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HANTS EAST RURAL HIGH<br />

Eye on the Tiger<br />

It seems that everybody<br />

is eating organic foods, car<br />

pooling, taking the bus and<br />

recycling not only what they<br />

should be, but also clothes,<br />

furniture, vehicles, etc. The<br />

topic and attitude may seem<br />

“new age” but respecting and<br />

keeping the earth clean has<br />

been around for decades.<br />

The environment is constantly<br />

in the pages of the<br />

newspaper, magazines and<br />

on TV. Al Gore’s 2006 film,<br />

“An Inconvenient Truth”<br />

showed a melting earth that<br />

we call home. The film projected<br />

the environment and<br />

its changing state into an<br />

even higher climate – literally.<br />

Earth Day started in<br />

1970. Today it is known<br />

world-wide in recognizing<br />

the beauty of this planet, but<br />

also our impact on it and its<br />

future. No matter who you<br />

are or where you live, you<br />

cannot deny that the climate<br />

is changing, whether you<br />

believe that all the pollution<br />

caused by us has thinned the<br />

ozone layer, making the earth<br />

less protected, which causes<br />

the temperatures to rise and<br />

the ice to melt. Basically like<br />

being at a beach on the hottest<br />

day of the year without<br />

sunscreen, a hat, or an umbrella;<br />

you’re going to get<br />

burned.<br />

As the temperature rises,<br />

the ice in Greenland, the<br />

North and South Pole will<br />

start to melt. All that frozen<br />

A Global Celebration<br />

By Helen Kirkpatrick<br />

water that is melting into the<br />

ocean has already raised water<br />

levels in some places in<br />

the world and will only continue<br />

to raise water levels. If<br />

this does happen, Manhattan,<br />

most parts of Florida, and<br />

Nova Scotia will be under<br />

water forever, unless we stop<br />

it.<br />

Another belief people<br />

have is that it is completely<br />

natural just completely natural.<br />

Like the Ice Age, the<br />

climate is getting warmer and<br />

warmer, to the degree that<br />

land is swallowed by the rising<br />

seas, that humans have<br />

no responsibilities in the<br />

change of the environment,<br />

that our lifestyles do not in<br />

anyway alter the landscape of<br />

this planet., that all the factories<br />

that pump out smoke<br />

does nothing to our air, that<br />

litter in ditches and streams<br />

do not contaminate the water<br />

for all the other species in<br />

this world.<br />

But what ever belief you<br />

have of this planet and its<br />

changing climate, you must<br />

believe that this world is<br />

worth changing our lifestyles<br />

and attitudes for. If Earth<br />

Day is to be a success and<br />

not only one day out of the<br />

year celebration and teaching,<br />

then we must see how the<br />

earth needs us to care more<br />

for signs of life than a lifestyle<br />

based on money and<br />

possessions.<br />

What we are doing:<br />

• 2km clean up on either<br />

Volume 1, <strong>Issue</strong> 3<br />

April 23rd, 2008<br />

Edited by Lauren Edgett<br />

and Keltie Coupar<br />

sides of the school, volunteers<br />

and others will be participating<br />

(towards Shubie<br />

and towards Lantz)<br />

• Clean up on school<br />

property<br />

• Book trade, Bring a<br />

book that you know<br />

longer want and trade it<br />

for another<br />

Ways to Stop Waste<br />

• Don’t buy bottled water,<br />

buy a water bottle and re-use<br />

it<br />

• Wash in cold water<br />

• Turn off lights in rooms<br />

that no one is in<br />

• Turn off TV and other<br />

electronics when no one is<br />

using them<br />

• Take the bus or car pool<br />

• Don’t litter!<br />

• Recycle, someone else<br />

may want it even if you<br />

don’t.<br />

Inside this issue:<br />

France Trip 2<br />

Campus Store 4<br />

