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Eagle’s Eye Volume 31, Issue 3

Graves County High School 1220 Eagles Way, Mayfield, KY

March 30, 2016 Featured Stories in this Issue:

Striving for Excellence: No Exceptions, No Excuses.

See how our DECA Club members did at their State Tournament---Page 2 by Opinion Editor Jillian Winn

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Katie Meade News Editor Graves County High School recently conducted their spring food tasting that involved students in order to get their opinions and collect data to help decide what to put on the menu in the cafeteria next school year.

Around 40 students from the Leadership Dynamics class, the GCHS Kim’s Krew, and the GCMS Kim’s Krew all participated in the tasting alongside Graves County’s superintendent Kim Dublin and other school administrators. They sampled seven food items ranging from breakfast foods like donuts, to lunch foods like

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sandwiches and pizza crunchers.

Student used electronic devices to record individual preference during the taste testing. The students rated the food on a scale of one to five. Foods that received high ratings could potentially be menu items for next year. Some foods that were tested like the donuts and the dinner roll are extensions of what they have already added to the menu this year.

Other foods like the pizza crunchers and parfaits are completely new.

After the taste testing was held at the high school, Nutrition Directors from the WKSFSO met to taste test the samples in order to collect co-op data. They will use this information when they go to a food show in March. They will do

more tasting and determine what they will put on their food bid.

Shelina McClain, Graves County School District Nutrition Director, explained the importance of the trial, “This data is huge for me. I’ve spent quite a bit of time working through it, analyzing it. This is something we are going to continue to do.”

Graves County plans to hold another testing this coming fall and more throughout the year. McClain’s ultimate goal is to eventually be able to take a group of students to a food show to let them see the vendors and what’s available. She wants to give students a chance to help decide their breakfast and lunch menus.

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Find out exactly what Senioritis is and what it means to be a Senior--Page 3 by Staff Writers Karsyn Gregory and Gillian Jones

Sincerely, the Class of 2016 Looking for advice for the year ahead? This year’s seniors have some advice for you!--Page 4 by Cassandra Clare and featured Seniors

Wanting to apply to college outside of KY? We have all the tips you need here!---Page 5 by Staff Writer David Adams

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FINISHING THE YEAR----(Pictured Top Right) Amanda Hartigan and Brooke Ellegood perform their Improvisational Duo event (Pictured Bottom Right) Katie Elder presents her Broadcast Announcing script. (Pictured Left) Forensics Team prepares to compete at state competition.

Follow us on Instagram @gchseagleseye Becca Green

Editor in Chief

The Forensics or Speech Team at GCHS finished their season not only with their state tourNEWS.....................................2 nament on March 10th and 11th but also with OPINION...............................3 a showcase held at the PAC on March 24th.

FEATURES...........................4 After qualifying for the state tournament at reEAGLE LIFE........................5 gionals as well as other competitions, nine members ENTERTAINMENT.............6 traveled to Lexington, Kentucky to compete at the state SPORTS.................................7 competition. Only one member moved on to semifinals, FORUM.................................8 in not only one but three of her events. Senior Audrie INDEX

Lamb qualified in the top 16 of her category in Original Oratory, Impromptu Speaking, and Extemporaneous Speaking. Lamb only moved on to finals in Extemporaneous speaking and placed 6th in the entire state.

To finish their year, the team held a showcase on March 24th, 2016 to allow the community to see their pieces as forensics is not an event that includes an audience. Lamb and freshman Kaitlyn Raper acted as the hosts for the night and introduced members and their events. All nine members who qualified for state performed their pieces and presented a sideshow of pictures of the team throughout the year to conclude the night.

Hear all about the most epic face-off of the year between Batman and Superman---Page 6 by Staff Writer Aaron Pate

A final word from the Editor in Chief for her last issue--Page 8

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The Eagle’s Eye

• March 30, 2016

FBLA students qualify for state competition in April

Photo by Caitlyn Goodman TAKING HOME THE WIN---GCHS state qualifying students pose for camera after placing in regional competition.

Makayla Tibbs Staff Writer

FBLA Members at Graves County High School recently competed in the Region 1 Conference at Murray State University. Many students placed well in their events and qualified for the April state conference in Louisville, KY. The State Conference will be held from April 18 through 20. Those who place well at State will qualify for Nationals which will be held in Atlanta, Georgia from June 29 through July 2.

