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Volume XC • Issue 3 • October 16, 2009

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Marching band sweeps competitions Emma DiNapoli Editor-in-Chief

T Wild colors. Math teacher Patricia Kelley participated in Tie-Dye Tuesday during homecoming week.

Photo by Aidan Newcity

he HHS Marching Band, directed by J.R. Snow, begins practicing its newest show in the first weeks of August in order to perfect both the music and difficult marching techniques. This year’s marching show is titled “One Year” and covers an array of seasonal activities, beginning with the dropping of the ball in Times

Square on New Year’s Eve. The Marching Blue Streaks have begun their competition season with unprecedented success—since their opening competition at Millbrook High School, the Streaks have repeatedly won their division, as well as awards in other categories.

Drum major Sarah DiNapoli believes the show’s early success stems from band members’ drive to constantly improve.

“I’ve never gotten mad during practice, because the

News Briefs Red Sea shirts are available for purchase in room 444, for $10. Scholarship information is now available in the guidance officer for all interested seniors. Listen to the announcements to learn about college visits. Streaks Serve the ‘Burg is still recruiting for club members. All athletes are invited to help serve the community. The PSAT will be administered on October 17. Do not forget this important date! The bloodmobile will be at HHS on October 30.

Sign up in room 444. The first Symphonic Band and Honors Choir concerts will be held on October 15 from 7-9 p.m. in the auditorium. The One Act cast will put on a public performance in the auditorium at 5:00 p.m. Admission is free. 

Sports Briefs The varsity football team takes on Stuarts Draft at Draft at 7:30 p.m. tonight. The competition cheerleading squad will compete in the district competition at Turner Ashby on Oct 24. The competition will begin at 6:00 p.m. The girls and boys cross country teams will compete in their first postseason meets on Oct 27 at Burtner Farm (Peak View Elementary School.) Open gym nights for the girls and boys basketball teams have begun. Athletes interested in playing on either team should listen to the announcements to find out when these off-season workouts are being held.

newsstreak.com Updated class wars scores Daily lunch menu Advertisement forms Breaking news Athletic calender and updated scores Polls and more

Coming Up: Longaberger basket bingo returns to HHS Exchange student profiles ECMC scholars program Spanish club co-ed soccer tournament Baseball open field Debate tournament School breakfast program losing money Power hour DECA stairwell clean-up project Chris Crutcher coming to HHS Winter sports previews

Ready, set, march! Mellophones file onto football field. Photo by Emily Jamieson.

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Former president Carter speaks at Convocation Center able to attend the special dinner given in honor of the President, as well as sit on the “floor” of the center, in ccording to the seats right in front senior Parth of the stage.

Goradia, If being 50 feet away J i m m y from all the action was Carter, the former not enough, Goradia United States president, also got a chance to has extremely hairy meet and speak to the hands. But Goradia former President. does not mind.

“I shook his hand On the evening and said ‘Hey, what’s of Sept 21, the JMU up?’” Goradia said, Convocation Center shaking his head as he remembered.

“And he replied, ‘Nothing.

Just hanging out.’”

Goradia was not intimidated by meeting the former President, but rather, excited.

“He’s not that tall,” Goradia explained, laughing. “I wasn’t nervous; I didn’t have time to be.

And I didn’t really Peace in the Middle East. President Carter spoke to a get to talk to him crowd of several thousand on world peace. Photo by for that long.”

However, Maria Rose.

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was full to bursting with people eager to see the 39th President of the United States. While the main purpose of the ceremony was to present Carter with the Mahatma Gandhi Nonviolence award, he also gave a speech promoting peace in the Middle East.

Goradia, who has family members on the Board of Directors at the Mahatma Gandhi Center at JMU, was

Keith May, chairman of JMU’s Mahatma Gandhi Center, did feel a bit jittery as he was introduced to the President and First Lady, Rosalyn Carter.

“There was a lot of initial intimidation, but I as kept talking to them, it all dissipated,” May said. “They’re both so approachable and easy to talk to.”

The award JMU presented to Carter had only been given out once before, in 2007, to Archbishop Desmond Tutu, a South African civil rights activist. The Mahatma Gandhi Nonviolence Award will now be given once every two years to a person who has demonstrated excellence in working toward peace.

“The [Mahatma Gandhi Center at JMU] works to promote nonviolence at JMU and around the community,” May see Carter, page b4

4T nursery program loses grant, needs money to continue Alison Domonoske Feature Editor

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he 4T (Teaching Teen and Toddlers Together) nursery program is in its fourth year of existence. 4T was established in January 2006 to allow students with children the opportunity to graduate.

“In 2003 I had students who had children that were getting in trouble for not coming to school because they had to take care of their kids. That was when I got the idea for a nursery,” said 4T leader Beth Beahm. Beahm Hungry? Children are fed, played with and cared for by had her students write letters to principal volunteers at the 4T nursery. Photo by Rafiqa Haji.

Irene Reynolds and then got the program approved by the school board. how high school drop-outs positively contribute Reynolds thinks the nursery is important because before the nursery, many kids could to our community,” Reynolds said.

Also, Reynolds was worried about the care not complete high school. In the community, the babies were getting at home. people have objected to the nursery by saying it “We didn’t know the quality of day care kids promotes teen pregnancy. Reynolds disagrees, saying that in the past few years pregnancy has were having, but with the nursery we know that they’re all well-taken care of,” Reynolds said. decreased in Harrisonburg.

Since 2006, 22 students have successfully “We have no data that supports what they say and I challenge these people to discover graduated while taking care of children in the nursery. “Without see nursery, page b4

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cool thing about the band is that everyone wants to make themselves better,” DiNapoli said. “If I’m ever mad, it is mostly frustration at myself, because when I mess up it confuses the band.”

Snow takes band practices as seriously as any sports practices.

“The students have a drive to get better,” Snow said.

“Every day, we are practicing, which allows any group to excel in their field, and this [band] is no different.”

The band has earned awards in a wide variety of categories.

“We won best general effect at Hermitage, which means the judges liked the show and the theme and the color guard,” DiNapoli said. “It was especially crazy to win because we were the first show of the competition, which means the judges remembered us through the whole competition.”

The best general effect award is typically awarded to the band with a show that best captures the audience’s—and the judges’- attention, an area that the band has struggled with in the past.

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New club building robots Christy Stearn Staff Reporter

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ven though it is the first year HHS has had a Robotics Club, its members are very excited to get things started.

The new club is looking forward to meeting with each other and working on their projects that they will complete with over the course of the year.

The first challenge the club faces is constructing a mindstorm robot. The team is learning to program and operate the robot for an upcoming competition. After they have met this task, the club is going to begin a second assignment. During January, the Robotics Club will receive a box of parts in the mail. The members will have to assemble the parts to create a robot. They present their finished product at Virginia Commonwealth University during April.

The Robotics Club has set multiple goals for themselves this year. The club expects to evolve significantly as the year progresses. “[The Robotics Club] has three goals that we want to get accomplished this year,” Geoffrey Estes, math teacher and Robotics Club leader said.

“We want to do well at our competitions, encourage the students at the middle school to join the club, and have a see robots, page b4

International festival held despite wet weather Diana Gutierrez Style Editor

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illandale Park attracts people from all over the community, especially on the day of the International Festival.

The International Festival is a time for people, businesses, programs and schools to interact, inform each other, and create unity.

People from different cultures such as Rwanda, Mexico and Kenya gathered to sell handmade products and represent their countries.

Businesses that attended also showed the diversity and offers of their company.

One business in particular, Ten Thousand Villages attended the festival for the first time.

“This is a great way to get people to unite. This is actually our first year doing this,” worker from Ten Thousand Villages, Brunka said. Ten Thousand Villages brought jewelry, bags and other small items.

“Most of the items we have are brought from third world countries,” Brunka said.

There were many places to visit and each had a creative touch.

Schools set up stands for programs such as clubs, HHS’ Key Club had a stand with students volunteering to raise tobacco awareness. In order to show the affects of tobacco, they had a display of healthy pig lungs and unhealthy pig lungs (due to smoking a pack of cigarettes a day).

“I think it is really cool how everyone in the community can get together. It shows see festival, page b4

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Results from the powderpuff football game.

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Students and teachers celebrate homecoming week.

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October 16, 2009

NEWS BRIEFS Any seniors interested in doing a senior service project this year should stop by room 526 to pick up a senior service project packet and talk to Sarah Grefe about possible project opportunities. Key Club will be returning to Lohr’s’ farm Saturday Oct 24 from noon to 4 p.m. This is one of the busiest Saturdays at the farm and they need all the volunteers they can get.

Volunteers will help pick and load pumpkins and/ or work with kids at play land. Sign up sheets and directions are in room 454.

Visit www.lohrsfarm.com for more information. In honor of Halloween, IMPRINT is having a ghost and/or monster story contest. Any stories, poems or music that fit the theme are welcome. 1st prize is a horror movie with popcorn.

Second place is a trick or treat pumpkin filled with treats. Winners work will be submitted to the magazine and put online. Stop by room 457 or the library for submission forms.  

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SAT workshop prepares students for test at Blue Ridge. She is now retired except for teaching this class at the high school. Graham liked the class, but there was a lot of work involved. ll students who plan “There were a lot of workto go to college must sheets,” Graham said. Graham take the SAT. Some plans to take the SAT on Octostudents at HHS and ber 10. Although Graham did other schools in the county are not get much out of the class taking a workshop to help imhimself, he still recommends it prove their scores. The class to other students. was offered on Sept 26 from 9 “If you haven’t taken the a.m. -4 p.m. The class is usually SAT before, then it would be offered twice a year, right behelpful,” Graham said. Senior fore the actual SAT George Kim has not dates. Eleven HHS taken the SAT yet WHAT YOU THINK students enrolled in in high school. In Are you taking the SAT/ the class. This year it sixth grade, he atPSATs? was decided to open tended SAT classes, the class to students but he has not taken from EMHS and the actual SAT. Kim the county schools was also enrolled if there were open in the SAT/PSAT spots. The class cost prep course and 86 sophomores, juniors and $135. seniors polled on October 7 also plans to take “I have taken the

by Ryan Maphis the SAT on Oct 10.

SAT before and the “In the class we class kind of helped,” worked on basic math, gramsenior Ian Graham said. “Howmar and practice essays,” ever, I already knew most of Kim said. “[Beverly Noel] exthe information.” Graham parplained well how to figure out ticipated in the SAT prep class the problems.” on Sept 26.

The SAT consists of three The class helps with familmajor parts, writing, reading iarity of the test questions and and math. Most students who test taking skills. The teacher of prepare and study before they the class, Beverly Noel, taught take the SAT score better than Savanah Cary Feature Editor

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Art by Vivian Tejeda students who go into the test not knowing what to expect.

Kim recommends this class to prepare students for the SAT. “If you do not know what the SAT is like, it is helpful to know what the problems will be like before you take it and this class did a good job of introducing you to the questions,” Kim said.

Guidance Director Amy

Powers, who has experience with helping students know what to do when applying to colleges, finds that it is important to offer the prep class for students.

“It gives the students an opportunity to learn more test taking skills and practice before taking the actual SAT,” Powers said. 

Debate team successful at first tournament Michael Johnson Staff Reporter

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nice healthy argument is always good. The debate team does this every day in class preparing for tournaments. Their first tournament was on Oct 1 at Fort Defiance High school.

“We debate twice a week in class,” Peter Norment, debate coach and English teacher, said. “We do not teach debate, we just debate to prepare for tournaments.”

There are four different groups of debate; policy, public form, Lincoln

Douglas, and student congress. Policy bring. She is participating in public fois a broad subject and stays the same rum.

“I am excited about experiencing throughout the year. It is a two-on -two debate. Public form is when the what debate is like,” Culbreth said.

Freshman Isaac topic changes every Falk also attended the month and it is also tournament. He is cona two-on-two debate.

I am excited about fident about the team’s Lincoln-Douglas is experiencing what abilities. “I am excited about values and is debate is like.” about winning,” Falk a one-on-one debate. said.

Student Congress in Freshman At the tournament, volves many debatMadeline Culbreth sophomore Ryan Waers. There is no set ligora took home fifth argument and you can place in junior varsity argue about whatever you want. Participants try to get called Lincoln-Douglass and junior Jo Donahue won third place in the same caton as much as possible.

Madeline Culbreth, a freshman, is egory. Junior David Proctor won sixth curious about what the season will place in varsity Lincoln-Douglass. In

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Streaks Club helps sponsor HHS sports Streaks Club has Jordan come back to Ryan Maphis HHS annually to hand out autographs and take pictures. This year in prepaFeature Reporter ration for the retiring of Jordan’s jersey number 5, Streaks Club purchased wo years ago the Blue Streak T-shirts to be sold at the Homecoming Club was all about fundrais- game. ing. After realizing it was time Some students find football games for a change, Streaks Club, got to be the best place to show off their a makeover. Fundraising wasn’t the fo- school spirit. Streaks Club gives them cus anymore; it was about being a sup- the opportunity to be rewarded for portive club for the Blue Streaks. it. “Fan of the week is announced at “We wanted to be known as more of a the football game and if your name is booster club, we love to do fundraising, drawn you can come to the booth and but we also want to put as much spirit pick something for 10 dollars or less,” in this as we can,” club sponsor Cathy Phillips said. Students who show the Phillips, a mom of two HHS alumni, most spirit are eligible to become fan said. of the week. The person who seems to As well as getting their name made have shown the most Blue Streak pride over, Streaks Club got a new face at the takes home the prize. Ideas like “Fan home games. The clothing booth was of the Week” are hosted by the Streaks added inside the gates of the football Club spirit club. Other events such as stadium. Painted by the Art Club, the Blazer Night are sponsored by the club booth houses all of the Streaks gear, as well. such as hoodies, sweatpants, T-shirts “Kids definitely enjoy (Blazer and lanyards for students or adults.

Night),” Phillips said. “We have orThis year the club is involved in dered crazy socks for October 27th fundraising to purchase a new wres- at the home volleyball game against tling mat. Their goal is ten thousand Turner Ashby and at the next football dollars. Anyone is invited to come to game. The idea is to sell the socks and a meeting and contribute ideas about have a tee designing contest. The theme fundraising or the club, which is open is “Sock it to ‘Em.” to students as well as adults. Seniors Ian Streaks Club is a behind the scenes Frazier and Drake Cary are members of spirit booster according to Phillips. Ian Streaks Club. “Students are welcome to Frazier is the known face of spirit to join,” Phillips said. students. Frazier carries the white HHS To join Streaks Club, members must flag at football games, trying to rouse buy a card that is based on a five dollar the school spirit of the fans. The flag he fee. However, members are invited to carries used to be Phillips’ daughters give as much as they feel they can. Club when she was a cheerleader at HHS members bring their cards to home several years ago. “It became a tradifootball games and receive free gifts, tion to pass the flag down from senior such as foam hands and key chains, as to senior,” Phillips said. well as coupons to area restaurants to This tradition was lost when the flag show their Blue Streak spirit. went missing this year, but has now Streaks Club members are also first been replaced by a newly ordered flag. in line for prizes and special events However, going to the games to show hosted by the club. One of these special off their school spirit may propose a events includes the hosting of Eagles monetary problem for some students, player Akeem Jordan, HHS alumni. The so Streaks Club came up with a way to remedy the issue.

The club introduced punch cards for admittance to the home games of any sport. The card gives students the chance to save ninety dollars. “It’s not the same as a membership card; the punch card is for students only,” Phillips said. She considers the card to be a great savings. At 40 dollars a card, students will get into 18 games for much less than paying the five dollar fee for every game.

Students who are interested in joining Streaks Club or purchasing a punch card can join at school in the athletic office, by Streaks Club sells merchandise to help sponsor talking to Richard Kelly, or by talking to Cathy Phillips.  HHS teams. Photo by Emily Jamieson

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Public Forum, the team of freshman Madeline Culbreth and sophomore Ben Marks won fifth place. In Policy Debate the team of seniors Mary Salehi and Edwin Bonilla took home first place.

Juniors Xuyi Guo and Tim Galicki won second place in Policy Debate while junior Bobby Rotzin and freshman Alexis Keopanga won third place in the same category.

“I think it was an average debate tournament,” sophomore Howard Zuo said. “Only varsity Lincoln-Douglass actually did three rounds. Everyone else only did two because the person who manages the tournament wasn’t there.”

The next tournament is Nov 5.

Walton enters tenth forensics year improve from being horrible to being terrific.

“My favorite memory would have to be the first time we won regionals, because it was unexpected,” very year students come Walton said. together in forensics to exThe competitions are at differpress themselves with other ent schools throughout the district. students their age. Library Turner Ashby, Spotswood, Broadsecretary Bradley Walton is the di- way, and Harrisonburg high schools rector of the club and helps them all hold competitions. The Harriwith practices and sonburg team rarely competitions. Since goes to far away the team does not competitions, but meet on club days, every now and then it is very important they go to Richmond to go to practices. for a competition.