Fighting the Fighting 5<br />

Malaria 6<br />

Movie Reviews 6<br />

Post-Secondary Education 7<br />

Staff profiles 8


VOLUME 1, ISSUE 3<br />

“When good<br />

Americans die,<br />

they go to Paris.”<br />

- Oscar Wilde<br />

Upcoming French Trip<br />

By Elizabeth Montgomery and Brandon Brake<br />

While some people head<br />

south on March Break for a<br />

week of surf and sun, two<br />

groups of Grade 10 and 11 students<br />

are headed across the<br />

pond for ten days of European<br />

culture.<br />

The Grade 11 immersion<br />

class and the Grade 10 immersion<br />

and extended core classes<br />

have taken it upon themselves to<br />

organize an in-depth tour of<br />

Paris and outlying areas. The<br />

Grade 10 students are first taking<br />

a three-day stopover in England<br />

before continuing on to<br />

France.<br />

The twelve Grade 11 students<br />

are headed to Paris for<br />

eight days over March Break in<br />

2009. The extensive tour of the<br />

This year at HERH, we are<br />

hosting our first ever wake-athon!<br />

A wake-a-thon is an overnight<br />

party; you may have seen<br />

this on the television series “The<br />

OC”. Grades 10, 11 and 12 are<br />

invited to come to the school on<br />

Friday, April 25th, and spend the<br />

night there. That Friday is an inservice<br />

day, so everyone can<br />

sleep all day in order to prepare.<br />

Each student will be required to<br />

pay a $15 entrance fee. The<br />

money raised will go towards<br />

pizza for the night and the<br />

“Spread the Net” campaign.<br />

“‘Spread the Net’ is a UNI-<br />

CEF program that buys insecti-<br />

city will hit all the main attractions,<br />

including a walking tour<br />

of Paris, the Eiffel Tower, Versailles<br />

and the Louvre. The toour<br />

also includes two days where<br />

the students can roam free<br />

throughout the city and the<br />

French countryside.<br />

The Grade 10 classes are<br />

taking a similar trip in 2010.<br />

Their destinations include London,<br />

Canterbury, Normandy, St.<br />

Malo, Chartre and Paris. They<br />

are spending a full ten days in<br />

Europe. Some sights the Grade<br />

10s will be seeing are Windsor<br />

Castle, Buckingham Palace, war<br />

sites in France, and of course<br />

the Eiffel Tower. Thirty students<br />

are taking the 2010 trip.<br />

The costs of both trips is<br />

roughly $3000, and the students<br />

are planning to fundraise the<br />

bulk of the cost.<br />

<strong>Hants</strong> <strong>East</strong> Wake-a-Thon<br />

By Colleen MacDonald and Kaitlyn Dill<br />

cide-treated bed nets,” says Kristin<br />

Crewe, one of the event’s<br />

organizers. “These nets will decrease<br />

the risk of people contracting<br />

malaria through mosquito<br />

bites while they sleep.”<br />

“By paying the $15 entrance<br />

fee, not only will you be buying<br />

pizza for the night, but you will<br />

be buying a net for the foundation,”<br />

says another organizer,<br />

Michelle Fievet.<br />

Third organizer Becky<br />

Head explains “Some activities<br />

will be Guitar Hero, elementary<br />

school games like Red Rover,<br />

the parachute, pretend campfires<br />

and guitars, a talent show,<br />

s’mores, Capture the Flag, movies,<br />

and tons of cheers. There<br />

will be absolutely NO sleeping!<br />

There is a punishment for sleep-<br />

Page 2<br />

ing, but it’s a secret.”<br />

The three girls got their<br />

inspiration for a wake-a-thon<br />

through an NSSSA camp in<br />

January. A few other schools<br />

that attended the camp have<br />

held wake-a-thons at their<br />

schools, and our organizers saw<br />

it as a fun way to raise not only<br />

money but school spirit.<br />

A lot of teachers are also<br />

going to be participating in the<br />

wake-a-thon; Mr. Smith, Mr.<br />

Fullerton, Mr. Sampson and Mr.<br />

MacKinnon are among them.<br />

Be there or be square!


