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Vol 92, Issue 6Manatee High School March/April 2010

What’s Inside?

Alex HenryEditor-In-Chief

New StreetlightManifesto Al-bum Page 7

Is prom a time honored tradi-tion or a frivo-lous formality? Page 6

NFL Mock Draft Page 8

Health care bill passes Senate

William Gilbert Entertainment Editor

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After a year of debate and months of uncertainty, Con-gress gave its final approval to the highly controversial health care bill late Sunday night. H.R. 3590, a comprehensive health care reform bill that is projected to expand medical coverage

to millions of Americans, was passed by a vote of 219-212. All 178 House Republicans voted against the bill, along with 34 Democrats. The vote came hours after Michigan Congressman Bart Stupak and his coalition of pro-life Democrats agreed to a deal with the Democratic leadership that ensured their votes in sup-port of the bill. In exchange for

their votes, President Obama agreed to issue an executive or-der restricting the use of federal funds to finance abortions, a move that may have salvaged the passage of the bill. President Obama voiced his pleasure in a public address following the vote calling it a victory for America and adding "this is what change looks like." Obama signed the bill into law

on Tuesday. The House also voted 220-211to approve a reconciliation bill aimed to change what many House Democrats view as flaws in the health care bill. This bill will go to the Senate where Majority Leader Harry Reid ensures they have enough votes to pass it, and if passed, it will presumably be signed into law by President Obama.

Democratic leadership marches on capitol hill preceding the passing of the historic bill

The story behind Coheed and Cambria’s music

“It’s basically a science fic-tion tale, a little on the horror side,” said Claudio Sanchez, lead singer of progressive rock band Coheed and Cambria, in an interview at this past Comic Book Convention. The story line he is speaking of is “The Amory Wars,” which all his band’s music is based off of. The story is set in a foreign solar system called Heaven’s Fence. The system consists of

78 planets, lined together perfectly, fitting into a per-fect equilateral triangle. This collection of planets, all con-nected by a heavenly force called the Keywork, are un-der the rule of the tyrannical Tri-Mage Wilhelm Ryan. It all begins with the first al-bum: “Second State Turbine Blade,” which is also the name of the first set of comic books. A couple named

Mock Trial team heads to StatesZach EvansNews Editor This month the Mock Trial team competed in the 12th Judicial Circuit Mock Trial Com-petition and achieved first place. The preliminaries took place on the 6th and the finals took place on the 9th. This was the districts competition for the Mock Trial teams. While any high school is wel-come to participate, the rigorous amount of work that’s standard with this competition only brought four to the competition this year. Out of the four, Mana-tee was the only public school

competing. The first place win is exciting to the team, as Saint Stephens is the typical school to win. Ms. Gaines, the Mock Trial team sponsor for 17 years, is excited about being the underdogs, as well as the team members. The competition was held at the Judicial Center in downtown. The next stage of competition is states. If they win at states, then it’s on to nationals. According to Gaines, part of this win goes in recognition to the attorney coaches Mr. Mark Nelson and Lisa Belle. States will be held from the 25th to the 28th in Orlando.

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SkillsUSA attends regionalsMaureen Mida News Reporter

Students teach FrenchSavannah Hendrickson News Reporter

Interested in helping Ballard Elementary? Well now you can. Manatee High school’s Key Club has been participating in the Chow Now program, which is helping to feed elementary school kids. The Chow Now program was created around two years ago when a former member of Key Club became aware of the hungry children at Ballard. Quickly af-terwards, the program was started to help the elementary school. Key Club has been helping out Ballard Elementary School by feeding the children with the free-lunch plan. For many of the Ballard students on the free-lunch plan, that meal is their only meal for the day. With the Chow Now program, food is delivered at least once a week to the children who need it most. The meals are usually nutritious and healthy, while try-ing to stay kid friendly. A lot of money and help is needed with this program. On average, it takes $250 to feed all the kids. Key Club members would appreciate help from the entire community. Money and donations toward the program are always needed. For more information or to find out how you can help feed a hungry child, see Mr. Mills, Key Club director, or a Key Club member.

