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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 />
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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 />
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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 />
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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 />
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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 />
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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 />
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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