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NORTHSTAR
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december 14, 2011 volume 026 issue 4
F H N T O D A Y . C O M - F R A N C I S H O W E L L N O R T H H I G H S C H O O L - S T . C H A R L E S , M O .
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SPORTS8-9 Cancer support Math teacher Patty Bartell struggles with life hardships with the support of staff and students; NHS decides to make her care packages to help out.
10-11 Fashion page From glitzy heels to slim-lined tennis shoes, take a look at some of the best shoe fashions at North.
2 celebration of lights O’Fallon’s Celebration of Lights offers the ultimate Christmas experience through festive decorations.
20-29 things to do in stl12 places you need visit in the St. Louis area in case the world ends in 2012.
43 Appreciating nature Es-trada discusses the need to appreciate nature’s beauty and not take it for granted.
4-5 DISTRICT tech With the increasing popularity of technology, the District invi-sions many new programs to stay up-to-date.
34 girl's swimming The team hopes to improve their prospects at meets with the addition of a diving team.
32-33 the inner superfan Which type of fan are you? A look at how FHN fans sup-ports their teams and clubs.
44 power to read your mind Blanchard warns against the dangers of new mind-reading technologies at Wash-U.
14 pi pizzeria "Legendary" service and fresh ingredients make the very original Delmar Loop Pi Pizzeria a place worth going out of way to dine at.
16 tattoos and piercings Check out these 10 FHN students as they show off their various tattoos and piercings and explain the unique meanings behind them.
24Vintage Vinyl, located in the Delmar Loop, is a well-rounded music store offering every genre of music from any period of time. (zack eaton)
NORTH STAR / DECEMBER 14, 2011
on the coverAs the 2012 New Year approaches, students are contemplating if this could really be Earth’s last year. Whether it is or not, all St. Louisans should experience these 12 things before the end. (illustration by kelsey bell)
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36 staying in shape Personal trainer Jason Tokun answers questions and gives advice about how to get and stay in shape.
REGISTERA New wayStudents will now be able to register for all classes online without the hassle of paperwork
news
A new, online scheduling system provided by Infi-nite Campus is to be used for the first time by FHN and FHC students picking classes for the upcoming school year. FHHS won’t use this new method until next year because those students already completed their sched-ules for the 2012-13 school year.
“I think it’ll be a good idea because it’ll be faster than having the counselors type in all of the students’ classes one by one,” junior Carly Wagner said. “It will allow the counselors to have more time to talk to the students about their schedules.”
All freshmen, sophomores and juniors must attend a presentation in the auditorium about the new sched-uling system. This takes place during English classes Jan. 11, 12 and 13. There is also be a registration infor-mation night Jan. 24 for any interested parents.
“I hope parents will get involved and talk to their kids about their future,” counselor Mary Kerr-Grant said.
Students unable to complete their schedules at home are able to come in before or stay after school in the library to complete their schedules. They’re also given time during school to access the website.
“Get on early,” counselor Lisa Woodrum said. “Do it before the 24th because you’ll have the opportunity to make changes.”
Will Lewis, 12, talks with counselor Mary Kerr-Grant. Students will be talking with their counsel-ors in the coming weeks about their schedules for next year. Counselors will be able to meet with more students than normal due to the online registration. (photo illustration by cameron mccarty)
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“It feels fantastic to have made it. It’s a big competition we’ve been looking forward to since last year,” Skylar Hardester, 9
“Every member is assigned an-other person within the club to buy $10 worth of gifts,” Brian Santos, Spanish teacher
“We’ll talk about winter warm up, StuCo shirts, come up with the theme for Snowcoming,” Ashlynn Laspe, 11
“We’re making sure all letters written to Santa are answered,” Emily Colmo, 12
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frau fest concert SPANIsH club santa Stuco meeting nhs: letters to santa
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The one-mile, lighted loop of trees and Christmas scenes, known as the Celebration of Lights, has been a part of the St. Charles community for 20 years. The Celebration opens to the public at 6:30 p.m., which is earlier than previous years, from Nov. 25 to Dec. 30.
Every year, approximately 5,000 head to Fort Zumwalt Park for the Celebration, all to view lighted
“It is a holiday tradition for a lot of people,” O’Fallon Tourism and Festival Manager Marsha Seymour said. “It creates a lot of ex-citement whether you are young or old, and it’s just a lot of fun for everyone.”
Classic holiday themed scenes, such as Winter Wonderland and Santa’s Workshop, are present at the Celebration along with Angry Birds, Robotics, Peanuts and Disney themed scenes. The scenes can be viewed from cars, carriages, trains or sleigh rides.
“I like the fact that you can enjoy the scenes from the warmth of your car,” senior Abby Bounds said. “It takes a while to get through it because of all the people, but it’s really pretty.”
This year, the annual walk-through night for the Celebration took place on Dec. 13. Instead of vehicle
-fering people the opportunity to walk through and look through the scenes.
“I love watching the little kids coming through,”
and they love the lights.” In order for the Celebration to be ready for open-
ing night, planning began in early October. The plans included ordering new lights as needed, deciding the
the lights. According to Seymour, these guidelines keep the Celebration looking fresh and interesting.
“We all get together to do the scenes and make -
erybody get in the Christmas spirit.”
The Celebration of Lights opened on Nov. 25 and is open until Dec. 30, excluding Christmas day. It is held at Fort Zumwalt Park and all of the displays are funded by local businesses, organizations and churches. Carriage rides, train rides and sleigh rides are all available to the public, but reservations are required. (erin d’amico)
The Celebration of Lights
provides a holiday tradition for
families in the community
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World History teacher Zachary Fettig helps sophomore Andrew Halaney with his final review guide. “I am not nervous about finals because if I get worried, I might not do well on them,” Halaney said. (photo illustration by kelsey schaffrin)
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have the opportunity to compete with both Varsity and JV teams. Now, the stage has been set for the club to take on more players and allow the organization to grow.
“The way we do things,” sponsor Jon Travis said, “two teams is good for us. It will build the program, but I won’t get spread too thin as a sponsor.”
The FHN Quiz Bowl team is preparing to do their best at Districts this year. They are going against many of the high schools in FHSD.
Now that there are both Varsity and JV teams, Travis is working to build competition skills. What makes Quiz Bowl challenging is the necessity of prime memorization skills.
