4th Edition 2010/2011

The Stohion 

Volume 78 Issue 5 2010-2011 

Local student bands raise money 

for breast cancer research 

Source: Stohion/Amanda Gopp 

Senior Sean Goodrich plays with his band, Sinistrial, at the 

concert he helped to organize. 

Junior Class Play, “Inherit the Wind,” 

promotes freedom of thought 

By Jocelyn Butler 

Editor 

On. Feb. 26, 27 

and 28 the class of 2012 

presented “Inherit the 

Wind.” Performances were 

held at 7 p.m. on Feb. 26 

and 28, and at 2:30 p.m. on 

Feb. 27. The show marked 

director Robert J. Putka’s 

55th class play at SMFHS 

and included a cast of 41 

juniors and a crew of students 

from all grades. 

Dates were 

changed due to a school 

cancellation because of 

weather. It was decided to 

reschedule the Friday performance 

to the following 

Monday. Putka and Principal 

Sue Schur decided this 

would be the best option 

for the junior class to meet 

their income goal. 

According to the 

Stow Sentry “Inherit the 

Continued on page 13 

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By Amanda Gopp 

Staff Writer 

Breast cancer can 

affect more than just the 

woman diagnosed. 

Saturday night on 

January 29 at EuroGyro, 

three student led bands 

played to help raise money 

to cure breast cancer. The 

three student led bands 

were Divinity, 7 Months 

Inspired and Sinistrial. 

Sophomore Allison 

New academic 

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requirements for 

class of 2014 

Cirner went to support 

“[her] aunt because she 

has breast cancer.” 

Cirner said that 

she heard about the concert 

from senior Sean Goodrich, 

a good friend of 

hers. 

Goodrich and another 

student, Trent Pryor, 

senior, made the whole 

Breast Cancer Benefit 

Concert possible. 

“I’d been talking 

about it with Trent for a 

long time,” said Goodrich, 

“[and] we knew that we 

wanted to help out, and so 

we found EuroGyro as a 

very neutral place to do it 

all.” 

Goodrich is the 

lead singer of Sinistrial 

and Pryor is the lead singer 

of 7 Months Inspired, 

while they both play 

guitar. Those two bands 

agreed to play, and they 

got Divinity interested to 

play also. 

“We actually all 

played together in the 

past. Sinistrial has played 

with Divinity three times 

Juniors Connor Dunn and Alex Norman debate in the presence of a judge, played by junior Tim Freborg, during 

a performance of “Inherit the Wind.” 

Senior Jackie Close plays defense during a game this season. 

Political 

correctness 

compromises 

truth 

Spanish students 

volunteer at 

Indian Trail 

Source: Stohion/Christy DiGiammarino 

Change 

drive 

encourages 

generosity 

By Lizzie Christian 

Staff Writer 

Last year, according 

to Student Council 

Advisor Amanda Murray, 

SMFHS raised 2,000 dollars 

for Akron Children’s 

Hospital. 

This year, it was student 

council’s goal to get 

SMFHS to raise over 2,000 

dollars. 

SMFHS exceeded 

that goal and raised 2,500 

dollars. 

“Student council 

is always asked to raise 

money for different charities, 

Akron Children’s Hospital 

helps all kids,” Murray 

said. 

SMFHS participated 

in the change drive 

for Akron Children’s Hospital 

for four days, Feb. 7 

through Feb. 10. 

Amanda Badar’s 

classes raised the greatest 

amount of money and Shelley 

Brewer’s classes followed. 

Badar’s classes 

raised 1,300 dollars, while 

Brewer’s classes raised almost 

500 dollars. 

“This appealed to 

my classes’ competitive nature,” 

said Badar. “It’s for a 

wonderful cause.” 

Teachers were 

each given a donation bag 

and were asked to continually 

announce information 

about the change drive. 

“It’s nice to see the 

kids giving money to such a 

good cause,” said Brewer. 

The radiostation, 

98.1 WKDD was also 

a major sponsor for the 

change drive, according to 

Lady Bulldogs end season 

with a loss to Medina 

By Brian Dureiko 

Staff Writer 

The SMFHS girls 

basketball team began on the 

right track. 

The girls, led by 

head coach Robert Hodges, are 

12-4 and are an impressive 6-1 

in their division. The girls are 6- 

1 on their home floor and 6-3 on 

the road. 

“We play extremely 

well together; each player has 

her role,” head coach Robert 

Hodges said. “When we all fulfill 

our roles, we are a very good 

basketball team.” 

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The girls began the 

season strong with their first win 

of the season was against Nordonia, 

53-40 away from home. 

“Our team chemistry 

may be the best of any team that 

I have ever had here,” Hodges 

said. 

Stow’s previous three 

games were all wins. The Bulldogs 

beat Medina 49-46 at home, 

Lakewood 54-49, also at home 

and at Brush High School 60-46. 

The girls first loss of the season 

came against Glen Oak, away 

from home with the final score 

of 60-72. Through the first five 

games, the girls were 4-1 with 

two home wins, two road wins 


and a home loss. 

The girls won the next three 

games after the loss. First, the girls 

traveled to Copley and won with 

a score of 51-31. The next game, 

against Mayfield, was also away. 

The girls won that game as well 

with a score of 54-50. The next 

home game against Brunswick 

was also another win for the Lady 

Bulldogs with a score of 44-31. 

After the winning stretch, the 

Lady Bulldogs improved to 7-1 

and were in a great position to 

win the division. 

“It is important that our 

players understand that you can 

not be afraid to fail. If you are afraid 


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Editorials 

R rating unnecessary for “The King’s 

Speech” 

By Abby Gresser 


In a time when the f-word is a 

part of high school vernacular, the Motion 

Picture Association of America’s stance on 

profanity seems unreasonably severe. The 

recent R rating of “The King’s Speech” 

for its language reflects the inability of the 

MPAA’s rating system to classify language 

by its context. 

The MPAA uses a one-strike rule 

with what it deems “the harsher sexuallyderived 

words,” requiring a PG-13 rating 

for a film that uses one of these words as 

an expletive only once. Upon the second 

use of these expletives, a film automatically 

receives an R rating. In addition, the 

single use of one of these words in a sexual 

context also requires an R rating. 

In “The King’s Speech,” Colin 

Firth plays King George VI, who has a 

speech impediment. In the movie, the king 

works with speech therapist Lionel Logue 

in order to manage his stammer. Firth has 

won a Golden Globe and an Academy 

Award for the role. 

The first half of the film reveals 

no language that would merit an R rating. 

Later in the film, however, Logue discovers 

that when the king swears, he does not 

stammer. The king then proceeds to shout 

curse words for a duration lasting no more 

than 30 seconds. None of the words are 

used in a sexual context. Shouting the 

curse words is therapeutic for the king and 

the scene is actually comical. 

While the Classification and Rating 

Administration, the arm of the MPAA 

that gives the ratings, claims that the ratings 

“do not, in any sense, indicate the film 

is good or bad,” the rating of a film can 

have serious implications. In 2003, Disney 

risked its reputation for wholesome family 

entertainment with the release of “Pirates 

of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black 

Pearl,” the company’s first film with a PG- 

13 rating. 

Despite the CARA’s claim, each 

film rating has its own connotation. It is 

understandable that the makers of “The 

King’s Speech” would not want their 

film to have the same rating as a film like 

“Black Swan,” which features a graphic 

oral sex scene. The R rating should not be 

applied to both films due to their disparate 

content. 

In England, the filmmakers actually 

won their appeal to change the rating 

of “The King’s Speech” from 15 to 12A. 

According to the British Board of Film 

Classification, “no one younger than 12 

may see a ‘12A’ film in a cinema unless 

accompanied by an adult, and films classified 

‘12A’ are not recommended for a child 

below 12.” Only those 15 and older may 

view a film with a 15 rating. 

The crux of the issue with the 

MPAA rating system is that the organization 

has taken a severe and unyielding 

stance toward language, but not toward 

violence and other content. 

“What infuriates me is that in 

America violence is judged in context, 

whereas language is not,” Firth said to 

the Guardian. “So with language there is 

Colin Firth and Helena Bonham Carter star in the movie “The Kings Speech.” 

Source: flickr.com 

an arithmetic that says: one [expletive] 

is a PG-13, two [expletive] is an R. They 

don’t say: one bullet through one head is a 

PG-13, two bullets through more than two 

heads is an R.” 

The MPAA ratings should conform 

to society’s opinion of what is appropriate 

for children, as the people who 

determine the ratings are parents, but the 

organization’s rules prevent it from giving 

fair ratings. While toleration of the f- 

word has increased, the MPAA maintains 

its harsh stance toward profanity when it 

should be more concerned about violence 

LeBron James’s new online television show 

will generate controversy 

By Robbie DiPaola 

Staff Writer 

Seven months after going on 

national television to announce where 

he would be playing basketball, Lebron 

James is back on the television scene. 

Coming this spring is a new online cartoon 

television series called “The Lebron’s.” 

This new show is based on Nike 

commercials in which James has appeared. 

James’s goal of this new, ten-part 

series is to show kids how to become a 

better person, according to yahoo.com. 

James says that the online cartoon 

will “teach our nations’ online 

youth about the importance of morality 

and honor in a young persons life.” 

This statement is quite ironic 

considering nearly 40 percent of America’s 

population dislikes James or views 

him in a negative light, according to 

cnbc.com. James needs to worry about 

his own self image and fix that before 

he tries to influence kids and teach them 

how to become better people and good 

role models. 

The cartoon show will take 

place in James’s hometown of Akron, 

Ohio. The show will feature James as 

four characters: Kid Lebron, Athlete 

Lebron, Business Lebron and Wise Lebron. 

James said, “It goes back to the four 

characters who I feel like I am on a dayto-day 

basis.” 

James said about his characters, 

“Everyone will have an opportunity to 

relate to [his characters].” 

The show will highlight some 

actual spots where James grew up. 

James’s shows is not going to be on cable 

television but it will air on a newly 

made You Tube channel. This is a channel 

devoted specifically to his show. 

Many people are probably interested 

to see what James’s show will be 

like. James’s show could be a big hit 

with the fans he still has, or it could do 

horribly and few people will watch it. 

The fact that the show is online probably 

will give it fewer viewers. 

The last time James was on 

television he made a mockery of himself 

and several cities and states across the 

U.S. that pursued him in the off-season, 

including New York, New Jersey, Los 

Angeles, Chicago and, of course, Cleveland. 

“The Decision” was the name 

of James’s show that angered millions 

of people and sparked loads of criticism 

from people nationwide. Hopefully this 

new show does not turn out to be as controversial 

as his last one. James seems 

to just be making a poor attempt to get 

people not to dislike him anymore. 

It seems like now James is resorting 

to childish, amateur moves when 

trying to dig himself out of the massive 

hole of hatred that he has caused. James 

probably thought that making an online 

cartoon television series where he helped 

kids would make less people hate him. 

Ice Cube is co-producing the 

online show along with James. 

James said, “It’s an exciting 

time for me to be able to get this out not 

only to kids but to everyone.” 

James has had past appearances 

on other television shows, such as “The 

Simpons,” and he has hosted “Saturday 

Night Live.” James has also made several 

appearances on television commercials 

for Nike and McDonalds. 

The last Nike commercial James 

did was also controversial and sparked 

criticism from Cleveland fans. A remade 

commerical was even created by 

the legendary Michael Jordan questioning 

Lebron and pointing out the fact that 

James may just be making excuses. 

The bottom line is that whenever 

James goes on television, there is 

always controversy and big responses to 

it whether they be positive or negative. 


Letters to the 

Editor 

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for student expression, The Stohion 

welcomes and encourages letters to 

the editor. All letters must be signed. 

The Stohion reserves the right to 

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meaning. Letters may be dropped 

off in room 110 of SMFHS or e- 

mailed to st_stohion@smfcsd.org.

Editorials 3 

New CDC study exaggerates the risk of sleeping 

with pets 

By Erin Reed 

Editor 

T h e C e n t e r f o r D i s e a s e 

C o n t r o l a n d P r e v e n t i o n r e c e n t l y 

r e l e a s e d a s t u d y s a y i n g t h a t 1 4 

t o 6 2 p e r c e n t o f t h e 1 6 5 m i l l i o n 

d o g s a n d c a t s i n A m e r i c a s l e e p 

i n t h e s a m e b e d s w i t h h u m a n s . 

T h e r e a s o n f o r t h e s t u d y w a s 

t o i n f o r m p e t o w n e r s t h a t t h e i r 

h e a l t h m a y b e a t r i s k i f t h e y c o n - 

t i n u e t o s l e e p w i t h t h e i r p e t s . 