“The whole team “We have about meets once a month six to ten people on in the library and our team now since that is the day of our number has incompetition. Then creased this year,” we have individual Rodriguez said. practice whenever Since there is nevyou want with Mr. er a deadline to join Walton,” junior the forensics team, Kathy Rodriguez Coach Bradley Walton examines captain Rodriguez said. forensics uniforms. Photo by Emily is always encouragWalton has been Jamieson ing other to try it. a coach for the pasts There are many difnine years. He was ferent categories to on the forensics team here are Harri- compete in, from Dramatic Interpresonburg High School for his sopho- tation, in which the contestant permore, junior, and senior years. forms a series of short monologues When he graduated in 1990, he to Original Oratory where the connever knew he would be back par- testant gives an original speech on ticipating in forensics when he was any topic. asked in 2000. Of all his years here, “It is really fun and different,” his favorite part is seeing someone Rodriguez said.  Madison Wilson News Reporter

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Youth council serving community Olivia McCarty Feature Editor

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very other Thursday from 6 - 7:30 p.m. a group of high school students from around the community meet together at Blue Ridge Hall on University Blvd. to talk about service programs in our city. This group of high school students is known as Harrisonburg-Rockingham Youth Council.

This group gets together to tell the adults who are in charge of youth programming what went over well with teens and what didn’t go over as well.

This allows the adult programmers a chance to talk to the participants.

Junior Lindsey Cockburn is a new member of the Youth Council.

“I joined for three reasons,” Cockburn

said, “One: my parents wanted me to, two: free pizzas, and three: it looked interesting.”

For the Youth Council’s first meeting of the year, Cockburn said the group worked on team building, which involved Skittles, and the high schoolers also heard from a speaker about E.D.G.E., The Youth Council also was in charge of putting on activities too. On Thursday, Sept 24 the youth council held a picnic open to anyone where they played fun games and other activities.

The picnic was sponsored by E.D.G.E. “We had a water balloon fight, made s’mores, and played volleyball,” Cockburn said.

Cockburn has decided to stick with Youth Council after her first meeting “It (Youth Council) was interesting enough and fun that I figured I can have a break from homework,” Cockburn said. 

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Yearbook editors travel to Dallas for four-day workshop Heather Hunter-Nickels Staff Reporter

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allas, Texas- where President Kennedy was shot, and the home of the Dallas Cowboys football team- was the location of yearbook’s 2009 editor-inchief workshop.

Yearbook teacher Mary Strickler, and four editors- seniors Jessica Romero and Jessica Guzman and juniors Talia Baltazar and Kala Barringer- left for Dallas on Thursday for a four-day trip.

The sole purpose of this excursion was to create the 2009-2010 yearbook cover and layouts.

At the High Intensity workshop, the girls worked hard into the night.

“The girls were so into it [working on the yearbook layout] that the staff had already set up the tables for the next day, before they went to bed,” Strickler said.

After learning the shortcut to undo errors on the computer, the staff members developed a new inside joke.

“We had to keep making corrections, and every time we had to undo something we would yell apple z,

New program encourages more vigorous curriculum David Proctor News Editor

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he cliché goes that anyone can change their ways, if they are willing to put in the effort. For the students of AVID, this rings true. AVID, a program that takes “very capable” freshman who have traditionally under-performed and transforms them into college bound young adults, has begun to make an impact on over 40 students at HHS. According to Principal Irene Reynolds, the program helps students over the course of their high school career develop better study habits and eventually puts them on the path to an advanced diploma and college.

The classes are taken every year as an elective. Students learn such things as study skills and time management. Each year builds on the previous year with students gradually taking on more demanding courses, culminating in Advanced Placement classes.

Gail Collins introduced the idea to Reynolds last year. Reynolds was intrigued by the idea.

She thought that a program of this sort could be beneficial to many of the students at HHS. They then spoke with administrators and students at other schools about the program.

“The students were very impressive. They kept saying how much they love the program because of all the help it provided them,” Reynolds said.

However, the program is not free. Reynolds claims the school was lucky to gain funding for the program.

“We were very lucky. We sent some of our teachers to Atlanta for training over the summer and put it into action this year,” Reynolds said.

Reynolds has high expectations for the program. She hopes that the program could turn around some lives as students gradually improve.

“I hope that they will continue to improve. They should learn better study habits, take more challenging classes, get that advanced diploma and hopefully go on to excel at college,” Reynolds said.

That is the nature of the program, with one year laying the foundation for the next. Students begin by learning basics such as how to use time efficiently and study. They use these skills to take a more challenging curriculum the next year while learning things such as test-taking strategies. They then continue to take difficult courses, presumably through college.

“It is a great program that I hope makes a difference,” Reynolds said. The program will continue next year, adding another 40 students in next year's freshman class, and continuing with the kids who are already in the program. After four years, there should be at least 160 students in school involved at any given time.

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apple z! So now we are making apple z comfortable, Baltazar took advantage new cover theme. Together, the staff t-shirts,” Baltazar said. of the flight. and Strickler successfully created The staff proved that they know “I stole the barf bag and safety guide the new yearbook cover, as they had how to work hard and play hard The off the plane because I wanted to put it originally set out to do. tt yearbook clan made reservations in in a scrap book,” Baltazar a hotel crowded with Dallas football said. fans. In the hotel, the staff members Throughout the trip spent time in the pool playing chicken Barringer learned new and splashing around. In downtown designs and Baltazar Dallas, they met JR, a man selling learned how to make a remake newspapers of the day Kennedy was shot. They also went to the Cheesecake Factory.

“I thought it was just a factory,” Baltazar said, but it was not. She soon discovered The Cheesecake Factory was a restaurant chain.

“I ordered lemonade and this gross meatloaf.”

In order for the girls to understand strict deadlines, Strickler took them to the yearbook publishing plant.

“If you understand how something is made, you have a better understanding of the process, not just ‘Strickler said so’,” Strickler said.

X marks the spot. Guzman, Barringer, Romero and BalFlying was a new experience tazar stand on the site of President Kennedy’s assassinafor Barringer and Baltazar. Get Ready! The 09-10 TAJ year- tion. Photo by Mary Strickler.

Though Barringer did not find it book cover.

Pigeons temporarily shutdown Courtyard David Proctor News Editor

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uniors who hoped to start the school year by enjoying some of their new privileges were met with disappointment when the courtyard was closed just days after the school year began.

Over the summer, a large number of pigeons made the courtyard their home. When school began in August, they were unwilling to leave their new-found habitat, which had the administration struggling to clean feathers, eggs and droppings.

“My first impression was that the courtyard is a junior/ senior privilege and we had to get it open as soon as possible, assistant principal Jay Supko said.

After ridding the courtyard of the initial bunch, more returned. This had the school system struggling with budgetary concerns, lo-

gistics and more. put in place to WHAT YOU THINK “They say, try and prevent Would you help clean the pigeon poop if that means when you get rid them from comthe courtyard would open? of 30 birds, 300 ing back. Supko return and that’s hopes that by sort of what’s happutting prevenpened. We had a tive measures guy from the U.S. on signs, in the Department of gazebo and 100 students polled on Sept. 23 Agriculture, Anianywhere else

by Claire Sudol mal and Plant Inpigeons like to spection Service, roost, they will examine the area,” either find a difSupko said. ferent home or settle on the Supko said that while pi- roof where the health hazard geons have been a problem to students is minimal. in past summers, it had nev“We’ve had an issue on er been to this degree. Supko the roof. It isn’t sanitary for attributes the pigeons, in those up there, but it’s not part, to the agricultural base a risk to students eating in that Harrisonburg and the the courtyard. I just want to surrounding area have. make sure that they get their “We have feed mills and privileges,” Supko said. farms and just an agriculSupko hoped that if, in tural environment that pi- the midst of a poor economy, geons thrive in. I think Har- funding was not given, volrisonburg in general has had unteer groups would step up an issue with them,” Supko to the plate. said.

“I hoped that we would After funds become avail- get volunteer organizaable, a combination of dif- tions to come in and clean ferent procedures will be it if nothing else. Perhaps it

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could’ve be a part of someone’s senior service project,” Supko said.

Instead, the custodial staff took the responsibility to clean up the courtyard; spending hours scrubbing down every surface that food could touch, “It is no fun task. Cleaning the courtyard requires power washing the gazebo, the tables, basically everything. Certain areas had to be disinfected. Even the concrete had to be cleaned thoroughly,” Supko said.

After all of that, the area had to be inspected again to make sure that the area was safe, particularly with food involved. Now, they have to make sure that this same issue doesn’t rear its ugly head again. Thus, the preventive measures that have been taken and will continue to be implemented will play a large role in keeping the courtyard open for juniors and seniors alike. tt

One Act prepares for competition Ama Ansah News Editor

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he HHS Stage Streaks will be taking their annual fall one act play to the Virginia Theater Association’s yearly competition in Reston, Virginia during the weekend of October 30.

“This year’s play is called Hollow and is about a teenage girl who has been physically and sexually abused by her father. During the course of the play, 9/11 happens and the father ends up dying a hero, saving other people,” director Stanley Swartz said. “The girl is left to struggle with what to do with her life and how she feels about her father when people are calling him a hero but she knows what he’s been doing.”

The play was written by Librarian Bradley Walton who has written and directed the HHS spring plays in the past. Swartz has been referring to him for background information on the characters, which will help the actors embody their roles with more ease.

The roles of the daughter, Terri Lee, and father Mr. Lee will be played by freshmen Samantha Heitsch and Paul Hairston respectively. The mother, Mrs. Lee, will be played by junior Cathy Rodriguez.

“As a whole cast together, we’ve been putting a lot of work into getting to know the character. All of us together not just you analyzing your own character,” Rodriguez said.

“I think that we can go far with this play because we’ve been working really hard in rehearsals and we’ve come really far with our characters,” Heitsch said.

Directing a traveling play is different from directing the spring musical.

The sets can not be elaborate or cumbersome as they must be able to fit in a hotel elevator. The actors must be able to adapt to what ever circumstances the hosting theatre provides. The tech crew must be able to decipher the sound and light boards at the venue on their first try. Nevertheless, HHS has, in the past, been able to overcome whatever challenges the competitions provide and take home awards.

“We’ve developed quite a strong reputation in the state for doing good theater and I think that’s backed up

A shoulder to cry on. Freshmen Samantha Heitsch and Maggie Siciliano comfort each other during practice for the one act play. The cast will perform in Reston, VA on October 30. Photo by Phillip Bannister. by how well we’ve done at the competitions,” Swartz said. “Some of that comes from our diversity here and the range of students we have here. Some of that comes from the fact that a lot of the students who try out for the plays are both intelligent and talented kids.”

This year, Swartz’s student teacher Jennifer Payne will be co-directing the play. Payne has directed at children’s theatre camps and, last year directed the musical The Baker’s Wife as part of an honors project as well as acting in many plays over the years. “[Having a co-director is] fabulous because it allows me to get into a lot more depth,” Swartz said. “She can be working on one scene while I’m working on another scene. It allows us to train the students a lot more because we have the extra staff.”

“I’m very fortunate that he allows me to just go and direct scenes just on a whim,” Payne said. “I do some creative warm-ups with the students at the beginning. I just watch them during down time. I do character exercises with them afterwards.”

Even though the play is serious, the cast is still able to have fun. They have done a beat boxing rendition of Michael Jackson’s Billie Jean. They do coloring activities at the end of each practice. “[The play]’s very heavy,” Payne said. “Just for everyone’s sake, when we’re down at the end we need something to pick us up. So, I went out to the dollar store and bought a bunch of coloring books. We do a lot of coloring.”

“Two days ago, we had bubbles and we were blowing bubbles all over the classroom it was really fun,” Heitsch said.

Hollow will be performed for the public on Oct19 at 7:30 in the auditorium and again on November 5 along with the middle school’s one act plays in the auditorium.

“I’m so glad I end my day with that group. It’s a very positive group even though we’re dealing with such dark issues, we have fun every bit of the way,” Payne said. “Even though it’s a younger group, they’re a lot of ninth graders.

They’re probably the most intelligent ninth graders I’ve worked with.” tt

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t’s six ‘o’clock, on a Friday afternoon and drivers on Garbers Church Road can tell something big is about to happen. Signs running along the road read “Go Streaks” and “Big Blue.”

Everything is falling into place, creating the setting that will be high school football.

As you turn into the HHS parking lot, the number of fans trying to park is overwhelming. The Red Sea section is chanting and raving while the scent of hotdogs grilling fills the surrounding area.

Music is blaring out of the back of someone’s car; with people behind doing the latest hyped dance in a crowded circle.

All you can help but do is take in a deep breath and acknowledge, “This is HHS football.” Fifteen minutes before the game, an enthusiastic student of the Red Sea community huddles everyone and the pre-game chanting begins. The bantering and raving of two hundred adrenaline induced students ready to see the game of the week and the best game of the season can be heard across the stadium, parking lot, and neighboring streets.

Once all of the festivities have ended at the tailgate, students who have already bought their tickets head to the stands and those who procrastinated are entangled at the ticket booth at the bottom of the hill.

The football team comes stampeding onto the field for kick off. In the case that we are returning, we pray our kick returner runs the ball as far as possible after he catches the ball, but in the case we are kicking we are yelling for the special teams to “rip their heads off !”

With two minutes left in the first quarter, half of the Red Sea section is horse and raspy trying to cheer on the team as much as possible without tearing their vocal chords.

This type of cheering and shouting lasts the entire game, and whether we win or lose we are always out there.

I believe that through common interest and large groups of people anything can be done, whether it is cheering on the football team at the game, or pepping people up during a rally. Unity and camaraderie will prevail, this I believe. 

Nursery provides teen parents with opportunity Staff Editorial

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n addition to money, food and health care, there has been a shortage of empathy among people in today’s society. The 4T Program at Harrisonburg High School, which provides childcare for teen parents, may be shutting down due the non-renewal of 21st Century Grant. For the parents who are attempting to balance school and home life, high school education risks being tossed to the wayside altogether. The day care center in our high school is not only convenient, but the only way parents can further their education in an attempt to secure a better future for their children.

A public school is a place of learning, which is exactly why a nursery is beneficial. The parents can focus on their education while their child receives adequate care and attention. While in the past, the school system has not been fiscally responsible for the operation of the nursery, this year the 4T program will need significant funds to continue operating.

Opposition to this program comes from those who do not want to condone teen parenthood.

But the benefits to the parents and children far outweigh the complaints. The program is not detrimental to teachers; the volunteers are students from James Madison University’s School of Nursing. It is not detrimental to surrounding students; the nursery is located in the back corner of the Blue Streak Academy.

Many of the parents would have been unable to provide the necessary support for their child and receive a diploma without the nursery. And without a diploma, they may have never been able to provide for their son or daughter. Surely, that is worth consideration for keeping the program.

The nursery does reward for lack of judgment. The purpose of the nursery is not to hand out free day care service, but provide parents with the skills they need to rear their children.

The parents don’t just attend core classes all day.

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They are required to spend time in the nursery during their lunch periods feeding and interacting with their children.

Their past decisions should not determine whether or not they are worthy of the opportunity to receive a diploma.

Parents must cope with their decisions but before put them entirely on their own, we should help them earn their diploma.

Our nursery needs to come up with $50,000 to replace the money the 21st Century Grant provided. As a community we can help them raise this money with fundraisers, monetary donations and supply donations. Teen parents deserve a chance. The time has come for us to step up and show our resolve to keep teen parents in school. 

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ear Editor, I am writing on behalf of all of the students who have late arrival.

I have late arrival every day for the first semester and I do not want to walk all the way around to the front office every single day.

It takes me at least three minutes to walk all the way to the front doors and it is uphill, so it is very inconvenient. Usually the first person to late arrival would walk around to the front and then put a chair in the door for the next late arrival students to come. Sometimes we (the late arrival students) would get lucky and someone feeling kind that day would walk to open the door for us. I appreciate those people and so does everyone else who is in the same situation.

My problem now is that, we are not allowed to leave the door open and lately, people have not been sitting in the cafeteria commons to open the door.

I think it is unfair to put the students’ parking lot on the side of the school and make the students walk all the way around to the front.

The teachers and principals say it is not long of a walk, but they don’t have to walk that far.

In fact, they get to park right in front of the entrance! I asked Mrs. Reynolds and a custodian why they couldn’t leave a door unlocked and it is for security purposes.

In that case, I think the school should invest in a card key system that will only work during a certain time frame, just like colleges have. If

the only students who get the keys are those with morning mentorship or late arrival, then the school will stay secure.

By limiting the access time frame, students can only enter the building with their cards between the start of first block and the late bell for second block.

While this idea may sound silly, it would be the perfect solution to this issue.

Junior, Priscilla Harrison

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he school is cold. Point blank. During the summer, winter, fall and spring, I come to school wearing jeans and a sweatshirt. Not only is the school itself cold, but the temperature differs from class to class. In one room it may feel like it’s 90 degrees, in another, it feels below zero.

Some regulation in the temperatures would be nice. I know also that we do not control the temperature of the school building in the city of Harrisonburg, it’s in like Richmond. That is outrageous. How in the heck would Richmond

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Can’t we get the temperature right? know what it feels like in Harrisonburg? Granted, Richmond is only two hours away from Harrisonburg, but temperature differs from Rockingham County to Harrisonburg, so why in the world is the monitor in Richmond?

All I am saying is that a little warmth in the school during the winter and fall isn’t such a bad thing. I do not know how people in the school wear shorts because let me tell you, it would be way too cold for me! I know that I am a pretty cold-natured person, but even for the people who aren’t, a little warmth would be pretty nice.

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Do your own thing when it comes to dances Emily Jamieson Photographer

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hat do I think about when I think about the beginning of fall? Besides my birthday and Halloween, I look forward to the homecoming dance.

First things first; I have to say that I was really looking forward to a superhero theme.

