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Sarver going out on winning streak Peter Byrd sports editor

T Avatars. Junior Brady Cockerham and senior Kathy Rodreguiz won the duo costume competition at the Halloween dance as Avatars. Photo by Anastasiya K.

News Briefs The SAT exam will be held at the high school Dec 4. Late registration ends today. To sign up for the Jan 22 test date, register by Dec 23.

Schools will be closed on Nov 25-26 for Thanksgiving break. Early release is Nov 24. Report cards will be sent home Nov 23.

Forensics and debate will have their a ShenVaFl competition on Dec 2. Their last regular season meet will take place at HHS on Jan 7.

The downtown Christmas parade will take place on Dec 3. Dress warmly!

If you auditioned for this year’s musical ‘How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying’, check out the music hallway to see if you made callbacks.

Good luck!

hroughout his 26 years of coaching at HHS, head coach Tim Sarver has had the opportunity to teach many students the game of football. He has even coached two generations of some families.

But more importantly, his former players who came out to watch the final regular season game of Sarver’s career on Friday, Nov 5 insisted he was an integral part of helping them develop into men.

Sarver is retiring from his coaching position at the end of this season after a 44 year coaching career. A huge celebration was held at the last regular season home game against Turner Ashby, where the Streaks beat their crosstown rivals 4213. There was an abundance of thank you signs in the stands and adorning the fences surrounding the field, but what was most impressive were the numbers of past players in the crowd that came

to support a coach who had been so important in their lives.

“It’s just overwhelming. There’s no other word I can use to stress how much it meant to me for people to come back that I haven’t seen in over 20 years.”

David Turner, a tight end and defensive end, played at Harrisonburg in 1986, Sarver’s first year of coaching at the school. Turner remembers his teammates and the camaraderie he experienced while on the team. He also finds it compelling that his son Patrick Turner is playing for Sarver in his final year of coaching.

“It’s absolutely amazing that he has such a passion for the game to coach that long. He has no need to coach anymore,”--Sarver won a state championship in 2001--“He does it because he loves the kids and can’t walk away from the game,” Turner said.

Dan Long was a kicker on Sarver’s teams from 1993 to 1996. He remembers Sarver as a leader who preached to

See Sarver on Page A8 Perfect 10 (and 0) Head football coach Tim Sarver will retire from coaching after the end of this season. So far, the Streaks are sending him out on a winning note as they currently hold a perfect 10-0 record and have a bye in the first round of the playoffs.

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Student academics benefit from Powerhour Zach McDonnell

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wice a week, a few dozen HHS students and faculty members gather after school in a series of rooms in the social studies hallway.

Both the teachers and students give up time in their day to attend Power Hour, the goals of which are “homework help, content tutoring, and SOL review,” according to its director, math teacher Kevin Nafziger.

Participants meet on Mondays and Wednesdays, and the program lasts from 2:50 pm to 3:50 pm— not surprisingly, an hour.

“We came up with five to six different names that had ‘hour’ in it. [Power Hour] rhymes, so we thought it might be easy to remember,” Nafziger said.

Made possible by a 21st Century Community Learning Center grant funded by the US Department of Education, Power Hour is now in its fifth year of existence at HHS. Over a dozen teachers are involved in the project, including David Rush, who assists students with math.

“I enjoy helping kids,” the

The Blue Streaks football team defeated Turner Ashby in their last regular season game, 42-13. With a perfect 10-0 season they advance to playoffs. The first playoff game will be tonight, at home. Come out and support your Streaks!

Congratulations to the girls cross country team for their performance at the regional meet on Nov. 2. Top finishers included seniors Tabea Zimmerman (7th) and Maria Rose (8th). The two all-region runners ran personal records. The team placed third and advanced to states.

Indoor track training begins Nov 29.

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See Powerhour on Page A8 Easy as 1,2,3... Math teacher David Rush helps students solve math problems in the afterschool program, Powerhour. Photo by Zach McDonnell.

Crackdown on courtyard: juniors, seniors only Vanessa Ehrenpreis managing editor

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hat the HHS administration giveth, can also taketh away. The upperclassmen privilege of the courtyard is under constant threat from that principle.

Announcements and posters have been circulating among the student body in an effort to clean up a “problem with personal responsibility,” as assistant principal Jay Supko puts it.

According to the school policy, the courtyard is a privilege reserved for juniors and seniors only, unless an underclassman is invited in by an upperclassman. Recently, an influx of underclassmen has swept through the courtyard, leading to some setbacks. Littering, and even violence have been apparent- in direct correlation with the rise

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else.”

Supko realizes that the problem is rooted in the courtyard’s lack of supervision, but would HHS rather leave students with assistant some freedom. principal “The only thing we do [to Jay Supko regulate the courtyard] is briefly monitor who enters the hallway connecting the of underclassmen students. The cafeteria and courtyard. administration has given students Administrators who are on duty their first warning, and hopes it watch it and occasionally walk will be the last. through. But we don’t have a “As I see it right now there teacher assigned to it,” Supko is a problem with personal said. responsibility about keeping [the Without this regulation, courtyard] clean. It is a junior/ the courtyard faces waste and senior privilege, which can be behavioral problems. taken away. We have to make “When unsupervised we got everyone accountable,” Supko lots of trash. There were the blue said. “Upperclassmen, if you see plastic trays that are supposed underclassmen in there, step up to be returned to the cafeteria and say ‘you can’t be here’. It’s sitting out there. Wrappers and hard for administration to pick out juniors and seniors from everyone See Courtyard on Page A8

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geometry teacher said. “I enjoy helping them learn, helping them understand stuff.”

Nonetheless, Rush points out, what students get out of Power Hour is what they put into the program. Students who truly want to improve their grade will do so with both extra help and a sense of determination.

This certainly rings true for junior Katy Tower and sophomore Akia Morris, who both come to Power Hour for extra guidance on math work.

“Plus, some teachers give extra credit” for attending Power Hour, said Tower.

Morris finds the more personal one-on-one style of teaching used in Power Hour to be helpful. ”Most of the time, teachers don’t have time to ask you, ‘Do you need help?’” said the sophomore. But that question is the very basis of Power Hour.

Both Morris and Tower said that Power Hour unequivocally boosts their math grades.

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HHS strives to eliminate liquid trash in efforts to go greener Nahla Aboutabl staff reporter

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rash of all kinds is harmful and hazardous to the environment, but liquid trash is what is causing this school some trouble.

“Liquid trash is extra weight and difficult to clean up,” principal Irene Reynolds said. “It has caused our school great concern.”

So this starting month, students will be encouraged to dispose of their liquid waste to help the school be environmentally friendly.

Students had only 7 quarts of liquid trash (a considerably small amount in comparison to the overall waste) on the day the measurements were taken, so getting rid of the waste will be voluntary. The rest of the harmful liquids, such as oils and grease, came from the cafeteria.

After a day of measuring the liquid trash it was apparent that students were not really the problem.

The cafeteria staff is now working on disposing of more liquid trash and also recycling more, a step that will further the environmental friendliness of this school.

“The cafeteria will be asked to pour liquid containers so they’re empty and to recycle plastic bottles. [Liquid trash] is causing a problem in the trash room.

The liquid is leaking and making the floor slick, which is a safety hazard. It’s also an environmental hazard because of the chemicals needed to clean up the mess,” head custodian Chris Shifflett said.

Saving money is also an issue.

“We’d be saving a lot of money due to the fact that the cleaning chemicals won’t be used as much,” Shifflet said.

Saving money is one of the goals of this new project, but also to create awareness towards helping our environment among both students and staff.

Teachers R Reading promotes students to expand interests Mark Duda

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ast year, students may have noticed brightly colored signs popping up on classroom doors with ‘Teachers R Reading’ printed on them. The program named on the signs was started by former librarian Susan Thacker. After her retirement last year, librarians Billy Martin and Debbie Witman have taken charge.

Teachers R Reading sports 23 members from various subjects, including English, science, social studies, ESL, and a P.E. teacher.

“Teachers from across the disciplines participate,” Witman said, “There are more than just English teachers, and all the different ones enjoy and take something away from it. Some of our most active members aren’t a part of the English department.”

The program was designed to promote “understanding of what students like to read. It fosters interest and the books are mostly directed towards what students would be reading. The original idea was to have the books available in the classroom, but now we try to get them in the library,” Witman said, “The goal was to get students to read more, the students will be interested in a book if the teacher is reading it, and the teachers

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Habitat for Humanity constructs shed to go with house for needy family Michael Johnson

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s the sound of hammering filled the air, the Habitat for Humanity members started their first project of the year. They were building a shed to auction off to a needy family. Junior Andy Shisler is the treasurer of Habitat for Humanity and has been in the club since his sophomore year.

“I joined Habitat for Humanity because I thought Key Club had a lot of people in it. I originally wanted to do Key Club. I still wanted to be in a good club, so I went with Habitat for Humanity,” Shisler said. “I had friends do it when I first started, but they quit,” Shisler said.

Shisler was a big contributor in building the shed.

He may have missed a few days, but still benefitted from the full experience. He hammered, put shingles on the roof and painted.

“I like Habitat for Humanity because I like working with cool people and helping out the community,” Shisler said.

Freshman Ali Abdulkarim is a new member of Hab-

itat for Humanity.

“I joined Habitat for Humanity because I like to help people,” Abdulkarim said.

Abdulkarim got involved with Habitat for Humanity when his friend, Adam Kraimeche, told him to join.

“I would recommend Habitat for Humanity because it is a fun experience, there are cool people in the club, and it is fun in general,” Abdulkarim said.

Patricia Kelley, the teacher who sponsors the Habitat for Humanity club, has set up the shed building site beside the tennis courts here at HHS for the past three years.

“The Habitat for Humanity club has been building the shed for many years. There used to be a building site where we would go to build the shed. Not a lot of people showed up, so I decided to try and build the shed on school grounds. We had a much bigger and better turnout,” Kelley said.

Currently, a house is being built in Elkton. The shed will be moved there to hold the building supplies until the house is finished. Once the house is All done! Members of the Habitat for Humanity club just finished their shed finished, the shed will be given to the people who to go along with the local house that has been built in our community. Photo by purchase the house and remain on the property.

Marching Blue Streaks place third at Parade of Champions Christy Stearn

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fter a season already filled with success, HHS’ marching band is gearing up to bring home more awards and continue winning competitions.

The marching band practices every Tuesday through Thursday from 2:50 p.m. until 5:30 p.m., and Fridays when there is not a home football game. Practices begin with a warm-up proceeded by a run-through of the band’s show.

Depending on the run-through, the band works to improve specific sections and cleans up the routine. After countless hours of repetition spent perfecting their show, the marching band is finally prepared for their performance.

Competitions are held on Saturdays throughout the season. Members of the band meet at HHS in the morning, load the bus and the truck with their instruments, the sound equipment, and the uniforms, and then head to their competition.

“Sometimes it is a really long day and we will get back at the high school late, which is tiring, but worth it,” junior Gwen Elwood said.

The marching band has participated in five competitions this season. The band competed in Millbrook, at Monticello High School, and

at an exhibition during the Shenandoah Valley Marching Invitational in Broadway.

The most important competition of the season was the Parade of Champions at JMU. The marching band performed last, based on their standings from the previous year, and ranked third in the AA class out of twelve bands.

HHS’ marching band has racked up a wide variety of prestigious awards at their competitions.

Over the course of the season, HHS’ marching band has developed a unique bond. The abundance of time the members have spent together has built friendships outside of the high school’s regular curriculum.

“The band is really a family because we are together all the time, and we are so close and we have been through so much,” Elwood said.

Go Big Blue! Marching Blue Streaks participate in competitions region-wide, but they also are present at every home game. Home games are on Fridays, and comptitions are on Saturdays. Five competitions have already passed, and the marching Blue Streaks still have the ball rolling. This year, their most important competition was the Parade of Champions, where they competed hard and placed third out of the twelve bands that participated around the region.

Academic team begins new season, prepares to take part in competition specializes in each subject.

The team practices on Thursdays. Currently 15 students gather to simulate a competition setting.

To start off the round, two teams of four sit in groups opposite each other. From the front of the room, the teacher asks the first question. The first player to buzz in on his or her hand-held buzzer has the opportunity to answer first.

“Buzzing in” means a member hits his buzzer before the end of the question to answer, with a reward of 10 points if correct, but a penalty of five if incorrect. The question is then passed to the opposing team with ten seconds on the clock. Once the question has been completely read, points cannot be deducted.

A meet consists of three matches. In a match, there are three rounds: 15 toss up questions, 20 directed questions, and another set of 15 toss ups. Toss up questions can be answered by either team. Directed

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eing on the academic team is similar to an athletic team. There are meets, scoreboards, competitive competitions, practices, fans, coaches, uniforms, trophies, varsity and JV, and, most importantly, student players who assemble in teams of four.

With 18 years of coaching experience behind him, Earth Science teacher Rob Edmunds has stepped up to the challenge to be this year’s head coach. Along with two other teachers, they each cover a different core subject. Social studies is covered by Jere Borg, English by Verity Caron, and math and science by Edmunds.

The coaches take turns after school drilling individual team members to strengthen their knowledge in those specific categories.

A well-rounded team has a member who

questions are questions directed to one team.

“It is surprisingly fun to attend meets, they can get pretty crazy,” Edmunds said.

“They are fun to go to. It is like watching a game of Jeopardy.”

The academic team is part of the Virginia High School League which includes other academically competitive events such as forensics, drama, the scholastic bowl and publications. Each year, schools within the state compete for the Wachovia Cup through VHSL. As teams win competitions, they win points for their school. Last year, the academic team placed fifth in states, earning HHS 30 points.

“I want to give my compliments to all the teachers because they have helped train the kids throughout their lives. They could not learn all they have in the two practices we hold a week,” Edmunds said.

Besides the core subjects, there are several other categories of questions chosen at

random, including pop culture, music, an sports.

Senior Xuyi Guo, an individual stron in mathematics, is a returning senior. Thi year would be his fourth on the team.

“I joined my freshman year and it wa fun. My favorite part of the academic team are the competitions because they are jus like a game,” Guo said.

Other returning veterans are senior Le Arango, with a strength in history, and se nior Tim Galicki, sturdy in math and sc ence.

“They are all brilliant,” Caron said.

A new year brings fresh faces. Joinin the team with a focus on English are senior Kait Arthur, Chris Pyle, and Marcus Up ton.

The academic team has a strong start t their season. The first of nine competition hosted at HHS will be on Nov 29. The fo lowing month, Dec 29, Districts will be hel in the same place.

National Math Honors Society Mu Alpha Theta starts its second year Simona Byler

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u Alpha Theta, the HHS chapter of the math National Honor Society, began its second year in session with the beginning of this school year in August. The HHS chapter began accepting applications in mid-October.

Based solely on mathematics course standings, anyone who is interested in math is encouraged to join, according to sponsor Geoffray Estes.

“Being chosen as a member is a big honor, and they can be eligible for scholarships and get to compete in math competitions,” Estes said. Students who are involved in Mu Alpha Theta also can receive free merchandise, such as math software and calculators The HHS chapter of the society first got its start in the 2009-2010 school year with

the help of president of HHS’ Mu Alpha Theta, senior Xuyi Guo. Guo created the idea when he heard about Mu Alpha Theta from friends he met at a Summer Residential Governor’s School whose schools had their own chapters.

According to Guo, the process was relatively simple. After proposing the idea to the math department and filling out a few forms, HHS was granted their own chapter of the society.

“We have other honor societies, so I thought we should have one involving math,” Guo said.

There are two different types of membership for the program, full membership and associate membership. Full members are required to have completed four semesters

of college preparatory mathematics courses, and have a GPA of at least 3.5. Associate Xuyi Guo, members are required president to have taken two seof Mu Al- mesters of math classbut do not vote in pha Theta es, club elections because they do not have to pay the club dues.

Though the national organization does not impart duties on its members, the HHS chapter of Mu Alpha Theta requires each member to compete in math competitions throughout the school year. Students can choose between several competitions, including the six-part Math League and American Math Competition (AMC). By competing in these exams, students can see their results compared to scores from around the state and show the strength of their school’s math program.

“We have other honor societies, so I thought we should have one involving math.”

The HHS chapter of Mu Alpha Theta is also hoping to become involved in tutoring students who need help with math classes at HHS. “Peer tutoring is often more effective than being taught by a teacher because [fellow students] can explain things differently,” Estes said.

Senior vice president Ryan Stees is excited for the opportunity to work on math with his peers. “[Tutoring] is good for both the person helping and the person getting help with their math,” Stees said.

Senior secretary Marcus Upton believes that Mu Alpha Theta is beginning the school year strong, and hopes to increase the number of members of the society.

“We’re off to a good start and it’s great to have activities and opportunities to serve the high school community,” Upton said.

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Deca holds canned food drive to support Salvation Army Ama Ansah

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any people would find 1400 cans of food a hard thing to visualize, but it is DECA’s vision. The HHS chapter of the Distributive Education Clubs of America, or DECA, hosts a canned food drive every year for as long as club sponsor and sports marketing teacher Mallory Cromer can remember. Last year, they worked with middle school student Brent Barry, whose goal was to raise three months of food for the Salvation Army. This year, Barry is hoping to raise six months worth of food, and the Harrisonburg City School system along with neighboring Rockingham County schools want to help him. At HHS, DECA is in charge of raising awareness about the food drive and collecting the items brought.

“DECA is about the four DECA diamond points. One of those

points is community service,” Cromer said. “So, for my students, the importance is giving back to the community,” To achieve this, DECA needs the help of HHS students, staff, and faculty. To raise awareness, the club plans on airing a commercial during the daily broadcast, hanging fliers, and putting up a poster in the cafeteria with a thermometer showing their progress.