“Going back in your mind,” freshman Ashleigh Perkins said, “trying to remember every thing you just studied is the hardest part of Quiz Bowl.”
Finals schedule Has Late Start New finals schedule gives students a chance for studying or sleep
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start can be used to help students who want to learn.”
The new schedule allows stu-dents to receive tutoring from teachers in the hour time block, so long as they are given a pass. This allows students to review for tests given later that day. Students with-out a pass must stay in the Com-mons where breakfast items can be purchased. The library is also open but only with a limited number of occupants.
“I feel very good about it,” Principal Toni Grippi said. “It will be very good to get help from the teacher they need.”
Buses are arriving at the regu-
Students are now allowed to come to school at 8:20 a.m. dur-
a means of transportation. This al-lows students extra time for sleep or extra study time with a teacher.
In the past, students had a 30 minute study period before each
FHN has decided to change to this new schedule that FHHS success-fully used for several years.
“[The study period] was just wasted time for most people,” teacher Karen Hill said. “The late
lar time for students without a means of transportation. These students are expected stay in a classroom or the Commons. Those that can obtain their own ride need to be in class by 8:20 a.m. when testing begins.
Despite support from many students and staff, some students don’t seem to be on board, such as those who are unable to get a ride.
“It’s kind of stupid,” junior Kevin Dotson said. “It only works for people who have cars.”
In any case, FHN plans to use
semesters.
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BY DELORES LAMPKIN [email protected]
FHN Quiz Bowl took place in the upper level of the school from 2:30 to 6:30. Students from schools from districts all over the state participated in the jeopardy-like activity for high schoolers. FHN won their competition. (murphy riley)
integrates
With students’ ability to use technology far
exceeding that of the District’s, FHSD at-
tempts to get up-to-speed with technology
by integrating it into every day school life
fhsd
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FHSD has attempted to integrate tech-nology into their schools and cur-riculums by introducing and consid-ering new programs and ideas. One
way is by supplying hand-held technolo-gies like laptops for students or iPads in the libraries of schools. About 30 iPads are currently available for students at Barn-well Middle.
“We’d like to see more hand-held de-vices in student’s hands,” Sommer said. “I
will be very receptive towards that.”Some of FHSD’s other efforts of in-
tegrating technology are introducing new programs to the teaching staff and students alike. Such programs are ones like the newly introduced Atomic Learning or the
“I’m looking forward to it picking up momentum as more people throughout the District learn more about Atomic Learn-ing,” Board of Education (BOE) President Mike Sommer said.
Atomic Learning is a public online training system. They offer over 200 mod-ules to walk a user through the usage of a certain program. To further instill the knowledge of working various programs, the District plans to include Atomic Learn-ing as a class in FHSD middle schools in their Exploratory Wheel, a cycle of rotat-ing students through different electives lasting four to six weeks. In addition to the roughly $42,000 Atomic Learning is cost-ing the District, creating this new class will cost FHSD another $46,000 out of its technology budget of $2.5 million.
“I think it’s important for people to know FHSD is doing an awesome job here,” FHN Chemistry teacher Karen Hill said. “I think we need to be proud of what we’ve done with so little money.”
Amongst the many modules Atomic Learning offers are ones that teach the standard Microsoft PowerPoint, Microsoft Excell and Google Docs, but a user also has the opportunity to create new modules such as one on the usage of a Smart Board.
Nov. 4 when it was tried out by teachers. “We realized technology has to become
a bigger part of the District and be a part of the day-to-day curriculum in class,” Sommer said.
e-mails in early November for secondary students. These e-mails provide students with access to 10 times the amount of stor-age they receive on school computers. An-
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District
Technology
plan
FHSD is working to integrate more technology into the education of their students by introducing new programs, tools and resources like putting iPads in secondary school libraries. The District is hoping to further engage students’ interest in learning by including technology into classrooms and curriculums. (photo illustration by iesha boll)
FHNTODAY.COM12.14.11 05PAGE BY JORDAN BRYSON
other large perk is that students are able to access their account where ever they have an Internet connection.
“I think it’s going to be an opportunity for students to communicate with each other and teachers,” Sommer said.
Despite the new imple-mented programs and visions for the future, some believe that there are areas in schools FHSD lacks technology.
“I would say a computer lab for the Art department would be on a wish list,” FHN art teacher Paul Just said.
Just believes there aren’t enough computers at North to let Art and Graphic Design students use at the same time. He also thinks lack of projec-tors in the Art department set them back technologically from other departments at North. Even though the Art department lacks these technologies, they haven’t asked FHSD
to provide because they feel the District has other concerns.
“You say a word here or there,” Just said. “If the ball gets rolling, great. If not, go on do-
ing with what you’ve got.”By next school year, students at-
tending an FHSD high school, or even middle school, can expect a few iPads in their school’s librar-
known. FHSD is also looking into assigning online textbooks to stu-dents rather than the actual book in the future. Some progress has already been made on this, but cre-ating online textbooks depends on the publisher. More training through Atomic Learning will also be avail-able to teachers in the coming years to keep them up-to-date with new technologies they may encounter in FHSD schools.
“Students are engaged when us-ing technology,” FHSD Chief Information
-dents, they’re going to be interested. If they’re interested, they’re going to learn.”
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1,214 college students and 200 high
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73% said they would rather read off of a tablet than from a book
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At Francis Howell Union, FHSD has implemented an A+ credit recovery system. They’re looking to expand this to other schools in the District.
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"It was really frustrating wasting all my time looking for volunteering opportunities and being turned down, when I could have spent that time actually volunteering," Sim-one said.
St. Louis Volunteen has been growing steadily since their founding three years ago, and currently has a website and Twitter ac-count featuring youth-friendly resources and volunteer opportunities for teens.
In addition to advocating other organiza-tions, Volunteen organizes many of its own events. Last summer, Aces for All was held in
Clayton for children on the autism spectrum to help better their motor and social skills. More recently, they put together a 9/11 me-morial service project that aimed at cleaning up Memorial Park in Brentwood. Their larg-est event is a volunteer fair held at the Magic House. Every year, 35 different charities set up booths and offer opportunities for teens in St. Louis. Last year there were more than 700 attendees, and next year they expect to have more than 1,000.
"Volunteen first experienced success from the fair,” Jake said. “Organizations reported incredibly high responses and drew a lot of interested teens in, fueling the confidence for the Volunteen Nation expansion.”
