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The talent show was once again a display of some of the most talented students at MHS. See story page 5.
Chron l cle
March 31, 2006 Volume 3 Issue 6
6100 South Mason Montgomery Road, Mason, Ohio 45040
IIss I N G G N R I P R S P S
B r o k K e n A ? K E A R E B R B
You won’t see this scene in any glitzy spring break ads
When spring break gets broken; Guglielmi family haunted by son’s death
Mason first and second graders on the jump rope team raised $45,000 for the Cincinnati Chapter of the American Heart Association, and became the largest fundraiser in Ohio and ninth in the nation.
In desperate circumstances, do you think America would ever elect a dictator? See related story page 4.
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74%
no
17% yes
9%
(Based on a survey of 200 students.)
not sure
"Unfortunately, spring break is no longer an innocent respite from the rigors of academics. The tourism and alcohol industries promote heavy drinking and sex, creating an environment that can lead to rape, fatal injuries and death by alcohol poisoning," Hill stated in a letter addressing college parents. Now spring break can be associated with young adults commuting to destinations in Mexico, Europe, and the Caribbean, and being surrounded by beaches, parties, alcohol and sexual promiscuity.
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OPINION
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SNEAK PEEK
Jump rope team raises $45,000
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NEWS Flash
When Findlay resident Nan Guglielmi hugged her son, Andrew, and told him that she loved him before letting him leave for spring break, she didn't know that those would be her last words to her son. She awoke to her hotel's telephone ringing at around 3:00 a.m. only to be told that her 19-year old son had gotten drunk and fallen 30 feet from a Panama City hotel balcony. She and her husband, Frank, rushed to the Panama City Hospital where they prayed by his door. But after 12 days of stand-
ing next to a broken body with no motor functions or mental activity, Nan and Frank were forced to pull the plug. Six years later, Nan still mourns her son's death and lives with constant regret of her decision to allow him to spend spring break in Panama City. "He was a vibrant, sunny kid with an amazing future ahead of him. He could've been anything, done anything," Nan said. Spring break was once a casual getaway from school, a time to relax. However, according to American Medical Association (AMA) chairman Dr. J. Edward Hill this is no longer the case.
CENTERSPREAD
BY OLGA BORODULIN Chronicle Editor
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