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Mrs. GattieAdviser

ashley ragoneseEditor-in-Chief

myah hidalgoCo-Editor-in-Chief

Raelyn slaughterLayout Editor

makayla tardieNews Editor

emma hausSports Editor

tyler jacobsFeatures Editor

talon torresOp-Ed Editor

mary-cate mosherWebsite Editor

The Journalism students at Chancellor High School publish The Lightning Bolt, the only official newspaper on campus. The purpose of the newspaper is to factually inform and entertain its readers. As an established open forum for the student body, truth will be the staff’s major goal. It is the responsibility of each staffer to adhere to the journal-ism code of ethics as set by the Society of Professional Journalists, Sigma Delta Chi. The code states that a journalist can not accept gifts, favors or privileges that could compromise their integrity. All material published will be the result of brainstorm sessions by the staff. Subjects stimulating to the majority of the student body will be used. The editorial board, which is comprised of all newspaper staff members will determine the priority of the stories and the overall design of publication. The advi-sor serves to give students a better understanding of the functions and ethics of a free press. The advisor does not serve as a censure. Student editors will decide the material to be published. In accordance with community standards, profanity will not appear in the publication. Students are free to express an opinion on matters of public interests under the, “fair comment rule.” Under this rule, the student has the right to intelligently criticize the school and its policies. Editorials reflect the opinion of The Lightning Bolt. Opinion stories reflect the opinion of the writer and do not represent the opinion of the faculty and administration of Chancellor High School. Controver-sial issues will be covered from both points of view. School news, as well as local, national and international events will also be covered. Letters to the editor are wel-comed. All letters must be signed and be between 200- 300 words long. They may be submitted to A113 or by e-mailing [email protected]. The Lightning Bolt retains the right to edit letters to comply with journalistic standards. Anonymous letters will not be published. This is your school, help improve it through your opin-ions, praises, and constructive criticisms. If voiced aloud and in large enough numbers,

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Contents News..........4-6

Features....7-11

Op-Ed.......12-15

Sports.......16-25

on the coverOur principal Mrs.Bass-Fortune joins in on the fun during the Chancellor High School improv performance put on by “Red Box” at our homecoming pep ral-ly. Her appearence wowed the students and teachers who filled the gymnasium bleachers.


Editorials

Well it’s October already. It seems like just yesterday I was talking about the first day of school, and what I was going to wear. When it comes to the month of October things get super crazy. Everyone is beginning to find out what , what clubs or sports they're interested in, and what their goals for the year are. That can cause a tiny bit of stress..by tiny I mean a ton! It’s extremely stressful finding a new balance, and it always feels like time is running out. Especially since I am a senior, I am really trying to make every moment, every choice, and every oppurtunity matter. October has shown me a lot to make me realize that we can only live our high school years one time. It’s really important to take advantage of these times. Also goal setting and ambition have been the keys to success in my eyes. When I set a goal, I set it extremely high, almost unreachable, so that even if don’t meet that goal, I’m reach-

ing something that’s close to it. It’s important to make life goals that will drive oneself to make the most of one’s time here at Chancellor. We as Chargers should make ambition a common trait amongst ourselves to make ourselves and our future amaz-ing. Let’s take advantage of our time here. Many of us, like myself can have a bit of a hard time focusing on building a bright future when we have had a hectic, or uneasy past, but as the phrase goes, “the past is the past”. We, as maturing young adults, should start to really fo-cus on our futures. By finding where we fit in socially, aca-demically and/or athletically, we are finding hobbies, or peo-ple, that really are fueling our ambition and helping to sculpt our goals for the future, which is why I love this time of year. Soon, we’ll be fully settled in to the year, and the stress that comes with finding where we fit in will disappear and the joy of living through our high school years will revive itself.

By Ashley RagoneseEditor-In-Chief

As the weather gets colder, and days become shorter, there is a perceptible change in the atmo-sphere; the school spirit seems to rally and rise up, which can only mean one thing: Home-coming. For a whole week, Chancel-lor’s enthusiasm is charged up through themed days, football games, and the awesome bon-fire that is so big you can feel the heat from it 50 feet away. Call me sentimental, but I love Homecoming week, and as a senior, I can see the camarade-rie and love that has built up over the last four years, which makes my heart swell. First of all, the themes for the last four years have been great, ranging from aliens to Disney. The creativity hasn’t stopped flowing. With spirit week came themed days which brought endless amounts of fun and costumes worthy of prizes. Tu-tus, feathers, and wigs scoured the hallways. Students went all out and spared no expense to achieve the perfect dress up day, and that was the best part,

how into spirit week kids would get. Let’s not forget how amaz-ing our school can be when it comes to the homecom-ing football games. Charger Chaos can be heard from the senior parking lot, with stu-dents cloaked in camo and black. Our band performs a symphony at halftime that could compete in profes-sional shows, with the audi-ence enraptured with their performance. With the sur-plus amount of support, the Chargers put up a great fight with our opposing team. As my last homecoming draws to a close, I am hit with this wave of melan-choly and have to take a mo-ment to think about my last four homecomings. All of them will leave a special spot in my heart, but I never re-ally knew how lucky I was to be a Charger until this year. So make the most out of the rest of the year. Join a new club, or try out for that team, because it doesn’t matter whether you make it or not, it’s the memories that follow.

By Myah HidalgoCo-Editor-In-Chief


News News Chancellor gets lit

By Becca AlicandroStaff Reporter

This years homecoming bonfire was a huge success. A lot of the clubs at Chancel-lor took part in keeping the students who came to the event entertained. National Art Honor Society provided face painting that included Disney drawings to show off the homecoming theme. Oth-er clubs like Spanish Honor Society, Key Club, Latin Club, Fellowship of Christian Ath-letes, FFA, the sophomore class sponsor, and lots of others all brought food to supply for the fun filled night. The DJ was playing great music and some of the stu-dents gathered to dance. Be-fore the fire was lit, Red Box performed with a skit, and the football team was able to

hype up the crowd by throw-ing t-shirts and sweatshirts belonging to Courtland High School, the school we were playing for our homecom-ing game, onto the fire. The energy from the crowd was intense with excitement and only grew when they started lighting the pile. “I thought the bonfire was really fun! I always enjoy the bonfire be-cause it makes me excited for the game on Friday, and hav-ing a DJ there makes people excited for the dance too. My favorite part is all the free food! If I could change any-thing about it I wish the actu-al bonfire portion was a little more climactic”, states Eliana Durham, a junior at Chancel-lor High School.

Photo by Elizabeth Owusu

Edith Reyes-Romero gets her face painted by Alex Mathews, who, along with several other art students, joined Mrs. Hous-

ton to face paint at the bonfire!

On October 12th, this team of 4 Chancellor students won a GCG engineering design tower building challenge out of 5 high schools and 12 teams. Their tower was 47 1/2

'' tall and the tennis ball stayed on top strong without a time limit!

The team of 4 was AP Physics : Chris Jones & Dalton Arnold

Adv Chemistry: John DoverEnvironmental Science: Kaylen Bates, Juwan Beauford,

Britney Kohler

Chancellor wins tower building competition

Photos courtesy of Ms. Pugh

teen read week brings joy

Photo Courtesy of Mrs. Jett Brown

Teachers enjoy the photo-booth set up in the library for Teen Read Week. Stop by the library to check out a book

and take a picture!


News News

Every year Chancellor’s theatre, choir, and music de-partments all come together to put on a spring musical, and auditions for the 2016-17 musical are fast approaching. This year Chancellor will be putting on Hairspray, a musi-cal complete with catchy mu-sic, infectious dancing, and a story to warm hearts.

Hairspray Auditions Spritzing ‘Round the

CornerBy Tyler JacobsFeatures Editor

idol artists entertainBy Myah HidalgoCo-Editor-In-Chief

On Thursday, October 13th, Chancellor High School host-ed Chancellor Idol; a spec-tacular show full of laughs, songs, and beautiful mo-ments from various artists. The show was sponsored by Choral Director Mrs. Miller and Theater Arts Director Mr. Armentrout, with judges, Audrey Fowler, Sydney Kim-

brough, and Erin Bradley. Each contestant displayed strong performances leav-ing the judges with a difficult decision. The results were: Fourth place- Alexis Rivas and Chris Jones in a tie, Third place- Emma Mearns, Second place- Kimball Roberts, First Place- Kayla Syrkes.

Photo by Myah Hidalgo

“The spring musi-cal is a collaboration where students with talents in different areas can come to-

gether to tell a story,” “The spring musical is a col-laboration where students with talents in different areas can come together to tell a story,” states Mr.Armentrout, one of Chancellor’s resident theatre arts teachers. “Hair-spray has a relevant storyline with a wide variety of mes-sages that are relevant to the high school audience. Hairspray follows the pleas-antly plump Tracy Turnblad in 1960s Baltimore. Tracy wants to be a star on the local teen dancing show and strug-gles to gain a spot due to her size and her dreams of racial “One theme of Hairspray is

the acceptance of all types of people, and that is our mind-set for auditions,” Armen-trout explained. “It’s going to be fun for everyone involved.” Armentrout sees the spring musical for all Chancellor students, even ones who have no prior experience. Auditioning for roles isn’t the only opportunity students can take part in the spring musical either. Students can also become members of the tech crew, and others who play instruments may become a pit member to play in the live orchestra. Hairspray is a major col-laboration with Mrs.Miller, Mr.Singer, and Mr. Armen-trout and auditions will be held November 10th, 14th, and 15th. “It’s incredibly entertain-ing,” stated Armentrout. “The music is infectious, and the show is a great showcase for the wide range of talents at Chancellor!”