Those who qualified for state were Sydney Anderson, Nicole Boyd, Katelyn Bryson, Hailey Canter, Kacie Cavin, Kaylan Dowdy, Faith Elder, Katie Elder, Logan Elliott, Pilar Fernandez, Callie Goodman, Jacob Govea, Skylar Hargrove, Drew Jackson, Jovana Jelic, Melissa LaClair, Audrie Lamb, Alec McClain, Avery McClain, Peyton McDaniel, Ryan Overby, Kayla Purcell, Cecilia Stapleton, Claire Thomas, Stayton Thompson, and Gracie Youngblood.

Many of the students competed in different events and placed throughout first, second, and third. FBLA member Cecilia Stapleton shared “I am so glad to have attended Regionals with such a great and talented chapter, where over twenty kids qualified for state!

We have such a wonderful adviser, Mrs. Mechelle Gattis, who strives to make sure everyone succeeds! I love FBLA and am so thankful for the opportunities it has provided for my future!” Also, the teacher in charge of FBLA, Mrs. Mechelle Gattis shared “It’s great! Regionals are my favorite time of the year. The students did so well, they worked really hard.

They spent a lot of afternoons and on their own time working on their events and it paid off.

We came home with so many trophies. It was truly a wonderful time with these students.”

Graves County takes on DECA State

“The Story Awakens” at GCHS Book Fair

Photo by Michelle Mckee POSING WITH THE GOLD--- DECA club members pose with trophies to celebrate placement in top 6 of state finals.

Jillian Winn Opinion Editor

Graves County High School DECA students traveled to the Galt House Hotel in Louisville, Kentucky to compete at the annual state competition March 6th-8th.

Students had to first compete at the regional level at Murray State on February 2nd. If they received a final score of 70 and above and placed in the top 6 of each event, they would move on to the state competition.

DECA is a marketing club, where members compete in categories such as Travel & Tourism, Hospitality Services, Marketing Communications, and many more. Students compete by taking online tests, role playing, or creating a presentation that must be prepared before they arrive at the competition. Students may compete as a team or as individuals.

When the students arrived the first night, they attended a meeting where DECA students running for state office

for the upcoming year presented speeches. The 2015-2016 officers were formally recognized for the last time before students were sent to bed. The second day, students competed in the morning and in the afternoon, learned if they moved on to finals.

The final rounds were held later that evening. Once the final rounds concluded, there was a “Fun Night,” with inflatables and other games such as corn-hole were so the students could relax after a long day of competing. On the final day, awards and the next year’s state officers were announced before everyone traveled home.

“My favorite memory from this year’s state competition was winning the dance competition during the fun night,” said Julianna Sims, a sophomore. “I was also elected as State VP of Membership for next school year, so I’m excited about that.”

Students who placed 1st-3rd at the state competition will advance to Nationals. The national conference will take place April 23rd-26th in Nashville.

Photo by Lynda Hiles A WEEK IN A GALAXY FAR FAR AWAY--- With lightsabers, Darth Vader, and C3PO, students were able to get the full experience of the “Star Wars” world as they looked for new reading material.

Charlie Tarver clude Emily Wiggins, Tyler Alexander, Staff Writer Jaden Williams, and Nicky Gonzalez.

This year the GCHS Book Fair theme Students and staff alike comwas “Book Wars: The Story Awakens,” mented on the decorations of the theme, modeled after the newest Star Wars install- Interim Assistant Principal Mrs. Adriment. The library was transformed into the enne Custer said, “I thought that was a Mos Eisley Cantina with drinks and cook- creepy guy in a hoodie standing over ies for the students. Music was played and there”. When in reality, it was a mannecharacters such as R2-D2, C3P0, Jabba the quin dressed to look like Darth Vader.

Hutt, Chewbacca, Darth Vader, and BB-8.

The Book Club spent time af The columns became lightsabers ter school to finish decorating and and the Galaxy Far Far Away was above setting up the Book Fair. They rethe students as they selected their book ceived assistance from teachers, adchoices. Anyone who purchased a book ministration, and the janitorial staff. was given a free stick-on tattoo and a Students were able to choose bookmark featuring Star Wars characters. from genres such as teen fiction, sci Anyone who had a purchase of ence fiction, sports, non-fiction, fanta$2.00 or more was placed into a drawing. sy, supernatural, and mystery. Students The prizes for the drawing included two were also able to purchase audiobook different pairs of Star Wars pajama pants versions of some of the books there. and a Star Wars t-shirt. The winners in-

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New Year, New Schedule

Cory Mouser Staff Writer

Spring break is right over the horizon and with that the countdown till the end of the school year begins. I know that it seems like the start of the next school year is a long ways away, but it will be here before we know it. Next year, a new schedule will be put into place and I think it will be interesting.

