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700 GARDNER LACY RD., MYRTLE BEACH, SC 29579700 GARDNER LACY RD., MYRTLE BEACH, SC 29579C A R O L I N A F O R E S T H I G H S C H O O L
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introduces the
largest freshman
class ever!
save the date
Oct. 15: Homecoming
hall talk
Oct. 13: Powder Puff game and Chicken Bog Fundraiser
Oct. 16: Panther Idol
“I have a panda outlook on life.” – Junior
“You’re a cuter version of Yoda!” – Sophomore
by the numbersThere are about 8,000,000 words in the English Language.
There are 31,536,000 seconds in a year.
Americans spend $300,000,000 on clothes per day.
FOOTBALL IS BACK
welcome back | Football season in the Forest has started yet again. Cheering on their team to victory, the Black Hole
makes their season debut appearance and dominates one-fourth of the stands during the Myrtle Beach game. The
Black Hole shows up at every game, taking over their section of the stands with painted faces and even a venzula
horn.
And this season the Black Hole has lots of reasons to make noise as the Panthers, as of press time, are on a
4-1 winning streak. Check out the article on page 14 about the Panthers’ fi rst ever female player, senior Chelsea
Thomas, cheerleader turned football player. And don’t miss the up close and personal question and answer column
on page 15 with three running backs, senior Isiah Chesnut and Mark Timmons, who has broken lots of records this
season, and sophomore Harold Atkinson. [Photo by Hayley Moran]
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Freshmen Sydnei Smith
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by summerbellbellstevenzankowitzzankowitznewswriters
Even though some don’t verbalize it, the ever loom-ing threat of getting laid off, not having gas money or even being kicked out of a home is slowly but steadily closing in.
Students know the issues the economy causes them: fewer employers willing to hire, not being able to drive their car as much as they want to and less going to the mall, among other things.
“I used to stop for fast food like after school or if it was the weekend. If my parents didn’t feel like cooking, we’d get Chinese or something,” senior Veronica Peters said. “But now we hardly ever go. And if we do, it’s my money I spend.”
Finding jobs to help pay for extra curricular activities has become increas-ingly diffi cult.
“Age can be a problem when looking for a job,” senior Ginny Estridge said. “When it’s not age, it’s distance. I can’t afford commut-ing to Myrtle Beach right now,”
In July, South Carolina was among the top 10 states with the highest unemployment rate at 10.8 percent.
The number of homes that have received a foreclosure notice in South Carolina during the fi rst six months of 2010 jumped 34 percent from the same period in 2009.
In fact, more than 20 percent of the recorded residen-tial properties sold in 2010 in the fi rst quarter were fore-closures.
Some students are having a hard time dealing with the
stress from the economy, whether it’s directly affecting them or indirectly through parents.
“We have several students on campus that have lost their homes and are now living with family or friends,” guidance director Jennifer Brown said. “Also, we have had students staying in shelters in the past.”
Some students’ health care is affected as well.“You’ll see parents defi nitely try to doctor their own
children rather than take them to a doctor,” nurse Carol Caroso said. “A doctor’s visit is a couple hundred dollars
and it’s hard to afford [insurance]. It’s defi nitely one of the things they’ll be cutting back on.”
Prom, considered a right of passage, is one of the most im-portant celebrations for most high school students. However, last year’s prom numbers fell by ap-proximately 125 and technology specialist Lisa Thompkins be-lieves that this is because of the waning economy.
Thompkins encourages stu-dents to go to the prom this year.
“We can always work something out,” Thompkins said. “I started payment plans in November and I think that I will do the same thing this year.”
Even though the economy is bad, media assistant Brenda Wilder helps by keeping a “Prom Closet.” The Prom Closet is there to help anyone who needs a dress or tux, free of charge.
“Students may or may not want to come to me and they may not want to ask for help, when they really need it,” Wilder said.
where did it go?| Rifl ing through his wallet, junior Vincent Azza-rella attempts to fi nd some money. “I have no job,” Az-zarella said. “I have tried mul-tiple times and haven’t gotten one.” [Photo by Hayley Moran]
Money woes hit close to home for some
“ Age can be a prob-lem when looking for a job. When it’s not age, it’s distance. I can’t af-ford commuting to Myrtle Beach right now.”
Ginny Estridge,Ginny Estridge,seniorsenior
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According to The National Bureau of Economic Research, the recession end-ed in June 2009. CNN student news polled viewers on their opinion and so did the Prowler news staff. Results are to the right.
Think the recession is over
Think the recession is not over
Do not know
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source: CNN student news; random survey by prowler of 76 students Sept. 23
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Up close and personal with two new panthers
teach on | New to the faculty, married couple Jay Harward, band director, and Paige Harward, math teacher, show off their panther pride. Jay Harward previously taught at South Maecklenburg High School in Charlotte, N.C. and Dorman High School in Spartanburg, S.C. Paige Harward previously taught at J.L. Mann Academy in Greenville, S.C. Paige Harward also said that teaching in the same school as her husband is cool because he understands what she is talking about. “I love Carolina Forest,” Paige Harward said. [Photo by Hayley Moran]
by summerbellbellstevenzankowitzzankowitznewswriters
Q:
Is there any other subject that you would like to teach?
Math is my favorite subject and I’ve taught everything except English. So English.
What inspired you to become a teacher?
When I was in high school, I worked as an aide to a reading specialist and I sort of had that “aha!” moment.