As a part of St. Louis Volunteen's success, a new organization, Volunteen Nation was created. The new organization will now fo-cus on promoting volunteering opportunities in other areas of Missouri, rather than just St. Louis. They are beginning the slow growing process, starting with Columbia and Kansas City. A new website is underway to be used as a tool for youth looking to volunteer.
“It’s amazing how quickly we have grown from Twitter updates, to website, to events,” Jake said. “It’s exciting to have growth at this rate and keeps followers excited to see what happens next."
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While working at the Aces for All camp, a tennis camp for kids on the Autistic spectrum, Jake Bernstein explains to a camper how to properly hit the ball. The camp took place on Saturdays throughout August with teen volunteers from around the area. (file photo)
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St. Charles prepares for the holiday season as Christmas comes rolling around. Angel Moore, se-nior, joins the celebration with her role as Poppy, the cottage elf in the St. Charles Christmas Traditions.
Moore preforms with other elves during the festivities. She walks in the parade and keeps the kids entertained while waiting to see Santa.
“I love being around kids,” Moore said. “The atmosphere is amazing because it’s Christmas. I love it.”
She sees this job as both a good experience as an actress and just a great place to spread holiday cheer. She was encouraged to audition by some of her friends who were also involved in theater, like Nicole Cuneo, who participated in Tradi-tions in 2010. Cueno also felt that Traditions had a positive impact on her life.
“The best part of Christmas Tradition is probably seeing the joy it brings to little kids,” Cuneo said. “It’s really cool to keep that Christ-mas spirit alive in these families. It gives you a special feeling.”
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[email protected] NICK PONCHE
The yellow Chevrolet Ca-maro with black stripes down the middle has been known as Bumblebee, a main char-acter in the Transformers se-ries, since the release of the
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have a Camaro of my own,”
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“I like the Chicago style pizza,” junior
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“I try to treat each and every guest that walks through the the door as if they are walking into my own home,” manager Kris
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Pi Pizza serves award-winning deep and thin crust pizza through the St. Louis area. In addition to the many varieties of pizza, the Kirkwood location also offers a milkshake bar where people can buy handmade milkshakes while they wait for dessert. (zack eaton)
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Meaning behind
the mark
tattoo is one she will hold close to her heart, it is tattooed on her leg in memory of her dad who passed away when she was three years old.
“I got it because my dad passed away and I wanted people to know how important he was to me,” Oates said.
Oates plans on getting at least two more tattoos in the
of my back because it can express my religion,” Oates said. Oates tattoos say a lot about who she is and what she
stands for.“I think that the tattoos of my family show people that
of me,” Oates said. “The one on my stomach shows that I
Junior Rachel Goodman only has one tattoo. Good-man got her tattoo at the age of 16 with her sister. Her tat-too is an open heart design kind of like the necklace on her ankle.
“Me and my sister got the same tattoo on the same ankle
just for the two of us,” Good-man said about her ankle. “My tattoo shows people that I am open minded and can look at things from a new
Tommysha Oates
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is a cross that she recently added on to. Now the tattoo consists of a simple cross with two small roses to each side of it with scripted writ-
cross that says “only God can judge”.
because God is the only one
though others try to,” John-son said.
Senior Samm Worsley recently got a tattoo on his back after his 18 birthday.
Worsley said. “When I saw it it stood out to me, and I like the meaning behind it a lot.”
He got the tattoo on the middle of his back.
“The hand stands for pro-tection,” Worsley said, “the
and the Japanese symbol stands for family,” Worsley said.
Four FHN
students show off
their tattoos and
talk about the
personal stories
that lay behind
each of them
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Paige ClemonsShe got her first piercing when she was two months old, and now, Paige Clemons,16, has 13 piercings. “My tongue ring is my favorite piercing
because it’s fun to play with,” Clemons said.
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Many of the shops downtown decorate for the holidays with lights, greenery and intricate window displays. (kaitlyn williams)
Every year on historic Main Street more than 25 actors dress up as traditional Christmas characters in handmade clothing representing their heritage. The Santa Parade includes many different Santas from around the world, ending with Santa and Mrs. Claus in a horse drawn carriage. (brandon neer)
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The Lewis and Clark Fife and Drum Corps march down the street during the Santa parade that the traditional characters put on every Saturday and Sunday. (brandon neer)
One of the traditional characters perform after caroling at Berthold Square where the Santa parade ends. (brandon neer)
Riverside Sweets is one of the many businesses that participate in the holiday spirit. The shop sells homemade candy and ice cream through-out the year. (kaitlyn williams)
The Jack Frost character hands a boy a collectible card. Each of the Christmas Traditions characters carry and give out cards to guests. There are 30 different cards to collect as a keepsake. (brandon neer)
After the parade the traditional characters gather and
tell a story to the audience and Tiny Tim finishes with
“God bless us, every one.”
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There’s no gap between lunch and dinner on the weekends at Pappy’s, they just keep serving the never-ending line of people until they run out of food. Their popularity is explained fur-ther with their number one ranking - out of 732 other restaurants in STL - on TripAdvisors.com. The smokehouse was also voted best barbecue in St. Louis by the Riverfront times.
Co-owned by John Matthews and Mike Em-erson, Pappy’s has been serving up Memphis style barbecue since 2008.
“I get a lot of folks come in and say they’re from Boston or Atlanta or Sacramento or maybe even Ireland,” Matthews said. “They went to see a Cardinals game, visited Anheuser-Busch,
saw the Arch, and they ate at Pappy’s. That’s
the four things they wanted to do, and I’m like holy cow, how cool is that?”
Pappy’s was named after Emerson’s brother Jim who passed away 10 years ago.
“We had ideas for names but nothing was -
ing one morning, and Mike said ‘Man, this is a beautiful day; Pappy [Jim] would of loved it.’ I looked at him and it was like I got hit by light-ing, I said ‘Dude, that’s it. Pappy’s Barbecue.’”
In 2008, Pappy’s was visited by Man Vs. Food host Adam Richman. After visiting, the smokehouse added The “Adam” Bomb combi-nation plate, which is a Big Ben with a Hot Link Fritto Pie that Adam ate while visiting.
“I remember seeing Pappy’s on Man Vs. Food and I had to check them out,” senior Lucas Elberfeld said. “I’m happy I did; They have the best barbeque in town.”