“One theme of Hair-spray is the accep-tance of all types of people, and that is

our mindset for audi-tions,”

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NEWS Sports The Lightning Regiment Marching Band’s show “The World Without Us,” composed by our own band director Mr. Addair with the help of Mr. Bradley, has over 60 of our be-loved Chargers working and making competition winning music. “It’s kind of like nature com-ing to life and they start to battle man because we start to take away what is so precious to them,” says Courtney Mc-Clain, sophomore and flute/piccolo player, when asked what this year’s show is all about. She continues on to talk about how their drum major, Paige Martin (senior) is representing Mother Nature and all of the color guard girls are nymphs. The band’s other drum major, Ben Ransom (senior) represents man. “By the end of the show we find a sense of partnership, we coexist so to speak.” McClain states. “We have a competition com-ing up in about two weeks, and we usually go up against five or six other marching bands in our class by performing our show,” states Kaylie Broshu, sophomore

Band beats on this fallBy Erin Jobes,Staff Reporter

and trumpet player. “A band’s class is decided on by size, so we are in the class AA.”“I love our music because of the dynamics in emotion and the musical differences in the sound. All four pieces of music we play have a unique and separate story to them, and I love how they all sound together,” Kaylie adds, while talking about her favorite part of the show this year. Not only do the band’s mem-bers passionately talk about the music they've learned, but they also talk about the how they make the show look great as well. “This year's visual aspect, like the marching, special visu-als, and choreography is more difficult than last year's, but in my opinion it's much more re-warding to pull off each visual perfectly; it only increases my desire to perform the show over and over,” states Rhiley Harris, senior and French horn/ mello-phone player. The students focus on story-telling, musicality, and visual details make the Lightning Reg-iment Marching Band a formi-dable threat to their competition.

FBLA is pleased to announce the 2016-2017 officer team:President – Lydia Burke

Vice-President – Ryann BanksSecretary – Alex Gayne

Treasurer – Jordan Bareford-ByrdReporter/Historian – Eliana Durham

If you are interested in joining FBLA see Mrs. Slater or check out Chancellor FBLA on twitter @chhsfbla2016.

FBLA Introduces 2016 Officer Board

Photo by Mary-Cate Mosher

2016 Corn-hole Competitors toss it in

On October 14th, both students and faculty competed at Chancellor High School’s first library corn-hole tourna-

ment. Bryce Sheetz and Jordan Byrd are the 2016 champions!

Members of Chancellor’s Lightning Regional Marching Band perform at the pep rally on October 6th.

Photo by TLB Staff

Photo by Erin Jobes


NEWS Sports fall Sport updates

football on the play by playBy Greg WolfeFreelance Reporter

Not only was Friday night's match up between the Chan-cellor Chargers (4 - 2) and Courtland Cougars (2 - 4) the Chargers' homecoming game, but it was also an in-tense rivalry match up which was bound to see huge hits and incredible plays. Most of those incredible plays fell the Chargers way, as a balanced running and passing game led them to a strong 38-23 win over a tough Courtland defense, pushing the Cougars to give up more points than they had all season. Charger junior running back Lovell Armstead ran for 128 strong yards, which helped set up al-most every scoring drive for Chancellor. A long-standing record was also broken Friday night. Senior Yetur Gross-Matos notched his place in Chancel-lor Chargers history with his 2 sacks tonight,breaking the all time record at Chancel-lor that was set 26 years ago. Both of his sacks came in monumental moments in the game, forcing Courtland into situations they couldn't come out of successfully. This electrifying rivalry game started off just like you'd expect any high-inten-sity game. With something nobody saw coming. The Chargers won the coin toss, electing to differ and receive the ball in the second half which gave Courtland the ball to start, or so they thought. There was a fumble on the punt, and it was recovered by Charger No. 23 Jeff Pates which gave both the ball and good starting position to the Chargers who cashed it in for seven points thanks to a

rushing touchdown from Ja-son Brown from nine yards out. Both teams' defenses held well for awhile, until a quick minute long drive by the Chargers hooked them up with another seven points to extend their lead over the Cougars. Two passes from Jason Brown that went over 20 yards, and then a 30 yard rushing touchdown by Lovell Armstead was enough for a Charger touchdown. The Cougars weren't ready to just lay down and get

steamrolled, however, as they opened up the second quarter with a rushing touchdown of their own from Senior Chris-tian Coleman who pushed in seven points for Courtland. A penalty and sack killed the Chargers attempt at return-ing the favor with a touch-down of their own, as they failed to convert a fourth and long to give the ball back to the Cougars. The Chargers would get the ball back quick-ly, and march down the field again where it seemed like they came up just short and were going to punt. Instead, head coach Bob Oliver sent out the field goal team, and No. 12 Austin Seipp kicked

an unbelievable 45 yard field goal through the upright. This gave the Chargers a ten point lead which would come greatly in handy as a 45 yard pass from Courtland's Junior James Banks shortened that lead to an uncomfortable three points. The Chargers were able to push into the red zone on their next drive, but failed a 4th down conver-sion at the goal line and went into the half with a score of Courtland 14 Chancellor 17. As the third quarter rolled

along, the Chargers wasted no time finding a way into the end zone as they charged down the field and ended with Jason Brown's second rushing touchdown of the night. Both defenses stood strong again, preventing any landslide of points to come across. Of-fenses stalled until there was 3:47 left on the clock and Ja-son Brown tossed a fade pass to his favorite target E.J Jen-kins into the end zone for seven more Charger points. And just to make things more sweeter for the Char-gers, when the Cougars got the ball back, they were met by the fierce power of Yetur Gross-Matos who punched

in his first sack of the night to end the third quarter. The Chargers left Courtland com-pletely scoreless for the entire quarter. The fourth quarter brought both worry and joy to Chan-cellor fans. Things seemed to be going the Cougars' way early as they returned a fum-ble in their own territory for 75 yards and seven points to draw closer to the Chargers. Then, the Chargers had their punt blocked on their next drive which put the Cougars in a very good position to strike a quick 14 points on the board. But, possibly saving the Chargers' night, No. 11 Cameron Kniebbe picked up a fumbled ball to turn things back over to the Chargers, who then muffed a punt to give the Cougars two more points on a safety and making it a one score game. Tempers flared as some brush ups blew up on the sideline as the ri-valry showed it's nasty side. Nothing severe ever occurred though, and tempers were calmed down and the game was finished. On the Cougars' next drive, they turned it over again, and this time it was No. 23 Jeff Pates who picked up another fumble and ran it all the way in for a touchdown to secure a win for the Chargers who ran the clock down for the rest of the night.

Chancellor offense lines up, ready to make the next the play. Photo by Lifetouch


On October 7, 2016 the Chargers played Courtland High School for their Home-coming Game. The students showed re-spect by dressing out in black and camo for the “war” that was about to happen on the football field. Around half-time was when the homecom-ing court was escorted onto the field by their families and partners. The crowd’s ap-plause was so loud for each individual as they made their way across the field. When the seniors were named, a new level of excitement broke out, and the winners for homecoming king and queen, Noah Dixon and Lexi Law-

Football (Continued)Behind the Sidelines

son, both had huge smiles across their faces. Chancel-lor's color guard also gave a gorgeous performance along-side the Lightning Regiment Marching Band. “I enjoyed the homecom-ing game very much,” states junior Arianna Parker. “This was only my second football game that I have been to for Chancellor, which is such a shame because I love football. My favorite part was halftime and having to walk the track holding the French Club sign which was nice. It was also my favorite because I got to cheer on for my class and my teammate Brittany Margelos, a senior, who was nominated for homecoming queen.”

By Becca AlicandroStaff Reporter

The beginning of October held big events for Chancel-lor students, such as the pep rally, homecoming game, and the homecoming dance. The entire student body gathered in the gymnasium to observe the pep rally and enjoy the performances held during, in-cluding Color Guard’s show. Guard members prepared for both the pep rally and homecoming game by go-ing through the actions they will perform. Members state preparations for the pep ral-ly and homecoming game performances are actually a lot easier compared to other shows they put on, such as their winter competitions

Fall guardcoming up in November. “For the preparation of these things we spend about half of practice running [over] how it will go because it is actually really simple compared to the rest of what we do,” said senior, Casey Hallock. Chancellor’s Guard per-forms in front of crowds often, but members admit putting on a pep rally perfor-mance in front of the school body did make them more nervous than usual.“I was more nervous than usual because more people I know personally, who rarely see what we do as a guard, were watching,” said Hallock. Although both the pep rally and homecoming game per-

By Jailene BlancoStaff Reporter

Guard Looks Forward to Competitionsformances went smoothly, Guard members still had some disappointments re-garding how the events went. “Both [events] went very smooth, but at the pep rally I would have liked to have performed sooner than the last four minutes so that we would have had time to pack up, and so that the members who rode the bus would have had time to make it to the bus,” said Hallock. Even though members looked forward to both the pep rally and homecoming game, the winter competi-tions held through AIA are what the Color Guard most looks forward to. Winter competitions begin in three weeks, around November, but

the exact date is not known yet. “Well, I personally enjoy just having the Guard be-cause we are a very close knit group and winter competi-tion feels more personal and emotional than the fall show to me,” said Hallock. Senior member, Hall-ock, shares that when Color Guard received first place in their division during their second competition, she felt that that accomplishment showed how much their hard work had payed off, and that moment became one of the most memorable for her this year.

field hockey

The girls field hockey team is off to a great season. With no injuries but many seri-ous concussions, the team is working hard to improve on both the court and in practice. Coach Larkin stated. “We have been bitten by the injury bug very hard this season. We haven’t been able to field a complete and full lineup once this year. With having many serious concussion related injuries along with normal wear and tear injuries, we are pushing through the season, and working together to pull out great wins.” Larkin chose girls who had great fitness levels and who

had willingness to compete. “The toughest teams we will play against are both Eastern View and Courtland. They are very skilled and have a lot of experience.” Stated Larkin. “The teammates need better communication when we are playing on the field so we can make a win on both of those teams.” The team is hoping to make it to the finals of the Confer-ence Tournament, and move onto Regional play. Come out to support the varsity field hockey team, next conference quarterfinal playoff game home against Louisa. They will be playing Monday at 4pm.