What is your quote to live by?
F.I.D.O. Forget it and Drive on.
What is the best thing about your spouse?
He’s hot…and he’s funny.
How did you meet your spouse?
We met online, on Yahoo. We immediately just hit it off and got married eight months later.
What is the number one song played on your iPod?
“My Savior Lives”
Is there anything else that’s kind of weird or that you’d like people to know?
Well, I’ve written three books, currently on the shelf at Barnes and Noble. Also, this is stupid, but I watch the Spanish channel; however, I don’t speak or understand Spanish.
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New to the faculty this year are band director Jay Harward and math teacher Paige Harward. Here is a interview with them.
Paige Harward,
What is your favorite book?
Unless it’s music, I don’t read it.
What is the best thing about you spouse?
She’s funny and she doesn’t mean to be.
Who is the number one person you would want to meet?
Jesus.
Is there any subject you would not want to teach?
I plead the fi fth.
What inspired you to become a teacher?
My high school band director.
What is the number one song played on your iPod?
I don’t have an iPod. I have a droid. Sound tracks and classical music, it depends on my mood.
Is there anything else that’s kind of weird or the you’d like people to know?
No, not really. I enjoy hunting and going to the symphony the next day. It is funny to be wearing camo and listen-ing to classical.
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Paying to play sports prominent elsewhere
staff editorialeditorial
In some states, athletes have to pay to play high school sports.
Thirty-four states charge fees for public high school students to participate in athletics. Only as-sociations in 16 states as well as the District of Co-lumbia do not require sports fees or are simply un-aware of schools in their area that do charge money. For schools that do charge, the general price range is about $50 to $250 per season.
However, sometimes the fees are even high-er. Oakmont Regional High School in Worcester, Mass., charges athletes more than $1,000 to play football.
Luckily, South Carolina is one of the 16 states that does not make students pay to be a part of a team.
Hopefully it stays that way. Unfortunately though, the concept of pay-to-play is becoming in-creasingly popular throughout the United States.
Though having students pay to participate would be benefi ciary in helping schools or districts raise and save money, especially as education budgets shrink, being required to pay to play sports would ultimately lead to a decrease in participation in these tough economic times.
The concept of pay-to-play is contradictory to the idea of public education. If school is free and athlet-ics are part of the school, sports should be free too. It could threaten the health movement that strives to get more students involved in athletic activities. It has also shown to have a negative effect on parents, as some of them think since they are paying, they can dictate when their child plays in a game.
Overall, participation in school sports should be the result of a desire to play and effort mixed with talent rather than whether or not students have the money to be involved.
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by theyynumbers
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Run, don’t walkferent directions. I snatch my lunch box and slam my locker shut.
I fl ing myself into a seat and pull out my sandwich. I listen as everyone complains about how terrible their day has been. “Some kid pulled me into the pool,” one person says.
“Yeah, well some kid hit a little girl in the face with a tube and I got in trou-ble for it,” another says.
“Well, you know what,” I say with my mouth full of turkey and bread. “The guy that’s rotating me walked to get me!”
With those words, chaos storms the break room. Everyone is enraged. They begin to shout obscenities about this horrible person and others who have walked to rotate them.
I thought I was alone, but I was not. Before I know it I have to go back out in the heat and protect the lives of those who can’t swim in three feet of water or less.
Throughout the day I think about the boy who didn’t know how to run to his spots. Maybe he was the only lifeguard who didn’t know everyone would hate him if he walked to his spots. Or maybe he really didn’t know how to run.
Either way, I decide to forgive him for his ignorance because I will have two more months of working with him.
*Note: After being screamed at by numerous coworkers, including me, the boy who usually walked to his spots ran instead for the rest of the summer.
I’m pacing back and forth in a straight line, occasionally looking over my shoul-der into the river.
I’m drenched in sweat and smell like a trash can. After walking in the blazing sun with no shade, another lifeguard comes to rotate me to my next spot. I can only hope that wherever I may go, I will be cooling down in the water.
“One more spot until break,” I tell my-self as I run to save the lifeguard in front of me from the heat and angry guests. I quickly hop into the tiny pool of water and wait for someone to come down the slide. For 30 whole minutes I have to deal with noisy tourists and their rambunctious children; after that I will get my well de-served lunch break.
Time seems to stand still as the sun burns my shoulders. I wait for what feels like hours, maybe even days. Finally I see lifeguards running to and fro and I know someone is going to save me soon.
Then the unthinkable happens. My savior is walking to get me. All the life-guards at Myrtle Waves know they should run to their spots.
“If I’m late to my break,” I think to myself, “I’m going to make this kid wish he didn’t have legs.” He approaches me slowly, almost smiling. I take off my tube, drop it in the water and storm off to the break room.
When I arrive at break, I fi nd out that I am indeed the last person to get there. I feverishly turn the knob of my lock in dif-
by emilywendlandwendlandfeatureswriter
• In Kansas, pay-to- play districts have grown from 29 to 50 to 55 in the last three years. That’s about 18 percent of the state’s 302 school districts.
• Out of Michigan’s 760 high schools, 558 returned a survey last year and 126 of those said they charged user fees, more than double from a decade ago.
• Missouri has 50 high schools with user fees.
• Pay-to-play pro-grams began in the 1970s and grew in the ‘80s and ‘90s.
• When the Quincy school district in Massachusetts increased user fees from $50 to $75, the number of students seeking economic waivers because of family fi nances tripled.
