2May 2011Hi Times Issue 8 Vol. 102

2010-2011 Hi-Times StaffEditor-in-chiefs: Brittany Belkiewitz Samantha Holifield

Copy Editor Anjelica Oswald

Ads Staff: Jordan Bello Samantha HolifieldLauren Dipert

Advisor:Miss Saoud

Staff Writers:Jordan BelloLauren DipertAbby FeikesSarah FisherJon GardnerCole KelloggJorge MedinaKharson NurnbergAnjelica OswaldAlex SaliwanchikSkyler ShorttTommy SnyderJenny SzymkowskiCourtney WestZach Winslett

The answer to last month’s question was “3”! Marsha Mello was our winner! Congratulations Marsha! Come to Room 4.19 during success for your prize!

Before Mt.Everest was discovered, what was the highest mountain in the world?

Trivia Question!

By Alex SaliwanchikStaff Writer

JuniorsTake ACT/SAT•Submit scores•College visits•Community service•College Applications•Improve GPA as much as •possibleFind majors and minors•Jumpstart on saving money •Summer jobs•Concentrate on sports•FAFSA•

Preparing for the future: Essential measures to take

By Courtney WestStaff Writer

Even some of the most impor-tant dates can sneak up without much of a warning. With Moth-er’s Day coming up, there is a lot ofstresstofindthosegreatlast-minute gifts that will make a mother feel loved. So what kinds of options are there when it’s the day before Mother’s Day and the perfect gift has yet to be found? A great way to show a mom how much she is loved is by sending flowers. It may seemlike an over-done gift idea, but sending a bouquet of lilies to a work place is a pleasant surprise for a mom.Toaccompanytheflowers,onecan make an impromptu recipe book. All this requires is a com-puter. Find some of her favorite recipes or old family dishes that have been passed down, and bind them together to make a recipe book. Another way to be creative is to make a coupon book. This can be hand written or typed. In the coupon book, offer a free car wash or vacuuming of the house. Gifts such as these cost little money and will show mom how much she is cared for. “I think my mom appreciates the handmade gifts more than the ones that I buy. They seem to mean more to her,” said fresh-man Drew Kessler. If money is available to be spent, one can try these simple ideas.Restaurantgiftcertificatesarea great Mother’s Day gift. Not only can she use them whenever she wants, but you might even

get lucky and she will treat you, as well. You can spend however much you want and pick her fa-vorite place.Anothereasygiftfixistopur-chase a year-long subscription to a magazine you know she al-ready purchases. This will show that you pay attention to what she enjoys reading. If she doesn’t already subscribe to a magazine, try picking one that will appeal toherinterests.Forexample,ifshe enjoys running, try Runner’s World, or if she likes to be in the kitchen, try Food & Wine. If all else fails, a trip to Bath

and Body Works can go a long way. Pick out a special fra-grance for mom and buy one of their gift baskets. These are rel-atively cheap and usually con-tain a few items. Not only will mom be a happy camper, but she will smell good too! “I always make my mom a homemade card because it shows how much I really appre-ciate her for me to put my time into making her one. I also get her lots of candy, because she is the best mom ever and she does so much,” said sophomore Sierra Conklin.

By Tommy SnyderStaff Writer Summer jobs are a common thing for high school students. Some people think summer jobs will take up their whole summer to have fun and hang out with friends. I think it’s good to have a summer job. You can raise money over the summer to help with gas. Gas prices keep rising, so most people need the money to help pay for gas. You can also request for just a few days of work a week, so you can also hang out with friends and go places. It’s also a good idea to get a job and save up some of your money for after school and for college.Youcanalsotryandfindasummerjobwithafriend,soyouhavesomeonetotalktoand joke around with. Some of the common places to work at while your in high school could be at a pizza place, a fast food restaurant, clothing storeor a dine in restaurant. Kids usually will pick a easier place to work when they’re young so they don’t have to worry so much about work, while also having to worry about schoolwork. It is also always nice to have a little more pocket change to have around when you go places with friends. Also, they wouldn’t have you work twenty-four hours a day, so if you get off in the evening there’s plenty of things to do, so it’s not really taking up too much of your time. I think getting a summer job will also help you get used to working when you’re older when you have to work everyday. I think it would be a hard transition to not be working at all to working everyday for ten hours. So in my overall opinion, I think a summer job is a good idea. Who knows you could even make some new friends.

