. When the whole group was to-gether, everyone posed and smiled until their cheeks hurt. The girls showed off their shoes and their backs, and everyone marveled at how well the guys cleaned up. Their tuxes matched their dates, and everyone was in an excited but proper mood. Din-ner was formal but memorable, and the memories made of their last senior dance will last forever. -Sydney Inks, Editor-in-Chief
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Senior Prom, Not Junior
The name “senior prom” doesn’t have the word ‘senior’ in it for nothing. Our school is so large that not every grade is able to attend. Prom is supposed to be a special night for seniors. The theme this year is “The Enchanted Forest,” similar to Alice In Wonderland. There’s a lot of people who have different opinions on who should and should not be allowed to go to our prom here at Fondy High. Other schools such as Springs and Campbellsport have a junior/senior prom but that is because those schools are much smaller. However, If you have a boyfriend/girlfriend from a different school or differ-ent grade, more power to you- they may
attend if they have a senior date. Prom has always been known as a romantic night to spend with your loved one. Bethanie Harris, a senior here at Fondy High said, “I think it’s rude that school doesn’t allow you to bring who you want. It usually results in negative feelings to-wards our school and prom.” It’s not your fault if you fall in love with/are dating someone much older, much younger, or from a different school. People with a boyfriend/girlfriend not from this school or this grade have gotten very upset with our policy. “I think that you should be allowed to bring whoever you want to prom upon
a good reason. I think we definitely still should do background checks, but it’s one thing that you look back on in high school and everyone should be able to enjoy it and cherish it,” says senior Courtney Rade-mann. Senior Jake Diener stated, “Underclass-men should not be allowed at prom con-sidering the fact that they consumed alco-hol last year just to fit in.” To everyone going to this year’s prom, have fun and be safe.
-Gina Carlone, Staff Writer
So, who IS allowed at prom?
The DJ this year, Michael Mathweg, wasn’t really up to standards. He played music popular to students in, well, 8th grade. “He was streaming music from You-tube, DJ’s don’t do that,” said Cody Mi-chler, a senior who has experience being a DJ. Some songs, like those from the Backstreet Boys, made some students confused on what to do with themselves. The good part about the music was
that people were able to relive old memories of previous dances or just a funny moment they had while hearing that song. It was cool to see everyone and their friends in a little circle danc-ing, laughing, and having fun. Next year hopefully they will hire a more experi-enced DJ.
-Leah Wempner, Staff Writer
A group poses for pictures at Pete Mingle’s.
Prizes were given out at the end of the night. The biggest prizes given out were the mopeds and iPads. Maria Zompolas, Erin Weston and Tyler Williams won the mo-peds. Emily Riese and Matt Schnell won the iPads. Beth Kimball won the apartment starter pack-age. Alex Latourneau won a bike. Many students were spot-ted playing poker and blackjack, while others were seen eating the free and appetizing food that was served or in the gymnasium tak-ing pictures in the photo booth, playing ping pong or other games. “The committee spent a lot of time and effort to make Post Prom a safe and enjoyable event for everyone,” Mrs. Burns-John-son says, “and from all appear-ances it was a rousing success.” With the help of many par-ents and teachers, post prom turned out to be a good end to the night for everyone. -Ashley Scarpita, Staff Writer
Not So Hot DJ
Winner, Winner, Chicken Dinner
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“Dance has been such a big part of my life since I was a little girl. I’ve loved every min-ute of it, and love all of the dance girls. I’m gonna miss it sooo much!” says Mallory Mihelich, senior. Mallory is one of many girls who “graduated” from Wempner’s School of Dance. Most of the girls have been dancing since they were only 4 years old. Growing as a class, they became a dance family.There are over 20 girls leaving the studio this year. All together they have been danc-ing 297 hours, says Ann Kelly, who has been a dance teacher there for many years.“Each year we’ve been with most of the same girls too and I really grew close with all of the ladies. I hope we can all keep in touch somewhat after this! I’m going to miss seeing everyone and laughing about random stuff every Wednesday night,” says Haley Ilkenhans, senior. The ladies usually all take class together two nights a week. Classes consist of ballet or pointe one night and the other night tap, hip-hop, and jazz, each last-ing 45 minutes to an hour.Wempner’s has been open since 1974, found-ed by Mary T. Wempner. The studio was on Ellis Street in a little yellow house. They eventually moved to what is now Brown Boots and currently they have moved to a
larger location on Sheboygan, off of Main.This year the theme is “New York, New York.” Previous years, there hasn’t been much of a theme. Recitals take place every other year. But they usually have a small show for seniors leaving that year.“I’ve been dancing ever since I was about 4 years old, and every other year we had a recital. I always looked forward to the dress rehearsals, getting all cute and pretty, and then the recitals. Now that it’s my last year for all of this, it really bums me out,” says Ilkenhans.This is a sad year for all of the ladies. Wempner’s students have had to sacrifice fun things to do, like sport events for school or taking up a week-end to learn the broadway piece Lion King. Gina Pavelio, a former student and teacher from Wempner’s, went far with her career in dance. One of the amazing things was dancing in the Broadway show The Lion King. She came to Fond du Lac (since she lives in Chicago now) to teach them the choreography to the
piece “He Lives in You.” The dance was dedicated to the girls in the tragic accident in Campbellsport, so practicing the dance to perfection was well worth the time and effort put into it.“Dance has been the biggest and most re-warding part of my life. I am so grateful for the studio and my mom and grandma who have allowed all of us to express ourselves and our love for dance for so many years,” says Chantee Kelly, senior.“Dance is a unappreciated art, especially in our little town. But those who have walked into our studio have fallen in love with not only the dance but the amazing family that has been created throughout the years.”