• source: usatoday.com, patriotledger.com
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Transfer students learn their way around
the movies and the mall. Friday football games were a big hit.”
Thompson already has school spirit.“Go, Panthers,” Thompson said.
From Yellow Jackets to PanthersJunior Amanda Cole transferred from
Andrews High with an enrollment of ap-proximately 400.
“My old school was smaller, and ev-eryone knew each other,” Cole said. “I miss the feeling of walking down the halls seeing everyone’s smiling faces.”
Making the switch to a school fi ve times larger than her previous school scared Cole, she said.
“I was kind of nervous my fi rst day mostly because I knew absolutely no one,” she said. “But I approached it with a
confi dent attitude and in no time my ner-vousness was gone.”
Despite being nervous, Cole found that a large school has its advantages.
“People here are very diverse and you can really fi t in anywhere. You don’t have to worry about one certain group,” Cole said.
Although Cole likes it here, there are still things that she would change.
“I’d change the classroom searches, mostly because I’m not used to stuff like that,” Cole said. “When they told every-one to put their bags on the table and step back, I was like ‘a threat already?’”
In spite of that, Cole said she feels at home.
“I love it here,” she said.
A new school year means new classes, books, and 185 transfer students.
They came from all over the map, about 120 from other states.Junior relocates from Montana
Junior Ben Moses lived in Kalispell, Mont., for 15 years before moving to Myrtle Beach. He’s here because his mom got a job at CCU as an anthro-pology professor.
“It’s extremely diverse here. There are a lot more differ-ent types of people here than in Mon-tana,” Moses said, “I was expecting the school to be really big because there are a thousand more en-rolled here.”
Yet in a school with approximately 1,000 more students, it can still be diffi -cult to meet people.
“It’s hard to make friends here,” Moses said.
Moses still enjoys it here though.“I like a lot of my teachers,” he said. “I
think they’re the best part. They’re really interactive.”
Although Moses likes it here, he could do without the crowded hallways.
“I dislike the people that move really slow in the hallway. Don’t you hate that?” Moses said.
But even though the halls are crowded, Moses said he likes it here more.Freshman trades orange and blue for cardinal and black
Freshman Allissa Thompson lived in Mechanicsville, Virg., for 10 years before
moving here right before school started.“My parents weren’t that happy in Vir-
ginia anymore and they wanted to be clos-er to the beach,” Thompson said. “They asked me and I said it was fi ne, but we had to do it now because I didn’t want to move in the middle of high school so we moved a weekend before school started.”
Being a freshman in high school is already intimidating enough, but starting high school 334 miles away from all her
friends was dif-fi cult for Thomp-son, she said.
“I was ex-tremely nervous because I obvi-ously knew no one, but as soon as I walked into my fi rst class, Spanish III, which I ended up drop-ping and taking
journalism instead, I felt like the school wasn’t as scary as it seemed,” Thompson said.
Thompson said the biggest differences here are in school rules.
“They’re much stricter than how my old school was,” Thompson said. “The biggest difference is the whole shorts rule, and at my school, they just had to be fi st length. But my school was stricter about PDA so there are many differences.”
While Thompson noticed differences in schools, she still spends her leisure time the same way as she did in Virginia.
“I mostly go to the beach or the pool, or I go shopping,” she said. “I do a lot with my family. We’re close.
“My cousin Kristi and I go a lot of places together because we like the same things. The other weekend we went to a Natalie Stovall concert at CCU and we loved it a lot. In Virginia we’d go to
“ I was extremely ner-vous because I obviously knew no one, but as soon as I walked into my fi rst class, I felt like the school wasn’t as scary as it seemed.”
Allissa ThompsonAllissa Thompsonfreshmanfreshman dazed and confused| Looking at the school map, junior Amanda
Cole, junior Ben Moses and freshman Allissa Thompson search for the location of their next class. Pointing at the houses in confusion, they fi nally fi gure out which building they go to next. “My classes are fairly close together,” Moses said. [Photo by Emily Wendland]
ON THE BLOCK
by emilywendlandwendlandfeatureswriter
NEW KIDS
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How do you feel about the junior class this year?I feel really proud and honored to be leading such a body of fi ne people.How does it feel to be the junior class president?Rewarding.As junior class president, what are your goals for this school year?To create unity among our class and to be able to incorporate as many ideas from as many students as I possibly can.What do you predict the fi nal rankings will be for Spirit Week? Juniors, seniors, sophomores, freshmen.What are you most excited for this school year?The opportunities of associating with new people. What’s your worst elementary school memory?When I peed my pants in class.What CD is in your car CD player right now?Kid Cudi mix tape.What is the most embarrassing thing in plain sight in your bedroom?It’s either the knife through the LMB poster or Twilight candy.How do you feel about giant rats sniffi ng out land mines in Africa?I feel like it should be aardvarks instead.What’s your most diffi cult class so far?Chemistry I.Who’s your role model?Savanna Gillman
Mallory Vaske, junior class president
Chris Nwanegwo, senior class president
What’s it like being the senior class president?It’s a big responsibility. There are a lot of things to do, but it’s fun.What’s going on in Student Council?We’re preparing for Homecoming and Homecoming Week, planning events.What are you most excited for this school year?Homecoming Week.What was the last song that played on your iPod?“Forgot about Dre” by Eminem and Dr. Dre.If you were a superhero, what would your weakness be?Kryptonite. If you had a million dollars, how would you spend it?I’d take a trip to Nigeria to visit my cousins and family.How does it feel to be a senior?It feels great. I’m kinda ready to go to college though.What college do you plan on going to?Either USC Columbia or Charleston Southern.How would you feel if you weren’t allowed to have senior privileges?I’d feel like an underclassman, like I’ve been for the past three years.How do you feel about the BP oil spill?I think they could’ve done more stuff to prevent it. But at least it’s all good now.