By Raeyln Slaughter Lay-out Editor

Field Hockey Team Pushes Through

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The Chancellor Chargers came into Thursday night

with emotions running high and the stands crowded with families and friends celebrat-ing some of the seniors' last home game. Also, Senior Bella Conrad sang the na-tional anthem by herself to start the game, which set the emotional mood for the night. Those emotions showed early, but the Chargers cleared it up and roared back for a 3 - 1 win against the Spotsylvania Knights.

Chargers Recover On Incredible Senior Night To Shut Down The KnightsBy Greg WolfeFreelance Reporter

Volleyball In the first match, Coach Bob Walsh filled his start-ing team with all four seniors on the team for the night,

and they stayed their for the majority of the night and it was well deserved. The first match was a bit shaky, as mis-cues and faults let the Knights keep a lead. It was still a very close match, as rallies seemed to last forever and the Char-gers gave it their all on every play. The Knights' No. 6 had sparks flying off her hand as she spiked the ball continu-ously leading her team to an early lead. The Knights rode to an early game lead with a

Match 1 score of 25-20. The second match was when the Chargers real-ly found their footing and started to show glimmers of dominance. Senior Brittany Margelos brought her team together before the match recharging some energy and getting them ready and it showed. Junior Mackenzie Coates spiked the ball with fiery intensity along with Se-nior Eryn Suttle to pulverize the Knights' defense. Senior Bella Conrad also helped her team drive to a lead early with her serves that set up Charger points. The Char-gers showed some more con-sistency in a tight match, as they pulled away late to take Match 2 with a final score of 25-21. Match 3 seemed just as in-tense as the two before it, as the crowd really started to get into it. The Knights struggled to get any points at all as the brick wall in front of the net (also known as Juniors Sydney Collins and Maddy Burnard) kept any Knights attempts at spiking the ball to fail. The crowd was electrified, and the Chargers

The volleyball team has a team huddle before the start of the game.Photo by Greg Wolfe

put together multiple drives led by Junior Arianne Parker, Conrad, and Margelos who helped serve their team to victory. Coates also greatly helped her team racking up her ace total on the year even further. At the end of the match, it was the Chargers with a commanding 25-11 victory. The final match of the night had the home crowd roaring. The Chargers abso-lutely dominated with their seniors on the court as Suttle and Conrad continued to have amazing nights. Senior Ash-leigh Jenkins had her way as well as she set up multiple hit-ting attempts and had nine of her own. The Chargers didn't even let the Knights breathe as they quickly jumped out to a large lead and knocked out the Knights. After the Char-gers scored 21 points, all the seniors were escorted off the court with a standing ova-tion from the crowd. Just to put a cherry on top, Collins knocked in her 11th block of the night to lock up a Char-ger victory. The final, fourth match, ended with a score of 25-8.

Freelance Reporter Greg Wolfe Adds Talent to TLB For my entire life I’ve al-ways been an inspired writer thanks to the numerous nov-els and stories I’ve grown up reading. I’ve written multiple stories like mock articles for friend’s games and just what-ever comes to mind which is probably why my google drive is almost full! I’ve been writing since 5th grade all

the way up until here now in my senior year where I found my passion in creating sports articles. I played baseball for ten years, and have actively been involved with almost all sports. I began writing stories for Chancellor in my senior year, and hope to continue writing stories for other plac-es in my future. In the future

I hope to go off to college and earn a degree in communica-tions to further my education and provide a great platform to develop a career in cover-ing sports.

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The Chancellor Cheerleaders get the students upbeat during the pep rally.

Photo by Jayln Relvas

cross country

“Cross country kids make you feel at home, like you’re a family.” states Holly Bryant. Bryant is a senior this year, and has been doing cross country for three years. She is in the top seven on varsity. Chancellor is ranked high in the conference, with some big wins against James Monroe, Courtland, and Louisa. Sophomore Mike Kreider is in his second year on the team. His favorite part about cross country is the social aspect of of it, how they’re very close and everyone loves everyone. “I can see us going to states as a team, we lost a lot of good seniors last year, but considering that we’re doing good,” states Kreider. Senior Michael Portillo,

Running to Statesalso widely known as Kirby, has been on the cross country team for two years. He men-tioned one of the best parts was the end of the year camp-

ing trip. “It’s fun being able to ex-plore a state park with your friends and eat good food and having campfire and being able to mess with the fresh-man one last time,” states Portillo. With hard work and deter-mination Chancellor’s Cross Country team will make it to States as team, and some of them individually as well.

By Jayln RelvasStaff Reporter

“Cross country kids make you feel at

home, like you’re a family.”

Everyone knows Chancel-lor’s spring baseball team, but did you know we also have a fall baseball team who is hav-ing a strong season? The varsity teams is 8-5 the season so far. Varsity player Jonathan Olsberg, a sopho-more, stated, “The season has been going well. We started out really strong, but then fell off a little bit but we found our rhythm again.” This past season pitching has been doing really well. Coach Barber mentioned they have continuous quality innings from Bryce Sheetz, CJ Craft, Tyler Fisher, Matt Morgan, Jordan Byrd, Matt Zuna, and Jonathan Olsberg. Barber uses fall baseball to

fall baseballPitching into Playoffs

get everyone ready for spring, they work on new defenses, new pitches, and new posi-

tions. He makes sure to get everyone playing time. Barber treated the past two games like playoff games. They out-scored the other team by 17-2 with 7-2 win over Stafford-B and a 10-0 win over Spotsyl-vania High School. “This gives us great mo-mentum for the playoffs and me personally excited for the spring,” states Barber.

“This gives us great momentum for the

playoffs and me personally excited

for the spring,” states Barber.

By Jayln RelvasStaff Reporter

A new school years brings new faces including junior Logan Bennett who trans-ferred from Riverbend this year and decided to continue doing cheer. “Chancellor cheer has im-pacted my experience at a new school by always look-ing out for each other,” states Benett. “We’re all a family. It helps us make it when we all can bond and trust each other.” According to Logan the girls have been working hard on their routines, especially with competition right around the corner. “We’re gonna give it our all

fall cheerBy Jayln RelvasStaff Reporter

Tumbling Into Triumphon the matt,” states Bennett confidently. Danielle Gray, junior, who’s been on the cheer team for three years now mentioned how she’s excited for compe-tition and how even though they haven’t won the last three years, they’ve worked really hard. The girls practice until 5:00pm everyday. It’s been a tough season due to a lot of girls getting injured. There have been six girls with concussions and a few fractured ankles. The interesting part about this year’s competition dance is that the girls worked togeth-er and made it themselves.


Sports SportsChargers homecoming game victory

Created by Emma HausSports Editor


Op-ED OP-ED

Acceptance over judgementBy Elizabeth OwusuStaff Reporter “Love yourself first, and everything else falls in line. You really have to love your-self to get anything done in this world” - Lucille Ball The one thing teens in high school struggle with is ac-ceptance. Instead of being an individual they conform with the standards and principles of others. Teens don’t think people will accept them for who they are or what they stand for. According to Psy-chcentral, teens search for acceptance through status symbols, forbidden behaviors, rebellion,and cliquish exclu-sion. Teens often try to estab-lish status by wearing the right clothes or having the right things. Being in a posi-tion of high status, especially in high school can take a huge toll on someone. For teens, status is an easy way to gain acceptance from their peers. But, what they fail to realize is that wearing clothing that

does not reflect who they are attracts the wrong type of friends. Gaining acceptance through status takes a toll on a young teen, especially in high school. Dressing in clothes that do not show who you really are, can get depressing. It’s like having a whole other identity just to gain acceptance

Forbidden behaviors are one of the most common ways teens seek acceptance. Thinking that looking as though they are more ma-ture will gain recognition from their peers and attract acceptance. Teens often par-ticipate in activities that they associate with being cool and mature such as smoking, drinking, and drugs to get ac-

“Being in a position of high status, espe-cially in high school can take a huge toll

on someone”

ceptance from their peers. To teens, rebellion dem-onstrates separation from adults and authority figures. It proves to their peers that they do not need anyone to regulate their lives. They are in control and do follow anyone’s rules but their own. This is in return lures accep-tance from their peers.

Teens do not want to be associated with anyone who they feel like has unattract-ive looks or a low social sta-tus. They feel like associat-ing with anyone who has any of those characteristics will cause their peers to no longer accept them. Teens strength-

Digging DeepBy Makayla TardieNews Editor

Is it worse to fail at something or never attempt it in the first place? “I think it’s worse to never attempt something. If you never give something a shot, you’ll never know what the result could have been. It’s better to regret action than inaction-- actions can be righted or forgotten, but inaction can only be remem-bered with a feeling of guilt about what could have been. Fail-ure can be painful or humiliating, but at the end of the day, it’s a learning experience that can help you grow as a person. Inaction will lead to nothing except guilt and regret, which, in my opinion, is far worse than the temporary feeling failure may bring.”

-Molly McMullan Molly is always digging deep even at the aquarium!

en their identity by excluding others. After reading this I’m sure your response is, how can we fix this problem? I have a so-lution that should help. First, teens have to practice not consistently judging each themselves. The more they stop picking apart every part of themselves, the more self accepting they will start to become. Teens will no longer have to resort to forbidden behaviors, rebellion, idolizing, cliquish exclusions, or forcing a role that does not fit them. Let’s all come together as a team and help in the process of self acceptance. Instead of tearing each other down for flaws that we already beat ourselves up about, let’s build each other up. The first step to self acceptance is to truly love every aspect of yourself.