VOLUME 1, ISSUE 3<br />

24 Hour Relay<br />

By Matt Sheehy<br />

On June 21st and 22nd, Ms. Burgoyne<br />

and twenty-three other teachers will be participants<br />

in a twenty-four hour relay race for<br />

the Abilities Foundation, which raises<br />

money for research involving physical disabilities.<br />

It will take place at St. Mary’s University.<br />

All the money raised will be donated<br />

in Michael Coady’s name. Michael is a<br />

HERH student who was paralyzed in a recent<br />

snowboarding accident.<br />

While participants must<br />

be nineteen years of age or<br />

older, students are encouraged<br />

to help out by donating<br />

money (participating teachers<br />

will have pledge sheets), or by<br />

coming out and cheering.<br />

Ms. Burgoyne would like<br />

to thank the HERH staff for<br />

their great response and participation.<br />

“Stress is when you<br />

wake up screaming<br />

and you realize you<br />

haven't fallen<br />

asleep yet.”<br />

- Anonymous<br />

Stress!<br />

By<br />

Liz Waychesko<br />

Stress. It’s a part of all of<br />

our lives whether we like it or<br />

not. It’ll always be there, gnawing<br />

on the back of our minds,<br />

unknowingly chipping away at<br />

what makes us happy. We try<br />

not to let it affect us, but it’s<br />

everywhere. The upcoming<br />

deadlines from work, things that<br />

need to be submitted, or rushing<br />

your children around town for<br />

sports and such can be taxing on<br />

anybody and as much as we try<br />

not to let it hurt us or the people<br />

we love, sometimes the stress of<br />

it all just comes out.<br />

There are several ways to<br />

try and calm yourself down<br />

when something big needs to<br />

Eye of the Cow<br />

By Dan Kloppenburg<br />

Mr. Comeau was very<br />

pleased with the outcome of his<br />

Biology 12 immersion class’s<br />

latest assignment. Traditionally,<br />

the major lab procedure for the<br />

Bio 12 class is the dissection of a<br />

fetal pig, but this year it was the<br />

dissection of a cow’s eye.<br />

This was the first time Mr.<br />

Comeau did the procedure with<br />

students, and he says it worked<br />

out very well. He remarks that<br />

dissecting the cow’s eye provided<br />

a great “hands on” learning<br />

experience for the students<br />

and showed them that learning<br />

can be fun. Mr. Comeau explains<br />

how when a student can<br />

learn the theory behind something<br />

and then combine that<br />

with experiencing it, it can truly<br />

give the student a sense of understanding.<br />

happen. One of the most important<br />

things you can do to help is<br />

to stop. Just stop everything (but<br />

make sure to keep an eye on<br />

anything that can catch fire).<br />

You need to pause what you’re<br />

doing to take a breather. Look<br />

around at what you’re doing;<br />

analyze it. Sort everything into<br />

what has to be done now and<br />

what can be put off until you<br />

have time to do them properly.<br />

Some things may only take a few<br />

minutes to accomplish; do these<br />

things first. It’s like a large pile<br />

of laundry. Just go along at an<br />

even pace. Before you know it,<br />

all the laundry is hanging out on<br />

the line.<br />

You can also beat the stress<br />

of daily life by taking time out of<br />

your day to do things you like.<br />

Watch a movie, go shopping or<br />

take a nice long hot bath. But<br />

these things take something<br />

During the procedure in the<br />

biology lab, there was even an<br />

unexpected visit by Mr. Smith. It<br />

was reported that he was<br />

“grossed out”.<br />

Corrections<br />

The Spring Semi dance will<br />

be held on May 14th from 7:30<br />

to 10:30. The school musical<br />

“Godspell” will run from May<br />

15th to 17th.<br />

The staff apologizes for<br />

these mistakes.<br />

Page 3<br />

most busy people like us don’t<br />

have much of: time. Time is<br />

precious and to take some of it<br />

out for ourselves…well. As a<br />

society, we’re always cramming<br />

everything we can get done into<br />

the wee hours where we’re<br />

awake and then crashing at the<br />

end of it, tired and barely finished.<br />

People are too busy. They<br />

don’t enjoy the simple things.<br />

We’re not grateful for what we<br />

have, always wishing we had<br />

more money, more objects,<br />

more time. We need to stop<br />

stressing over the things we<br />

can’t change and focus on the<br />

things we change, and enjoy the<br />

small things for what they’re<br />

worth. If we stopped fretting<br />

over the little things, we’ll stop<br />

turning them into big things,<br />

and that’ll take a load off everyone’s<br />

mind.