T h e w o r r y i s t h a t “ a l l o w - 

i n g p e t s t o s l e e p i n t h e b e d c a n 

b e d a n g e r o u s a n d c a n s p r e a d z o o - 

n o s e s , p a t h o g e n s t h a t g o f r o m 

a n i m a l s t o p e o p l e , ” a c c o r d i n g t o 

n y t i m e s . c o m . 

T h e C D C s t a t e s t h a t t h e 

v i r u s e s a n d d i s e a s e s t h a t c a n 

b e p o t e n t i a l l y t r a n s m i t t e d f r o m 

s h a r i n g a b e d w i t h a p e t c a n 

r a n g e f r o m f l e a s t o t h e b u b o n i c 

p l a g u e . 

“ C a t s c r a t c h f e v e r i s a 

d a n g e r t o o , a s a r e v a r i o u s f o r m s 

o f m e n i n g i t i s , p a s t u r e l l a p n e u - 

Op-Ed: Political correctness compromises truth 

By Jessica Luczywo 

Co-Editor-in-Chief 

Truth is often compromised 

and society stops accepting 

difference in the pursuit of 

being politically correct. 

There is a story in this 

edition of the Stohion involving 

the omission of a derogatory 

term in “The Adventures of 

Huckleberry Finn” and replacing 

it with the word “slave.” However, 

while writing that story, and 

while writing this one, the term 

in question must be omitted in 

fear of offending someone. 

The term would not be 

meant to harm feelings, to offend, 

or to degrade. It would instead 

be used instead of alluded 

to or implied with an ambiguous 

hint, such as “N-----.” 

Due to a concern with political 

correctness The Stohion 

and every other news source is 

forced to be ambiguous and restricted 

in their inability to use 

words with a negative connotation. 

Alan Gribben, who proposed 

the change to The Adventure 

of Huckleberry Finn, told 

the AP, “the angry language of 

[my] critics only proves [my] 

point. Even in their letters and 

m o n i a , a n d o t h e r i n f e c t i o n s , ” 

t h e N e w Yo r k Ti m e s r e p o r t s . 

H o w e v e r, t h e r i s k f o r 

t h e s e d i s e a s e s i s e x t r e m e l y s l i m , 

a n d i f p e t o w n e r s t a k e g o o d c a r e 

Sleeping with a pet could cause diseases, according to a study done by the CDC. 

o f t h e i r p e t s , m a k i n g s u r e t h e y 

h a v e t h e i r s h o t s a n d a r e c l e a n , 

l e t t i n g t h e m s l e e p i n t h e b e d i s 

e-mails they dance around the 

use of the ‘n-word.’ Not one of 

them mentions it,” he said. 

When taken out of context 

of a story the word is offensive; 

however, in cases such as the 

omission of the word in “The Adventures 

of Huckleberry Finn,” 

many news outlets attempt to 

justify the use of the word, while 

also being resticted by from using 

the word in context. 

Truth is compromised in 

the pursuit of being politically 

correct. More value is put upon 

the feelings of an individual than 

the integrity of the news. When 

pursing politically correctness 

and valuing it above accuracy a 

fact is skewed and forced to be 

more ambiguous and less factual. 

According to the Equal 

Parenting Alliance, “Political 

correctness is one of the most 

insidious enemies we face. It 

means decisions are based on 

emotion—or ‘received wisdom’—rather 

than the facts.” 

Maturity, the time and 

place for using potentially offensive 

language must be taken 

into account before using it. 

When potentially offensive language 

must be omitted for no 

reason other than that it may offend 

a person, the news outlet is 

James’s new show continued 

James should stick to what he 

does best: playing the game of basketball. 

The best possible way for James to 

silence his critics is with his game and 

not with some over-hyped online television 

series. 

Many athletes these days are involved 

with social media such as Twitter 

and Facebook. James should stop being 

such a social butterfly and concentrate 

on his basketball game, which could use 

some work. 

Regardless of what people think 

of James, they will watch his show; 

however, that does not mean that everyone 

will forgive him for what he has 

done. James is simply an ego-maniac 

and an entertainer at this point. It seems 

like basketball is on the back burner for 

James. 

This new online show could 

work well for James but it could also be 

a failure for him. No one knows what to 

expect. James says his show, “Is a great 

way to show youths of all ages how to be 

a good person.” 

r e l a t i v e l y h a r m l e s s . 

L u c y O ’ B y r n e , a v e t e r i - 

n a r i a n a t t h e We s t Vi l l a g e Ve t - 

e r i n a r y H o s p i t a l i n M a n h a t t a n 

s a i d , “ j u s t w i p e t h e m d o w n a n d 

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y o u ’ l l b e f i n e , ” w h e n r e f e r r i n g 

t o k e e p i n g p e t s d i s e a s e f r e e i n 

o n e ’s h o m e . “ A s l o n g a s y o u 

not achieving its primary duty: 

to provide accurate news. 

It was suggested to Stohion 

editors that a headline that 

read “Homosexual teens commit 

suicide due to bullying” to “Students 

commit suicide due to bullying,” 

in order to avoid identifying 

a differentiation between 

the students. 

However, “homosexual 

teens” are different. Every person 

is different from another. 

When a person implies that another 

should not be open about 

his or her differences, he or she 

is not preventing discrimination- 

- he or she is creating it. 

By assuming that identifying 

a difference in a person is 

wrong implies that difference in 

and of itself is bad, as if pointing 

it out is like pointing out some 

kind of blemish on the person. 

The fear of differentiating 

one person from another creates 

the stigma that all people are not 

only supposed to be treated the 

same: they are supposed to be 

the same. 

h a v e g o o d f l e a a n d t i c k c o n t r o l , 

a n d k e e p y o u r p e t h e a l t h y t h e 

w a y m o s t p e o p l e d o , y o u d o n ’t 

h a v e t o w o r r y. ” 

D r. C h o m e l , t h e a u t h o r 

o f t h e s t u d y, a d v i s e s p e t o w n - 

e r s t h a t i f t h e y a r e e x p e r i e n c i n g 

s i c k n e s s t h e m s e l v e s , a n d f e e l 

t h a t t h e i r i m m u n e s y s t e m m a y 

b e w e a k , t h e y s h o u l d d e f i n i t e l y 

n o t a l l o w t h e p e t s t o k i s s o r l i c k 

t h e m , f o r d u r i n g t h a t s p e c i f i c 

c i r c u m s t a n c e t h e t r a n s m i s s i o n 

o f d i s e a s e s i s m o r e l i k e l y t o o c - 

c u r. 

S i n c e t h e n u m b e r o f f a - 

t a l i t i e s f r o m s l e e p i n g w i t h 

p e t s i s v i r t u a l l y z e r o , t h e h a r m 

s h o u l d n o t b e e x a g g e r a t e d . P e o - 

p l e , e s p e c i a l l y A m e r i c a n s h a v e 

b e e n s l e e p i n g w i t h t h e i r p e t s f o r 

y e a r s a n d y e a r s , a n d t h e t r a n s - 

m i s s i o n o f d i s e a s e s b e t w e e n t h e 

s p e c i e s h a s n e v e r c a u s e d m u c h 

h a r m . 

I t w o u l d t a k e m u c h m o r e 

t h a n a s i m p l e s t u d y t o s c a r e p e t 

o w n e r s a w a y f r o m s l e e p i n g w i t h 

t h e i r p e t s a n d s p e n d i n g t h a t p r e - 

c i o u s t i m e t o g e t h e r. 

By saying the people who 

committed suicide were homosexuals, 

and that they did so because 

of bullying brought on by 

their sexual orientation is not 

casting them away from society, 

it is only factually illustrating 

their difference. The implication 

that it may make a person seem 

like an outsider because of his or 

her sexual orientation is assuming 

that a person who is homosexual 

is inevitably harmed by 

it. 

When terms that are not 

meant to be degrading are treated 

as degrading, difference in 

people is condemed, not discrimination. 

The inability to say that 

a gay person is gay or a handicapped 

person is handicapped 

because we do not want to make 

them seem different is avoiding 

the truth, not embracing difference. 

Differences should be embraced; 

they should be accepted 

and taken as a fact, not hidden 

by politically correct but factually 

incorrect terminology. 

Editorial Policy 

The Stohion has been established as a public forum, 

limited to student expression, in the free marketplace 

of ideas. This publication and its staff are 

protected by and bound to the principles of the First 

Amendment, as well as other statutes described 

by federal and state law. Students have the right 

to comment on controversial issues, but they must 

verify all facts, quotes, etc. They must refrain from 

libel, obsceneity, material disruption of the school 

process and unwanted invasion of privacy to ensure 

journalist integrity.

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News 

A night fit for a kingSource:Stohion/Christy DiGiammarino 

By Jimmy Miller 

Editor 

On Jan. 29, 

SMFHS hosted the annual 

Winter Formal dance in 

the commons from 8-11 

p.m. 

Leading up to the 

dance, students elected 

male students to represent 

each class: freshman 

Cody Vantrese, sophomore 

Jusin Gnatiuk and 

juniors Josh Fasnacht and 

Nicholas Griggs. As for 

the senior class, Jack Veatch, 

Mike Garrison, Dan 

Rauh and Cody Nickson 

were elected into the 

group. 

In the hallway 

leading up to the commons, 

a voting system 

was set up where attendees 

could slip a piece of 

paper into a box that represented 

each court member. 

Later in the night, 

the members of the court 

lined up along the stairs 

that overlook the commons 

for the decision of 

who would be the Winter 

Formal King, which was 

granted to Rauh. 

“I felt really 

proud to win. I’ve never 

won anything before,” 

Rauh said. 

While drinks 

are typically provided at 

Homecoming, such as 

fruit punch and water, 

those who attended Winter 

Formal were offered 

access to a free smoothie 

bar for the entire night, 

provided by Island Delights. 

“Oh my, I 

couldn’t stop going back 

[to the smoothie bar],” junior 

Justin Fowler said. 

Mr. Cox, a gym 

teacher at Lakeview Intermediate 

School, worked 

as the DJ for Hats Off, 

the company hired for the 

event. 

“He was very active 

and played party-oriented 

songs, [which kind 

of] heightened the mood,” 

freshman Mitchell Felan 

said. 

A photographer 

was also available at the 

dance to take pictures in 

the gym for all of those 

who wanted any professional 

photographs. Pictures 

were priced 10 dollars 

a package and had a 

wintery backdrop. 

As for decorations, 

which related to 

a “winter wonderland” 

theme, paper snowflakes 

and wintery lights were 

dispersed around the commons. 

Those who bought 

tickets were listed on paper 

stars, which were attached 

to large pieces of 

black paper surrounding 

the room. 

Student council 

hosted the dance, according 

to sophomore Kayla 

Keller, a member of the 

class. The dance was a 

work in progress for a 

couple months, as decorations 

were ordered in advance 

and the theme was 

picked out: “Dancing in a 

Winter Wonderland.” 

Amanda Murray 

and Shane Conwell lead 

the class, which consists 

of around 65 members. 

The students involved in 

the student council class 

(STUCO) not only hosted 

the winter formal dance, 

but have also held many 

other fundraisers in an 

Breast cancer continued 

now, and played with 

7 Months Inspired 

twice now; [however] 

this was both of their 

first times performing 

alongside each other,” 

Goodrich said. 

Goodrich also said, 

“I personally think we 

all have unique abilities 

and talents, and 

with that, we should 

be able to help others 

with those abilities 

and talents.” 

The concert was 

free, but to help the 

National Breast Cancer 

Foundation Goodrich 

and Pryor had 

set a white bucket 

with the breast cancer 

sign on the counter 

to collect any donations. 

By the end of the 

concert, they had a 

total of $101.19. Goodrich 

had said that 

that was a great total 

for a free admission 

concert the same night 

as Winter Formal, 

even though some people 

came from Winter 

Formal. 

Goodrich was so 

glad that the concert 

was a success. He also 

had started the idea 

because a close friend 

of his had recently 

been diagnosed with 

breast cancer. 

“My Aunt Cindy was 

[also] diagnosed quite 

a while ago, but she’s 

doing great now,” said 

Goodrich. “She’s a 

true fighter when it 

comes to breast cancer. 

No doubt about 

it.” 

Junior Jake Goldman and senior Lauren Racano dance at 

Winter Formal. 

attempt to get money for 

school events, such as a 

movie day. 

All decorations 

and tables for the dance 

were set up the morning 

of the event, but anything 

that needed to be ordered 

or put together was done 

so a week in advance. 

“Well, [the dance] 

was very theme-oriented, 

which created for a nice 

environment and atmosphere,” 

Felan said. 