Was Fiesta even on the list of choices?! I wanted to dress up like Wonder Woman with crazy curly hair, blue or red dress with gold heels. But

now I have to find something that is “Fiesta-ish.” When I think of fiestas, I think about your slicked back hair, dresses with very low necklines and a bunch of ruffles and a big flower behind girls’ ears. I would rather not.

I also don’t understand why people ask others to the dance the way they do. If you are going to ask someone to homecoming, you might as well show them how much you want them to be your date.

I mean, do something cute and special, do not just go up to them and ask them, “will you go to homecoming with me?” like you are asking what their

dog’s name is. Even if it is your boyfriend or girlfriend of a couple days, weeks, months, or even years, you should ask them in a big way to make them feel special. It makes me kind of mad when I hear that some dude just asked a girl to the dance so blasé like. If you are going to ask someone, this is my advice to you: do it big – make signs, surprise them.

When I was a freshman, I thought that you had to be asked to homecoming or else you were a loser. If you go by yourself you are free to dance with whomever you want to, talk to whomever you want to, and even dance by your

lonesome if you want. It is not a horrible thing to go to homecoming by yourself, it might even be a blessing.

And for you girls, if you want to go to the dance and that boy will not ask you, go ask him.

This is the 21st century, darling.

Who knows… he might even say yes.

I am not really writing this for only homecoming. I think these points should be brought up for all of the dances, no matter how big or small the dance is. Boys, don’t be afraid to be cute. Girls, don’t forget that this is America and you can do what you want. tt

Giving blood produces slight apprehension

SAVE A LIFE DONATE BLOOD Quick facts about giving blood: Every 2 seconds, someone in the U.S. needs blood Most requested blood type by hospitals: Type O A single car accident victim can need as many as 100 units of blood.

Blood cannot be manufactured. It can only be collected from generous donors.

One donation of blood can help save the lives of up to three people If you began donating blood at age 17 and donated every 56 days until you reached 76, you would have donated 48 gallons of blood, helping to save over 1,000 lives.

The American Red Cross supplies about 45% of the nation’s blood supply.

The average red blood cell transfusion is approximately three pints.

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heard a familiar name, Jarryd Hopkins. Jarryd was a senior that year, also. We met when we were young and had been friends for a long time; 124 in all grades and faculty naturally, my polled on Sept. 21 by Gabe Hoak brain tuned into the conversation.

Attempts at eavesdropping were failing. I decided to ask the girl what exactly happened. Jarryd had been giving blood, just like the rest of the students, and had apparently passed out. Not only did she pass out but the needle somehow came out and blood started to make a mess everywhere.

She told me and everyone else who was listening, that he had gone there before her but was still there, and barely awake, when she left.

When I talked to him about it later, he said he really did not remember much.

He joked that they were just trying to take more of his blood, because it was the best.

As I give blood this year, I am hoping that my strong will to withstand the sight and smell of blood will pull through. I do not have issues with blood, and I would hate for that to change trying to do something positive. tt WHAT YOU THINK Would you donate blood to the Bloodmobile?

Lauren Martin Ad Manager am not afraid of needles. I am not afraid of blood. Whenever a doctor tells me they are drawing blood to test my iron deficiency (or other various things), it does not faze me. I never fidget watching the red liquid being squeezed or pulled from my body. It is interesting. I attribute this to my future aspirations to be in the medical field some day where blood is to be expected.

“It wasn’t scary but I have felt dizzy all day.”

“If they miss a vein, they just keep stabbing until they hit something.”

Hearing these statements and statements alike from friends who have given blood before, every non-fear I had about needles and blood seemed to slowly dilute themselves.

There is always a chance of people passing out while giving blood as well as people freaking out. But in my mind, on a large scale, these incidents were not very relevant. That is until someone I knew personally was starring in one of those mishaps.

While sitting in World History my freshman year, a senior walked in with neon pink bandages wrapped around her arms. I was ignoring her until I

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Are you going crazy for Gaga?

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tefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta is dead. And she has been replaced by a creature – a creature named Lady Gaga. This odd humanoid is a constant dominant element in the pop culture soup. Whether she’s bleeding at the VMAs or wearing an outfit made entirely of Kermit the Frog puppets, she gets the world’s attention.

Don’t get me wrong, Lady Gaga is entertaining. But as amusing as she may be, she is not human. I’m not even sure she qualifies as “alien.” I firmly believe that she was built in a laboratory by Hollywood big-wigs who were looking for new ways to earn a buck. Every aspect of her life is a ploy to earn money. Miss Gaga is nothing

but a publicity stunt.

And her puppet-masters are no idiots.

They started her out slowly. They created a seemingly believable background story about how she danced in burlesque shows and wrote music for artists such as Fergie and The Pussycat Dolls. They even made her seem edgy by stating that she worked as a stripper despite her privileged background and hinted that during that time, she was addicted to drugs. With this bit of information floating around the Internet, however, the Lady was still not as big of a cash cow as her creators wished her to be.

So it was no surprise that when rumors started flying about Gaga having a secret – one of the hermaphrodite persuasion – her popularity increased significantly. There is no doubt in my mind that rumor, and the way she played it up, was planted by her “people.” The alleged video proof looks

as though it was filmed professionally, as if they knew exactly what angle to shoot her at in order to “accidentally” catch a glimpse at what she is hiding and cause the most controversy. She even took her sweet time getting off the motorcycle she was splayed across and fixing her skintight dress.

In interviews, she seems distant and cold, answering questions without any embellishments in a matter-of-fact tone.

Why? She was not programmed for emotion. Her hard drive is already so jam-packed with outrageous actions that there is no room for a shred of human-like feelings.

Regrettably, I am one of the millions who feed into the mass money-making scheme that is Lady Gaga. There’s no denying it – she is fascinating. Her creators have what they wanted. America can’t wait to see what she does next. tt

True joy of Halloween slowly dying off David Proctor News Editor

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very Oct 31, I see hoards of young children wandering down the streets of Harrisonburg with their parents awkwardly in pursuit. One parent will yell at their child to get out of the road while another family will follow their child all the way up to the door and quickly inspect the person handing out candy.

Yet another will drive their child house to house, even if

they are less than 20 feet away from their own home. Then there will be the parent who, whether out of selfishness or legitimate concern, refuses to allow their child the right to eat the very candy they spent hours procuring.

Perhaps I am just growing up, but the day that I looked forward to for weeks in advance, is slowly dying a gruesome death.

Parents who micromanage every aspect of their children’s’ lives have taken over the holiday. Halloween used to be a day of fun, entertainment and,

of course, candy! Judging from the admittedly small scattering of kids I see meandering through the streets, the fun and entertainment have been killed.

Instead of spending time with friends and getting candy, many are resorting to “Trunk or Treat,” in which kids just pick up candy from local churches or organizations instead of “earning” it. This bypasses the best part of the holiday!

The fun of Halloween is being able to dress up and escape your normal persona.

It is, in many ways, an

opportunity to step outside your box.

In the last three years combined, the number of kids who have come to my house could be counted on two hands. Few even bother to say “trick or treat” because they just expect candy.

I hope one day I can show my children the joys of Halloween, which remains one of my favorite holidays, but at this rate, they will probably just get a bag of candy from the grocery store. tt

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Rutland appreciates new Beatles Rockband David Proctor News Editor

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ost are familiar with “Hey Jude,” “Twist and Shout” or “Let it be,” but how many people have had the chance to play them? From the guitar riffs to the unparalleled vocals recognized as the Beatles trademarks, millions of people across the world now have the opportunity to channel their own John Lennon, Ringo Starr, George Harrison or Paul McCartney thanks to “The

Beatles: Rock Band.”

Published by MTV Games, it was released on Sept 9. This date holds significance for Beatles fans because of their “White Album” in which the song “Revolution 9” repeats the words “number nine” over and over. The Beatles version of the popular video game has energized even those who were much too young to remember the stars in their prime. Junior Emily Rutland, an avid Guitar Hero and Rock player is a perfect example.

“The Beatles made rock history.

Every band is influenced or can be traced back

to a band that was influenced by them,” Rutland said.

Despite the fact that she was 12 years from being born when the legendary John Lennon was shot and killed, Rutland prefers the Beatles to much of modern mainstream music.

“Today’s bands have uncreative lyrics. The Beatles wrote about absolutely anything and made it good.

“Revolution” for example, was a great song about revolution and was one of their more rock-y songs,” Rutland said.

Still, like many teenagers, Rutland is unable to afford the pricy product. The

game, which sells for $159 at Walmart, includes hardware such as a guitar, drums and microphone. One who already owns the hardware from a previous edition of Rock Band can purchase the software-only version for a more reasonable $60.

Rutland, who hopes to hit vocals worthy of John Lennon with the game, enjoys the singing aspect the most.

“I love grabbing the microphone and singing. It feels sort of like karaoke. It records your pitch, how long you hold the note and things like that,” Rutland said.

Rocking out! They key part of Rock Band is the instruments.

Guitar, the microphone, drum set complete with a bass pedal, and a bass guitar is also an option. All parts make the band experience that much more realistic.

Rutland was hyped for the game from the moment she heard about it. She immediately began making plans to play it after its release.

“When I first heard about the game, I was like, ‘oh my gosh, I have to get it,’” Rutland said.

Unfortunately, she will either play with her friends or resort to renting it from Blockbuster.

“Hopefully, when the price goes down, I’ll get it. I think it’s worth it, I just don’t have the money,” Rutland said. 

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Number one sports game better than ever Andrew Morrell Staff Reporter

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hen it comes to sports simulation video games, Madden football is the longest, most popular running franchise in the world. After over 21 years of work, Madden has gone from eleven dots on your PC screen, to HD graphics with authentic stadiums, jerseys, helmets, shoes, and even distinctive player features.

The latest addition to the Madden franchise is Madden 10. Sold exclusively for the three major gaming consoles, (Xbox 360, PlaysStation 3, and the Nintendo Wii) the game offers the gamer a full in depth experience of

the NFL world. New features include online franchise, Co-op online, fight for the fumble and the Pro-tak system.

The online franchise is the exact same to the online dynasty mode that premiered in NCAA-Football 09.Online dynasty allows you and your friends to take your favorite college teams and put them in a customizable conference with real time recruiting and schedules.

While online franchise allows you to connect with your friends online and create fantasy leagues. Playing the authentic 2010 NFL schedule, you can also trade players and create your own drafts. You could call it fantasy football taken to a whole new level.

Co-op online is a new feature that allows you and up to three other friends to play on the same team and compete against opponents from all around the

Video gaming not just for boys Cockburn loves complexity of games Emmett Copeland Staff Reporter

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indsey Cockburn is an AP student and a cross-country runner who likes wolves and cares deeply about the environment. She also regularly explores underwater dystopias, drives massive battle tanks and wields Spartan Lasers in her role as Xbox 360 aficionado.

Although the Xbox 360 is the only system she owns, Cockburn takes it seriously. She says that playing video games is probably her main nonschool pastime, that she plays a solid six or seven hours every weekend, and that during the summer she rarely leaves the X box.

Cockburn has some definite opinions about what games she plays. They definitely have to have an incredible plot and good mechanics, and for the most part she plays single player role-playing games, her favorite being Oblivion, a me-

dieval type role playing game set on a massive open map.

Some of her other top games are Halo (alien killing fest), Fallout III (quest game set in a post apocalyptic D.C.), Dead Space (a horror/alien game set on a spaceship), and Bioshock (very complicated).

Even though many of the games on that list are horrorthemed, Cockburn says she doesn’t really like the fear element, and she even said about Bioshock “I cry sometimes when I play because it’s so scary.” But since she likes the plot so much she plays it anyway.

Desta Hansen, friend of Cockburn’s, talked about hanging out with her hardcore gamer amiga.

“Yeah she’s pretty intense about it, I’m not much of a gamer but I like playing with her. It’s a cool hobby,”Cockburn said. With all her tough classes and cross-country schedule manages to make time for her favorite pastime, one usually dominated by guys, but one which she excels at. 

world. Camera angles and play calling ability may prove challenging due to three people playing on the same screen. This feature is only available on the Xbox 360 and PS3 versions.

After Madden switched over to the PS3 and 360 consoles, Referees disappeared from the game. Madden 10 has worked to bring a 5-man ref crew back into the game. While old versions had refs that just ran around and got in your way, this year the refs are smarter and are more involved in the game play. For instance, throwing the ball into the back of the end zone or getting stopped close to the goal line on a big run will generate discussion among the crew. Also, in the event of a fumble, players now must fight for the fumble by pressing random buttons that pop up on the screen until the refs

uncover the ball from the mass mound of bodies.

The biggest new feature is the protak system. A new advanced game play engine now makes it possible for up to 9 man gang tackles. O-linemen can push the pile forward while defensive players can jump in and try to push it back, or it can become a stalemate and the ref will have to call the play dead.

This makes the game more realistic and adds to the already amazing game play Madden has to offer.

Madden continues to amaze its fans with better graphics, more authentic game play, and animations that will keep you coming back for more. You can buy Madden 10 at any store that sells electronic gaming merchandise. 

Sophomore #1 in world by a drum pad company, Goodwoodmods. If he accomplishes his goal, Goodwoodmods will send him free drum ophomore JR Roberts is Guitar Hero’s pads.

The pads are number one drummer in the world. expensive, but Roberts He holds not only personal records but would be advertising records with his band, Rock the Casbah.

Goodwoodmods through Two of the guys in the band are from his daily video stream by England, Y2grae (singer), and GHLoopy “I love playing Guitar using their drum set in (guitar). The base player, Elitesniper, lives Hero because it makes in California. Though there is a five to me feel accomplished,” the live video.

“Our band would eight hour time difference from the U.S. to sophomore JR RobEngland to California, the guys manage to erts, number one Gui- be number one if there get together about every night to play and tar Hero drummer in were band rankings,” Roberts said. Rock the occasionally break records. the world currently.

Casbah currently has the Roberts has been playing with drum highest band scores in the songs, Through the sticks since he was three.

“My dad played in the navy marching Fire and Flames, Bark at the Moon, Cult of band,” Roberts said. Like father like son, Personality, Orion, and Dez Moines. They are Roberts’ specialty in Guitar Hero is the good because they have the most #1 players in the band. Robert is #1 in GH Metallica score drums.

Guitar Hero is a video game, in which there hero, #6 in Smash Hits, and #10 in GH world is a drum set, guitar, base, and microphone. tour. Y2Grae is #1 in GH Metallica, World The goal is to hit every note on the right beat. Tour, and Smash Hits. GHLoopy is #6 for GH The game can be played with one remote 3, “Which is a big deal, because if you add up (being one of the instruments) or with all Smash Hits, Metallica, and World Tour, that is how many people have GH3” Roberts said, remotes at the same time.

Roberts plays Guitar Hero on X- box Live and Elite Sniper is #1 in Metallica and Smash so that his score is tallied up and sent to the Hits.

Now Roberts balances his life out with a GH score web site.

If he gets enough subscriptions, 1000 to night shift at Chanello’s Pizza (Friday and be exact, on his YouTube site, YouTube.com/ Saturday), football, school, and of course, knightrocker33, Roberts may get sponsored maintaining his title as Knightrocker33  Heather Hunter-Nickles Staff Reporter

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Fall season kicks into high gear with premieres Gossip Girl quickly gaining popularity Jessica Strickler Opinion Editor

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ossip Girl is a television show that has just started its third season. Based on the New York Times best-selling novel series Gossip Girl by Cecily von Ziegesar, the plot of the show revolves around eight characters, along with guest appearanc-

es. This season guests include Hillary Duff, Tyra Banks, Sienna Miller, Sebastian Garcia and Michelle Trachtenberg.

Gossip Girl is an up-and-coming television show on the CW network. In February 2009, the network renewed the show for a third season. With actors and actresses gaining popularity and becoming household names, this show has big potential. It airs on Monday nights at 9/8 Central. 

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Blake Lively Is she ready to start college at Brown and give up her “celebutante” lifestyle?

Dan Humphrey

Penn Badgley Attends NYU and a return visit from “friend” Georgina Sparks makes things complicated.

Nate Archibald

Chase Crawford Has found a new flame in southern belle, Bree Buckly, but their families despise each other. Will this turn into a Romeo and Juliet story?

Vanessa Abrams

Jessica Szohr Is spending more and more time with a mysterious stranger, and the stranger may be more of an insider than anyone could predict.

Blair Waldorf

Leighton Meester Has declared her love for Chuck Bass, but doesn’t want to spend the summer holding hands and watching movies.

This could bring them closer together or drive them apart?

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Matthew Settle Is engaged to Lily van der Woodsen Bass.

Chuck Bass

Ed Westwick Declares his love for Blair Waldorf, but doesn’t want to spend the summer holding hands and watching movies. This could bring them closer together or drive them apart?

Jenny Humphrey

Bree Buckley

Taylor Momsen Moves out of her Brooklyn loft and into an apartment with her dad on the Upper East Side.

Georgina Sparks

Lily van der Woodsen Bass

JoAnna Garcia

Michelle Tracthtenberg

Kelly Rutherford

TV Guide’s Top 20 Television Shows (Back l-r) Matthew Settle as Rufus Humphrey, Kelly Rutherford as Lily van der Woodsen, Penn Badgley as Dan Humphrey, Blake Lively as Serena van der Woodsen; (front l-r) Jessica Szohr as Vanessa Abrams, Taylor Momsen as Jenny Humphrey, Chace Crawford as Nate Archibald, Leighton Meester as Blair Waldorf

Dancing dominates television Kim Antonio Managing Editor

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ancing with the Stars is a saucy and energetic television show in which viewers may watch their dream come true.