VOLUME 1, ISSUE 3<br />

HERH<br />

CAMPUS STORE<br />

By Alicia Falconer and Chelsie Robinson<br />

As you may have already heard the HERH Campus Store<br />

has been open since January. School clothing is a great way to<br />

show school spirit and support our school. All proceeds there<br />

are will go towards funding for such things as bleachers, TV<br />

and Cable in the Cafeteria, DVD players and possibly a Playstation.<br />

With reasonable prices and a variety of styles there is<br />

something there for everyone.<br />

There will be students working in the store on Wednesdays<br />

on both junior and senior lunches. These students are:<br />

Beth MacDonnell, Sinead Dubeau, Kristen Crewe, Beckey<br />

Head, Jessika MacAskill, Meghan Peverill, Colton MacAdam,<br />

Natasha Conrod, Kelly Cigolotti, Todd Gibbon, Katherine<br />

Brymer, Sarah Vanderkooy, Julia DeAmicis (senior staff). The<br />

junior lunch staff include: Matthew Webber, Ben Rockwell,<br />

Sarah Young, Rebecca MacDonnelle, Matt Khoury, Kayla<br />

Carroll. We want to take this time to thank each and every<br />

one of you for using your personal time for such a great boost<br />

of school spirit at <strong>Hants</strong> <strong>East</strong> <strong>Rural</strong> <strong>High</strong>.<br />

Graduating students should remember to sign the “08”<br />

located at the campus store during lunch hour which is then<br />

incorporated into our grad clothing. Don’t forget, the campus<br />

store is only open on Wednesdays!<br />

This year’s grad clothing includes:<br />

• “08” T-shirts: $15.00<br />

• “08” Hoodie: $30.00<br />

• Shorts w/ “GRAD” on butt: $20.00<br />

• Yoga Pants w/ “GRAD” on butt: $30.00<br />

• “08” Grad Sweaters – Zip up Hoodie:<br />

$30.00<br />

• Regular Sweat Pants w/ Tiger Logo: $30.00<br />

“Grad Special” Long Sleeved Shirt: $20.00<br />

*Order forms are available at the campus store<br />

on Wednesdays during lunch and need to be<br />

returned the first week of May! J<br />

The campus store is also looking for a<br />

new name. There is a running ballot box located<br />

at the campus store, please feel free to<br />

drop off your suggestions!<br />

Regular HERH clothing is also available along with<br />

hockey pucks, hand towels, license plates, mittens, and hats.<br />

These all feature the school crest.<br />

For your convenience here is a general price list!<br />

• Track Suit: $65.00<br />

• Dri-Tech Shirt: $25.00<br />

• Hoodie: $20.00<br />

• Zip-Hoodie: $25.00<br />

• Open-bottom Sweat Pants: $30.00<br />

• Yoga Pants: $30.00<br />

• Baseball T-shirt: $10.00<br />

• Sleeveless T-shirt: $10.00<br />

• Ball Hat: $10.00<br />

• Touque: $10.00<br />

• Shorts: $20.00<br />

• Hand Towel: $8.00<br />

• License plate: $5.00<br />

Mittens: $20.00<br />

MADD Presentation<br />

By Colton MacAdam and Ben Jodrey<br />

On April 8th, MADD (Mothers Against Drunk Driving)<br />

hosted a hard-hitting assembly for the senior students at HERH.<br />

This assembly was a reminder to the students that driving under<br />

the influence has serious consequences and no matter who you<br />

are, it can always hit close to home.<br />

MADD visits schools across Canada, reaching out and informing<br />

75,000 students yearly about the risk of driving under the<br />

influence. Their message is clear and they hope that it impacts<br />

students in the right way.<br />

The presentation was very truthful, as Margret Miller, a local<br />

woman, told her story. Mrs. Miller’s son Bruce, an RCMP officer,<br />

was killed by a drunk driver while returning home from PEI.<br />

The audience was very attentive to the presentation and demonstrated<br />

great respect for the ladies who were hosting the seminar.<br />

This presentation should be held at every high school across<br />

Canada, as it sends a very strong message. It students see these<br />

stories, then perhaps they will make the right decision when they<br />

are put in the position of driving under the influence.<br />

Page 4


VOLUME 1, ISSUE 3<br />

It has been three years since<br />

the introduction of security cameras<br />

to <strong>Hants</strong> <strong>East</strong> <strong>Rural</strong> <strong>High</strong>,<br />

