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North Lake County 

Oct / Nov 

2013 

Vol 6, Issue 5 

15 year old 

Jack Andraka, 

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Features 

10 Oh That’s So Gross! 

Kathleen 14, Leesburg, FL shows us how 

to make some creepy looking cuts and 

bruises to freak out your friends! 

14 COVER FEATURE! 

Jack Andraka 15, Crownsville, MD 

wows the world with a test that 

detects cancer for pennies and with 

pinpoint accuracy. 

26 Baby Brother 

Camryn 10, Maitland, FL is surprised by 

a new baby brother! 

Departments 

6 Publisher’s Note 

8 Contributors This Issue 

8 Erik’s Think Tank 

11 What Do You Think? 

12 Day-To-Day 

Jessica 9, Sorrento, FL 

20 Photo Contest 

26 Future Life 

28 Poem! Poem! 

30 The Bunk Roomies Notebook 

Jack Dazzles At TED 

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page 22 

Save The 

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Ahhhh (sigh of relief), I hear that a lot of people are enjoying the change of 

weather already. Fall is creeping in. What are your favorite things about fall? For me 

it is Michigan football, comfortable evenings on the pool deck, bon fires, Epcot Food & 

Wine Festival, and making memories with friends and family. 

There are lots of great things happening with The Bunk Room-North Lake. As we 

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Roomies were in the Mount Dora 4th of July parade, and also helped out with the 

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in August, and it was a success. Now we are gearing up for our Family Fashion 

Show fundraiser for Children With Hairloss and our Black Friday Vendor Event. 

With each new issue, it just gets more and more exciting. We have so many great 

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Fall is in the air, even here in Florida, and we’re bubblin’ over 

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Summer for me was filled with new challenges, stretching my computing, organizational 

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Nervous determination 

blankets 

the room. 

The sound of 

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room. We’re 

all listening on the edge of our seats, taking 

notes of the professor’s lecture. This is the 

typical scene in a law school class; not much 

different than any classroom I would guess. 

I’m in my first year as a law student 

at Florida A&M University College of Law. It’s 

been a big change for me because I don’t 

have much experience with being in a classroom 

as I’ve been homeschooled my whole 

life. Most of my classes I took for my undergraduate 

degree were online. This classroom 

thing is a whole new world for me. 

Every morning I get up around 5 

Erik's Think Tank 

Erik Slaby 18, Mt Dora, FL 

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am and by about 6:30 am, I’m out the door 

and on the way to Orlando. I get to school 

about two hours before class starts so I have 

time to review the reading and take notes on 

the chapter just so that I’m better prepared 

for class. Class is definitely very interesting 

and nerve-wracking because while the 

professors are lecturing, they can stop at any 

given moment and ask you a question so you 

have to be prepared. 

It’s nice to take a break from my 

piles of law book to read all our articles in 

The Bunk Room. This issue has some standouts 

for sure: Kathleen’s article about making 

gory cuts and bruises is perfect timing for 

Halloween and has given me some great 

ideas. 

And if anyone ever said you’re too 

young to do something, just read our cover 

feature on Jack Andraka. See how he’s blown 

through barriers at 15, creating a cheap and 

effective test for cancer. Keep on sending 

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Contributors 

Courtney 8, Clermont, FL 

Jessica 9, Sorrento, FL 

Larissa 9, Mount Dora, FL 

Mason 9, Holmen, WI 

Alyssa 10, Minneloa, FL 

Camryn 10, Maitland, FL 

Jackson 10, Mount Dora, FL 

Megan 10, Apopka, FL 

Samantha 10, Melbourne Beach, FL 

Shayla 10, Leesburg, FL 

Brianna 11, Port St. John, FL 

Cassidy 11, Clermont, FL 

Heaven 11, Melbourne, FL 

Rafael 11, Leesburg, FL 

Christina 12, Orlando, FL 

Kiki 12, Tavares, FL 

Annika 13, Mount Dora, FL 

Emily 13, Mount Dora, FL 

Emma 13, Eustis, FL 

Shyla 13, Eustis, FL 

Jessica 14, Onalaska, WI 

Kathleen 14, Leesburg, FL 

Nathaniel 14, La Crosse, WI 

Nic 14, Onalaska, WI 

Victoria 14, Orlando, FL 

Benjamin 15, Mount Dora, FL 

Jordan 15, Knoxville, TN 

Matt 16, Mount Dora, FL 

Samirah 16, Airdire, AB, Canada 

Grant 17, Excelsior, MN 

Jacob 17, Mount Dora, FL 

Jay 17, Apple Valley, MN 

Erik 18, Mount Dora, FL 

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No, seriously. . . it’s just makeup! 