Where are you originally from?Grand Rapids, Mich.What college did you go to?Michigan State UniversityWhat sports did you play in college?I didn’t play any sports in college. I did all athletic training.If you still play, which sports do you play?I played basketball and soccer in high school so I still play around.What’s your favorite sport?Basketball.Why did you decide to become a trainer?I like to help people and I like the medical fi eld. I love sports and I was always around them growing up.What does your job entitle you to do?I prevent injuries and when I have someone come in with an injury, I rehabilitate them and treat their injury.What high school did you come from?I interned at Waverly in Lansing, Mich.How do you like Carolina Forest?I love it.What are your relationships with the athletes like?I keep it professional because when they come in, they have a reason. But sometimes they goof off and I just watch.What’s the most diffi cult injury you’ve dealt with?Concussions are diffi cult because they deal with the brain and they’re symptom based. It’s diffi cult to manage, but it’s also easy because I just send them to the hospital.What’s the most common injury you see?Probably ankle sprains.
by aliciabroughtonbroughtonfeatureswriter
presidential affairpresidential affair || After school senior class president Chris Nwanegwo and junior class president After school senior class president Chris Nwanegwo and junior class president Mallory Vaske discuss Student Council’s upcoming events, including Spirit Week which begins Oct. Mallory Vaske discuss Student Council’s upcoming events, including Spirit Week which begins Oct. 4 and the Spirit Fridays preceding it. Student Council advisor Aundrea Rue is pleased with their lead-4 and the Spirit Fridays preceding it. Student Council advisor Aundrea Rue is pleased with their lead-ership. “They’re go-getters,” she said. “They’re helpful and do whatever I ask them to do. It’s great. ership. “They’re go-getters,” she said. “They’re helpful and do whatever I ask them to do. It’s great. They both want what’s best for their respective classes.”They both want what’s best for their respective classes.” [Photo by Alicia Broughton] [Photo by Alicia Broughton]
wrap it up | New athletic trainer Maggie An-stett wraps up sophomore Kory Lindell’s ankle during fourth block weight lifting. [Photo by Ali-cia Broughton]
Q&A with junior and senior presidents
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Freshman 101Freshm
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New kids enter new worldLast year, they were the big kids on
campus, but now they are back at square one.
Freshmen: A new campus, new friends and different experiences. A time for change.
“On the fi rst day, I had a mixture of emotions. I was nervous but excited,” freshman Angel Manley said. “Coming from Forestbrook Middle School, I didn’t know anyone.”
The fi rst day of high school can be a scary time for freshmen. The college-like campus is bigger than middle school, es-pecially if students have classes on both sides of campus.
Freshman Juantavia Prather agreed.“The scariest thing that happened on
the fi rst day of school was not knowing which was which,” Prather said.
Some freshmen also fi nd themselves in classes with upperclassmen.
“In my fi rst block, I’m the only fresh-man. It was scary to be in that class,” freshman Kayla Keller said.
Manley had a similar experience.“The scariest thing that happened on
the fi rst day was having to say my name in
front of the class because there is a mix-ture of freshmen, sophomores and even juniors,” she said.
Sophomores who can say “been there, done that” can sympathize with the younger classmates.
“I got lost because I didn’t know ex-actly where P.E. was. I was nervous be-cause there were going to be people that I didn’t know staring at me,” sophomore Brian Villarreal said. “I had to ask where it was.”
However, sophomore Jessica Casella pointed out that freshmen year doesn’t last forever.
“It won’t be long before they are soph-omores or juniors or seniors. Freshmen year is going to be over before they know it,” Casella said.
Sophomore Jessica Harrell offered some advice.
“Some advice that I’d give to the fresh-men would be to stay focused and stay on task,” she said.
Villarreal also offered advice. “Don’t get into fi ghts and listen to your
teachers,” he said. “Some fail to realize that they’re not little kids anymore.”
Welcome back to the jungleNumbering 645, the freshman class
which is the largest class, poses problems for upperclassmen. “They hold up traffi c in the hallways, making it harder to get to class on time,” junior Josh Marsh said
Senior Jagger Turner agreed. “They’re wasting time trying to get their swagg on, making it harder to get to class,” he said.
But not everyone lets them slow them down. “I just walk right through them,” senior Zach Beaty said.
Junior Cody Osiecki still remembers life as a freshman.
“As a freshman I felt fi ne,” he said. “I already knew a lot of people and my sister Kiera helped me a lot.”
Osiecki’s advice for the freshmen is to “get big, have fun and stay out of trou-ble.”
Senior Joseph Adams remembers his freshman year. “It kind of stunk knowing I had three more years left. My advice would be don’t drive anything smaller than a V8, do your work, stay out of trouble and the rednecks way and always be above the infl uence.”
Teachers talk about themTeachers aren’t immune to the freshmen experience either.
Rookies fi nd out what ‘day in thby brandoncastillo, brandiwashell
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“My worst freshman experience was becoming a freshman.”