and for three years violence in<br />

the school was at a new low.<br />

Violence at the pizza place,<br />

however, is definitely up.<br />

With an alarming number of<br />

fights in the past several weeks<br />

and the owners of the stores<br />

scared to intervene, both the<br />

school and the RCMP have<br />

stepped up to stop the fighting.<br />

While the usual maximum<br />

suspension is five days, HERH<br />

principal Michael Smith has<br />

issued a recommendation to the<br />

school board that the students<br />

involved in the latest fights be<br />

suspended “for the rest of this<br />

year”.<br />

Taking a similar stance,<br />

Constable Murray has stated that<br />

With Earth Day coming up this<br />

month, we’re going to explore something<br />

we are doing to save our earth;<br />

recycling!<br />

The symbol that always makes us<br />

think about recycling is the Mobius<br />

Loop. Its arrows are designed to represent<br />

the three kinds of substances that<br />

are recyclable; solids, liquids and gases.<br />

The continuous arrows show the need<br />

to use and re-use all our materials.<br />

According to Stats Canada, Canada<br />

is recycling more then ever. In<br />

2000, the average Canadian recycled 71<br />

kilograms of recyclable materials, and<br />

then in 2004 that number grew to 112<br />

kilograms. The top four provinces for<br />

having the best recycling record are<br />

P.E.I., Nova Scotia in second, followed<br />

by Ontario and British Columbia.<br />

Over the years, Nova Scotia has<br />

Fighting the Fighting<br />

By Donovan Kennedy<br />

although charges are not usually<br />

pursued in a school-related fight,<br />

anyone who continues to fight<br />

would likely face both assault<br />

and public disturbance charges.<br />

Both the school and the<br />

RCMP have taken a tough stand<br />

against the fighting, but they<br />

have also both stated that<br />

“[HERH] is better than this.”<br />

According to Constable Murray,<br />

stopping this fighting is really up<br />

to the students. “All it takes,” he<br />

says, “is for students to simply<br />

refuse to watch [the fight].” He<br />

believes that most of these fights<br />

would never have happened<br />

without an audience.<br />

It’s up to us, the students of<br />

HERH, to prove the media<br />

wrong. Show them we are not a<br />

school with nothing better to do<br />

than fight! Refuse, as Smith<br />

stated, to “let 1% of the school<br />

developed one of the best recycling programs,<br />

making it the first province in Canada<br />

to reach its goal of reducing waste by<br />

50% in the year 2000. On average, Nova<br />

Scotia sends 472 kilograms per person of<br />

waste to the landfill every year although<br />

recent legislation has set a goal of 300 kilograms<br />

by 2015.<br />

Recycling nowadays is very easy and<br />

takes only a few minutes out of your day to<br />

do it right! It starts at home by sorting out<br />

your compost materials. As of November<br />

30, 1998, compost materials have been<br />

banned from landfills. Things that are to be<br />

removed from the garbage and put in a<br />

green cart are food wastes, paper towel,<br />

tissues, grass, leaves and other biodegradable<br />

material. Your green cart can then be<br />

put at the end of your driveway on the collection<br />

day.<br />

It also pays to recycle, because when<br />

you bring your beverage containers, pop<br />

bottles, juice containers, juice and water<br />

bottles as well as liquor bottles to recycling<br />

depots, you are refunded the bottle deposit<br />

define us all”!<br />

If boredom is the<br />

issue, then start an intramural<br />

program or grab a<br />

football and go play a<br />

game at lunch. If the issue<br />

is more personal, then<br />

work it out like mature<br />

adults instead of fifth<br />

graders! As for the rest of<br />

us, we can make a difference<br />

too. Take Murray’s<br />

advice and simply walk<br />

away if a fight starts. That<br />

could make the biggest<br />

difference of all.<br />

Nova Scotia: A World Leader in Recycling<br />

By Jennifer Orman and Jill Jensen<br />

Page 5<br />

HERH Principal Mike<br />

Smith hopes to see an end<br />

to the recent rash of fights.<br />

which is usually $.05- .10 per bottle. The<br />

money incentive definitely seems to work<br />

since 80% of containers are returned every<br />

year and the five cents that is kept off<br />

every bottle except for liquor bottles is<br />

kept and the money goes back into the<br />

municipalities and into waste management<br />

education funding as well as for equipment.<br />

It’s also a great thing to recycle plastic<br />

bottles because if put in a landfill they<br />

take hundreds of years to break down.<br />

Aside from just saving our earth from<br />

pollution, recycling also creates many new<br />

jobs. There are now three thousand jobs<br />

in Nova Scotia directly related to waste<br />

resource management. Nova Scotia has<br />

become a world leader in recycling with<br />

countries like Russia, China and Ireland<br />

interested in our recycling programs, but<br />

for us to make it this far and farther it<br />

requires a little of everyone's participation<br />

so please Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle!