By Kathleen Parra 14, Leesburg, FL 

Smith Prep 

I have always loved 

makeup, but when I 

learned you could do 

creepy things with it, I 

got so excited! Working 

with those eyeshadow 

colors no one uses and 

making them into 

wounds was so neat. 

This summer I learned 

how to create bruises, 

cuts and burns. It was 

amazing. 

Bruises are so fun 

to create. Mine consist 

of four colors. They are a 

red-ish maroon, a dark green, 

yellow and black. All you really 

need is eyeshadow. You can use 

eyeshadow, or you can get 

something called a bruise wheel. It 

Learn How-To! 

Burns 

•To make a burn you must fill a 

cup to your knuckle with water. 

• Then add a packet of 

unflavored gelatin. 

• After that, mix and mix until it 

becomes goopy. 

• When it reaches the right 

texture, add oats. 

• Rub that mixture on your skin. 

• Last, you add foundation and 

make a bruise around it. 

is a special kind of makeup with the 

colors I just told you about and it 

helps make a bruise. 

Your creepy bruises will be a 

great way to freak out friends and 

family 

Bruises are not the only thing 

you can do with makeup though. 

Cuts happen to be my favorite. 

Whether it is a deep wound with 

glass sticking out, or ripped, 

infected skin, it is so much fun to 

create. 

To make a cut, all you need is 

red lip liner, black eyeliner, 

petroleum jelly mixed with red food 

coloring and CD case pieces. All of 

these items are cheap and easy to 

find in most stores. I have not been 

able to get all the items to make the 

ripped, infected skin, but if you 

would like to try it, you will need 

liquid latex, black and green 

Bruises 

• To make a bruise you must first 

gather your colors. Deep red, dark 

green, yellow, and black 

eyeshadows will work. 

• When you have your colors 

together, find a clean, clear spot 

on the part of your body you wish 

to make your bruise on. Use your 

finger to dab the red in a circle or 

oval making it look messy. 

Remember, you do not want it to 

look nice. Do not blend yet. 

eyeshadows, your color foundation, 

toilet paper, and fake blood. It is 

easy to find tutorials to do this on 

YouTube. Cuts are a fun way to 

scare pretty much anyone! 

Another great way to creep out 

your friends is by making burns. I 

warn you that if you make your 

burn too thin it will hurt to take off. 

Burns are so fun and easy. All you 

need are oats, unflavored gelatin, 

foundation, green eyeshadow, and 

if you want to make it really gory 

you can make a bruise underneath. 

Sounds simple right? It’s quite fun 

too. 

Now you know a few ways to 

make bruises, cuts and burns. Now 

you can complete your Halloween 

costume or even just walk around 

the mall scaring everyone in sight. 

Below are the tutorials for these 

gory effects. Enjoy! 

• Next you take the green and dab around parts of the 

inside and outside of your red circle. Blend a little. 

• After that you dab some black all over and around the red 

and green, but do not overdo it. 

Cuts 

• To make a cut, draw a black line on your arm. 

• Your next step is to dab yellow in the middle of the circle 

and around the edge. Lightly blend and ta-da! It is complete. 

YouTube.com/TBRKids 

• Trace around the black line with red lip liner. 

• Mix petroleum jelly with red food coloring and 

toilet paper chunks. 

• Then you place the jelly on the red on your arm. 

• In the middle where your black line is, you place 

CD case pieces. 

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1

If you could invite 3 famous (living) people to 

dinner, who would they be and why? 

Hunger Games (4) 

What Do 

You Think? 