“They feel like asso-ciating with anyone

who has any of those characteristics will cause their peers

to no longer accept them “

Teen Problem Column


In October there are mul-tiple carnivals and fun things to do with loved ones to cel-ebrate Halloween. One of these carnivals includes the Creepy Crawly festival that was on Friday, October 14th through Saturday, October 15th at the Ron Rosner family YMCA from 7:00-900 PM. The Crawly event was a great way to put one into the Halloween spirit and into the comforting fall mood. All of the activities were $3 and adults were free for the car-nival inside.When attendees first walked in, the ladies at the front desk greeted people politely and helped with any questions they had about the event. Attendees were al-lowed to wear costumes, and those who didn’t might have quickly felt out of place when they noticed that nearly ev-eryone was in theirs and en-joying themselves along with the volunteers and staff. They had the whole building deco-rated nicely with cute signs and a giant spider with which guests couldn’t resist to take a photo. There were a ton of differ-ent fun activities to do with friends and family, including a fan favorite the haunted house, that gave kids a ter-rifying scare. They did an amazing job with the trans-formation of the house, and acting as different characters as one was trying to find his way through. The haunted house would be great for

What’s creeping into halloween

ages six and up depending on how the child reacts to scary things. Another activity they had was the hayride, a great choice to do if one wants a re-laxing break from the festivi-ties inside. They give guests the choice at the end to go on a haunted trail, which is a short walk from the hayride where one walks down the trail and gets to see the dif-ferent lights, decorations, and fog machines. Nothing pops out on the trail, so this is a great activity for all ages. They also had a carnival where attendees could play different games such as pick a duck, hockey, and spin the wheel for differents knick knacks and chewy candies. Looking to expend some of your energy? They had a DJ with a groovy dance floor, and a moon bounce. There was a children’s maze suitable for younger children, but was still a lot of fun. They had a variety of food and other scrumptious goodies such as brownies, spider cake pops, and a variety of refreshing drinks. In the mood for some-thing on the savory side? There were two food trucks, one with french fries, and the other with kettle corn that made mouths water from the scent of the aroma. Overall this festival is rec-ommended to anyone looking for some late night fun with the family, or a small group of friends.

Tonight is the spookiest night of the year! This year, I decided to dress as a _____ (noun) and go out to a _____ (adj) haunted house with my friends. All of my friends were wearing _____(noun) themed costumes. After waiting in line for _____(number) hours, we finally were next up to go into the _____(adj) haunted house. Inside, it was pitch black and quiet as a _____(animal). Suddenly, a pair of _____(noun/s) jumped out at us! My friends and I all _____(verb/ed) and _____(verb/ed) toward the exit! On our way out, a ____(noun) started chasing us with a _____(noun). By the time we got out, we were all so shaken up! The haunted house was so _____(adj)! Overall, it was such a great time!

TLB tales: Halloween Edition

By Makayla TardieNews Editor

By Lauren FletcherStaff Reporter

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Op-ED OP-ED Hello fantastic food fanatics! I hope your month has been going great and has been full of delicious meals. This month has been a crazy whirlwind of homework, sports, and activi-ties galore, but that doesn’t mean you can’t enjoy a wonderful snack! It starting to look and feel like fall which means it’s time to bust out the Pumpkin everything! The snack that I’m going to share with you guys is a healthy Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookie recipe that is sure to last you through this fright-ful month!Ingredients:* 1 cup instant oats * ¾ cup whole wheat flour * 2 tsp ground cinnamon* ¼ tsp ground nutmeg* ¼ tsp ground ginger* 1 ½ tsp baking powder* ¼ tsp salt* 2 tbsp coconut oil or unsalted butter, melted * ¾ cup pumpkin purée* 1 tsp vanilla extract* 2 tbsp dark or semisweet chocolate chips* 1 tbsp miniature chocolate chips

Directions:1: Preheat the oven to 325°F, and line a baking sheet with parchment paper 2: Mix all the dry ingredients together then mix the wet in-gredients together as well3: Add in the dry mixture with the wet ingredients and fold in the dark chocolate chips and ½ tablespoon of miniature choco-late chips.4: Drop the cookie dough into 15 rounded scoops onto the prepared sheet5: Bake at 325°F for 11-14 minutes. 6: Cool on the pan for 10 minutes

Myah’s Menu

These are great for storing and saving them! Enjoy by the handful!

With fall comes new weath-er, but most importantly new fashion trends. There are so many innovative fashions that have been brought back from other eras and recreated to fit 2016 trends.The must haves of this fall consist of bomber jackets, over-the-knee boots, and the classic sweater. Bomber jackets were a huge trend in the late 90s.They are a cross between tomboy and streetwear. Now they're back and even better. During the late 90s bomber jackets just came in a basic black color. They were oversized and had one typical fit. Now designers have figured out millions of new innovative ways to rec-reate them. Bomber jackets can be styled in many differ-ent ways. One can dress them down with jeans and a t shirt, or dress them up with a dress and thigh high boots. They make it easy to layer over dif-ferent outfits during the cool-er mornings. The best update about the bomber jacket is the fact that they are now made to be unisex. There are plen-ty of new styles for guys and girls to rock.

Over-the-knee boots are the hottest shoes this sea-son. These boots have been made in leather and suede in all types of nude color tones. Over-the-knee boots are the most current shoe wear, that have been spotted on every A list celebrity. They can be

paired with jeans and a jacket for an edgy look, or with a dress for an upscale look. If you are a little more daring and out there with your fash-ion, you can pair these boots with a long sweater. The practical part about over-the-knee boots are that they can keep you super warm in the winter. Sweaters are a classic trend that will never go out of style. They come in such a variety of styles. They can be cropped, long, oversized, and tight. In addition, they can be paired with different types of jeans such as, boy-friend, skinny, and boot cuts. Want to ditch the old boring sweater look? Give it a collar to add personality to it. Pair them with a favorite pair of boots, like the over-the-knee boots mentioned. Not into boots? Pair them with flats or sneakers.

Fashion is a form of expres-sion. There are many other forms of fall fashion with which one can experiment. The most important part of fashion is to make every look your own. Use these tips mentioned to create one co-hesive, fashion-forward look. Enjoy the fall season for not only the food, football games, and bonfires, but for a chance to play with some of the hot-test new trends.

“Bomber jackets can be styled in many different ways”

Fall Fashion FrenzyBy Elizabeth Owusu Staff Reporter

“The most important part of fashion is to make every look your own”

Chocolate Chip Pumpkin Cookies. N.d. All Recipes. Web. 25 Oct. 2016.

By Myah HidalgoCo-Editor-In-Chief

Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookies


Long ago quality holiday specials were made for the enjoyment of children every-where. Some specials were part of a pre-existing series while others were originals. When a special would be an-nounced, many would be ex-cited to see it air and perhaps reminisce about it when they grew old. Maybe they will show them to their children and watching it will become tradition. Whatever the case may be, Scary Godmother: Hal-loween Spooktacular is not one of those specials. Originally a book published in 1997 by Jill Thompson, Scary Godmother: Halloween Spooktacular is a 3D com-puter animated film released in 2003. Animated by Main-frame Entertainment and co-wrote by Thompson herself, the story is an adaptation of the original Scary Godmother and follows the adventures of the titular Scary Godmother and her human friend Hannah during a Halloween party.

The film starts off on Hal-loween night with Hannah trick-or-treating with her cousin Jimmy and his friends. Jimmy doesn’t want Hannah to slow him and his friends down, so he devises a plan to scare Hannah back home. He has Hannah go into an aban-doned house and throw candy into the basement. Jimmy proceeds to lock Hannah in-side the house alone while his friends taunt her from outside. Frightened, Hannah begins to cry until the Scary Godmother appears and takes her to “the fright side” for a Halloween Party. Hannah meets monsters at the party and slowly overcomes her fear of monsters. As an adaptation, the film faithfully follows the source material, but the film itself suffers from animation/char-acter inconsistencies, bizarre animations, and framerate is-sues. One of the many problems the film suffers from is a lack

of design consistency. Some characters have black dots for eyes similarly to the Peanuts cast, while other characters have normal looking eyes. Character size would also fluctuate throughout the film as well, and some monsters features would change (e.g number of eyes changing). Another problem that hurts the film’s quality is the anima-tion. The characters have ro-bot-like walking and running animations, and even large creatures can fit through small doors with ease. Not only is the movement anima-tion bad, but the facial anima-tion is terrible as well. Char-acters such as Hannah would often have strange facial ges-tures that look more terrify-ing than the actual monsters themselves, and when smiling they resembled the masked antagonists from The Purge. The texture quality in some scenes was abysmal, looking as if the graphics were ripped from a poorly designed Sega

Dreamcast game. Lastly, the film has a no-ticeable framerate issue. The characters’ animation fram-erate fluctuates throughout the film, with some scenes appearing to be animated at ~30 fps and other scenes at ~5 fps. It is noticeable to those who play videogames or record video, but the gen-eral audience might not no-tice the animation skips and lags. Strangely enough, the background appears to run at a better framerate than the characters themselves, so it is possible that both rushed ani-mation speed and framerate issues are both to blame. In conclusion, Scary God-mother: Halloween Spooktac-ular gets 3 skeletons out of 10. Although the film has an excellent soundtrack and aes-thetic, the film suffers from bad animations, speed/fram-erate issues, and inconsistent character designs.

Not So Scary GodmotherBy Talon Torres Op-Ed Editor

Charger Chatter

1.What is your favorite thing about Halloween?2.Mint gum or fruit gum?3.What is one subject you wish you didn’t have to take?4.What movies are you wanting to see that haven’t come out yet or you haven’t had the chance to watch?

Lydia BurkeJunior

Claudia UmanaFreshman

Travin McGeeSenior

Jack NelsonSophomore

1. Scary movies 2. Mint 3. Chemistry 4. Blair Witch Project

1. Nothing 2. Mint 3. Math 4. Suicide Squad

1.Dressing like comic characters2. Mint gum 3. Art,4.Deep Water

1. Probably carving pumpkins2. Mint gum3. A language, 4.Hacksaw Ridge and The Godfather 2.

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Features Features Trainspotting, a Film to Make You Quit Before You Begin

By Tyler JaobcsFeatures Editor

“I wished that I’d gone down instead of Spud. Here I was surrounded by my family and my so-called mates and I’ve never felt so alone,” states Mark ‘Rent-boy’ Renton, the leading man and narrator of the film

Trainspotting. which por-trays the debilitating mental and physical effects of the abuse of illegal substances.