No plans are set for expanding Pappy’s as of right now, but Matthews hopes expand to soon. The success of Pappy’s blew away the expecta-tions he and Emerson had.
“Being able to employ these people is great, Matthews said. “I’ve had four of my managers
-teen months. To create something like this is be-yond our wildest dreams.”
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An unusual customer favorite because Pappy’s is one of the only places that serves it. They take a full ear of corn and put it in the fryer.
This potato variety of top-pings you can choose from. You can have meat, baked beans, cheddar cheese and onions.
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The Cakery bakery is a staple in Dogtown. This bakery is known for their buttercream frosting, fun holiday cookies and Cake-in-a-Cup, which is one pint of layers of cake frosting- customers love them. The Cakery also produces cookies, cakes and cupcakes year round.
“[The best part is] really seeing people excited about our product and making their day,” owner Ericka Frank said. “We just want to keep pleas-ing people who like cake.”
This spring, during the 43 annual St. Patrick’s Day parade in Dogtown, The Cakery plans to set up outside and sell delicious treats to the people at the parade, from hot dogs and nachos to cookies and cupcakes.
“We are very spirited, and we like to get our name out to the people who aren’t regularly down here,” manager Megan Rois said. “We really do it for the fun of it.”
Whether it’s to enjoy the Moon-light Boating event on Post-Dis-patch Lake or to spend some quality time on the water with their pooch at Yappy Hour, the Boat House in Forest park is a place where St. Louisans can escape the hustle and bustle of everyday life.
Boats and kayaks rent at $15 an hour. During the winter, visi-tors can enjoy indoor dining and
summer months, live bands play on Friday and Saturday nights outside a restaurant that serves everything from hand-tossed pizzas to salmon BLTs.
“It’s kind of an oasis from the city,” employee Kevin Rothlisberg-er said. “You look out at the lake it’s almost like you’re at a resort.”
Busch Stadium, where most go just to watch a Cardinals game, also has frequent fund-raising op-portunities for the community.
The next event is Winter Warm Up in Early 2012. People can pur-chase tickets to meet the players and get autographs. All proceeds go to Cardinals Care.
“I felt lucky to walk around Busch Stadium when there wasn’t an actual game going on,” junior Allie Lukefahr said about a charity walk at Busch. “I was helping oth-er people out at the same time.”
A local shop with little goodies for everyone, this bakery offers sweets and tasty treats of all kinds for the holidays. BY MADDIE HIATT
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The Vintage Haberdashery has clothing for every occasion - in-cluding holiday tacky sweaters,
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Mardi Gras masks, and prom dress-es- all available for sale and rent. They also sell everyday attire. Ev-erything they have ranges in styles from the 1920s to 1980s.
June 2012 is the store’s 30 birth-day. They plan to bring out unique pieces collected over the years. They also plan to have great spe-cials on costumes and all clothing.
“Finding clothes here is a like being on a treasure hunt,” owner Jolie Mackney said, “We have one-of-a-kind pieces.”
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Missouri may boast a variety of caves, but the Bonne Terre Mines, located an hour south of St. Louis, are an underground experience like nothing else. Rated one of America’s top ten adventures
unique experience for both scuba divers and above water explorers.
“I highly recommend the tours,” tour guide Steve Dozier said. “You will not understand it unless you visit it.”
What Dozier claims is hard to understand is the sheer size and beauty of the Mines. Above ground visitors explore the caverns on a boat and walking tour. They can glimpse beneath the water to the his-toric mines below.
“It was crystal clear water,” sophomore Kelly Smith said. “I think it’s unique because it shows you the history, what the miners used to do for a living.”
The Bonne Terre Mines opened just after the Civil War. At that time, these man-made caverns
functioned as lead mines. When the mines
closed in 1960, groundwater seeped in through the -
ground lake. Preserved in the lake is the miner’s underground
city. To eliminate the need for frequent journeys
sleeping quarters and more. From a boat, visitors can view these chambers and other mining artifacts.
“It’s like walking into history,” Dozier said. “The boat tour will give you a connection with the history of the miners, and you will also be able to look down and see scuba divers.”
In order to see divers in action, Dozier recom-mends coming to mines on Saturdays during the winter, as this is the Mines’ busiest dive season.
of the mines can be experienced just as well from above water on a $25 tour.
“It’s just enormous,” regular visitor to Bonne Terre Valerie Elliot said. “It’s so massive, and it’s breathtakingly beautiful.”
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Vinyl thrives at this record store that specializes in the
medium that made music huge. BY NICK BUSSELL
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Music is a “universal art form” as referred to by Lew Prince, owner of Vintage Vi-nyl. Prince and co-owner Tom Ray buy and sell records and CDs of any generation and style. Their philosophy: have a store of “cultural neutral ground.”
“Our job musically is to be three inches ahead of the curve,” Prince said.
According to Prince, Vin-tage Vinyl’s different from other music stores because every piece of music is there for a reason, and each em-ployee is a expert in a par-ticular area of music. Junior
Vinyl is fun place to go for exploring new frontiers.
“The atmosphere is differ-ent [from other music stores], more relaxing, and it’s in the Loop,” Brown said.
Vintage Vinyl also books popular, new bands for the customers to enjoy for free. They’ve booked bands like Lincoln Park and Queens of The Stone Age. Prince brings in a variety of music from jazz to heavy metal to reach a wide variety of people.
“They have such a strong mixture of music, anyone
happy with their purchase,” junior Rachel Goodman said. “You wouldn’t leave the store empty handed.”
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“Eye” by Tony Tasset, stands 30 feet tall made from 24 pieces
exterior. Along with “Eye”, more than 60 other sculptures stand at Laumeier, all created by different artists.
Recently and exhibi-tion opened titled “Electric is the Love”. For this, local video game designer Dave Derington created a game that allows players to build 3D construc-tions, showing what they saw while visiting Laumeier.
“Basically at the end of the show we will have Laumeier Sculp-ture Park rendered in virtual reality,” Turkovic said. “I encourage visi-tors to visit the exhibition to see the progress.”
Laumeier sculpture park is free and is not only an exhibit, but, ac-cording to Turkovic, it’s a great place to visit.
“Laumeier is literally good for you,” Turkovic said. “It’s good for your health to get out and walk around and simply enjoy nature.”
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No one should visit St. Louis without stopping in to Crown Candy Kitchen, taking a seat in a retro style booth, and ordering one of their sig-nature BLTS.