Favorite 

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Harry Potter (4) 

Percy Jackson (4) 

Twilight (3) 

Leon Meesi, Toby Mac, and Rick Riordan because 

those are all fascinating people who are very 

talented at what they do... playing soccer, 

singing, and writing. 

Rafael 11, Leesburg, FL 

Kristin Stewart, Jennifer Lopez, Harry Styles 

because they are some of my favorite actors/ 

actresses and singers. 

Kiki 12, Tavares, FL 

Taylor Swift because she is so talented and my 

favorite girl singer. Carrie Underwood because 

she is my idol. Toby Keith because he is my 

favorite male singer and I LOVE his songs! 


I would invite Taylor Swift, Sierra McCormic and 

Bella Thorne because Taylor is the best singer I 

have ever heard, Sierra is amazing on A.N.T 

Farm and Bella is a awesome dancer. 

Samantha 10, Melbourne Beach, FL 

Selina Gomez, Ariana Grande and Demi Lovato! 

I love their singing and they're all such nice girls! 


I would invite Shawn Johnson, because she was 

amazing in the Beijing Olympics and I would want 

to know all about her experience there. I would 

invite Kelly Clarkson because she is one of my alltime 

favorite singers, and maybe Stana Katic, 

because she is the leading female actress on one 

of my favorite shows, Castle, so we could talk all 

things Castle past and future! 

Victoria, 14, Orlando, FL 

Taylor Lautner, Nikki Minaj and Brad Pitt, because 

they inspire me to do good things and the guys 

are hot. 

Brianna 11, Port St. John, FL 

Ryan Braun, Justin Verlander and Giancarlos 

Stanton so we could talk about baseball. 

Mason 9, Holmen, WI 

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Sutton Foster, Amy Sherman-Palladino, and Cat 

Deeley. 

Christina 12, Orlando, FL 

Will Smith, Tom Cruise and Nickleback. Will Smith 

because he's an awesome actor, the same with 

Cruise, but Nickleback because they're one of my 

most favorite bands. 

Nathaniel 14, La Crosse, WI 

Vanessa Hudgens, Carie Underwood, Shania 

Twain. 

Shayla 10, Leesburg, FL 

I would like to invite Lee Iacocca, the creator of 

the Ford Mustang and Click and Clack, the two 

Car Talk guys. 

Benjamin 15, Mount Dora, FL 

I would invite Taylor Swift, Toby Keith and Selena 

Gomez. I admire them so much for their songs 

and awesome singing!! I would love to be a 

FAMOUS singer just like any of them. You never 

know, I will have to keep trying! 


Taylor Swift because I love her voice and she is a 

really great singer. J.K. Rowling because she 

makes wonderful books. Katy Perry because she 

is cool and funky & I love her music. 

Courtney 8, Clermont, FL 

Genevieve Gorder because I want to be an 

interior designer and she inspires me. J.K. 

Rowling because Harry Potter is awesome and 

she is a good writer. Ridley Pearson because he is 

a good writer and can share lots of stuff about 

Disney. 

Cassidy 11, Clermont, FL 

I would invite principal dancers Maria Kochetkova 

and Sara Mearns plus Ballet Master-in-Chief Peter 

Martins. 

Annika 13, Mount Dora, FL 

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Sorrento Elementary 

........................ 

I woke up to a screaming 

little boy jumping on me. 

“Wake Up Jess! We got to 

go to my soccer game!’’ My 

little brother, Caleb shouted. 

I slowly got out of bed, got 

dressed, ate breakfast, and 

headed out 

the door. 

During Caleb’s game, my cousin, 

Cristal and I head off and play. We either 

go in the woods and walk to the lake 

and back or hang on a thing we call 

“The Bars.” Sometimes we watch him 

and cheer him on. He’s always the one who 

makes all the goals. This season he’s stuck with a whole 

bunch of girls. “Ah! Too many girls!" I hear him shout. 

During my game there’s no fooling around. I usually play 

defense so I kick the other teams’ shins a lot. When I play 

forward, I ALMOST score every single time. I haven't scored 

a goal yet; though I’ve played 7 seasons. We defeated a 

team that was undefeated. They 

were the best team out there. 