The new schedule will consist of A and B days that will take place every other day. For example, if Monday is an A day then Tuesday will be a B day, making it a block schedule. So, instead of our days consisting of six classes that are around fifty-two minutes each, next year we will have four classes a day and these classes will be about ninety minutes long. The new schedule has many cons and pros but with more pros than cons.

Like I said before we will only have four classes a day instead of six. That is a major pro to me. The only bad thing is that our classes will be over ninety minutes long and that’s a long time to spend with a group of people, especially if you don’t like them.

Another plus side would be that since it’s an A-B day schedule you’ll get another night to do homework. The homework for an A day can be done on a B day night and vice versa. I think this is really convenient. Now the con to that would be, wait I can’t even think of a con for the extra day to do homework, but I can think of a con for the A-B day schedule. And that con is that it will be a little confusing at first, but I do think that we’ll get the hang of it after awhile. Another con would be that fine arts classes like show choir, jazz band, and chamber orchestra would only be worked with once every other day, making competitions and concerts more difficult to prepare.

When I think about next year’s schedule I think it sounds amazing. The pros out way the cons without a doubt in my mind. I have a feeling next year is going to be a good year.

Advice on being a senior from a senior

• March 30, 2016

Senioritis Gillian Jones Karsyn Gregory Staff Writers

Senioritis is a supposed affliction of students in their final year of high school, characterized by a decline in motivation, performance, and attendance. Well it isn’t a myth.

Senioritis is very real and prevalent in every high school. Sit in any classroom full of seniors and you will hear the sounds of moans, groans, and crying. Every senior in America suffers from senioritis, and counts down the days until they get to receive their beloved diploma.

When someone graduates there is a sense of accomplishment and success that goes along with it. The longing for adulthood and freedom overpowers the longing for high school desires. But if these students who deal with this issue on a daily basis would push through their oppression and fight for extraordinary instead of settling for passing they would be awarded in the long run.

Most seniors don’t realize that doing the bare minimum and just scraping by almost guarantees regret in the future from an academic standpoint. Most people in their final year of high school would just say that it doesn’t matter as long as they graduate but a sense of accomplishment is more than worth a little effort. When you become a senior you are just months away from achieving the goal you have been working almost your entire lives to achieve. In ten years when looking back wouldn’t you rather be proud of what you accomplished when you were young rather than wish you could go back and try harder.

Change is in the air

Valencia Thorn Staff Writer

As Spring rolls around it brings about new changes. It could range anywhere from a job promotion, to a graduation, or tragically bad news. Good or bad, change can be frightening at times.

One of the main reasons many people aren’t a fan of change is because they are content with the status quo. Life is pretty easy going at the moment and people aren’t willing to risk the change in that, even if it is for the better. Fear of the unknown is also what is so scary about change. In school, seniors are graduating, they are now adults and moving on to their futures. Others will probably be moving to a new home and the threat of a new school is horrifying.

Change isn’t always a bad thing, though. Sure, it may be totally nerve wracking and you may not want things to change, but it could always bring you into a better situation than what you’re currently in. For example, graduation is scary, but afterwards the world is open to all new possibilities you never thought possible. Moving? Or a new situation has caused a change? It may be good! Sometimes rolling with the punches will lead to a better road, and leave you tough as nails. Change can be a blessing and a curse, but in reality we all have to face it.

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As senior year ends, I think back on all of the work that has to be done in order to successfully graduate and move on to college. So for any underclassmen who has no idea what to do next year and when to even start the college process, or anything senior related at all, here are a few tips for surviving senior year.

•Get your senior pictures done early and make sure you have a few that you look professional in because some scholarships want you to send in a senior picture with your application. So be sure to order plenty of wallet sizes!

•Do not freak out over not knowing what you want to major in, when applying for colleges just mark your major as undeclared.

•This summer, tour colleges you’re even remotely interested in so you can get a feel for the campuses.

•Get plenty of information on the colleges you want to attend so you can be prepared when you start applying. Make sure you know ahead of time the cost of your college so you can prepare better.

•If you have your heart set on a certain college, apply early in August or September so you can get it out of the way.

•A 28 is a great ACT score to have for scholarships, but colleges will accept and will present some scholarships if your score is a bit lower. Also do not base your entire self-worth on this score. Take it as many times as you can until you’re happy with your score. Be sure to practice a lot before taking it, the free ACT workshops offered at the school are helpful.