Celebrities consisting of football players, comedians, singers and politicians, dance their way into the hearts of America, just as American Idol sang note to note for audiences.

Each week they battle it out wearing glittery gowns and slick suits on the dance floor.

Audiences have the choice on whether to call or text to vote on their favorite pair.

This season has been one of the most mixed and diverse groups to date, with the arrivals of the professional snow boarder, Louie Vito, hard core Ultimate Fighter Champion, Chuck Liddell, and Rock Singer/

Princess, Kelly Osbourne, to name a few.

It is a new way to find out if your favorite celebrity is as graceful on their toes as they are on a snowboard, in a fighting octagon, or on a football field.

Each celebrity receives the help from world class dancers such as International Grand Ball Champion, Anna Trebunskaya and 2005 World Cup Professional Rising Star Latin Champion, Cheryl Burke.

But don’t let the winning titles fool you, it’s all up to the celebrities dancing technique in the end which will determine who will tap-dance, salsa or mamba their way to the top, or pack their leather bags back to their Hollywood homes.

Judges who the dancers try to impress are, Tom Tonili, the former UK judge of Strictly Come Dancing, Carrie Anna Inaba, actress, singer, dancer, choreographer (yes all

of the above, it’s nice to see a working woman in Hollywood) and Len Goodman, a professional ball room dancer who also was a judge on the former UK show, Strictly Come Dancing.

The season premieres top three consisted of Mark Dacascos and Lacy Schwimmer with a score of 29, Donny Osmond and Kym Johnson with a score of 30, and Aaron Carter and Karina Smirnoff with the top score of 32.

Who knew professional singer and brother of a backstreet boy could dance? Now if only Chuck Liddell, UFC champion could have hit his moves faster, then we would’ve had something.

Tune in to watch your favorite celebrity dancing on the floor and feel enough energy to dance with them. But don’t feel bad if they don’t score as high. Win or lose, they’re still famous. 

CBS gathers top ratings Molly Denman Staff Reporter

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ith the return of several shows, some new ones, and news shows CBS fans are ready to tune in. News shows including the return of 60 Minutes a popular one hour news show, the regular news shows and the season premiere of 48 Hour Mystery, a show about crime.

These shows provide information about what is going on in the world, making it a TV station people rely on for their news.

“I watch CSI, my sister Claire was watching it one day and I started watching it with her. It was really interesting so I started watching it a lot after that,” said junior Joey Glick.

According to TV Guide, CBS’ most popular shows in the top 50 are: NCIS, Criminal Minds, Ghost Whisperer, CSI Miami, Survivor: Samoa, Three Rivers, The Big Bang Theory and NCIS: Los Angeles.

The season premieres of returning shows are coming soon. Hit show NCIS premieres Tuesdays at 8 p.m.

This show is action packed but also has a sense of humor which provides the show with many entertaining moments. Very similar to NCIS is NCIS: Los Angeles. This shows at 9 p.m. on Tuesdays right after NCIS. NCIS: Los Angeles has a similar plot line to NCIS. Both shows are based on solving crimes by using forensic technology. However, characters, location and episodes differ. Both shows incorporate science and technology along with the excitement

of investigating crimes.

CSI, CSI: New Yorkand CSI: Miami also show on CBS. CSI is a dramatic show about forensic investigators.

This team is trained to solve crimes (usually murders). Twists and turns involving the characters personal lives makes the show even more dramatic and entertaining. CSI: Miami and CSI: New York were inspired by the original CSI. Like CSI, they are both about a team of forensic investigators. To solve crimes, the characters in both shows use new forensic technologies.

“I watch CSI. I watch it because it’s cool and entertaining,” said sophomore Eli Kline.

Premiering on Wednesdays at 9 p.m. is Criminal Minds. This show is about a team of elite FBI profilers who specialize in analyzing criminal minds. Each member of the team specializes in different things. There is a behavioral analyst, an expert on obsessional crimes and a computer wizard. Together the team works to determine a criminal’s next move.

The Big Bang Theory, a comedy that airs on Mondays at 9:30, is about a group of two physicists that understand how the universe works, along with their friends who are Cal Tech scientists. However, these young men are not very good at interacting with people, including a girl named Penny who lives across the hall.

CBS airs many funny, dramatic, entertaining and informational shows. News shows and new seasons of TV shows have started their premieres. Episodes are available to watch on CBS.com 

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NBC hits ground running Phillip Bannister Feature Editor

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ow that we are all back into the fall season, that means the return of multiple hit television shows on the network NBC. Shows such as Heroes, Saturday Night Live, Parks and Recreation, and The Office have all returned for additional seasons.

Heroes made a season return Monday, Sept 20, giving fans a special two hour returning episode.

Followers were given some hope that the season would make a return after taking a step down during the writers’ strike. It had trouble gaining its way back up.

Viewers think this could be the season to turn it all back around.

“It’s good so far!

All the characters keep developing deeper and deeper,” senior Jessica Rutledge said.

Rutledge has faith in the newest season. She believes that the show has grown greatly from its earlier seasons that were a bit deprived during the 2007-2008 strike.

“I think the third season was SO bad because of the writers’ strike. And it’s just had different characters in and out. But the basic plot has been the same, people with abilities finding each other and saving the world, it’s epic,” Rutledge said.

When it comes to a favorite character, Rutledge finds similarities between her and Claire Bennett, a crime fighting cheerleader from Odessa Texas with the ability to heal rapidly.

“Claire just started college in the new season. I connect with her most and her plot line is always interesting.

I also like Peter Petrilli [an EMT with the ability to absorb others ability with in proximity of him] because he’s so cute!

And I want to marry him. And I like Matt Parkmen [a police officer with the ability to make people think whatever he desires].”

The sheer genius of the thought that goes into the stories that develop within the show draws Rutledge in.

Norquest had an idea of his own that he would enjoy seeing.

“I’d wanna see something where they make fun of family guy.

Family guy is always making fun of SNL. I think it’s time SNL makes fun of Family Guy,” Norquest said.

The Office is another hit NBC show that plays on Thursday nights.

Junior Simona Byler had no problem finding the words to describe the NBC hit.

“The Office is the best show ever. It’s about this company that sells paper and basically just everything that goes on while they’re Family Guy is working and all always making fun of the characters have different ways of SNL. I think it’s time dealing with their SNL makes fun of coworkers,” Byler Family Guy.” said.

Being an avid  Sophomore fan, it came as no Dylan Norquest surprise that Byler could think of a favorite character immediately.

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Norquest enjoys “I’ve talked to people watching the show with who don’t understand the his friends or family when office’s humor. They don’t he can, trying to keep up think it’s funny at all, on all the seasons. which I don’t understand “My favorite skit was because I crack up any probably when Steve time I watch it. So I guess Martin was re-enacting it targets people who the Billie Jean music have senses of humor like video,” Norquest said. mine. I don’t really know With ideas constantly how to describe it.”  circulating on SNL,

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Appetizing changes made in historic downtown

Khochareun’s vision comes alive at Beyond Christine Choi Feature Editor

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ew restaurant owner Cy Khochareun has a set vision for the international cuisine restaurant Beyond. It is located in the old Spanky’s building on 50 West Water St. in downtown Harrisonburg.

Owner Khochareun is a 1987 graduate of Harrisonburg High School. With Spanky’s having been one of the most popular places to go to, Khochareun fell in love with the location and decided it was perfect for his new restaurant.

As the owner of the popular Taste of Thai, Khochareun and family members wanted to expand and build a second location. For five to six months, they experimented with many different foods to decide what to put on the menu. Foods from Asian cuisine, France, and Germany are available at this international restaurant.

Some examples of the dishes on the menu which originated from Asia are Miso soup, Tataki, tofu, tempura rolls and different seafood plates. Some of the foods that people might be more familiar with are the salads, shrimp, stuffed chicken, and steaks.

“My family has always been in the business. We own Taste of Thai, the Oriental Supermarket, and an electronics store,” Khochareun said.

With the knowledge in business, Khochareun and his family have traveled from Chicago, Washington D.C., and New York to settle on the city feel of the restaurant in Harrisonburg. His goal was to create a feel that restaurants in Charlottesville and Staunton have created.

“Nobody has our type of menu. It’s different from any other restaurant in Harrisonburg,” Khochareun said.

With one chef from the restaurant Taste of Thai and an American chef, Bobby Viche, they come together to form the unique and cultural menu of Beyond.

Further BEYOND. The restaurant has sushi bar with its own chef who prepares the food in front of customers.

Photo by Emily Jamieson.

11 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. is when the lunch menu is available on weekdays.

On Saturdays, dinner is available from 4:30 to 11 p.m. and no lunch is served.

On Sundays, Khochareun’s goal is for families to spend time together, so only the lunch schedule is available.

Although there are many different options from the sushi prepared right in front of the customer, to entrees called “to share”, prices range from $5 to $300.

The restaurant is not focused or aiming toward any specific crowd or age group, yet expects customers of all ages.

“It was packed on opening night and we haven’t advertised it yet at all,” Khochareun said.

With foods like chicken lettuce wrap, fried calamari, and many different seafood and sushi selections, there surely will be a dish to fit a variety of different appetites.  BEYOND. Beyond has a second floor available for reservations for parties up to 50. Photo by Emily Jamieson.

A city feel. With dark wood tables and a clean look, Beyond was decorated to look like a restaurant from New York City. Photo by Emily Jamieson.

Modern styles. Oil paintings and modern decorations hang in the restaurant. Photo by Emily Jamieson.

Clementine’s holds fun, interactive Trivia nights on Tuesdays Olivia McCarty Fashion Editor

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n Tuesday night from 9-11 p.m., Clementine’s tables start filling up with trivia goers. Tuesday night is Team Trivia night at Clementine’s a tradition that started right when the restaurant opened.

Trivia night started because Clementine’s wanted to do something interactive, and no other business downtown did anything like it. Since Clementine’s has started trivia night, two other downtown businesses have implemented something similar. The people at Clementine’s also did some research and looked at other restaurants that did have a trivia night in places like Charlottesville.

Clementine’s got the idea for Trivia night from the culture up north.

“The General Manager of Clementine’s lived in Boston and up there, and in Ireland

and England there is a big community for games like these,” said Josh Diamond the original host of Trivia night.

He hosted trivia night for a little over a year before he moved to Tennessee for an internship. Now Diamond is back in Harrisonburg, but only hosts trivia night occasionally.

Diamond got the trivia night host position because his friend is the manager of Clementine’s, and they thought he would be perfect for the position.

The host has the important job of thinking up all the questions before the game which include anything from architecture to pop culture.

The host also picks out the background music, sets up the mic, goes to all the tables before the game to explain the rules and to find out who is playing, and most importantly, hosts the game.

One embarrassing thing that has happened to Diamond a couple of times is when he mispronounces the words, or if the answer has room for argument is debatable.

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the whole restaurant, and you week. Diamond has only been Diamond believes that it have to justify your answer a contestant once, right after he is a great way to spend an when you are supposed to be came back to Harrisonburg. evening. all knowing,” Diamond said.

“I was a little nervous “It (trivia night) is lots of A hosting moment that because some teams come all fun, good music, environment, really sticks out to Diamond the time,” Diamond said. “We and people,” Diamond said. is when they had a band from did pretty well but it is all Everyone is welcome to trivia JMU which played live music pretty much luck of the draw.” night. “The age groups vary during the game.

When a team does win the from college students to college “I felt really cool because game they get a fifty dollar professors, with some trivia whenever I sat down or got up certificate to Clementine’s or dorks, too” Diamond said.  they would stop playing the fifty dollars off their tab. music,” Diamond said.

Another memory Diamond has is of his last night before he left for Tennessee a team baked him a cake and the restaurant was decorated.

On trivia night, Clementine’s is bursting with people.

“Up to twenty teams on average,” Diamond said. The trivia teams also have some guidelines that they have to follow. Teams have to arrive before nine o’clock even though the game doesn’t start until nine thirty. The teams also can only have a six or fewer Trivia! Teams form as the trivia night begins at Clementine’s. Photo by people to a team.

Some teams come every Olivia McCarty.

Pennybackers arriving downtown soon

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t may not look like a restaurant just yet, but soon it will be one of the new downtown eateries. Pennybackers, located just off Main Street is hoping to be up and running by the end of the year. The restaurant will offer a selection of soups, sandwiches and salads.

The creation of Pennybackers has been a family affair. Ted and Tammy Brown are co-owners of the restaurant. Ted’s twin brother Chris has been working on renovating the building and will be the manager once it opens.

The restaurant’s unique name has historical Harrisonburg roots.

One of the early owners of 14 East Water Street was a man by the name of Derrick Pennybacker.

“When the building went on the Historic Registry, it was referred to as the Pennybacker Build-

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..We are excited about getting to know our customers and building relationships with them as well as other business owners in the downtown area.”  Co-owner Tammy Brown

ing. We wanted to keep a bit of the history, so the name Pennybackers was a perfect fit,” co-owner Tammy Brown said.

Brown and her husband Ted are the proprietors of the future restaurant.

The building, which was constructed in 1850, has played host to many independent businesses.

It was home to The Runner’s Corner and later the Laughing Dog. Now, the newest occupants are making some changes.

The bright yellow exterior is now blue-green and there will be rooftop seating.

“Our building was previously used as a retail store, so we basically gutted it and started from

scratch. The interior has exposed brick walls, and we’ve used rough cut lumber to give it a rustic, casual atmosphere,” Brown said.

For Ted, who works at a wealth management firm, owning Pennybackers is a life long wish fulfilled.

“Ted has always dreamed of opening his own restaurant, and being able to provide a family friendly, fun, casual restaurant in a downtown location has tremendous appeal. We are excited about getting to know our customers and building relationships with them as well as other business owners in the downtown area,” Brown said.

The Browns hope to officially open Pennybackers in late October or early November. The restaurant will be open Sunday through Thursdays from 11 a.m. until 10 p.m. and Fridays and Saturday from 11 a.m. to midnight. 

Jack Browns has one-of-a-kind burgers Madison Wilson Staff Reporter On May 14, 2009 Aaron Ludwig and Mike Sabin opened the restaurant they grew up dreaming about. Located at 80 South Main Street, visitors are able to be downtown at a location that defines Jack Browns. Sabin knows all of the do’s and don’ts for a restaurant, considering that he currently runs four other restaurants in Georgia.

“All the specialty burgers were made by trial and error by Aaron and Mike,” manager Barb Pedeville said.

The menu is very small and consists of hamburgers, cheeseburgers, specialty burgers, Flip-Flop grilled cheese which is double stuffed grilled cheese, fries, and fried Oreos. The fried Oreos are a must-try. At $1 each, they are a new but popular dessert.

“People love having a simple menu,” Pedeville said.

The burger specials can not be found anywhere else, with toppings ranging from pineapple to peanut butter. All specials are assigned a day so that anyone willing to try every burger knows when to come.

Sunday’s burger is the second most popular burger and it is called “The Chiflet” with bacon, egg, and cheese.

Monday’s burger is called “Chili Verde” with roasted poblano chilies and pepper jack cheese. Tuesday’s burger is a “Jack on Piggy Back” which is a burger with a grilled hot dog split in half, pickles, jalapeño peppers, and cheddar cheese. The number one most popular burger is “The Elvis” with peanut butter, mayo, smoked bacon, and cheese. Thursday is the “Pepper Burger” which is topped with cream cheese and jalapeño peppers. Friday is “Da Hawaiian” with fresh pineapple and ham. Saturday is for those who are daring. It is the “Freestyle” burger where the patron receives a surprise topping on the burger.

Jack Browns has a carry-out option or an eat-in option if you wish to experience the western atmosphere.

Inside there is a bar that is worn down wood with plate divots. The walls are covered with cowboy attire, from bull horns to a cowboy hat collection.

Outside there are colorful plants in rusted buckets, and wooden poles with rope draped through them to indicate the outside eating area.

Making sure to use a special beef enhances the taste of the burger. The beef is called domesticated beef which is a softer and more tasteful.

“Its more about the beef than it is about the toppings,” Pedeville said 

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2009 Educators of the Year Congratulations to: Kay Grandstaff of Spotswood Elementary School Gail Fox of Smithland Elementary School Barb Sellers of Keister Elementary School Jill Martorana of Stonespring Elementary School Sarah Nicklas of Waterman Elementary School Anne Loso of Skyline Middle School Patrick Warner of Thomas Harrison Middle School Leigh-Ann Rucker of Harrisonburg High School

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HEADACHES

Do you get headaches?

“I get headaches during and after school because of everything that is going on” -Senior, Jarrett Stearn

“When my friends and I practice studying” -Freshman, Bianca Solis.

“I get headaches sometimes after a long day of football practice” -Junior, Joey Glick

“Whenver I don’t get enough sleep” - Freshman, Erika Bravo

“Usually school, parents and when I help my dad paint. The paint gives me a headache” -Junior, Briana Gioss

“When I study for tests” -Senior, Min Cho

Art by Vivian Tejeda

Causes of headaches can differ greatly migraines are three times more common for women than men. The NINDS believes that migraines are caused by abnormal genes that control certain cell activities in the brain. About 16-17% of the population igraine headaches will get a migraine headache sometime can be caused by a during their lifetime. 62% of migraines number of different last longer then 24 hours (if they are left things including untreated).