Student council 

has considered a Sadie 

Hawkins Dance, where 

a girl asks the guy to go, 

which is not considered 

traditional. The dance attendance 

in the past was 

poor, so the idea was rejected 

this year. Roughly 

360 students attended this 

year’s Winter Formal, according 

to Keller. 

According to 

Murray, informal dances 

have also been brought 

up at STUCO meetings, 

but none of the proposed 

dances took place this 

year, but are open to be 

put on in years to come. 

Fowler said, “I 

feel like they should have 

opened the variety of music 

genres, instead of playing 

the same music over 

and over. It’s still fun to 

hang out with friends and 

get formal.” 

Sophomore Josh Sandman plays with the band “7 Months Inspired.” 

DECA students to 

advance to state 

tournament 

By Jasmine Rose 

Staff Writer 

The DECA class at 

SMFHS will compete at the 

state tournament in the coming 

weeks. 

DECA is an academic 

club that focuses on 

business and real world 

cases. The students work 

with many business-related 

topics that their teacher and 

coach, Lisa Mowls, goes 

over. 

DECA is for students 

enrolled in the Marketing 

Education Career 

Program, which is a twoyear 

study starting in the 

junior year of one’s high 

school career. It promotes 

leadership, marketing, and 

other business skills and can 

lead to scholarships after 

high school, as well. 

Recently, the 

DECA team competed in 

District IX Spring competition. 

Many schools, including 

Stow, were given cases 

to look over. Students are either 

in a paired competition 

or by themselves. Each student 

or pair covers a certain 

category. 

The categories the 

placing Stow students competed 

in included Hospitality, 

Sports, Business Law, 

Travel and Tourism, Food 

Marketing, Fashion, Advertising, 

Marketing Managing 

Principles, Retail Merchandising 

and Apparel and Accessories. 

Of the 29 Stow 

students that placed at the 

District IX tournament, 16 

Source: Stohion/Amanda Gopp 

will be going on to the state 

tournament in Columbus. 

Junior Chrissy Di- 

Giammarino, who placed 

first overall in Marketing 

Management Principles, 

said, “It was a lot of hard 

work. I studied like crazy 

in class and took a whole 

bunch of notes.” 

DiGiammarino 

had six cases to look over 

at the District IX tournament 

and was given questions 

dealing with them, as 

were the other competing 

students. 

The state tournament 

in Columbus will take 

place on March 18 through 

the 21. Some of the 16 

competing include DiGiammarino, 

Logan Chapman, 

Kelly Vitt, Cara Lucarell, 

Sarah Schneider, Lauren 

Schneider, Lindsay Amerman, 

Regina Bonfiglio and 

others. 

When they are not 

competing, DECA takes 

part in many fundraisers and 

other in-school events. This 

school year, they have sold 

cookie dough, lollipops and 

other sweets throughout the 

school. 

DECA has also 

held “Hoops for Troops” at 

the end of November, some 

of the school dances and the 

prom fashion show, which 

will take place on March 4 

and will cost two dollars for 

admission. 

There DECA students 

will be modeling prom 

dresses and outfits for prom 

during the show. Students 

can buy tickets during their 

lunches to attend the fun 

show and view some great 

dresses. 

Everyone competing 

in the state tournament 

in March is very excited. 

DiGiammarino 

said, “When they called me 

up at the award ceremony, 

I knew I had placed and 

would be going to states. I 

was the first Stow representative 

to be called, but I was 

not expecting first. I flipped 

out.” 

It was an exciting 

event for all Stow residents 

who attended, which included 

assistant principal, Don 

Ross, the team and their 

families, as well as their 

coach. 

If all goes well at 

the state tournament, the 

SMFHS DECA team may 

move on to the national level 

of competition. 

Those going to 

states have a lot of preparing 

to do. DiGiammarino said, 

“I am pumped!” as everyone 

else going will be, too.

News 

Indian Trail on track to become an IB World 

School with the help of Spanish students 

By Jasmine Rose 

Staff Writer 

Spanish is now 

being offered at Indian 

Trail Elementary School, 

with SMFHS student 

help. 

Students from 

preschool through fourth 

grade attend Indian 

Trail. With college standards 

rising, the school 

has decided to become 

an International Baccalaureate, 

or IB, school 

and offer instruction in 

the Spanish language to 

all of Indian Trail’s 350 

plus students. 

IB deals with a 

higher standard of a high 

school diploma. The 

work is more rigorous, 

and in order to achieve 

an IB diploma, one must 

study a foreign language 

at a young age. With the 

help of SMFHS students, 

Indian Trail is bringing 

Spanish into the school. 

Audra Jurmanovich, 

head of the 

school’s Spanish club 

and a Spanish teacher, 

said, “anyone could get 

involved. It’s anyone in 

Spanish 3, 4, or AP that 

wanted to help out.” 

These students 

meet with the children at 

Indian Trail once every 

two weeks. There, they 

sit down with all grades, 

and help go over the 

basics of Spanish with 

them. 

“We have 50 

plus students involved,” 

Poetry Out Loud 

Jurmanovich said. “A lot 

of people were excited to 

get involved.” 

At Indian Trail, 

objects around the school 

have been labeled with 

signs indicating the name 

of the object in Spanish, 


Above, seniors Kelli Mehlberg and Alix Ridge give a Spanish lesson to a second grade class at 

Indian Trail Elementary. Below, Indian Trail second graders complete a worksheet to help them 

learn the names of the seasons in Spanish. 

Change drive continued 

akronchildrens.org. 

According to akronchildrens.org, 

this was the 12th 

annual change drive, also 

called “Have a Heart, Do 

Your Part.” 

Over 500 change 

bandits participated in the 

change drive for Akron 

Children’s Hospital. 

Murray, Principal 

Sue Schur and five other 

SMFHS students went to 

Akron Children’s hospital to 

donate the money. 

The five students 


Senior Matt Toro, first place winner of the SMFHS Poetry Out Loud competition, recites “Ozymandias” by 

Percy Bysshe Shelley. 

which helps the children 

familiarize themselves 

with the language. 

In today’s society, 

college-bound students 

need some source 

of a language credit in 

order to be accepted. 

This program will help 

steer Indian Trail students 

on the right path in 

their education. 

Dartmouth, Harvard 

and many other pretigious 

schools across 

the nation and world 

require a minimum of 

two of a language, sometimes 

just to be accepted 

into the school, according 

to each school’s own 

requirements. 

“I think with 

educational needs, a language 

is important because 

there are jobs all 

around the world that 

could possibly need their 

language skills,” freshman 

Autumn Baldino 

said. 

According to the 

Indian Trail section of 

smfschools.org, “The aim 

of the IB Primary Years 

[Program] is to develop 

internationally minded 

people who, recognizing 

their common humanity 

and shared guardianship 

of the planet, help to 

create a better and more 

peaceful world.” 

Indian Trail is 

currently a candidate 

school to become an IB 

World School. They began 

the phase to be considered 

in September 

2009. The school needs 

to be evaluated by an IB 

official in order to officially 

be of IB status. 

were interviewed on the radio 

when donating the money. 

“I felt nervous 

while being interviewed 

[on the radio],” senior Aly 

Reynolds said. “I know this 

was for an amazing cause. I 

felt that I was an important 

connection in raising money 

[for Akron Children’s Hospital] 

because of my story 

here.” 

The change drive 

benefits nearly 600,000 patients 

at Akron Children’s 

Hospital, according to akronchildrens.org. 

“Have a Heart, Do 

Your Part” has raised over 6 

million dollars since 2000 

for Akron Children’s Hospital. 

This year, a total of 

46,201 dollars was donated 

to Akron Children’s Hospital, 

according to akronchildrens.org. 

Sophomore Jordan 

Gir tz said, “I think that the 

change drive was an amazing 

way to encourage students to 

help the community.” 

On Jan. 25, 

students participated 

in the school-wide 

Poetry Out Loud 

competition. Senior 

Matthew Toro 

won first place and 

will compete at the 

state competition in 

March. Other winners 

included senior 

Julie Rooney, who 

was awarded second 

place, and seniors 

Hope Caldwell and 

William Thorsson, 

who tied for third 

place. 

5 

Wind Ensemble 

attends 

clinic at 

University 

of Akron 

By Amanda Gopp 

Staff Writer 

T h e S M F H S 

Wi n d E n s e m b l e p a r- 

t i c i p a t e d i n t h e 2 3 r d 

A n n u a l B a n d C l i n i c 

C o n c e r t . 

O n F e b . 1 4 , 

Wi n d E n s e m b l e w e n t 

o n a f i e l d t r i p d u r i n g 

t h e s c h o o l h o u r s f o r 

a b a n d c l i n i c . T h e y 

w e n t t o t h e U n i v e r- 

s i t y o f A k r o n a n d 

w o r k e d w i t h a r e t i r e d 

D i r e c t o r o f B a n d s , 

F r a n k B . Wi c k e s , o n 

t h e i r s o n g “ C a r m i n a 

B u r a n a . ” 

A f t e r a h e l p - 

f u l h o u r a n d h a l f l o n g 

c l i n i c , S t o w p a c k e d 

u p a n d r e t u r n e d t o 

t h e h i g h s c h o o l . 

L a t e r t h a t 

n i g h t , Wi n d E n s e m - 

b l e m e m b e r s c a m e 

b a c k t o S M F H S a n d 

b o a r d e d b u s e s o n c e 

m o r e t o g o b a c k t o 

t h e U o f A f o r t h e 

c o n c e r t . T h e c o n - 

c e r t s t a r t e d a t 7 p . m . 

w i t h a p e r f o r m a n c e 

b y C u y a h o g a F a l l s 

H i g h S c h o o l ’s S y m - 

p h o n i c B a n d . T h e y 

p l a c e d t h e p i e c e “ L a 

F i e s t a M e x i c a n . ” 

A f t e r 

C u y a h o g a F a l l s 

p l a y e d , i t w a s S t o w ’s 

t u r n . T h e y p l a y e d 

t h e i r s o n g “ C a r m i - 

n a B u r a n a . ” T h e n i t 

w a s A k r o n ’s t u r n t o 

p l a y. 

A k r o n h a s 

t w o b a n d s : C o n c e r t 

B a n d a n d S y m p h o n i c 

B a n d , a n d b o t h b a n d s 

p e r f o r m e d a t t h e 

c o n c e r t . T h e y b o t h 

p l a y e d m o r e t h a n 

o n e s o n g , w i t h o n e 

d i r e c t e d b y F r a n k B . 

Wi c k e s . 

T h e U o f A 

C o n c e r t B a n d p l a y e d 

f i r s t a n d t h e S y m - 

p h o n i c B a n d e n d e d 

t h e c o n c e r t . 

“ I t w a s f u n , ” 

s a i d s o p h o m o r e K a y - 

l a T h o m a s . “ [ F r a n k 

B . Wi c k e s ] g a v e g o o d 

a d v i c e a n d h e l p e d u s 

i m p r o v e a l i t t l e . ” 

T h e n e x t 

S M F H S B a n d C o n - 

c e r t i s M a r c h 8 a n d 

a l l f o u r b a n d s f r o m 

S t o w w i l l b e p l a y i n g 

a t S M F H S .

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Teacher: Mr. Putka 

Art teacher, play director would 

design sets for Broadway or 

Holywood if he was not a teacher 

By Jocelyn Butler 

Editor 

1. Why did you decide to 

teach? 

Honestly it sounded like it 

would be fun since I had fun in 

school. I wouldn’t teach if 

I didn’t teach art. 

2. If you weren’t teaching 

what career would you have 

pursued instead? 

Designing sets for Broadway or 

Hollywood. Teaching is pretty 

much what I really wanted to 

do. Everything else would have 

felt more like work. 

3. What subject do you teach 

and why did you decide to 

teach it? 

I teach art because I’ve always 

like art; it was an obvious 

decision for me. Teaching 

art is a very steady, more 

secure job. 

4. What’s an interesting 

fact that most of your students 

don’t know about 

you? 

Each of my three kids are 

teachers. They teach art, 

music and P.E. 

5. After 55 play productions, 

which one stands out 

the most? 

They all hold something 

special for me. Every one 

of them stands as a work 

of its own, from the people 

involved to the set designs. 

They are all like my children-all 

unique in their own 

way. Each play marks something 

new and different that 

I wanted to implement and 

improve on. 

6. What do you love most 

about the theater? 

The people and students involved. 

Seeing them realize 

they can achieve beyond their 

own personal expectations is 

special to me. We are stronger 

as a group than any one individual, 

which is why we can 

achieve a level of distinction 

that is higher than average high 

school plays. 