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Instead of Sitting out, I Hope you DanceWempner’s Dance Recital
Leah Wempner
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Senior girls dance Gina Pavellio’s piece “He lives in you” from Lion King.
Haley Ilkanhans, Ellen Fee, and Man-dy Schmidt finish strong in their Celtic dance.
Senior Girls line up to take their last bow.
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Even though the weath-er has been topsy-turvy, the tennis season is upon us and in full swing this March. The team is 2-1 in this season and 0-1 in conference play, losing to Oshkosh West. Kyle Dunn, a junior, domi-nated his No. 1 singles match, but that was Fondy’s only win in the FVA road dual. Dunn won 6-1, 6-0. “We have to bounce back now,” says Dunn, “we have a big test coming up soon against Neenah and we have to be sharp.” Dunn is currently 2-1, the only loss coming to an op-ponent from Green Bay Southwest, but Fondy dominated winning both of the matches as a team. Andrew McDermott, a junior at FHS and also the captain of the team, has big expecta-
tions even though he’s been battling through a shoulder injury. Cur-rently him and his part-ner, Mitch Reilly, are 1-1 in the No. 2 dou-bles spot. “My goal for this season is to have a winning record and make it to state,” An-drew says. As a team this year he expects a lot more and really wants the team to bring home the conference title this season. The No. 1 doubles team of Kenan Saleh and Stuart Nett have been off to a hot start posting a 2-1. “Kenan and I have started off very strongly and i think that we can go to state as a team and win con-ference,” says Nett, a sophomore. Nett also plays No. 3 Singles and wants to make the championships. Fondy’s next scheduled oppo-nent is Neenah on the 17th of April.
Info boxDrive for 5 Antigo, WI Friday May 18 at 8pm Model Mayhem Pecotonica, IL Saturday June 9 at 12pmFall Brawl Crashin Fond du Lac “Nothin’ like mud fly, smoke rollin, and metal crunchin’”
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by Lexy SampsonWriter
by Tim SimmonsStaff Writer
by Brian WindsorStaff Writer
It’s a nice day to be outside and you de-cide to jump in your car for a smooth cruise. Once you’re a nice mileage down the highway, you become star-tled by a loud SPLAT. Eww, now you have a bug all over your windshield. That is the same sound you will hear Josh Peterson of the rugby team make as he crushes his victims. As this season for Stoutmen Rugby begins, i t ’ s s t a r t i n g s t r o n g a n d they’relooking to make a state-ment this year. So far it looks as if they won’t fail as they went on to beat Pulaski, the second ranked team in the state. “I knew we had it in us against Pulaski, it just goes to show that we aren’t to be underestimated.” stated rugby coach Dale. As the playoffs near the ten-sion and anticipation gets higher. Some teammates have not handled it correctly, such as Alvin Abitz. Players have been complaining
about his selfishness on the field and hot temper. Coach Dale said “he needs to take directions bet-ter so our team as a whole can im-prove.” There are a few other play-ers with issues on and off the field but for the most part the coaches are pleased with the conduct the players have been presenting. Now with the playoffs only a couple days away, the players are
coming into fo-cus so they can take advantage of the many op-portunities on the field during game time. Ste-ven Krueger said ,“I can’t wait to destroy the com-petition, or what-ever’s left of it. But we still need to be ready, even for these weak
teams.” Josh Peterson claimed “I am confident that we have what it takes to scare the teams against us and make a deep run into the playoffs.” So as the season comes to a close and the playoffs begin, the Stoutmen Rugby team will prepare for battle. Come cheer on the team during these dates, support is welcome. Free food for those who attend.
Stoutmen Rugby
Metal crunching, loud motors, smoke rolling, derby season is finally here!Demos are where you take a junk car, strip it, paint it, and rebuild the car according to the rules, and then smash it. The way to win is to smash up cars and if you’re the last car run-ning. Most of the time during one shot (going up against your class) there is first, second, and third place. Over hundreds of people attend events like this. “I love them so much, and I like the sound of crashing and especially when they start on fire,” says Shelby Braun, sophomore. “Well I love derbys. I love ev-ery single part of the derbys from watching the guys building their
cars to watching them crash them. I’ve been going to derbys since I was a little girl and my goal is to be in a derby myself,” says Brittany Adler, senior. Destroy(D-13) took 1st place in the first feature, and 7th in the last feature. In order to run you have to go by the rules when you’re building your car. no black cars at any time, no dark colors without contrast-ing lettering scheme. All glass and plastic must be removed, all outer hardware must be removed, which includes door handles, mirrors, chrome, screws, and fiberglass. All seats must be removed except driver’s side, must have a seat belt. All flammable materials must be removed for safety reasons.
Apr 9 - KIMBERLY (HOME) 5:15Apr 13 - at Little Chute 5:15Apr 18 - PULASKI (HOME) 5:30Apr 23 - at Green Bay West Side 5:30Apr 27 - at DePere 5:30Apr 30 - KIMBERLY (HOME) 5:15May 2 - at Little Chute 5:15May 12 - Conference Playoffs - TBDMay 19 - State Tournament - Cottage Grove/Madison
Stoutmen Schedule
Fondy Tennis Strikes Back
Derby Season is Here!