128 people in all grades and certain foods, smells and high faculty polled on Sept 19 by People who experience the pain of levels of stress. Unlike normal Emilee Burke migraines can have different types of headaches, migraines have pain.

Some only have pain on one side of very severe symptoms. Migraine symptoms their head, which can alternate sides with time. can be a number of different things, but they Others have pain all over their head. often consist of nausea, vomiting, sensitivity to Migraines can be treated with medicine or light and sound and throbbing pain. with stress relieving techniques such as exercise.

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Rutledge suffers from undiagnosed migraines Emily Knapp Entertainment Editor

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t is not abnormal for senior Jessica Rutledge to spend a good chunk of her day sitting at a table, holding her face in her hands. She does this in an attempt to calm her head from its throbbing without the assistance of medication.

Rutledge has a constant headache. For most of her fellow classmates, they would solve this problem by popping a few Advil and gulping down a glass of water. Because she is allergic to ibuprofen, however, Rutledge is unable to consider this simple solution.

Since October of 2008, Rutledge has felt like she is wearing a helmet that is one size too small. She has been to five different doctors in

attempts to cure whatever ails her, but has found that nothing helps.

“Some doctors say it’s stressrelated because I never let out my stress in one big way. It just kind of builds and accumulates more, which leaves me with one big, constant, nasty headache,” Rutledge said.

Her mother, Jan Rutledge, believes genetics play a part as well. She herself had headaches “almost every day for four years.” She and her daughter are not the only members of her family that have had problems either.

“My dad and aunt had headaches that lasted, then mysteriously ended,” Jan Rutledge said.

Her daughter has been prescribed numerous amounts of pills and at one point was taking up to five a day. One doctor suggested that she chart

her headaches three times a day, rating the pain each time to help pinpoint her problem.

Rutledge grew weary of the tedious work, medication, and inconsistency, however, and asked if she could stop taking pills altogether.

“Now, [the headaches are] the same – nothing’s worse, nothing’s better. I might as well just live with the pain rather than have the side effects of the pills,” Rutledge said.

Because she no longer wishes to search for medical solutions, Rutledge has found that the only thing which helps the ache subside is relaxing or exercising.

“I usually put my head down and close my eyes, stop reading or whatever I’m doing.

Light always affects it, so I turn them off. Then, if it’s worse, I take a pill and sleep,” Rutledge said. 

Grogg works through migraines, does not know cause migraine worse.

“One thing that has seemed to help my headaches the most is the full body therapeutic massage that I got when my neck was so sore that I could not even touch it,” Cathy Grogg said. Since this hose who get migraines know that the massage, Grogg has noticed a decline in how pain can be unbearable and can put often she gets migraines. Another thing that someone out of normal life for days. helps her is putting Icy Hot on her neck because Attendance director Cathy Grogg can it helps the blood flow and gives off a soothing relate. scent that also helps her headaches.

“I get migraines about four to five times a “I’ve heard of this new thing called Headmonth.” Grogg said. “I usually wake up with On where you just rub this stick all over your them.” head and it relieves the pain,” When she does not wake Grogg said. “I’m hoping to try up with them, Grogg can that out soon.” sometimes tell when a My neck was so Although Grogg is not migraine is coming because sore that I could not certain what causes her she begins to see spots in migraine headaches, she has even touch it.” her eyes or even has double heard that different foods vision. While she still comes  Attendance can sometimes trigger them. to work, migraines make However, she has not noticed director her feel very sick and tired. any specific foods that seem to Cathy Grogg Grogg’s son, senior affect her and she is pretty sure Preston Grogg say’s that his that they are not caused by her mom is still able to do most diet. things at home even when Grogg’s headaches seem she is feeling bad. to be hereditary as well. Both her mother and “Sometimes, though she has to be on bedrest,” grandmother get them and already two of her Preston Grogg said. children get migraines regularly. Preston says “As soon as I get a migraine, I immediately that he gets migraines about once a month. take two Excederin Migraine’s and usually they Because she knows how they feel, Grogg tries help the migraine in about 15 minutes,” Cathy to make students who come to the attendance Grogg said. office with migraines as comfortable as possible Another thing that seems to help is staying by turning off many of the lights in the office away from the light. Grogg turns as many lights to make it dim for their eyes. While Grogg’s off as she can and sometimes has to put a blanket headaches do cause her pain she does not let over her head to eliminate all light. This keeps them keep her from living her life.  the light from hurting her eyes and making the Meagan Kelley Fun Director

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My head hurts: Sonya Barzanja, Kaelyn Warne and Brady Cockerham re-create their daily headaches throughout school. Photo by Ryan Maphis.

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Types of Headaches Migraine: They deserve the attention they receive; one headache can put your life “on hold” for a few hours or several days. Migraine is responsible for more job absenteeism and disrupted family life than any other headache type Organic headache: The result of an abnormality in the brain or skull. It can be caused by a benign or malignant brain tumor, a brain aneurysm, hematoma, meningitis, brain abscess, brain infection, cerebral hemorrhage, or encephalitis.

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Mixed headache syndrome: Also called transformed migraines, this is a combination of migraine and tension headaches. Both adults and children experience this type of headache.

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Sinus headaches: Sinus headaches are associated with a deep and constant pain in the cheekbones, forehead or bridge of the nose.

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Hormone headaches: Headaches in women are often associated with changing hormone levels that occur during menstruation, pregnancy, and menopause.

Cluster: They are called cluster headaches because the attacks come in groups. The pain arrives with little, if any, warning, and it has been described as the most severe and intense of any headache type. It generally lasts from 30 to 45 minutes, although it might persist for several hours before it disappears.

Rebound: Over-use of medications — exceeding labeling instructions or physician’s advice — can precipitate a “rebound” into another headache. This is particularly true if your medication contains caffeine, which is included in many drugs because it speeds the efficacy of the other ingredients.

information gathered from www.headaches.org and www.webmd.com

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CRASH!

Seniors Toohey, Goradia collide near school

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Christy Stearn Staff Reporter

he screeching of brakes followed by the sound of two cars colliding into each other filled Interstate 33. In early Sept, seniors Patrick Toohey and Parth Goradia were involved in a wreck while leaving school.

Goradia trailed behind a long line of vehicles; most were students going home. When the cars ahead of him put on their brakes, Goradia had to stop suddenly. Toohey, who was driving behind Goradia, did not have a chance to stop in time and skidded into the back of Goradia’s car.

Toohey had sold his car only days before and was driving sophomore Connor Boyle’s future car, a black convertible, when he rear-ended Goradia. He had been saving up his checks from work to purchase a new vehicle, but now he is obligated to

spend his money on the damages to both Goradia’s and Boyle’s cars.

The worst part of the wreck was paying for two cars that aren’t mine,” Toohey said. “I was really angry at first [because] I wrecked two days before I was going to get [my new car.]”

However, Goradia did not seem as anxious about the car accident. The paint on his car needed to be touched up, but there were no other repairs needed.

“I didn’t mind because my car was all right, but I felt bad for Patrick because it was his fault and [the car he was driving] got messed up,” Goradia said.

The convertible Toohey was driving during the accident suffered extensive damages. A smashed hood, a broken headlight, and several dents in the bumper all came as results of the wreck.

The crash that the two seniors were engaged in had many consequences, especially for Toohey. In addition to

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having to pay for the repairs to both vehicles, Toohey was not able to pay the first down payment on the new car he wants to buy. He received a “following too closely” ticket when he went to court, and now has to rely on friends and family for rides.

The accident was very unexpected.

Neither student believes that it could have been prevented.

“There was nothing I could really do. As soon as I realized how hard he hit his brakes, I put mine on,” Toohey said.

Although both Toohey and Goradia

think that the wreck could not have been avoided, Toohey’s family disagrees.

Since the senior had previously been in two other wrecks, Toohey’s parents were disappointed when they found out about their son’s third crash.

“My mom was pretty livid when I told her the news,” Toohey said. “My dad was just embarrassed because I was driving his friend’s car.”

Accidents happen, but it is always important to take precautions, even while behind the wheel. Driving safely is key while on the roads. tt

Would raising driving age have an impact on reducing accidents?

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n 2007, according to safeteendriving.org, 113 teenagers aged 15 - 19 died in car crashes in Virginia. Teen drivers are killed each year because of their inexperience with driving and the crash rate is highest for 16-year-olds. Although for the first year of driving, Virginia teens are only permitted to have one unrelated person in the car with them, many teens ignore this rule and the more people in the car, the more distractions. Raising the driving age would possibly reduce the problem of unsafe teen driving.

History teacher Mark Tueting agrees.

“If I was the king of the world,” Tueting said. “The driving age would be 18 and the drinking age would be lowered. This way, teens would learn to handle alcohol before they have the chance to get behind the wheel, which would decrease the amount of drinking and driving for teens.”

Tueting also thinks that raising the driving age would not only save gas, but save lives.

“Teens are young, immature, and inexperienced.”

Tueting said.

Behind the wheel instructor, Chris Grefe shares the same belief.

“I don’t think that raising the driving age would make much of a difference,” Grefe said. “The maturity level would rise a little but I think the age is okay as it is.”

Biology teacher Ross Bair also agrees.

“Raising the age wouldn’t make a difference.”

Bair said. “Early drivers are safer drivers, they seem to be more concerned with what is going on around them.”

Bair thinks that age is not the biggest factor with reckless driving, but rather that the amount of distractions in the car affects the driver’s driving.

“As drivers become more comfortable driving, they seem to become more reckless because they think they have more experience,” Bair said. “It seems that

the more people a driver has with them in the car, the worse their driving is.”

Junior Rachel O’Connor thinks Bair is right.

O’Connor was required to take a driving course for a speeding ticket and was the youngest person in the class.

“Most of the other people in the class looked like they were in college.” O’Connor said. “I think that high school students are safer drivers because they have just received their licenses.”

Grefe believes that most of the students he has seem very responsible and capable of safely operating a vehicle. Also, he says that while teens would be a little bit more mature at age 17, the difference would only be three months from 16 ½.

“As a parent, I know that it’s a lot easier when the child begins to drive,” Grefe said. “The parent no longer has to drive their child around.”

As for the result of raising the driving age, Grefe says he thinks that while there will be a few less deaths every year, the difference will not be that great.tt

Wenos crashes with Harrison as passenger Aidan Newcity Sports Editor

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eenagers wait for years to get their driver’s license.

When they inform their friends, family or even strangers that they will be on the road all by themselves, a typical answer is ‘Now I have to get off the road!’ Maybe the person is joking, but there is truth to those fears.

According to the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, “In the United States, the crash rate per mile driven for 16-19 year-olds is 4 times the risk for older drivers.

Risk is highest at age 16. In fact, the crash rate per mile driven is twice as high for 16 year-olds as it is for 18-19 year-olds.”

One of the 16-year- olds included in that data is junior Haley Wenos.

Wenos, who had been driving for roughly five months, collided with another car near the end of school last year.

Wenos and fellow junior Priscilla Harrison were headed to an end of the year party at junior Tommy Tran’s house. Wenos was driving in her 1997 Rav 4. The girls were headed to Boyers Rd, where Tran lives. They found the road, and Wenos thought she pulled into the right driveway, but it was not Tran’s, and she had to turn around.

She pulled into the road.

She was across the street ready to turn left in front of oncoming traffic into his driveway. There

was a sharp curve coming from the other direction making it difficult to see cars coming toward her. She looked but did not see anything, so she went for it, but the turn did not happen how she planned.

“At the last second I turned and saw a blue minivan. If I would have accelerated at that point, I would have hit a pole,” Wenos said.

The minivan swerved causing the man driving to hit Wenos on the back right side of her Rav. It was on Harrison’s passenger side.

“We were listening to music, then Haley turned to go in the driveway, I looked over to my right and I saw a van heading straight toward me,” Harrison said, “I was really scared because I thought I was about to die or get severely injured.”

The impact sent Wenos and Harrison spinning a total of 180 degrees. At the time when they were spinning around, all Harrison could say was Haley! She didn’t know what else to say.

Wenos had locked the car doors earlier in their drive. When Harrison and Wenos heard a wheezing noise outside the car after they tried to get out but they did not remember the doors were locked. They frantically scrambled to get out and away from the car, because they thought the car was going to blow up.

“When we were spinning around, I couldn’t believe I was hit,” Wenos said.

When they got out of the car, the left tire was only flat; it was not

going to blow up. They examined the damage. Wenos found rocks in the rims of her tires, and the trunk door was ajar, hanging off the hinges making it impossible to shut. The entire plastic on the right bumper was torn off and in the road. Also, during the impact, a piece of plastic flew in the open window, into Harrison’s lap.

“First I thought I had to have been cut, but I just picked it up and I was fine,” Harrison said.

Harrison dialed 911, while Wenos called her house. She got put through to the answering machine, causing her to leave a frantic message. After the first couple words, Wenos managed to get out, her mom and sister came running to the phone. Wenos explained what happened in a panicky voice. After she was done, her family came rushing to the scene. Wenos’s mom was glad everyone was okay. In the long run, that is all she cared about.

It took the police an hour to arrive. After the police arrived, they examined the scene and damage. When they were done, they decided to charge Wenos with failure to yield.

Wenos had to attend court.

When she went to court in August, she had to explain what happened in her eyes, and listen to the other person involved along with the judge. The charge of failure to yield was dropped, as long as she goes to an eight hour driving school. tt

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The driver can shift from first to second gear when the speed reaches about 10 mph, but when reaching the 10 mph mark, give it a small press on the accelerator before shifting it to second gear. This step is repeated for the next changes in gears. ** Depending on the number of shifts a car has, most shifts can be changed from first to second when it reaches 10 mph. From second to third, 20 to 25 mph and from third to fourth when it reaches 35 mph. Models that have four gears tend to increase their speed and slowly increase the revolutions per minute, otherwise known as rpm. Five and above gears can be changed from fourth to fifth gear at about 45 to 50 mph. The only difference in these types of gears is the driver has a greater ratio between the maximum speeds of the shifts one has to make. ** infographic by Jorge Colin

Tran suffers concussion from accident, kept from football

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When I first woke up I was completely strapped down, so I thought I was dead; I started worrying about my closest friends and family, thinking ‘Aww, I’m dead,’” junior Tommy Tran said.

After realizing that he was still alive and in one piece, Tran looked around at his surroundings. His father was standing over him, holding his hand and Irene Reynolds, principal of Harrisonburg High was in the room, which surprised Tran. He had just been in a car accident, while running errands

for his Renaissance class.

After giving Tran time to regain more consciousness, police entered his hospital room to tell Tran the tale of his recent accident.

“They told me the car was completely totaled,” Tran said. The driver Carrie Callahan and another passenger Ahsanullah Popal were harmed as well, although less severely, according to Tran.

“The doctors told me I had a severe concussion and bruised hips,” Tran said. “But I had good CT scans.”

These injuries kept Tran off of the football field for two weeks where he plays as a varsity nose guard. However, Tran did not let his injuries keep him

from supporting his team. Against the advice from his doctors, Tran appeared at that night’s football game, adorned with a hospital bracelet, cotton balls taped to his arm and a limp as proof of the day’s incident.

“I just wanted to play in the game that night, but I wasn’t mad at Carrie, I didn’t blame her. She didn’t see the other cars because they were coming fast and we just got drilled,” Tran said.

The three juniors were collecting money for their fourth block Renaissance class when they were caught off guard by another 4-door vehicle in oncoming traffic.

“It wasn’t the fact that she [Callahan] was going too fast that got us hurt- after

stopping she pulled out and just didn’t see the cars coming,” Tran said.

Popal was sound asleep as Callahan, a 16-year old driver, pulled out onto South Main near the Honda Dealership.

Resting in the back seat behind Tran, Popal received the rest of the impact from the accident.

The students were transferred to Rockingham Memorial Hospital by ambulance and examined before they were released that afternoon.

According to police, the passengers were very lucky. If Callahan had been driving the car any slower, more damage could have been done, harming the passengers further. tt

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Guidance office prepares students for applying to colleges Jessica Strickler Opinion Editor

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ften times, students are out of the loop and behind when it comes time to apply for college. They don’t take the time to talk with their counselors and figure out what they need to be doing.

Most people assume that there is not anything to do to get ready for college until their junior and senior years of high school. But the best college candidates are the one’s who start during their freshman year.

Guidance counselor David Hoover expressed his frustrations toward freshman and sophomore classes.

“Starting off slowly is the biggest mistake freshmen and sophomores make,” Hoover said. “The worst part is, as a staff we are really trying to get the memo out. But we can talk and talk, and the point rarely registers with the

students. If you are messing taking the PSAT in WHAT YOU THINK October and beginning around in the first two years and not taking your classes Have you started applying to research colleges seriously, you are doing using a website and for college yet? yourself a disservice.” communicating The planning booklet frequently with your Hoover uses, suggests counselor. freshmen should know Juniors should talk the requirements for with their guidance graduating and begin to get counselors about more involved by finding three than just scheduling. or four activities outside Then they should 50 seniors polled on Sept 21 by of school that they really come up with a list Katrina Sokolyuk enjoy. These can include of schools they are sports, church groups, clubs interested in applying or community service. to and make certain that their counselors “I just tried to take challenging classes know. A student wanting to go to UVA that will look good on my transcripts,” will need to take Advance Placement said freshman Caitlin Kelley. “Lots of and honors classes to be competitive. honors classes and probably AP next Starting in the fall, visit the colleges. year.”