•Go ahead and download some of the scholarship applications for this year so you can prepare some stock essays for your applications next year. For example, write essays on why you love community service, why leadership is important, and why you’re pursuing the career you are and how you plan to do that.

•Build a resume now and then add to it as the year goes. Many scholarships want a list of extracurricular activities and references.

•Do community service and keep track of your hours! Actually keep up with your hours for everything you do because they want to know that too.

•Be sure you take a class that allows you to get your work done so you have more time for other things.

•Get plenty of sleep. You can still work on everything tomorrow, get your sleep.

•Finally, make sure you actually take time to relax, senior year can be stressful so be sure you get to relax.

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The Eagle’s Eye

• March 30, 2016

New Beginnings Why I Chose To Go Out-of-State for college

David Adams Staff Writer Choosing to go to college is one of the biggest decisions that a high schooler has to make.

One of the most important decisions you’ll have to make in the college research process will be where in the country to focus your search. With the financial responsibility falling almost completely on the student (and sometimes with or without the help of their parent(s)), cost is a large factor in the process. Deciding to go to college out of state is a big decision, and sometimes the unequal out-of-state tuition charged by some universities turns people away. I’m here to tell you why I decided to do it anyway, and what I plan to do in college.

I come from a working-class background, so no one knows the issue of cost better than I do. While the U.S. Federal Government does help some, we all know that the Department of Education can be a bit frugal when it comes to giving the full help that college students need.

This is why it is so important to be constantly applying for scholarships! While daunting, just keep in mind that one scholarship might be a free textbook that you won’t have to pay out of pocket for.

I made the decision to attend an out-of-state college because of a number of factors.

Factors including, but limited to, a need to explore new things, move to my dream city (New York City), and to live in a more liberal state, which aligns more with my ideology.

Deciding to go to college was something I knew I always wanted to do, even from a young age. Going through with this will mean that I will be the first one in my family to attend college. In my immediate family, I’m only the second one to graduate high school, and the first one to graduate with honors.

Ever since I was young, everyone in my family knew I was the one who would move far away. Sticking true to this, I decided in my junior year that I would go to college in New York City. Even before visiting, I romanticized everything about the city, and no Law & Order: SUV episode or horror story about New York could take my sights off of the city.

While some would look at this as being naïve, I reject that! Most people do not enjoy change, and will even do anything to resist it, but I am not one of this of people. Falling into a constant routine for me becomes dissatisfying (see my motives are more than just being naïvely compulsive). After I move to New York and live there for a while, I will no doubt become fatigued with the routine of my schedule, and once again I’ll look for change in my life.

Once I got accepted into colleges (which I highly suggest if you want to go to college out of state, familiarize yourself with the Common App ASAP), I had to decide what I wanted to study in college. Thankfully, I decided that major decision my junior year. I joined the Young Democrats club that year and I began volunteering for multiple Democratic campaigns in the 2014 election cycle. I spent the entire election season making calls, going door-to-door, going to events and rallies, going to dinners—anything—to get supporters to the polls or others to change their mind about Alison. Campaigning for Alison was single-handedly the most important part of my political life. And even though Alison lost, that night I remembered how we as a people organized and fought on both sides to elect someone we thought could represent our beliefs best. I realized how important politics are, regardless if you are on the winning or losing side. After that night I made up my mind that whatever I do in college, it has to be focused on politics.s a side note, I actually got to sit down and talk to Alison Grimes personally, I explained to her how her tough fight against Mitch McConnell motivated me to major in politics in college. Her words, while sad, were touching: “I’m glad that even though I lost, something great came out of it. You are the future.”

Senior Advice

Cassandra Kyle Staff Writer

As the school year comes closer to a close preparing for next year is a must. To help prepare everyone some seniors have decided to give some advice to help everyone adjust to their new grade. This advice along with the advice in Becca Green’s article were written to help YOU- so take it seriously.

Future Seniors: DO- Study for the ACT DON’T- Don’t procrastinate, be on your phone all the time, or even dropout.

You’re so close. Finish this.

-Brittany Franklin

Future Sophomores: TRY. Trying at Sophomore level will help make Senior year easier.

This is advice goes for anything in life. Try and try your best most importantly.

-Melody Hobbs

Future Juniors: Remember that your grades do matter.

Especially this year!

Start prepping for college now.

-Marcos Macias

Future Freshman: It’s important to participate in many activities, but not too many that you can’t keep up with school and grades. Also keeping what all you participated in documented will help you in your Senior year.