The film leads the viewer through psychedelic trips and sickening scenes of Renton’s desires and attempts at reha-bilitation. Trainspotting, distributed by Miramax and Fox Search-light Pictures, is a film adapt-ed by the Irvine Welsh novel of the same title and is di-rected by the brilliant Danny Boyle known for Slumdog Millionaire, 127 Hours, as well as 28 Days Later. This film stars Ewan McGregor, Jonny Lee Miller, Kelly Macdonald, Ewen Bremner, and several others. Renton, played by Mc-Gregor, navigates through his life as a drug user attempting to get clean despite the influ-ence of his own psyche and the presence of his friends. “The downside of com-ing off junk was I knew I would need to mix with my friends again in a state of full consciousness. It was aw-ful,” Renton states gloomily. “They reminded me so much of myself, I could hardly bear to look at them.” Trainspot-ting allows viewers to follow Renton as he struggles with his addictions and their ef-

fects on his relationships both within his group of junkie friends and outside of it. Scenes depict Renton’s trips, withdraws, and his lust for his desires in occasionally pains-takingly psychedelic and of-ten gross means such as entering a toilet and finding himself as in a dreary, dark underwater world. Trainspotting’s key fea-ture is the long narration by Renton as he leads the viewer through his journey which is quite fragmented as one scene jumps to the next. The film may cut from

Renton with his girlfriend to a scene with him hitting up a club; however the occasion-ally jumpy nature of the film does not detract from it as the scenes cleverly add to the story in its entirety. The camerawork and cine-matography of the film is glo-rious, as it adds to the often surreal and gritty tone of the film, making the viewer feel as they are actually seeing the effects of illegal substances without mercy. Viewers wit-ness Renton’s profligacy in a

myriad of means. Trainspotting is ultimate-ly a story of depravity and

longing for a new start at life without poor decisions and the yearning for just another

hit. Drug abuse is shown with-out sugar-coating what fol-lows the usage of such sub-stances. Illegal substances are not glorified in a way to make them look appealing, but to show how low one falls in their life just to get more as they ruin relationships and lose sense of oneself. While the film does show a long winding tunnel of an-guish through monologues, cold sweats, and failure, the

film also shows that through dedication and help there is a light at the end of that tun-nel. Despite Renton often slip-ping back into the hole that is his addiction, he always climbs out of it where in the end, he leaves his circle of junkie friends after rip-ping them off for thousands of dollars in order to start a new life as a man who doesn’t need a fix just to get through lunch. Trainspotting, which runs for an hour and thirty four minutes, is a heavily mature film which is rated R as it de-picts the usage of alcohol, il-legal substances, often heavy profanity, nudity, and a bit of violence. he film is most certainly not for the faint of heartas scenes can be increasingly disturbing and depraved. The film may be recom-mended to viewers who enjoy thought provoking films that should be watched indepen-dently and will not be too turned away from the psy-chedelic and often disturbing nature of the film. Trainspot-ting receives a full five light-ning strikes out of five. “Choose Life. Choose a job. Choose a career. Choose a family,” narrates Renton. “This was to be my final hit, but let’s be clear about this. There’s final hits and final hits. What kind was this to be?”

Trainspotting Movie Poster. Digital image. Film4.com. N.p., 2016. Web. 21 Sept. 2016.

“Choose Life. Choose a job.

Choose a career. Choose a family”


Features Features October Horoscopes

Libra (Sept.23 - Oct.22)October is a month for you to learn to use your time wisely. Make sure you’re not spending too much time on yourself, but also make sure you don’t spend too much time on others. Balance is key. Libra, don’t be afraid to get rid of things that may be wasting your time, and don’t procrasti-nate! Get it done now!Key words: Time, balance, commu-nication

Scorpio (Oct.23 - Nov.21)Scorpio, this month you may find yourself thinking impulsively and following bad habits. Don’t give into bad temptations. It may also be a good idea to not share secrets and lead a more private life. For you, rest will be vital this month, and take care of your mental health. Avoid making crit-ical decisions.Key words: Relax, contemplate, privacy

Sagittarius (Nov.22 - Dec.21) Time for you to get involved! This month you should take risks in order to accomplish great things. October will be the month others will rely on you to back them up and motivate them, especially when it comes to team-work. Make new friends or cre-ate stronger bonds with current ones. It’s also a good month for decisions concerning money and your future plans.Key words: Involvement, contrib-ute, motivate

Capricorn (Dec.22 - Jan.19)Focus on being more cautious about how you come across to other people this month. Capri-corn, think twice about what you post on social media, it may af-fect your life in school or at work! Don’t remain undecided, you may be expected to choose one side or the other. It may also be a good

time to update and refresh your style. Key words: Commit, caution, re-fresh

Aquarius (Jan.20 - Feb.18)Aquarius, prepare yourself be-cause this month you may hear some overwhelming news. You might find that others will ques-tion your beliefs or methods, and you’ll find yourself doubting what you do too. Aquarius, don’t let it get to you! Take a deep breath and block out all of the

negative vibes that are coming your way.Key words: Believe in yourself, con-fidence, learn

Pisces (Feb.19 - Mar.20)Pisces, you might find yourself having to defend and fight for your values. It’s possible shar-ing with others may cause you anxiety. This month, you may be very sentimental about the past, and you’ll want to resist change. Some of the problems you’ll face this month include doing things outside of your comfort zone, and overthinking and overana-lyzing people and situations.Key words: Change, defend, endure

Aries (Mar.21 - Apr.19)

Your life will really start to take shape this month. Aries, you’ll have overflowing energy and power to help create and make your plans come to life. It may be a good idea to gather support from the people around you. It is possible that a relationship with someone close to you may im-prove, and it may be a good idea to make peace with your enemies.Key words: Relationships, energy, power

Taurus (Apr.20 - May 20)Things have been kind of crazy lately and you feel like you’ve lost your original goal and perspec-tive. This is the month to think about things such as diet and exercise, and getting organized. You may feel competitive and self reliant this month, causing you to be reluctant to work with others.Key words: Moderation, organize, perspective

Gemini(May.21- Jun.20)Gemini, you have to listen this month. Listen to your inner voice, to those around you, and pay attention to your dreams. Make sure to also take care of

your body, and make sure that you are well rested. This is also a time to feel empathy, but don’t take in too much emotion and end up carrying all of that weight on your shoulders.Key words: Listen, be healthy, ob-servant

Cancer (Jun.21 - Jul.22)This is the month of new starts for you, especially when it comes to things concerning your home and family. Cancer, your energy may be low this October, so make sure you remain positive and mo-tivated! Work hard, be imagina-tive, and put consistent effort into everything you do because it can help you get ahead of your competitors.Key words: Positivity, imagination, effort

Leo (Jul.23 - Aug.22)There may be some travelling for you this month, Leo. Keep an open mind and observe the new environment around you. This is also the time to get creative and perform a hobby that best fits you. You may also want to step up and take a leadership role. Face to face communication is important for you this October, so put your phone down and actually talk to your friends.Key words: Open minded, lead, bond

Virgo (Aug.23 - Sept.23)Virgo, don’t compare yourself to others and don’t compare your relationship to other relation-ships. It’s also a good idea to define your goals and dreams in terms of your own values. It’s possible you were wishing for comfort and peace this month, but it seems like you’re only at-tracting complicated situations into your life.Key words: Tranquility, gather, de-tach

Stenudd, Stephen. Zodiac Chart. Digital image. Complete Horo-scope. N.p., n.d. Web. 26 Sept. 2016.

By Nadine Blanco and Jailene BlancoStaff Reporters


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“I became a teacher because I couldn’t imagine being anything else,” states Heather Vickers, Chancellor’s new Instructional Technology Resource Teacher. (ITRT for short)

Coming from a family of teachers, Vickers followed in their footsteps and became an English

teacher. After 11 years of teaching English, she was given an oppor-tunity to partake in a course in ITRT. She was reluctant at first, but decided to take the course and fell in love with technol-

new tech guru helps students, teachers at chhs

ogy. “I work with Smart Boards, Blackboard, Google Classroom, Google Docs, and Inspiration,” says Vickers. “There even is a

game on the Smartboard where you throw a soft ball at the board and it opens up a question where you hit it.” Although it is her first year at Chancellor, Vickers has also

By Talon TorresOP-Ed Editor

Ms.Vickers in her roomPhoto by Nadine Blanco

“I began my career in human resources, and I had two children with special education needs so I began learning a lot about edu-cation,” stated Tracy Webb. “I really enjoyed learning from dif-ferent therapists and educators and felt that I had a talent for it. I entered a career switching program as I was working as a paraprofessional.” Webb is a new face in the Special Education de-partment. Webb has lived in Virginia all her life, and moved to Spotsylva-

nia when her husband's job was relocated. “I was offered a job at Chancellor and took the job because it was closer to home,” stated Webb.

Majoring in art, Webb went to Fer-

rum College, Univer-sity of Phoenix, and Virginia Common-wealth University.

“I planned to do museum work, but ended up working in HR/Benefits for a property manage-

ment company and was there for 10 years,” stated Webb. She started as a para in 2008 and be-gan teaching in 2012. “The best situation that has come out of being in this depart-ment has been working for Ches-terfield County. It was the best school system I have worked for. The support for teachers was in-credible and they provided many opportunities for training and recertification,” stated Webb. “Tomahawk Creek is [also] a wonderful school with a sup-portive administration. I would not have left had my husband not

Webb has placed her position in Chancellor’s SPED department

been relocated and once my chil-dren have graduated I may seek to return.”

Webb’s hobbies include painting, fish-ing, boating, garden-

ing, cooking, and reading.