In the spring, take the SAT and study Collegeboard.com, which is the for AP tests. Over the summer, visit top ultimate college preparedness planning college picks again. site, recommends that students begin “There is no such thing as being too their college prep at the beginning of organized,” said guidance counselor, sophomore year. They recommend Tim Meyers. “Organization is great.

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What makes you most nervous about college?

Getting accepted into college: 49% Completing college applications on time: 20%

Leaving behind friends, family, home: 11%

Having to adapt to college life: 14%

Having to complete one more year of high school: 6%

Financial aid is key for many

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hoosing the right college is without a doubt one of the biggest decisions students ever make. College also brings the stress of how one will pay for it. The government has set up many programs to assure that money should not be a problem if someone wants to go to college.

The first thing students should do is fill out a free application for federal student aid, or FAFSA. This application determines eligibility for government loans or grants from the government. Many factors tie into qualifying for loans or grants including the family’s annual income and the number of siblings in college.

“The main goal of these federal programs is to help people pay for college. With all of the programs available, money should not be the reason you don’t enroll in post secondary school,” guidance counselor David Hoover said. As a guidance counselor, Hoover knows alot about making ends meet when it comes to college.

Loans and grants are the two main types of aid available for students. The difference between loans and grants is whether or not the money has to be paid back. With a grant, the government will give free money to pay college expenses. With a loan, the money has to be paid back. Subsidized and unsubsidized are the two types of loans. An unsubsidized loan is has to be paid back with interest. Subsidized loans allow students to borrow money, but the federal government pays back the interest while it accumulates.

Scholarships are another way to get into school for a cheaper price. A scholarship is when a school gives money to a student to come to them because the student is an outstanding athlete or because they have an extremely high grade point average (GPA), or have another area of interest that the college wants.

Students can apply for the various programs in January. There are also many workshops for parents and students concerning financial aid. Any questions or concerns about anything relating to financial aid can be addressed to Dr. O’Meara in the career center at HHS. 

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Alumni surprised about college Michael Johnson Staff Reporter

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hen you go away to college, you do not know what to expect.

You will meet different people, see different events, and have different experiences than what you had in high school.

Emily Johnson, a HHS alumnus and student at James Madison University, is having a great time, but has discovered a different way to get the job done in her classes. “I was surprised about the amount of time that you have to put in to study,” Johnson said.

“I did not really have to study in high school except when I was taking AP courses.”

Johnson was very glad that she had AP classes in high school. “AP classes helped me greatly because in college, you have to read a lot, write a lot of papers, and study and lot. In AP classes you do all of that,” Johnson said.

Johnson was especially glad she took AP English and history.

“AP English helped me with writing papers because now I feel prepared to write my analysis

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You won’t miss a single deadline, or have to worry about not having done something.”

During the senior year, take the SAT in October or November. Figure out application deadlines for each school.

Ask for letters of recommendation early and don’t put essays off until the last minute.

English teacher Sheila Fielding helps give students an edge when it comes to writing essays by practicing them. She gives her students thorough guidelines to creating a well rounded essay that will give admissions officers a true feel for the individual. For students who are stuck on where to start, she offers a worksheet “Things About Me” which includes questions ranging from “what I daydream about” to “if I only had one year to live” to “not to brag, but three things I do well”. Topics such as these will help students start off their essays with a bang. 

paper for my art history class. AP History also helped me because you had to read a lot in that class.

Reading was not much of a shock to me since I took these courses,” Johnson said.

Wendy Miller, JMU student and HHS alumnus, is overwhelmed as well. “There is a lot of reading involved in college. I heard there was a lot but I did not know this much,” Miller said.

Molly Anderson, also a Harrisonburg High School alumni and a student at UVA, is also is also surprised, but in a different way. “I think it is shocking how I see people from high school. It is not a bad thing, but I see people from HHS every day,” Anderson said.

Anderson is also happy that she took AP classes in high school.

“AP classes helped me for college.

I used my AP handbook on a paper for my English class this semester,” Anderson said.

While these former students have had some unexpected workloads, all agreed that the classes they took at HHS were helpful to them. They all are adjusting well to the new demands in college and enjoying this new phase of their lives. 

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4T nursery program provides support for teen parents Even after grants were not renewed for the nursery, HHS workers and volunteers push forward to help moms, dads stay in school Savanah Cary Feature Editor

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aving a child while still in high school adds an additional commitment to students. The 4T program offers help to these young parents so they are able to stay in school and provide a good life for their child. The parents and kids that are a part of the 4T program face struggles every day, but are also able to reap the rewards that always come with being a parent. “[Having a kid] has really opened my eyes. When you want to get the things you want, like going to school, you have an extra responsibility to take care of,” Senior Emily Arroyo-Mendez said. “You can’t always depend on the people you thought you could depend on.”

Arroyo-Mendez was sixteen when she had her daughter, Yasmine. Yasmine is now one year and five months old. Senior Griselda Alvardo also notices some big changes in her life since she had her daughter Sheila. Alvardo had her daughter when she was seventeen and Sheila is now nine months old.

“Having a kid has changed my life a lot. Now that I am married to Sheila’s father, I have triple the work taking care of two more people,” Alvardo said.

“I can’t think about myself anymore. I have to make sure I have a babysitter when I need one and if I am doing homework and she is crying I have to stop and take care of her.”

Arroyo-Mendez and Yasmine have been a part of the 4T program for two years. In fact, ArroyoMendez started helping with the program while she was pregnant with Yasmine.

“The program has helped me by providing diapers or snacks if we don’t have them one day,” Arroyo-Mendez said. “They also talk to us about and give us advice on being a parent.”

Senior John Blackburn also has his son, Giovanni, enrolled in the program. Blackburn was eighteen when he had his son and the mother of the child, who attends TA, was fifteen. Giovanni is now eighteen months old. “[The 4T program] has helped me a lot. Being able to bring Giovanni to the nursery has taken off a lot of stress,” Blackburn said. Since the 4T program knows Yasmine, Giovanni, Sheila and the other children well, they notice their different personalities showing even when they are infants. Yasmine, for example,

is very outgoing and loves dancing and playing outside.

“One thing that Yasmine loves to do at home is jump off the bed,” Arroyo-Mendez said. Although there are many difficulties with raising a child, Arroyo-Mendez has the support of her parents, and her boyfriend, who is also Yasmine’s father.

Arroyo-Mendez’s parents provided her support when she did not have a job and was unable to provide the support herself. Arroyo-Mendez also finds that Yasmine offers her support as well.

“I am never lonely now that I have her,” ArroyoMendez said. “When I am sad or mad I can talk to her and she makes me happy.” Alvardo finds that her mother is the biggest help outside of school.

“When I need to go somewhere and I can’t take Sheila with me, my mom will watch her for me.

She also has the experience of raising four kids and can help me when I have questions.” Alvardo said. Blackburn agrees that his mom is a big help to him as well as Giovanni’s mother.

“Giovanni’s mother helps a lot by taking care of him, and my mom helps by being the ride. She drives us to school and any other place we need to go,” Blackburn said. Although there are difficulties when raising a child as a teenager, Alvardo still notices the best parts about having a child.

“Watching my daughter grow is the best part,” Alvardo said. “One day we were listening to music, and the first time that she stood up, she heard the music and just started dancing. It’s fun to see the way she learns.” 

Playtime! Sheila Alvardo, daughter of senior Griselda Alvardo tries out different types of toys as her friends and other young playmates take naps or play with Play-Doh. Sheila is one of twelve other babies and toddlers enrolled in the HHS’ nursery. Photo by Rafiqa Haji.

Yum. Andrea spends her morning with Play-Doh. “I’m making dinner for my mommy,” she said, as she molded the dough into different shapes to respresent foods. Photo by Maria Rose.

Tickle torture. One year and nine-month-old Yasmine Arroyo-Mendez enjoys a few moments with her mother, senior Emily Arroyo-Mendez. Arroyo-Mendez notes that “[having a kid] has really opened my eyes.” Photo by Rafiqa Haji.

What does the money in the school go to?

HHS 2009 Budget Total: $869,539 Budget is subject to change, based on a year to year basis.

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3% Other 4% Arts (Drama, Art, Forensics) 4.7% Stadium Maintenance 7.1% Band/Choral 7.2% Athletics 22% Alternate Education 25% School costs (Driver’s Ed, Summer School, etc) 56.4%

Beahm creates nursery for teen parents

five days a week in school.

“Some students have had to leave the program because they have to go work full-time to support their kid, but they’re working full time at a fast food restaurant.” Beahm said, “Graduating will f you walk down the alternative education help them much more.” hallway, you will hear noises unheard in At this point in time, 12 kids from three most high schools. Toddler’s laughs and months to three years are being taken care of in baby’s cries echo off the walls. In that corner the nursery. of the school, the 4T Nursery of HHS resides.

“The students who have graduated from the 4T coordinator and alternative education program benefit and get to have the peace of teacher Beth Beahm founded the nursery in 2006, mind that their kids are safe,” which allows students to continue Hamer said. going to school when they have Normally moms are the children. primary caretakers of their If a teenage girl...

“The nursery is really Mrs. children, but the nursery finds herself pregnant, Beahm’s project.” Alternative does have active fathers.

Education Coordinator Delena she isn’t going to think, “Every year, we have at Hamer said,. “When she first least one or two fathers who ‘Oh, everything’s fi ne suggested the idea, we kind of are the ones who take care of because the high school thought ‘Oh, we’ll never be able the kids and around five or to do that.” Through dedication has a nursery,’” six who are involved. They and hard work and in addition  4T Coordinator help with lunch or come to her teaching duties, Beahm has to afterschool meetings,” Beth Beahm been able to run the nursery.

Beahm said. Beahm is also in Recently, the 4T program has charge of the support group been criticized as encouraging WECARE for teens with kids teenage pregnancy but Beahm finds this that meets the first Thursday of each month. ludicrous.

“It’s open to anyone who is pregnant or who “If a teenage girl is in a relationship and finds has a kid, not just people in 4T. We provide herself pregnant, she is not going to think ‘Oh fellowship and play games and just a place for everything’s fine because the high school has students to talk to people who are going through a nursery!’” Beahm said. Beahm created the what they’re going through,” Beahm said. The program because she believes students with nursery’s future is threatened by the recent loss children need to be able to support their babies. of grants, but Beahm is using every outlet to be “If you saw the students step out of a taxi sure the program continues. Hamer would be sad cab with their kid, all their stuff for school and to lose the nursery, especially due to its positive then their baby bag you would know,” Beahm impact. said. The students balance school time with their “If something would happen to the program children by playing with the babies during lunch. we can’t say it wasn’t a success,” Hamer said, “It Not all the parents, however, can afford to spend is a success.” 

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HHS’s nursery program not unique, other Virginia schools starting daycares Molly Denman Ad Manager

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he controversy of having daycares in high schools is discussed around the country.

In Virginia, several schools have nurseries onsite for teen mothers.

Whether the daycares help or harm teen pregnancy rates, the nurseries offer child care for the children with student mothers.

Many have discussed their thoughts on whether daycare in schools is promoting teen pregnancy or just helping the mothers.

The pregnancy boom in Gloucester High School in Massachusetts last year made headlines. Seventeen girls in the school decided to get pregnant together.

At Gloucester High School, the daycare center located in the school provided teen moms with childcare during the

school day. According to the mothers with support WHAT YOU THINK Gloucester Times, none of while raising their child.

Should we keep the the girls who got pregnant At Malden High nursery? dropped out of school.

School, the Teen Parenting T.C Williams High school Program helps teen in Fairfax, Virginia recently mothers become good added a daycare center to parents and encourages the new 100 million dollar them to stay in school and high school. The day care, continue their education.

230 people in all grades and named the “Tiny Titans The program is funded faculty polled on Sept 21by Chris Sokolyuk Daycare” was set up for the

by Catholic charities. teen mothers in the school.

The daycare is located The daycare provided the in the high school. The mothers with child care while they program offers classes on parenting, attended their classes during the day. It nutrition, time management, money also offered parents or teen mothers a management, and community outreach child development group during lunch stills. The program has lowered teen periods called Alexandria City Early mother drop out rates and has made a Childhood Development. positive impact in the school.

However, help for teen mothers is At Hartford Public High School, not only offered at the high school, but their daycare called the “Little Owls in the community, too. The Nurturing Learning Center” was threatened to Parent program offers classes for be closed on account of a change in parents and their children. Efforts to the cities budget. Wanting to keep the help teen mothers in Fairfax provide daycare open, a petition was made up

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and signed by those involved in the program. The daycare center was very important to teen mothers who lived around the city because they relied on the program to finish school and have adequate care for their child or children.

The main concern for the closing of the school was that the teen mothers would drop out of high school if the daycare program actually closed. Whether or not the daycare will be closed is still uncertain.

Schools across America are providing programs for teenage mothers. Although talk of how teen mothers think it is okay to have a child because a daycare would be provided is a concern, there is no doubt that the daycares have helped teen mothers stay in high school. However, in schooldaycares give teen mothers a safe place for their children to stay while they finish high school. 

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Drum major DiNapoli leads marching band to success Band, from a1 “Everyone in the band really likes the show, because it is exciting and everyone can really put a lot of energy into it,” DiNapoli said.

The band’s enthusiasm for the show is evident in their performances; during the Friday night halftime performances, the band’s show has been garnering increasing attention.

“The Red Sea cheers for Sarah [the drum major] and for the band because they always look really good on the field,” senior Sally Kardos said. “In the past couple of years, the Red Sea hasn’t always paid that much attention to what is happening on the field.”

To keep up their momentum at

competitions, especially as the Parade of Champions competition at James Madison University nears, DiNapoli does not let after-school band practices become too routine.

“The hardest part is continuing to improve because we started out with first places at the beginning of the season,” DiNapoli said. “Now we have to watch out for other bands that are improving.”

On a more personal level, DiNapoli has not changed how she approaches competitions or Friday night football games after winning several first place awards. As drum major, DiNapoli is largely responsible for keeping the tempo of the band’s marching steady and directing marching members’ movement.

“I’m such a self-critical person that I never expect drum major awards. And even though they are really cool to get, my job is helping the band be better, so it is not about me,” DiNapoli said. “I’d rather stay focused on doing what the band needs. If it happens to get me an award, that is great, but it is the first competitive category that I have not been interested in.”

Snow, who says that all of his drum majors have been excellent leaders, has watched the band grow to trust DiNapoli.

“Sarah’s ability to persevere through the difficult moments in our show has helped her to command the attention and respect of the ensemble,” Snow said. According to Snow, DiNapoli’s character, musical abilities and

willingness to take the band to the next level have helped her to individual success in competition this season.

Next on the competitive schedule for the band are the Oakton competition and the Parade of Champions, the largest competition the band participates in.

Past these competitions, DiNapoli does not anticipate stepping out on the field as either drum major or a marcher in the future.

“If I go to a school with a good football team I might do marching band because because you get front row seats at games,” DiNapoli said. “I really enjoy music but the time requirements in college make it a full tine activity.

I’m considering auditioning for a lower band though.” 

Carter spreads message about path to peace in Middle East Carter, from a1 “We just wanted to have an award to acknowledge people for their actions [encouraging peace]. It’s expensive to host a ceremony like this so often, but it is rewarding to do so.”

The night started off with Myron S. Augsburger, a trustee at the JMU Mahatma Gandhi Center, giving an emphatic speech. “Goodness has the power to transform life,” he said, summing up the moral of the ceremony.

Several other noted people attended the ceremony, such as

Meera Shankar, Ambassador of India to the U.S. and Imad Moustapha, Ambassador of Syria to the U.S. JMU president Linwood Rose also spoke, explaining the award that Carter would receive.

Finally, Carter took the stage. He spoke emphatically, gesturing on certain words like, ‘hope’, ‘America’ and ‘peace’. The purpose of his speech was to encourage two fighting countries, Israel and Palestine to stop by choosing the ‘two-state solution’. The countries have been at war, with Palestine demanding land they believed to be theirs

from Israel, who refuses to concede their territory. Carter was encouraging Israel to give up the land to Palestine who would, in return, cease their attacks on Israel.

May believes that his speech clearly exemplified the qualities that they awarded him for-compassion, empathy and determination.

“His discussion of bringing peace to the Middle East was even-handed; there was no favoritism shown. Plus, the sheer fact that he’s worked so many hours in the Middle East is impressive-at 85,” May said.

“If that doesn’t deserve an

New club members anxious to meet goals The members have high hopes that their team will do well this year, even though it is their first.

Not only would they like a good turnout, but they want to be noticed as well.

“When we go to competitions, I want people to know who we are,” senior Danial Rashid said.

Members of the Robotics Club are working hard so that they are certain their goals are met.

The club meets on Activity Day 1 in room 435 and gets together every Thursday afternoon robots, from a1

after school until 4:00pm. Although the club is continuously busy, the members do not mind the hard work and long hours they invest in into robotics.

“I joined the Robotics Club because it was an opportunity to work with others and solve problems together. I would say that the hardest part [about robotics] is showing people that it can be interesting, but it really is fun,” Rashid said.

Wet weather doesn’t dampen good time at festival festival, from a1

said. She used tubes to pump air into the lungs so viewers could see the full effect; she also explained why smoking tobacco is unhealthy.