The food brought in will go to the local Salvation Army, where those in need can purchase food with food tickets.

“In the past, the Salvation Army has had to purchase their food from the Blue Ridge Area Food Bank at seventeen cents per pound of food. That ended up costing them more because, with the recession, people have turned to Salvation Army for help,” Cromer said. “Since it has cost them more, they’ve had to decrease funding for other programs. In order to get those programs back, they need to spend less money on the Blue Ridge Area Food Bank in Verona.”

The students of DECA are trying to make sure as many people donate as possible. Senior secretary Sarah Grace McCormick has been working with other DECA students to spread the word about the food drive. They have sent out emails to teachers reminding them to encourage their classes to participate.

“Students should participate because it looks good on HHS and is good for the community,” McCormick said. for the last two home football games Helping canned. The DECA club is sponsoring a canned food drive to support the of the year, HHS compet- Salvation Army this year. We competed against TA at the Nov.5 football game and ed against Broadway and won. Photo by Christy Stearn.

Turner Ashby to see who could bring the most cans drive’s official kick off, Cromer has 19th,” Cromer said. for the food drive. Harrisonburg 610 cans of food in her room. The The drive will continue until beat Broadway by default, as the pyramid of cans is half complete. December 19th. DECA is still be other school did not bring a single It collapses every other day, but accepting food. can to the game. The results of the Cromer would rather have that HHS versus TA drive are still be- than no cans at all. ing calculated.

“I was really excited. I hope to Two weeks before the food get 600 more before November

Balloons and Blossoms offer gifts at reasonable prices Charity O’Connor staff reporter

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ocated in the auditorium commons, the Balloons and Blossoms store sells all varieties of flowers, balloons, and stuffed animals.

The store originally started out selling only balloons, but has expanded over the years. Karen Allmendinger came up with the idea to include flowers in the store’s merchandise. A group of Allmendinger’s students help manage the store, and many past students often come back to help.

“I teach an entrepreneur class and we use the store to help them experience first hand what they learn,” Allmendinger said.

Senior Sonia Barzanji was a student in one of Allmendinger’s classes last year.

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and Blossoms, and still does this year.

“She calls me whenever she needs me to help. I skipped a whole week of school one time to help with prom,” Barzanji said. At first, Barzanji was skeptical about helping Allmendinger and the other students in the

store, but she gradually became accustomed to working at Balloons and Blossoms.

“Yeah I enjoy doing it. I didn’t think I’d like it at first, but then I did,” Barzanji said.

Allmendinger tries to open the store during lunches on most Thursdays and Fridays, and, of course, around major holidays. Homecoming, Prom, Mother’s Day, Valentine’s Day, and Thanksgiving are the most popular occasions, and busiest times for Allmendinger and her students.

“Last Valentine’s Day we had 40 orders for flowers,” Allmendinger said.

In the past, Allmendinger says Balloons and Blossoms have sold up to 50 roses for homecoming and 300 for Valentine’s Day. The prices are a fraction of other flower shops located in Harrisonburg, offering students a bargain for their flower and balloon needs. With flower arrangements starting at $5.00 and going up to $35.00, both students and faculty have the chance to

Forensics members compete to gain Halwest Hussein

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radley Walton does more than stock shelves and categorize books in HHS’ library; he also coaches the forensics team. The team consists of a group of students and their two coaches, Walton and his wife Cara Walton.

There is little tension among the members on the team. They are happy to be competing against each other and congratulate one another after the competition.

There are 10 different categories of speaking available to participants, ranging from dramatic to opinion based speeches. Dramatic interpretation, where the participant acts out a dramatic monologue, and humorous interpretation, where the members recite a funny piece, are the most popular categories.

Poetry is another of the speaking formats offered; the individual reads a poem to the judges and the others competing in the class. Original oratory, where the participant writes a speech on a topic he or she chooses, and storytelling are other selections the member may decide to compete in.

Extemporaneous speaking is a category where the contestants speak on current political events.

They are given a heads up on what the topic is and have a time limit in which to compose their speech. In their last competition, speakers had to discuss Afghanistan.

The judges follow guidelines on how to score the speakers. They are judged on how well they are able to present the topic, how well their script is written, and how well they engage the judges. The members of the forensics team think that the competitions challenge them and push them to excel in public speak-

ing. Some believe it is nerve racking, but the team agrees that the experience they build competing is very rewarding.

The forensic team meets once a week to practice presenting their piece. Currently, the members are working on memorizing their speeches, which is required.

The forensics team is currently participating in the Shenandoah Forensics League that continues until January. After January, the VHSL Forensics League begins, where participants can be eliminated.

The forensics team is a great extra-curricular activity that supplies students with several reasons to join.

Students usually sign up to improve their speaking skills. Additionally, forensics helps students to complete other tasks in front of a large audience, helps teach self- reliability and boosts their confidence.

save anywhere from $5 to $100 on items that would be much more expensive elsewhere. Mylar balloons start at only $2.50, and mugs, picture frames, and stuffed animals range between $2 and $6. Like flower shops in town, custom orders can be placed.

Orders must be made 3-4 days in advance, and Allmendinger is available to take orders when the store is not open. Order forms are available and must be filled out in detail.

Though balloons and other gifts are a huge component in Balloons and Blossoms, the flowers really make the store stand out.

Allmendinger works directly with Artistic Floral to order the flowers needed to keep the store thriving. Allmendinger tells the floral shop what she needs and they sell the flowers to her at wholesale price.

While Harrisonburg offers several selections for flowers and gifts, Balloons and Blossoms gives students and faculty the best quality products for the best price.

Goble new to teaching Jesus Lopez-Chang staff reporter

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dam Goble, 27, has replaced Ross Bair as the general biology and AP Environmental Science teacher. Although Goble is new to teaching, he is a familiar face at HHS. Last year, Goble was a wrestling coach, and he is looking forward to this year’s upcoming season. Outside of school and sports, Goble enjoys going to the gym, working out, lifting weights, and mountain biking.

Goble attended Virginia Tech, where he was involved in several activities. During his enrollment, he traveled to South Africa for six weeks and West Africa for five weeks.

He was also a member of the fencing team. After finishing four years at Virginia Tech, Goble continued school at Michigan State where he received his Master’s Degree in Zoology. Goble worked in the Yukon Territory in Canada after graduating from Michigan State. He spent two summers researching squirrels and how they communicate before returning to Virginia.

For the most part, Goble enjoys teaching. Although he sometimes has a difficult time keeping his students motivated and focused, and helping them when they do not understand the material, Goble likes his new job at HHS. “[Teaching] has its challenges,” Goble said.

Heitsch plans on continuing debate throughout high school Ben DiNapoli

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ophomore Samantha Heitsch is in her second year of taking debate class at HHS. Continuing from her freshman year, Heitsch chose to participate in debate to enhance her communication skills.

“I wanted to learn a better way to argue and to continue the learning process at the same time,” Heitsch said. “A big reason why I also chose to be on the team was that people on it are really fun to be around.”

Compared to forensics, another peer-on-peer group at the high school, debate’s style differs tre-

“A successful way to winning in debate is to build off what your opponent is saying,” Heitsch said. “You have to be quick and able to retaliSamantha ate to the counter-arguments Heitsch, of your opponent.” sophoDebate is broken down more de- into four main topics: pubbate team lic forum, student congress, Lincoln Douglas, and policy. member Heitsch does policy, which consists of two teams of two mendously from forensics. Mainwho advocate for or against a soluly, students argue against their tion to a policy change within the opponent in a more spontaneous United States Government. way than in forensics. In debate, Public forum is extremely simistudents respond to what their opponent says, while in forensics, lar to nationally-televised debates teams have the opportunity to pre- between two candidates. Each team prepares speeches that are pare an argument.

“You have to be quick and able to retaliate to the counter-arguments of your opponent.”

used to open, argue, and close their points during the mock argument.

Another area is student congress. Teams emulate the United States congressmen and congresswomen by debating bills and resolutions. Teams then submit “legislation”, or a bill, and then prepare and collect as much research as possible in support of their bill.

The fourth topic, Lincoln Douglas, originates from debates held between Abraham Lincoln and Stephen A. Douglas during their campaigning for a Senate seat in Illinois. Based on arguments about slavery and the righteousness or inhumanity behind, Lincoln Douglas debate is a one-on-

one debate style that is based on topics such as ethics, philosophy, and morals.

Heitsch recently competed with the team in a debate competition that took place at J. Frank Hillyard Middle School in Broadway. The HHS debate members participate in a tournament the first Thursday of every month. The team has only competed in two tournaments this year so far, but the competitions continue until the post-season in March begins. The top three from each type of debate advance from districts to regionals and then to states.

“I definitely look forward to continuing debate in the future,” Heitsch said.

Sarver overwhelmed by show of support at final game, reception fight, it’s the size of fight in the dog,’’’ Long said.

The HHS Athletic Booster club sold special commemorative shirts prior to the game that detailed all of Sarver’s accomplishments as a coach and also listed some of the wittier ‘Sarverisms’ that players remembered through the years.

“It was pretty neat. Somebody spent a lot of time compiling the ‘Sarverisms’ I have used over the years,” said Sarver.

Adam Packett, an offensive linemen remembers how special it was to be a part of Sarver’s lone state championship team in

2001. Packett opened wide running lanes for star running back Akeem Jordan, who is now with the Philadelphia Eagles.

“Coach Sarver’s pep game talks were very inspirational. I channeled the emotion I got from the speeches to the field, where I gave it my best effort to open holes for our running back,” Packett said.

Dusty Dean, a star fullback and linebacker who went on to play at the University of Richmond, remembers Sarver most for the lessons he learned on and off the field. The biggest game Dean played in was the 2005 state championship game. The Streaks

could not convert a long field goal attempt that would have given Sarver his second state championship. The Streaks fell 1614 in the final seconds after the failed field goal.

“Sarver made me into a great teammate and a great man, but the thing I will always keep with me is when he said, ‘Now your’re diggin’ where there’s taters’. That was the funniest thing I have ever heard,” Dean said.

Michael Clopper was a linebacker and fullback for the Streaks from 2007-2009.

Clopper takes pride in winning the district

championship all three years he was a member of the team.

“I’ve never seen anyone that has a greater passion for the game than Coach Sarver,” Clopper said.

Sarver has touched the life of multiple generations and has instilled life lessons in his players. According to his players, he put off-the-field requirements ahead of on-thefield requirements which helped make them into better players, but more importantly better men.

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Thank you, HCPS, for helping our environment Zach McDonnell staff reporter

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while ago, principal Irene Reynolds made an odd request over the PA. She graciously but sternly asked the students of Harrisonburg High School to dump their leftover liquids into a bucket so that the empty containers could be recycled. The effort ...to “recycle liquid trash” is just another one of HHS’s environmental efforts that Reynolds supports, and rightfully so.

Someone needs to help protect the environment right now.

In case you forgot, the Gulf Coast experienced the worst oil spill in American history just six months ago, thanks to oil giant BP. But since the petroleum ceased gushing in late July, the devastated Gulf has been as eerily silent as the media airwaves—at least

regarding environmental issues.

It seems the nation has completed its annual ritual of killing vigorous debate on the environment with abrupt apathy. Never mind the thousands of dead animals in the Gulf, never mind the economic catastrophe of the Gulf Coast, and never mind the billions in profit BP is still poised to rake in this year. Did I mention the fact that the spill happened only six months ago?

When I saw Al Gore’s An Inconvenient Truth four years ago, I thought that something would have been done by now. Almost nothing has.

In 2006, the argument against environmental reforms was as follows: “You can’t enact environmental reforms when the economy is up; they will hurt the economy.”

In 2010, the argument against environmental reforms is as follows: “You can’t enact environmental reforms when the econo-

my is down; they will hurt the economy.”

Hmm, if environmental reforms cannot be enacted when the economy is up or down, then it seems that they will never be enacted. So, somebody will have to grow bold and simply act.

And why not? Politicians are riding on a wave of anti-Wall Street sentiment right now, and the corporations who spew into our air, spill into our oceans, and spoil our land with their wayward practices and products are the ones truly responsible for our degraded environment.

Plus, our infrastructure is crumbling around and underneath us. We should create jobs by readying it for the 21st century with newer, greener technologies. And people need those jobs. There is an untapped well of employment that politicians should use to their advantage.

The saddest part of Americans’ indifference toward the environment is that the

poorest Americans—the most politically disaffected group in the US—would benefit most from these reforms. It is the poorest Americans, after all, who live near power plants, factories, and other sources of environmental stress. If America went (and stayed) green, their neighborhoods—and everybody else’s—would look, smell, and feel cleaner. Quality of life would improve.

We should strive for that, right?

Alas, we are caught up over the issue of President Obama’s religion and, erm, Christine O’Donnell’s witchcraft.

Somebody in power has to do something to protect against global warming and pollution. A brave few—Sens. John McCain (R-AZ), Joe Lieberman (I-CT), and Barbara Boxer (D-CA)—have tried over the past decade. Unfortunately, as of now, our quoteunquote leaders are high on campaign cash but short on anything that even comes close to courage or vision.

Is there anyone out there who enjoys trip to dentist Simona Byler

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he only people who enjoy making semiannual trips to the dentist’s office are the people who

have impeccable teeth by nature. I am not one of those people.

My teeth have had their issues.

I broke my two front teeth off at the gums when I was a toddler, and consequently went the first ten years of my life with a gaping hole fronting my smile. They

grew in eventually, quite large and crooked from the start.

I have had a few teeth pulled since, as well as several root canals topped off with classy silver caps (one of which I managed to rip out while eating a Milky Way candy bar). Needless to say, I had a reluctantly close relationship with my dentist, up until about two-and-ahalf years ago, when I had my last visit until this past summer.

About a month ago, I gave up one of my few remaining summer days to fulfill a much-needed dentist appointment. X-rays were taken and examined with much “Hmmmm…”-ing and “Ahah”-ing coming from my doctor. The look on his face when he came in to tell me that my teeth had about as much decay as Mel Gibson has drunken rants caught on tape was, well, concerned. Another visit was scheduled where, to my utter dismay, several cavities would be attended to.

So, several days ago I hummed my own funeral dirge as I trudged up to the office and opened the door to the waiting room. I sat down onto the brown leather couch, which smelled of disinfectant and old-lady perfume. Several

editions of mouth-related magazines lined the walls, though it is beyond me why anyone would have a desire to catch up on the latest article covering gingivitis.

At long last it was my turn to begin my journey to oral bliss.

My legs stuck to the plastic of the chair (why do all of them have to be so, so green?) as I sat down to await the arrival of my dentist. He came clad in scrubs and god-awful brown Crocs, wielding a needle filled with Novocain to depict a scene straight out of my interpretation of hell. Soon after the searing pain from the shots in my gums had subsided, I could feel nothing from the base of my throat to the shadows under my sleep-deprived eyes.

Thus the filling process commenced. I received five more syringe-fulls of anesthesia so I would not have to endure the pain of the constant filing down of my enamel, though the numbness did not help with the incessant, highpitched drilling noise that came along with the procedure.

I kept my eyes shut throughout the whole operation for several reasons: 1. I did not feel like staring up

into the contents of my doctor’s nostrils, most specifically the wiry white hair that protruded from them.

2. I did not want to get hit in the eyeball by a flying piece of freshly-ground tooth, and have to make a trip to the optometrist that day as well.

3. Most importantly, I wanted to be able to feign sleep when my dentist told me for the ump-teenth time, “Open up just a tad bit wider for me,” when, in fact, my mouth could not get any bigger without running the risk of unhinging my jaw.

After surviving two hours of personal torture, I was released with a total of four newly filled teeth, a numb face sporting a lip which looked as though it had just received a botched Botox injection, a feeling which I imagine would accompany lockjaw, a bill for $1000 and yet another dentist appointment scheduled for the following week. At that point I might consider different but more promising and less painful options with my doctor. I hear dentures are all the rage this fall.

Enduring root canals JMU parking garage can be plenty scary can be almost painless Xuyi Guo

Phillip Bannister

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very trip to the dentist is enough to make your stomach turn. The drilling, needles, and anxiety of the whole situation is enough to drive anyone crazy. I mentally prepare myself for every trip to the dentist, convincing myself that everything will be fine and that it is not a big deal. Just like black magic, that strong uneasiness consumes me the moment I sit down in that chair and open my mouth.

On a recent trip to the dentist, I had to have four fillings. Ouch, I know. He put shot after shot after shot in my jaw attempting to numb the left side of my mouth when I was already anxious. The dentist kep drilling, but i could still feel it, so I got even more shots of novocaine.

By the time my mouth was completely numb, so was the majority of the left side of my face. After all the shots, I could not feel anything up to my forehead and as far back as my ear. I was a mess. As I laid there staring up at the big light hanging over my mouth, I heard the dentist say something that made my stomach turn. He stopped drilling and asked his assistant to look into his dental mirror. When I asked what was wrong, he explained that the cavity they were working on was too deep, that they had exposed the nerve and a root canal was going to have to happen.

All I wanted to do was puke. The root canal is the greatest fear of any person who has teeth. I had always heard of them being torturous and unbearable. When the nurse asked the dentist what he wanted to do, he said that he needed to do a pulpotomy and perform the full root canal on another day. At this point I was too distraught with trying to comprehend what was going to happen to understand what he was going to start working on.

For those who do not know, a root canal is when the inside of a tooth[nerves and roots] is removed and the canals of the tooth are cleaned. The tooth is then filled and capped to salvage the tooth. Even though it sounds extremely unbearable, if the dentist is able to numb it adequately, it doesn’t hurt at all.