“Something interesting that people don’t know about me is that I paint and draw. I wanted to be an artist when I graduated from college. I also ride ATVs on the weekends.”

worked at Riverbend for five years, Courtland for three years, and has spent 20 years altogeth-er as both an English teacher and an ITRT. Her favorite part of teaching is the moment her students understand the lesson and are able to do it with ease. When asked about her favor-ite thing so far about Chancellor Vickers stated, “My favorite part about Chan-cellor is how nice and inviting everyone is. Other schools aren’t as inviting as Chancellor.” Looking for help with the com-puters? Visit Ms. Vickers in the library on a B-day!

What do you call a halloween party organizer? The GHost.Why did the skeleton punch the clown? He had a bone to pick with him.Why did the kid drop his candy? He had butterfingers.What kind of dog is born on oct 31st? A Halloweenie!What decoration did the come-dian have outside? A Punkin What time do ghosts come out? 8:00 PMHow did the skeleton get into marching band? He can play the Trombone!

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By Raelyn SlaughterLayout Editor

By Talon TorresOp-Ed Editor


Features Features “Actually when I went back to school, to get my Master’s Degree, I did want to concen-trate more on writing,” states Carrie Rainwater. Rainwater is a well-round-ed type teacher starting out teaching 9th-12th grade Gov-ernment, US History, Eco-nomics, and English which is what she is currently teach-ing today at Chancellor. Rainwater stuck with Eng-

Rainwater Pours into chancellorlish because she claims she cannot add or subtract, but can tell a really good story. Her favorite part about teach-ing is the kids she gets to see every day. “I like to see them maturing ……. I’ve always been able to appreciate teen-agers because most of them appreciate my humor,” states Rainwater. The only struggling part about being a teacher in her eyes is having to know all the

students names. Rainwater’s favorite mem-ory out of all her teaching years is at commencement and watching seniors walk across the stage. Outside of school, Rain-water likes to watch the Kar-dashians and spending time with her dogs. Rainwater is adjusting well here at Chancellor and is ex-cited for every with her stu-dents,

Rainwater assists student Toraino Johnson in class.Photo by Emma Haus

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all the people that make up Chancellor High… I don’t think I’ve ever met a better group of kids, a nicer group of kids, or a nicer group of people to work with.”


Features Features Have you noticed our new sec-retary at the front desk? Have you taken the time to talk to her? If the answer to any of these questions is no, then no wor-ries! You can take care of it right now. Being a secretary is a very important job, so it is important that we know a little bit about our school secretary.

“Laura Thomas is our new secretary at Chancellor, replacing Linda. Przepiora who left at the end of last

year.” Although she is new to being a secretary at Chancellor she is not new to the school. When asked what it was like being the new secretary she stated,”It is a very involved job, because I get to interact with the parents and students. There are lots of tasks. It's very exciting and I really en-joy it.”

The Eyes of Our School Being a secretary was a part of Thomas’ original job plan. But before she started working here as a secretary she was working at the hospital as an RN. She has worked here before in the Special Education Department. While she was working here in the Special Education Department, her mom was actually working in this school as the secretary. Thomas is sitting at the very same desk her mom sat at years ago.

“Thomas’ favorite part of her job is

the atmosphere. She loves being around all the teachers and

students.” The hardest part of her job is tracking down all the absences and organizing the dance forms. In addition to being a school secretary, she has one of the hardest jobs in the world. She is a mother of two boys who are six-teen and nine. She loves spend-ing her free time with them.

By Elizabeth OwusuStaff Reporter

“I have pretty much always wanted to be a teacher,” stated Alter. “I chose PE, because I want to teach kids the impor-tance of living an active and healthy lifestyle.Ms. Alter is a new face in Chancellor’s PE de-partment.

Alter lived in Pennsylvania all her life until middle school. She moved to Richmond where she graduated high school at LC Bird. After high school she moved to Kentucky to go to col-lege. She received a scholarship at Morehead State University to cheer on their coed cheerleading teams. “We have one of the best cheer-leading programs in the nation, which is why I chose MSU,” stated Alter. She then moved back to Virginia and now lives in Spotsylvania. ”This is my very first teaching job,” stated Alter. “My very first job was working at a daycare. I have also worked for the Uni-versal Cheerleading Association as a cheerleading instructor for high school students. Basically

all my jobs have been working with kids, so I think teaching is perfect for me.” Alter applied to all the counties before she came to Chancellor. She received a call for the inter-view and got the job in the same day. She was hired in July 2016. “The best thing that has come out of this job has been getting

to know the students and mak-ing positive relationships with them,” stated Alter. “I knew teaching would be something I would like to do for the rest of my life.”Alter’s hobbies include going to NFL.com and looking at all the Pittsburgh articles and working out at Golds Gym. Her favorite color is pink. “Something interesting that people don’t know about me is that I still tumble a lot,” stated Alter. “My goal is to still be able to do a back tuck when I’m for-ty.”

New gym teacher, cheers her way into chHS

By Raelyn SlaughterStaff Reporter

Photo by Raelyn SlaughterMs. Alter is enthusiastic about teaching PE.


Features Features J.R.R. Tolkien is known as a literary genius for more rea-sons than one, and The Lord of the Rings trilogy is one of those many reasons as to why he be-came such a beloved author. If asked to use one word to de-scribe the vast narrative created by the Englishmen, that word would be: Epic. The Lord of the Rings begins several years after the events that occurred in Tolkien’s pre-vious fantasy novel, The Hob-bit. This time around however, a thousand more pages are added to fill one’s mind of prose, drip-pingly detailed imagery, awe-in-spiring narratives, and allegories galore. Tolkien’s trilogy follows young Mr.Frodo Baggins as he jour-neys to the dark land of Mordor to destroy an evil, powerful ring tied to the deceitful and mali-cious Sauron. These books, con-sisting of The Fellowship of the

Ring, The Two Towers, and The Return of the King, also follow the stories of Aragorn, Legolas the Elf, Gimli the Dwarf, the wizard Gandalf, the blunders of fellow hobbits Merry and Pippin, and a myriad of other characters as their lives are affected by the war and journey surrounding the One Ring. Tolkien paints a world with his words and leaves nothing out, resulting in paragraphs of of-ten long-winded descriptions of the landscape and the types of people that reside in said world. He also is sure to include the rich and diverse history of these lands, full to the brim of kings, lords, orcs, and elegant elves. Reading any piece of Tolkien’s work takes patience and opti-mism as his old fashioned style of storytelling weaves itself into the mind of the reader. He takes the time to ensure that in due time, the reader knows what they must about the characters and the world in order to fall in

love with it all. It is evident that Tolkien’s work is that of pas-sion and he wanted readers to feel the same way he did, to love the world and take appreciation in the fantasy he created and the reality that it is based upon. These books are rich with deep characters, delicately mapped lands, intricate plots, and unre-lenting wars in a world cling-ing onto the hope of good tri-umphing evil. Once something is mentioned in the world by Tolkien, it isn’t a loose end with-out meaning, but instead it is another story displaying the ef-fects the battle between the light and the dark has upon the people that live in the world of Middle Earth. By the end of these rigorous novels, the reader may find him-self at a loss once he’s finished. One may seek the appendices in which Tolkien wrote several hundred more pages on the his-tory of the world and what hap-pens to many characters after

The Lord of the rings is a journey all by itselfBy Tyler JacobsFeatures Editor

the final novel closes. One’s eyes wander the chapters and hope to see continual happiness for the characters Tolkien carefully crafted into loveable figures. The Lord of the Rings trilogy can be a difficult read and re-quires fair comprehension skills to be able to recall even a small paragraph of information pro-vided by Tolkien. Often times he does not fret in wandering from the point he was attempting to make before returning to it several meandering paragraphs later. However, that said, it goes as an act of love to the vibrant world he created and one might dive into the vast pages of his-tory with wandering eyes. One truly feels as though they accompanied the dynamic char-acters upon their journey and will find themselves saddened when it ends. However Tolkien would remind readers as Gan-dalf did three young hobbits, “I will not say: do not weep; for not all tears are an evil.”

Chancellor Chargers share their top five current favorite songs. This issue, sophomore, Abel Irahets, share with us a hip-hop playlist, including many by Eminem. Junior, Laura Solis, gives us a playlist filled with indie jams.

Senior Anthony Torres shares a playlist fused with Latin and modern pop vibes, and Mrs. Foreman tells us some of her favorite hip-hop songs.

What’s in your playlist?

“Como la Flor” by Selena“Perfect Illusion” by Lady Gaga“Into You” by Ariana Grande “Sí Una Vez” by Selena “Heathens” by Twenty One Pi-lots

“LUV” by Tory Lanez“My PYT” by Wale“No Limit” by Usher ft. Young Thug“Planez” by Jeremih ft. J. Cole“Don’t Hurt Me” by DJ Mustard ft. Nicki Minaj & Jeremih

“Kings Never Die” by Eminem“Not Afraid” by Eminem“Hit ‘Em Up” by 2pac“Straight Outta Compton” by N.W.A.“Slim Shady” by Eminem

Laura Solis Anthony TorresMrs.ForemanAbel Irahets

“Ain’t No Rest For The Wicked” by Cage the Elephant“Kids” by MGMT“Don’t Stop Make It Happen” by Grouplove“Sleepyhead” by Passion Pit “First” by Cold War Kids


Features Features Memories. The point of them Damian Chastain often ques-tioned, as his boots thudded upon the concrete and his long trench coat lightly billowed in resistance of the musky city breeze the would brush past his stubbled cheeks. His bright blue eyes like faint lanterns in the dimly lit streets perused alleys and people around him, were keen in the darkness as his clut-tered thoughts filled his brain. Chastain understood why memories were needed to prop-erly function, but it was the pain-ful memories that he struggled with accepting. Often times he would find himself lying on the cold linoleum floor of his apart-ment, losing himself in the ceil-ing as he thought back to failure, loss of friends and even of him-self. “Hey, buddy!” called out a fa-miliar voice a few feet ahead along the sidewalk. Chastain approached the newspaper and magazine stand, the fluorescent bulbs within the sidewalk shop lightly flickering with degrada-tion. “You want your copy of the paper? I put one on hold for ya.” The obese man within the stand was named Stan and he wore sweatpants, a brown flat cap, a green track jacket, and a wifebeater shirt that was littered with grease stains from all the meatball subs he consumed from the neighboring food stand.“Thanks, Stanley,” Chastain said a bit brusquely, withdrawing his hand from his pocket to re-trieve the thick newspaper from Stan’s stubby fingers. With his free hand, Chastain threw a few dollars on the counter, and Stan smiled as he retrieved the cur-rency. Turning away from the newspaper stand Chastain’s eyes scanned the front page of his purchase, and a deep sigh ex-haled from his lips.

