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Ms.%Price,%the%Oak%Hill%Middle%School%Drama%teacher%and%Fall%Play%Director%will%present%two%plays%this%year%to%kick% off%the%first%shows%of%the%school%year.%% Performances%of%The%Lady%or%The%Tiger%by%Burton%Bumgarner,%based%on%the%original%story%by%Frank%Stockton,%and% Fearful%Symmetry%by%Alan%Haehnel%are%on%Thursday,%November%21%and%Friday,%November%22.%The%two%plays%are% around%40%minutes%long,%and%are%both%one%act%plays.%% During% play% practices,% the% actors% are% mostly% staying% in% character,% while% working% on% not%laughing% when% reading% through%lines.%Once%they%have%gotten%better%at%how%to%say%the%lines,%they%start%blocking,%or%figuring%out%where%the% actors% go% and% when,% the% scene.% Throughout% practices,% they% spend% most% of% their% time% memorizing% lines% and% blocking% places.% Starting% November% 1st,% no%scripts%were%allowed%during%practice.% Ms.% Price% makes% sure% in% stage% combat% that% the% actors% know% a% very% important% rule.% “The% victim% is% always% in% control,”% she% said,% adding% “you% have% to% use% “masking.”%Masking%is%the%use%of%angles,% to% make% sure% “it% can% pass% as% legit.”% As% the%plays%also%include%playing%with%fake% “contact,”% in% this% case% the% actors% are% using%hair%pulling%and%punches.% Stage% Manager% Isabel% MacGinnitie% is% in% charge% of% writing% down% the% blocking% to% know% where% people% go.% In% her% opinion,% the% actors% in% the% plays% are% “loud,% annoying,% and% dramatic,”% but% in% a% positive%way%that%will%keep%the%audience% interested.%The%plays,%she%said,%involve%a% princess% who% falls% in% love% with% a% man,% and% her% father% doesn’t% like% it.% There% is% even%a%woman%trying%to%break%them%up!% Find% out% what% decision,% chosen% by% the% princess,% the% young% man% has% to% make,% and% come% see% the% play% this% weekend!% Tickets% are% available% in% the% cafeteria% during%lunch%for%$8.%
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Government( Shutdown( Leaves( More( Questions(Than(Answers(for(Americans( By%Amy%F.% Panther%Press%Staff% For% 16% days,% the% United% States% government% entered% a% shutdown% that% curtailed% some% government% functions% and% left% over% 800,000% government%workers%unemployed.%% Beginning% on% October% 1% and% lasting% until% October% 16,% the% government% entered% a% rare% state% of% temporary% halt,% known% as% a% shutdown.% The% shutdown% occurred% due% to% disagreements% between% the% House% and% the% Senate.% There% are% wide% swaths%of% the% federal%government%that% require% funding%each%year%in%order%to%operate.%If%the%two%branches%of%Congress% cannot% reach% a% common% agreement% on% funding,% they% have% to% close% down.%% The% recent% shutdown% occurred% because% the% two% political% parties,% the% Democrats%and%Republicans,%could%not%agree.%Each%year,%the%House%and% the% Senate% are% responsible% for% passing% 12% bills% to% fund% the% federal% agencies% and% set% spending% priorities.% Congress% has% ignored% this% duty,% and% has% resorted% to% passing% stopgap% budgets% to% keep% the% government% funded% and% running.% The% last% stopgap% bill% passed% on% March% 28% and% ended% September% 30,% the% day% before% the% shutdown.% Congress% could’ve% passed% another% stopgap% bill,% but% Capitol% Hill% failed% to% agree% on% a% new% budget% for% the% 2013[2014% financial% year.% During% the% shutdown,% many% national% government% functions% and% organizations% such% as% national% museums(national%parks,%and%NASA%shut%down%their%operations.% %(Continued(on(next(page)%
Math Team Takes Third Place; Plans for Victory at Next Match By%Amy%F.% Panther%Press%Staff% % The% Oak% Hill% Middle% School% Math% Team% placed% third% at% their% first% meet% on% Thursday,% October% 17,% hosted% at% the% neighboring%Brown%Middle%School.% The% team,% led% by% 7[2% math% teacher% Ms.% Turner,% performed% extraordinarily% well% under% pressure% in% a% tough% and% intense% competition%against%four%opposing%schools.%They%participated% in% five% individual% rounds,% which% were% mystery,% geometry,% number%theory,%algebra,%and%arithmetic,%and%one%team%round,% managing%to%achieve%an%impressive%total%score%of%148%points,% and%a%team%score%of%34%points.%% Members% of% the% math% team,% which% includes% Oak% Hill’s% sixth,% seventh,% and% eighth% graders,% expressed% confidence% and% determination%on%the%day%of%the%meet,%despite%the%challenges% they% faced.% The% entire% team% encouraged% and% assisted% each% other% throughout% the% meet,% expressing% positivity% and% providing%support%when%needed,%even%when%confronted%with% obstacles.% “I’m% certain% we’ll% beat% a% lot% of% the% other% teams,”% Ronit% Glasgaw,% a% seventh% grader,% said% assuredly,% when% questioned% about% her% opinions% and% thoughts% on% the% team% and% their% performance.%%