Without me realizing it, the dentist performed a pulpotomy on the tooth before I left. A pulpotomy is the removing of the pulp of the tooth, this usually contains the nerves of the tooth and is located in the middle of the tooth in the pulp chamber. Even though this sounds disgustingly painful, it was done without me even knowing.

The dentist then packed the tooth with medicine, cotton, and a temporary filling. It was nothing to freak out about at all. It was sore the next day, but it was no worse than getting a filling.

Much of the bad rap that dentists receive is really the anxiety that we put on ourselves. By the time I had left, I was so tired just from being stressed and tense the whole time and it was all so unnecessary. It is almost comical, actually. On the way home, I would have laughed but I could not feel my face.

On my next trip back to the dentist, I know that when I get right back in that chair my stomach will sink again. Hopefully I can think of this column and laugh on the inside, to ease the stress of that root canal.

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n the quaint and cozy town of Harrisonburg, tucked in the picturesque Shenandoah Valley lurks a place of horror. In this complex, dimly lit and forged of cold concrete and stiff steel, danger lurks around every turn. It is a place where human courtesy is meaningless.

Often when I walk through its corridors I find myself unable to shed the feeling that I’m being followed. In this place it is every man for himself. Shrill winds drift through freely and the odor of gasoline is unavoidable. A tumor

in the heart of the city, overlooking Warsaw Avenue, is the James Madison University parking garage.

Okay, okay, okay – I might have been exaggerating. Does danger really lurk around every turn in the parking garage? Well, actually in a way it does.

People in the parking garage seem to have a strange aversion to slowing down around turns and staying on the right side of the road when they round the corner. Couple this with the fact that it’s a parking garage and it’s impossible to see around the corner and there’s some danger to be found.

Now, is human courtesy really meaningless in the parking garage? It kind of seems that way when slowing

down while going over speed bumps draws a notable “Come on!” from the guy behind me.

And it’s not a problem at all when I’m about to take a spot, turning signal and all, and someone suddenly comes from the left and shoots straight into the space. Wonderful.

And that feeling of being followed?

As a pedestrian, it’s not uncommon to be followed by someone in a car – hopefully someone not texting – who’s just hoping that their target is leaving.

It’s pretty creepy.

Despite all this, I still may have gone too far in calling the parking garage a “place of horror”, except possibly for an insurance agent.

Hours of homework should be reduced Emmett Copeland

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staff reporter

omework + School + Activity + Sleep + Well Prepared for College + Money + Fun = Impossible As things stand today, this equation is valid for all upperclassmen, save the super-intelligent and those of us who don’t need sleep. Something has to give, and your personal priorities will determine what takes the hit. I think this doesn’t need to be the case. I think it can be possible. I think that one of the above deserves to be less potent.

Few adults in the work force spend hours outside of work working. So why do all students put their blood and tears into studying outside of school?

I understand that the comparison isn’t perfect, that the objectives are different, but it is a good illustration of productivity being achieved in a set time, without an extra burden on the psyche.

Junior and senior year bring with them the most responsibility and pressure we have ever experienced in our short high school life. A large part of this pressure comes from the weight of mounting homework assignments from AP classes maybe we shouldn’t have taken. The great homework debate has raged for almost a century in the American education system, flip-flopping with current theory and world events. We are now in a pro-homework phase again,

though more relaxed than the post-Sputnik period where educators increased the work load to catch up with the Russians.

Now, in 2010 there is an almost unanimous agreement that homework can have positive effects, especially for seniors, this idea is backed by a wealth of studies. Harris Cooper, Ph.D., a psychology professor at the University of Missouri, has reviewed more than 100 studies on the effectiveness of homework. In general, he has found that the benefits of doing homework is directly proportional to the student’s grade level.

He applies the “10 Minute Rule”, grade level times ten minutes per school night, so seniors should get 120 minutes (or 2 hours) a night, so his recommendation 10 hours a week for twelfth graders.

Another study in 2006 by Cooper, Robinson, and Patall also indicates that homework is in fact effective, increasingly based on age. For seniors the study recommends 7-12 hours per week, As long as the work is focused, applicable, and relevant.

The average time that 26 seniors reported that they would need to complete homework is 2.5 hours a night, meaning 17.5 hours a week, or approaching double the experts’ recommendation. The average time that AP teachers claim that their students need to complete the work they assign is a mere 0.5 hours nightly.

Based on these claims the average number of AP classes these 26 students must be taking is at least 4. This is not the case.

The numbers don’t add up, and assum-

ing that neither teachers nor students are blatantly lying, one group must be mistaken. Either the students are, in self pity, inflating the number of hours they work, or the work teachers assign is more time consuming than they think. Both of these may well be true, however I would doubt that the people who actually do the work would be too far off in their estimation.

If a senior sleeps the recommended amount of time nightly (9 hours) they are left with 105 waking hours. School itself consumes 40 hours a week. Take away the average of 2.5 hours of homework and the daily 2 hours for an after school activity and they have 38.5 hours a week left for: eating, transportation time, friends, family, a hobby, leisure, a job, church activities, college applications, school and non-school events, and natural procrastination.

From my personal observations and experience, all of that doesn’t fit into 38.5 hours, this could be dramatically improved upon. If seniors are working 7 hours beyond the recommendation weekly they are spending 252 hours, or 10 solid days more than they should be for maximum benefit on homework.

I believe that getting the credit you need for a good college shouldn’t come at the cost of 10 ten straight days of unhealthy work. Reducing the workload of all but the most motivated students to a maximum of 10 hours a week would lead to a happier, healthier, and more involved student body. It’s scientific.

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What’s HHS community unites during hard times HOT Staff Editorial

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magine your child going from healthy and happy one day to hospitalized the next. On July 14, 2010, Luke Hertzler, son of science teacher Jerry Hertzler was diagnosed with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia.

Currently he is facing six months of intensive treatment followed by years of continued treatments.

The family first learned there was a problem when they went for a routine fall sports physical.

An enlarged spleen was the only noticeable problem, and they had to wait for the test results.

Later that evening they received a phone call from the doctor’s office saying that Luke needed to go to the UVA hospital immediately. When they arrived they received the news that Luke had leukemia and would need more testing and treatment to see how far it had spread. His bone marrow tested positive, but

luckily the spinal tap was negative.

While the family has learned to continue living through this difficult time, it is our duty as members of the HHS family to make this process easier for them.

To help the Hertzler family in this hard time, school clubs have rallied around the cause to raise money to help pay for Luke’s medical treatments.

The Key Club was the first to take on the cause and they were quickly followed by other groups as well as the faculty and staff.

From the Nov 1-5, the Key club will be raising money for the Pennies for Patients campaign and for the Hertzler family. The entire school will be asked to do what they can in an effort to raise $10,000 to help the Hertzlers pay for medical bills and to benefit The Leukemia and Lymphoma Society.

The SCA has also joined the effort. All of the proceeds from the powderpuff football game, the pie in the face competition and the Halloween dance they did in conjunction with the Spanish Club

are being donated to the fund.

This unfortunate event created a sense of unity at HHS. Groups from all spectrums of the school have gathered to offer their aid to the Hertzler family. Cancer is such a widespread disease that at this time it would be a challenge to find someone who has not been affected by it in some way. We are able to relate to the horrors of what the Hertzlers are dealing with, and it has created a supportive community. Offering our support and empathy shows the true spirit of the Blue Streaks.

In this trying time for the Hertzler family we need to put ourselves in their shoes and decided what we can do to help. The idea behind the Pennies for Patients campaign is that every coin counts. Instead of buying something for yourself in the upcoming week, donate it to Luke. No matter how small the donation, it will always be appreciated, and if you can not make a monetary donation, you can do your part by keeping him in your thoughts and your prayers.

What it takes to become Noncomformist Maria Rose

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rom the moment we learn how to talk, we are bombarded with motivational messages to “Be Yourself!” “Don’t follow the crowd”, and “Think outside the box”. We hear it from our parents, our teachers, and friends who have recently gone off to college; we see it on posters in our classrooms and commercials for sodas and computers on TV. It is ingrained into our very core belief that we are all unique individuals and that we all have something special to offer to those around us.

But it can be difficult to discover who you truly are and how you are different from everyone else. Being different is an art, and like every other art, it can be taught and with a lot of hard work and attention to detail, it can be nurtured and honed to perfection. Here are a few tips on how to get started on your search for individuality.

First of all, you have to stop caring about what people think of you. This step is probably the hardest part, but once you master it, you are halfway there. For some simple practice, start by spitting and burping in public and saying rude things to people. To be a real nonconformist, you should get used to reactions of disgust and shock, since nonconformists often have to do things that other people find objectionable or even repulsive. If burping and being rude are not sufficiently challenging or do not provoke any strong reactions, then move on to annoying people out of spite. When

you can truly enjoy other people’s discomfort, then you know that you have reached the stage when their opinions don’t matter.

It’s also important to not like the things that other people like.

If you enjoy things that no one else likes, people will view you as a rebel, which is exactly what you want. The easiest way to be different from everyone else is to simply do the opposite of whatever is pop-

ular. But sometimes, it’s simpler to just hate things on principle.

For example, take Twilight, the recent vampire novel phenomenon that has teens and tweens everywhere daydreaming about being viciously bitten by bloodthirsty (but handsome) monsters. Even if you secretly like the movie, you should repeatedly tell your friends about how childish and passé it is to fall in love with fictional and mythical movie characters. This way, people will respect you as someone who not only is bored with popular culture but also can interpret movies much more deeply than anyone else ever could.

Also, you should always make up your mind for yourself, even when you haven’t a clue about

what you’re deciding on. A nonconformist has to learn to trust their gut opinion, regardless of any evidence to the contrary. They often have to ignore advice and conventional wisdom, because listening to the opinions of conformists would only make one mainstream. For example, if you think that you can run a business of making fur coats from dead pets, then you should go right ahead and skin the hair off old Buddy.

The biggest challenge to being a nonconformist is getting the credit you deserve. There is an easy remedy for this—just show them about how different you really are. Of course, you don’t want to brag or be obvious about it because then people will think that you’re cocky and full of yourself, which as a true nonconformist, is beneath you. Subtlety is the best way to get the message across. Some people wear clothes with nonconformist designs on them (I know a shop that specializes in them), while others listen to alternative alternative music, which is the nonconformist version of alternative music. Still others like to have strange hair colors and styles or pierced body parts and tattoos, but since many of these are now mainstream fashion, one has to go for the more bizarre hair colors like blonde and brown and pierce their love handles and behind their knees.

Most people who become successful in nonconformism are usually considered freaks and it takes a brave person to handle the disdain and rejection. But remember, it’s important to be yourself at all costs. So, repeat after me: “I will be myself, I will be different, and I will not let anyone tell me what to do.”

Excellent. And once you have mastered the art of nonconformity, you can share it with the rest of your friends and you can all be nonconformist together.

Face your fear of sharks in Baltimore Emily Jamieson staff photographer

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am surrounded by a glass tunnel, even the floor is made of glass. Curiosity runs through my body. I put my forehead onto the glass and try to see through the darkness on the other side. Out of nowhere a blur of dark gray flashes by my face. I feel panic rush from the bottom of my feet to the top of my head.

At that very moment I realize that I am in danger. On the other side of the glass, the water gets lighter with gray bodies. Sharks.

They wrestle to get near the glass to give me a hungry look. I look around in panic and see a glass door, I run to it and try to open it, it won’t budge. People walk by without giving my terrified face a second glance, I am alone in this. The sharks can smell my fear and start to bang against the thin glass. I hear splintering sounds and water leaking onto the ground. And then I wake up.

You could say I have Selachophobia, or the fear of sharks.

I have shark nightmares, I refuse to watch Animal Planet or Discovery Channel during shark week and I am paranoid that I’m going to be devoured at the beach.

And where is the best place to go when you are terrified of sharks?

Well, the aquarium of course! I have only been to the Baltimore Aquarium once and that was in fifth grade for a field trip. Let’s just say that the field trip did not go so well.

When we reached the shark tank I took one look at them and started power walking away, as fast as my little legs would go. So my expectations were not high when my family decided to take a weekend getaway to the Baltimore aquarium.

My nerves settled when we went to the dolphin show. As I watched the dolphins flip happily into the air, I found myself forgetting what I would have to face later that day. After the show we explored the aquarium. If you have ever been to the Baltimore Aquarium you know that there is a spiraling staircase. Each floor represents the layers of the ocean, and each layer of the ocean has different fish. On the very bottom, where it’s the darkest, are the sharks.

I was enjoying seeing the pretty fish, but as I descended down the staircase, I imagined a watery, shark-infested nightmare waiting for me. Finally we reached it. I started as far away from the barrier which held my biggest fear as I could, just watching theses beasts

swim by slowly. Every so often when I felt comfortable enough, I would take a step closer to the glass. All the while Kelley, my best friend, was sitting right next to the glass. She saw how afraid I was and tried to make me see how “safe” it was. She kept saying, “The glass is thick...they won’t get you,” Finally I sat right next to the glass and did not freak out (too much) when a shark moseyed by.

As I stood right against the glass, millions of thoughts ran through my mind. I thought about running away from the bottom of the ocean.

I thought about my nightmares and what I would do if they came true. I thought about how sturdy the glass was, and if we had an earthquake if the glass would break and all the sharks would tumble onto us. Then I thought, “Why am I afraid? The glass is thick, and I’ll run fast if it does break.” Right after that thought, a shark slowed and swerved around, facing me for a split second - making me jump back two steps. I swear, I jinxed myself. But right after that little incident I returned to my spot by the glass . That Sunday afternoon, I looked my fear in the eye and said, “I am not afraid of you.” I showed my family and myself that I can (kind of) conquer my fears.

HHS Football The Blue Streaks are 10-0 going into the play-offs. Don’t forget to come out and support them in their bid for states!

Lil’ Wayne, free at last After serving eight months of his year long jail sentence, Lil Wayne was released on Nov.4.

The self-acclaimed best rapper alive is back.

Harry Potter No. 7 The newest installment, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, hits theatres today. Our staff was out at midnight to catch the premiere, definitely a must-see.

Thanksgiving Break There is nothing better than a holiday in which you have an excuse to stuff your face. What will you be thankful for this year?

Rally to Restore Sanity Jon Stewart’s rally against mainstream media brought in people from all over the country, including many HHS students.

B.O.B. at JMU A benefit of having a major university where you live-- big name celebraties are frequently coming to town.

What’s NOT

Halloween Dance The DJ was just about the only positive aspect of the Halloween Dance. On the bright side, there was little competition for the amazing prizes.

Cold Weather It seems as if Mother Nature decided to leave fall out this year.

We went from eighty directly to the freezing point.

Excessive Make-Up C’mon, ladies. Haven’t you heard that going natural is the new thing? There are only so many people to impress at HHS.

Jersey Shore We’ve had enough of those guidos and guidettes getting so much media attention. Enough already! Let’s find something else to watch.

JMU Football Unfortunately, the Dukes have been unable to hold on to their momentum after they upset VT earlier this season.

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Kale explains causes of sleep deprivation Vanessa Ehrenpreis

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r. William Kale, head physician at RMH’s sleep medicine facility, never dreamed (no pun intended) of working as a full time sleep specialist. Kale, who started RMH’s Center for Sleep Medicine in 1994, has watched his practice expand over the past 16 years.

“If you had told me 20 years ago that I’d be a full time sleep physician, I never would have believed you,” Kale said. “This particular sleep lab started in 1994, with one bed at the hospital. It’s grown into six beds. Actually, this is the only accredited sleep facility in a 100 mile radius of Harrisonburg."

Sleep medicine itself is a relatively new field. Starting in the 1950s, it has evolved into a much more complex and interdisciplinary area of study. The fields of neurologic, pulmonary, and psychiatric medicine are all involved, although sleep medicine is a separate discipline. It is “a critical speciality with a focus on clinical problems that require accurate diagnosis and treatment” according to the American Board of Sleep Medicine. Kale’s sleep lab deals with three main types of treatment.

“I always say we treat three basic things.

One, we treat people who are too sleepy.

Two, we treat people who can’t get to sleep, with insomnia. And three, we treat people who have things that go bump in the night.

Or weird things that happen while they’re asleep- unusual brain activity, and seizures would be considered part of that,” Kale said.

Kale treats a large amount of sleep disorders, ranging from insomnia to narcolepsy.

The most common one Kale has encountered is sleep deprivation, which he described as “epidemic”.

“Sleep deprivation is epidemic, that’s probably the most common sleep disorder of all. [Also] the most dangerous of all because people fall asleep and wreck their automobiles. I think the problem is more pervasive than even alcohol as far as the danger,” Kale said.

Teenagers, on average, need 9.25 to 11 hours of sleep for maximum productivity.

And yet, the average amount of sleep teens get is 6.9 hours.

“There’s that sleep need, but most teenagers don’t get that much sleep. So a lot of teens get accumulative sleep deprivation, which builds up to what is called sleep debt.

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One of the problems that adolescents have is that they don’t realize they’re sleepy, and then fall asleep without warning,” Kale said A common sleep disorder among teenagers is Phase Delay Syndrome [PDS], which changes the timing of sleep and core body temperature rhythm. PDS patients usually fall alseep early in the morning and have difficulty waking up later in the day.

“You have a kid who has trouble falling asleep and getting out of bed in the morning to go to morning classes. They’re falling asleep during class, and have trouble concentrating on classwork. The frustration of that has got to be immense. That’s probably one of the most common and pervasive problems among teens,” Kale said.

Sleepiness, a side effect from any disorder, can have major consequences. Without sleep, the body has trouble performing some of its simplest functions.