Derby Aftermath
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It’s the seventh inning stretch and “Sausage Links,” or junior Jacob Behlke, is in the dugout singing Take Me Out to the Ballgame. From batter to sec-ond baseman, is Jacob the next Rickie Weeks? Jacob has been playing base-ball for 14 years, since he was about three years old. “I start-ed playing baseball really just because I liked it,” says Jacob. “And my parents put in me in the midgets, pee-wees, and lit-tle leagues at St. Peter. I never really hated it so I kept playing. Growing up it was fun because I got to play with friends.” “I’ve played pitcher, short-stop, and even a little catcher,” he says. “I play second base now because it’s the best for me.”Jacob’s friend of 11 years, Joe Neff, says, “Jacob’s skills are good. He could try going into the pros, but I don’t think he wants to.” Coach Paulsen says, “Behlke is a good player. He works hard and goes for what he wants. I enjoy having him on the team.”Jacob’s favorite play was made by Derek Jeter from the New York Yankees. It’s called the
‘Derek Jeter flip.’ He did this when he flipped to home when playing against the A’s. “My favorite MLB team is the Yan-kees,” says Jacob. “My pro-ball idol is on the team, Derek Jeter. I like Jeter because of the way he presents himself to others.”Jacob’s little brother Danny, who is a freshman at Fondy this year, also plays baseball. Both boys play for Fondy and St. Peter.“My family is supportive of me playing baseball. My broth-er Danny also plays,” says Ja-cob. “I don’t practice with my brother. At all.”“I enjoy high school baseball because all my friends are on the team,” says Jacob. “I es-pecially like playing for Fondy right now because we’re win-ning. I like baseball but I don’t want to go professional. I want to do something in language or business. That’s why I am tak-ing both Spanish and French.”“I play baseball with my broth-er during the summer for Babe Ruth,” says Jacob’s brother Danny. “Jacob is a good base runner and a great fielder. Overall Jacob is a ball player.
Unlike my brother, my favor-ite MLB team is the St. Louis Cardinals.” “I don’t play games for fun with family or friends,” says Jacob. “Just because there aren’t enough people; you need a lot of players to play a game.”“Jacob is a great baseball player,” says Alex Schuler, Jacob’s friend since daycare. “Fondy should have him on the team because he is a good leader and works hard at what he does.”Besides baseball, Jacob also plays football and does vol-unteer work. He participates with Key Club and stuff for his church mission trip.“I like baseball but I prefer football. I’m a saftey for Fon-dy,” says Jacob. “My dad used to play baseball...a long time ago. I think in high school maybe?”Jacob says, “I would sum my-self up as enjoyable to be around. I spend a lot of time with my friends.” Now that you know Jacob Behlke a little better, would you go out to his baseball games?
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After a disappointing loss early in the playoffs last season, the New Orleans Saints looked to make a fresh start this off-season. That is, until the NFL broke open the investigation of the team having a bounty program. Now, many fans and others alike have a hard time understand-ing what a bounty program is. Let me clear that up. A bounty pro-gram is when a team pays its players extra amounts of money if they knock a player out of a game or injure them in general. Usually, they are given a list of players to do this to before the game starts. Most of the time, the players that are listed are the most important players on the other team, such as the quarterback or running back. Last season, the most popular targets
for the Saints consisted of Packers quar-terback Aaron Rodgers, Bears running back Matt Forte and Patriots quarterback Tom Brady. Every bounty program has the capability to be different, but, in this case, the payments were a little higher than nor-mal. The total came to 1,000 dollars for a player being carted off the field, and 1,500 dollars for a player being knocked out of the game. The highest offered payment was in 2009, when they said they would pay 10,000 dollars to any player who knocked Vikings quarterback Brett Favre out of the NFC championship game. “The game should not be played this way. We have a reputation to uphold, and I will not let anyone ever ruin the face of our sport by performing such actions as this one,” said NFL commissioner Roger Goodell when asked about his thoughts about the
program by ESPN anchor Jon Clayton. Goodell stood by his word and punished the Saints. He suspended their long time coach Sean Payton for a full season without pay, took 500,000 dollars from the team, banned offensive coach Greg Williams in-definitely, and suspended general manager Mickey Loomis for the first eight games of the season. The Saints have tried to appeal this ruling, however Goodell will not back down and all of the punishments have been upheld. If you ask me, the Saints de-served every suspension they received. If a professional football team is going to try and injure innocent players for mon-ey just to win some games, they deserve to be punished. The fact of the matter is that this won’t affect the NFL in a negative way, and the team is still allowed to play. The punishment fit the crime in this situation.