“I liked the Key Club booth because they showed actual lungs. It was informative and scary at the same time,” senior Shvan Kareem said.

Kareem helped out at the KYC national booth, which is a Kurdish Club that has recently started in Harrisonburg.

“We sold baklava and water bottles to fundraise for our club,” Kareem said. Kareem enjoys attending this festival because he is able

to inform other people about his nationality.

“I like getting introduced to new things; they’re beneficial because we learn about other countries and everyone can gather,” Kareem said.

The event continues to attract people from all over the community because of the handmade items from different cultures. There is also entertainment, including people, from other ethnic backgrounds and dancing.

Through rain and mud, people crowded the park with their umbrellas in hand and minds ready to learn about diversity from all over the world. 

award, I don’t know what does.”

However, not everyone thought Carter’s speech was so strong. Junior Joe Niland conceded that Carter deserved the award, but thought that what he spoke of seemed a bit questionable.

“He definitely deserves the award and what he said made sense,” Niland said. “It just seems like it’s going to be implausible, inconceivable and impossible for him to follow through. In that order.”

Despite that fact, Carter’s speech and the Nonviolence Ceremony was a hit. With the hopes that people will

start to change their lives in the direction of peace, May is thankful for Carter’s appearance in Harrisonburg.

“So few humans do so much so unselfishly,” May said.

As the ceremony finished up, a peace litany, written by JMU students, Noga Senderowitsch and Rahim Abulaban was read.

“We are a hopeful generation that must be the change… together,” the audience chanted solemnly.

And just maybe, we can.

nursery, from a1 never would have happened,” Beahm said.

Kristy Arbogast, whose son Isiah stays at the nursery during her school day is going to graduate this January.

“Without the nursery, I would probably have had to be homeschooled,” Arbogast said, “And this nursery is very helpful and very good with kids.” Arbogast plans on attending Blue Ridge Community College in January or next fall, thanks to the nursery’s help. Balancing school and a child is hard but Arbogast was able to make it work.

“Just stay on top of schoolwork. You’re going to lose a lot of sleep,” Arbogast said, “But it’s worth it in the end.”

Beahm contacted other schools with nurseries to get ideas on how to start the program.

“We became partners with the Dayton Learning Center and modeled the program after it,” said Beahm. 4T

applied for grants to start the program and asked for donations to get the initial toys and supplies.

Though the nursery gets in-kind services, a room, utilities and maintenance, Harrisonburg City Schools does not give the nursery monetary funding.

The nursery relies on a large grant but this year they did not receive it.

“I’m not sure why we did not get the grant but we are now applying for every grant we can find,” Beahm said.

The nursery also receives funding from United Way and RMH, but since 4T costs approximately $72,000 to run a year they need many different types of income.

“If anyone has any questions and is interested in the donating to the program please come visit,” Beahm said, “This program is really important and I know with the economic times it’s hard to just give away money but if you come see you will understand how important this is.” 

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Holmes comes close to VHSL record for rushing Mitch Depoy Sports Editor

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or junior Michael Holmes, this football season has been one to remember for the ages. With two games under his belt and

Robert E. Lee coming to Harrisonburg for the annual rivalry he was ready to go. Last year Harrisonburg lost to Lee by 24 points with the final score of 5632. So this year, the Streaks were out looking for revenge.

Holmes started right were he left off last year, hitting the ground run-

Team talk. Junior Michael Holmes escapes a tackle during the homecoming football game against the Waynesboro Little Giants. Photo by Wayne Showalter.

Six simple steps for fantasy football

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Go to a fantasy football provider (Yahoo Fantasy Sports is a good one) and enter into a league with friends or do one by yourself

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You will gain points depending on your players performance, interceptions, yards run, touchdowns and other stats can affect how many points you recieve.

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Keep track of your players. Sometimes if they get hurt or aren’t doing well you should trade them in and try to get another player.

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Check your status a lot to keep up with your fantasy team.

You will be ranked in your draft for the amount of points you have. In some leagues, if you win there is even a cash prize!

Infographic by Conner Whitehouse and Vanessa Ehrenpreis

ning. In the game, Holmes ran for eight touchdowns in the first half and had 413 yards on only 20 carries. The eight touchdowns were a Virginia High School League record, and the 413 rushing yards were just a few yards off the VHSL and HHS record. The person who holds this record at HHS is Cory Hart, who just recently was inducted into the HHS Hall of Fame. In 1986 he rushed for 420 yards in a single game against the Broadway Gobblers. As a team, the Streaks also broke a VHSL record with 662 total rushing yards in this single game.

Holmes has been playing football since he was young.

“I’ve been playing since Pee-Wee football,” Holmes said. He was on the West team his first year and then moved to the North team.

“The North was always a good team,” Holmes said. Last year Holmes played up on the varsity team.

“I was second string running-back behind senior standout Alex Owah last year,” Holmes said. Holmes also got some good playing time last year as a sophomore.

“I got a lot of playing time behind Owah last year. The thing that I took from Owah the most was the fact that I don’t need to get a big head,” Holmes said. “I want to continue to get better, and become the best that I can be.”

As for this year, Holmes is raking up the style points. In five games, Holmes has had 22 touchdowns and has rushed for 1,515 yards. If he stays on this pace,

he should have a 2,800+ season and 30+ touchdowns.

Right now Holmes is still just being recruited by a few Division II and 1-AA football teams like JMU, but if he is to continue to put up the numbers that he has, his name will be out there among some of the biggest names in the college football world.

It is a big help for Holmes to have an offensive line that is full of productive players. Junior Landon Turner and senior Shane Pouncey are both huge assest with their large frames. Turner stands at 6’5 and is 310 pounds, while Pouncey is also tall at 6’4, 325 pounds.

“Landon and Shane are on the left side of the line and I prefer to run that way when I need to get some yards,” Holmes said. Starting quarterback Jake Johnson also enjoys having Holmes in the backfield.

“It is a ton of fun having Michael back there with me. He is so explosive and makes everyone’s job a little bit easier,” Johnson said.

Holmes also has a younger brother who plays football. Weylin Holmes is a freshman this year at HHS. Weylin has also been playing football since the PeeWee level just like his brother.

The thing that Weylin will take most from Michael’s on field experiences will be his stiff arm move.

“My brother taught me his stiff arm move a few years ago,” Holmes said.

To this day the stiff arm is still the preferred move for the Holmes brothers. tt

Juniors win powderpuff football game

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mess up,” Dean said.

Senior Jessica Rutledge was very thrilled to be a part of the team for her senior year, especially since it has been her first year playing since her return from another school in Saudi Arabia.

“I was just expecting to have an awesome time because my friends are on the team,” Rutledge said.

For junior, Priscilla Harrison, winning the game wasn’t strictly about competition, but also a way to have fun, even behind the “gossip.”

“I think it’s cool that the juniors won.

The seniors were talking smack to us to make it more fun but they weren’t serious about it,” Harrison said.

The audience members also had a fun time watching the game and rooting for

the teams.

“It was really interesting to see the seniors versus the juniors. I was rooting for the juniors, though. Each grade was clapping for their own team and the cheerleaders were really funny,” junior Cindy Banegas said.

Results of the game came down to juniors winning in overtime, proving that age isn’t a factor when it comes down to playing. Aside from the results, the entire powderpuff football team set a new precedent for the next year’s girl’s to go out there and put on a good show.

The SCA has not yet decided if there will be a rematch game between the juniors and the seniors this year, but more information about the game will be available soon. tt

owderpuff football, an all-girls football team consisting of only juniors and seniors hit the grid-iron for the first time in over 10 years.

There was a large turnout of close to 300 enthusiastic students, and a supportive cheerleading team, who smiled proudly and dressed to entertain the audiences in light humor, only to offset the competitive and fun game.

The girl’s ran onto the football field prepared in their matching senior navy blue shirts and junior light blue shirts. Regular football rules were used with some exceptions, such as pulling velcro flags off waist belts instead of tackling.

“It’s a bunch of girl power. I heard about it through the announcements and it’s my senior year, so I wanted to enjoy it to the fullest, having fun with friends,” senior Claudia Rojas said.

Not only were the girls part of the team but guys participated as well. The team was coached by seniors, Michael Clopper, Travis Roadcap, Tanner Johnson, and Nick Fornadel, while juniors were coached by Ryan Fletcher, Jake Johnson, Landon Turner and Zack Dean. Referees were Seniors, Chris Moffett and Tyler Cockerham.

Senior Ian Frazier also provided announcements. Fornadel, who plays football himself, heard about the opportunity to coach from his girlfriend.

“I decided to coach powerpuff because Dasha recommended it and I thought it was a great idea,” Fornadel said.

Dean also decided to coach because of a recommendation. His background in football made him easily qualified to coach the game.

Dean believes his coaching style helped the team.

“I give credit where credit is Pumped up the junior players celebrate with their teammates after winnning the powderpuff football due and I’ll heat your face if you game against the senior team. Photo by Rafiqa Haji

Families lead kids to being fans of college football Jack Burden Sports Editor

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ith the recent start of the college football season, many avid football fans are finding themselves in front of their TV on Thursday nights and Saturday afternoons.

“Ever since I came into the world I’ve been wearing purple and gold,” sophomore Jake Durden said. Durden, a fan of James Madison University, moved to Harrisonburg when he was 10, after his dad took the offensive coordinator position for the Dukes. Ever since then, Durden has been a fan of JMU. “Let’s just say that [being a JMU fan] runs in the family,” Durden said.

Senior Ian Frazier was born into being a UVA fan; he had no choice. His grandfather took him to UVA home games at the age of six months old,

and he has contin- WHAT YOU THINK why I’ve been a fan ued to go to UVA of the JMU Dukes What is your favorite home games since. since birth,” Sophcollege football team?

“We’re pretty omore Peter Byrd UVA bad this year. We’re said. Byrd, a for6 0-3, after losing to mer UVA fan who JMU 17 William and Mary, turned purple and VT 12 TCU, and Southern gold after a disapTX Miss,” Frazier said. pointing Cavalier 2 However, the Cavaseason last year, UNC 2 liers did have one of turned to the homeGT 1 the best years in the town team, the 2004 teams history two PENN 1-AA football cham1 years ago, after gopions in 2004.

PITT 2 ing 9-7 and obtain“This year will 43 people in all grades and ing a spot in the Gabe the best year ever faculty polled on Sept 21 by tor Bowl. [for JMU football],” Michael Tower Sophomore Byrd said.

Claire Glick is an Junior John Dod enthusiastic fan of the Virginia has been a Tennessee fan all his Tech Hokies, the rival of Fra- life, but had no real choice in zier’s Cavaliers. the matter. His family is com“I’ve been a fan as long as prised of many fanatic TennesI can remember,” Glick said. see fans.

Glick’s dad attended Virginia “This year is not so good, Tech, so being a Hokie fan runs but it could get better,” Dod in her family. said.

Glick thinks that this year According to Dod, Tenneswill be a good one for the Hok- see has one of the best recruities. ing classes in the country. On “I like teams that win. That’s top of that, the Vols acquired

former Raiders head coach Lane Kiffin last season after Kiffin was let go from Oakland.

“We have Bryce Braun, a running back, who is the best recruit in the country. But the best player on the team is Eric Berry, who plays safety,” Dod said.

Durden and Byrd also believe JMU did well recruiting in the off-season.

“We did pretty well. We recruited speed and got some playmakers,” Byrd said. However, Byrd believes that the best Duke did not come from this years recruiting class. He, along with Durden, believe the best player on the team is cornerback Justin Thorpe.

“This was our best [recruiting] year yet,” Durden said.

JMU recruited Peter Rose, a utility player on the offense.

“He can really play any position,” Durden said.

For Byrd and Durden, JMU head coach Mickey Matthews is doing a good job coaching

the Dukes.

“He brings a lot of personality to the table, and does a good job coaching the team [as well],” Byrd said.

Like Durden, Byrd, and Dod, Frazier also has faith in UVA’s recruiting class. However, he disapproves of Al Groh, the Cavaliers head coach.

“He’s absolutely terrible at coaching because he and his staff are really bad at play-calling,” Frazier said.

Glick, on the other hand, believes Virginia Tech head coach Frank Beamer is doing a great job.

“He’s a good team leader, and just coaches well,” Glick said.

So no matter which team you root for, come Saturday, there is one essential ideology you must have, as Durden puts it so well.

“This year is going to be the best ever.” tt

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Giving the perfect acceptance speech Alex Rendon Sports Reporter

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hether you win an Emmy or a Razzie, are inducted into Cooperstown or Naismith, it is imperative to give a stellar acceptance speech.

This is your chance to show off your funny, intelligent, human, poetic side. Giving a successful acceptance speech is a daunting task, especially for the ego happy among us, but it can be done with strict adherence to the following guidelines: 1. If female, cry (or at least be on the verge). If male, cry a lot. Example: Michael Irvin and Kristen Chenoweth.

Michael Irvin’s hall of fame speech is often considered as one of the best of all times because of the genuine emotion he demonstrated.

Kristen Chenoweth stole the hearts of the audience after winning an Emmy, crying, and then unfortunately succumbing to a migraine. It should be noted; however, that although authentic emotion is appreciated, getting too genuine is a turn-off. Michael Jordan got too genuine during his speech when he was inducted into the basketball hall of fame. It’s easy to guess what the reaction to Jordan’s speech was with oratory gems such as: “There’s no ‘I’ in team but there’s an ‘I’ in win.” Clever, but the speech as a whole was controversial and some people believe it cost Jordan some likeability, which has always fluctuated anyway.

2. “Be funny but don’t make them laugh.” Brad Pitt had it right when he said this to Matt Damon in “Ocean’s 11.” This principle should not be misconstrued. It’s perfectly fine to make the audience laugh but what’s not okay is to “Dane Cook” it up on the podium. Not only is it embarrassing to crack a string of flat jokes to a reticent audience, but it also takes away from the moment. If you know deep down that you’re no Leno, lay off the jokes or take a page from Rickey Henderson’s handbook and tell a story. Henderson’s speech at his induction into the baseball hall of fame this year was decorated with humorous anecdotes from his life that were received by the audience. Again, don’t talk about the time you punched your little league coach in the face for daring to bat you fifth, humble-ize yourself if possible.

3. No Kanye jokes. No thanking your middle school bus driver. No dissin’ the organization rewarding you unless you do that sort of thing (Sex Pistols).

4. Let things go. Whether someone mispronounced your name earlier in the show (Heigl equals “HIGUL”) or cut you from your high school basketball team as a sophomore (still?), the moment is yours to depreciate by appearing petty.

Most athletes or entertainers who give acceptance speeches choose to play it safe. They’ll probably thank their parents, remark how wonderful the other candidates are and then proceed to be jettisoned into a litany of forgettable award acceptances.

Conversely, there are the select few award-getters that attempt to “Sally Field” their way into YouTube infamy. If that’s the path for you, then tread carefully. There are millions of people that would love to be in your position and for their sake, act appreciatively.

Or at least don’t screw up too badly. Even Beyoncé can’t fix every faux pas (Okay, so sue me). tt

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Philadelphia Eagle linebacker Akeem Jordan returns to HHS Vanessa Ehrenpreis Sports Reporter

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ight years after Akeem Jordan led the Blue Streaks to a state championship in football in 2001, both students and teachers still get excited when he returns to HHS. Now playing for the Philadelphia Eagles, Jordan first started right here in the ‘burg.

“He was a great football player, an awesome kid, and a really nice kid. I’ve been here 26 years so I’ve seen a lot of things, and he was among the best,” attendance officer Cathy Grogg said.

Jordan returned for this years’ homecoming game on October 2, for the retiring ceremony of his number five jersey. Grogg was excited for the game, but also for Jordan’s appearance.

“I’m always excited [for football games], but retiring Akeem’s number is a great way to honor him, and all of his accomplishments, I’m really looking forward to it,” Grogg said.

The Streaks Club even made commemorative t-shirts for his return.

Despite the $15 pricetag, people bought them extremely quickly, of the 200 ordered only 50 were left after the first day they were on sale.

Grogg believes that Jordan deserves to have his number retired.

“He definitely deserves to have his number retired. He set goals and accomplished them, that is worth a lot,” Grogg said.

Jordan found out his number was being retired when he was in Charlotte.

“At first I didn’t really realize what was happening because I was asleep, but then I got excited,” Jordan said.

Jordan tries to return to Harrisonburg twice a year, once in the fall, and once in the spring. But this visit was different from all the others because of the retiring ceremony.

“It feels good, coming back home and being honored is good,” Jordan said. “It almost feels like an anniversary.”

Fans swarmed the tent where Jordan was giving autographs, and even his nieces were jokingly asking for his signature.

Seventh grader Brendon Mendoza and sixth grader Nadeem Bitar pushed their

In the big leagues now. Former HHS standout and current Philadelphia Eagles linebacker Akeem Jordan signs autographs at the October 2 football game against the Waynesboro Little Giants. Photo by Maria Rose. way to the front to get his autograph and a picture.

“He’s really cool. I wasn’t nervous to meet him, just happy,” Mendoza and Bitar said. Students and adults nervously asked for a picture or for him to sign their shirt.

Others were just excited to meet Jordan and possibly follow in his foot steps, such as second grader Anna Shifflet.

“I got to take a picture with him,” Shifflet said, “I love the Eagles, and sometimes I watch football with my dad on Friday. I want to be a professional basketball player when I grow up.”