7. What’s your favorite thing 

you do in your class? 

To get to know as many kids as 

I can and watch them grow artistically 

or theatrically. Those 

are the things I like to do. Push 

them beyond what they expect 

of themselves. 

8. What were you like in high 

school? 

Nerd, geeky, hair was out of 

control and naive. But I had fun 

with my friends and we had a 

good time. 

9. If you could give your (high 

school) self any advice, what 

would it be? 

Don’t be afraid to try different 

things. At that age you’re 

always afraid of what people 

think and conform to peer pressure. 

Get outside the box and do 

not be a conformist. 

10. What was your favorite 

subject(s) in high school? 

I loved history, French, English 

and obviously art. I hated gym 

and math; I still don’t really see 

what purpose it serves. 

11. What extracurricular activities 

were you involved in? 

French Club, Art Club (laugh) 

surprise and I participated in 

the plays. If they had a bowling 

club I would have done that. 

Bowling is the best sport in the 

world. 

12. Who was your favorite 

teacher in high school and 

why? 

Mr. Lee who taught social studies. 

He just knew what he was 

talking about. Mrs. Herrick 

who taught Biology and Mrs. 

Carlson who taught advanced 

English. She was just the neatest 

lady. 

13. What did you want to be 

when you grew up? 

Cooler than I was in high school; 

I didn’t succeed. I wanted to be 

an archeologist or a paleontologist 

when I was a little kid, 

probably because they were big 

names. I like the fact that they 

dig things up. I really liked digging 

when I was younger. 

14. If you could go back to 

high school, would you, why 

or why not? 

Gosh no, too gross. I don’t 

think I would fit in the clothes. 

I loved high school but no way. 

It’s better to move ahead. Never 

look back just move ahead. 

NOTHING BUT THE BEST 

AND NO REGRETS! 

15. Many of your students are 

anxiously wondering...When 

ARE you retiring? 

As to my retirement…who 

knows. 

TCC 

New academic requirements 

for class of 2014 

By Dylan Hartwig 

Staff Writer 

The state of Ohio has issued 

new graduation requirements 

for class of 2014. The state suggested 

that children now need a Financial 

Literacy class. A Financial 

Literacy class may include business 

classes, or Principles of Economics. 

With the new Financial 

Literacy credit, the class of 2014 

needs four mathematics credits to 

graduate. 

Guidance counselor Tom 

Martinelli said, “The State of 

Ohio’s Department of Education 

thought that the children needed a 

Financial Literacy course to help 

them with their money, and paychecks, 

and bills when they are 

older.” 

Martinelli also said, “Yes 

they did raise the math credits 

from three to four, just because 

they want to get the kids ready for 

college math. Because kids used 

to take a year off and then once 

they are in college their freshman 

year they are behind in math. So 

it is just to help the students. And 

plus students in the past have almost 

always taken all four years of 

math.” 

Freshman Brendon 

Wolfe said, “Yes, I like the new 

graduation requirements, because 

they are just helping me plan for 

college and for the real world.” 

Freshman Livi Brisbin said, “I 

think they are a little over the top. 

Considering we have to take a full 

Club: Foreign languages 


Staff Writer 

amount of classes almost every 

year to graduate.” 

These new graduation 

requirements are starting with the 

class of 2014, so the changes apply 

to this year’s freshmen. These 

classes are just to help the students 

out once they hit the real world 

and college. 

Freshman Alissa Thomas 

said, “It’s...the schools just trying 

to prepare us for our future. I do 

not really want to take the business 

classes but I will though.” 

The freshmen, for the most part, 

seem that they would not mind 

having that extra business class 

and the extra math class put in the 

requirements to graduate. 

“I think that having the 

business classes available is great, 

but making it mandatory is unnecessary. 

This is because they are not 

part of regular mandatory schooling 

for students in high school. 

They would be better for students 

in college not high school,” said 

Brisbin. 

Wolfe said, “I love having 

that extra math credit/class added 

to the graduation requirement, because 

first of all I love math, and 

second I want to become a math 

teacher in the future.” 

Colleges look at how 

many years of math each student 

took and what levels of math they 

took. It would be very important 

for each student to take all four 

years of math just to help with college. 

“Most of the students and 

Source: The Stohion/Christy DiGammarino 

Spanish club officers pose for a picture with a Mexico flag. 

At SMFHS, there are 

clubs for four languages: Spanish, 

German, Latin and Japanese. 

Spanish club, advised by 

Audra Jurmanovich, meets every 

two weeks on Thursdays 

in room 103 directly after 

school. Jurmanovich 

has been advising 

Spanish club for four 

years, and there are currently 

15 members involved 

in Spanish Club. 

Senior and 

President of Spanish 

club Veronica Whitner 

said, “I love Spanish 

club because the 

members here are 

like my family. I love 

learning about the language 

and the culture.” 

The students of 

Spanish club strongly expressed 

their love for learning about the 

Spanish language and the culture. 

“I like to see the enthusiasm 

of the students,” Jurmanovich 

said. “Our goal is to do 

things [in Spanish club] that we 

don’t have time to do in class.” 

Recently, Spanish 

Club has been working 

on making piñatas. 

Junior Karla Black said, 

“I joined Spanish club because it 

gives you a chance to experience 

the culture that you can’t experience 

in class. Spanish club is a very 

fun and it also gives you a chance 

to practice the Spanish language.” 

German club, advised 

by Elaine Sayre, meets 

once a month in room 106. 

There are currently 12 members 

involved in German club. 

German club has been 

at SMFHS for over 35 years. 

“There has always 

been a club,” said Sayre. 

German club focuses 

primarily on German culture, 

kids in the state of Ohio are not 

that smart and I think they added 

the new graduation requirements 

just to help those kids get ready 

for college,” said Wolfe. 

Besides the new graduation 

requirements, next year there 

are some changes to some of the 

classes at SMFHS. The administration 

looks every year at the class 

names in order to determine if they 

should change the names of some 

of the classes. They do this for the 

students. They want a student’s 

transcript to look good when he or 

she applies to a college. So when 

they send it to the admissions 

board at a college, instead of seeing 

4 years of the same class, such 

as mass communications, journalism 

or speech and debate, they see 

new names for every year form 

freshman to senior year. 

According to Assistant 

Principal Kathy Thomas, the administration 

changes the names of 

a few classes every year. They just 

want to help the students succeed 

for college. They also talk to the 

teachers of the class that is getting 

a name change, and they look at a 

few colleges’ course names. When 

they look at the course name they 

look for similar ones to the class 

in the high school and they try and 

make a similar name for the class 

that is being changed. 

“I like some of the new 

course name changes, like mass 

[communications]. I really might 

think about taking it next year,” 

said Brisbin. 

rather than German language. 

“German club gives me 

a chance to work with students 

outside of class,” said Sayre. 

Latin club, advised by 

Chris Fonda, meets once a week in 

room 114. There are 10 members. 

Latin club just finished making 

paper dolls. This spring, 

Latin club will have 

an archeology project. 

“I love seeing 

the enthusiasm of 

the students when they 

learn about the ancient 

world,” said Fonda. 

Japanese club, 

advised by Janelle 

Wargo, meets at least 

once a month in room 

104. There are 32 members 

in Japanese club. 

“My favorite 

thing about Japanese 

club is celebrating 

Japanese holidays and 

learning about the culture 

in Japan,” sophomore 

Victoria Leyba-Silva said. 

Since pay-to-play 

went into effect, there has not 

been a very large French club. 

Freshmen Autumn Horvach said, 

“I don’t think it’s very fair that 

there is not an [active] French 

club. If pay-to-play was not 

[in effect] I think that French 

club would be more active.”

A recent study, according 

to yahoonews.com, revealed 

that bath salts are being used 

as drugs. The salts seem harmless, 

but have recently caught 

the attention of law enforcement 

and have caused reports 

of injuries and even deaths. 

The salts are sold at 

most drug stores and are used 

in bathwater. They even have 

seemingly innocent names, 

such as “Vanilla Dream,” 

“Bliss” and “Ivory Wave,” according 

to yahoonews.com. 

Reporters say that the 

salts are actually harmful drugs 

that contain a powerful synthetic 

stimulant related to cocaine 

and methamphetamine. 

The drug is said to lead to 

paranoia, delusions, hallucinations 

and other psychological problems. 

The Associated Press 

reported that Neil Brown of 

World Headlines 7 

Seemingly harmless bath salts used as drug 

Key ingredients cause major psychological and poisoning problems 

By Ariel McCleary 

Editor 

Taco Bell is fighting 

back against beef quality 

claims. Taco Bell president, 

Greg Creed, is taking the claims 

seriously and says they are false 

and ruining Taco Bell’s reputation. 

On Jan. 19, California 

resident Amanda Obney and 

law firm Blood Hurst & 

O’Reardon LLP filed a 

lawsuit against Taco Bell. 

They claim Taco Bell’s 

beef is only 35 percent 

quality beef and 65 percent 

extenders, binders, preservatives, 

additives and other 

agents that one would 

not find in one’s home. 

According to 

ABC News, isolated oat 

products or extenders are 

non-meat substances that 

are used to add bulk and 

texture to the meat. Binders 

are special flours to 

hold meat together. 

The firm also found the 

meat contained soy lecithin, 

maltodrextrin, modified 

cornstarch and an 

anti-dusting agent. 

“After I eat Taco 

Bell my stomach starts to hurt. 

It could definitely be from the 

beef quality,” sophomore Nicole 

Lutz said. 

The USDA’s legal minimum 

requirement of quality 

meat is 40 percent. 

According to the complaint, 

Taco Bell’s beef does 

not meet the minimum requirements 

set forth by the USDA to 

label its product as “beef” and 

uses false advertising. Obney 

Mississippi repeatedly injured 

himself with a knife while 

high on the “bath salts” drug. 

Later Brown told 

the AP, “I couldn’t tell you 

why I did it. The psychological 

effects are still there.” 

The bath salts’ harmful 

chemicals are legal in 

most of the U.S. and can easily 

be bought for a cheap price 

at most convenience stores. 

“It’s very troublesome 

to know that anyone can 

just walk into a store and buy 

[bath salts] when they are so 

harmful to people’s health. 

It’s unnerving to know there’s 

no regulation for the drug,” 

said sophomore Lily Hagigat. 

According to the AP, 

Sen. Charles Schumer claims the 

packages of salts “contain ingredients 

that are nothing more than 

legally sanctioned narcotics.” 

Schumer recently sent 

the names of the ingredients in 

the bath salts to be added to a 

list of federally banned items. 

and the law firms want the court 

to order Taco Bell to stop calling 

the meat “beef” and instead 

call it “taco meat filling.” 

Creed says he will vigorously 

defend Taco Bell’s reputation. 

Creed claims Taco Bell’s 

beef is 88 percent quality USDA 

inspected beef just like the beef 

one would buy at a supermarket. 

Creed also says any other ingredients 

besides beef and spices 

are in the meat for the purpose 

of enhancing the flavor. 

“Taco Bell’s beef doesn’t 

discourage me from buying 

their tacos. Taco Bell is the 

definition of delicious and I’m 

16 so my health is the least of 

my worries,” sophomore Matt 

Modderman said. 

Taco Bell released an 

advertisement saying “Thanks 

for suing us,” making the claims 

seem comical. They also made 

According to The 

Los Angeles Times, poison 

control centers have received 

235 calls—214 this 

year—about bath salt problems. 

The LA Times also 

reported that there have been 

users dying and committing 

suicide due to overdose. 

“The patients who were 

showing up with this, they were 

Quality of Taco Bell’s beef questioned 

According to lawsuit, Taco Bell uses false advertising 

By Ashleigh Metzinger 

Editor 

a statement shown on YouTube. 

com with Creed defending their 

beef. Additionally, Creed has 

put statements about the lawsuit 

on Taco Bell’s website. 

“Attacking a brand is 

like attacking a person. It’s just 

unacceptable when there aren’t 

any facts to support it,” Creed 

said. 

Creed also stated the 

company would be taking legal 

action against Obney and the 

Taco Bell’s Chalupa Supreme contains the troublesome “beef.” 

Source: tacobell.com 

law firm for making false statements 

against Taco Bell products. 

Taco Bell has been in the 

spotlight before with health 

concerns. According to About- 

Lawsuits.com, it is believed 

nearly 150 people suffered 

from salmonella poisoning after 

eating food from Taco Bell in 

2010. In 2006, nearly 70 people 

were sickened with E. coli after 

eating at Taco Bell. 