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NBA Playoff Picture
The 2012 NBA playoffs are here with many great moments that await us. A few teams are looking to make their first major run towards the finals and some are looking to get back on track. Regardless of the situation, every team has a chance to win it all. All teams are competing at an elite level this year, therefore, it’s hard to tell which teams would end up in the Finals. Lebron James and his crew, after falling a game short last year, are trying to prove something behind last year’s MVP Derrick Rose and his Bulls. The Thunder are sitting number one with San Antonio on their trail. As for the Knicks, they are going to take either the seventh or eighth seed. That means that they will have an incredibly difficult
matchup with either the Miami Heat or Chicago Bulls if the playoffs started today.Teams have stepped up their enthusiasm towards the game in a positive manner by
allowing new additions a role on the team or welcoming a new coach to his job. Different players have made such impact working together like the Celtics with their all-star point guard R.Rondo who leads the league in assists.The Heat currently are
still patrolling in the East.The Thun-der, Clippers, and Knicks all have have the same chemistry that a team needs to win games and even Milwaukee has stepped up
with help from Monta El-lis and currently still could qualify for the playoffs. The playoffs are expected to start April 28, 2012 and run through June 26 so therefore there’s quite a while till we know who’s the new NBA championship team. A survey claims sport fans believe it’ll be the Heat representing the East and out West always represent-ing Cali the LA Lakers with the Black Mamba who is al-ways so low key leading the league in ppg and currently is suffering a shin injury while the Lakers still keep it
moving. Kobe wins it all. “It’s going to be a good one this year. So many good teams and so many possibilites. I can’t wait to see the turnout,” says commisioner David Stern.
by Esteban MartinezStaff Writer
The Year of the Unknown Leads to Challenged Knowledge of Predicting the 2012 Champion
New Orleans “Saints”Bounty Program Comes Back to Haunt NFL Team
by Nick McEsseyEditor-in-Chief
“It’s going to be a good one this year. So many good teams and so many different possi-bilites. I can’t wait to see the turnout.” -David Stern
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Sweeping the Nation,
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Wake up, check iPhone. Press the Pandora button, shower. Text a friend, browse Facebook, toss up some tweets, check the calendar for the day. Drive to school (with Pandora still activated). Keys locked in car? Oh well! There’s an app for that! Walk into Fond du Lac High School, with your face buried in your iPhone. “I love it, why do they even keep making phones that aren’t iPhones?” said junior Abie Shippee. “The sim-plicity is outstanding. They’re not just great, they’re phenomenal.” This is the typical morning of many, iPhone-owning students at Fondy High. On January 9, 2007, fully aware of the beneficial disease about to consume the world, Apple CEO Steve Jobs and his Apple team unveiled the first iPhone at a MacWorld Conference & Expo. A short four months and 20 days later, the iPhone 3G went on sale in the United States. This date changed everything we knew about cell phones at a crucial point in their develop-ment. Within the first weekend of availability, over one million iPhone 3G devices were sold through AT&T. Ultimately, Apple made more money in one weekend than what it cost them to produce the iPhone. For the last four years the iPhone has swung between the number one and two spot for most popular cell phone in the world. “Every once in awhile a revolutionary product comes along that changes everything. It’s very fortunate if you can work on just one of these in your career. Apple’s been very fortunate in that it’s intro-duced a few of these.” said Steve Jobs when announc-ing introduction of the iPhone in January 2007. When asked about how wonderful his iPhone is at the beginning of a class, junior Charlie Blagoue replied with “Well, we’re going to be talking for the rest of the hour ‘cause words can’t even explain how awesome it is.” “It’s simply the best phone ever, Droids always break and slow down. The iPhone is great. There are plenty of apps to keep me occupied during boring
classes. They can do anything and everything. I love my iPhone.” The iPhone really can do anything and everything all in perfect spelling, thanks to auto-correct. The stock market, scientific calculator, Web access, videos and pictures, e-mail, and the other 300,000+ apps that are ready to download at the touch of a glass screen; we live in an iPhone world. “It has everything in it; what can’t it do? said Mr. Sarazin. I love it and wouldn’t be able to deal with out it.” The newest addition to the ongoing iPhone cre-ation is Siri, your virtual personal assistant. “Siri on the iPhone 4S lets you use your voice to send mes-sages, schedule meetings, place phone calls and more. Ask Siri to do things just by talking the way you talk. Siri understands what you say, knows what you mean, and even talks back. Siri is so easy to use and does so much, you’ll keep finding more and more ways to use it,” says Apple from the MacWorld conference. “She reminds me when I have to work, she gives me directions and answers all of my crazy questions, she even calls me Big Lipped Barbie! Siri is my best friend.” said junior Courtney Joyce of the newest iPhone 4S. “The iPhone is way more reliable and durable than an Android,” said junior Nick McEssey. “There’s just so many apps that you can play with! It’s slightly over-whelming.” The release of the iPhone 5 is expected sometime in the summer of 2012. It is rumored to be the thinnest iPhone yet, it may have a larger screen, better camera and more storage space, and a faster download speed. Other possibilities are face recognition security, a built in GPS, a new physical shape, a shatter and scratch proof screen, and extended battery life. The iPhone isrevolutionary product and will continue to change lives for the rest of its existance.