Gronk(is(back!( The( Legacy(of( the( Monstrous(Tight(End(Continues( By%Ariel%F.% Panther%Press%Staff%%
Patriots%tight%end%Rob%“Gronk”%Gronkowski%returned% to%the%field%after%a%long%recovery%dating%back%to%June% 18th% from% back% and% forearm% surgery.% Gronk% went% back% to% work% on% Sunday,% October% 12,% against% the% New% York% Jets% away% at% MetLife% Stadium% in% New% Jersey.% Unfortunately,% the% Pats% lost% 30[27% in% an% overtime% thriller.% On% the% bright% side,% quarterback% Tom% Brady% was% relieved% to% see% his% best% tight% end% back% in% action.% Despite% a% moderate% start,% Gronk% received%8/17%passes%from%Brady%and%had%114%yards% in%total%receiving%in%that%single%game.% My(Expectations:%if%Gronk%can%pull%off%a%100+%yard,% game%off%an%injury,%think%of%what%Gronk%can%do%after% he% is% in% full% sync% with% the% “Bill% Belichick% Offense”.% Now% that% Brady’s% old% receiving% crew% has% broken% away,%Gronk% is% his%most% reliable% target.%In%2011,% he% had% 17% touchdowns% with% Welker% and% Hernandez% in% the%receiving%lineup.%Now%that%Gronk%will%be%looked% to%more%often,%who%knows%what%stats%he%can%put%up.% He%will%clearly%put%up%tons%of%great%stats,%and%a%lot%of% fantasy% football% points.% Gronk% is% a% league% leading% tight%end,%but%how%will%he%strike%next?%I%think%Gronk% won’t% match% his% 2011% stats.% But% he% will% definitely% surpass%2012%and%make%up%for%the%games%he%missed% due%to%injury.%
The% next% math% team% meet% is% scheduled% to% take% place% on% November% 21st,% and% will% be% hosted% once% again% at% Brown% Middle% School,% from% 3:30% to% 6:00% p.m.% Team% members% will% participate% in% the% same% format% of% five% individual% rounds% and% one% team% round% as% the% previous% match.% This% meet,% however,%will%focus%on%items%like%the%area%and%perimeter%of%polygons,%greatest%common%factors%(GCF),%lowest%common% multiples% (LCM),% prime% factorization,% word% problems,% and% more;% these% concepts% will% offer% our% school’s% math% team% a% challenge%and%the%opportunity%to%redeem%themselves,%capture%the%first%place%title,%and%continue%with%their%previously% vigorous%performance%to%lead%Oak%Hill%to%victory.%
“Government(Shutdown”(Continued…( But% key% government% functions% continued%to% carry% on% and% continue% despite% the% shutdown,% including% branches% related% to% the% board% of% security,% transportation,% national% defense,% and% social% security.% Unfortunately,% millions% were% out% of% work% hundreds% of% thousands% worked%without%pay%as%a%result.% With%many%feeling%the%devastating%effects%of%our%government’s%halt,% everybody%was%relieved%to%hear%about%the%reopening%on%October%16% But% is% this% the% end% to% the% shutdown’s% impacts?% The% shutdown% has% hurt%the%U.S.%economy,%lowering%the%fourth%quarter%growth%estimate% from%three%percent%to%two,%and%there%are%reports%that%the%shutdown% will%cause%a%$23%billion%hit%to%U.S.%GDP,%or%$1.4375%billion%per%day.% The%government%shutdown%of%2013%was%a%recent%event%that%affected% both%the%U.S.’s%economy%and%its%citizens,%leaving%our%country%shaken% with%what%could’ve%been%one%of%the%most%devastating%events%in%our% nation’s%history.% (
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Families%teamed%up%on%October%4%for%a%bake% sale%contributing%to%the%Oak%Hill%PTO.%It%was% at% the% Boston% College% vs.% Army% game% and% many%fans%went%by,%buying%everything%from% meringues,% to% cookies,% to% chocolate% chip% banana% bread.% These% goodies% were% all% homemade% and% individually% wrapped% for% people% to% take% automatically% and% enjoy.% They% were% out% before% and% after% the% game,% sold% out% to% hungry% people% and% drinks% for% parched% others.% The% bake% sale% was% the% 5th% Annual,%and%will%probably%keep%on%going.%Be% sure%to%visit%next%year!%