VOLUME 1, ISSUE 3<br />

“Shoot ‘Em Up”<br />

Rated: R<br />

One thing I often find with<br />

action movies they combine a<br />

mediocre plot with overdone<br />

stunts, and therefore, instead of<br />

getting my adrenaline pumping,<br />

I find my self falling asleep.<br />

This, however, is not the case<br />

with “Shoot ‘Em Up”. I’m not<br />

going to go into detail on the<br />

paper-thin plot (as I was having<br />

too much fun to really care), but<br />

the basics are a man who we<br />

know only by the name of Smith<br />

(Clive Owen) delivers a baby<br />

during a shootout and then<br />

needs to protect it from the<br />

thugs who want to kill it. These<br />

thugs are led by the ruthless<br />

Hertz (Paul Giamatti).<br />

The stunts in this movie are<br />

nothing short of brilliant, and<br />

anything but overdone. After all,<br />

how many other movies have a<br />

man being killed with a carrot?<br />

<strong>Hants</strong> <strong>East</strong> <strong>Rural</strong> <strong>High</strong> school will be<br />

hosting a "Wake-a-thon" in support of the<br />

"Spread the Net" foundation on Friday,<br />

April 25th. The money raised from this<br />

event will be going to help purchase insecticide<br />

treated bed nets for Africa. Also, the<br />

Grade 12 Leadership class is organizing a<br />

dodge-ball tournament starting on the 21st, and a Read-a-thon (date to be announced).<br />

The proceeds of these events will be donated<br />

to help treat and prevent the spread<br />

of malaria in Africa.<br />

Here are some important facts to know<br />

about this deadly disease:<br />

•Malaria is caused by microscopic<br />

parasites which are transmitted from<br />

person to person by female anopheles<br />

mosquitoes. When an infective<br />

mosquito bites, she transmits malaria<br />

parasites to her victim who falls<br />

ill. Other mosquitoes then pick up<br />

the parasite from the infected person<br />

and continue spreading the disease<br />

when biting other people.<br />

It has been my experience that<br />

most action movies get quite<br />

dull towards the end, as the<br />

overdone stunts end up getting a<br />

five-minute montage. Again, this<br />

is not the case with “Shoot ’Em<br />

Up”, as the stunts are continually<br />

new and interesting to<br />

watch.<br />

As much as I enjoyed the<br />

stunts, the dialogue is amusing<br />

and entertaining however, it is<br />

quirky, it comes off as being<br />

cheesy.<br />

Movie Reviews<br />

By Morgan Crane<br />

In summary, this movie is<br />

packed with new and different<br />

stunts, entertaining dialogue, and<br />

is just a blast to watch. If you<br />

like action movies, this is probably<br />

the most refreshing thing<br />

you will see in quite some time.<br />

4/5<br />

HERH Bites Malaria Back!<br />

By: Jan Isenor and Chantelle MacDougall<br />

•About 40% of the world’s population,<br />

mostly those living in the poorest<br />

countries are at risk of malaria. Of<br />

these 2.5 billion people at risk, more<br />

than 500 million become severely ill<br />

with malaria every year and more than<br />

1 million die from the effects of the<br />

disease.<br />

•Malaria is especially a serious problem<br />

in Africa, where one in every five<br />

childhood deaths is due to the effects<br />

of the disease.<br />

•An African child has on average<br />

between 1.6 and 5.4 episodes of<br />

malaria fever each year.<br />

•Every 30 seconds a child dies from<br />

malaria.<br />

•71% of all deaths from malaria are<br />

in children under 5. A child's most<br />

vulnerable period begins at six<br />

months, when the mother's protective<br />

immunity wears off and before<br />

the infant has established its own<br />

I have a criteria for a<br />

good horror film. One, is it<br />

scary ,and two, is it fun. Unfortunately,<br />

“The Ruin”, like<br />

most horror films these days,<br />

failed to meet either one of<br />

these expectations. But I’m<br />

getting ahead of myself. First,<br />

the summary. “The Ruins” is<br />

a movie based on a book by<br />

Scott Smith. It is about six<br />

friends who go to some Mexican<br />

ancient ruins. They find<br />

more than old clay pots, however,<br />

and their fun vacation<br />

turns in to a fight for survival.<br />

Like I said earlier, “The<br />

Ruins” failed to meet my standards;<br />

it failed to keep up the<br />

tension that was so prominent<br />

in the book and the acting was<br />

sub par at best.<br />

Because this movie is<br />

based on a book, it had an-<br />

“The Ruins”<br />

Rated: R<br />

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other objective to meet, that<br />