– Dominick Lawrence, junior
“My worst freshman ex-perience was dealing with the upper
classmen.”– Vincent Cazzola, senior
“I sat in the wrong class.”– Shakeem Bolie, senior
“My worst freshman ex-perience was when I tripped and all those
guys had to catch me.” – Shreya Patel, senior
COST OF LIVING • Loaf of bread: $1.15• Gallon of gas: $1.22• US Postage Stamp: 32 cents • Average Income per year: $36,000• Average Cost of new house $200,000
SPORTS • The New York Yankees win the World Series. • The Dallas Cowboys win Super Bowl XXX.• The Summer Olympics is held in Atlanta, Ga. • Chicago Bulls win NBA record 72 games• Roger Clemens beats Yankees for his 200th win
POPULAR TOYS • Tickle Me Elmo• Pokemon Toys• Beenie Babies• Polly Pocket • Buzz Lightyear • Barbie• Jenga• Hollie Hobbie • Action Man
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Most freshmen were born in 1996. Here are some of the happenings from that year.
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“I would describe it more like an ad-venture because every day I feel like I’m going on a different adventure,” English teacher Philisa Boykin said. “Every time you teach any sort of student, that is its own adventure, and whether it’s good or bad, it’s still an adventure.”
Teachers are teaching the future of the country, even if the future of the country doesn’t want to be taught. But once upon a time, teachers were also freshmen and may have had a different perspective.
Learning Strategies teacher Amy Loyd, whose daughter is a freshman, re-membered her own experiences.
“I was intimidated by the upperclass-men and the size of the campus,” Loyd said, who attended Stratford High in Goose Creek.
Other teachers had similar experi-ences.
“When I was in high school, juniors and seniors treated us like dirt,” history teacher Justin Foxworth, who went to Georgetown High, said. “It was the fi rst pep rally, and as we were walking into the rally, seniors were spitting on us [fresh-men] from the bleachers.”
While some teach classes made up of just freshmen, others like art teacher Me-gan Basset, have freshmen and seniors in
the same class. “It’s a balancing act. Dealing with
ninth and 12th graders in the same class is a challenge.”
Foxworth offered simple advice to freshmen.
“Develop some type of study habits,” he said. “It leaves you options.”
Loyd offered more advice.“Study hard and always always al-
ways do your homework and ask for help when you need it,” Loyd said. “And don’t walk around with a little lost puppy look.”
Basset added even more advice.“You have to learn to pay attention to
your surroundings. A lot of questions you ask are answered by your environment,” she said.
Boykin also added advice. “Please come to school prepared, ready
to learn. Use common sense, good man-ners, don’t complain about work because this is not middle school. It’s a brand new world,” she said.
And it would serve all students well to remember these words of advice from Pe-ter Parker, better known as Spiderman.
“With great power comes great re-sponsibility.” And all should remember that when they become seniors.
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MISCELLANEOUS • London’s World Trade Center is partially destroyed by an Irish Republican Army bomb.• Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996 is introduced in America. • First electric car is mass produced. Saturn dealerships in California make them avail- able for lease.• NASA announces that life may have existed on mars
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mpson trial takes place
staring freshman year in the eye| Walking to class freshman Andre Win-ley gives his take on freshman year, “It’s hard, but I can deal with it,” Winley said. He also stated that he is happy with all his classes. [Photo by Brandon Castillo]
TECHNOLOGY • Microsoft releases completely rebuilt Inter- net Explorer technology.• Microsoft Internet Explorer version 2.0 for Windows 95 is available in 22 languages.• Java Soft is created.• Ask Jeeves is started. • DVDs are launched in Japan. • For fi rst time, more e-mail is sent than postal mail in US.
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Jersey Bagels and Subs offers new tastes, options
by mollyjohnsonjohnsonentertainmentwriter
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Walking into Jersey Bagels and Subs, I could sense from the multiple wall deco-rations that it was a laid-back, friendly en-vironment, the kind of setting you would expect and want in a locally owned res-taurant.
One of the fi rst things I noticed other than the football fanfare was the large menu offering a variety of bagels and
got bagels? | Jersey Bagels and Subs, located on 4006 Postal Way, opened July 22. The shop sells fresh bagels and subs for breakfast and lunch. [Photo by Molly Johnson]
subs. In fact, it took me quite some time to decide what I wanted. Finally, I opted for the Ham and Cheese Sub.
As I waited for my food, I watched the TV and looked at a wall that show-cased portraits of celebrities such as Bruce Willis, John Travolta and Jack Nicholson.
My sub was served on white bread (other bread options include bagel, roll, sub roll, rye or whole wheat) with Boar’s Head ham, fresh American cheese (you
can choose American, Muenster, Provolo-ne or Swiss), lettuce, onions, mayonnaise, mustard, oil and vinegar, oregano, salt and pepper. I am not a fan of tomatoes or jalapenos, but they can be included as well.
Expecting it to taste like an ordinary sub, I was pleasantly surprised after my fi rst bite.
A delicious mix of tastes washed over me; I don’t know if it was the cheese or the vinegar or what, but I do know it was amazing. The wait was well worth it.
I ate the sub and the fresh, kettle chips quickly. I would defi nitely give my food an A. Other popular choices include the Bacon, Egg and Cheese sandwich and the French Toast bagel.
Open since July 22, Jersey Bagels and Subs apparently serves customers who think similarly.
“Business is very good; 60 dozen ba-gels were sold just today,” owner Kevin Hopf said. “Weekends are best, but busi-ness is steady throughout the week.”