Source: creativecommons.com 

People have been using seemingly innocent bath salts as a drug. 

off the wall. Some of them looked 

like a true psychotic break,” director 

of the Louisiana Poison 

Control Center, Mark Ryan, said. 

According to the LA 

Times, Louisiana has reported 

more than three deaths and 160 

poison control cases related 

to the drug since September. 

Due to the drastic bath 

salts problem, the governor of 

Job shortage in 

South Dakota 

Poverty rates increase, 

people have more trouble 

getting jobs 

By Rachel Daniels 

Staff Writer 

Louisiana, Bobby Jindal, proclaimed 

an emergency ban of 

harmful, poisonous chemicals 

used in the salts. Just days after 

this ban, Florida followed suit 

by placing a ban for 90 days 

on one of the main ingredients. 

According to The 

Times Picayune, one Floridia 

woman tried to behead her 

mother with a machete during 

a psychotic drug reaction. 

Ryan reports that 

half of the states have received 

calls regarding the 

use of the bath salts drug. 

The banning of the 

key ingredients has resulted 

in a decreased number of poison 

control problems in Louisiana 

since Jindal placed the 

ban, according to the AP. 

The key ingredients, 

such as mephedrone, have been 

labeled by the Drug Enforcement 

Administration as chemicals of 

harm and concern but have not yet 

been specifically deemed illegal. 

According to yahoo. 

com, Zlebach County, South 

Dakota, is the hardest place to 

find a job. 

This is Americas poorest 

county, where more then 

60 percent of people live at or 

below the poverty line. This 

county has 2,500 residents. 

According to CNN 

News, in the coldest months of 

the year, when seasonal construction 

work disappears and 

the South Dakota prarie freezes, 

unemployment in the town 

of Sioux can hit up to 90 percent. 

Poverty has been 

among these lands for many 

generations. A few reasons for 

this is isolated location, a poorly 

trained population, the 

area’s crumbling infrastructure 

and the Native American tribe 

that struggles to work with 

business and attract investors. 


com, the county is trying its 

best to renew efforts and create 

jobs, and also encourage 

a downtrodden population to 

start its own businesses. 

“Many people make 

these grand generalizations 

about our communites and poverty 

and why don’t people just 

do something, and how come 

they cant?” said Elleen Briggs, 

executive director of Tribal 

Ventures, a development group 

started by the tribe. 


com, the Cheyenne River Indian 

Reservation, created in 

1889, consists almost entirely 

of agricultural land in Zlebach 

and neighboring Dewey county. 

It has no casino and no oil resenews 

or natural resources. 

In Zlebach County, 

most of the towns are just clusters 

of homes between cattle 

ranchers. Families live in dilapidated 

houses or rundown 

trailers. 

Many of these families 

have leases to tribal land 

to make some money raising 

cattle. People that have jobs 

usually have to drive up to 80 

miles to tribal headquarters. 

“There are things that 

have happened to us over many 

generations that you can’t fix in 

three or four years,” said Kevin 

Kechler, the tribe’s chairman. 

For this county prosperity 

never came. 


com, in 2009 the census defined 

poverty as “a single person 

making less than 11,000 dollars 

a year or a family of four making 

less than 22,00 

dollars a year.”

8 

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“Warm weather.” 

Senior Emily Proper 

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10 

Feature 

Censorship of Huckleberry Finn 

creates controversy 

By Jenna Sawan 

Editor 

NewSouth Books has 

published a censored copy of 

Mark Twain’s “The Adventures 

of Huckleberry Finn.” 

According to CNN 

News, the new edition of the 

book removes all instances of 

the N-word and replaces them 

with “slave.” 

“The Adventures of 

Huckleberry Finn” is a novel 

originally published in 1884 

following the journey of a 

young boy and his friend, a 

slave named Jim, who run 

away from home together. 

NewSouth Books, the 

publishing company responsible 

for the new edition of 

the book, also removed the 

The three main 

types of distractions while 

driving are visual, manual, 

and cognitive. 

Visual distractions 

are taking one’s eyes off of 

the road. Manual distractions 

are taking one’s hands 

one’s off of the wheel. Cognitive 

distractions are taking 

one’s mind off of driving. 

Texting while driving 

involves all three of 

these driving distractions. 

According to 

foxnews.com, over a third 

of drivers text while driving. 

Fox surveyed 5,000 

consumers of the product 

Vlingo. The survey showed 

that six percent of individuals 

in their 20’s text while 

driving. Fifty-three percent 

of drivers ages 16-19 also 

text while driving, while 17 

percent of drivers in their 

fifties text while driving. 

Texting while driving 

increases the chances 

of crashing by 20 times according 

to pcmag.com 

Drivers will take 

their eyes off of the road 

for approximately 4.6 seconds 

when making a text 

and sending it. 4.6 seconds 

of distracted driving could 

result in hitting a pedestrian, 

a vehicle, or causing 

injuries to ones self and 

other drivers, according to 

pcmag.com. 

In 2010, research 

word “Injun,” a derogatory 

term for an Indian. 

Critics have considered 

“The Adventures of 

Huckleberry Finn” to be one 

of the most misunderstood 

novels of all time, often being 

called a “racist” novel 

due to its use of the N-word, 

which appears in the novel 

215 times. 

According to Publisher’s 

Weekly, Twain scholar 

Alan Gribben is spearheaded 

the project. 

“This is not an effort 

to render Tom Sawyer 

and Huckleberry Finn colorblind,” 

Gribben said. “Race 

matters in these books. It’s 

a matter of how you express 

that in the 21st century. 

Gribben further stated 

that by censoring the newer 

editions, the book would 

become more accessible to 

classrooms that previously 

found it to be inappropriate. 

“My daughter went 

to a magnet school and one 

of her best friends was an 

African-American girl. She 

loathed the book, could 

barely read it,” he said. 

Opponents of the 

censorship claim that the story 

is not offensive because it 

is simply an accurate representation 

of the times. 

Twain’s story joins 

the list of other censored 

stories in schools, including 

Judy Blume’s “Forever,” 

censored for its graphic 

depiction of sexual acts and 

Groups protest the removal of 

offensive words, classic novel is 

misunderstood 

Texting and driving is common although 

teenagers are constantly reminded of the 

risk 


Staff Writer 

was done by Pew Research 

Center of texting while 

driving. The research stated 

that 47 percent of adults 

will text when driving while 

only 34 percent of teenagers 

will text while driving, 

according to buzle.com 

States such as Georgia 

have outlawed texting 

while driving. If found texting 

while driving, a fine of 

James Joyce’s “From Here to 

Eternity” for its questionable 

sexual content. 

Source:search.ahp.us.army.mil 

People who text and drive, even short messages, have a risk of crashing 20 times greater than a person who does 

not text while he or she drives 

$150 will be charged which 

results in a point on a driver’s 

license. 

Using a cell phone 

while driving delays a driver’s 

reactions as much as 

having a blood alcohol concentration 

of .08 percent, 

according to distractions. 

gov. 

According to nationwide.com, 

eight out of ten 

drivers support some type 

of cell phone usage restriction. 

Eighty percent of 

respondents of NationWide 

support a ban on texting 

while driving according to 

nationwide.com. 

According to ATT. 

com, AT&T recently released 

a ten-minute documentary 

explaining the 

dangers of texting while 

driving. The documentary, 

“The Last Text,” uses real 

life experiences to express 

how dangerous it is to text 

while driving. 

The documentary is 

a part of AT&T’s campaign, 

It Can Wait. AT&T’s campaign 

stresses that no text 

message is worth risking 

getting into an accident. 

AT&T even launched 

a Facebook application for 

Facebook users to pledge 

not to text while driving, 

according to prnewswire. 

com. 

According to oprah. 

com, Oprah Winfrey has 

also created a pledge for not 

texting while driving. The 

pledge, called No Phone 

Zone, is on Oprah’s website. 

So far, there are 420391 total 

pledge submissions, according 

to oprah.com. 

In Ohio, there is 

currently no ban on texting 

while driving and no ban 

on using handheld phones 

Source: commons.wikimedia.org 

Huck with his companion Jim, who is called “slave” in the new version 

The new edition of 

this book was published at 

the end of February. 


Only nine states 

have a ban on using handhelds 

phones while driving 

in a vehicle. 

“I see mainly teenagers 

texting at red lights,” 

said Walley’s Driver Ed 

instructor Steven Myers. 

“They seem more focused 

on texting than on driving. 

Teenagers just aren’t experienced 

enough drivers 

[to see] that texting while 

driving is [dangerous].” 

Myers said that he 

has seen more teenage 

girls texting while driving 

than teenage boys texting 


Myers also expressed 

that he thinks 

texting while driving will 

only get worse in the future. 

“I don’t think I can 

say anymore [than what 

has] already been said 

about texting while driving,” 

said Officer Barry 

Smith. “It’s clearly dangerous 

and involves [the 

majority] of your concentration 

on texting than on 

driving.” 

Smith said that texting 

while driving seems 

to be one of the main distractions 

now. 

According to coloradoaaa.com, 

some ways to 

prevent texting while driving 

are turning the phone 

off, putting the phone somewhere 

unreachable, such as 

the trunk, the backseat, or 

pulling off to the side of 

the road to make a call or a 

text.

Feature 11 

Biology teachers do not take a stance on evolution 

By Mitchell Monahan 

Editor 

A new study finds 

that 60 percent of high school 

biology teachers do not take 

a solid stance on evolution 

with their students, mostly 

to avoid debate. 

Fewer than 30 percent 

of teachers take a proevolutionary 

stance on the 

topic, while 13 percent of 

teachers are advocates of 

creationism and discuss it in 

their classrooms. 

“The survey left 

space for [the teachers] to 

share their experiences. 

That’s where we picked up a 

lot of a sense about how they 

play to the test and tell students 

they can figure it out for 

themselves,” Michael Berkman, 

co-author of the study 

with Penn State University 

colleague Eric Plutzer, told 

Livescience. “Our general 

sense is they lack the knowledge 

and confidence to go 

in there and teach evolution, 

which makes them riskaverse.” 

Creationists believe 

that God created Earth, its 

inhabitants and the universe, 

with Christian creationists 

interpreting the Book of 

Genesis in the Bible literally. 

Scientific evidence 

says that evolutionary theory, 

the idea that all organisms 

evolved from some 

common ancestor by means 

of natural selection, explains 

the planet’s diversity in life. 

“The implications 

for us are very concerning, 

that there are teachers who 

are not teaching science, 

who are not teaching some of 

By Erin Reed 

Editor 

With the sharp increase 

in the past decade of 

the Internet use and social 

networking sites, people from 

all parts of the world are able 

to connect and share intimate 

moments in their lives. A new 

trend has evolved in which 

people broadcast their loved 

ones’ funeral online for family 

members and friends who can 

not attend in person. 

According to The New 

York Times several funeral 

homes across the country have 

adopted online memorials, 

and a company in St. Clair, 

Michigan called FuneralOne 

is devoted to preparing funeral 

services for the internet, as 

well as selling digital tribute 

the core tenants of science,” 

Francis Eberle, executive 

director of the National Science 

Teachers Association, 

told Livescience. 

All major federal 

court cases in the U.S. over 

the past 40 years where local 

citizens have tried to bring 

creationism into the science 

classroom have all failed, researchers 

pointed out. 

“I do not think evolution 

or creationism should 

be taught in school because 

it is extremely controversial 

and people may become upset 

or defensive,” sophomore 

Melissa Bright said. 

The data for this survey 

was collected from 926 

participants in the National 

Survey of High School Biology 

Teachers where they 

were polled on what they 

taught in their classrooms 

and how much time they 

spent on each subject. They 

also took note on teachers’ 

personal feelings on creationism 

and evolution. 

Only 28 percent 

of the high school biology 

teachers followed the National 

Research Council and 

National Academy of Sciences 

recommendations on 

teaching evolution. 

“We say [evolution 

is] a central idea in biology, 

but someone can get a biology 

degree and not take a 

class in it,” Randy Moore, a 

science and evolution education 

specialist in the biology 

department at the University 

of 

Minnesota, told Livescience. 

“We let that go in the name 

of religious freedom.” 

Thirteen percent of 

the participants said that 

they “explicitly advocate 

creationism or intelligent design 

by spending at least one 

hour of class time presenting 

it in a positive light.” These 

are mostly the same group of 

teachers who reject the idea 

of evolution and believe that 

God created humans on earth 

less than 10,000 years ago. 

Many advocates for 

Creationism believe that 

they were practicing proper 

Source: Stohion/Chrissy DeGammarino 

Mrs. Howard teaching her sophomore biology class. Howard says she brings up the both sides of evolution in 

the classroom and lets her students decide what stance to take. 