“Sleepiness has serious consequences among young folks. If you look at a study in North Carolina done by Alan Pack, that showed there are more deaths, singular vehicle deaths, from age 16 to the early thirties... They’re non-alcohol related, they’re sleep related. Performance is affected by sleep disorders too. Performance in the classroom, athletics, grades. You have somebody going to bed at one in the morning

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who is not really awake until 8 or 9 in the morning. So they’re awake at their maximum sleepiness. You’re going to fall asleep under those physiologic conditions,” Kale said.

Kale relates sleep to a myriad of psychological and physical body functions.

The brain’s ability to process and organize information can be disturbed from a bad night’s sleep.

“Well, sleep seems to be important for a whole broad range of ideas. Psychological well being, you need slow wave sleep in the teen years because nerve connections are forming. REM sleep is important for memory consolidation and learning, and creative thinking. Immune system function is dependent on good sleep. Also if you don’t get good sleep, memory consolidation, learning, alertness, and executive function are all affected. Executive function is the frontal lobe’s ability to organize materials to get a job done. People who have sleep deprivation accept lower standards of themselves. It’s health safety, and quality of life issues,” Kale said.

Kale sees automobile accidents as a direct effect of sleep deprivation. Numerous studies have been conducted, all of which confirm his speculation.

“That’s one of the most dramatic things, is accidents when people are sleep deprived,” Kale said. “If you don’t get a good sleep you can have mortal accidents. The odds ratio of having an accident is 2.5 times greater in those who don’t get enough sleep.

Not only in the USA, but in 5 continents in the world.”

Many states have put laws in place that limit the time a commercial truck driver can drive without sleeping, in an effort to minimize sleep related crashes.

The Center for Sleep Medicine has seen an increase in patients, and even the number of sleep disorders- now about 80-100.

The practice of sleep medicine will likely increase over the next few years, with new advancements in technology and other advancements.

“It’s a new field and there’s lots of discovery yet to happen,” Kale said.

Kale hopes people, especially teens, will seriously consider the effects of sleep deprivation.

“The number has increased. And as we have gotten into different areas of sleep we’ve gotten busy, because we’ve expanded our scope of coverage [to many disorders],” Kale said. “The sleep need is there and it just needs to be met.”

Causes of Insomnia

- Jet lag - Changes in shift work - Excessive or unpleasant noise - Uncomfortable room temperature (too hot or too cold) - Stressful situations (exam preparation, loss of a loved one, unemployment, divorce, or separation) - Presence of an acute medical or surgical illness or hospitalization -Withdrawal from drug, alcohol, sedative, or stimulant medications - Insomnia related to high altitudes Chronic or long-term insomnia The most common psychological problems that may lead to insomnia include: - anxiety, - stress, - schizophrenia, - mania (bipolar disorder), and depression.

Physiological related insomnia Physiological causes span from circadian rhythm disorders (disturbance of the biological clock), sleep-wake imbalance, to a variety of medical conditions. The following are the most common medical conditions that trigger insomnia: - Chronic pain/ Chronic fatigue syndromes - Congestive heart failure - Night time angina (chest pain) from heart disease - Acid reflux disease (GERD) - Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) - Nocturnal asthma - Obstructive sleep apnea - Degenerative diseases, such as Parkinson’s disease and Alzheimer’s disease(Often insomnia is the deciding factor for nursing home placement.)

- Brain tumors, strokes, or trauma to the brain.

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Get In The Game

Nintendo stays on top of gaming

Sony Strives for success

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Madison WIlson

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pon its release, the Nintendo Wii was greeted with cautious enthusiasm by the gaming community and intense enthusiasm by the general public. It soon proved itself to be wacky and relaxed, a gaming console for families, not the video gaming elite.

Some serious gamers at first took interest in the novelty of motion sensing interaction, but soon returned to their Xboxes and PlayStations for their superior graphics and game selection, leaving the Wii to their little sisters and grandmothers. This is understandable as the graphics are weak and a majority of Wii titles involve puppies or karaoke.

Although the Wii added impressive installments to its major series’ such as Mario Kart, Super Smash Brothe r s , Metroid Prime and in early 2011, Legend of Zelda, these as well are for the more casual gamer.

Interestingly enough it totally worked.

The self-serious gaming market had been

focusing on better graphics, more difficulty, and higher prices, completely isolating the recreational gamers and families who could afford, and would use, a more accessible system. Nintendo noticed this gap in the market, and with its typical innovative prowess created the Wii (think “We”) to universalize gaming.

Everyone knows where Wii has been: active video games, mental stimuli, karaoke, and puppies. The real question is, where is it going?

Nintendo would be foolish to abandon its new found family market, but it’s also doubtful that they will desert their experimental flair. How can Wii become even more interactive, integrated and intuitive?

How can you play a more realistic game of tennis in your house. What is the natural progression?

Nintendo has stated that there will be no new Wii In the immediate future, 3D technology has not yet evolved to the stage that would be required for the system. But it will. Nintendo just released its 3D hand held system with graphics that don’t require glasses. Large scale 3D gaming would be a classic sneaky Nintendo move

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he Sony Move is a gaming system that is taking on the same idea as the Wii. There are controllers with a sensor ball on the tip,which send the movement signals to the console. It can be used on any PlayStations, therefore it can save you money if you already own a PlayStation.

The move system itself

costs $99.99. But if you do not own a PlayStation it will cost $399.99 to get the PlayStation Console and the Move Console. Amazon.com had the best deals if someone is in the market for a PlayStation.

“I know a little [about the Sony Move].

Its more like a Wii, and you have a remote and you use it like a Wii remote.

It has motion sensors and you play games like golf and tennis,” sophomore Trevor Cockburn said.

There are new games for the Sony move but some previous PlayStation games can also be played with the Sony Move. The game system is intended to get more children active and to bring families together is by having them participate in motion games and video

games. So the kids can be moving around and playing games even when it’s cold or wet outside, they can still do everything inside.

“I don’t know [if I’m getting the Sony Move]. I’m definitely going to get the Kinect(a new motion sensor for the Xbox), but I might get [the Sony Move].

I’ll just have to see how it gets review wise,” Cockburn said.

The Move became available on Sept. 19. If you are interested in purchasing a Sony Move, you can go on Amazon.com and have the game system shipped to you within five business days

Xbox quickly “Kinects” with new audience Madison Wilson

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aming Systems have improved their technology every year. The Wii was a hit when it released motion technology, and the player could play a game by moving and just holding a remote. Xbox 360 has now created a gaming system that allows you to play without a controller called Kinect.

Kinect has a sensor

that is put in front of the TV just like the Wii. But the Kinect sensor does not get information from a controller, it reads body movement and makes the player the controller. It even remembers the players face and voice. Voice commands can pause, rewind, and play the

game or movie by simply speaking the desired command. It follows every move of the player’s body, and it can detect changes in the player’s facial expression and vocal emotion. Kinect will be sold exclusively through GameStop and can be ordered online now.

Xbox Kinect motion sensor

Sarver retiring in style Sarver from Page A1

gutted, or out-hustled”. He remembers the state semifinal game his senior year as the biggest game he ever played in. The Blue Streaks were underdogs in the game and Long vividly remembers that as part of Sarver’s pregame speech.

“Sarver stood in front of the team and said ‘It’s not the size of the dog in the fight, it’s the size of fight in the dog,’’’ Long said.

The HHS Athletic Booster club sold special commemorative shirts prior to the game that detailed all of Sarver’s accomplishments as a coach and also listed some of the wittier ‘Sarverisms’ that players remembered through the years.

“It was pretty neat. Somebody spent a lot of time compiling the ‘Sarverisms’ I have used over the years,” said Sarver.

Adam Packett, an offensive linemen remembers how special it was to be a part of Sarver’s lone state championship team in 2001. Packett opened wide running lanes for star running back Akeem Jordan, who is now with the Philadelphia Eagles.

“Coach Sarver’s pep game talks were very inspirational. I channeled the emotion I got from the speeches to the field, where I gave it my best effort to open holes for our running back,” Packett said.

Dusty Dean, a star fullback and lineback-

“[The Kinect] sounds interesting, but it sounds too much like the Wii. I’m a little iffy about it, but it sounds pretty cool,” said sophomore Gabe Hoak. “It’s still a motion sensor and the Wii is motion, so its going to be weird.”

To play Kinect you must own a Xbox 360. The Kinect hooks up to the Xbox 360, and transforms it into a new gaming system. You can play new games with Kinect, or games that used to be played on the original Xbox 360. To order in ad-

er who went on to play at the University of Richmond, remembers Sarver most for the lessons he learned on and off the field. The biggest game Dean played in was the 2005 state championship game. The Streaks could not convert a long field goal attempt that would have given Sarver his second state championship. The Streaks fell 1614 in the final seconds after the failed field goal.

“Sarver made me into a great teammate and a great man, but the thing I will always keep with me is when he said, ‘Now your’re diggin’ where there’s taters’. That was the funniest thing I have ever heard,” Dean said.

Michael Clopper was a linebacker and fullback for the Streaks from 2007-2009.

Clopper takes pride in winning the district championship all three years he was a member of the team.

“I’ve never seen anyone that has a greater passion for the game than Coach Sarver,” Clopper said.

Sarver has touched the life of multiple generations and has instilled life lessons in his players. According to his players, he put off-the-field requirements ahead of on-thefield requirements which helped make them into better players, but more importantly better men.

vance you had to go online

by Nov 3 at 11:00 a.m. and purchase one of the three package deals. There is a limit of only one per household currently. The first package deal is purchasing just the Kinect console. The Kinect, when pre-ordered costs $149.99. It includes the Kinect Sensor, a power supply cord, Kinect Adventure games, a manual, and a Wi-fi extension cord.

The second package deal is buying a Xbox 360 with 4 gigabytes with Kinect bonus. In the package the package includes a 4 giga-

byte Xbox console, a Kinect sensor, Kinect Adventures games- rated “E” for Everyone, a Xbox 360 wireless composite A/V cable, one month Xbox Live Gold Membership, and a one year limited warranty. This package costs $299.99.

The last deal is a 250 gigabytes Xbox 360, it has all items listed in the previous deal with a one year xbox live membership. This is the most expensive package at $399.99.

The Kinect has taken a new step in gaming system history.

iPod releases new Nano Maggie Sicliano

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hen the iPod came out, everyone wanted to get their hands on it. There were similar reactions to the iTouch, iPhone, and iPad. Here are a few more things you will need to add to your technology wish list.

One of the new things Apple has introduced to the world is called the iPod nano. You might be saying to yourself, that came out a long time ago, where have you been? But Apple has come out with an iPod nano Touch.

The nano is smaller, lighter, and more compact than the original iPod touch, and it includes a clip for on-the-go use.

The iPod nano touch also comes in an assortment of colors, from pink to green to the original gray. At $149 for an 8GB, and $179 for a 16GB, the iPod nano touch is the second cheapest of the four iPods now sold.

Did not know that there were only four iPods now sold? It is true. The Apple store makes an iPod shuffle, an iPod nano touch, an iPod classic, and an iPod

touch available for purchase.

All are different and specialized for a person’s individual preference. Let us say that you are on the go often, and you want to listen to music, but just do not want all the bells and whistles: the iPod shuffle is for you.

Want to feel up-to-date with a touch screen, but do not really care about applications, the internet, etc., then grab an iPod nano touch.

If you are old school, you are in to movies, and lots of music, then your iPod is the iPod classic with 160GB of storage.

And finally, if you are on the hunt for the newest technology, the most high tech music listening device, and an assortment of activities -such as internet access, game applications, and High Definition video recording- pick up an iPod touch. Complete with Facetime -an application that allows you to “video call” and see who you are talking to, and what they are doing as they do it- the iPod touch should definitely satisfy for your craving for the “new thing.”

Whether you get the newest gadget, or most original device, make sure your iPod fits the definition of you

Administration cracks down on courtyard usage Teacher reading groups lead students to better books in classes Courtyard from Page A1 Styrofoam was everywhere,” Supko said, clearly exasperated with the problem. “We’re asking for cooperation so we can keep it open.”

Junior Leo Lopez is a regular diner in the courtyard. He too has noticed some problems with underclassmen.

“I’ve noticed a large amount of uninvited underclassmen in the courtyard. They’re obnoxious and annoying. They don’t know how to carry themselves in public, and consequentially they’re loud and messy,” Lopez said.

Lopez’s solution to the problem is exactly what Supko wants to avoid: increased monitoring.

“I think [the number of uninvited underclassmen] can be easily solved with more monitoring by the administration,” Lopez said.

HHS has even put effort into refurbishing the courtyard, as part of an effort to get students to appreciate the privilege they have. More trashcans have been placed outside, and the picnic tables were repainted, in hopes of encouraging conscientiousness among students.

Supko hopes students realize what a pleasure the courtyard is, and make an attempt to maintain it.

“I don’t want to have to change our supervision.

Students should have the privilege to use our beautiful facility,” Supko said. “If everyone just does their part we all should be able to enjoy the courtyard.”

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is reading it, and the teachers will understand the teens if they are reading the same books.” The group has already read two books so far this year, “Winter Girls” By Laurie Halse Anderson and “Going Bovine” by Libba Bray. Witman hopes that the books read this year will match the success among students of those read last year, especially “The Hunger Games” by Suzanne Collins, which became so popular it has not been available in the library for weeks, and is now used as a part of the curriculum in some English classes.

Teachers R Reading has only met twice so far this school year because of

the busy schedules of most teachers. The meetings consist of a group discussion and analysis of the book, and how the book pertains to a student’s interest.

“We talk about the book, what we liked about it and what students would like about it. These books are of high interest to high school students, it is what students are reading and what we feel they would enjoy reading,” Witman said,”We ask [the teachers] their opinion of the book was, of course the English teachers talk about the literary merits of the book. Mr. Martin and I moderate the discussions.”

To accommodate the busiest of schedules, the group maintains a blog

as an outlet for teachers absent from the meetings.

Although the influence of a teacher may not sound like the best strategy for getting students in the library and reading, Witman attests that the correlation between Teachers are Reading and the higher rates of checking out of a book from the library is no coincidence.

Witman believes the mutual benefit of teachers and students is the strongest benefit of the the group, “Students are getting in the library and reading, and teachers are connecting and understanding the student’s interests.”

Power hour helping kids get leg up with academics Power Hour from Page A1

heard about Power Hour on the morning announcements and decided to use it to improve his grade in Geometry Honors. He notes that while Power Hour is meant as a place where students can work on homework, there is still a bit of “messing around.”

Tower and Morris praised the atmosphere of Power Hour, which they describe as “friendly” and “laid-back.”

While Power Hour is not a time to completely unwind, it is not meant to be a grueling study hall. “[Power Hour] doesn’t have to be about getting help, maybe

you just need a quiet place to work, or a chance to make up a test, quiz, et cetera. We can be that place,” said Nafziger, who as Power Hour’s director is in charge of organization, attendance, discipline, and even arranging cab rides for students without transportation home.

Morris and Gomez-Lemus feel that some students who want and need to participate in Power Hour shy away from it because they fear what asking for help does to their image.

To those students, Nafziger simply said, “Everybody needs help sometimes. This is just another example of how we at HHS try to give students as many opportunities to succeed as we can.”

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Leather in for cold weather Tie dye is regaining popularity!

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t is no secret that the modest leather jacket has evolved into a wardrobe staple over the last few winters. Leather is a popular, fashion-forward trend that is filling stores’ clothing racks. Its versatility and recent accessibility appeal to buyers, making it a prominent look of 2010.

“It is different,” junior Kiah Silver said. “Most people are into bright, not black.”

Fashion designers have reinvented this timeless classic and upgraded it into a modern look as the new season approaches. The fall and winter leather trend plays up sophistication and a sense of highfashion. Several popular designers are beginning to include leather in their collections. During Valentino, Balenciaga, and Christian Dior fashion shows, leather clothing, shoes, and accessories were previewed on the runaway.

“There are lots of trends going on right now, but leather is back,” fashion marketing teacher Maurizio Antonnicola said. “Leather is definitely back.”

Leather apparel is available in an infinite array of designs: pants, shirts, dresses, jackets, handbags, belts, and shoes. Upcoming

leather styles feature earth tones, such as browns, greens, blacks, greys, and tans. Leather is a naturally formal fabric, but when paired with casual separates it is effortlessly transformed into a chic outfit.

“I have a beautiful, deep mahogany leather jacket that I got at 21 Men, the guy section in Forever 21,” junior Leo Lopez said.

Celebrities, including Taylor Momsen, Rihanna, Miley Cyrus, and even Taylor Lautner, have lately been sporting the trend and inspiring their fans to wear leather too. Their expensive styles can be found easily at cheaper prices. Local department stores and boutiques sell leather apparel at a fraction of the cost, making it a cinch for students to dress tastefully while saving money.

“Some celebrities can pull [leather] off, but it is harder for teenagers, I think,” junior Jayne Slocum said.

The trick to wearing leather is dressing it down. By coordinating leather pieces with casual separates, a stylish, everyday outfit is easily achieved. A leather jacket accessorized with a bright scarf, or leather boots coupled with a sleek pair of jeans, are two examples of incorporating the sophisticated craze and altering it into a casual look.

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ie-dye dates back to 552 A.D., according to harmonytie-dyes.com, but after a couple of modifications and hundreds of years, has become trendier than ever in 2010. Although this colorful fad has fluctuated since it was introduced, it seems to be here to stay. Tie-dye is usually associated with hippies because of its sudden popularity in the 1960s, but no one is complaining. Tie-dye is a love or hate kind of thing- there is no real middleground.