With 15 different kinds of bagels, a wide variety of sandwiches and breakfast served all day, the options seem limitless. The options for Hopf and fellow owner Renee Mitchell also seem limitless.
“We are both former stockbrokers from New Jersey and wanted to try something new,” Mitchell said. “Making bagels at
by kaeliweeksweeksentertainmentwriter
‘Glee’ is back with new season
Gleeks love it; others hate it. There’s really no in-between when it comes to
“Glee.”The show follows a driven Spanish teacher who in
his spare time is determined to make a high school Glee club better than ever, no matter what obstacles or who tries to stand in his way.
Fans have different reasons for watching “Glee.”“I watch Glee because of Cory Monteith,” sophomore
Mickinzi Joyner said. “He’s my favorite thing about the show.”
Gleeks, “Glee” fans that never miss an episode, counted down the days until the new season started Sept. 21.
“During the new season I’m excited for the new music and choreography, and I’m hoping that Finn and Rachel will stay together,” sophomore Sally Harrelson said.
Some fi nd “Glee” inspiring.“It shows that you don’t have to belong to one certain
clique,” sophomore Meaghan Weiss said. “You can be
friends with everyone and be yourself.” Those in show choir, including choir teacher Kraig
McBroom, see similarities in show choir experiences and the show.
“It’s exactly like show choir. Show choir is a cross section of our school,” McBroom said, “which is a lot like what is happening on the show. We have all different backgrounds.”
The “Glee” phenomenon is so big that even The Sun News ran a story Sept. 4 on Loris High and Carolina For-est High’s show choirs and how they are different and similar to the one on the show.
But not everyone likes “Glee.” “It’s a total waste of an hour on TV,” freshman JD
Hart said. “It isn’t that entertaining and it seems like it has too much hype.”
Some just don’t like the concept of the show. “I don’t like musical, singing and dancing shows,”
freshman Gunner Huggins said.And there are others who have never heard of it.“What’s Glee?” freshman Dillon Graham asked.But if you like drama, music and dancing then you’ll
love “Glee.”
gleeky faces | The characters of Glee: Finn, Quin, Puck, Mercedes, Sue, Will, Artie, Tina, Kurt and Rachel. [Photo fox.com/glee]
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Business in the Myrtle Beach area usu-ally decreases in fall and winter, yet this is not the case for Jersey Bagels and Subs.
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Dilemma continues between iTunes and Limewireby lanieruedyruedymattmonettemonette
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iTunes may cost you money, but Limewire can cost you more.
Limewire is a fi le sharing program that is legal, but when you start to download music, it becomes illegal. But that’s not all.
“Not only are some records iffy, but many are loaded with viruses and malwares,” tech-nology contact Lisa Thompkins said. “It doesn’t offer your com-puter any protection. It actually opens it up to the public.”
iTunes, however, is much safer than Limewire. Although you pay at least 99 cents for a song, you know that it is a legal download. On Limewire there are very few songs that are legal because of copyright protection.
“People are under the assump-tion that Limewire has all legal downloads, but in all reality it’s il-legal if you are not paying or us-ing some type of ‘pre-pay’ card,” Thompkins said.
Limewire users, if convicted, could be fi ned from $750 to $150,000 for each song they download. Limewire itself has been sued several times and may owe the record companies millions. Limewire has said that they might try to follow in the footsteps of Napster and become a legitimate music buying website.
The Recording Industry Association of America fi led a copyright complaint against Limewire in 2007, accord-ing to cnet.com. In March a district court judge ruled that Limewire was liable for copyright infringement. The RIAA did not want Limewire to do anything with their money after alleging that Limewire in the past had put personal assets into a family trust in an attempt to avoid paying the major labels for damages.
The judge, Kimba Wood, looked at records and saw
that Limewire had not moved any money around recently and decided that the RIAA’s request to freeze Limewire’s assets was not viable. Legal experts have said that Wood will likely order Limewire to shut down; once that is decided, then the court will have to decide how much Limewire must pay in damages.
Besides having a larger database than Limewire, iTunes has a larger selection to choose from.
“I use iTunes because I buy songs straight from my iPod, and iTunes is the only down-loading site that you can get on your iPod,” freshman Paige Thompson said.
Although Limewire is free, iTunes has other benefi ts. iTunes has a wide variety of not only music, but books, mov-ies, games and more whereas Limewire only has music and very few videos.
“I download classical bal-let music and I prefer iTunes; Limewire does not give me the results that I need, although I spend about $15 a month on music,” sophomore Melinda
Custer said.Limewire also has a more limited song selection than
iTunes. “I think iTunes probably has the largest database,”
administrator Gaye Driggers said.The computers at school do not allow students access
to Limewire; if someone does then Thompkins will get a call from the district offi ce telling her not only that some-one did go onto the site, but also which computer they are using.
Limewire says that it is free, but in reality it may cost you more money than you bargained for.
“If it’s too good to be true, then it probably is,” Thompkins said.
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What is the best part about iTunes?
“I like the fact that I can upload the songs straight to my iPod and that it’s legal.”– Lydia Gouhin, fresh-man
What is the worst part about iTunes?
“You have to pay for songs.” – Jon Roschy, senior
What is the best part about Limewire?
“It’s free, and I like that. I don’t want to pay a dollar a song.”– Taylor Fary, junior
What is the worst part about Limewire?