being that it follows the book<br />

while being able to stand in<br />

its own light. With Scott<br />

Smith writing the screenplay,<br />

this should have been easy<br />

enough to accomplish, but<br />

the movie cannot even do<br />

this.<br />

This is on the lower end<br />

of modern day horror film,<br />

and I’d rent it before I consider<br />

buying it. After all, once<br />

you see this, the amount you<br />

paid for it may scare you<br />

more than the movie.<br />

2/5<br />

immune system. Once infected a child's<br />

condition may deteriorate quickly and<br />

children can die within 48 hours after the<br />

first symptoms appear.<br />

• 300 to 500 million clinical cases of<br />

malaria are documented each year<br />

worldwide<br />

•All malaria-endemic countries in Africa,<br />

25-40% (average 30%) of all outpatient<br />

clinic visits are for malaria (with most<br />

diagnosis made clinically). In these same<br />

countries, between 20% and 50% of all<br />

hospital admissions are a consequence of<br />

malaria.<br />

• The Journalism 12 class would like to<br />

extend a thank- you to Mr. Settle’s<br />

Grade 12 Leadership class, along with<br />

Beckey Head and friends for all of<br />

their efforts to help stop this deadly<br />

disease. Best of luck!


VOLUME 1, ISSUE 3<br />

If you are in Grade 12 or even in<br />

Grade 11, you’re probably getting<br />

excited to get out of school.<br />

But wait! Have got a plan for<br />

after high school? Have you<br />

made those life decisions involving<br />

university, college or work?<br />

Well, for those of you who<br />

are planning to pursue post secondary<br />

education, here are some<br />

survival tips you should keep in<br />

mind.<br />

• One of the first things you<br />

should do when you arrive<br />

to your university/college,<br />

is to become familiar with<br />

the people and campus<br />

around you. These people<br />

will become some of your<br />

life-long friends, so getting<br />

out to the social events is<br />

Word Search<br />

Are You Ready for Post-Secondary Education?<br />

By Stefan Mills and Brittany Woodworth<br />

important. Make sure you<br />

manage your time wisely!<br />

Knowing your way around<br />

the campus will help you<br />

get to your classes quickly<br />

when you’re in a rush.<br />

• Breaking the ice to meet<br />

new people can be much<br />

easier than you think. If you<br />

were a writer, you might see<br />

someone sitting on the<br />

ground reading or writing.<br />

Go up and start a conversation<br />

with them; you may<br />

have a lot in common. Just<br />

try to find people who<br />

share the same interests and<br />

you won’t be too much of<br />

an outcast.<br />

• Don't forget to study! You<br />

are now paying for your<br />

education, and attending<br />

D A L I C C S P P R W E N U H R U D C L P T<br />

R S R T P I U E L R R D R R L T D R I R T N<br />

S L A Q E A S L E D S L L O T C E O O A G I<br />

U T L N T T D L O E U I P O T T U J S N I Q<br />

H O U I K E U T P L R E T C C A E D J T U N<br />

E C R D C R A L E E A N C C S C L D N I B L<br />

L R R I E N E C D Z N U H D T G O U Z I U A<br />

C A E N C N E E H L D A A L E U T T C D P E<br />

D N E W A A T P N E L N K D T E C H O L O E<br />

C E C S A Z T E O K R T U A I L U N H C A I<br />

I H U D N O C N E R E C N O T A R P R B I C<br />

O J O H U B B U A S A G O T Q E O N I U T C<br />

H A E O D A J U T T S E E P P G Q N E D D A<br />

L E U E L A L B I D U K U J P E L T S E E N<br />

C L D P R E W O T G E D E A T S U R S A A A<br />

S L I S N R N S T U U L D R E C T K A R N T<br />

P S L E R O E E I T P L E R I C C I E E O A<br />

D H K T R D B L E I D S C U A U I R G E A C<br />

E R C U A I N R C E I I E I K O E L O O S U<br />