Key Club Chow Now

For the 17th straight year, Manatee’s own JROTC has brought home the Honor Unit with Distinctions, an honorable award to win. The com-petition was held February 20th. Along with that, they were also one of the top command and staff brief-ings that have been seen over the last five years at the competition. Cadets also made a 100 percent on curricu-lum knowledge. Inspectors at the competition also noted that our cadets took pride in their uniforms and made positive comments about the school and pro-gram, which helped them stand out. Earning several 1st and 2nd place wins, is much easier said than done.Although hard work and training helped, it was a pleasant surprise for Gabby Philliphs. “We didn’t think we were going to do that good,” Philliphs said. “Competition is very stressful and every judge keeps you in place. Even when you think they’re not looking, they are.”Six other schools competed in this competition including Lakewood, Southeast and Bayshore. Once again, however, Manatee’s JROTC took home the victory.

JROTC VictoryMaureen Mida News Reporter At Jessie P. Miller 5th grade

students are getting a lesson in French. French students are going to elementary schools on Thursdays and Fridays, on even days, to teach two different classes of French. The elementary stu-dents will be learning basic French words like greetings, “my name is…” numbers, and colors. For Valentines day they learned to say “I love you”. There are 15 French students teaching the 5th graders. The children are split into groups and different groups do differ-ent activities with the kids. For example, some groups make posters, some quiz the elementary students, and even some groups give homework. Mrs. Murray, the French teacher at Manatee, said that

“It gives kids a learning experience. It lets them see if they work well with kids or not. And most seem to. And this also makes the other teachers happy.” Mrs. Murray also likes when kids from the elementary school will have her class in high school and tell her they remember hav-ing her students teach them back in elementary school. The French class was of-fered this opportunity after they had previously worked at the elementary school with French 3.The only downside to this activity ac-cording to Mrs. Murray is “It’s hard to get the students to and from the elementary school.” The French class has been going to miller since February and the last day they go there will be March 19th.

peting since it was my first time," said Ben Carpenter, a junior and vice president of the club. "We get to show what we learned and accom-plished in culinary, and I'm happy that I placed in my competition because I look forward to attending states." Other high schools attend-ed the conference, including Southeast, Palmetto and Bay-shore. But Chef Suzette was confident about her students. It was the largest group she'd ever taken to competition and was very proud of their hard work. "Whether they placed or not, I'm proud of all my students," said Chef Suzette. "But now that they've made it this far, it's time to really step it up for states. They'll be competing with the best of the best in Florida." States will be held at Manatee Technical Institute where students will compete for a chance to go to Nation-als, which will be held in Kansas City, Missouri and will take be a week long.

Jaina Patel News Reporter

SkillsUSA is a career tech-nical student organization that helps promote leadership skills. Members prepare for careers in trade, technical and skilled service occupa-tions, including health oc-cupations. Held at Sarasota

County Technical Institute, the region 6 conference included Manatee students who are a part of Culinary Arts, TV Production, and Construction Technology. Chef Suzette, Culinary Arts teacher, accompanied her students to the competition where they competed in

Cooking, Baking, Job Dem-onstrations, Action Skills and Quiz Bowl. Some of the winners included: Ben Carpenter-1st place Extem-poraneous Speaking and 2nd place in Food and Beverage Service, Kirsten Lee, 3rd place Action Skills and 1st and 2nd place in Quiz bowl. "I had a lot of fun com-

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FeaturesMacohi 2009-2010 StaffEditor in Chief:Alex Henry

News Editor:Zach Evans

Staff Reporters:Eleni BlairVanessa CruzAlexis ElliotJoshua FreedJacob HossKimberly MaysShanice MaysMaureen MidaJerica OrtunoJaina PatelAce SandersSarah ShookSavanah BoundsSavanah HendricksonKara InglisTaylor Lidge Marla MastersRyan TaylorKelsey Torrick

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TIFFANY TOMPKINS-CONDIE/ttompkins@bradenton.com Manatee High's marching band plays during the2009 DeSoto Heritage Grand Parade

The Grand Parade starts April 24th, Saturday at 6:30 PM on Manatee Av-enue .Its ranked as one of the largest and most fa-mous parades in the South, this exciting De Soto Heritage Festival Grand Parade is fascinating for all ages. Additionally, ev-eryone who's anyone will be there. The street will be filled with loud music out-

standing floats and a huge crowd of people all getting rowdy together. Therefore, over 150 parade entries will be in attendance with enormous amount of beads on each one of the floats. The street will be filled with cheering and some new twists to the 2010 parade. Make sure to bring money for light up toys and cotton candy its going to be a blast, the most fun time you’ll have hanging

out on a street. Starting at Manatee High School, the parade route goes west on Ninth Avenue, north along 39th Street West to Mana-tee Avenue and then turns east toward Downtown Bradenton to Ninth Street West. I hope to see you at De Soto Heritage Festival grand finale with families and friends. It will be fun and full of excitement.