Fondy High Succumbs to the iPhone Take-Over
“The simplicity is outstanding. They’re not great, they’re phenom-
enal...” Abie Shippee, Junior
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Fond du Lac High School’s annual art show returns on May 14. It will be held in the library through May 18 during normal hours, except for the grand opening on Tuesday, May 15 from 6:30 to 8 p.m. for the public. The art show features 400-500 unique pieces from Fondy’s art classes. They are selected by art teachers Mrs. Birschbach, Mrs. Schneider, and Mr. Ramirez. The pieces on display are a variety chosen because they are a stu-dent’s best work or it was influenced by a subject meaningful to them. Any-one in any grade, as long as they are in an art class, has the opportunity to have a piece submitted. Names of seniors who have long been interested in art might be recog-nizable. Rielly Heintz, for example, has now had pieces placed in the art show all four years she has attended Fondy High. “I’m excited, because this is the first year I get my own sec-tion,” she says. “I have to design how to display it all too, so that’s a lot of work.” Other students with their own ex-hibits are Megan Bucher, Arianna Mc-Cormick, Emilee McCullough, Abby Lundin, Kailey Sabel, Ryan Vande Zande, and Claire Zankle. Fondy’s art show is a longstand-ing tradition. “We’ve had an art show since I have been teaching, which has been 23 years,” says Mrs. Birschbach, “so it’s been at least that long.”
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It has been 13 years since Jim (Jason Biggs), Oz (Chris Klein), Kevin (Thomas Ian Nicholas), Finch (Eddie Kaye Thomas) and Stifler (Seann William Scott) lost their virginity in high school. Now Jim is married to Michelle (Alyson Hannigan), Kevin and Vicky (Tara Reid) have said goodbye, Oz and Heather (Mena Suvari) have gone in different directions and Finch has never forgotten Stifler’s mom (Jenni-fer Coolidge). Jim’s dad (Eugene Levy) is still at hand for fatherly advice. There haven’t been many movies lately where you can re-late to the characters so much that you feel emotionally at-tached to them. It seems like old times as the gang gets together at East Great Falls in Michi-gan a few days before their high school reunion and we quickly learn what they have been up to for the past few years. Jim (Biggs) and Michelle (Hannigan) now have a two year old son. Jim and Michelle are both still horny, but parenting makes it difficult to have an exciting sex life. Jim still re-lies on a sports sock and lubricant, while the girl with the flute lets a shower rose tickle her fancy instead. Oz (Klein) is a TV dance-off celebrity with a model girlfriend; Kevin (Nicholas) is hap-pily married; Finch (Thomas) has become an ad-venturer while Stifler (Scott) is an office dogsbody, as mischievous and unbearable as always. “Stifler is the person that hasn’t changed but the world around him has,” Scott tells BroadbandTv of his character, “he just can’t deal with it, he’s still living in the high school world.” The reunion of the American Pie gang delivers everything that was expected and so much more. It’s easy to see why the original film was such a success and what drew everyone to the characters in the first place. The events and the personalities displayed in the American Pie franchise are so universal that it makes the audience feel like they
know the characters personally. Sequels Ameri-can Pie 2 (2001) and American Pie: The Wedding (2003) continued the love-affair to some level be-fore the franchise skipped in another direction with three straight-to-dvd failures. Brilliant writing by Harold and Kumar screen-writers Jon Hurwitz and Hayden Schlossberg brings love and understanding of the characters, each of whose storylines have evolved as they have developed. There’s a nice balance between the sharpness, the humorous, the raunchiness and the sincerity. It’s good entertainment with plenty of laughs and an infectious sense of fun. “I think Jon and Hayden’s love for the franchise is what made the script so good and they were so passionate about it,” Alyson Hannigan says, “I knew if any-body could do it, it would be these guys.” The American Pie franchise isn’t the only one to be making a comeback. Will Smith and Tommy Lee Jones are back together in Men in Black III, which will be coming out in May. The whole gang reunite in Madagascar 3: Europe’s Most Wanted, which will be coming out on June 8. Manny, Di-ego, and Sid embark upon another adventure in Ice Age: Continental Drift, in theaters July 13. Ron Burgundy returns for Anchorman 2 in 2014.
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American Pie: The ReunionSometimes, that last piece of pie can be as good as the first.
Ashley ScarpitaStaff Writer
Donald Driver is the man. Father of three, husband, a front-runner on Dancing With the Stars, and oh, a World Champion Green Bay Packer wide receiver. He also happens to hold the records for both all time receptions and re-ceiving yards for the Packers. No big deal. Driver, now in his fifth week of Dancing With the Stars, has been a standout since his very first dance, the cha cha. Being extremely under-scored by the judges, receiving a mere 21 out of 30 possible points, Packer nation had a lot to deliver for Driver and his partner, Peta Murg-atroyd. Boy, deliver we did.
Week three was a tough week for every single contestant - but not because the dances were hard. It was a week that brought you back to your most memorable year in life. Driver did a tribute to his best friend, who died in his arms. It was such a different side that we never, EVER see on Donald. He shed some tears, was speech-less multiple times, and danced with pure emo-tion. I cried with him that week, as I’m sure many of his faithful fans did. Driver was awarded the highest score on his fourth dance, the paso doble, with 27 points. His athleticism and winning personality have won him votes from not only Packer nation, but from people who are religious DWTS viewers.
The absence of his shirt in week four may have had a hand in that, also, but, (MAN does he have muscles,) he is truly very light on his feet. His latest dance, the Argentine Tango, showed off his true dancing talent. Driver performed multiple flawless lifts and received a 27, which got him in the tie for second place. It seems that Donald has more talent than what he displays on the football field. He’s in it to win it, as he always is, and we need to help him! Donald and I would both appreciate it SO MUCH if you would vote every week, from 7 PM Monday, to 10 AM Tuesday! 1-800-VOTE-403.
Triple D is Hot on the Dance Floor!Donald Driver takes over Dancing with the Stars.Kayla MarcoeStaff Writer
When you were a senior, where did you think you
would be in your life right now?