C E E R N C B N R N U D T T N S B B K L E R<br />

J R G D O C I E E D I T O O A U T E T A D Q<br />

N D E I E R R O S E R R C R K A R C T E I E<br />

A R E N P P T R S I S Z E N R D E N C I A S<br />

D E T N R T T E S E I E T U L E E S U E H P<br />

E P E N L T R A A T A U C E L R R A I H U W<br />

chalk desk whiteboard<br />

binder teacher project<br />

pen doutang test<br />

grades principle student<br />

ruler eraser education<br />

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classes is just as important<br />

as your study time outside<br />

of class! Reviewing your<br />

notes before class is also<br />

essential.<br />

• Your new job is being a<br />

student, so by reviewing,<br />

studying and doing your<br />

work will help you.<br />

• Don't skip out on classes.<br />

We know there are some<br />

times that you just can't be<br />

there, but don't make it a<br />

habit. The professors don't<br />

care if you're there or not,<br />

so they won’t notice if you<br />

have no work in.<br />

• Bring a computer with you.<br />

Most people tend to cram<br />

that paper into the last few<br />

hours before the class., so if<br />

you are going make it an<br />

all-nighter, make yourself<br />

a pot of coffee and get to<br />

your desktop or laptop.<br />

No one wants to spend<br />

the night in the library<br />

writing a paper with the<br />

possibility of passing out<br />

and sleeping through<br />

your class!<br />

• Depending on what<br />

college/ university you<br />

go to, you can find a<br />

survival guide on there<br />

webpage.<br />

“"Without<br />

education we are in<br />

a horrible and<br />

deadly danger of<br />

taking educated<br />

people seriously."<br />

~ G.K. Chesterson


VOLUME 1, ISSUE 3<br />

Name: “Dancin’” Danny<br />

Kloppenburg<br />

Birthday: March 16<br />

Hometown: Digby, Nova Scotia<br />

Occupation: Lumber Salesman<br />

Hobbies: Para-sailing, cliff<br />

diving, chainsaw juggling<br />

Pets: Floyd, Ashes, Ben Jodrey<br />

Life Theme song: “Whose Bed<br />

Have Your Boots Been Under?”<br />

– Shania Twain<br />

Full name: Ben “Jammin”<br />

Jodrey<br />

Birthday: December 22, 1989<br />

Zodiac: Capricorn<br />

Hometown: Elmsdale, Nova<br />

Scotia<br />

Hobbies: Long walks on the<br />

beach, swimming with<br />

sharks, running with mustangs,<br />

listening to my classical<br />

records.<br />

Birthplace: Dublin, Ireland<br />

Life theme song: “500 miles”<br />

– Proclaimers<br />

Full Name: Jillian Patricia Jensen<br />

Birthday: August 17th, 1990<br />

Birthplace: Saint John, N.B<br />

Plans for next year: MSVU<br />

Siblings: One younger brother<br />

Hobbies: Horseback riding, jogging,<br />

reading<br />

Favorite TV shows: House, CSI,<br />

What not to wear<br />

Favorite movies: Shooter, Disturbia,<br />

The Notebook<br />

Favorite Food: Apples<br />

Quote: “Never regret what you<br />

have done, because at one point,<br />

it’s what you wanted.”<br />

Staff<br />

Profiles<br />

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Full Name: Stephanie Marie<br />

Henderson<br />

Birthday: October 1<br />

Zodiac: Libra<br />

Birthplace: Halifax, Nova<br />

Scotia<br />

Hometown: Dartmouth,<br />

Nova Scotia<br />

Hobbies: Ringette, Hockey,<br />

Soccer<br />

Siblings: Four sisters, one<br />

brother<br />

Vacation spot: Hawaii<br />

Full name: Helen Andrea<br />

Kirkpatrick<br />

Birthday: December 27,<br />

1990<br />

Theme song: Chasing Cars –<br />

Snow Patrol<br />

Hometown: Shubie<br />

Zodiac: Capricorn<br />

Hobbies: Reading, writing,<br />

watching TV<br />

Siblings: One sister, Jean<br />

Pets: “Cat” (cat)<br />

Quote: “But here, where life<br />

is small and thoughts are<br />

even smaller…” – The Birth<br />

House

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