Sarah Shook Staff Reporter

DeSoto Heritage Grand Parade around the corner

Favorite teacher?Ms.HinkleAfter School Ac-tivities?Just hanging outFavorite High School Memory? Late nights at the coveFuture Plans? Hopefully become a police officerQuote-“I have the duty to be a fighter for truth and jus-tice.”

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Senior Spotlight

Rebecca Fortson

Favorite teacher?Mrs.ReiberAfter School Ac-tivities?Hanging out with friendsFavorite High School Memory? Winning states in cheer leadingFuture Plans? SCF, Teacher or flight atten-dantQuote- Laugh now, cry later

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Aries- Even if you don’t want to ruin the fun, if the time comes don’t bite your tongue.

Taurus- this spring break you may have a few obstacles to go through before you get to want you really want.

Gemini- If a time comes where you are torn between two, try to take a look at both sides and be fair.

Cancer- Trouble may be lurking in your path, stay clear of things that seem abnormal.

Leo- If something or someone catches your eye, don’t just blow it off go after it.

Virgo- All of those minor problems you’ve been having will soon be washed away.

Libra- Be open minded, some things just might change your way of life.

Scorpio- To much fun may come back to haunt you!

Sagittarius- Reward your self with some hard earned fun.

Capricorn- Take some time for your self this spring break, reflect on who you really are.

Aquarius- If you’ve been obsessing over someone, face the facts and get out to try to get over them.

Pisces- Before things start to get out of hand try to be sensitive to others.

SpringBreak Horo-scopesEleni BlairStaff Reporter

Tanning salon terrors Eleni BlairStaff Reporter

Tanning salons are well known for giving everyone those nice perfect tans they want, although, there are some downsides to the them traditional tanning beds and sun lamps typically give off about three times the UVA rays that are emitted by the sun. New, high-pressure sunlamps emit doses of both UVA and UVB rays that can be as much as 15 times that of the sun. Timed tanning sessions minimize an individual’s risk for health problems com-pared to tanning outdoors, but tanning beds are proven to cause sunburns, and just one sunburn doubles your risk of developing skin cancer. Tanning salons claim that tanning is necessary to obtain sufficient quantities of vitamin D. In fact, it takes far less UV light to obtain the necessary amount of vitamin D than it does to get a

suntan. Bottom line is tanning beds are dangerous! Tanning beds are strong associations of skin cancer

and not good for you or your skin, so if you still want a that perfect bronze tan with out the sun I suggest you get sunless tanning products they come in lotions,

gels, and mousses but your best bet would be to get a spray tan. Other than that maybe just stick to the beach and get a natural tan.

Manatee County Royalty

Kara InglisStaff Reporter

Every year the Hernando De Soto Festival consists of The Children’s Parade, The Heritage Parade, and several other events including the annual Queen’s Court. The Queen’s Court has been a long-time tradition of this festival going back over 70 years. The Queen’s Court is meant to celebrate the beauty and talent of 10 young women from the

community. The community recommends the candidates, and then the Hernando De Soto Historical Society makes the final selection based on character, ap-pearance, scholastic ability, high morals and personality. Among this year’s candidates are three former MHS Students: Mariah Callahan, Amber Gibson, and Candice Goodman. The current queen (Natalie

Lopez), princess (Kimberly Hill-man), and other court members serve as ambassadors for the Hernando De Soto Historical So-ciety and Manatee County. The appearance of the Society’s 2010 Queen’s Court will be April 16 at the 4th annual Gala Latina. This gala will be held the Bradenton Municipal Auditorium. At the gala, the candidates will par-ticipate in a musical and fashion

show as a way of showing off their personalities and talents. Finally, on April 23, the 2010 Queen ad Princess will be an-nounced at the De Soto Heritage Festival Ball. The ball will also take place at the Municipal Au-ditorium. The following evening the 2010 Queen and Princess will make their societal debut in the Heritage Parade, which starts at 6:30 p.m.