“My high school experience was pretty good, I had a lot of fun and made some lifelong friendships. I thought I would
have been in the Army right now, but I was unable to do ROTC due to an eye
issue.” - Mr. Barthuly
“I don’t know where I thought I’d be, but I can say that I didn’t expect I’d be an english teacher. Some of my former teachers would be just as surprised as
me.” - Mr. Poquette
Where do you think you will be a decade from now?
“10 years from now, I hope to have a good paying job in Medical Transcription and to have my own place in Madison. I wouldn’t mind settling down with some-one and starting a family as well. A boy
first, and then two girls!” - Haley Ilkenhans
“By the time our ten year class reunion comes around, I plan to have graduated from medical school, be married and be living in California. Hopefully I will be so busy that there will be no time to come
back to Fond du Lac. After all, do we really gotta love it here at Fondy High? I
think not!” - Shavana Talbert
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rise ofTom Ruemmele, a unique and ex-pressive Fond du Lac High School junior, is unlike most others when he gets home from another typical day in school. Aside from maybe just spending the majority of his time online on Facebook, he logs on to the increasingly popular image blogging site called Tumblr. Through Tumblr, he’s able to visualize his closest friends’ thoughts, feelings and emotions entirely from photos with the minimal aide of words. “When I first log on, I make sure to visit my close friends’ Tumblrs first,” Tom says, “because I feel like the rest of my Tumblr experience will be dictated by the inspiration I grab from their blogs and reblogs.” However, Tom isn’t the only one at Fond du Lac High School who is highly en-thused by this new network, which is now blossoming into popularity. In fact, more and more people universally as well as stu-dents at out school are finding out about this growing trend site on the Internet. A fellow user and enthusiast, Jose Chavez, a sophmore, replies “I think Tumblr helps a lot with one’s emotions. The quotes and graphics on Tumblr put things I’m feeling or thinking into words.” Tumblr is a blog-ging website designed to use mostly pic-tures over words to artistically replicate the feelings of the blogger whether by comics, art, photography or other forms of visuals. It’s rapidly rising in users by the minute and most people believe it might even project its future to become as equally popular as Facebook or Twitter for social networking. Tumblr was successful with Internet users since it was first launched in April 2007 by high school drop-out David Karp. Within two weeks of its initial release, it had already attracted an incredible 75,000 users to sign up almost effortlessly, as reported by techcrunch.com. Since then, the popularity
of Tumblr has became outrageous and is surprisingly one of the highest growing so-cial networks that exists today. Tumblr self-reports it receives 20 million unique vistors and 420 million impressions. According to the New York Times, Tumblr is currently seeing 2 million Tumblr blog-gers publish about 40 million new posts per month. About 10,000 new people sign up for Tumblr every day on average, and the retention rate is very high: close to 85% re-main active after registering for the micro-blogging service. About 35% use Tumblr on Facebook, while only 15% connects the service to Twitter. The bookmarklet is rela-tively popular too, allowing users to “auto-matically reblog” items with a single click, with about one third of Tumblr’s users in-stalling it. About 15% of users also down-load the company’s iPhone application. However, even with its staggeringly high statistics overall and immense popularity, some users and bloggers seem to be astound-ed and unsatisfied by the extreme hype it’s been causing among users. Mitchell Gilles, a junior at Fondy and an avid user, complains that it’s extremely simple and not as great at first. “It does not add up to anything close to Facebook. I mean, I gave up on it at first. It took me forever to realize what I was do-ing. It’s basically the boring knock off of Twitter. It’s fun for having laughs from all the posts and seeing what everyone is into. There really isn’t a stop to putting anything on that site though.” He tends to use the website on and off, but isn’t really attracted to its creative charm saying it’s confusing to understand the overall idea of the website. Another giant turn-off for users is there are no restrictions as to what you may post. This means that a lot of graphic and vul-gar material can be posted freely without regulation. For some, they consider it a lib-erating sense of freedom, but to many oth-ers, it’s considered vile and causes people to be repulsed by the nature of the site.
Especially with the large population of users under the age of 18, it’s causing im-mense controversy and alarm. However, most blogs are kept clean and under con-trol away from grotesque posts of others. “I don’t necessarily use Tumblr, but I have heard of it. I don’t think it’s that great of a concept. It seems to lack any substance,” says Nick Burbach, for-mer Fond du Lac High School gradu-ate. Even with the likes and dislikes, there are some who aren’t even amused by Tumblr, claiming it’s just like any other overrated site on the Internet. Junior Haley Stump agrees, “I use this website very often and I follow a lot of interesting blogs, but other than that, I see nothing to great about Tumblr.” Even Kristy Boughton, a junior, spoke along the same lines. “It’s cool, but it’s not really any different than Blogger or Live-Journal, the only unique thing is that it’s just mostly pictures.” Despite all the negativ-ity, positivity, and neutrality, Tumblr is still coming out strong and is definitely now becoming well-known not only across our high school, but throughout the world. At-tracting and bringing millions of views and users together, it is easily becoming one of the biggest trends among our generation to-day. Blogging has never been as widely pop-ular on the Internet as it is today due to the creation of Tumblr’s unique blogging site. Meanwhile at Fondy, Tom spends 30 min-utes a day reblogging, reading, and posting things of interest in his own personal space. “I make sure to reblog everything I like that is on my dashboard from the users I follow. I personally give a lot of love to 60’s rock and roll blogs and the David Bowie blog I follow,” he enthusiastically replies. His love for Tumblr goes on the basis of seeing new things. To him it is not to be artistic, not to show how much he knows, but to see how much he needs to learn about others through pictures, not words.