“Limewire makes your computer crash and puts viruses on it.”– Paige Harris, senior
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Trading in pom-poms for football pads, senior Chel-sea Thomas gives a whole new meaning to being a girl in a guy’s world as the fi rst female on the varsity team.
“Football is more tiring and more time consuming, but being back spot on cheerleading having to save girls from falling, I already knew what it was like to be tack-led,” Thomas said.
Her decision to go out for the football team all started when she was in weight lifting class with Coach Dave Schenck.
“At fi rst I didn’t take her serious. She asked, but when she actually came out I was shocked,” Schenck said. “She came out for practice, never missed, never complained and toughed it out like the boys to prove she could play.”
The rest of the team seems to be comfortable having a girl on the team.
“There is no difference to me. We are one big happy family,” sophomore Harold Atkinson said.
As for her family’s reaction, Thomas says they weren’t too sure at fi rst.
“They both didn’t want me to get hurt, but my mom was the most shocked and unsure. They both support me and my mom even wants to make shirts that have
my name on them for the games now,” Thomas said.
It’s one thing to go out for the team, but players and coaches say Thomas shows dedication and doesn’t do any less than the boys.
“She works harder than most of the players on the team,” sophomore Kory Lindell said.
Head coach Drew Hummel is most defi nitely pleased with the new addi-tion to his team, adding that her work ethic is amazing.
“She’s been a pleasure; she does what she’s asked and does above and beyond always. It’s great,” he said.
Thomas is not concerned with the risk of injury.
“I know my teammates wouldn’t intentionally hurt me and by joining the team I took on the risk of injury,” Thomas said.
But her teammates are aware of the risk.
“It is no different,” junior Danny Daly said. “At fi rst I didn’t think she was capable, but she is; I will admit sometimes I don’t want to put as much steam behind my pass when it’s to her.”
Other teammates agreed they treat her the same as every other player, but sometimes think before going full steam.
“Nothing’s different. I treat her the same as the other guy players, but I don’t always want to full force it,” Lindell said.
As a corner and wide receiver, playing time is rare for Thomas.
“I got to play at Socastee and was grateful to go out and play, hoping to not hurt the team at all,” Thomas said. “Although I don’t really deserve any playing time, getting to play at the end of Socastee was great. I didn’t want to hurt the team and played my best.”
Although Thomas might not think she deserves play-ing time, her coaches disagree.
“The main thing is everyone does the same, done to their fullest,” Hummel said.
Most players and coaches just consider her a part of the team.
“She’s one of us,” Hummel said. Schenck’s reaction is similar.“She just blends in. We don’t make a big deal about
it,” he said. Thomas said she feels at home on the team.
GIRL TACKLES TEAMFemale corner, wide receiver joins team
“It’s like having 50 brothers. They mess with you, but they are there for you too,” she said.
Thomas, however, does not relish being in the spot-light.
“I didn’t join football to become some idol,” she said. “I just did it because it was fun and I enjoyed it. I wanted to become a part of the team and work as hard as every-one to earn my spot.”
And although she didn’t join the team to become a star, she has managed to change some’s attitudes about female capabilities.
“Having Chelsea on the team has showed me that girls can do whatever they put their minds to,” Atkinson said.
Other girls, like sophomore Danielle Schroder, have also taken notice.
“I think Chelsea being on the team is awesome,” Schroder said. “It just goes to show you girls can do anything boys can.”
shake it off| Wiping the sweat
off her face, senior Chel-sea Thomas
walks off the sideline at the game
against Myrtle Beach.
“I’m grateful for the play-
ing time that I receive and
hope to not hurt the team
by playing when I get
the chance,” Thomas said.
[Photo by Ni-cole Fillmore]
go panthers| During the game against Myrtle Beach senior Chelsea Thomas watches on the sidelines. “I didn’t know much about football when I fi rst came out. I just liked the game, but I have learned a lot,” Thomas said. [Photo by Nicole Fillmore]
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• Varsity Football: 4-1• Freshman Football: 0-1• JV Football: 2-4• Varsity Volleyball:6-4 and 3-0(region) Player of the Week: 9/13: Maria Finkenbiner 9/20: Katie Davis
What’s your favorite color? • Blue because it’s the color of my favorite college, Duke.
Who’s mostly played on your iPod? • Kanye West, Drake &Kid Cudi
Who’s your favorite teacher? • Mr.Wagner or Ms. K.
Who’s your favorite superhero? • Underdog
American Eagle or Hollister? • American Eagle
What’s your position on the team? • Outside hitter Favorite type of music? •
What’s your favorite TV show? • “Pretty Little Liars”
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Running backs anchor team
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• Freshman Volleyball: 0-1• JV Volleyball: 1-3• Girls Tennis: 1-1• Swimming: Boys:32-9; Girls:31-8• Girls Golf:2-0• Cross Country: Boys:1-0; Girls:2-1
With the football team off to a 4-1 start, as of press time, the Prowler sports staff caught up with three star running backs – sophomore Harold Atkinson, senior Mark Timmons and senior Isiah Chestnut.