Sophomore Sam St. Ours describes tiedye as “wearable art.” St. Ours mostly enjoys rainbow tie-dye in a swirl pattern.

There are many other types of patterns: knot tying, pleats, and stripes to name a few. The one thing St. Ours insists on is that tie-dye is homemade.

“Buying a tiedye shirt is like buying a childyou have to make it yourself,” St. Ours joked.

On the other end of the spectrum, junior Evan Wetsel enjoys the comfort of tie-dye shirts. She also likes that their many colors match anything.

Although she has made all of her current tie-dye, she would consider buying a tie-dye shirt if it

looked good.

“The worst thing is when the wrong colors mix and it looks ugly,” Wetsel said about the process of tie-dying.

History teacher, Cara Walton, has had more experience than both St. Ours and Wetsel. She has been going to graduate school so has not been able to spend as much time tie-dying as she used to. Walton makes tie-dye for herself, her family, friends, and fundraisers. She sometimes takes commissions, but it has never been something she has done professionally.

“I just enjoy it; it’s fun. It is a way to be artistically creative,” Walton said. Her favorite design is bright rainbow with black in the background because it makes the colors p o p.

She has made t w o tie-dyed curtains that can be found in her classroom and between six and ten tie-dyed dresses and shirts for herself. HHS librarian, Bradley Walton, wears a lot of the tie-dye his wife creates.

Cara seems to have some idea as to why tiedye is back in style.

“It is something that is bright and colorful and nostalgic; people long for the past. Tie-dye is just happy- it makes people feel good.”

oms shoes start new trend for positive cause Phillip Bannister Editor in chief

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n 2006, world traveler Blake Mycoskie made a trip to Argentina. After exploring the area and meeting the children, he found out that the kids there did not have shoes. Just like that, Toms shoes were born. The idea of this organization was that for every pair of shoes someone bought, another pair would be donated to a child who needed shoes. The same year that Toms shoes were created, Mycoskie Returned to Argentina with 10,000 shoes to distribute from all the shoes that had been sold.

Even though Toms are marketed as a way to help children get shoes, senior Isaac Rohrer sees them as more of a trend.

“Yes, I do consider Toms to be a trend,” Rohrer said. “Some

other trends I can see are silly bands, North Face jackets, and Rainbow sandals.”

Despite the fact that Rohrer sees them as a trend, he can still manage to appreciate the shoes themselves.

“I think they look pretty cool, and I like the fact that they help support global charities,” Rohrer said.

Junior Bryan Chicas is a member of the HHS students who choose to buy and wear Toms.

“I think they are the most comfortable shoes I have ever worn,” Chicas said.

A major reason in Chicas purchasing the shoes was the fact that the organization provides shoes for another kid.

“I think it’s a good cause, because you’re giving a free pair of shoes to a kid in need that couldn’t afford them,” Chicas said.

Even though Chicas appreciates the comfort of the shoe, he is not the biggest fan of the style of the shoe.

Toms usually run around $70 according to Chicas, putting them in the price range with some high quality shoes.

“They are really not worth the price, but I still buy them,” Chicas said.

Chicas has only recently started wearing Toms, after a trip to downtown Harrisonburg where he saw them.

“I saw them on TV a couple years ago, then went downtown and saw them at the Yellow Button and I had to get them,” Chicas said.

Like Rohrer, Chicas agrees with the fact that these shoes are a trend.

“I think they are because I see a lot of people with them,” Chicas said.

For senior Bria Scott, Toms

were just a pair of shoes she liked and thought no one else would have.

“I like them; I didn’t think anyone would have them. Mine are black and white with writing all over them,” Scott said.

Even though a big aspect of the Toms organization is the fact that they give away shoes, Scott was unaware.

“At first I didn’t even know that they did that until I bought them and saw,” Scott said.

Scott like Chicas finds the shoes quite comfortable but is not that excited about the price they run.

“I think they are expensive, they are overpriced,” Scott said.

Not until walking through the halls had Scott realized how much of a trend the shoes were.

“Yeah I think they are a trend, a lot of people here wear them, I didn’t really notice until this year,” Scott said.

Harrisonburg High loves going “Gaga!”

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Staff Reporter

op star Lady Gaga has became a hit over the last few years, now she is a trend.

Gaga has been said to be the modern Madonna according to VH1. Her unique style and music has caught the eye of many. Gaga’s music style is unlike any other artist today, her uniqueness is what has made her a trend.

“I got a pair of headphones because they were Lady Gaga,” sophomore Sydney Wells said.

At the young age of 24, Gaga has attended NYU, already has sold out concerts, available CD’s, downloads on iTunes, a line of headphones, merchandise for sale, jewelry, Halloween costumes and many more

products for sale. Needless to say she is a marketing genius.

“I like Lady Gaga because she is unique and she is not like all the other artists. She sets herself apart from other artists,” junior Melanie Bridges said.

Gaga began her musical career at age four, when she learned to play the piano by ear. Years later at 13, Gaga wrote her first piano ballad. At 14 years old, Gaga played at open mic nights in New York clubs. When Gaga was 17, she was one of 20 kids accepted early admission into Tisch School of Arts at NYU. By age 20, Gaga had been signed and had been writing songs for other artists.

“Everybody loves Lady Gaga. She is the Elvis of the new generation. She rocks it out. She has reinvented herself and she is only 24 years old and she is

Coffee still popular among teens Alex Hickman

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t 6 a.m., do you need that boost of energy? How about when you have hours of studying to do for a test tomorrow? Coffee has become more than just a beverage it’s a serious addiction.

“It’s fast acting, that’s why I drink it,” freshman Aubtin Heydari said. Coffee contains a lot of caffeine which is what gives us the energy.

“I have at least four cups of coffee a day,” library Secretary Bradley Walton said “I like the Costco brand.” The recommended serving of coffee is 200300 milligrams according to About.com or about two cups; having any more can have side effects such as nervousness, restlessness, and irritability.

“The reason why I don’t drink coffee

is because it makes me awake and alert.

Do you drink coffee in the even more tired then I was According to mornings? before, after the caffeine Articlesbase.com when Yes No wears off,” sophomore, you drink coffee the Ricky Valencia said. caffeine in the drink Caffeine is a white causes more neuron crystalline xanthine activity in your brain alkaloid that acts as a which results in the 100 people were polled. Poll by Megan Coverstone psychoactive stimulant release of the hormone drug to raise blood adrenalin. This is what pressure. In humans, makes us crave coffee. caffeine acts as a central nervous system “I don’t drink coffee because I heard it stimulant, temporarily warding off stains your teeth,” sophomore Sara Morris drowsiness and restoring alertness. said. The Australian Dental Association “Yes, coffee makes me really hyper and said that caffeine of any kind ruins your then I crash, it just tastes really good and natural saliva production, causing a dry I crave it,” sophomore Kiana Mason said. mouth which can lead to tooth decay. It “My all time favorite is Star Bucks.” The can also wear away tooth enamel. caffeine in coffee only lasts a few hours “Coffee is like blood, it’s a major so it’ll eventually wear off. According to necessity in my everyday life,” Walton ChaCha.com the reason why coffee makes said. you feel hyper is because caffeine acts like

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a marketing genius,” yearbook teacher Mary Strickler said.

Gaga has released six singles that have all been top ten on the USA’s Billboard Hot 100 Charts including Poker Face, Just Dance, Love Game, Paparazzi, Bad Romance, and Telephone. Some people may not like or agree with Gaga’s music, but they usually agree that she can put on a good show and that she is interesting.

No one can guess what Gaga will do next.

Gaga is on the Monster Ball Tour as of now and will appear all around the world. Her music is also very popular in other countries. Gaga shows no sign of slowing down, her star status keeps rising as she becomes more and more famous. What Gaga will do next, no one knows, but they are certainly looking forward to it.

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From beast to feast...

The life of a turkey

4. Finally, the full grown turkeys reach the factory. Here, they are sorted by weight. Then they are hung upside down, feet in shackles, and are thrown in a conveyor-style line where they are killed. They proceed to be defeathered and cleaned, and more often than not, have some type of artificial basting injected into them. This adds flavor that many people enjoy. Companies may also inject the birds with water, which increases the bird’s tenderness and weight, helping to maximize the selling value of the turkey.

1. On an organic, free-range turkey farm, eggs are generally gathered from the turkeys themselves: the turkey lays the egg and then the farmer collects them to be raised. In a turkey hatchery, the turkey eggs are bred through artificial insemination.

2. Once hatched on a farm, the turkeys are raised in a large, long, and artificially lighted coop, which allows the birds to keep eating their vitaminenhanced feed so they grow faster. In a factory, however, the birds are sorted almost immediately after they have been hatched. Put into the crates, the birds are fed through a machine which separates them by weight. After this, they are shipped to nearby farms or factory/company-owned farms where the growing process continues.

5. After the turkeys are finished with the cleaning and inspecting required by the USDA, they are packaged. Most companies prefer to vacuum-seal the birds in a plastic wrap, as this allows the birds to stay fresh longer because air cannot enter the seal. Shipped on refrigerated trucks, the turkeys are distributed to stores. From the store, the turkeys stay fresh for up to 10 days if refrigerated properly, but the birds can last up to six months if frozen.

3. In these coops, the turkeys continue to grow until they reach full adulthood. As an adult, an adult male turkey weighs, on average, anywhere from 8 to 24 pounds. Private farms or the factories then ship the fully grown live turkeys to processing plants, where they are killed and then packaged for distribution

Infographic by Ben DiNapoli

Thanksgiving recipes bring families together one day each year Molly Denman

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he Thanksgiving holiday is all about food, the holiday revolves around food, and each year families pull out their traditional recipes they make every year and sometimes try new ones.

The traditional Thanksgiving meal consists of a turkey, stuffing, cranberry sauce, mashed potatoes and pumpkin pie. However, families have their own take on the traditional meal with family recipes or a different Thanksgiving meal all together.

“My dad makes his homemade

macaroni and cheese every Thanksgiving, it’s my favorite,” junior Melanie Bridges said.

Family recipes are a big part of the holiday meal. Everyone comes together around the table with food they have been eating once a year for their whole life. Generations of recipes get passed down through families.

“Every year for Thanksgiving, me and my family go to New Jersey to get together with the rest of my family. Fifty of us get together and cook a Thanksgiving meal. My favorite dish is the homemade macaroni my aunt makes. Each year we add a new dish to the traditional family meal,” junior

Shannon Kizner said.

TV shows such as Rachel Ray have holiday specials on new recipes or new takes on traditional recipes for Thanksgiving or websites such as Epicurious offer many twists on foods made for thanksgiving. Holiday cooking specials are aired on the major TV channels during the Thanksgiving holiday.

Thanksgiving recipes bring families together on a special day to cook together and later enjoy the meal they have slaved over all day. Recipes are a good way to bond with family and get together over the holidays

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Families celebrate Thanksgiving in several different ways Paulina Rendon staff reporter

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undreds of years ago, the original purpose of Thanksgiving was a way to give thanks for a good season of crops. Pilgrims and Indians held a huge feast for a celebration that lasted for several days. Now, Thanksgiving is officially celebrated on the fourth Thursday in November in the US, and the second Monday in

October for Canada.

The first thing that comes to mind during Thanksgiving is food. Teenagers especially look forward to this holiday for the specific reason they can pig out the entire day and not get criticized for it. The short break from school is also a bonus for the students because it gives them more time to spend with their families.

The biggest aspect of the Thanksgiving meal is usually the turkey, filled with stuffing, and

maybe some mashed potatoes and green beans on the side.

“My family eats a lot of turkey because turkey is delicious,” junior Ben Marks said. ‘I go down to my cousin’s house and hang out with my family and have a lot of fun.”

Another big Thanksgiving feature is the ability to see family people don’t normally get to see.

“My family from West Virginia comes over. Everyone tells stories and my cousins run around and be crazy. And we talk about deer,”

Kids crave feast over break Christine Choi

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n 2009, more than 226 million turkeys were consumed in the United States and 46 million of those were devoured at Thanksgiving.

Turkeys, mashed potatoes, stuffing, pumpkin flavored baked goods, and breads have become the staple of Thanksgiving meals.

For senior Mark Mullenex, Thanksgiving is more than just a day filled with good food.

“It’s a great family bonding moment,” Mullenex said. Mullenex helps his mom make one of his favorite dishes, the Watergate Salad.

“It a pistachio pudding mix with pineapples, marshmallows, and cool whip. I like thanksgiving foods because it’s stuff you don’t get to eat every day,” Mullenex said.

“Stuffing is definitely my favorite,” junior Kiah Silver-Selassie said. Her grandma makes it and it contains onions, two different types of bread and eggs to make it stick together, then she stuffs it up the turkey. She also makes stuffing balls, but they are better with gravy. “I prefer the inside-the-turkey stuffing because it has that cooked flavor instead of the aluminum foil flavor,” Silver- Selassie said.

Her grandma also makes a ‘smashing’ pumpkin pie served cold and plain (sans Cool Whip).

Junior Lizz Phillips also relishes Thanksgiving dinner. Her favorite is her grandad’s recipe for cranberry sauce which her father now makes for their dinner.

“It has cranberries and cranberry jello - I’m not sure what else is in it,” Phillips said.

“I like it because it is the one time of the year that my family sits down and has a meal together. That’s cool,” Phillips said.

“Creamed onions are delicious,” said junior Andy Shisler. “My dad makes them. They are the little pearl onions with a cream sauce and carrot shavings. I’m not sure what all he puts in them,” Shisler said.

Shisler said Thanksgiving in his family rotates.

Sometimes it is at his house, sometimes at his grandparents. His mom and dad usually do most of the cooking and then they just hang around and watch football.

Attendance office Cathy Grogg always has the same menu and she always hosts it because she has the largest house. She knows what everyone in h er family is best at cooking, so they always cook the same thing. “It’s set in stone what you’re bringing,” Grogg said. When dinner ends, they get out their Black Friday sales paper and map out their shopping plan in order to get Christmas gifts after they have exchanged names. They always have a plan and they go after their gifts systematically!

junior Rachael Kuykendall said.

Every family is is different.

Their preferences and traditions differ, and makes them special.

“We get together and watch NASCAR. Its something the whole family likes to watch.” junior Bobby Garber said.

One thing that differs from family to family is the food. Some families have ‘secret’ recipes or other alternatives to the ‘norm.’

The traditional turkey dinner is

not always for everyone.

“I eat ham, because ham is a lot better than turkey. You can’t put cinnamon sugar glaze and pineapple rings on a turkey,” junior Jordan Bushong said.

Ethnicity could also be a reason to not eat turkey.

“I’m Kurdish, so I don’t eat a lot of turkey,” junior Suma Haji said.

“But I think turkey’s gross anyway.

I eat rice, I eat chicken and baklava instead,” she said.

Garber family enjoys unique treat for holiday Anastasiya Kalyuk staff reporter

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nlike many HHS students, junior Bobby Garber and his family have an unusual Thanksgiving tradition. They like to hunt and prepare squirrel for Thanksgiving dinner.

“I hunt squirrel with a 22 and a 410,” Garber said.

His whole family has been into hunting as long as he can remember.

“My dad got me into hunting.

When I was six, I killed my first squirrel.”

To prepare a squirrel, you have to kill it yourself.

“When you get your squirrel, you have to skin it. To do that you have to cut them straight across their butt. Then, you have to step on their hind legs and pull up. Take out the innards using a sharp knife. Cut on the belly from just under the ribs,

and cut off the squirrel's feet and head. Pull the remaining skin from the legs.”

Squirrels are commonly boiled or fried.

“To boil a squirrel, put it in a pot of water or cook it for about two hours, until it is soft. To fry it, cut the squirrel into pieces and cover it in flour and seasonings.

Fry in oil until it turns brown and simmers for 30 minutes,” Garber said.

To spice up the recipe, Garber said to take out the brains and fry them.

“My great grandad used to cut the brains out and fried them. I never dared to try.”

You can not kill a squirrel unless you have a hunting license and the resource of private land or a national forest. Garber has his hunting license and he only hunts during hunting season.

“Don’t knock it till you try it.

Squirrel is so good,” Garber said.

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Don’t let the bed bugs bite...

Science teachers impart truth about bugs William Imeson

tal science teacher Adam Goble said. “That is where the saying ‘sleep tight, don’t let the bed staff reporter bugs bite’ comes from.”

They often leave little or no evidence of cientists estimate that at any point their existence; only very small amounts of in time there are “ten quintillion-ten fecal matter, or skin rashes are the giveaways. with nineteen zeros after it-insects While they are not known to carry any major living in the world”, according to diseases, bed bugs can cause “psychological Encyclopedia Smithsonian.com. Insects are trauma” according to Goble. Bed bug infestaeverywhere. But one place you don’t want tions can cause people to move out of their to find them is between your bed sheets. homes and spend large sums of money trying Unfortunately, some insects have infiltrated to fix the problem. our bedrooms and are lying in wait. They are Bed bugs are known to hide in places like called bed bugs and the number of them in walls, floors, picture frames, and small crevthe United States is currently skyrocketing. ices during the day. They come out at night Bed bugs, or Cimex lectularius, are ex- when people are sleeping in order to get tremely small parasitic insects that feed on to our bodies. These creatures have an oval human blood. shaped outer shell and are about four to five “They are blood feeders that crawl into millimeters in length. Bed bugs can live for your sheets and bite you at night,” enviromenalmost a year without food and are extremely hard to get rid of.

Reports of bedbug infestations have increased over the past few years, according to the New York Daily News. Even over the past few months, bed bugs have become more numerous. This is because bed bugs have cyclical peaks about every 12 months, the pinnacle of these cycles taking place in August and September. However, this year there have been an unusually high number of cases of bed bug infestations.