Several months prior, Chas-tain had apprehended an old friend, Marcus. It had appeared that over the years Marcus had pieced together an illegal opera-tion in which people, animals, and beings of less explain-able standards were to fight to the death in true gladiatorial fashion. Chastain himself had discovered it when he was kid-napped and forced to fight in one of the arenas. After Chastain took care of Marcus, he made sure to begin working on caus-ing further destabilization of the business. Marcus had been one

of the leading sponsors in the Manhattan region and taking the menace to society down as-sisted greatly, but it seemed that cutting the head off the snake only led to two more taking its place. On the cover of the paper was the arrest of television executive Stephen JeRuji. He was indicted for 42 counts of manslaughter and had been escorted to the NYPD for questioning. Chastain folded the paper and shoved it into one of the many deep pock-ets in his coat. “You have a good night, man,”

Stan said as he leaned over the counter of his stand. “Should I expect to be seeing you same time tomorrow night?” “No, I’d say not. I have a cli-ent,” Chastain stated simply be-fore his boots led him down the gum-ridden and mold-stained concrete. With each stride he felt as if the urgency increased, and his paranoia rising. He needed to get to the precinct as fast as possible to avoid losing his lead. Chastain knew that if he had as much money as JeRuji, he’d make sure he got out from the police’s hands and out of the country as soon as possible.

Chastain approached yet an-other familiar location. He pushed open the swing door, and a bell rang above him. He looked around the suits, and his eyes rested upon a small old man tak-ing measurements on a manne-quin that stood in the center of the space. “Back again, hm?” the old man questioned, his voice tired and croaky. He reminded Chastain of a man who had lived far be-yond the point of which one is allowed. Chastain sadly smirked at the relevance to his own lon-gevity. “What will it be this time,

friend?” “High end lawyer, Erik,” Chas-tain stated quickly. “I’ll bring it back tonight, on my word.” “Yes, yes,” Erik replied with a wave of his hand. “Do your hair though. You look like a street rat.” The old man continued measuring the mannequin and Chastain rummaged amongst the suits before claiming a sleek grey three-piece with a red tie. Chastain took the apparel from the rack and went to the back room where he stood be-fore three mirrors and changed. From under the bench in the dressing room he pulled a pair of pointed tip, black dress shoes. Once dressed, Chastain combed his hair to add to the profes-sional style he sought, and he slid the clothes he was wearing before, save for his trench coat, under the bench. Chastain let out a deep breath as he pulled on the long leather coat and stepped out of the dressing room. “I’ll take this as well,” Chastain called to the elderly gentleman as he picked up a brown briefcase from beside the cashier’s counter. He took another breath before exit-ing the tailor’s shop, his shoes al-most clacking upon the sidewalk as their heels were composed of wood. “Call yourself a lawyer,” Chas-tain said to himself. “and people will let you in anywhere if you threaten to sue.” Hopeful, he made his way to the precinct, de-termined to get information. Chastain approached the NYPD facility and sighed as he walked up the steps, light shin-ing from the glass paned doors. He pushed them open and ap-proached the receptionist. “Hel-lo, I’m Stephen JeRuji’s lawyer representation,” Chastain stated in a tone of amicable urgency. A friendly lawyer for corporate executives was not something people were used to and he knew

Stan, the Newspaper Vendor Illustration by Makayla Tardie

Chastain chronicles chapter 2: not so humbleBy Tyler JacobsFeatures Editor


Features Features they’d give him less hassle for kindness. “One moment, sir,” replied the young receptionist. Chastain es-timated her to be an upstart in the department, no older than twenty-four. She had her whole life ahead of her, yet she sat ex-hausted, answering phone calls mindlessly. “Officer Dickens will escort you to the interrogation room, sir.” The young woman, Claire, according to her nametag, sighed and answered yet another call while Chastain turned his attention to the middle-aged po-liceman. If there was one thing Chastain could relate to when it came to the police, it was being tired. Serving the public good was exhausting work, but someone had to do it. Officer Dickens was grizzled and yawning. “You must be the lawyer, then.,” Dick-ens stated as he rubbed the five o’clock shadow he was sporting. “That would be me, Officer,” Chastain smiled briefly as he reached out to shake the man’s hand. Dickens grumbled and turned away, signaling Chas-tain to follow with a wave of his hand. As Chastain followed, his gaze made quick glances around the precinct. It was chaotic, messy, and the air felt heavy with malice. Men and women in the service were quick to look over their shoulders as they worked or gossiped. This atmosphere continued on each floor, the un-ease and mistrust these employ-ees had of each other and even themselves almost made Chas-tain sick. The negative energy flowing throughout the building seemed to engulf the faculty at an almost tangible level. Chastain nearly stopped in his tracks as he passed by the sealed office which was labeled to be that of the Chief-of-Police. The air around it felt malignant and foul. Chastain held his breath and made note of it, not wish-ing to interact with whoever was residing within the office closed

off by glass and blinds. He wouldn’t have to step in to know that the room was seething with corruption. “Here we are,” Dickens stated tiredly. “Don’t know what took you so long to get here. Usually guys like this have lawyers in here within five minutes of their arrest.” Dickens unlocked the door to the interrogation room and alerted Jeruji of his lawyer’s

presence. “About time, you good for noth-ing, money grubbing-” Stephen Jeruji had began until he realized that the man claiming to be his lawyer was certainly not the one he had paid nearly one million dollars for retainer. The door closed behind Chastain, and he set down his briefcase before sit-ting across from the disheveled CEO. “You aren’t Clarence Fief-strom. Where is my lawyer?” Jeruji questioned, practically steaming with frustration. “If your lawyer hasn’t shown up yet,” Chastain explained with a downcast smirk. “then I would assume he’s emptied your assets and fled the state, or maybe even the country.” Chastain watched the anger boil behind Jeruji’s

eyes and the man clenched his fists. “Now why would he do that?” Jeruji questioned with a re-strained fury. “I pay him to keep me out of these situations, not to keep me waiting like an idiot!” “Well, Mr.Jeruji, I would as-sume your lawyer, Clarence Fief-strom, isn’t here because he’s one of the patrons to your little gladiator pits, and he knew that

he wouldn’t be able to dig either of you out of this one,” Chastain asserted in a matter-of-fact tone. Jeruji silenced and looked down at the metal table, perplexed. Chastain stood and went to the door. He leaned his head out and held out ten dollars. “Dickens, would you please take this and order a meatball sub?” Chastain questioned. The officer letting out a sigh as he walked off with the money. “You’re ordering a sandwich?” Jeruji questioned bitterly as he returned his focus to his sup-posed lawyer. “If you’re my lawyer, your priority should be me, not dinner.” Jeruji leaned back in his chair and crossed his arms over his chest. He remind-ed Chastain of a toddler put in

timeout, except he was a grown man arrested for making people fight to the death. “You aren’t my priority, Ste-phen,” Chastain stated as he rested his hands on the cold steel of the table’s surface, lean-ing forward. “My priority is the lives of your fighters and taking down all of your friends who pay to see these innocent people murder each other.” Jeruji sat in silence and a wave of fear came over his face as Chastain loomed over him like a thunderous cloud. “I won’t tell you anything,” Je-ruji stated, his expression chang-ing from fearful, to one devised of spite. “I want a lawyer. I’m tired of these cop tricks! You understand? When I get out of here, you and everyone in this place will be out of a job!” Jeruji stood up in opposition to Chas-tain, not fearing who might hear his yelling. Chastain seized Jeruji by the collar of his shirt, pulling him over the table and slamming him against the grimy concrete wall. “I’m not a cop, Jeruji. And you won’t be needing a lawyer,” Chastain said into the man’s ear before dropping him down to the ground. Jeruji was gasping and looked up at Chastain in shock. A knock rang through the door and Chastain approached, Dick-ens handing in the sandwich. Chastain smiled and set the sub on the table before returning fo-cus to Jeruji. “I figured I could say the blood stains you’ll be getting were from the sauce on the sandwich,” Chastain said in monotone, ges-turing towards the meatball sub. “That is, if they even question the stains.” “Who are you?” Jeruji ques-tioned, trying to maintain his strong-willed demeanor. “You know what? It doesn’t matter. I’ll find out and I’ll have your head on my mantle. Your bad cop act won’t frighten me.” Jeruji sat with his back parallel to the wall