Families now streaming loved 

ones’ funerals online 

Critics think it lacks personal connection and 

is disrespectful DVD’s. 

H. Joseph Joachim IV, 

founder of FuneralOne told the 

New York Times, “We are in a 

YouTube society now. People 

are living online more than 

ever, and this reflects that.” 

The phenomena of 

live-streaming funerals and 

memorial services online has 

its advantages as well as disadvantages. 

Though it gives 

people the opportunity to pay 

their respects from home, it 

lacks the comfort of a physical 

presence and the ability to 

speak to the family of the deceased. 

The New York Times 

reports that using an online funeral 

service is an advantage 

to those in the military who 

cannot travel back to the U.S. 

for a funeral of another military 

member who was killed. 

Irene Dahl, an owner of 

Dahl Funeral Chapel in Bozeman, 

Montana said that, “nearly 

one- third of the ceremonies 

arranged by my funeral home 

last year were streamed live at 

no extra charge,” according to 

The New York Times. 

Another benefit is the 

ability to watch the service over 

again, especially for those who 

participated and would like to 

revisit the memory of that day. 

For some people, having that 

ability may be comforting and 

healing. 

The idea of proper 

etiquette and whether this concept 

goes against it is also an 

issue for some funeral homes 

debating whether to adopt the 

practice. 

“Some funeral directors 

eschew streaming funerals 

live because they do not want 

to replace a communal human 

experience with a solitary 

digital one,” said John Reed, a 

past president of the National 

Funeral Directors Association. 

science. A teacher in Minnesota 

commented saying, 

“I don’t teach the theory 

of evolution in my life science 

classes, nor do I teach 

the Big Bang Theory in my 

Earth Science classes[....] 

We do not have time to do 

something that is, at best, 

poor science.” 

Eberle believes that 

it might be the teacher’s 

own scientific education that 

leads to these type of problems: 

“We haven’t done a 

good enough job with making 

people understand what 

is science and what isn’t. 

Science doesn’t deal with 

the human condition, like 

why we are here. That’s fine 

to be covering those, but not 

in the science classroom.” 

Around 60 percent of 

the teachers polled did not 

take a direct stance on the 

subject, which the authors 

of the study dubbed as the 

“cautious 60 percent.” 

Based on the teacher’s 

answers, the researchers 

inferred that many teachers 

toed the line, weakly teaching 

evolution without endorsing 

or denying creationism 

in order to avoid controversy 

and questions from both students 

and parents. 

“Often, a letter in 

support of evolution from 

the principal or the school 

board is enough to instill 

confidence in the teachers,” 

Steve Newton, Programs and 

Policy Director at the National 

Center for Science Education, 

told Livescience. “It 

would be beneficial for there 

to be more support from the 

administration so [teachers] 

don’t feel out there all 

alone.” 

The study found that 

teachers use three tactics to 

avoid conflict: instead of using 

evolution to explain relationships 

and development 

of species, they only explained 

it in a molecular and 

genetic sense; others taught 

the curriculum so students 

knew it for the state-wide 

tests, but didn’t try to convince 

the students that evolution 

was valid; and some 

offered both evolution and 

creationism, letting the students 

come to their own 

conclusions. 

“You can take very 

little science and get a degree 

and be teaching in high 

school. The quality of what 

[students learn] is so dependent 

on the teacher you 

get,” Newton said. “It’s almost 

a random experience; 

it’s kind of the luck of the 

draw.” 

The authors of the 

study suggest that states 

should require all education 

majors to take a stand-alone 

evolution course at the university 

level before they can 

become science teachers, 

while school systems should 

offer follow-up refresher 

courses for those already 

teaching. 

“Extra evolution 

courses would encourage 

teachers to embrace evolutionary 

biology, and make it 

easier to teach confidently,” 

Berkman said. 

However, many people 

do not agree that is the 

answer. 

“If someone wants 

to learn about evolution, it’s 

not hard to. It’s hardly a science 

education problem,” 

Moore said. “Scientists think 

if teachers just take a class 

they will accept it, but many 

simply reject it.” 

Berkman and Plutzer 

present a thorough discussion 

of their research on how 

evolution is taught in their 

book, “Evolution, Creationism 

and the Battle to Control 

America’s Classrooms.” 

“Evolution theory is 

already kind of taught, but 

creationism shouldn’t be. 

The ‘under God’ part in the 

pledge shouldn’t be taken 

out, but they shouldn’t put 

more of one religion into a 

classroom without teaching 

about many other religions,” 

sophomore Kevin Rossi 

said.

12 

Entertainment 

Verizon store manager says the network’s reliability 

and the release of the iPhone will attract customers 

By Maddie Pierce 

Staff Writter 

In February, Verizon finally 

released the iPhone. 

Current Verizon customers 

were able to pre-order the phone 

on Feb. 3, and it was available to 

all others on Feb. 10. 

The company’s previous 

policy of “New Every 2”— 

meaning that if a person has had 

his or her phone for two years, 

they can get a new phone without 

paying full price—will be 

eliminated within the next six 

months, 

According to Verizon 

store manager Chris Keller, the 

Stow Verizon store, located at 

4186 Kent Rd., was anticipating 

long lines, people camping out 

and a hectic environment in the 

store. The store opened at 4:10 

a.m. on Feb. 10. 

Keller said, “[Verizon] will 

have no problem staying on top, 

mostly because of competitive 

differences between [Verizon] 

and AT&T. More people will 

flock to Verizon over AT&T 

when the iPhone arrives, due 

to Verizon’s more reliable network.” 

All Verizon stores will be selling 

the iPhone, but since so many 

Dana Herbert wins the 

first season of “Cake 

Boss: Next Great Baker” 


Staff Writter 

After eight long 

weeks, Cake Boss Buddy Valastro 

has a new employee at 

his bakery. 

The television show 

on TLC the “Next Great 

Baker” put 10 contestants 

through a series of challenges 

to show their baking 

skills. 

The names of the 10 

contestants were Brian Stevens, 

Corina Elgart, Dana 

Herbert, Gregory Soriano, 

Jay Qualls, Joe Glaser, Johanna 

Lyons, Kendra Jordan, 

Megan Roundtree and Pamela 

Ahn. They were picked 

out of thousands that had entered 

the contest to be on the 

show. 

At the beginning of 

each show, all the bakers had 

to complete a baker’s challenge. 

These baker’s challenges 

included speed challenges, 

decorating cakes and 

making pies. 

Baker’s challenges 

were used to show each baker’s 

individual strengths and 

weaknesses. Then there were 

the elimination challenges, 

where the bakers, working 

The Verizon store on Kent Road in Stow is selling the iPhone. 

either in teams or alone, constructed 

a cake each week. 

The cakes that the 

bakers would have to construct 

were for different 

clients from different companies. 

Each elimination 

challenge had a time limit to 

how long the bakers had to 

construct their cakes. 

The bakers had to 

do a variety of things during 

these elimination challenges. 

They did everything 

from putting explosives in 

their cakes to making fancy 

wedding cakes for a couple. 

During the show, 

Valastro had tricks up his 

sleeve. One week Valastro 

dropped cakes off of the bakery 

roof and another week 

Valastro blew cakes up when 

he did not like them. 

Whenever Valastro 

eliminated someone from the 

show, he would send them to 

the box truck—a large truck 

that is used for cake deliveries. 

Out of the 10 people 

that were selected to be on 

this show, there were some 

very strong personalities. 

One of the bakers, Joe Glaser, 

probably had one of the 

biggest egos in the competition. 

people are anticipated to be getting 

the phone, customers should 

expect a wait before getting their 

hands on one. 

Freshman Abbey Molnar said 

that instead of sticking with her 

current phone, she would definitely 

get an iPhone. 

“They’re like iPod Touches, 

but with so much more!” Molnar 

said. 

Although Verizon is only the 

second phone company to carry 

the iPhone, it is anticipated that 

Apple is expanding to all companies, 

and will soon be available 

to everyone, according to USA 

Today. 

Freshman Jaryd Post said that 

even though iPhones are cool, 

he’s happy with his iPod Touch. 

“I mean, I like iPhones, but it 

seems like the iPod Touch does 

all the same stuff. It has a camera 

and a microphones, plus you can 

download free texting applications,” 

Post said. 

According to USA Today, although 

both companies will be 

selling the iPhone, AT&T and 

Glaser always seemed 

to be the one to blame if 

something did not go right 

with his team’s cake; therefore, 

his appearance on the 

show was short lived as he 

only lasted two weeks. Glaser 

said, “I gave my all into 

every challenge 100%.” 

Valastro had a conflict 

with Glaser right from 

the start: no matter what Glaser 

would do he could not get 

the approval of Valastro. 

In the finale of the 

show, the three finalists—Corina 

Elgart, Megan Roundtree 

and Dana Herbert—were put 

up to the test of being able to 

work with Valastro’s workers 

for a full 24 hours at Valastro’s 

bakery. 

In the end, Valastro 

picked Herbert as the contest 

winner. As a result Herbert 

won $50,000 dollars, a 

Chevrolet Cruze and job at 

Valastro’s bakery. Throughout 

all the hard work and the 

difficult decisions, Valastro 

has a new baker at his bakery. 

After Valastro’s final 

decision he brought Herbert 

back to Carlo’s bakery and 

told him “you are now part 

of the family.” 

Source:Stohion/Maddie Pierce 

Verizon iPhones have different 

technology inside of them that 

makes them incompatible with 

one another. The GSM (Global 

Network for Mobile Communications) 

technology inside the 

Student 

Bookshelf 

“Shiver” 

by 

Maggie 

Stiefvater 

Review by Diere Johnson- 

Lisman, Sophomore 

Guest Writer 

“Shiver” is a fiction 

book series about a teenage girl 

named Grace, who has fallen in 

love with a boy named Sam. Sam 

has a problem. He’s a werewolf. 

Sam is struggling to 

stay human just so he can spend 

as much time as he can with 

Grace. These are different from 

the other werewolves that you 

might have heard of though. A 

decrease in temperature, or cold 

weather, triggers their curse. 

AT&T iPhone will only work 

with the AT&T network, and the 

Verizon CDMA (Code Division 

Multiple Access) technology 

will only work with the Verizon 

network. 

Although the Verizon iPhone 

comes with a built-in wireless 

adaptor that allows other systems 

(laptops, iPods, etc.) to log 

on and use the connection, users 

of the phone will not to be able 

to multitask (text or use other applications) 

while on a call. The 

Verizon iPhone will not work in 

other countries, only the United 

States. The AT&T iPhone does 

not feature the built in wireless 

adaptor, but it allows the user 

to multitask, and also works in 

other countries. 

Sophomore Jack Holland said 

that he would really like an 

iPhone. 

“The only problem is the price. 

If the phone wasn’t so expensive, 

I would buy it for sure,” Holland 

said. 

Sam and Grace have had 

multiple near death experiences 

as children, which brings them 

even closer and more happy that 

they have each other. Sam and 

Grace have no problem sneaking 

around the house and building 

the relationships because her 

parents are always at work or art 

exhibits. 

Grace, as a child, had 

one major encounter with the 

wolf pack which makes her even 

more interested in them. This 

book is full of action, suspense 

and barely any drama. I would 

recommend this to anyone who’s 

interested in werewolves. 

What the ratings 

mean: 

One of my favorites. 

I would recommend it. 

A good read. 

I wouldn’t recommend 

it. 

Not worth the time. 

For information on 

how to become a 

reviewer, visit Mrs. 

Lanci in the library.

“Inherit the Wind” continued 

Juniors Josh Smalley and Cassidy Pittman in “Inherit the 

Wind.” 

Wind” is loosely based off 

of the Scopes “Monkey” 

Trial of 1925 for 

which John T. Scopes 

was tried for teaching 

Charles Darwin’s 

theory of evolution to 

a high school science 

class in Dayton, Tennessee 

where it was 

law to teach creationism. 

The playwrights 

Jerome Lawrence and 

Band from Akron, The 

Black Keys, wins Grammy 

awards for “Brothers” 

By Maddie Pierce 

Staff Writter 

Coming from a 

city that produced bands 

such as Devo and the 

Pretenders, the Black 

Keys have much to live 

up to. 

The duo, made 

up of Dan Auerbach, the 

singer and guitarist, and 

Patrick Carney, who plays 

the drums, are a blues 

rock / garage rock revival 

band. They formed in 

2001. 

As of last year, 

the band has sold over 1.7 

million records. 