-Melissa LaClair

While this advice is categorized by grade that doesn’t mean it can’t be applied to all of high school. It’s good to go through life and try to figure things out without any help, but having advice and tips from others who have gone through the same thing is always helpful and makes things easier.

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Eagle Life

The Eagle’s Eye • March 30, 2016

Eagle Life GCHS PAC Presents:

Jillian Winn Opinion Editor

My Fair Lady

The GCHS Musical Theatre program presented My Fair Lady on March 3rd and 5th in the Graves County Performing Arts Center.

My Fair Lady is a classic musical set in the 1910s in England about a poor Cockney flower girl, Eliza Doolittle. She stumbles upon linguistics professor, Henry Higgins, and colleague Colonel Pickering, who teach her manners and how to speak in a proper English accent. The two eventually fall for each other as the plot moves through a horse race, a ball, and a pub scene. While Henry and Eliza hide their feelings, Eliza is pursued by another suitor, Freddy, Eynsford-Hill who insists on winning her heart.

The musical was directed by Raeanne McKendree. It starred senior Brea Rollston as Eliza, senior Ryan Courtney as Colonel Pickering, and junior Mattison Sullivan as Henry Higgins.

For the first time in over three years, the Graves County High School Symphony Orchestra, directed by Laura Hill, played the accompanying music for the musical.

The musical had a better overall tone because of the live music.

“My Fair Lady is your classic ‘rags to riches’ story,” said Raeanne McKendree, director. “It is very funny and neat that something written in the 1940s can still be relatable today. Students in the show relate to the characters; the plot is very universal.”

Young Democrats travel to Frankfort David Adams Staff Writer

On February 25th, 2016 representatives from Graves County High School’s Young Democrats took a road trip to Kentucky’s capital, Frankfort. The members who went were Jillian Winn, David Adams, Beau Mohon, and Emily Cornwell.

While in Frankfort, the four students had appointments with Senator Stan Humphries, Representative Richard Heath, and Secretary of State Alison Lundergan Grimes. The students also met former-Governor Julian M. Carroll, Democratic Caucus Chair Sannie Overly, House Speaker Greg Stumbo, and Senate President Robert Sivers, among others. The students also had a conference call with former-Auditor of Public Accounts Adam Edelen, who lost his campaign for reelection in 2015. After the students’ meeting with Secretary Grimes, she also tweeted them.

The students met at the high school at 4AM to begin the trip to Frankfort (a 4 hour drive plus the time change).

With each elected official the students talked about many issues. Issues like voter suppression, higher education, and budget deficit and balancing were brought up. Each conference with the politicians lasted anywhere from 15 minutes up to an hour.

Beau Mohon, co-president of Young Democrats and grandson of former representative Fred Nesler, talked about the experience in an extremely favorable view, “My favor part about Frankfort was talking to Secretary Alison Grimes about voter registration and the teleconference with Adam Edelen about the future of the party.”

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Photo by Casey Jones GET ME TO THE CHURCH ON TIME---Musical Theatre students perform “Get me to the Church on Time.” Freshman Hanan Jones singing lead part as Alfred P. Doolittle with accompanying pub members.

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Random Acts of Kindness

Lindsay Thomas Staff Writer

Graves County students performed random acts of kindness for others in order to teach them humility.

Students from Heather Miller’s English classes were taught this message through performing various acts of kindness for others. While this was not a class project, Miller explains that students were assigned to spend at least 30 minutes of their time doing something kind for another. Moreover, she explains that the end goal of this assignment was for students to write about their experience, and how being kind impacted them personally.

Instructions for this assignment included that the students could not spend money, and the act could not be part of the students’ daily routine. Miller explains the reason for this was to have the students get out of their comfort zone to do something nice for someone else. Furthermore, by getting out of their comfort zones, students were able to gain an insight on and think about others in a way they normally do not. With these acts of kindness, teenagers gain an attitude of humility.

Mrs. Miller shared a few of the random acts some of her students performed: • volunteered to work a suicide hotline • wrote 300 inspirational notes and handed them out at Wal-Mart • volunteered at the animal shelter • wrote thank you notes to the secretaries and janitorial staff at GCHS • visited the nursing home

Although this generation can often be pegged as the “selfish generation,” always asking “what’s in it for me?”, these random acts of kindness show a different side of teenagers in this generation. Performing acts of kindness have a lasting impact on each student, teaching them the importance of helping others.

If you want to become an active member in your community and help others, perform a random act of kindness today!