Last year’s queen being crowned

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You see, unlike most prom haters I have actually been. I got in for free on a TV pro-duction assignment to tape the prom. My friend did all of the taping, so I was free to wander around and soak in the whole experience. I was under-impressed to say the least. It is hard to articulate how utterly bored prom made me. As I stood around, Shir-ley Temple in hand, I could not believe how incredibly lame the whole thing was. As I noted there are two things to do at prom: eat and dance. I enjoy eating as much as anyone, but I found that it is impossible to not feel like a loser when you’re standing around stuffing your face on what is supposed to be the greatest night of your life. And then there is dancing. Dancing can be fun, but no so much when it is to atrociously bad contemporary music and not when you are dressed in your Sunday best. I can attest that there is noth-ing stranger than a horde of formally dressed people dancing like idiots to "Crank Dat Soulja Boi". People say that you have to attend prom because of tradition. It’s what you’re supposed to do, and I think that's the main reason people go to these things. They trick themselves into think-ing that it’s awesome be-cause it’s supposed to be awesome. That's all you ever hear, and that's all you ever think. Now you could make the argument that I am just a cynical misfit with a diehard aversion to tacky school-sponsored activities, and you would be correct, but I can say with all confidence that I can think of a million ways I would rather spend a Saturday night than wasting my time and money at prom. Remember kids: You can only skip your senior prom once!

Every spring the govern-ment commits a horrid atrocity, an offense so vile that the entire country is pushed to the brink of rebel-lion. What is this detestable act you ask? Messing with our sleep of course! Every March the government puts their meddling hands into our beds and interferes with our sacred ritual of slumber. They take away an hour of our precious sleep, leaving us sleep deprived and miser-able. You would think the gov-ernment would have a good reason to subject us to such torment, but I'm not so sure that they do. So why do they do it? The

common train of thought states that it is to conserve energy, but that’s a load of hogwash. Numerous stud-ies show that daylight sav-ings has little to no effect on energy savings. The adverse effects on the other hand, are quite a bit more noticeable. Studies have shown that daylight savings time has a detrimental effect on work production and can also lead to serious health problems. The rate of serious heart at-tacks goes up 6 to 10 per-cent during the first week of daylight savings and depres-sion and suicide rates also increase. Even if daylight savings time was benefi-ciary, why wouldn't we just do it year-round? We could constantly reap the supposed benefits without dealing with

the negative effects. But no, the government won't have any of that. It is my belief that the government uses daylight savings time purely for the sake of meanness. It is their sick and twisted way of reminding us that they can do whatever they want. So I have a plan to get back at our sadistic government. It’s called Operation Lumi-nous Hippo. To partake in Operation LH, simply start leaving your lights on for an extra hour every day. This will offset the government’s perceived energy saving benefits of daylight savings time. Sure your electric bill will increase by hundreds of dollars annually, but seri-ously, what price can you put on an extra hour of sleep every year?

You can only skip your senior prom onceAlex HenryEditor-In-Chief

Every time we change the channel there always seems to be an update about the latest celebrity couples that have been involved in scan-dals concerning infidelity. One of the biggest contro-versies at the moment is Tiger Woods, who admitted to being unfaithful to his wife, Elin Woods, numer-ous times, and it seems to me that more and more celebrity unfaithfulness is on the rise. Could it be that being un-faithful to your significant other is becoming a trend in Hollywood? Or could it be that celebrities feel they don’t get enough spotlight and that they have to create such drama to get the me-dia’s attention? There may be many different answers as to why infidel-ity seems to be all over the news, but it doesn’t make any sense to me as to why celebrities go to that ex-treme. Jon Gosseling, ex-star of Jon & Kate Plus 8, not-so-devoted husband and father

did just that. Ruining his marriage for a younger party girl. And his children are the ones who have to suffer the most because they don’t understand what’s going on. Was it really worth losing his family? With more than 10 years of marriage, Jon didn’t seem to mind losing his wife. What about the happily (or not-so-happily) married new-lyweds? That didn’t seem to stop actor Josh Duhamel, who allegedly had a one-night stand with stripper Ni-cole Forrest after only being married for nine months to singer Fergie. Though Fergie didn’t seem to mind all the

gossip and media, she says she has a lot of love for Josh. So who’s to blame when it comes to celebrity infidel-ity? No one other than the cheater. Only he/she knows what’s wrong and right and that’s that. Only he/she has the ability to control himself or herself. The solution to infidelity could be that celeb-rities move too fast when it comes to marriage and that they become unsure of what they want and the only other choice is to become unfaith-ful.Celebrities are in a position of influence and they should use it to advance society, not promoting adultery.