• Timmons breaks records He runs through two big linebackers,
down the fi eld, spins around the opponent and into the end zone. Another touch-down by senior Mark Timmons. Timmons broke the school record for touchdowns in a game, with four and 209 yards against Socastee Aug.20. How do you feel being in the spotlight? I don’t feel like I’m in the spotlight.How do you feel the team is doing?Better than ever.What is your motivation on the fi eld?My fans and the crowd.How do you balance school and foot-ball?I get my work done in school and practice every day after school.What is it like playing with Isiah Chest-nut and Harold Atkinson?Harold is very talented for his age. He even shocks me sometimes. Isaiah and I are real close. He is like one of my best friends.• 2010 StatsCF vs. Socastee – 209 yds., 4TDs; Broke school record for rushing yards and TDs in a single gameCF vs. St. James – rushed 23 times 103 yds.CF vs. Battery Creek – 168 yds., 1 TDCF vs. Kingstree – 236 yds.; Mark Tim-mons broke school rushing record
• Atkinson just a sophomoreHe is usually telling some kind of joke,
but on Friday nights sophomore Harold Atkinson is ready to play football. In his fi rst year on varsity, he has impacted the
team in many ways.What is it like being a sophomore with fi ve touchdowns under your belt?I feel very honored. I did it for the team.How do you about playing varsity?I feel special and talented to play with such great players.What is your motivation on the fi eld?To be the hammer, not the nail.What’s it like to play with Isiah Chest-nut and Mark Timmons?It’s great. They push me to play to the best of my abilities.• 2010 StatsCF vs. St. James – rushed 57 yds., 1 TDCF vs. Battery Creek – 186 yds., 4 TDs
• ‘Hawk’ on the prowlYou may have seen him in the halls
wearing Seahawk practice shorts one day. But on Fridays he has on his CF jersey, #25. Isiah Chestnut, Myrtle Beach native, is the Panthers’ new running back weap-on. As a senior, he transferred from a team he has played with since youth recreation teams. If you could change your position, what would it be?
If I could change my position to any posi-tion, it would have to be quarterback be-cause I like to be a leader and the quarter-back is always a leader.How do you like your new team?Actually, I love my new team. They wel-comed me onto the team like I’ve been going to school here forever and that re-ally made things easier.How does it feel to come from a team who won two championships to one who hasn’t done as well?Making the fi nal decision was the hardest thing I felt like I’ve ever had to do. Yeah, winning championships and beating ev-erybody is great, but really it makes you look bad too. Winning isn’t everything. You have to learn how to lose to become a winner.What is your motivation on the fi eld?My motivation on the fi eld is play to ev-ery snap like it’s your last, cherish every possession on the football, never give up and never stop believing. That’s my moti-vation, and that’s what I play off of every Friday night.• 2010 StatsCF vs. Battery Creek- 37 yd. TD strike
peace | Hanging out at lunch, senior Mark Timmons, sophomore Harold Atkinson and senior Isiah Chestnut throw up the dueces. “We on Myspace,” Atkinson said. [Photo by Ashanti Edmondson]
Remanda Fenner[Varsity Volleyball]
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The annual Carolina Forest High School beauty was held Sept 6. The theme was American Girls... A new Generation.
“This is a generation where females take on more leadership and are taking on the roles that usually males would fi ll,” pageant director Wayne Canady said. “Fe-males are becoming the bread winners. That is why the theme was what it was.”
The theme attracted quite a crowd from the community.
“It was a wonderful evening and we had great support from the community.” Canady said.
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Pageant Winners • Miss Carolina Forest - Rosa Rea• Princess - Paisley Ellis• Ms. Panther: Freshman - Jessica Carr Sophomore - Mickinzi Joyner Junior - Hathaikane Bauphasavanh Senior: Julia Brooks• Most Talented (non-fi nalist) - Sydney Edwards• Most Photogenic Freshman - Liza Branyon• Most Photogenic Sophomore - Brianna Strang• Most Photogenic Senior - Dawn Logg• Overall Most Photogenic - Liza Branyon• Miss Congeniality - Jessica Carr• Diligence - Brianna Strang
lights, camera, makeup | Fixing her eye makeup, freshman Breauna Beebe pre-pares to hit the stage. Beebe did not win any awards that night, “I was thinking it was go-ing to be a long night, but I was hoping to do well,” Beebe said. [Photo by Kaeli Weeks]
there is no such thing as too much hair spray | Prior to the pageant, senior Dawn Logg adds some finishing touches to her hair. Logg was second runner up for Miss Carolina Forest and also won Most Photogenic Senior. “Go-ing into this, I kept the same idea of using beauty in a positive way to influence others. That’s the most important thing of all,” Logg said. [Photo by Molly Johnson]
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standing pretty | Flashing her million dollar smile, freshman Liza Branyon stands on stage and waits to hear the judges’ decisions. Branyon won Most Photogenic Freshman and Over-all Most Photogenic. “I was wishing good luck to all the other girls but hop-ing I was going to win,” Branyon said. [Photo by Molly Johnson]
and the winner is | Proudly sporting their crowns and trophies, senior Rosa Rea and freshman Paisley Ellis stand in front of the applauding audience. Rea won Miss Carolina Forest and Ellis won Carolina Forest Princess. “The key to success is being 100 percent real and yourself the whole time,” Rea said. Ellis said she was elated.“I was very happy and I’m proud to represent this school.” [Photo by Molly Johnson]
lovely lady | Wearing a navy blue gown, senior Chandler Parnell was fi rst runner up for Miss Carolina Forest. Parnell is a senior at the Scholars Academy.
“It was a really good opportunity to meet other girls,” Parnell said. “I learned a lot about myself and I had a lot of fun. I also enjoyed sharing my singing talent with everyone. [Photo by Molly Johnson]
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