One of the causes for the sudden increase in bed bugs is a ban on pesticides.

Anatomy and Physiology teacher Penny Martinez agrees that this could be a cause.

“Bed bugs are worsening, and some of the reasons are due to a lack of pesticides and lack of good hygiene,” Martinez said.

A main killer of bed bugs used to be a pesticide called DDT, which was designed as an insecticide. This chemical killed large quantities of parasites and other bothersome insects. However, in the 1970’s the Yuck! Science teacher Kasey Hovermale displays a model Environmental Protection Agency cockroach to show examples of various bugs such as stink decreed the pesticide to be too danbugs and cockroaches. Photo by Phillip Bannister. gerous for other animals. DDT was

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banned, and ever since insect problems have gradually been getting worse.

“Another reason is that people are doing a lot more traveling these days,” Martinez said.

In this busy day and age, people are traveling all the time. Many businesses require constant travel to cities all over the world.

Big, busy cities are full of insects. The top three most heavily infested United States cities since 2004 are New York, Philadelphia, and Detroit, according to AOLnews.com.

The constant travel and interaction between people provides a perfect breeding ground for parasites. Dirty hotel rooms are common places to pick up bed bugs according to nydailynews.com. These creatures will hitch a ride on your hair, your clothes, your suitcase, and just about anything else.

Bed bugs are not only plaguing residential areas. According to Technorati.com’s Caroline Higgins, Niketown, Nike’s flagship store in Manhattan, had to be recently closed down because of a bed bug infestation. Other companies such as Hollister, Abercrombie & Fitch, and Victoria’s Secret also reported bed bug problems. Bed bug infestations can be disastrous in businesses such as these, where insects can destroy thousands of dollars worth of merchandise.

The most effective method of extermination is heat. Bed bugs cannot survive in temperatures greater than 120 degrees Fahrenheit. Exterminators use high powered heating devices to heat up the infected space. If that does not work, then fumigation and pesticides are often the last resort.

Insects are attracted to dirty environments.

They prefer places covered with grime, food crumbs, and any other range of unsanitary things. They are good places for the insects to breed and eat. The best method of getting rid of bed bugs is to avoid an infestation all together. Do not pick up furniture off the street or anything else that might contain these parasites. Maintaining a clean style of living can also go a long way in the fight against parasites. Simply cleaning the house or room can make a huge difference.

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We’re sort of like detectives,” said Jim Boggs, an exterminator for PermaTreat pest control, “Our job isn’t to come in and spray a bunch of chemicals, we’re going to come in and look at the structure and develop a program that’s going to stop the bugs.”

In recent years, extermination has moved away from the colloquial “spray board jockey” method, where someone arrives, sprays a bunch of chemicals, and leaves.

“We take a more integrated look now,” Boggs said, “We call it ‘Integrated Pest Management’, or IPM.” Instead of applying chemicals right off the bat, the exterminators use a myriad of different methods to “know where, and from which direction, the insects are coming from.”

As vermin often have seasonal cycles, so does the pest control business. Boggs describes spring as the time when they “get most of [their] calls for termites, because that’s their reproductive season. They swarm and come out by the thousands.”

Infestations are often seasonal.

“Toward the end of May and all the way up to the end of August [they] have ants, and crickets show up in fall. Spiders are really bad right about now, and [they] have a lot of problems with mice and rats in winter,” Boggs elaborated.

Boggs says that the hardest job he ever had involved an abandoned hotel with a massive rat infestation.

“Three companies had already failed, and [they] didn’t want to be the fourth.”

Boggs and his team acquired the blueprints for the building and located a steam tunnel underneath the building. He says he “went under and turned on [his] flashlight and there were hundreds of rats everywhere.”

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The next step of the plan was remarkably clever. Boggs ran to the store and picked up some birdseed and pots.

“I started to feed the birdseed to the rats to train them to come to a food source so they wouldn’t go into the building,” Boggs said.

In the third month, he switched the seed with rodenticide and about four days later they were all dead.

“We went under, it was disgusting, we shoveled about 40 garbage bags full of rats out. It was just a great win for what I do. You have to kind of outsmart mice and rodents,” Boggs said.

Carl Hohnke, a local pest control specialist for Minnick Termite & Pest Control, says that each house is a different story. Oftentimes, houses will simply have basements that need to be taken care of, but smaller houses often have crawlspaces. Underneath the crawlspace is “a dirty job, a very dirty job.”

Boggs finds that one of the hardest bugs to exterminate are European hornets and yellow jackets.

“It usually involves climbing up on a ladder 20-30 feet in the air and you run the risk of getting stung and all,” Boggs said. Though Boggs is lucky, in all his years as an exterminator, he has only been stung twice.

How do you feel about bugs?

“I hate bugs. I don’t even understand why they’re here.”

Salim Charles, 11 “I like bugs. I have no problem with them.”

Mallory Cromer, business teacher “I hate them because they’re gross and they get in people’s foods and they’re scary looking.”

Max Solomon, 12 “I’m fine with bugs because they don’t bother me.”

Lucy Rose, 9 “I like bugs, I guess. They’re cool.”

Josh Sloop, 11 “I hate them because I’m scared of them.”

Exterminators battling stink bugs Luke Stephan

It’s a love/hate relationship:

Many other insects also have painful, time consuming processes to take care of them.

Recently, there has been a media hype over a sudden influx of bedbugs. The bugs hitch rides on the clothes and in the suitcases of international travelers, and have managed to infiltrate cities worldwide. Hohnke, says that “roaches are hard, bedbugs are worse.” “[Bedbug removal] is a time consuming process and expensive process. You have to break each room down, the walls, light sockets, picture frames, closets, everything has to be washed and scrubbed down.” Boggs said he could spend anywhere from one to three hours in one bedroom.

Though still hyped in the news, Boggs says that stinkbugs “have run their course.”

There is no avoiding them at this point; his advice is to “caulk the doors, caulk the windows,” and the best thing is to “just vacuum the bugs.”

His company, PermaTreat, who serve the greater central and northern Virginia area, branches out into other, related areas of pest management. He says he installs “Leaf Defiers” in the gutter areas of houses, which keeps the leaves out, and helps stop carpenter ants.

Insulation is also part of their business, as it helps control rodents. Boggs even has a whole line of “green and environmentally sound products” which are “made with nothing but plant oils.” This allows the company to build a broader base with consumers who may be concerned with harmful chemicals.

In the end, Boggs says, “Eighty per cent of what we do is building customer relationships. You have to have good customer service skill, problem solving skills. The other twenty per cent is getting down and dirty. To be a good customer service profession you have to be willing to get down and dirty.”

Jessie Youngblood, 12 “I’m in the middle. Flys and mosquitos are annoying, but lady bugs are just there.”

Claire Glick, 11 “I’m in between. I don’t mind them outside, but inside they freak me out.”

Haley Wenos, 12 “I hate them because they’re nasty.”

Ciara Barber, 11 “I don’t like bugs because I’m scared of them.”

Weylin Holmes, 10 “I like them because bugs eat other bugs but I don’t like them because they’re a nuisance.”

Brougan Brown, 9 “I hate them because they’re gross and crawly.”

Emily Blatt, 12

“I hate bugs because they’re not like me. I have two legs.”

Getting rid of the pesky pests Bed Bugs

Step 1: Identify the problem.

Step 2: Find the infestation site.

Step 3: Call experts about the problem and compare prices.

Step 4: If not too much money, wait for the expert to arrive.

Step 5: If too much money, there are numerous bug sprays, mattress covers, and other things that can be used to kill the bed bugs Step 6: Keep an eye on the infestation incase the bugs come back again.

Stink Bugs

Stink bugs are harder to get rid of than bed bugs. Stepping on them releases the smell into the air, producing a bad odor. Try these steps in trying to get rid of them.

Step 1: Call an exterminator.

Step 2: In the meanwhile, try different bug killers to get rid of them.

Step 3: After the initial infestation, keep your garden kept up well. (If the bugs are in your garden) And watch out for other places where the bugs could be.

Whatever you do, do not step on them!

Brad Johnson, 10 “I hate bugs because they get everywhere and because they’re scary.”

Abdulrahman Aboutabl, 9 “I’m ok with bugs because they help kill bad bugs.”

Courtney Ramirez, 12 infographic by Charity O’Connor

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After hours...

Maria Rose

Editor-in-chief It’s exactly nine p.m. on a Thursday.

It’s dark outside. You’d never be able to tell from inside brightly lit HHS. “So can I just leave my jacket here then?” I ask Carl Miller, ‘graveyard shift’ custodian.

“Sure, I suppose,” he shrugs and answers.

“It’s not like anyone else is here.”

He is right—for the most part. Miller is one of just three people in the school during the evenings. And usually, any time after two a.m., he is the sole person wandering the halls. Miller, in his fifteenth year at HHS, works from nine in the evening until six in the morning from Sunday to Thursday. His duties include cleaning all the hallways, changing light tubes, and “odds and ends around the school; just whatever needs to be done.”

“On a good night, I can clean the bottom floor in three, three and a half hours,” the 53-year-old explains. “Then I can do the first floor in two or so hours, and if I have time, I’ll buff the floors.”

He grabs a mop with a wide cleaning head and thick blue strings—“used to catch the dust, lint, and hair all over the place”—and leads me into the lunchroom commons. This is where he starts before looping throughout the bottom floor. After sweeping up all loose trash, he will go over and wash away all the stains and spills from that day. Miller stops and twists his sneaker against the ground.

“What are you doing?” I ask, perplexed at his sudden stop in both conversation and movement.

“What?” he looks perplexed at my perplexion. “Oh, I forget I even do that.

It’s to get the black skid marks off the floor.

If you rub your foot on it, you can take it out.”

“Like this?” I stomp down on a mark and drag my foot across it. I have to try several times before it disappears.

“Yeah,” he nods. “It’s not much of a science. Just get down on it flat.”

Miller brings a radio out of the custodian office and sets it up near the library. As he completes his cleaning route, he leaves the radio playing because, “It’s too quiet. I can’t handle that,” he said.

Lite FM 96.1 (“Full of variety!” the announcer promises) echoes down the halls.

Jethro Tull, the Rolling Stones, and the Beatles are among Miller’s favorite artists; he is not familiar with new pop music. Rap music, for example, he does not quite know how to approach.

“I don’t know how to put it, but I don’t really know what they’re saying,” he laughs.

Taylor Swift’s ‘Mine’ murmurs from the radio. “I can handle this, though,” Miller nods in the direction of Swift’s voice.

The layout of HHS allows for much easier

coverage than Memorial Hall, the previous HHS building, provided.

Since the hallways are spacious and not as twisted in direction, Miller is able to finish the job with less hassle.

“This is easier to clean because it’s not broken up, and I can just keep going in one direction,” he said. “It’s built differently.”

The noises are also different.

Memorial Hall, an older structure, had many “cracks during the night, when you could hear the building settling,” according to Miller. Since this building is newer, there are fewer sounds, but he is accustomed to all the nuances.

“The stairs always creak,” he gestures to the grand staircase.

“And when the hands of the clock go straight up at the 12, they make clicking sounds if you listen hard enough.”

But he is not fazed.

“It’s not scary,” he said. “At first, if you come in scared, it can make you more scared. You might think someone else was in here besides you. But I’m ok.”

As Miller sweeps, he makes wide, arcing, ‘S’-shaped curves back and forth across the hall. I trail behind him, shuffling forward or backward when I get too close. As we pass by the library, something falls off the brick wall and into the path of his mop.

“Is that a sock?” I ask, as we both peer closer to inspect it.

“I think so. Look, there’s its pair,” he points.

“How does that even happen?”

“Not a clue,” he chuckles. “Not a clue.”

It’s roughly ten o’clock. We’re walking through the science hallways. I can hear the clocks clicking between sentences.

Miller applied for a job as a custodian at Harrisonburg in 1996. For 13 years prior to that, he worked as a machine operator for Walker Manufacturing, a car factory. When he first made the transition to Harrisonburg, temperature was a big factor. “[At the factory], there was no airconditioning or heating. In the summer, it’d be 90 degrees outside, but 110 inside. Here, it’s a nicer place to just be,” Miller recalls.

Initially, Miller was employed during the day shifts. But a few years after he started, then-principal John Heubach was interested in having someone work during the night.

When Miller mentioned a position as a graveyard janitor, Heubach readily agreed.

Without 150 teachers and 1200 students around (as Miller calculates), the high school is still, serene, and mostly, quiet.

He prefers the night shift for the solitude it offers and the ease with which he can approach his duties.

“It’s easier to get the job done,” Miller describes. “There’s no one bothering you.”

And despite all the empty space surrounding him, he never feels lonely.

“I’m not lonely as long as there’s work to be done,” he shakes the mop handle for emphasis.

And there is a lot of work to be done, every night. However, it is not the daunting task some people might find it to be. He has never struggled in completing his assignments.

“It’s not that bad; I’ve never had a night where I didn’t finish my stuff. I just keep on it until it’s done. There’s enough [work] to keep us busy, but not so much we can’t do it,” Miller elaborates. “Just learn your job, and it’s not that big of a deal.”

Happy duo! Dale and Virginia Spitzer clean the of“If I didn’t have stuff to do, it’d fices at night. Photo by Maria Rose. drive me crazy. I’d have to get out

An inside look into the custodian’s closet Citrajinx general purpose cleaner. A favorite of the janitorial staff.

Select cleaner. Used around trash room to keep the pests away.

Floor soap. Used on all tile floors.

Nilosorb vomit cleaner. Self explanatory.

Vandalism remover. Gets rid of magic marker, paint and pencil markings.

Disinfectant. Used on metal surfaces such as water fountains and door handles.

Most of the items in the supply closet are disinfectants. Important when trying to keep the germs at bay in a high school.

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Janitorial staff burns midnight oil after kids go home. A tale in five acts.

of here,” he adds.

Graveyard Shift. Above: Carl Miller sweeps the BSA While he works, Miller Daycare. Below: Custodian Miller waxes the hallways. does not have too much on his Photos by Maria Rose. mind. Instead, he lets himself be caught in the flow of his errands.

“I don’t think about anything too much,” he contemplates.

“I’d rather get up there and get it done.”

We walk slowly down the hallway, still stuck in a dance of follow-the-leader, where I am constantly getting in and out of his way. The amount of trash the mop has caught is steadily growing, and Miller pauses to sweep it onto a dustpan and toss it in the garbage. He heads into the boys’ bathroom to empty it, but seeing the can full, turns and walks into the girls’.

“Anybody in here?” he calls jokingly, before walking into the empty restroom.

It’s nearing eleven p.m.

We’re nearing the athletic hallway and the end of the route. I’m nowhere near the end of the evening.

Have you ever stuck gum under a Miller’s schedule is unorthodox. While table? students and teachers are waking up around six a.m., Miller is just leaving the Yes No high school. After a 15 minute drive, he’ll go home, pull the covers over his head and sleep until one in the afternoon. Then, he rouses himself out of bed and eats “well, I don’t know what exactly you call it. I guess it’d be my breakfast, but in the afternoon.

Whatever, I guess its breakfast when you 100 people were polled. Poll by wake up.”

Will Bleckley.

Sleeping during the day has not been a problem for him. Only on the nights when he is off-duty does he have trouble they introduce themselves as Virginia and adjusting to the ‘unusual’ (for him) schedule. When he cannot fall asleep, he Dale Spitzer. The couple, married for 39 usually flips on the TV. Otherwise, Miller is years now, spends their evenings together sweeping, mopping, and emptying trash in a sound sleeper.

“If I’m tired, I sleep,” Miller says. “It’s over 60 rooms in the high school.

“We just wanted to work together,” the same as sleeping at night. [The sunlight doesn’t bother me] because I figure you Virginia, 58, smiles, throwing her hands in don’t really know too much when you’re the air, as if to say, ‘It’s as simple as that.’

“Wherever you see one of us, you’ll find asleep.”

In the few spare hours he has, Miller the other,” 60-year-old Dale adds. “We’re enjoys watching and following sports on TV. known as ‘the Twins’.” (They are currently He has a particular interest in NASCAR— wearing matching shirts, but Virginia says, “Usually we even wear the same type of “my favorite is Jimmy Johnson,” he said.

Miller used to drive down to Daytona pants, but today we messed up.”)

Virginia pushes a radio on a cart to follow Beach every February for 35 years to watch them as they walk from room to room. They, the Daytona 500. Nowadays, he is tired of like Miller, also listen to music, though they the long drive and uncontrollable crowds, are a little less conservative. She has no and instead watches the race from home.

“It was just like inhibitions when it comes to playing.

“I always sing along,” she says excitedly. one big party,” he “And when it’s Christmas time, I bring remembers. But “when you’re younger, you Christmas CDs. I like singing to my party more,” Miller says, Christmas music.”

The Spitzers interact more through as he takes a moment to silent communication. They are a team, and lean against the mop and rest. “You don’t mess collaborate with each other to finish the around as much when rooms faster.

“When you’re working by yourself, it’s you’re older.” harder to bring everything and get the job For Miller, a job is not about how much one is done,” Dale said. “We’re able to work at a paid. It is not about the steadier pace.”

“We complete each other,” Dale adds, at hours or the scheduling. the same time as Virginia says, “each other’s His job is work, nothing more, nothing less. He thoughts.” They look at each other and just happens to enjoy it laugh.

In an effort to lighten the tedium of along the way. working at night, Virginia says they usually “I didn’t care about the pay; I’m making less make “cutting remarks” and jokes with each than I was before,” Miller other. According to them, you have to have says. “But I like it better a sense of humor to do this job.

“We’re always cutting up and laughing,” here.”