This year, the duo 

won “Best Alternative 

Album” at the Grammy 

awards. Their album, 

“Brothers,” won a trophy 

for “Best Recording 

Package,” and a track 

from that album, “Tighten 

Up,” won for “Best 

Duo/Group Rock Vocal 

Performance.” 

Starting out as an 

unpolished garage band, 

the Keys played around 

small venues in Akron, 

before they were signed 

by Fat Possum Records in 

2001. 

The year 2011 

has been seen as the Black 

Keys’ debut year, though. 

This year, they have 

become more popular 

than ever before. 

According to 

Yahoo Music, the Black 

Keys got their name 

from a psychotic artist 

who would call and 

leave messages on their 

answering machines, 

referring to them as “black 

keys.” 

Their first album, 

“The Big Come Up,” was 

released in 2002 but never 

made it on the charts. The 

Keys’ last two albums, 

“Attack & Release” and 

“Brothers,” have topped 

the charts, with “Attack 

& Release” coming in at 

number 14 in the U.S. and 

“Brothers” at number 12. 

“ B r o t h e r s , ” 

released by Nonesuch 

Records this year, 

reached number three on 

the Billboard 200, while 

selling over 73,000 copies. 

It was certified gold by 

the RIAA (Recording 

Entertainment 13 


Robert E. Lee wrote the 

play with the intent to 

criticize McCarthyism, 

the practice of making 

accusations of disloyalty, 

subversion, or 

treason without proper 

regard for evidence. 

“[Inherit the 

Wind] really was a 

piece more about free 

thinking,” Putka said. 

“ For people to express 

their opinion without 

being tried for it.” 

The two main 

characters, prosecutor 

Matthew Harrison 

Brady played by Alex 

Norman, and defense 

attorney Henry Drummond 

played by Conner 

Dunn, represent both 

standpoints of the dispute. 

It’s not really 

pushing the evolutionary 

theory; it’s not one 

sided,” Norman said. 

“It’s more of a story 

about the ability to 

think for ourselves and 

make decisions for ourselves.” 

Brady portrays 

the fundamentalist or 

“religious” viewpoint 

and Drummond supports 

the growth of 

scientific freedom of 

thought. 

“I like my character 

because he just 

has these great speeches,” 

Dunn said. “He 

takes a logical approach 

to [the case] and makes 

you think in a way you 

don’t think normally.” 

Other important 

characters include 

Bertram Cates played 

by Josh Smalley, E.K. 

Industry Association of 

America) for shipping out 

over 500,000 copies. 

According to 

Interview Magazine, 

drummer Carney said 

making the album was “a 

pretty compact process. 

We started recording last 

summer, beginning on 

August 15 and finishing 

on August 26. Dan 

[Auerbach] had lyrics 

ready, and everyday we 

recorded one song. We 

just made the music, and 

if the song sucked, we 

would move on. 15 songs 

made it.” 

The duo recorded 

the album “Brothers” in 

Alabama, to “get away.” 

Singer Auerbach 

said “We wanted to go to a 

classic studio. So we chose 

Muscle Shoal Sounds [in 

Alabama]... And it was, 

well, classic.” 

Carney also lived 

up to the Keys’ reputation 

for recording in desolate 

locations. 

“I think for a long 

time we did that because 

it was cheaper,” he said. 

“but this time we did it… 

because it was cheaper!” 

Hornbeck played by 

Dom Aristide, Rev. Jeremiah 

Brown played by 

Adam Hansen, Rachael 

Brown, the daughter of 

Rev. Brown and love interest 

of Bertram Cates 

played by Cassidy Pittman, 

and the judge portrayed 

by Tim Freborg. 

The production 

also features student directors, 

Emily Nyszczy 


Junior Adam Hansen, as Rev. Jeremiah Brown, preaches to the citizens of Hillsboro. 

and Kristen Pokelsek, 

stage managers Rachel 

Shumway and Kristin 

Perkins and production 

managers Amanda 

Brewer and Molly Halpin. 

“We’ve had 

some ups and downs,” 

Putka said. “This is the 

juniors’ fist outing and 

I think they are doing a 

good job. We are moving 

along and progressing 

like we should.” 

Members of the 

cast and crew along 

with volunteers have 

been working together 

with set designer and 

engineer Gerald R. 

Dolson for seven weeks 

leading up to the week 

before opening day. 

Construction generally 

lasted from 9 a.m. to 6 

p.m. every Saturday. 

“This is something 

I’ve wanted to 

do for years,” Putka 

said. “I think it’s a 

great play, a great challenge 

and opportunity 

for kids to perform and 

it’s a different kind of 

story than we’ve ever 

done before.”

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Student 

Athlete 

of the 

Month 

The Stohion features a male and a female 

athlete of the month in each issue. These 

athletes, who have been selected by their 

coaches, demonstrated excellence in 

athletics, teamwork and leadership. 


Allison Marino 

Gymnastics 

Gymnastics coach Kalie Stallard selected 

Marino, a junior, due to her recent victories, 

particularly the first overall finish in 

the all-around event at a meet on Feb. 5, 

earning her an All-Conference gymnast 

honor. Stallard said, “She has worked 

so hard all season and is a great leader 

on the team. She really has improved a 

lot and shows her efforts and dedication 

each and every day.” Marino is a state 

qualifier for gymnastics. 


By: Robbie DiPaola 

Staff Writer 

Connor McMahon 

Wrestling 

The junior, selected by head coach Jenkins, 

recently notched his 100th victory, 

according to Jenkins. He also finished at 

the top of the Northeast Ohio Conference 

League and is a state qualifier. 

By Jimmy Miller 

Editor 

Sports 

Swimmers earn win on Senior 

Night 

By Abby Gresser 


The SMFHS boys and girls swimming 

and diving teams celebrated a win over Wadsworth 

as well as senior night on Jan. 25. 

Seniors Libby Einsporn, Hillary Feskanin, 

Galen Marchetti, Jacob Marzec, Amanda Mitchell, 

Zach Oles, Greg Oneacre, Chelsea Simpson, Kylee 

Stone and Jeff Swensen swam in the Bulldogs’ second-to-last 

home meet at the Akron General Wellness 

Center. 

Einsporn and Simpson led the girls team 

this year as captains, while Oneacre and Marzec were 

captains of the boys team. Head coach Athena Miller 

said, “As the year has gone [the seniors] have grown 

into the [leadership] position.” 

Simpson, who has been swimming since 

her freshman year, said, “It’s been a lot, being able to 

lead the team and have a positive attitude.” 

The swimmers participate in many social 

activities together, including bleaching their hair for 

the boys and dying their hair pink for the girls. 

“Looking around the school you see everyone 

with bleached hair or with pink in their hair, 

so people around just see that we’re more together as 

a team,” Swensen said. 

In addition, they have pasta parties before 

meets. 

“I like the opportunity to actually be a 

team,” Einsporn said. “There’s no cliques or segregation.” 

The boys won the Wadsworth meet with 

Cavaliers end losing streak against Clippers 


Staff Writer 

After 26 straight losses, the Cleveland 

Cavaliers hold the record for most consecutive losses 

in NBA history. 

Coming into the 2010-11 season, there 

were different expectations than in years past because 

the Cavs lost a few key players, including two-time 

Most Valuable Player Lebron James. 

“I didn’t expect [the season] to be this 

tough,” Cavs head coach Byron Scott said. 

No one expected the year to be as out of 

hand as it is. The Cavaliers lost 26 straight games, and 

36 of their last 38. 

At the beginning of the season, ESPN.com 

picked the Cavs to finish with a record of 30-52 and 13 

place out of 15 teams in the Eastern Conference. 

After the first month of the season, things 

were going well for the Cavs. The team’s record was 

7-10, and they were proving all of their critics wrong. 

It changed on the Dec. 2, when the Miami 

Heat came to Cleveland. The Cavs lost by 28 

points,and were taunted throughout the game by 

James, who joined the Heat after leaving the Cavaliers. 

Ever since the loss to the Heat, the Cavs 

have been in a state of disarray. Cavaliers starting center 

Anderson Varejao was injured in practice on Jan. 6 

and has been out ever since with a torn tendon in his 

right foot. 

Cavs starting point guard Mo Williams has 


Sophomore Katy McCombs gets ready to dive into the water at a meet earlier this season. 

a score of 111-65, while the girls won 105-65. 

There was family rivalry at the meet for 

Miller, who has coached the Bulldogs for three years. 

She is a Wadsworth graduate and her father coaches 

the Wadsworth team. In addition, Miller’s younger 

sister currently swims for Wadsworth. 

been in and out of the lineup all year with hip problems 

and groin issues. 

Leon Powe, forward for the Cavs, has 

been out for a duration of the year with a knee problem. 

The effect of all these injuries has taken a 

toll on the Cavs. 

Rookies Manny Harris, Samardo Samuels 

and Christian Eyenga have been granted significant 

playing time. 

Eyenga, who was a draft pick for the Cavs 

two years ago, is now playing his first season as a 

Cavalier. The expectations for Eyenga are through 

the roof, and Eyenga is a bright spot for the Cavs. He 

stands 6-foot-5 and has plenty of potential for the Cavs 

in the future. 

The Cavs also signed Alonzo Gee, who 

can give the Cavs youth and another athletic body 

on the court. Gee has been in and out of the starting 

lineup, filling in for injured players. 

J.J Hickson, another young player on the 

Cavs, has taken over the starting center position. This 

is a disadvantage for Hickson because of his height: 

Hickson is 6-foot-9 inches tall and often matches up 

against taller centers. 

The Cavs worst loss in franchise history 

came during the losing streak. Going into the Jan. 11 

game against the Los Angeles Lakers, the Cavs were 

significant underdogs. 

It was a surprising 55-point defeat, and the 

Lakers were two points away from doubling the Cavs 

total score. The final score was 112-57. 

Girls basketball continued In the Lakewood game, Stow won the game 

to fail, you will never make the great play,” Hodges said. 

The girls lost the next two games, at Hudson 

and at Warren Harding. Both of these games were away 

from Stow. The score of the Hudson game was 57-67 

and the Warren Harding game ended with the score of 

76-48. The team was 7-3 at that point in the season. 

After those two back-to-back losses, the 

girls bounced back and won five of the most recent six 

games. The loss came against Medina, away, with a 

score of 55-67. Medina had lost to the Lady Bulldogs 

earlier in the season. 

The wins in that recent stretch were against 

Falls (58-45), Bedford (59-26), Massillion (64-47), 

Mentor (52-36) and Lakewood (53-41). 

The two wins on Feb. 3 and Feb. 5 came 

against Mentor and Lakewood, respectively. In the 

Mentor game, the Lady Bulldogs bounced off the loss 

against Medina and cruised into a first half lead of 31- 

14. Leading scorers of the night were forward Lexi Stefanov, 

and guards Sarah Parsons and Alex Shaver, each 

with 12 points a piece. 

Kelli Magnani finished with seven points and Stefanov 

led the way with 12 rebounds to go with her 12 points for 

a double-double. 

with the score of 53-41. The leading scorer was Alex 

Shaver with an impressive 20 points and eight rebounds. 

Stefanov had a second consecutive double-double with 

12 points and 11 rebounds. 

“This team worked extremely hard starting 

last summer. That work ethic has carried over into our 

season. Much of our success is due to our players being 

able to execute the game plan each night,” said Hodges. 

“This group has played very well this season. That success 

is certainly due to our players and the work that they 

do. Our achievements this season have been very satisfying 

to all of us.” 

“Wadsworth is always a great meet,” 

Miller told the Stow Sentry. “Both teams always 

swim well against each other.” 

The Bulldogs ended their regular season 

on Jan. 28 against Medina. The girls tied, while the 

boys won 103-76. 

“I feel bad for [Cavs coach] Byron Scott,” 

Lakers starting guard Kobe Bryant said. 

On the other hand, the Cavs have been on 

the short end of some very heart-breaking losses. The 

Cavs have come up just short in several games including 

a 103-101 loss to the New Jersey Nets. Cavs 

forward Joey Graham missed a three-point shot at the 

buzzer that could have ended the streak. 

With the NBA trade deadline 

Feb. 24, the Cavs are expected to be making a move, if 

not multiple moves. Bleacherreport.com reported that 

there have been talks between the Cavs and the New 

Orleans Hornets to send Jamison to New Orleans. 

Until the end of the season comes, the 

Cavs will have to struggle through the remainder of 

the year. 

On Feb. 11, the Cavs faced the Los Angeles 

Clippers. Williams returned from injury on this 

night and he was a huge spark for the Cavs throughout 

the game. 