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Entertainment Review of artist HANA’s EP The Eagle’s Eye

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March 30, 2016

Cory Mouser Staff Writer

HANA is the debut EP (extended play) from emerging artist HANA. Over the last few months HANA has be gaining traction the last few months after the release of her debut song “Clay.”

Which got her talked about by Lorde and Grimes (who happens to be a close friend of HANA’s).

She has also went on tours with Shamir, Purity Ring , and Grimes. Her tour with Griles was a world tour and has just ended. The self titled EP is five tracks long and lead by the single “Clay.”

HANA is more than just a singer she is a producer and most the tracks on this EP she produce along side her boyfriend Bloodpop (who wrote and produced Justin Bieber’s hit song “Sorry”).

Now, genre of music is HANA? I would say that her music falls into the indie/ electronic genre though it is also pop friendly. If I had to compare HANA to an artist I would compare her to Lorde, though HANA’s sound is a little more poppy. In her music I can also hear similarities with Lana Del Rey and Grimes. HANA has and ethereal voice that is very haunting on the track “Underwater.” Her range can also be heard on the song “Avalanche,” which happens to be a stunner power anthem about being able to say no to people. HANA’s debut EP is marvelous and I think it would be wise to check it out. Trust me this girl is going to be a star.

In theatres Near You: As this is my last newspaper, I decided to do a book review over one of my favorite books, and quite frankly one of the best novels of all time, “Pride and Prejudice.” In my opinion, “Pride and Prejudice” will forever remain a classic possibly because of its popular opening line, which sets up the story so perfectly. “It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife.” So let’s get started.

Written in 1813, Jane Austen published the book only a year after “Sense and Sensibility.” “Pride and Prejudice” was accepted immediately and captured readers through Elizabeth’s wit and Darcy’s sharp personality. Austen created a world not too unlike her own with the everyday strains of the society of Great Britain. During this time, one of the greatest things a woman could do was get married before she turned 18. With five daughters in his home, Mr. Bennet has his hands full trying to accommodate the wishes of his daughters and his wife. Mrs. Bennet thinks of nothing but seeing her daughters married to ensure their wellbeing. Our heroine Elizabeth Bennet was carefully crafted to be witty, attractive, playful, and very caring of her sisters. She is quick to judge others based off their initial appearance and early words and actions, making her the “Prejudice” in the title.

Enter Fitzwilliam Darcy, the prideful newcomer who deigns at first that Elizabeth is “not pretty enough to tempt [him].” Eventually he realizes, after many other encounters, that Elizabeth is in fact greater than anyone else he could ever find.

To me, the book seems to drag before Elizabeth (stubborn as she is) realizes her feelings for Darcy. Then again this could just be me wanting to see more of them as a couple than the seemingly endless back and forth of miscommunication and unspoken feelings. The novel as a whole is this perfect story on society and a love that isn’t perfect and easy from the start, which is more realistic than other stories of this nature. It will forever belong on my bookshelf for its timelessness and a love story that will stay with me for the rest of my life.

So now I leave my Book Nook with one of my favorite quotes about reading from this work, “I declare after all there is no enjoyment like reading! How much sooner one tires of any thing than of a book! -- When I have a house of my own, I shall be miserable if I have not an excellent library.”

Aaron Pate Staff Writer Recently, The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess HD remake was released. The fact that this one game has remained so popular for so long and has been created on 3 different consoles is just a testament to how great the game itself is, and how it may very well be the best of the franchise (rivaled only by A Link to the Past and Ocarina of Time).

Link is back to once again save Hyrule from total terror and destruction.

This journey will be just slightly different from the original one, and any who played this on Gamecube or Wii will feel right at home. Link still has his vast arsenal to take on any challenge or puzzle thrown his way, from the classic hero’s bow to a medieval flail. You can still learn advanced sword techniques, go fishing, put pot shop owners out of business, or basically do everything except save Hyrule. You will meet unique characters, such as Bo, the mayor of your hometown, who aids you in your journey by giving you an item to access the second dungeon, or even the late Zora queen, who

Batman VS. Superman

When watching Batman vs. Superman, you must approach it objectively. While the movie itself wasn’t perfect, far from it, actually, it did several things correctly. The movie is getting a lot of hate from critics and fans, and I simply believe that isn’t fair to the movie itself or anyone who put hard work into it. Firstly, remove any kind of fear or doubt you have about Ben Affleck playing Batman, Jesse Eisenberg playing Lex Luthor, or Gale Gadot playing Wonder Woman. Every one of these actors mentioned here accomplished exactly what was expected of them. Ben Affleck was the kind of intelligent, yet amazingly strong Batman that fans wanted. Jesse Eisenberg was insanely articulate, and played the character perfectly, making Lex Luthor my favorite character. Wonder Woman had, maybe, less than thirty minutes of screen time, both in and out of costume, yet she stole the show from Batman and Superman. Be warned, when she makes her grand entry, you may spill your popcorn everywhere, I know I did.