Celebrity Infidelity: A nationwide concern

Jerica OrtunoStaff Reporter

Celebrities like Tiger Woods have been setting a bad example by undermining the sanctity of marriage

Daylight saving time is a crime against humanity

Alex HenryEditor-In-Chief

Whatever Happened To The Constitution?William Gilbert Entertainment Editor

Whatever happened to Our Constitution? Whatever hap-pened to the Supreme Law of the Land where the govern-ment’s power was limited but that of the People’s power unlimited? Whatever hap-pened to the United States of America? Well, our Constitution has been ignored, dismantled, trampled, forgotten, and erased. Congress, or at least most of Congress, ignores this great document, leav-ing us on a path towards destruction. Our existence as a once great world power is dwindling under this New World Order the Progressives in Congress are ushering us towards. As Barack Obama said, and I refuse to call him president – he is Tyrant, Democratic Dictator, but nothing like our president should be – this government health care takeover is the turning point of our country. “We are not transforming one-sixth of the economy at one time,” the Tyrant said in an interview with Bret Baier on FOX News about the government’s control of healthcare, “it will be a gradual…process.” There is no part in the Constitution that allows this kind of seize by the govern-ment. Have these people not noticed the large population of the Tea Party, a movement to restore America back to its constitutional structur-ing. There were 25,000 people protesting this bill on the nation’s capitol the day before the bill’s voting and millions of others across the nation. How could Nancy “The Joker” Pelosi deny their shouts and demands? This is no longer a gov-ernment for the people, by the people, and with the people. Our glorious Con-stitution, founded off eternal principles and not ideals in which change over time, has been disregarded in order to achieve the cataclysmic agendas of the Progressive tyrants in Congress, where the government grows and engulf our lives and the inalienable rights of We The People of The United States of America.

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Three years after the release of their third album “Everything Went Numb” Streetlight Mani-festo has released 99 Songs of Revolution Volume 1, the first of eight albums to be released as a part of the massive and highly anticipated 99 Songs of Revolution project. The project was first men-tioned in 2001 in the linear notes of the Streetlight side project Bandits of the Acous-tic Revolution’s debut EP but remained largely unspoken of until 2008 when Victory Records inaccurately listed its release date as 9-9-08. Street-light and BOTAR front man Tomas Kalnoky addressed the false date on the band’s Myspace blog and stated that the album would be released sometime in early 2009. The release date was pushed back several times until Decem-ber of 2009 when Streetlight announced that they were finished recording and that the album would be released in early 2010. This time the band delivered the goods, as the album was released on March 16th.

Coheed and Cambria Kilgan-non, and this is where the band’s named is derived from, are fooled by the tyrant ruler’s right-hand man, General Mayo Detinwolf, into thinking that they are infected with a world-ending virus called the Mon-star. Even more so, they are led to believe that they have passed it on to their children. “Coheed and Cambria are forced to choose between sacrificing their own family or condemning Heaven’s Fence to total destruction,” Sanchez explains about that plot. The couple sacrifices their children with the mind set that their deeds are justified by be-ing the salvation of Heaven’s Fence. They kill the children and fol-low Mayo and Wilhelm Ryan’s plot. However, the couple realizes the need to escape tyranny’s grasp. In a very last-minute attempt for freedom, disaster erupts, chaos follows, and the couple is killed. Now the only living son, Claudio Kilgannon, is the savior of Heaven’s Fence and the sole deliverance from Ryan’s brutal reign. He is the Crowing, the

creature told as in the music, to save the universe. “The Amory Wars” is not completely science fiction, though. “It’s almost an autobiographi-cal piece,” said Sanchez. When first beginning to compose, Sanchez was very shy and unsure about self-expression. “So I created a science fiction mythology to hide behind,” he said. Many obvious relevancies can be found within the framework of both his music and the story.