Illustration by Makayla TardieCEO, Stephen Jeruji


Features Features and his arms crossed over his chest. “I told you,” Chastain replied in feigned disappointment. “I’m not a cop. And this isn’t an act.” Chastain shook his head and then kicked Jeruji in the jaw, the man hitting his head on the wall from the force of the kick. “I was once told not to start with the head, but maybe that will knock some sense into your thick skull.” Je-ruji grunted and his pained ex-pression didn’t stop Chastain by pulling the man up by the shirt collar, his feet dangling above the ground. “You are going to tell me the names of all your associates, Mr.Jeruji,” Chastain command-ed. Chastain punched Jeruji in the stomach and the man lurched over his interrogator’s leather laden shoulder. “Then you are going to tell me the locations of the other fighting pits.” Chastain once again landed another punch in Jeruji’s abdomen as the man breathlessly struggled. “And after that you will make a full confession to any and all crimes you’ve committed up until this point. You won’t take any plea bargains.” “I would never-” Jeruji attempt-ed to resist before Chastain flung the man over his shoulder and slammed him on the steel table. “No, Jeruji,” Chastain growled as he leaned over the broken executive. “You will because if you don’t, I’ll kill you.” Chastain wouldn’t kill the man, but Jeruji didn’t need to know that. Chas-tain only needed the information to shutdown the operation and then he would leave. “I’ll not tell you anything!” Je-ruji grunted, resulting in Chas-tain slamming his fist down on Jeruji’s open-palmed hand. This led Chastain to a better idea. “I’ll have to assume you’re right-handed, Mr.Jeruji,” Chas-tain stated as he grabbed the CEO’s left hand. “This is going to be a long night, Stephen.” Chastain put his hand over Je-

ruji’s mouth before he went on to snap back some digits.----- “I’ll talk!” Jeruji cried out, his eyes red and inflamed from streams of tears and his voice hoarse from screaming. “I’ll give you anything you want.” “Hopefully you’ll have enough money to fix your broken fin-gers, Jeruji,” Chastain stated as he grabbed his briefcase from be-low the table. He pulled out pa-per and a pen, placing the writ-ing utensil in Jeruji’s undamaged hand. It had turned out that Je-ruji was left handed, but luckily his writing was still legible. “Names of my associates,” Je-ruji managed as he brought pen to paper. “and locations of the arenas. This is all I know, I swear by it.” Chastain analyzed the pa-per closely once Jeruji finished and he nodded as he placed it in his pocket. “You enjoy the sandwich, Mr. Jeruji,” Chastain added as he passed the sandwich to the ex-ecutive. “Let’s hope you don’t have to see me again, hm?” Chas-tain folded his coat over his arm and grabbed the briefcase. He peaked out the door and noticed that Officer Dickens was asleep, leaning against the wall by the door. Chastain was glad for soundproof rooms. He placed his hand over the locking mecha-nism, a blue light emanated from beneath his palm. The door un-locked and he exited the inter-rogation room. “I’ve got work to do.”---- Even when Officer Gabriel Duer wasn’t put on the case he wanted, he didn’t stop from mak-ing sure it was resolved properly. Especially when Chief Braen was the one who told him to stay out of it. When Duer learned of the indictment of corporate CEO Stephen Jeruji, he knew he had to be the one to put the man behind bars. Afterall, no one else in the department was going to care enough to do it.

Duer had been suspended for breaking the arm of a fellow of-ficer who was harassing one of the female officers in the lunch-room. Duer felt no regret to-wards his actions and decided that he’d do it all over again if given the chance. It had been like a blessing that his suspension ended a week be-fore Jeruji’s indictment and he wasn’t going to waste that op-portunity. However he knew that the man was going to be stub-born, and it didn’t help that the man’s lawyer hadn’t arrived for three days. Especially when Je-ruji refused to speak without a lawyer there to back him up. So when Duer was informed that Jeruji’s lawyer had arrived, he wanted to get into the interro-gation room as soon as possible. Except Duer didn’t know that he was going to be informed of the arrival of the nameless lawyer an hour too late. Duer rushed down the hall to the interrogation room when he bumped into a blond gentle-man wearing a grey suit with a red tie, a long leather coat folded over the man’s arm. “So sorry, sir,” Duer said apologetically, his eyes locked with the man’s bright blues. “Do I know you?” Duer felt a twinge of recogni-tion, yet he couldn’t quite place the man’s face. “I doubt it,” said the blond-haired man with a feigned smile. “Keep up the good work, offi-cer…” The man made a quick, subtle Duer’s name plate. “Duer.” Then the two men parted after he patted Duer on the shoul-der friendly. Duer, disregarding how red the suited gentleman’s knuckles were, continued run-ning down to the interrogation hall. Duer sighed as he saw Officer Dickens asleep by the door like a cartoon guard. He grabbed Dickens’ keys and unlocked the door to Jeruji’s interrogation chamber. A high sense of utter

confusion came over Duer as

he looked upon Jeruji. The man’s fingers on his left hand were se-verely broken, his eyes red from crying. “I’m going to confess,” Jeruji said in a hoarse voice. He stared blankly at his warped reflection in the steel tabletop. “No law-yers, no plea bargains.” Duer didn’t know how to feel. This case could make his entire career and he’d be putting away an ac-tual monster, yet he didn’t work for any of it. The blond man crossed his mind. “Let me get a tape recorder,” Duer stated before running from the room. His thoughts flashed to the blond man’s red knuckles and he sprinted down the hall. Duer ran to the main entrance of the department and surveyed the street in urgency, looking for any sign of the suited gentle-man. Duer found nothing and he felt a vibration coming from his jacket pocket. He pulled out his cellphone, glancing at the caller ID which came up as ‘UN-KNOWN.’ “When someone takes an op-portunity, they miss out on the other opportunities presented to them whether they know it or not,” explained a warped female voice, a voice which Duer recog-nized. “You know who that was, Officer. Don’t let him go again.” “Who are you?” Duer ques-tioned in urgency before the line went dead. “Why do I need to find him?” Duer let out a shout of frustration and he shoved his phone back into his pocket. Duer sighed and ran his hands through his hair before re-enter-ing the building. Lost in thought, he retrieved a tape recorder and returned to Mr. Jeruji’s interro-gation room. “Alright, Mr. Jeruji,” Duer stat-ed as he took a seat across from the executive. He knew that Je-ruji would get life imprisonment for the charges brought against him. Duer also expected Jeruji to know that as well. “Let’s begin, shall we?”


Features Features Scorpio (Oct.23 - Nov.21)Scorpio, this month you will seem to be in the right place at the right time to meet new people and make new connec-tions. This will be good for your work and school relationships. You may also notice that a lot of people are wasting your time, so don’t let them do it. Get things done, and don’t let anything get in your way.Signs to avoid: Gemini, Aquarius

Sagittarius (Nov.22 - Dec.21)You may have some strained relationships this month. Too many restrictions in your life will make you feel like you have less freedom. Sagittarius, it is possible you’ll be feeling deep and intense feelings as well. Take some time to treat yourself and take better care of yourself, like eating healthier.Signs to avoid: Virgo, Pisces

Capricorn (Dec.22 - Jan.19)Use the extra confidence you’re feeling this month to achieve something great. Your creative and psychic hunches can help you make wise decisions regarding the people in your social circle. Capricorn, you may give some excellent advice this month due to your unique insight. Be open to experiencing new things.Signs to avoid: Aries, Libra

Aquarius (Jan.20 - Feb.18)You could be avoiding conflict, but don’t be surprised if you still find yourself in the middle of it. Aquarius, you may have to de-fend your ideas and goals. Also, don’t let yourself be influenced by others. Make sure to stay mo-tivated and surround yourself with great, upbeat people who will help you keep an optimistic outlook.Signs to avoid: Taurus, ScorpioPisces (Feb.19 - Mar.20)This month you may feel your-self a little dreamy, distracted,

and down. Take a more down to earth approach to your over-the-top ideas. Try to avoid taking huge risks. If you are a creative Pisces, this a good month for you because you’ll be super imagina-tive and creative. It would be a good idea to volunteer and help others.Signs to avoid: Gemini, Sagit-tarius

Aries (Mar.21 - Apr.19)This month be sure to stay healthy and take care of your-self. You may have an urge to overspend, whether it be on clothes, food, or entertainment. Aries, make sure to go with your hunch. If it doesn’t feel right, don’t go through with it. You may find yourself having many arguments and debates this month.Signs to avoid: Cancer ,Taurus

Taurus (Apr.20 - May.20)The confidence you’re feeling this month could create favor-

able impressions on others. You’ll be feeling optimistic as well and this will help you finish hard work. This hard work may get you noticed by a teacher or coach. So, plan ahead and con-centrate, good things are com-ing your way. Taurus, it is pos-sible you could fall in love with your friend.Signs to avoid: Leo, Aquarius

Gemini (May.21 - Jun.20)This month you will have to be strict with yourself. You may also be uptight and react harshly to criticism. Gemini, you will help someone with a problem that you have been through be-fore, so use your experience for good. If you’re a single Gemini, don’t pin your hopes on someone too quickly.Signs to avoid: Virgo, Pisces

Cancer (Jun.21 - Jul.22)You will be feeling extremely emotional this month, Cancer. This will be a month where you

will be feeling compassion and empathy towards others. You may notice things will go really well for you. Maintain your posi-tive and energetic vibe. You may be introduced to a new love!Signs to avoid: Aries, Libra

Leo (Jul.23 - Aug.22)This month may include the loss of your perspective and goals. You may also let emotions get to you and control you. Leo, don’t defend people who don’t deserve it. Also, don’t feel like you have to impress others. You may be at the right place at the right time to meet someone special.Signs to avoid: Sagittarius, Scor-pio

Virgo (Aug.23 - Sept.22)Virgo, your hard work will pay off. This month you really want some stability and a certain rou-tine. You’re social, charming, fun, and loving this November. It’s a good time to meet new people, plan things out, and get ahead. You will grow more as a person and you’ll learn some-thing new.Signs to avoid: Cancer, Aries

Libra (Sept.23 - Oct.22)You want things to be perfect and precise. You’ll be motivated and committed to your work and activities this month. You’ve set your standards very high. Li-bra, don’t deal with people who waste your time. It’s possible you may be quite harsh with people this month and you may be los-ing faith in people close to you as well.Signs to avoid: Virgo, Capricorn

By Nadine Blanco and Jaline BlancoStaff Reporters November Horoscopes

This month our readers will benefit from October and November’s horoscopes. Our next issue will be a double

issue and feature December’s horoscopes.




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