“The chocolate malt is something you have to get - or the shake,” em-ployee Pam Mardirosian said. “We make all of our own chocolate and candies.”
Man V. Food host Adam Rich-man tried the malt. Actually, he tried
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The Zoo is opening a new sea lion and otter stadium, Sea Lion Sound, in the summer of 2012.
“I think people will really enjoy it because there are more ways to see the animals, and it’s a bigger arena for the sea lions and otters,” FHN junior and zoo worker Maddie Eifert said.
The new arena is 10,400 square feet. Zoo goers will enter through an underwater tunnel where they can see the sea lions and otters swimming all around them. Valued at $18 million dol-lars, it’s a huge upgrade from the previous 57-year-old stadium.
Five sea lions perform for the visitors, and it will cost four dol-lars to view the sea lion show.
“I think it will be cool,” Se-nior Megan Lesinski said. “It’s something exciting added to our already pretty cool zoo.”
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gets their name on a plaque, a free Crown tee, and they don’t have to pay for the shakes they wolfed down.
“The shakes are awesome, not
though,” junior Lauren Hilt said. “I really like to go there because their food is really good.”
There never fails to be a line out the door on a Saturday at lunchtime. According to Mardirosian, it’s not surprising since Crown is so unique. Everything in the place is old school. A soda fountain sits on the back wall, mini Juke Boxes stay on every table, and of course, there’s always lots of candy.
There’s more than what meets the eye at this outdoor sculpture garden in Sunset Hills. BY AMANDA STALLINGS
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The Lemp Mansion was formerly the home of William J. Lemp. In the 19th century the Lemp’s owned a brewery near the mansion. It is said that both the mansion and the brewery are haunted, and to-gether they make up the Lemp Adventures.
“If you’re into the paranor-mal world or history in gen-eral, the mansion and brewery are the places to come,” em-ployee Mary Wolff said.
The brewery was on of the largest breweries in the late 1800s. Recently the brew-ery has become a haunted house where visitors can walk through the factory and wit-ness the creepy occurrences.
“When I went to the brew-ery it was really fun” senior Maria Hampson said. “The workers there were calling my name. It was pretty funny.”
Few students at North have been to both the brew-ery and the mansion. At the mansion visitors can dine in, partake in a mystery murder dinner or even stay the night in one of the bedrooms.
“Unfortunately I’ve never been to the Lemp Mansion, but I heard from a friend that it was really scary, and no one can last the whole weekend there,” senior Olivia Fincke said. “I really want to try and spend the night there.”
While the City Museum is a child’s play-ground by day, it turns into a young adult hang-out at night. On Fridays and Saturdays, the Museum turns off the lights after dark and stays open until 12 a.m.
“It was kind of scary and creepy, but it was still a lot of fun,” junior Katie Proebsting said. “You can feel like a little kid again.”
These nightly antics also come at a discount-ed rate. Visitors who arrive at the Museum after 5 p.m. pay only $10, as opposed to the regular $12 rate. Teenage visitors should note that any-one under the age of 18 must be accompanied by
“It was cool to go through the tunnels in the dark,” senior Lauren Ochs said. “If you don’t have a light, you can’t tell where you are going.”
Few children and families roam these dark tunnels in the evening. This is why City Mu-seum employee Adam Dresden enjoys working the night shift.
“You converse more, as opposed to the par-ents who just ask you ‘Where’s the bathroom?’ when they’re standing right next to it,” Dresden said. “[The young adult crowd] jokes with you more.”
Dresden also says that crazier things happen in the Museum after dark. Problems result less from injured children and more from adventur-ous adults.
they shouldn’t be,” Dresden said. “We found one adult on the cabin roof, just sitting up there, not sure how to get down.”
With incidents such as this, Dresden consid-ers the City Museum a unique environment after dark. He recommends it to anyone looking for something active to do.
“It’s a lot of safe, good, clean fun,” Ochs said. “If you go with a lot of close friends, you’ll have fun. It’s really a thing all high schoolers should do.”
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THISFrontyard Features brings the big screen to little neighborhoods all across Missouri.
Head to University City for St. Louis’ longest running midnight film series, Reel Late at the Tivoli.
Bring binoculars. Watch eagles fish from the river, ride ice floes and fly high at the Chain of Rocks Bridge.
Soulard has one of the largest festivals outside New Orleans.
It’s held every September in Forest Park.
Rotary Park is swarmed with Pirates for three weeks.
Barkus Pet Parade. It’s an excuse to dress up your furry friend.
Front Yard Midnight Eagles at
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CLASSIC BOWLING - Tropicana Lanes definitely feels retro and classic, but it’s also one of the largest bowling centers in the country, housing 52 lanes.
LIFE-SIZE CHESS - Pere Marquette Lodge. As a guest you enjoy a great view of the river, and the park. It’s great for relaxing, and it’s not every day you can play life-size chess.
MIDNIGHT RAMBLE - Ride the night. The Moonlight Ramble draws more than 10,000 cyclists every year, and provides an especially unique tour of the city.
WAY OF LIGHTS - Located in Belleville, it is one of the area’s most popular Christmas displays. There’s also a laser light show, camel rides, and a Christmas tree display.
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Carl’s
Grab a root beer as you’re thrown back in time. Everything at Carl’s has a retro vibe.
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ADVENTURELANDStlClimb around on the huge giant elephant-shaped granite boulders, or spend time marveling at the Names carved in them by 19th century miners.
Don’t leave without exploring the winding trail.
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to 1673. Explorers were terrified by a
birdlike monster painted on the river bluff. It’s been re-created high on the bluffs of the Great River Road.
Legend says she was dismembered, but the pieces are moving
year by year closer and closer to one central grave. Many FHN students set out to find that grave.
Head over to Sioux Pas-sage Park on a hot day in the summer, you can hop
on a block of ice and go ‘grass sledding.’ It works.
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There’s a dog museum, but also an enormous play-ground. It’s a great place to spot deer.
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This fan is someone who al-ways is involved in more ways than just watching the game. They will support the team in any way possible.
No matter what the weather, sun, rain or snow, this fan will always be there. They are willing to endure the weather to support their favorite FHN team.
No problem getting loud energetic here. Whether it’s a screaming contest with the other team or claiming the school as our own, this fan will give it all to win.