Secondly, this movie should have just been titled “Dawn of Justice.” This movie isn’t about Batman, or Batman fighting Superman. This movie is about how the world sees Batman, and how they view him.

There are even certain points where we see Superman through Batman’s eyes, and Henry Cavill played the role much too well. “Dawn of Justice” is a much better title and it suits the movie well.

Next come the fight scenes. I am very picky when it comes to heroes fighting villains or other heroes. The most noticeable problem was the short fights between the heroes and villain. Also, as a superhero fanatic, I like to see a hero or villain use all of their abilities in a fight in order to win at all costs. Spiderman won’t fight Venom or Doc Ock without using his webbing or spider senses. With that being said, when I see Batman toss a standard smoke grenade and use it as cover to disappear, Superman should render this tactic useless, with his x-ray vision and all. This power was demonstrated in Man of Steel, so we know he has it. Yet, Superman leaps forward and is puzzled to see that Batman has disappeared. Lastly, we have Easter eggs. The movie alluded to three other heroes that haven’t been mentioned up until this point; The Flash, Aquaman, and Cyborg. These were shown very briefly, but did ensure that a Justice League movie could be in the making, and I am so hyped that I am not only on the hype train, but have three one-way tickets.

As a whole, Batman vs. Superman is a grim, action-packed, ambitious work of art. Batman was shooting (SHOOTING!) villains, the producers tried to please too many fans and made the movie feel faster than it needed to be, and almost made some parts hard to understand, and the first half was simply boring and did nothing but serve as a prequel to the second half. This movie is not perfect by any means. When it is bad, it is pretty bad. But when it is good, it is spectacularly good. The actors played their parts well, and in the short times they happened, the action scenes were actually pretty awesome. I saw this movie twice, and enjoyed it so much better the second time around. The movie itself set up something much bigger, and I can’t help but wonder what the future holds for the almighty Justice League.

gives you the ability to breath and swim underwater. The adventure is almost exactly the same as before, but with a few differences. With exclusive amiibos, you can add a new creative spin to the classic adventure. You can automatically refill all of your hearts once per day, refill your arrow quiver, or even take double damage for a more challenging experience. You can even unlock the Cave of Shadows, a challenging

new dungeon, with the Wolf Link amiibo.

The game also includes a hero mode, in which you take double damage, and you can’t refill your hearts except through potions or springs. You can even find stamps of the Hyrulian alphabet and share them to the miiverse.

While beautifully crafted, The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess HD is not without its flaws. While most cutscenes

look sharp and smooth, you often find that you look at other scenery, such as Hyrule field or Kakariko village, and they almost look as if they’re missing something. It makes you feel as if Nintendo didn’t want you to feel like the game was really made in 2016. The combat system as Wolf Link is as bland as ever, and utterly pales in comparison to the combat system as Link, where you can use a vast arsenal of gear, sword techniques, and sophisticated combinations of dodge rolls and sword slashes to face your opponents. The only ability that outshines Link is that Wolf Link has the ability to eliminate up to five enemies at once.

All in all, The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess is my favorite installment of the LOZ series, and I can’t believe it took an HD remaster to remind me of that. Beautiful music, an epic and unique story, and phenomenal character development tie this game together and make it a fascinating, well-designed, and unforgettable masterpiece.

9/10, would play again

sports

Lady Eagles Softball

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• March 30, 2016

T h e Lady Eagles softball team traveled to Hancock County this past weekend to take part in The Lady Hornet Classic.

The Eagles first match-up was against the Lyon County Cougars. Dana Adkins would start the lady eagles off with a home run (1-0). The cougars though would come back in the 3rd inning with an RBI (1-1). As the game progressed the Lady Eagles fought hard and went into an International tie breaker. The lady Eagles would fall (1-2) to the lady cougars. The next match up would be right after with Webster County. The lady Eagles would pull ahead in the 3rd and 4th innings and would come out of the game with a win of (3-1) over Webster. They would face off again and would pull another Win with a score of (8-1). Going into the home stretch lady Eagles were in the championship game against Lyon County. The Lady Eagles didn’t show signs of stopping and Dana Adkins would hit another home run right at the beginning. The eagles would fight hard but would fall to the Lady Cougars (11-1).