The title itself, “The Amory Wars,” comes from the name of the street Sanchez grew up on. He even has a character named after himself. When writing the main character, he lacked of a name. Then, suddenly, he remembered that he shouts “Claudio” in the song “Everything Evil” and, thus, the character’s name was found. Growing up, Sanchez’s big-gest dream was to become a comic book writer. “I always wanted to be in the medium in some form or fashion,” says

Sanchez on his admiration for the art, “and I always thought that writing would be a natural fit for me.” However, Sanchez soon found out that his skill at sequential art was not very impressive – he could not seem to portray his ideas through art just yet. Instead, he thought that suc-cess might come from being a lyricist. Since he spent so much time in his imagination and has a skill with words, the story soon developed through his lyrics. As for what Sanchez plans for

the rest of his “Amory Wars,” the writer spoke of develop-ing the history and story of Heaven’s Fence completely. However, the story’s overall mythology will end following the second volume of “Good Apollo I’m Burning Star IV,” which is also the fourth album of the saga. First, before the rest of these albums are put into writing, Coheed and Cambria will establish the framework, the story behind the epic sci-fi tale through their new album, “The Year of the Black Rainbow” – due to be released April 13. Sanchez will also publish a book with the same title that explains the album. This 352-page novel explains events cru-cial to understanding the tale’s plot line and will introduce the beginning to it all. After “The Amory Wars” is finished, Sanchez refuses to leave his universe. “A lot of other things could go on,” he said about what could happen. “You can keep revisiting the world.” The music of Coheed and Cambria may soon cease, but the genius of Claudio San-chez will be around for quite a while.

As previously stated, 99 Songs of Revolution will be comprised of eight albums and as the name suggests will feature 99 songs. In addition to Volume 1, Streetlight will release another album. The Bandits of the Acoustic Revo-lution will release two albums, and two unnamed “Streetlight related” bands will release two albums of their own. What is unique about this project (other than its length) is that all of the songs are covers. Volume 1 alone cov-ers a wide variety of artists including old school punk legends NOFX , The Dead

Milkmen and Bad Religion, indie pioneers Radiohead and The Postal Service and even Bandits of the Acoustic Revo-lution. If you would like to check out the album (or any other merch for that matter) Street-light suggests that you buy it directly from their website at theriscstore.com so that the proceeds go straight to them and not their record label. In other news, the band had signed on to this year’s Warped Tour (oddly enough just for the Florida and Geor-gia dates) so be sure to check them out live.

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Coheed and Cambria: the couple in which the story revolves around

Alex HenryEditor-In-Chief

The man who brought us “Ring of Fire,” “Jackson,” and “Walk the Line” is back. Well, not in body, but in song. An album Mr. Johnny Cash was work-ing on before his death in September of 2003, was released February 26th, which would have marked his 78th birthday. Ten new tracks from the Americana legend are debuting on the Continuation of his Ameri-can series, this album being “American VI. Ain’t No Grave.” A lot of tracks, in fact all but one song, are covers from other bands. Cash’s only original song is, “I Corinthians 15:55.” The track listing is as follows: 1.) “Ain’t No Grave(Gonna Hold This Body Down)” -Originally by: Claude Ely2.) “Redemption Day”-Originally by: Sheryl Crow3.) “For the Good Times”-Originally by: Kris Kristof-ferson4.) “I Corinthians 15:55”-

Original Cash song5.) “Can’t Help but Wonder Where I’m Bound”-Original-ly by: Tom Paxton6.) “A Satisfied Mind”-Orig-inally by: Red Hayes, and Jack Rhodes7.) “I Don’t Hurt Anymore”-Originally by: Don Robert-son, and Walter E. Rollins8.) “Cool Water”-Originally by: Bob Nolan9.) “Last Night I Had the Strangest Dream”-Originally by: Ed McCurdy10.) “ Aloha Oe”-Originally by: Queen Lili’uokalani