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This fan doesn’t mind looking a little crazy to support the team. These fans are easy to spot with their bold single colored body suit.
Several clubs here at FHN support the sports teams. Members of KOE attend several different sporting events throughout the year to support the athletes.
This fan pulls out all the stops to stand out. They’re easy to pick out of the crowd by their crazy wacky apparel and school spirit.
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“Fans can have a positive influence on the players, coaches, and other fans.” “Positive fans are a positive influence on the athletes.”
“I support the team by going to the games. I go to see Kyle Lemons dunk on other players.”
“I know with more people cheering at the game, con-fidence goes up, therefore the team will play better.”
“[I support the team by] cheering after almost every play, dressing up for games, and showing school spirit. ”
“[Having fans] makes you feel you can do more, it’s like and adrenaline rush.”
“It affects the team in a posi-tive way. They always have a group of fans behind them who push them to do better.”
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How do fans add to
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FOOTBALL
“They bring us motivation, and the fans give us a reason to play.”
-Jesse Pummer, 11
BASKETBALL
“Fans cheering pumps you up and motivates you to play harder.”
-Deann Krufal, 11
BASEBALL
“The cheering, the chants, it drives us to do better.”
-Jake Shollar, 11
TENNIS
“I think it’s re-ally important to the players because they can see how much support they’re getting during the game.”
-Jasmine Walbrink ,11
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The girls Swim team did not have a diving team in previous years because there was no one to coach it. This year, Tom Lucido took on the task of coaching the girls Diving team. Junior Kali
people to be on the girls Diving team in three years.“I’ve been swimming for three years, and this
As of press time, the girls Swim team has won their only meet. The next meet is an away meet on Dec. 16.
“In order to prepare them for their meets, I will turn them in to beast mode animals that can
Meyers is excited about diving six days a week compared to the three days a week that she previously practiced. Both girls are looking for-ward to being on the steam. They are hopeful that they can earn extra points for the Swim team that have always been lost in previous meets due to the lack of divers.
Farrell and Meyers are both fairly new divers, so being able to throw new dives can sometimes
“It’s really hard to throw new dives because
To meet these challenges, Farrell has set goals for herself. One of her goals is accomplish-ing the six dives required for meets.
Farrell said. “I keep working at it over and over even if
Junior Kali Farrell is one of the two new divers on the girls Swim team; the diving will add points to their total at competitions. This is the first time in three years that FHN has had a girls Diving team. (brandon neer)
first [email protected] | @BriMarie1006BY BRIANNA MORGAN
This is the first year that FHN has a
girls diving team, it consists of two
girls and a new coach.
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diving for the
Favorite Dive:Forward TuckStatsKAli Farrel DIVING
Favorite Event: Relays
KERRY MORIARTY SWIMMING
Favorite Stroke:Breaststroke
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school season on the Varsity team 3-2 as of press time. His next meet is a tournament in Cape Girardeau on Friday and Saturday.
“My dad and brother help me out every chance they get to make
wrong and show me the right way
Growing up and living with
Freshman Sam Ritchie has been wrestling his whole life and is the youngest of a long line of wrestlers, including his grandpa, uncle, brother and his father Har-old Ritchie, who is also his coach. Growing up with wrestling and having wrestlers in the family helped Sam to improve his tal-
great wrestlers became a huge part of his life and a leading role in why Sam is trying to become a great wrestler himself. Harold believes that growing up and living with wrestlers makes Sam strive to be-come a better wrestler every day.
“It’s made him want to be a wres-
it his whole life, always tries to get involved, and he’s had a lot of op-
Freshmen Sam Ritchie grabs his opponent from Holt during the Varsity wrestling meet held on Nov. 30. Ritchie has been wrestling since he was young; his grandfather, brother and father were also wrestlers. (jessica streiler)
Lauren Kopf, Camisha Oliver, Summer Pauley , Erin Powelson, Emma Nicolli, and Sarah Teson show their senior unity. The girls have become a family over the years,they’re sad to be ending the year but have enjoyed all their time together. (iesha boll)
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HIGH INTENTIONS AFTER ROUGH START
inspirED througH out the ENTIRE family
The Varsity girls Basketball team has cumbersome-ly stumbled into the regular season with two losses in tournament play prior to the start of the regular season. The losses came to Webster Groves and Duchesne, teams that some Varsity players feel they could have easily beaten had they not turned-over possession as often as they did. As of press time, the team has won none of their last four games in regular season play. While they aren’t concerned about their rocky start, the girls believe they could drastically improve their play and begin to win games if they identify and remedy their weaknesses.
just want to improve on the things we still don’t do
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Freshman Sam Ritchie inspired by family to become a better wrestler
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In college football, there’s a big debate on who gets into the National Championship com-pared to a Bowl Championship Series (BCS). If a playoff sys-tem was added at the end of the season, fans and teams wouldn’t feel cheated each year.
A few years ago Mizzou was number one during the last week of the season. Since they lost their last game, they didn’t get into any BCS game, includ-ing the National Championship.
If there are multipul unde-feated teams, only two get a shot at the National Champion-
-ing in a non BCS conference don’t deserve a chance at BCS games. A playoff system would let teams who’ve had one bad
that don’t play challenging schedules prove they deserve a chance.
After picking the bowl
discuss adding a playoff system. I think eventually they’ll make the right decision and make a change.
Playoff systems should be added so that teams still have a chance so compete.
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Senior Jessica Streiler stays active by making use of the workout room in the winter. It’s impor-tant to workout and eat healthy during the winter season to stay in shape before the next sports season. (maddie nagel)
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WORKOUTNew ways to stay in shape and stay healthy this winter with Emerge Fitness Trainer Jason Tokun
How long have you been a trainer?“10 years.”
What are some ways to stay in shape this winter?“Try not to wait until New Years to start your resolution; start it right away. Establish habits of consistency, and eat moderately through the holidays.”
What is a good thing to do before working out?“Warm-up for 5-20 minutes.”
What are some good ways to workout?“For weight-loss circuit training routines, the best workout is one you have never done before.”
What is a good thing to do after working out?“Have a good cool down to let the blood flow slow down.”
How does water affect the body when exercising?“You need hydration because your muscles are 70 percent water. Hydration is a must. Drink one cup every 15-20 minutes.”
What are some good things to eat?“Stay away from saturated fats. Eat a complex of carbohydrates earlier in the day and eat protein later in the day.”