Virginia says. “I’ll sing to Dale and annoy

him-” “Or after she’s done mopping in an area, It’s midnight.

I’ll walk through it and say, ‘Oh, you missed Everything feels like it’s moving slowly. I a spot’,” Dale cuts her off and chuckles. blink my eyes, willing Virginia smiles and dismisses his comment with a flick of her wrist. them to stay open.

Humor allows happiness, they contend.

Miller points me in “Humor helps you cooperate and makes the direction of the other two night janitors and the job a lot easier,” Dale says.

“It makes the day—night—go by faster,” waves goodbye. I promise Virginia adds. to see him again before I Virginia’s cart is specially decorated. leave for the evening.

I greet them, and As she empties the trashcans, she will amidst a flurry of sometimes find presents like teddy bears or waving and ‘hellos’,

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The newcity house of horror

Newcity decorations receive positive feedback from friends, neighbors “There are more lights, and there are Christmas carols playing that we set Savanah Cary up so the lights flash in time with the Business Manager music.”

While they put up some enior Aidan Newcity’s family decorations inside, it is not nearly as extravagantly decorates much as outside.

“We put up a few things in the their house every year for Halloween and Christmas, a dining room and in the entryways tradition they have carried on for the for Halloween, but other than that past ten years. This year for Halloween we do not decorate much inside,” their yard is decorated with multiple Jim Newcity said. “We put up more pumpkins, an inflatable gargoyle, and for Christmas with all the lights and an inflatable haunted horse leading a trees.”

The decorations also help Jim pumpkin carriage.

Newcity get into the holiday spirit.

“I always liked decorating for Halloween, and I thought the When it comes time to set up the inflatables would be a bit over the decorations, he knows that the festive top,” Jim Newcity said. “No one else season is just around the corner.

“Every time I walk into the house I really had them.”

Newcity is the main force behind get a laugh from the decorations,” Jim setting up all of the decorations. His Newcity said.

Jim Newcity’s favorite decoration children used to help set up when that is set up currently is the gargoyle, they were younger, but now it is and he is not the only one who enjoys mostly just him and his wife. its slightly scary face.

“Now that I am This was the first “The gargoyle is in college, I’m not time we have had kind of scary, but home as much, but it also kind of looks people remember when I was home like a puppy dog,” I would help with our decorations the inflatables and from last year, and J i m Jim Newcity said.

“In fact our two the electronics,” say that they look N e w - year old neighbor HHS alumni forward to seeing city, fa- likes to pet it like it Colin Newcity what we will do ther of is a dog.” said. “I really like Colin Newcity the fog machines next year. s e n i o r A i d a n brought a couple and the dry ice, Newcity of his friends because it is not from JMU to see something you see the decorations, very often around and they were surprised to see how here and it creates a cool effect.”

“It has gotten to the point that I intricate they were.

“I took my soccer teammate to see know where I want everything to go, the decorations, and he got a shocked so it doesn’t take too long to set up,” look on his face and took a picture Jim Newcity said.

With an excess amount of with his phone,” Colin Newcity said. inflatables, the Halloween spirit “His girlfriend came too, and she said spread a little farther than the they were the best decorations she Newcity’s house. Neighbors joined has ever seen.”

He is not the only one in the the fun. The Newcity’s extra skeleton playing an organ was given to the neighborhood who enjoys admiring Wilson family across the street, and the lavish ornamentation. The family a Frankenstein and Homer Simpson has always gotten a positive response skeleton went to their next door from trick-or-treaters as well as others who live nearby. neighbors.

“This year was the first time we Christmas is also a festive time at the Newcity’s house with even more have had people remember our decorations from last year, and say inflatables, lights and music.

“I enjoy the Christmas decorations that they look forward to seeing what more because there is a little more we we will do next year,” Jim Newcity can do with them,” Jim Newcity said. said.

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Creepy! Two of the seven skeletons that decorate the Newcity’s lawn.

BEWARE! The inflatable haunted horse drawn carriage is the main decoration on the lawn. It is one of five inflatables that they own.

Cool Effects. Three fog machines add dramatic effect to the decorations.

Inflatable. The inflatable gargoyle is Jim Newcity’s favorite decoration this year.

Newcity’s by the numbers 1 colored steam machine 3 Fog Machines 5 Types of candy 5 Haunted houses 5 Inflatables 5 Strings of light 7 Skeletons 11 Fake pumpkins 20 miscellaneous

You got tricks or treats? Jim and Rebecca Newcity await tricker treaters outside their haunted house. The Newcity family decorates for every Halloween by having a “haunted house” . Photo

by Aidan Newcity.

Haunted house.

View of the Newcity’s house from the street. Photo

by Aidan Newcity.

Ghastly. At night, this skeletal head growls and lights up its eyes. Photo by Aidan Newcity.

Arf! The Newcity family carves a set of pumpkins to represent each dog in their family. The pumpkins decorate their front porch. Photo by Aidan Newcity.

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Competition cheerleading squad places third Anastasiya Kalyuk

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he HHS cheerleaders are anticipating the moment they get to compete to be the best.

They have to follow a certain routine to insure that they can stay at the top of their game. Each routine takes focus and energy to perform it well.

“When we compete, I try to wake up early to get my muscles moving around and because I’m so excited to compete, I can’t sleep,” sophomore Nancy Carrie Logan said, “but it is important to get a good amount of sleep, so you can focus better.”

Saturday morning before the Massanutten District competition, they all met as a team at the high school and ate a good breakfast such as donuts, bagels, breakfast casseroles, bacon, and fruit that is prepared or brought by their parents. When it is time to focus again, the cheerleaders meet up

for 45 minutes to stretch, practice the stunt jumps, and run their routine a few times.

“On usual practice days, we

wear matching outfits, which helps a lot with finding who’s off in the routine,” Logan said.

For competitions, appearance is

important, so they have to do their best to all look alike. “We do our hair and make-up. We all wear fake blond hair which gets us a lot of points for looking alike,” Logan said.

“We all have to wear neutral color eyeshadow and eyeliner underneath and on top of our eyes to make them pop. We also have to wear red lip-liner and red lipstick too,” sophomore Katie Jett said. After their hair and make-up are done, they take pictures and get dressed in their warm ups.

Finally when they arrive at the school, they go into a big room where all the teams gather. One by one, the teams get to use the mat to practice their routine.

“When we are done practicing, we head to the room to change into our uniforms,” Logan said. After the girls are changed, the announcer calls each team and they walk out with a big Blue Streak sign Focus! The HHS cheerleaders prepare mentally for their routine in dis- dedicated to their parents. tricts. Photo by Anastasiya Kalyuk. .

They only make those for Districts and Regionals. Friends and family in the audience have competition t-shirts on and they have signs with each of the girl’s names on it to show their support.

“After a long wait, we come back and perform our routine. As we stand there waiting to perform, we think about every little thing we have to do. Every motion, every jump, every stunt and every facial expression. It all comes down to one moment when we hear the announcer say, you may begin,” Logan said.

When the music starts to blare from the speakers, they perform their hardest.

“I’m crazy nervous when we are waiting behind the doors, but as soon as we run out, the butterflies fly away. My mind is completely blank while performing, luckily I know our routine by heart,” sophomore Sarah Bell said.

District cheer competition kicked off at Broadway Mark Duda

my face.”

Once it is time for their routine, “We go out on Feature Editor the mat and the judges say ‘Harrisonburg, start when ready’,” Jett said, “I think we hit all of our stunts sturdy n Saturday, Oct. 23, the HHS cheerleading and were tight.”

The team competes in two rounds. The first round desquad traveled to Broadway High School cides the district champion, and the second round deto compete in the district tournament. The team placed narrowly behind Turner Ash- cides which teams go on to the regional competition.

According to Jett, the Achilles’ heel for the team has by in both rounds, and third overall, good enough to qualify for the regional competition at Jefferson Forest been tumbling, a major part of their overall score.

“Spotswood has been good with tumbling, which on Nov. 6. their whole team can do, and Before the competition, they rack up the points like the cheerleaders gathered at that,” Jett said. However, HHS’ HHS at 10 a.m, eight hours girls have their specialties, too.

Have you ever attended a before the actual event. “The “Before districts we were the cheerleading competition? thing starts at six, but we get only team in the region that to HHS at 10 to practice and could do triples [toe touches].” eat breakfast, then we go to Yes No Bell is looking forward to the school [Broadway] and the next competition. “We only put makeup on,” sophomore have two more weeks, but since Katie Jett said. we are practicing so much I “We first have a team think we’ll do well,” Bell said. breakfast and get cool gifts “Next year we’ll do better, as a surprise. Then we put but this year since not even half on this tight ugly hairpiece,” 100 people were polled. Poll by our team is tumbling yet we sophomore Sarah Bell said, Jack Adamek. aren’t getting full points,” Jett “I have to take medicine said. [because] the hair thing hurts so bad. I can’t move

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Pow! The HHS competition cheer team does their prepared dance for districts. Photo by Anastasiya Kalyuk.

Cheer coach helped take team to regionals

Team places seventh Paulina Rendon Staff Reporter

Shazam! The HHS cheerleaders pull off stunts for districts. Photo by Anastasiya Kalyuk.

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he Harrisonburg High School cheerleaders placed third in the district competition Saturday, Oct. 23.

They fell three and a half points behind second-place Turner Ashby, with Spotswood placing first.

“We could have at least placed second,” junior Taelor Adams said. “We just weren’t tight enough and not stable enough in the air.”

The next competition for the cheerleaders was on Nov. 6, for regionals. Competition routines are judged on many things – stunts, motions, dance, voice projection, tumbling, jumps, transitions, choreography, and facials.

“The girls are also judged by how together they are as a team,” cheerleading coach Bridget Smith said.

This is Smith’s second year as a cheerleading coach for HHS. Her previous coaching experience was as a volunteer for Broadway’s junior varsity cheerleaders for one year, and several years of her own time on a cheerleading team.

“I cheered through high school and I cheered through college. I wasn’t ready to give it up. I still wanted to be a part of that,” Smith said.

Smith’s enthusiasm for cheerleading carried over into her career. With her team, she focuses on helping them achieve as

many of their goals as she can.

“I enjoy seeing them succeed and how excited they are to perform,” Smith said. “Or seeing someone nail that back handspring.”

During the district competition, Smith was pleased with the way HHS scored in comparison to other teams. She said the girls did very well. This year’s district teams were tough, and while HHS improved, so did the other teams.

A short-term goal for Smith and her team is to work on togetherness.

“We could have a cleaner routine and just hit things more together,” Smith said. “Also, all of our stunts need to look more confident.”

A big issue for the team is the tumbling. According to Smith, tumbling is the team’s weakest area. Unfortunately, that problem isn’t something that can be fixed before regionals.

“Tumbling is something we can improve next year,” Smith said.

However, the team has a strong point as well.

“I think we have the best jumps in the district,” Smith said.

Unfortunately, the team couldn’t jump their way through regionals, placing seventh out of twelve teams. The top four placings go through to states, so for the HHS cheerleaders, the competitive season has ended. However, their regular season ends with the football season. Winter cheerleading helps bridge the gap to next year.

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The Deal

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Jake Durden sports columist

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t is a hard knock life for big-hitting, woodlaying, bone-cracking, steamrolling, skullcrushing NFL players such as James Harrison and Dunta Robinson. The NFL’s new policy on “devastating hits” and “head shots” includes harsh, massive fines and potential suspensions.

On Oct 17, Falcons defensive back Dunta Robinson and Patriots safety Brandon Meriweather were both fined $50,000 by the NFL for knocking the daylights out of wide receivers.

Steelers linebacker James Harrison was fined $75,000 for his huge blow to Browns’ wide receiver Mohamed Massaquoi. Harrison was so upset about the league’s new policy that he left practice and considered retiring from the league that is telling him not to play football the way he was taught. Harrison, one of the best players on arguably the NFL’s best defense, rejoined his team the following day.

Football is the most physical game on the planet. It is not simply a contact sport, but a collision sport. Each and every play, the defense has to do whatever it takes to bring down the ball carrier. If they do not go after a running back at 100 percent, or hesitate for a split second before going in to hit a wide receiver coming across the middle, it could cost them a tackle, a touchdown, and even a win.

I understand why the league wants to crack down on helmet to helmet collisions. These collisions are violent and can lead to concussions, an issue that has been focused on in many sports over the past few years. However, in a game whose pillars include the ability to hit, mental and physical toughness, intimidation, and intensity, the NFL is asking defensive players to reduce their massive blows. Defensive players are supposed to lessen their intimidation on wide receivers running crossing patterns in the middle of the field, and effectively lose their edge and ability to go charging into a collision with another man like a warrior. The league is trying to take away defensive players’ fierceness.

But the question is, who protects the defensive players? How can you expect a 180 lb. defensive back to take down 264 pound wrecking ball Brandon Jacobs? Where is the defense’s protection from being trampled by a massive lineman or Jacobs (known throughout the league as “Earth”)?

As little as a decade ago, defensive players stopped at no expense to tackle the ball carrier and keep them from wanting the ball again.

Somehow, the game has changed from then to now. It wasn’t the players Tweeting after practice or anything technological. It was that players can no longer go barreling into each other without worrying about how much money they will lose, more than their weekly game check most likely.

The worst part about this entire system is that the NFL makes money off these hits.Fans sit in front of the television or drive for several hours to witness these collisions. Huge, brutal tackles are replayed again and again on the big screen, and microphones follow the action everywhere to amplify and record the bone crunching sound of gladiator hitting gladiator. The hypocrisy evident in NFL football is ridiculous, and this is why many players and analysts are infuriated by this new policy.

If professional football has changed this much, then it needs a new name. Ladies and gentlemen, introducing the NFFL: the National Flag Football League.

Athlete Spotlight Shannon Pouncey

Age: 17 Grade: 12th Sport: Football

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hannon Pouncey is the very definition of a football player. At 6’ 3” and 310 pounds, he represents a mighty force on the Harrisonburg team. The 17year-old senior was drawn to the sport after his older brother, Shane Pouncey, also had a very successful career on the HHS football team.

“I started playing football in fifth grade,” Pouncey said. “I stopped after that, but then started again in ninth grade.”

Pouncey plays two main positions on the team, left defensive tackle and right offensive tackle. His most common, and also favorite, position is defensive tackle.

“I love the feeling of stuffing the other team on third and short,” Pouncey said. This is when the offense is on a third down with short yardage to go and the defense prevents them from gaining a first down. “It’s my favorite thing to do when playing a game.”

As a strong defensive force, Shannon emulates his favorite professional player, Jay Ratliff.

Ratliff plays nose tackle for Pouncey’s favorite team, the Dallas Cowboys, and has had a very successful six years in Dallas.

Pouncey hopes and looks forward to competitive playing in college football.

“Football is my passion,” Pouncey said. “I love football, and have a great time playing it.”

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Renaissance sponsors pack the gym nights Peter Byrd

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ack the Gym Night is a Student Council Association (SCA) sponsored event where students fill the stands in the gymnasium to support the girl’s volleyball team. There were 3 Pack the Gym Nights scheduled for this year. The first one wasn’t as good as the SCA hoped it would be.

“We had a Pack the Gym Night versus Spotswood? I couldn’t tell because it was so silent,” said sophomore libero Taylor Grogg.

The Streaks went on to lose the match in five sets. For the next Pack the Gym Night, members of the SCA spread the word and more students responded by showing up for a match against the Turner Ashby Knights. Senior middle blocker Aidan Newcity appreciated the fan support even though the Streaks lost the match in three consecutive games.

“The yelling and screaming from our fans really energized us and gave us more motivation to win,” Newcity said.

“The student section helped because they distracted the other team when they were serving,” Grogg said.

The third Pack the Gym Night was the most important for the Streaks. They needed to beat the Broadway Gobblers to clinch second place in the district and

avoid a date with the top seeded Knights until the championship match. The student bod flocked to the gym and the volleyball team produced, sweeping the Gobblers in three consecutive sets.

“The fans were amazing. They were loud, encouraging, and disruptive to the other team. They greatly contributed to the victory,” said junior hitter Mikala Wolter.

“It means a lot to me that we were able to win the match and finish second in the district in the regular season. It is the highest place in the standings that I have ever finished as a member of this team,” Newcity said.

Unfortunately, the Streaks lost to Spotswood High School in straight sets in the first round of the district tournament. That, consequently, ended their season. The Streaks aren’t hanging their heads though because they finished this season at a respectable 8-11. Last season the Streaks failed to win a match.

Go Streaks! Freshman Jake Byrd rallies the fans at the final home volleyball match against Broadway. On senior night, the Streaks beat the Gobblers 3-0 to wind up second in the Massanutten District regular season standings. The girls were upset by Spotswood in the first round of the district tournament 0-3. Photo by Paulina Rendon.

Tennis courts resurfaced to repair damages Luke Stephan

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arlier this year the HHS tennis courts were in dire need of repairs. Net posts were literally jutting out of the ground, paint was chipping away, and the court had cracks in it.

“Two courts were unplayable,” athletic sirector Joe Carico said “[we needed to] keep the net posts from coming up.” To keep the court in consummate shape, the entire thing needs to be redone every five to seven years.

Jack Burden, a varsity team member, described the old courts as “crappy. The cement was always cracking, even a year or two after they were made.”

Sarah Grace McCormick, a varsity girls team member said that the old courts were “really bad, court one wasn’t even able to be used.”

In an effort to repair the courts, the school hired a team of construction workers to get the job done.

Mario, a supervisor for MidAtlantic Tennis Courts & Repairs, ran the crew, said that their goal was to “put [in] new concrete and net posts.” The court surfaces were cracked, and many were unplayable. Mario elaborated that a “system of crack repairs” was needed to make the courts playable again.