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tumblr blogs to follow.TOP 10
1. Kush and WisdomThis blog is completely dedicated to meaningful song lyrics, quotes, proverbs and more artistically represented through portraits and adds a “dose” of wisdom to your happiness daily.
2. BrotipsA bible of wise tips for the bropes of the broman catholic church to see what it means to be a true bro.
3. Stuff Hipsters HateThough being on a hipster website, its contradictory nature makes it worth following.
4. I’m RememberingFlashbacks? This is a collection of things to make you feel all nostalgic and to bring back the precious childhood memories. Sometimes ruining them too.
5. The Cosby Sweater ProjectThe Cosby Sweater project documents episode by episode the best sweaters from The Cosby Show.
6. FacebokFor those who hate Facebook, this blog is strongly dedicated to the most idiotic people found on Facebook.
7. Awwcupy Wall StreetAwkward photos of cute animals and their owners during Occupy Wall Street movements that no one understands.
8. Lonely CheetosA collection of photographs of randomly dropped single Cheetos from across the world.
9. The Same Picture of Dave Coulier EverydayIn terms of being consistently good, this Tumblr was the best of the year.
10. Kim Jong-Il Looking at ThingsKim Jong-Il looking at things.
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Fun. - WE ARE YounGFun is a band that really reminds me of MGMT, just a bit more in-die. Their single, engineered by the music label Fueled by Ramen, hit
number 1 on Billboard’s Hot 100 and has stayed on the chart for 16 weeks so far. They paired the single with a (sadly Vevo) music video of the band dressed almost like a band for a 50s prom at a bar where a slow motion fight breaks out shattering, glass throughout the whole video. The hook has ridiculously drawn out words and the note pattern is only surpassed in the bridge. All in all, it’s a great song and I’m really glad I’m seeing this over a (cough cough One Direction) boy band song.
GoYtE - SoMEBodY thAt I uSEd to KnoWAnother indie track jumping around the top 10, “Somebody That I Used To Know” has
more of the acoustic feel, peaking at number 2 for its 14 week stay at the Hot 100 hotel. This video really makes me happy, in a generation that seems to lack creativity on more fronts than it doesn’t, the concept (although simple) in this video is a real upbringer. It fea-tures the male singer slowly becoming painted along with the wall until the also painted Kimbra (featured on the track) turns away from the wall and walks towards him singing to him. Also he hits his falsetto so smooth it could butter a glacier, so all in all it deserves its place.
JuStIn BIEBER - BoYFRIEndI absolutely love this song. Start-ing with my only problem with it, he has a small section where
he just says swag which is comes off just a little too tryhard for the Biebs. For the positives, the beat is awesome, it reminds me of a cry from an alien everytime the high sound hits. Justin’s voice has always been awesome, and it’s only getting better through maturity. Fi-nally, with people like Kanye and Jay Z tutoring him, the rapping isn’t half bad. I’m really looking forward to the album this single will belong to, Believe, if it’s going to stay consistent like that.
onE dIRECtIon - WhAt MAKES You BEAutIFuLOkay so I went into this song thinking I was going to hate
it (after my last investigation of them) but I actually liked it. It’s really generic, don’t get me wrong, the video has been done at least 13,000 times (boy band x beach x girls x happy times) and the song has the patented boy band struc-ture, but the feel is fun and although I could find that feel somewhere else I’m not going to find that EXACT song, so why not. The fact people call them-selves “Directioners” and are ditching Bieber for them still bothers me (along with how Big Time Rush, a band with generally the same scheme and talent isn’t doing just as well) but usually peo-ple are just impressed by whatever gets more media attention so I understand.
StARShIpS - nICKI MInAJAs much as I like Minaj this song sounded like a Skrillex re-mix of a Katy Perry song and I’m not about that listening to
dubstep awkwardly alone life so I chose not to waste space on it.
CARLY RAE JEpSEn - CALL ME MAYBEWhen I first turned this song on I thought I accidentally turned on “Still Dre” until the
bass line didn’t come in, so I looked at the video and saw a guy taking off his shirt, felt awkward being in a class around dudes watching a dude strip, and closed it for the audio. I really like the song, she’s a talented singer and has a certain innocence that is nice to see in pop these days, (with singers like Rihanna appearing at fes-tivals rolling up joints on fans’ heads) plus she has Justin Bieber on her side so I see her going really far. It really weirds me out that she’s 27, I thought she was younger than me when I watched her interview (girl version of the Andy Milonakis effect?) But the song is stuck in my head (the chords in the chorus are just perfect for that) so she’s doing the whole pop singer thing very well.
g u i t a r , drums, a voice and o c c a s i o n -ally a bass
and keyboards - that’s all The Black Keys need to make music that will make your ears beg for more. Singer and guitarist Dan Auerbach and drum-mer Patrick Carney make up this blues/rock band that started back in 2001. The two jammed out in Carney’s basement and eventually released their first album, The Big Come Up, in 2002. Since then, the Keys have released six more albums, and have come a long way from recording and playing in basements. Their sixth record Broth-ers, released in 2010, was nominated for five Gram-mys and won three (Best Rock Performance by a Duo or a Group, Best Alternative Music Album and Best Recording Pack-age). Brothers has now sold more than a million re-cords, with their seventh album El Camino right behind it with more than 500,000 sold.