Jordan’s popularity in Harrisonburg is very different from that in Philidelphia.

“In Philly, I can go to the grocery store and nobody will even notice me. You get used to it [popularity] in your hometown people are showing love rather than strangers in the city,” Jordan said.

Jordan hopes that current football players learn to seize the moment while they are playing.

“Harrisonburg athletics taught me to work hard, and eventually everything will

come,” Jordan said. “Every player needs to seize the moment, and just play one play at a time. You need to work as hard as you can, and play for every second and every play. Its fine using controlled anger, but just have some fun.”

Jordan does wish he had done some things differently in high school, but is grateful for where he has ended up.

“I wish I had done better in school, definitely academics. But I’m happy for where I am today,” Jordan said. “I am going to keep playing in the NFL for four more years, and then we’ll see what happens.”

Jordan’s family is what keeps him playing football. His annual visits are mostly to see his daughter and fiancée.

“They drive me to win, I do everything for them,” Jordan said.

As with any professional football player, Jordan hopes to win the Super Bowl on February 7, 2010. But, even if he does not win he will be returning around Feburary 8 to visit his family. tt

Carpenter, Bell enjoy competitive biking Vanessa Ehrepreis Sports Reporter

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ophomore Lindsey Carpenter has been involved with biking since she was born.

“I’ve biked for about 11 years, since I was three. My dad’s favorite thing to do is mountain bike, so he got me into it when I was really young,” Carpenter said, “It is good exercise, and being with other people who ride is always really fun.”

Sophomore Conner Bell shares a similar story to Carpenter, and has been biking ever since he could walk.

“I’ve biked all my life, but I’ve actually trained for two years,” Bell said.“My dad bikes, and he thought I’d like the sport too.”

Although Carpenter recently stopped mountain biking, and has taken up BMX biking instead, she still remembers the difficulties of the sport. Mountain biking can be very complicated. Many maneuvers are used to avoid crashing, and sometimes they do not always work.

“I’d have to say the worst part about biking is crashing, it can be pretty scary.

Some of the trails were brutal, but I always made it out,” Carpenter said.

On the other hand, Bell enjoys the thrill and sense of danger he gets from speeding down mountains.

“I like going downhill at 30 miles per hour, there’s a chance you can run into a tree and that always makes it more fun,” Bell said. “Going really fast is the best feeling.”

Like any other sport, mountain biking has its own strategies.

Look out Lance. Sophomore Conner Bell competes in one of his numerous mountain biking races. Photo courtesy of Conner Bell.

“You definitely need to make sure your bike is in order before you race, and you just need to be able to handle the idea of racing. You can’t get freaked out while you’re on the bike,” Carpenter said. “My favorite thing about racing was the sense of accomplishment at the end of each race.

Knowing that you did well is an awesome feeling.”

Bell’s typical race day looks something like this. “I wake up kind of early, and drive for a couple of hours to the race. Around 12:00, I warm up and make my way to the starting line. Then the race starts, and it’s usually around 15 to 20 miles,” Bell said.

“In the beginning of summer there is usually one race a week. The biggest race I do is the Shenandoah mountain 100 in

Harrisonburg.”

Carpenter and Bell even enjoy watching other athletes bike.

“I love watching people ride, since my dad competes I know most of the biking society in the area, so it doesn’t feel like I’m just a spectator,” Carpenter said.

Bell enjoys watching local races but the larger competitions, such as the Tour de France, are what he really looks forward to. His big goal is to become a professional cyclist and perhaps race in the Olympics one day. If he makes it there or not, he knows one thing for sure, biking will always be in his future.

“I’d love to be a professional athlete, and do triathalons or bike, but if that doesn’t happen then I’ll be an industrial engineer and design bikes or cars. I’ll definitely do something with biking,” Bell said.

After winning many awards, and biking up Alpe d’huez in France, Bell has a good reason to stay in the sport. Carpenter on the other hand plans to become a physical trainer in the future, but wants to continue BMX biking. Before Carpenter stopped racing, she received two first place awards, two second place awards, and other random prizes. Now she spends most of her time at the Westover skate park, instead of racing down trails.

“I play soccer and I run, but BMX biking is by far my favorite. The people are closer to my age, and the atmosphere is completely different. I get to do a wide variety of tricks, and it always feels good when I land a new one,” Carpenter said.

“My goals are to keep improving and get new people into the sport. Biking is something everyone should experience.”

Bell has one simple explaination for his success in mountain biking. “I go hard, that is it.” tt

Freshmen cheerleaders compete for spots in routine

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Aidan Newcity Sports Reporter

rom year to year in every sport, freshmen have to learn something new, and do it right. It puts a lot of pressure on them. Pressure is put on freshmen especially in cheerleading because there is not an option for any girl to be on junior varsity. They are all on one team, varsity.

Freshman Justice Royer, who has been cheering for four years, is a part of the varsity cheerleaders. She likes the team a lot.

“Each day we are looking better and better,” Royer said.

For girls who are new to the sport, competition cheerleading is difficult to learn.

Freshmen are thrown in among upperclassmen who have done cheerleading for a long time. Most of the time, they have to work for their spot in the routine. There are 24 total cheerleaders, but it is not promised that each girl will get a spot. All of the cheerleaders have to work for themselves, but the freshmen have more to prove.

“Being a freshman on the varsity team is nerve racking with the returners next to you, but they help us a lot,” Royer said.

The hardest part for her is stunts and remembering formation. Royer is a flyer, who is the person lifted into the air by her teammates while they cheer from a different level. Being a flyer entitles trust in her girls because she is counting on them to catch her when she falls. She trusts all of her team members will not to drop her when she is in the air. It takes a lot for a person to let go and fall into peoples’

arms.

In cheerleading, every single girl has to be in sync with one another. They also have to be aware of what they are doing.

If one girl messes up, the audience will be able to see it and that could ruin the entire routine. The cheerleaders have a lot of pressure to do their best, and obtain a spot in the routine. tt

Lets Go Streaks! Cheerleaders perform libs at the recent homecoming pep rally. Photo by Emily Jamieson.

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Practice makes perfect for boys cross country team Ethan Blackwell Staff Reporter

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or some in HHS, the required running for physical education is enough to exhaust even the most athletic student there.

But for a select few, running is just another activity to do after school, or during the summer.

The boys cross country team does exactly that. For senior Anthony Todd, running is just another part of his daily routine.

“Long runs are seven to nine miles during the cross country season,” Todd said. “General workouts are fast tempo with distances adding up to two to four miles.” While these runs are normal for Todd in the running seasons, in off seasons, he can be found running on his own or with friends. He also takes advantage of the Spring track and field season to help keep him in race ready condition.

“Of course track and field is beneficial; you keep your body in shape. Even taking a week off can be detrimental to your race times,” Todd said.

“Practice is what makes or breaks a team. If you go off

and fool around, you’re just making yourself slower.” Todd has enjoyed running with the cross country team so much in fact that this will be his seventh year returning to run.

“I began in sixth grade and haven’t stopped yet,” Todd said. Manager of the cross country team, senior Andrew Kniss feels that the cross country team has a group of such great guys it is hard to leave. Andrew began running in seventh grade and has run until this year.

“With four advanced placement courses and an Eagle Scout project to work on, it is difficult to put in the time,” Kniss said. For many runners the adrenaline rush of the meets makes everything worth while.

“On district meets, we generally have around thirty runners overall, who all go to a local venue like Turner Ashby or Broadway. In an invitational there are on average between five hundred and eight hundred runners all competing for the same prize,” Kniss said.

Senior Justin Goldberger is also a veteran of the cross country team.

“It feels like I have been

running forever,” Goldberger said. “This year will be my fifth consecutive year of running on the cross country team.”

Along with Kniss, Goldberger felt that the c o m r a d e r y built between the runners is special and makes everything worthwhile. But Goldberger cannot hide his inner competitor.

“Personally out of all the team does I enjoy the races the most, it’s the proof of whether all the practices pay off, and it should be visible in the end results,” Goldberger said.

Like Kniss, senior Mohammad Bani-Hani has Sprint! Junior Keith Thomas and Senior Mohammad Bani-Hani pace each other on our been involved home course. Both pictures by Ross Bair. with track since “I just like to be out there in a and made up of individuals seventh grade. who strive to cut that last “The team is really fun to race competing.”

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Freshmen on girls cross county team admire upper classmen runners Christine Choi Feature Editor

T Strong Finish! Senior Dasha Love races toward the finish line. Photo by Dave Loughran

he undefeated regular season cross country girls team holds practices every day from 3 to 5:30 p.m. during the Fall sports season. The girls’ cross country team consists of 16 girls. For meets, cross country runners run a course of 5 kilometers (3.1 miles).

“I started running in sixth grade because I had friends and my brother who ran cross country,” freshman Jenny Kniss said.

During the summer when practices are not held, Kniss goes on runs around her neighborhood to stay in shape.

Kniss enjoys spending time with the team and running on Garber’s Church Road.

For freshman Katrina Sokulyuk, she has the advantage of having the rocktown bike trail in her backyard. Sokulyuk joined the team because she enjoys running and spending time running with her friends.

To stay in shape for cross country, Sokulyuk tries her best to stay away from junk foods.

“I look up to the juniors Maria Rose and Tabea Zimmermann,” Sokulyuk said.

Most freshmen look up to the upperclassmen and see them as role models throughout the cross country season. Sokulyuk looks up to

juniors who were featured in the sports section of the Daily News Record, Maria Rose and Tabea Zimmermann.

“It’s great to feel like I’m looked up to. It’s strange that I was just looking up to the seniors and I aspired to be one of them,” Rose said.

Junior Lindsey Cockburn has been a cross country runner since sixth grade.

Although she started because she needed a sport to do in middle school, she enjoys all the team bonding. Being an upperclassman, Cockburn likes that the freshmen look up to her.

“I like setting good examples and I like all the freshmen,” Cockburn said.

Cockburn’s sister and

mom have been cross country runners which inspired Cockburn to become one as well. Since her mother is a runner, the sport requires her to eat healthy foods like vegetables and fruits, especially before races. Throughout her years of running, she has won a medal for 13th place during a JV meet called Running with the Wolves.

Many wonder as to why someone would want to run 5 kilometers and enjoy it. For Cockburn, she sees a course as a mental game and has desire to overcome it.

“When I’m done, I like the feeling of accomplishment,” Cockburn said. tt

Schick becomes important part of varsity volleyball team Emmett Copeland Staff Reporter

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ophomore Sarah Schick is the high school’s premier, number one, top of the line volleyball team manager.

After managing for the HHS JV volleyball team her freshman year, she is now the varsity manager, although she sometimes helps with JV as well.

A manager’s main task is to keep the score during matches, which apparently can be a hazardous occupation.

“One time a coach yelled at me.

Not our coach, she’s nice. But I was like ‘Chill out!’ I didn’t really say

that, but I definitely thought it,” Schick said, becoming a little worked up at the memory.

Schick says she started managing because of her freshman buddy Sarina Hartman who now plays on the varsity team. She says she likes volleyball, although she does not play and she loves everyone on the team. Managing is a lot of fun for her.

Schick’s best memory of the season so far was with junior Aidan Newcity.

“One time me and Aidan Newcity were sitting at volleyball practice, so then we took a volleyball and drew on it with a Sharpie and called it the trash ball. We wrote ‘taco’ and drew goldfish on it and everybody’s names.”

With only one manager, game time set up is extremely difficult Andrew Morrell Staff Reporter

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anaging a team is hard work. It’s even harder when you’re the only one doing it. Junior Amanda Mendoza has been the varsity football team manager for the past two years and this year, she’s doing it all by herself.

Prepping the field takes a few hours with help. Doing it on your own is quite a challenge.

“I do not like washing their laundry after practice,” Mendoza said.

As soon as the final bell rings on Friday, you’re working on setting up equipment, handing out extra socks and mouthpieces to players who have “misplaced” them.

Mendoza also helps out the trainer with rolling up gauze pads and taping players’ ankles. That is not the only thing she has to do. She makes sure that every water bottle is full. She has to deal with all of the clothing, she washes all the practice clothes and she sets

out every jersey for the players to pick up on Friday. Along with her other responsibilities Mendoza hands out towels in the locker room during half time at games.

Managers are hard to come by these days. Most are not willing to make the commitment or take the responsibility of managing a football program. Though the hours go toward your senior service project, you have to really like football to work from 4-10:30 p.m.

When there is time to relax, Mendoza passes the time with reading and listening to music.

The team and staff are confined to a small area near the North 3 Exit, where room for relaxation is sparse.

Mendoza decided to manage the team because being around the players is something that she enjoys. She has fun with everything she does because of the people around her. She gets along with the players, coaches and trainers great.

You can see Mendoza and the rest of the Blue Streaks next Friday when they take on the Trailblazers of Spotswood High School. tt

Samantha Simmons, a varsity volleyball player is a big fan of Schick.

“She is an amazing friend and manager and we treat her like a teammate,” Simmons said.

Schick says the team is very talented but not reaching their true potential.

“If we could play as hard as we did at TA [where they won a game of the set] we could definitely beat some people. We don’t really know what it feels like to win yet so I think we’re a little less motivated,” Schick said.

Schick says she has enjoyed her managership a lot and that her and team is going to keep fighting the good fight. tt

Not your Tom Hank’s friend, Wilson! Junior Aidan Newcity and sophomore Sarah Schick pose with the infamous trash ball. Photo by

Freshmen football team bonding Phillip Bannister Feature Editor

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he freshmen football team is zero for two. It’s the start to a rough season, but some of the boys have higher hopes for the team, wanting to turn things around before it is too late, hopefully meshing the team into one cohesive unit instead of a group of players all playing a game solo.

“We are all improving but it is not like everyone is giving 100 percent,” freshman Weylian Holmes said.

For Holmes the rush of smashing into other players and taking out aggression with no repercussions is a huge appeal, something that is almost therapeutic for football players.

“You get to hit people as hard as you want with no one telling you that you can’t hit them,” Holmes said.

He did not find the love for the sport of football on his own. The idea of playing came to Holmes at a young age with a little outside help. “My step dad had me playing football when I was little and I just kept going,” Holmes said.

The tackling aspect Holmes does enjoy, but when it comes time to playing defense and being able to take the hits, the game becomes less fun. “The worst part is getting hit,” Holmes said.

Freshman Max Johnson also enjoys the

sport; he enjoys the challenge but likes being able to hang out with his friends as well. He especially enjoys the day before games.

“The day before our game we have a team meal,” Johnson said.

Johnson dislikes having to run after practice as punishment. Players who act out in practice or just do not put forth a full effort sometimes have to stay after practice and run. Johnson does have higher hopes for the team like Holmes for the rest of the season.

“I hope we win more games and practices aren’t as hard,” Johnson said. In Johnson’s opinion the team could benefit from working as a whole.

“I think our team could improve on working together and playing as a team,” Johnson said.

Freshman Zach Baxter agrees.

“The team doesn’t always work together,” Baxter said.

“The best part of freshman football is just being on the team because all of my friends are on it,” Baxter said.

Even though Baxter can agree that the team is not working as a whole, he feels as though the team could benefit with more practice.

“I think we should all just practice more,” Baxter said.

Baxter believes it just all comes down to more practice and more effort for the team as a whole.

“People need to stop being selfish and just do it for the team,” Baxter said. tt

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September 25, 2009

Photo Essay B10

HOMECOMING 2009 Turn it Up! Junior Tabea Zimmerman plays the horn during the pep rally

Smooch! Senior, Preston Grogg gives teammate Travis Roadcap a good luck kiss before the game. Photo by Rafiqa Haji

Thriller! HHS dance team throws a tribute to legend Michael Jackson. Photo by Emily Jamieson Seniors get pumped for the victory cheer at the pep rally.

She’s a Jerk. Principal Irene Reynolds performs the popular hit dance “the Jerk” during the homecoming pep rally. Photo by Rafiqa Haji.

Work it! Freshman Rachel Defiance prepares for lift off. Photo by Rafiqa Haji

Bam! Sophomore Kiah Silver serves Mr. Moyers with a pie in the face. Photo by Rafiqa Haji

Work it! Freshman Caitlyn Kelley along with friends dress in plaid and stripes for spirit week. Photo by Emily Jamieson.

They’ve got spirit! Teachers, Mrs. Cummings, Mr. Eye, and Mr. Williamson celebrate plaid and stripes day.

Pump it up! Junior Tera Hinkle and band mate Mikala Walter impress the school with their clarinet skills. Photo by Emily Jamieson.

Too Cool for School. Senior Samantha Flaherty and faculty member Mrs. Almendinger show off their tie-dye. Photo

by Rafiqa Haji.

V-I-C-T-O-R-Y! HHS varsity football prepares for the homecoming game against Waynesboro.

Jai-Ho! Lindsey Cockburn and XC team- Cheese! Sophomore Kelley Lorencki and Junior Ally Alshifenski arrive mates surprise all with the Jai-ho. Photo at the homecoming dance. Photo by Emily Jamieson

by Rafiqa Haji

Ready, Go! HHS cheer squad finishes their routine with a symetrical formation at the pep rally. Photo by Emily Jamieson.

Mini King and Queen. Drew Bowman and Lydia Grogg present the crowns for King and Queen winners. Photo by Paulina Rendon.

Grand Slam! Vice principal Mr. Eye cleans off after being pied by senior Taylor Sprouse.