How often should you workout?“Three times a week at the minimum which main-tains an activity level. Four times a week is ideal, but five times is optimum.”
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WINTER
“We lost our first game and won our second and expect more for all the hard work we put in this off season.” -Aaron Andrews, 10
“Our motto is go hard or go home. From my personal view,s everyone is going hard.” -Sean McCracken, 10
“We have been practing the dances we will be performing at the Linbergh competition.” -Megan Shelly, 11
“We’re really excited for [the bas-ketall season]. It’s gonna be long, but it will be good.” -Casey Koko, 11
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Three seniors were asked what college they’re plan-ning on going to for sports.
“It’s been my dream to play football there since I was a little kid.When they asked, I about passed out and said yes right away.”
Evansville UniversityBaseball“It’s Division 1 baseball with a respected program while obtaining an excellent educa-tion.”
Southern Illinois UniversityEdwardsvilleBaseball“[I am] Pursuing my baseball career and it seemed the best fit for me.”
ATHLETE SPOTLIGHTMArk jones, 11
ryan jeppesen, 12
Robbie springman, 11
Megan hampson, 10 kayln jones, 11
Erin powelson, 12
SAm ritchie, 9
Blake shambro, 11
kyle kateman, 10
Nine athletes express what activities they partake in before playing their sport. They do this to focus and get psyched up before the game.
Varsity Hockey
Varsity Basketball
Varsity Wrestling
Varsity Swim Varsity Swim
Girls Basketball
Varsity Wrestling
Varsity Basketball
Varsity Hockey“Listening to Lil’
Wayne and Drake, stretching on my
own, getting everyone pumped and getting in
beast mode.”
“Listening to music and thinking about the
things I need to do in the game to help the
team.”
“Quiet time by myself.”
“At the meet, I listen to really fast beat songs.”
“Listening to music and stretching.”
“The talks before the game get us focused and pumped up. We like to know a lot about who were playing so we can find ways to shut them down.
“I listen to music, zone out and focus on what I need to do to win.”
“Listening to my I-pod on the way to the game and blocking everyone else out.”
“Not being bothered so I can think of what I need to do for that game.”
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Jake Hurrell plans on attending University of Missouri-Colum-bia next year. He will be play-ing for their football team.
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Garry (Jason Segel) and his brother Walter have been best friends their entire life. They grew up watching the Muppets and playing baseball togeth-er, and even in their adult lives they remain close. One day on a visit to the Muppet Theatre, Walter overhears the plan of an evil business man to de-stroy the theatre to access the oil underneath it. This inspires Walter to reunite the Muppets for one last show to raise the $10 million needed to buy the the-ater back, but Walter and Garry’s relationship is in jeopardy with the revival of Walter and the Mup-pets’ friendship.
This movie is awesome. It is the classic Mup-pets’ comedy and music mixed with a cute story-line. The story line is by no means original and you can pretty much tell what is going to happen at the end, but it worked for a light-hearted family movie. I loved the random out-break of song between the characters, and some of the songs even had me tap-ping my foot.
One other thing that I really love about the mov-ie was watching the puppeteers work their magic. They did such a good job that I felt more emotion from the puppets than I did the actors.
In addition to the Muppets, the movie also had an array of cameos including Whoopi Goldberg,
-kis. The overall feel of the movie is great. This mov-ie is a great, light-hearted family movie, and even though I did not grow up watching the Muppets, this
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Throw inanimate objects like pencils, cell phones, staplers and even squid at this schmuck on the right.Ranked by Aurora Blanchard
Honestly, I cannot think of anything more exciting than milking more virtual cows than my friends.
Pimple popping is grotesque for most people. Why would anybody willingly pop more pimples than they have to?
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In S.J. Watson’s Before I Go to Sleep, 47-year-old Christine suffers a rare form of memory loss in which she retains 24 hours worth of memory and loses it every night in her sleep. Christine grasps at any long-term memory she can hold onto. One almost costs her her life and what little sanity she
sentence. I quickly became hooked to the steady unraveling of Christine’s mysterious past, pres-ent and future. I recommend this book to anybody
Korn released their new album “The Path of Totality” with the help of some of the top Dub-step producers like Skrillex, Noisia, Excision, and Downlink. Now, don’t immediately shun this al-bum for being a simple attempt at getting on the bandwagon; it’s actually well produced.
The songs are groovy, dark and fresh. The sound is new, and that’s a good thing. Korn’s al-
alternative music.
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Pottermore, which opens to the public in January, al-lows users to experience the world of Harry Potter like they’ve always dreamed of; you live in the magical world, you are given a wand, and you’re sorted into a Hogwarts house. Users also learn facts not included in the books, such as the fact that McG-onagall is a Muggle-born who was once married, and Pure-
Hogwarts Express because of its Muggle origins.
The site’s amazing. I love making potions, though the downside to the site is that it’s
it out after months of trying in the site’s Beta version.
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The Travel Channel show “Hidden City”, which premiered Dec. 6, is a city investigation show un-like any other. Instead of focusing on hot spots and restaurants, it focuses on the criminals who once lived there. The show looks at new elements of cit-ies that we never even thought about.
Another odd aspect is its host, Markus Sakey. He is a crime novelist with an unorthodox way of monologuing. In a show that talks about riots, serial killers and painful deaths, he maintains an odd sense of humor. A few jokes every now and then make me laugh. However, comparing the evil of Hitler and
Stalin to a boy band takes away a professional feel that most crime shows contain.
Even with his odd style, he does a good job with the investigations and tries hard to understand the criminals’ actions. He interviews both a police of-
to get both sides of the story. However, you could say he almost looks too far into these cases. For ex-ample, he sees how he would react to pepper spray if he were a protester. Things such as this are how he tries to understand the criminals’ motives and ac-tions, which can get a little creepy but is none the less fascinating.
Overall I enjoyed the show and recommend it to anyone who can stomach a little violence.
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I don’t want an app that makes my smartphone screen look anymore jacked up than it already is.
Yes, there are really this many exclamation marks in the real app title. I also had to enter my nationality into my high score which is just odd.
The only thing more ridiculous than the concept of this game is the fact that it’s the number one game app in the world right now.
You get to be king of the ants in this game. I thought we already controlled their des-tiny...with our rubber soles.