The game was close the entire time and 

kept people in Quicken Loans Arena holding their 

breath. Hickson performed well in this game with 27 

points, 14 rebounds and four blocked shots, including 

a block on Clippers All-Star forward Blake Griffin 

and blocked Clippers point guard Baron Davis at the 

buzzer to send the game into overtime. 

The Cavs came out on top 126-119 over 

the Clippers to end the record 26 game losing streak. 

“It [the victory] feels pretty good. Winning 

is a precious feeling,” Cavs point guard Daniel Gibson 

said. 

In the final game before the All-Star break 

on February 16, the Cavs played the two-time defending 

champion Los Angeles Lakers. Many people 

were counting the Cavs out of the ballgame, according 

to ESPN.com. 

Throughout the game, the Cavs worked 

hard and frustrated the Lakers by playing superb 

defense and shooting the ball well. The Cavs won 

the game 104-99 behind Cavs point guard Ramon 

Sessions who had 32 points and eight assists off the 

bench. 

Sessions said, “This was a big game for us 

and going into the All-star break it is huge getting a 

win against a team like the Lakers.”

Sports 

NCAA basketball approaches March 

Madness tournament 

By Mitchell Lyons 

Editor 

March Madness is not too far 

away, but the madness all around the 

college landscape is starting to heat up. 

There are no undefeated teams 

in the league: Ohio State University, the 

last remaining undefeated team fell to 

both the Wisconsin Badgers and Purdue 

Boilermakers. 

The Buckeyes were 20-0 for the 

first time since 1962, when they started 

22-0, according to ohiostatebuckeyes. 

com. The Buckeyes are led by freshman 

sensation PF/C Jared Sullinger. Many 

experts and analysts across the country 

believe that Sullinger is the best player 

in the nation. 

On Jan. 22, the Buckeyes 

played unranked Illinois Fighting Illni, 

according to the USA Today poll, Sullinger 

led the Buckeyes to an impressive 

win of 73-68. He had 27 points and 16 

rebounds. 

The USA today is a poll that the 

coaches do every week. This is a ranking 

that shows some people’s opinion on 

who is the best team in the nation. 

“I felt like Jared played pretty 

good,” said Buckeye head coach Thad 

Matta. “That was a joke, he was awesome.” 

Sullinger thinks that pride, heart 

and composure had a lot to do with the 

win. 

“Those three things really 

showed up today,” Sullinger said. “We 

had composure when they went up 50- 

42, and for us to be able to turn that 

around on the road [is amazing]. Pride 

for just the way we played defense. 

We had a big stop with Jon tipping the 

ball. Heart because we kept coming at 

them.” 

Going into the week of Jan. 17, 

the Syracuse Orange were unbeaten as 

well. During that week they lost twice. 

They lost to the number 19 ranked Villanova 

Wildcats and the number four 

ranked Pittsburgh Panthers. As of now, 

Syracuse is ranked number 12. 

The number four ranked Duke 

Blue Devils lead the ACC and only 

have three losses, including losses to 

unranked Florida State and the now- 

15-ranked St. Johns. Duke was ranked 

number one going into the season, and 

when they lost to Florida State in week 

number 10 they fell to number five, according 

to the USA Today poll. 

The number 16 ranked team is 

the Connecticut Huskies. On Jan. 22 

Pittsburgh falls in final seconds to Packers in Super Bowl 

Aaron Rodgers awarded MVP honors, leads Packers over Steelers in Dallas 

By Mitchell Lyons 

Editor 

On Feb. 6 for the fourth time 

in the super bowl era, the Green Bay 

Packers won the National Football 

League (NFL) championship. The 

Packers defeated the Pittsburgh Steelers 

31-25. 

“I feel like I let the city of 

Pittsburgh down, the fans, my coaches 

and my teammates and it’s not a good 

feeling,” Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger 

said to reporters after the 

game. 

Going into the playoffs, the 

Packers were the sixth seed in the NFC 

conference. If the Packers wanted to 

make the super bowl they had to win 

three games on the road. 

The Packers had to travel to 

Philadelphia to face the Eagles. Behind 

clutch defense and quarterback 

Aaron Rodgers and the Packers won 

the game 21-16. In that game, Rodgers 

was 18 for 27, passing for 180 

yards, with three touchdowns and zero 

interceptions. His quarterback rating 

was 122.5, according to ESPN.com. 

In the second round Green Bay 

played the Atlanta Falcons. The Packers 

won the, 48-21. The key play of 

the game was a 70-yard-interception 

that was returned for a touchdown, 

by Packers corner back Tramon Williams. 

In the NFC conference championship 

game, the Packers visited their 

Source: sportsblognet.com 

OSU freshman Jared Sullinger puts down a dunk earlier this season. The Buckeyes have 

two losses on the year, falling to the third-best team in the nation. 

long time rival, the Chicago Bears. The 

Packers won the game, 21-14. During 

the game, Bears quarterback, Jay Cutler, 

suffered an injury. People believe 

that Cutler was faking the injury. 

“Hey I think the Urban Meyer 

rule is effect right now... When the 

going gets tough........QUIT,” Jacksonville 

Jaguars running back Maurice 

Jones-Drew posted on his Twitter 

page. 

The AFC representitive in the 

Super Bowl was the Pittsburgh Steelers. 

They have won the most super 

bowl titles of any team in the NFL, 

with six. Before this game the Steelers 

were 6-1 all time in the big game. 

In the second round of the 

playoffs, the Steelers played against 

division rival, the Baltimore Ravens. 

During the regular season, the two 

teams split the series at one game each. 

The Steelers won the game 31-24. 

In the AFC championship the 

Steelers played the New York Jets. 

Pittsburgh won the game 24-19. 

Source: packers.com 

Aaron Rodgers led the Packers to their first Super Bowl since 1996, with the final score 31-25. 

15 

they beat the Tennessee Volunteers by 

the score of 72-61. They are led by junior 

Kemba Walker. Walker is second in 

the nation in scoring averages per game, 

with 25 points per game. He also shoots 

at about 37 percent from the three point 

area and 84 percent from the foul line, 

according to ESPN.com 

UConn head coach Jim Calhoun 

said, “I’ve been fortunate enough to 

witness some pretty good performances 

over the years...Kemba’s performance 

was pretty special. Everytime we needed 

something, he got it.” 

At number three comes the 

B.Y.U. Cougars. On Jan. 26 they played 

then undefeated San Diego State at 

BYU. They are led by the nations leading 

scorer, Jimmer Ferdette, who averages 

around 27 points per game. He 

shoots 41 percent from the three point 

area and 90 percent from the foul line. 

Ferdette scored 49 points against Utah 

on Jan. 11, and hit a 40 foot buzzer beater 

to end the half. 

“When he starts to shoot from 

40 feet you know he is feeling it,” said 

teammate Jackson Emery. 

Ferdette wanted to score 50 

points. “Of course, I wont lie to you,” 

said Ferdette. “It was the coaches decision. 

The most important thing is that 

we won. It was a great night.” 

Coming in at number seven are 

the Texas Longhorns. They are coming 

off of an impressive win over the number 

two Kansas Jayhawks. Texas is led 

by guard/forward Jordan Hamilton, who 

averages around 20 points per game. 

“I thought they did a great job, 

in the first half and we did a terrible job, 

said Hamilton. “Then we came out in 

In the super bowl, the Steelers 

never lead. At one point, the Packers 

were winning 21-3. 

The Super Bowl trophy is 

called the Vince Lombardi trophy. 

This is named after former Packers 

head coach, Vince Lombardi. Lombardi, 

lead the Packers to winning the 

first two super bowls ever. Packers 

players, fans and coaches celebrated 

the win, announcing the trophy was 

coming back home. 

“That is where it belongs,” 

linebacker A.J. Hawk said. “As long 

as the Packers have lived, it’s going to 

be great to bring that back.” 

In the Super Bowl, the Packers 

started off strong. They scored two 

quick touchdowns, to give them a 14- 

0 lead. Then later on in the first half, 

Rodgers threw another touchdown 

pass and the Packers we up 21-3. 

Pittsburgh scored on a Roethlisberger 

throw for a touchdown pass 

to Hines Ward, making it 21-10 at the 

half. 

The third quarter was dominated 

by the Steelers. They had all the 

momentum and cut the lead to three 

28-25. But Rodgers worked his magic 

in the fourth and the Packers won 31- 

25. 

A late comeback by Pittsburgh 

fell short when wide receiver Mike 

Wallas dropped a pass on fourth and 

five and the Packers won. 

Rodgers won the games’ MVP 

award.

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Spotlight 

Freshman 

Tyler Rupar 

1. If you could have any super power what would it be 

and why? 

I would want the ability to read minds. I could always 

know what people were thinking about. 

2. What was the highlight of the first part of the school 

year? 

The highlight of the first part of the year would be 

starting all my classes and meeting new people. 

3. Who is your Valentine this year? 

I don’t have one. 

4. If you could successfully market an item or 

service, what would it be and why? 

I would sell Apple products because I would make 

a lot of money. 

5. What do you often do on the weekend? 

I go to a friend’s house and hang out. 

6. What is the best gift you could receive on Valentine’s 

Day? 

A valentine from someone I love. 

7. What are you most looking forward to in the second 

semester? 

I’m most looking forward to track season starting. 

8. If you could have free, unlimited service for five 

years from an extremely good cook, chauffer, or masseuse, 

which would you choose and why? 

I would choose a cook. That way I could try any kind of 

food I want. 

9. Who is the most influential person in your life? 

My father. 

10. If you could have a conversation with any one, alive 

or dead, who would it be, what would you ask them, 

and why? 

I’m not sure. 

Sophomore 

Katie Kohl 

1. If you could have any super power what would it be and 

why? 

The power to stop time because you have the ability to do 

anything. 

2. What was the highlight of the first part of the school 

year? 

Being in Matt Breon’s squad for marching band. 


Matt Breon! 

4. If you could successfully market an item or 

service, what would it be and why? 

Matt Breon dolls so anyone can have him all the 

time. 


Party like a rock. 

6. What is the best gift you could receive on Valentine’s 

Day? 

Matt Breon. 

7. What are you most looking forward to in the 

second semester? 

Being Doug Herbert’s best friend. 

8. If you could have free, unlimited service for five 

years from an extremely good cook, chauffer, or 

masseuse, which would you choose and why? 

A cook because I like to nom. 

9. Who is the most influential person in your life? 

Matt Breon for sure! 

10. If you could have a conversation with any one, alive 

or dead, who would it be, what would you ask them, and 

why? 

Matt Breon, will you go out with me? 

He’s totally cute. 

Junior 

David Campana 

Senior 

Ashley James 

1. If you could have any super power what would it 

be and why? 

Read peoples’ minds, this could give you answers to 

tests and know what people are thinking. 

2. What was the highlight of the first part of the 

school year? 

Seeing people you haven’t seen for a while. 


Barbie, she’s a cutie. 

4. If you could successfully market an 

item or service, what would it be and 

why? 

A machine that scans what you wrote and 

types it for you. I hate typing papers. 


G.T.L. except no tanning. 

6. What is the best gift you could receive on 

Valentine’s Day? 

A new pair of Jordans. 

7. What are you most looking forward to in 

the second semester? 

The end of school. 

8. If you could have free, unlimited service 

for five years from an extremely good cook, 

chauffer, or masseuse, which would you 

choose and why? 

Cook…who wouldn’t want gourmet food everyday. 

9. Who is the most influential person in your 

life? 

My friends. 

10. If you could have a conversation with any 

one, alive or dead, who would it be, what would 

you ask them, and why? 

Will Ferrell, he is really funny. 

1. If you could have any super power what would it be 

and why? 

I’d want to be able to teleport. It would make living in 

Ohio and visiting my mom in Hawaii so much easier! 

2. What was the highlight of the first part of 

the school year? 

Getting inducted into NHS. 


Alex McCarter. 

4. If you could successfully 

market an item or service, what 

would it be and why? 

A battery powered straightner so I can 

take it with me anywhere. 


Usually work. My weekends are shot! 

6. What is the best gift you could receive on 

Valentine’s Day? 

Definitely flowers! I think they’re perfect for any 

special moment. 

7. What are you most looking forward to in the 

second semester? 

My 18th birthday, not taking finals and of course 

GRADUATION! 

8. If you could have free, unlimited service for 

five years from an extremely good cook, chauffer, 

or masseuse, which would you choose and why? 

The extremely good cook! I’m terrible at cooking 

and I love to eat. 

9. Who is the most influential person in your 

life? 

My mom! 

10. If you could have a conversation with 

any one, alive or dead, who would it be, what 

would you ask them, and why? 

Bob Barker. I would ask why did you retire because 

the price is not right without you!

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