Kelsey TorrickStaff Reporter

Johnny Cash’s Final Word

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March Madness involves lots of sports activities that take place during FCAT week. Our school does this to make FCAT week fun for the students. This year we had battle of the classes volleyball (which was post-poned), basketball and a So You Think You Can Dance competi-tion, and something that was enjoyable to all: the student vs. Faculty football game. The coordinator of these events is Amanda Granstad, who has been doing this for five years. The outcome for each game was unpredictable to Gr-anstad because each year there has been a different outcome, so the ball was in anyone’s court. So You Think You Can Dance was interesting for everyone to watch. Dancers included Latoria Brown, The MHS Boys and more. At the finals, the students showed which partici-pant they wanted to win. With

overwhelming support from the students in the stands, the MHS Boys took home the win. Freshman Battle of the Classes basketball coach Tyler Altof participated in the basketball event because he wanted to sup-port the students and the school. Altof played basketball himself in elementary, middle, and high school, and he also has coached basketball for five years. Altof predicted the freshmen were going to win. Sophomore coach Ray Briggs coached because he thinks the sophomores are the best and wanted them to win. He has played basketball and coached it. He thought it’d be a close game because the juniors and the seniors have good players. Junior Coach Colby West par-ticipated because it was a great opportunity to work with the junior class. West says he is ex-perienced in basketball because he watches ESPN.

Senior coach Flo Brazukas wanted to coach the seniors to help them finish out their senior year. She loves what she does, and it gives her a chance to coach the boys, since she usually coaches the girls. Coach B has been coaching the girls for six years, and she has high hopes that the seniors will win. The freshman lost to the juniors 19-69, the sophomores lost to the seniors 80-83. Then, the seniors beat the juniors. For the Seniors vs. The Fac-ulty football game, senior Da-vian Evans said that the seniors would win this year. Evans played varsity football for the school, so he has lots of experi-ence. West wanted to play in the event because it was a great opportunity to go out with peers and students. West was sure that the seniors were going to win, but he said they “ran out of gas.”

March Madness at MHSKimberly and Shanice MaysStaff Reporters

This year’s Manatee High School varsity wrestling team worked hard everyday to make sure our school did well in states and that hard work paid off! States this year were held in Lakeland, Florida on Friday and Saturday February 19th and 20th. Five boys on this year’s team were lucky enough to make it all the way to Lakeland. Senior Bryan Woods and Steven Cotton as well as juniors Alex Doran, Travis Fulk, and Ronnie Whit were the lucky five that represented “THE” Manatee High School this year. Overall the team places 13th out of 82 schools. Alex Doran and Steven Cotton both placed

4th for their individual weight classes while the other three wrestlers went 0-2. Doran also won 1st place his freshman year and 2nd as a sophomore. He also tore a ligament in his knee earlier this year. “The competition this year was a lot tougher since we moved up a classification,” Doran commented. But even if they didn’t place the mutual feeling of being one of the lucky few sent out was great enough. “It felt exciting to know that we represented Manatee at such a big event,” Travis Fulk said. This was Wood’s first time attending states while all other four boys have been previously.

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NFL Mock DraftAce SandersStaff Reporters

1. St. Louis Rams- Ndamukong Suh, DT, NebraskaNdamukong Suh is an absolute beast and a once in a generation player. 2. Detroit Lions- Gerald McCoy, DT, OklahomaMcCoy dominated and college and can sure up a spotty Detroit defense3. Tampa Bay Bucs- Eric Berry, S, TennesseeThe Bucs would like to get Mc-Coy or Suh here but if they go first and second look for them to pull the trigger on Berry4. Washington Redskins- Sam Bradford, QB, OklahomaNew coach and new management, it only makes sense to draft a new QB5. Kanas City Chiefs- Russel Okung, OT, Oklahoma StateOkung will make an immediate impact and protect the blindside of a struggling Matt Cassel6. Seattle Seahawks-Joe Haden, CB, FloridaHaden has the opportunity to become an elite NFL corner7. Cleveland Browns-Jimmy Clausen, QB, Notre DameAfter trading Brady Quinn and cutting Derek Anderson, the Browns need a young QB to com-pete with Jake Delhomme8. Oakland Raiders- Anthony Davis, OT, RutgersA desperate attempt to preserve the JaMarcus Russell by giving him some protection9. Buffalo Bills- Bryan Bulaga, OT, IowaFills the void of Pro Bowler Jason Peters who was traded last year10. Denver Broncos- Dez Bryant, WR, Oklahoma StateCoupled with Brandon Marshall, Bryant could make Kyle Orton look like Drew Brees