By Jenny SzymkowskiStaff Writer

Summer;whatbettertimetorelaxandenjoythebeautifulsunshine?Formany,summerisatimetocatchuponsomesleep,atimetorejuvenateforthenextschoolyear or even a time to stay out late without any consequences. For others, it is time to go back to their backbreaking boring job. Nothing is a big-ger downer than having to work while everyone else is having fun splashing around in the water at the beach. Summer jobs can still be as stressful as school. Summer is supposedtobeatimeforrelaxation,notatimetohavetowork. Working during the summer is the worst. Tyler Algrihm, LPHS senior, works at RalphLaurenandenjoyshisjobtoacertainextent.“Idon’tenjoyworkingduringthe summer but i guess that making a little money is better than making none at all,” said Algrihm. “Sometimes I wish that I had a money tree in my backyard, but don’t we all?” This is like having school all year around. There are no breaks, and no time for much of anything, unless you have a part time job. We will have to work the rest of our lives after high school and college, so might as well have fun now. For seniors, this is their last summer to see their friends and hang out stress-free. It will be the last two months to enjoy life before being on their own. Teens have the rest of their lives to work. Just having one summer off from the hard work would be a nice change. Summertime is a time for having fun, hanging with friends, catching up on sleep, and doing whatever you want whenever you want, but that’s just my opinion. It’s understandable if some people have to work for some reasons or they really just like to have a job, but if you don’t have to, why work? Nexttimeyouhavetheoption,taketheeasyroadandrelaxforonce;itmayjusthelp you on your journey through life. Forget about stressful situations and worries, and just kick back.

SeniorsTake ACT/SAT•Submit scores•Submit transcripts to col-•legesCollege visits•College Applications•Look into room and board•Find roommate•Orientation•Figure out what classes to •sign up forSummer job before college•Buy things for dorm room•

Going to college is a very important part of students lives. There are many things to do to prepare for this big change.

Summer job options bring debate over what to do

Mother’s Day quick fixes: Last minute gift ideas for mom

Jobs bring money for gas Summer is a time for fun

By Jordan BelloStaff Writer

Gone are the days of basic product advertising where a commercial dominates the marketing industry. Companymarketingteamsarefindingcreativewaystograbattentionandpersuade. One of the more traditional ways of advertising, besides commercials, is product placement. The con-cept of putting a product in a show solely for the purpose of convincing someone to buy it may seem kind of sneaky, but with more and more people ignoring commercials, it can prove to be more effective at getting a message across. “I would say that this method is more crafty than sneaky. From the standpoint of the show, advertise-ments and product placement are great money makers. Sponsors have to pay to advertise, and they make money back on sales,” said Mr. McCorkel. The “sneakiness” factor is that viewers may not realize they’re getting a sales pitch, and that’s the whole point. As humans, the viewers are easily convincible, even if they don’t want to be.Televisionnetworksandbigtimemarketingfirmsarenowstartingtocollaborate,anditisbecomingmoredifficulttotellthedifferencebetweenacommercialandashow.Sometimesthereisn’tadifference.This may be more common now due to the fact that more people own DVR systems, and can easily fast forward through commercials. Media Planning Group recently released their results of a study on commercial viewing. The study showed that 90 percent of people with DVR’s skip commercials, and 16 percent of them watch commer-cials when viewing live television, instead of doing something else or channel hopping.

Product placement knocking out the advertisement competition

(Top) Beautiful pink flowers are on display in the main office. (Bottom) Taste of Home Cookbook contains many delicious recipes.

Photos by Kharson Nurnberg