But the Keys haven’t always made music as a duo. In 2009, they collab-orated with various artists such as Mos Def, Rae-kwon, Ludacris and RZA for their hip-hop project Blakroc. That same year, Auerbach made his solo album Keep It Hid, while Carney formed the band Drummer and released the record Feel Good To-gether. Eleven years have passed, and the Keys are still touring the world and making music - and they don’t plan on stop-ping anytime soon. They are currently wrapping up their North American tour with Arctic Monkeys as their supporting band. They will perform at the Bradley Center in Mil-waukee on May 16 and are one of the headliners at Lollapalooza, a three-day music festival dur-ing August held in Grant Park in Chicago. The duo are taking time off in July to make a new record, but after that, they’re back to more and more touring - and let’s hope these guys never stop.
THe BLACK KeyS:THe Big COMe uPComprised of two guys from Akron, OH., The Black Keys have been making music for more than ten years - and they’re finally getting the
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It has come to the attention of the school board, staff, and now students, that somehow we are not on schedule to end the year at the right date. How did this happen? Who knows! The date to end the year has now been changed to June 7th, and finals are now three days long instead of two. However, is this change necessarily vital to our academics? What could we possibly learn in two days that could strongly affect our future outcome? Spanning finals along 3 days, some believe, is a good idea in order to give students extra time for preparation during fi-nals nights. A lot of the time, students are usually under im-mense stress to study as much as possible. Seniors especially would have to put up with a lot of pressure on that last day since after that one final they must make quick preparations for the graduation ceremony later that night. That one final could even determine if they even end up walking that stage that night if they don’t do up to
expectations. This brings us to our second point. These added two days will obviously not teach us anything, our student population would have to deal with the anxiety of finals for another day, and this could be potentially detrimental for students who are walking a tight line with their grades. It is already unhealthy for kids as young as us to be as stressed as we are and every school day that we go through counts as a part of the build up to our anxiety, especially when they deal with intense studying and life chang-ing exams. What about the stu-dents that planned to go on va-cation after the end of the year? Hopefully the two days that got added on don’t interfere with any family plans. Overall, the question is, “Is all of this really necessary for only two days?” We won’t obtain much more useful knowledge, we’ll just be pounded with more stress, and we could potential-ly damage a lot of preplanned summer festivities for our stu-dents. We’ll let the school board decide the better option.
By: Editorial Board
When the Cardinal Columns put out an article about cliques and groups in Fondy High many students were outraged. Now, I’m not going to sugar coat anything at all, I was personally offended by the ridiculous stereotypes that the article followed, and some Cardinal Columns staff questioned whether or not to run the story in the first place. Obviously, it was published, and we under-stand that students are angry. The way many students (including many Cardinal Columns writers) feel, is that the article we ran in the last issue is caus-ing a huge controversy. “It targeted 5 groups by saying ridicu-lous things about them that aren’t true at all,” Samm Nelson, sophomore, says. She would be put into the “goth/emo group” according to Bob’s article. All because “I listen to My Chemical Romance even though I don’t want to hate the world.” But it’s not only her being offended, other “groups” feel the same way.
Junior Seth Tucker believes, “I would be in the “Redneck” group, I guess.” sophomore Sage Beckmann says, “I dress like a prep but I listen to the music that hipsters do. But I have never used the world “revolutionary” to describe music.” Not only one of these stereotyped groups are upset. Not every “goth” kid cuts a frog’s head off and ties it to a kitten’s back, and they don’t paint their bikes black and ride around egging prep houses in the night. Not every “prep/jock” have big heads be-cause they have the cool clothes of today. Not every “punk” likes harassing people, vandalism, and cheap beer. Not every “hipster” smokes American Spirits, drinks Pabst Blue Ribbon and does any drug they can find. And not every “redneck” has a 12-foot truck, wears an overly bent billed camo hat, and can down a 30 case of Keystone in a night and live. “Honestly, I don’t think anyone could survive that,” says sophomore Kaitlin Castaneda.
Extra School Days Causing Unecessary Stress
And How Do You Know us?By: Zowie Francis
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Blast From The Past!
The article, “Boys Swing Their Honeys at Weekly Square Dances,” is from an issue from May 6, 1948. Things have definitely changed in the last 64 years! The only time you MIGHT see square dancing at Fondy is the freshman gym class. Check out the dresses! Style has changed, that’s for sure! Can you believe 315 students were in the square-dance club?! It’s funny how much interests of high schoolers change over the years.
For this month’s Flashback, we chose to share a couple stories with you!
“Come on, gang! Get hep!” This next share comes from the April 16, 1942 issue. Ap-parently prom was for juniors around this time. The article encourages the boys to “look the Junior ‘fems’ over,” and to come “stag” if a date can’t be found. Look a little closer. Do they really have an activity called “termite chasing?” I’m not sure if I would want to find out what that is! “Take your half dollars out of hibernation.” Why can’t our prom tickets only be $.50?! This article not only shows the change in tra-dition from having prom for juniors vs. seniors; it also shows the change in costs and lingo!