Courts re-done. An early morning look at the renovated tennis courts. Photo by Aidan Newcity.

Carico commended the hard work of the construction crew.

“They’re here when I come in the morning, and they’re here when I leave in the afternoon,” Carico said.

Zack Kraimeche, another varsity player, said that “[he likes} the color, they look really nice.”

With the newly renovated courts, both the girls and the boys teams will look to break the 2011 season off in style.

Kea enjoying freshman football team Michael Johnson staff reporter

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he freshman football season is coming to an end with only two games left. Overall, most of the players agree that their season has gone smoothly and is definitely better then the last season.

Freshman Brennan Kea plays for the freshman football team and has played football for nine years.

“We are doing great this season. We are definitely doing better then last year. It is a great improvement,” Kea said.

Kea plays multiple positions including wide receiver, punt returner, and kick returner. His favorite position out of the three that he plays is wide receiver.

“My favorite position is

wide receiver because I get to catch the ball and score touchdowns, or at least have a better chance of scoring a touchdown,” Kea said.

The team practices from 3:30 to 5:30, Monday through Friday. In practice, Kea runs routes, participates in catching drills, and of course hits.

“I like football because of the physical contact. It is not like any other sport,” Kea said.

Freshman Gary Via is also a member of the freshman football team. He has been playing football for six years now.

“We are doing better then last year,” Kea said.

Via plays center, long snapper, and frontline kick retuner.

“My favorite position is center because I get to hit people,” Via said.

During practice, Via

simply snaps the ball and then blocks.

“My favorite part of the game is whenever I manhandle the other person in front of me,” Via said.

Though there are only two games left, Via hopes to win every single game from here on out.

Freshman Ben Hill is also plays for the freshman football team and has been playing football for two years. He plays linebacker and tight end.

“My favorite position is linebacker because I get to hit people,” Hill said.

During practice, Hill does a lot of drills that works on his feet.

“My favorite part of practice is getting to meet up with friends and hang out,” The team hopes to continue their improvement from the previous year as the season proceeds.

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Night janitors have different perspective on school balloons that are still in good shape, and keeps those to decorate her cart with. There is a white teddy bear with a few marker scratches on it strapped to the handle, and a balloon is planted among the various cleaning supplies.

“They’re great things to find,” she smiles and fiddles with one of the bears. “It’s like recycling almost.”

The Spitzers have had a more difficult time adjusting to the nightshift than Miller. In fact, they never intended to work the night shift, but were assigned to it. In an effort to combat this, they try to come in as close to five p.m. as they can, and to get home around two in the morning. Discussing the late hours when they return home brings back sad memories for the couple.

When Dale used to get home from working the night shift at HHS, before Virginia began working here as well, his son would stay up to greet him.

“He would wait up all night just to say ‘goodnight, dad,” Dale recalls.

After their son passed away in 1998, they felt better in each other’s company, which was a reason that Virginia joined Dale on the night shift.

“We just wanted to be together,” she said, and a quiet pause breaks the conversation as they look at each other.

Even though the solitude of the night shift allows for more efficient coverage, the Spitzers would rather have company.

What Dale misses most about the day shift are the kids and the interactions he had with them.

“I liked having that communication with the kids and talking to the teachers,” Dale remembers. “There wasn’t a kid I didn’t pick on. If I didn’t joke with you, I didn’t like you. And that was rare, too.”

Despite the challenges being a custodian brings (“One time, a septic tank overflowed and that was nasty,” Dale said.

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“It was just up to your ankles in, well, you know.” He raises his eyebrows and leans closer. “You think I’m kidding, but I’m not.”), Virginia claims that everything depends on your attitude. If you put in the best effort to any job, it goes by faster, and you might find yourself enjoying it along the way.

“You just realize it’s your job and you have to do it,” she explains. “Don’t take it too hard. We’ve had to adjust and now we know what’s expected.”

They both appreciate how understanding the administrative staff is at HHS, and how that permits them to be more flexible with their work.

“They try to reach out to people,” Dale said.

“To some people, it may not be a lot, but to us it’s big,” Virginia adds. “When the kids put chairs up on tables, or when the principals put birthday cards in our mailboxes, it means something. It’s the special little things the school does that makes this a nice place to be.”

It’s sometime between 12 and one a.m. Probably closer to one. I’m so sleepy it does not really make a difference.

The Spitzers send me off with an enthusiastic farewell; plenty of laughter and smiles. I spot Miller in the hallway, and he hands me my jacket.

“Figured you’d need this. It’s cold outside,” he said. He offers to walk me to my car since, “even though we don’t have trouble around here, you can’t be too careful.”

We stop at the curb before the parking lot starts. The floodlights are off, and the darkness swallows up the concrete where the school light fades away.

“Guess you must be tired,” he smiles. “Get a good night’s rest now.”

“Thanks,” I answer, yawning and happy with my evening.

“You’ve got a while to go before your sleep, don’t you?”

He nods. The night for him, after all, is still young.

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November 19, 2010

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Goin’ Huntin’ Hunting provides quality bonding for father and son

Hunting season fast facts

Jake Durden staff reporter

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ver since the fragile age of eight, Mitch Depoy has been hunting. Depoy ventures on around 15-20 hunting trips in West Virginia each year, where he shoots, traps, and fishes for wild game.

“I typically hunt anything from turkeys, coyotes, rabbits, squirrels, deer, fish, you name it,” Depoy said. “At my cabin, one trapper has caught bobcats, foxes, possums, and skunks as well. He was a very experienced hunter and has traveled the world hunting for various species of game.”

Last winter at the beginning of deer season, Depoy traveled to his cabin in Franklin, West Virginia in pursuit of his elusive prey.

“My dad and I went out on a chilly, foggy morning at six o’clock in the rain to search for deer. After we had staked out for several hours, we hadn’t seen any deer due to the low visibility. At noon my dad went down the spine of the ridge to flush out any deer in the area. He ‘kicked up’ a deer for me and it slowly worked across the ridge towards me.”

Depoy was unable to aim at the stag through the fog.

“I drew my scope but the deer had already faded into the mist. I chased after the deer for quite some time. I made grunt calls, but the prey refused to come out of hiding. I had a

- It is illegal to place or distribute food, salt or minerals to feed or attract deer from Sept 1-Jan 1.

- West of the Blue Ridge, hunters can bag one deer a day and five in a license year. Of the five, no more than two may be antlered deer.

- Dogs may not be used in deer hunting.

- The three different deer hunting seasons are archery, muzzleloader and firearm.

- Archery season is from October 1 to November 12.

hunch and guessed about where the deer would time. eventually come through the trees. Finally, I “I wouldn’t trade it for anything in the caught sight of him again through my scope world,” Depoy said. and shot him in the gap between two trees. I wasn’t sure about the quality of the shot and the deer tried to escape. It stumbled on for about 20 yards before it collapsed. The deer was a tall, eight-point stag around three years old. This was my crowning achievement of last hunting season.”

Depoy took his prize back to his family’s cabin to keep.

Depoy and his father use their hunting ventures as opportunities for bonding and quality time.

“Hunting brings my dad and me together. Most of the time we are sitting there waiting, talking about life and hunting. We are each other’s only company out there,” Depoy said.

Though Depoy and his father are typically lonely out in the vast expanses of West Virginia wilderness, when they return to their cabin, friends and family are often their to meet them.

“My dad has a hunting club with fifteen members. They all come out to the cabin a few times a year to hunt with us,” Depoy said. “I enjoy spending time with all those guys. They are skilled hunters and fun to swap stories with.”

Trophy head. Junior Mitch Depoy proudly shows The fellowship and adventures Depoy off a recent hunting prize- a young buck. Photo gains from hunting make it his favorite pas- courtesy of Mitch Depoy.

Fitzwater enjoys sneaking up on his prey Shane McMahan

-Muzzleloader season is from October 30 to November 12.

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-Firearm season is from November 13 to November 27.

-Saturday, September 25, was Virginia Youth hunting day in which youth under age 15 can bag one anterless deer.

Infographic by Ali Byrd

staff reporter

unting is a passion for senior John Fitzwater. Fitzwater started hunting when he was six years old, and now considers it one of his favorite activities. He was drawn to the idea of hunting from his dad, also an avid hunter.

“I absolutely love hunting,” Fitzwater said.

“The thrill of shooting something is awesome, and I also like the feeling you get when you sneak up behind an animal.”

Fitzwater said that he uses a rifle when deer hunting and different types of shot guns when hunting smaller game, such as squirrels and rabbits.

Fitzwater’s favorite part of hunting “is definitely when you see the animal on the ground

after you shoot them.”

He hunts at his farm, about 15 miles outside of the city limits, usually with friends Colin Hummel or Daniel Horst.

“I think it is way more fun hunting with someone rather than being alone because it gives you someone to enjoy it with,” Fitzwater said.

Fitzwater usually hunts white-tailed deer, though occasionally hunting rabbits and squirrels. He said that he has fun on whatever hunt he participates in, so he doesn’t really have a favorite hunting trip thus far. He did make clear that one day he hopes to take a trip out west, hunting bigger size game in the rugged western mountains.

“Deer hunting is probably my favorite, just because it is the most widely anticipated type of hunting,” Fitzwater said.

Fitzwater made clear that in a few weeks when the season opens, he will surely be waiting for the right deer to walk by.

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Horst able to face the many challenges of hunting Aidan Newcity

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hen you shoot a squirrel in the butt, fail to kill it, and it comes charging after you, it is not a experience that you can easily forget. Senior hunter Daniel Horst, has witnessed an angry squirrel - it has since become his favorite hunting memory.

“My favorite story is when [my friend] John Fitzwater shot a squirrel in the butt, and then the squirrel charged us and chased us,” Horst said.

Horst has been hunting for the past four years. He hunts on his friend’s private property.

A lot of Horst’s friends hunt with him, including fellow seniors John Fitzwater, Colin Hummel and John Dod. “Hunting is a fun thing I can do with my friends and have a good time doing it,” Horst said. “We sometimes compete to see who can get the best kill.

People hunt for a variety of reasons. The love of guns is among them. As long as they have a gun and hunting license, they can have fun

shooting legally. The number of kills a hunter gets is very important to them. They usually compete with each other about the number.

The thrill of hunting and the love of the outdoors are also reasons people try hunting. For Horst, there is one main reason; excitement.

“For me, excitement is why I like to hunt. I like the feeling of going out and hunting and possibly killing something. The whole Senior sport is very exciting Daniel all-around,” Horst said.

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“I like the feeling of going out hunting and possibly killing something.”

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hunting for awhile. have fun together while doing something we both enjoy,” water said.

Hunting is not for everytakes a special kind of person for hours on end, silent, lurking

in the shadows for their prey. The sedentary, motionless pose of the hunter is disliked by many. Horst, however, has adjusted to this painful pose and tries to remain focused on his potential prey.

“Hunting can get boring sometimes. Not boring, but if you are lying there for a long time with nothing there it can be boring. But once something comes it is very interesting,” Horst said.

Every hunter has their favorite kill, the one thing they are most proud of.

For Horst it is an enormous deer. Horst uses a rifle and a muzzle loader to go hunting.

“The best thing I killed was a deer. It is an accomplishment because deer are really fast and can hear well, so it is tricky to shoot one down,” Horst said. “I use the rifle more than I do the muzzle loader, but I still enjoy using both.”

Hunting for some, is a hard sport to get used to. Many people can not sit still for a long period of time waiting for something to happen.

Not everyone can aim well enough to hit something. Horst and others enjoy hunting a lot, where they do it almost every weekend in the fall. For Horst, hanging out with his friends, being outside, and experiencing the excitement is what hunting is all about.

Hunting without the gore: video games

iHunt is one of the newer and upcoming types of hunting games, available for Apple products such as the iPhone and iTouch. This highly porCabela’s Big Game Hunter 2010 is the The Duck Hunter was one of the first popular table version is convenient for those who are latest in a line of well-liked video games., Hunting video games, created by Nintendo always on the go, and still as lifelike as possible in 1984. A computer verison is now avail- designed to replicate as closely as possible with the graphics and simulations. the actual attributes of a great shooter. able.

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rchery is a curious sport.

Of course, it is well recognized because the eminent Sir Robin Hood used it to steal from the rich and give to the poor. Such a famed sport ought to be taught in high school physical education classes right along side basketball, soccer, football, king-ball, Frisbee, baseball... And so it is.

P.E. teacher, Chris Grefe takes pleasure in teaching archery to his freshman

Big Buck Hunter is a crowd pleasing arcade game that is also now available for home purchase. Players get to pick up and use a mini shotgun to hunt their prey all over the world.

Infographic by Jake Durden

“Every one participates and has fun,” Grefe said.

As opposed to a sport that requires considerable physical activity, archery grasps the interest of a wider range of students.

“It is a different activity, totally different than any other, and even people who don’t like P.E. can do it,” Grefe said.

Archery is a potentially dangerous sport, especially in high school gym classes.

“Those arrows will kill you. I don’t have slack with it,” Grefe said.

Students understand that the arrows are dangerous, in fact, that is a minor factor in teaching archery. Grefe greatly emphasizes safety, but the most difficult part is

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Hummel picks up hunting as a new favorite hobby Shane McMahan staff reporter

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n sixth grade, senior Colin Hummel decided that he would take up hunting as a new hobby. Hummel doesn’t plan on stopping anytime soon.

“I would definitely consider it one of my favorite activities, without a doubt,” Hummel said.

Hummel hunts at a lot of different places, but mostly in different places in West Virginia and at his uncle’s house in Mount Crawford.

Hummel also explained that having someone hunting with you makes the experience that much more enjoyable.

“I usually hunt with my dad, my brother, or my friend Isaac Hall,” Hummel explained.

The type of animal also has an impact on the experience Hummel said.

“I hunt deer, turkey, squirrels, doves, and even coyotes on occasion,” Hummel said.

Hummel has had many exciting hunting moments and experiences, but none compare to his first deer kill.

“My favorite hunting trip was obviously when I shot my first deer with my dad, because it is something that I will always remember,” Hummel said.

Hummel agreed that hunting can take on a negative connotation from time to time, but insists that it is just as normal as any other everyday hobby.

“Some people like to play video games, I like to hunt.”

teaching students how to shoot the arrow.

“People who are not as strong struggle with how to hold the bow and get frustrated,” Grefe said.

To progress through this problem he promises his students that by the end of the unit they will be able to shoot and hit the target every time.

“It is a challenge. You start out feeling like you can’t do anything and end up feeling accomplished. It’s pretty fun,” freshman Abdulrahman Aboutabl said.

To keep student interest, Grefe holds tournaments.

“We each have partners, and the pairs with the higher scores move up,” freshman Skyler Johnson said.

Grefe enjoys archery enough to teach the subject early so his students could have it as an option to play later in the year.

“If they like it, we will do it again, it is the funnest unit I teach,” Grefe said.

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Renaissance Rally 2010: Mr. Bluestreak

Judges. Juniors Ben Harris and Allen Rivera pose in front of the judges in the hopes of gaining more points in the contest. Photo by Emily Jamieson

Pose! Junior Ben Harris poses for a picture during the competition. Photo by Emily Jamieson

Bold in Blue. Junior Allen Rivera models a blue denim dress in the 2010 Mr. Blue Streak contest for the junior guys. Photo by Olivia McCarty

Renaissance. HHS faculty applaud renaissance students as they enter for the rally. Photo by Emily Jamieson

Mr. Blue Streak. Senior Rahsiem (Scooby) Johnson gets crowned Mr. Blue Streak by principal Irene Reynolds. Photo by Emily Jamieson

Let’s dance! Sophomores show off moves during dance portion. Photo by Emily Jamieson

Straight 6’s! HHS faculty members award straight 6’s to one of the contestants. Photo by Emily Jamieson

Choices. Senior Xuyi Gu picks a prize envelope. All renaissance kids got an envelope. Photo by Olivia McCarty

Results. Freshmen await results after showing off their evening wear. Photo by Olivia McCarty

Congrats! Teachers form a tunnel for renaissance kids to walk through during the opening of the rally to appreciation for all the hard work they put in. Photo

by Olivia McCarty

Umm. Sophomore Sam StOurs thinks about his answer during a Q/A portion. Photo by Emily Jamieson Run Away! HHS Faculty member Richard Morall chases Reynolds. Photo by Emily Jamieson

Single Ladies. Seniors dance to the song Single Ladies. Photo by Olivia McCarty

Peace. Junior Ben Harris offers a peace sign to the cameras. Photo by Emily Jamieson

Make me over. Contestants apply make-up before the competition begins. Photo by Emily Jamieson

An 8! Senior Connor Wolfe is awarded and 8.

Photo by Phillip Bannister

Cheese! Junior Allen Rivera offers a smile in the hopes of getting a higher score from the judges. This earnes him a 9. Photo by Emily Jamieson

Shoo! The crowd goes crazy as Reynolds swats at junior Allen Rivera as he bends over in front of the judges during part of the dancing portion of the competition. Photo by Phillip Bannister

Well. Senior Rahsiem (Scooby) Johnson answers on what he would change at HHS. Photo by Olivia McCarty

Tiara. Reynolds prepares the Tiara for Mr. Blue streak. Photo by Phillip Bannister

The Sash. Judges hold the sash and tiara until the end of the competition. Photo

by Phillip Bannister Crowd Pleaser. Richard Morell’s answers make the audience and judges laugh.

Photo by Phillip Bannister

I...Sophomore Weyland Holmes thinks hard about an answer. Photo by Phillip Bannister

Previous winner. 2009 champion Jay Blair sports his winning tiara. Photo by Phillip Bannister