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The 2012 “doomsday” prediction gets me thinking about whether or not this could be our last New Year’s. But I find it hard to believe that a small stone calendar can determine our entire outcome on an ending world.
We can’t hop in a time machine and say, “Hey, Ma-yans, why did you stop the calendar?” Nobody knows exactly what the abrupt stop means. This doesn’t have to mean the end of the world. The calender could just restart for some unknown reason.
It seems that there is an extensive amount of hype over this particular doomsday. I mean, come on. “2012” the movie seems a little extreme.
The end of the world has been predicted numerous other times, but we’re all still here. Every time some-one predicts the world’s end it always turns out to be a failed theory. The recent doomsday predictor, Harold Camping, said the world would end, on May 21, 2011. The guy was slightly insane, and it’s also insane to be-lieve that the world will be ending in 2012.
With so many holes in the theory and very little re-liable proof, I would say that we have nothing to fear. The world is not going to end so let’s stop running around like Chicken Little and screaming “The world is ending.” We can’t do anything about it if it does end anyway. If it ends, it ends. I, for one, won’t be filling Dec. 20, 2012 with hysterical goodbyes.
Bottom line, this isn’t going to be our last New Year’s. So go ahead and make plans for 2013.
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“I don’t think I would like [mind-reading
technology] depending on what they used it
for, good or bad.”
“I think that fans, definitely the ones
who are really into it, would give the team a lot of
motivation.”
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Urban life distracts people from appreciating the beauty in nature disconnected from the natural world
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The word friend has one obvious meaning. A friend is someone you know you can count on. Friends do not use you for their own five minutes of fame.
Friends should like you for you, not your popularity. This has become an issue here at North as film crews have been roaming our hallways. Just because they are here doesn’t mean you should befriend people you would have never talked to.
If you’re a fake friend, you need to stop it. If you are a per-son who uses someone for what they have to offer, you should be shunned to a deserted island. It is not okay to use someone like that, just because you might be on TV. I don’t understand the need to stir up this drama. If this is your goal in life, then you need to rethink your priorities.
At the end of the day, you won’t have any real friends and that won’t make you happy. TV show or not, you should never be a fake friend.
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In a world where technology rules our lives, it’s hard to detach ourselves. While making our lives easier, devices have built this barrier between us and the natural world. Instead of keeping nature a part of our lives, we choose to live separate.
In fact, the separation is so strong that St. Louis County Executive Charlie Dooley’s 2012 budget proposal included closure of 20 local parks to save $10 million annually. Fortunately, he an-nounced last week that the parks would remain open. It’s still shocking that this would even be a
consideration. Saving money is not as important as preserving a place that provides citizens with a safe, natural environment. Thoreau said, “The civilized man has the habits of the house. His house is a prison.” Being around infrastructures all day, with no natural interjection, can be men-tally exhausting. I know when I stop to appreci-ate natural surroundings, the exposure to trees and pure oxygen positively effects my mood. So many get caught up in everyday life and forget there’s a simple way to silence suburban chaos. The issue of park closure may come up again. If we ever lose our parks, this chaos could never be silenced.
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American culture encourages independence, and dissension of thought and action. It also en-courages arrogance and an in-ability for individuals to cooper-ate.
At the federal level, the col-lapse of the Supercommittee, a “bipartisan” group of twelve leg-islators that was assigned the task of finding at least $1.2 trillion in budget savings, is an excellent (or terrible) example of how Americans have so much trouble working together towards a com-
mon goal. Accusations flew and fingers pointed, but no one seemed to be able to actually negotiate. Unfortunately, this is not, as many people believe, a problem unique to Congress.
While all for independence, I personally find it absurd to be so set in one’s beliefs as to not consider the validity of oth-
Strong opinions on both sides of the aisle should not be unyielding decisionsNECESSARY political cooperation
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“[If this was my last New Year’s Eve, I would] hang out with a bunch of my friends. Have a masquerade party.”
“I think [online registration] will be good because counselors won’t lose your informa-
tion.”
“I think people have become more isolated, less outgoing, and less inclined to do things
because they can easily just get on the internet.”
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ers, or even worse, to condemn them. Hard-headedness is a se-rious issue in American culture, and should not be taken lightly. I cannot claim to be innocent of this trait. I realize, however, that every one of us must make an effort to compromise, because if we do not, nothing can ever be accomplished.
The District has made major efforts
to integrate advanced technologies into
classrooms for years. The goal: have cool
things in the schools.
This generation is increasingly visual.
That’s why it makes perfect sense for the
Smart Boards in almost every classroom.
revolutionary ways: showing movies,
presenting PowerPoints, and allowing, with
erase markers are things of the past, if not for
visual interactivity.
But, as the wheel of technological
development never stops spinning, the
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With technology gain-
ing popularity, FHSD
strives to catch up
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reward for correctly answering a question.
They are now purchasing iPads for the
does it matter that iPads can hardly run the
to students on laptops (which the District
larger scale than the screen of an iPod Touch.
applause for putting their left foot forward.
In the grand scheme of things, the overall
effectiveness of these investments is
irrelevant. The old saying, “It’s the thought
knitted sweater that gramdma gave you. The
effects of these technologies haven’t really
is the perfect time to slide under the radar and
alone is enough to jump on this opportunity.
District didn’t spend that money on the time
that colleges like Dartmouth have stopped
else would they spend it on? More laptops?
More advanced programs? More iPads?
It’s not so much that what the District
is doing is necessarily wrong; it’s the way
them effectively. It’s not that teachers don’t
tough time using them effectively with the
discipline they are teaching, and that is where
training is lacking.
the District does. If teachers want to teach
well, they have to use technology effectively.
Technology can open doors in ways that
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[email protected] | @auroradbeeBY AURORA BLANCHARD
There are cameras at stoplights, grocery
stores, airports and gas stations. Everything
ternet. Our only remaining privacy dwells in
our thoughts.
thoughts. Upon viewing an image, a person’s
computer can predict what someone is think
Neural Engineering, the computer accurately
preferences to a certain type of drink.
This technology could provide a means of
which is a wonderful feat; however, this
this technology falling under strict govern
ment control. If this happens, our future could
thought noncompliant with the government)
was sentenced to a punishment worse than
death.
own freedom, we must see that the power of
it upon our shoulders to monitor those with
technology. Otherwise, we could wake up
power to read your mindNew mind-reading computer technology puts the
last remaining privacy society owns in danger
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