The Lady Eagles would receive the Runner-up spot at the Lady Hornet classic.

Lady Eagle Schedule

Eagles Baseball dominate the Big Orange Classic

The Eagles traveled to Marshall Friday to face off teams in The Big Orange Classic.

The first team they would face would be Clayton County, near St. Louis Missouri. Clayton would start the scoring first.

They would score 3 runs within the first 3 innings. The Eagles would score one in the 3rd and try to make a comeback in the 6th and 7th innings. They would fight hard till the end but it wouldn’t be enough. Clayton would win (3-8).

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That following Saturday they would travel back to face off with Pinckneyville. The Eagles are the first to score and in the 3rd inning they take charge and would go on to score 8 runs that inning. Two more would come in the 5th and five more in the 7th.Pinckneyville would fall to the eagles attacks and Graves would pull the win (16-2).

The Eagles are set to play against Paducah Tilghman March 31st at Paducah Tilghman.

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Travis Dana Adkins

Senior Ryan Travis had a great kick off to his senior year in baseball this past weekend. He played as catcher for 5 Varsity innings and pitcher for the final four. Travis plans to pursue a career in electricity. He plans to attend WKCTC in the fall.

Senior Dana Adkins has preformed phenomenally this season. She’s hit 2 Home runs, and so far has a batting average of .476. Dana Adkins is attending Campbellsville this fall on a softball scholarship. She is planning to pursue a career in health and physical education.

Spotlight:

Coach Jerry Kemp

A newcomer to the Graves County Lady Eagles coaching staff. Kemp is a transfer from Marshall County. He brought his two daughters to the team as well. Kacie Kemp and Aubrey Kemp. This is the first year for him to coach the Lady Eagles.

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*Students attending WKCTC will schedule classes for next year here at GCHS on April 21st and 22nd. *Balance for all AP exams is due April 15. AP testing begins May 2nd. Study, study, study! *Off-campus lunch for College/Career Ready seniors who have turned in their permission forms is April 29. *Rotary Club Scholarship Reception is Sunday, May 1 in the GCHS PAC. Recipients of this scholarship will be notified soon, and must attend the ceremony unless they are pre-approved to miss for a school function. *Applications for the Annie Gardner interest free loan are due to the foundation office by 1:00 on May 1. **Prom is May 7. Students who have not completed necessary credit recovery classes, have unserved reassigned discipline, or who owe more than 15 hours of makeup time for excessive absences may NOT attend prom. *Community Service Day is Monday, May 16th. *Honors Day Program will be Tuesday, May 17th, at 7:00 pm in the GCHS gymnasium. *Graduation has been set for Friday, May 20 at 7:30

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Letter from the Editor Dear readers, staff, and advisors,

As I finish my final issue for The Eagle’s Eye, I would like to take some time and thank everyone who has been apart of my career with this newspaper. So please excuse this bittersweet letter because I have a lot of thanks to give.

How do I even begin? To have worked on this amazing paper for three years has been an absolute blessing as well as a huge ball of stress to be quite honest.

Thank you to each and every one of the staff members who have worked on this paper with me, it couldn’t have been done with every one of you. Thank you to the readers who moved with us when we went digital with our papers, you are the reason we publish our stories and try to make the paper the best it can be.

Katie, CJ, and Jillian, thank you for putting up with my deadlines, my stress, and my need for everything to be just right. You three have been with me since the start and I can never thank you enough for all of your hard work. Cassandra and Cory, my precious juniors who have become some of my favorite people. Thank you both for always laughing at my puns and overall dorkiness and for taking over “Pun of the Day” next year. Ms. Crouch, even though you joined us later, I have immensely enjoyed having you in the classroom this year. Your support and love for Parks and Recreation are two things I could not have gone without this year. Thank you for sticking up for me when things got crazy and I drew boats all over the markerboard.

Mrs. Custer, last but most defintely not least, I thank you for seeing something in me my sophomore year to think that newspaper was something I could be could at doing. Thank you for letting me be overdramatic and rant about how Forensics is a sport (which it totally is) and simply push me to be who I am today. You believed in me from the start and that is something I will always be thankful for because my future would be vastly different without The Eagle’s Eye and you.

A final thank you to my family and friends for your neverending support and love and for always calming me down when I was stressed.

Thank you to all,

Becca Green