During my older brother’s 

game Caleb, Cristal, and I all 

play at the bars. We would play 

in the woods but Caleb is too 

afraid and not allowed in the 

woods. We act like bats most of 

the time. Caleb is either Cristal’s 

or my baby. A ball makes it 

looks like we are really 

pregnant. With the bars it feels 

like we’re bats. 

I have a lot of fun that 

when I get home I fall asleep. 

Saturday makes my week so fun. 

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Determined To Innovate 

By Benjamin Slaby 15, Mount Dora, FL 

Bunk Roomie Writer / Homeschooled 

When you think of the word scientist the 

first image that pops into your head is 

usually a scary old guy with crazy hair in a 

lab coat. But Jack Andraka is no old man. 

At 15 years old, Jack has created a 

way to quickly and efficiently detect 

pancreatic, ovarian and lung cancer. 

Inspired by the death of a close family 

friend from pancreatic cancer, Jack put on 

his lab coat and began to search for a 

better way to detect a cancer that kills 100 

people every day. 

Jack has been interested in science 

since he was 11 years old when he entered 

in his first science fair. Jack and his family 

are science aficionados. 

Jack’s project to detect these cancers 

really got rolling when he finally got lab 

space at John Hopkins University after 199 

other labs turned down his request. He 

immediately got to work. Jack spent many 

months at the lab, many times all night 

long. 


Jack says that he could have never 

finished this project without the support of 

his family and especially his mother who 

drove to the lab and back and sat in the 

car while he did his research. 

Jack’s original goal was to see if he 

could make a simple, inexpensive sensor to 

detect pancreatic cancer, because too 

many people were dying. It wasn’t as easy 

as he thought it would be. Seven months 

later, after testing thousands of samples, 

Jack found the missing link! He was 

skeptical, so he tested it one more time and 

it worked again! 

It was the middle of the night and 

there Jack stood, alone and ecstatic in the 

lab, glowing in the joy that one of his 

scanners worked! He jumped around the 

lab in excitement and ran out to his mom 

and told her the news. “That is the best 

feeling for any scientist.” 

This device works by using carbon 

nanotube technology that only reacts to a 

certain protein in the blood that is only 

found in patients with certain cancers. 

When these proteins come in contact with 

the carbon nanotubes they create a small 

enough charge to be read by a ohm 

reader. An ohm reader is a simple 

electrical tester that anyone can get at a 

home improvement store. 

Jack’s test is 168 times faster than 

what is currently available. 

It’s 26,000 times less expensive at 

only 3 cents. And, it’s potentially 100% 

accurate. 

Plus it’s very easy to make. “Making 

the sensor is as easy as making a batch of 

cookies, you boil some water. Throw in 

some nanotubes and some antibodies and 

then dip in the strip and shake it off and 

you are ready to go.” 

Jack said he hopes the product will be 

on the market within about 10 years but 

until then he is going to be working on 

other remarkable things. 

Since his discovery, a little more than 

a year ago, Jack has won the INTEL young 

scientist award of $75,000 and has been 

sharing his story all over the world in TED 

conferences as well as meeting with 

dignitaries both here at home and abroad. 

He’s met with President Obama, spoken at

I didn’t even 

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innovator 

. . . 

Creator of a test that 

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with pinpoint accuracy. 

And, it costs only 

3 cents to make. 

the United States Congress, met with the 

British Parliament and also the United 

Nations, to name a few. 

Jack encourages kids to get involved 

with science and has candidly remarked 

that if kids have the time to post duck face 

pictures on Instagram, then they have time 

to do something big. “I learned so much 

just from the internet. When I started my 

research I didn’t even know what a 

pancreas was.” This just shows how much 

you can learn if you just apply yourself. 

Jack said most of his research was through 

Google and Wikipedia. 

Jack says that his work really hasn't 

changed his social life that dramatically. 

While doing his research he still makes time 

on the weekends to go see a movie with his 

friends and have fun. Most of his friends 

didn't even know what he was doing. 

School for any kid can be hard and 

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cancer researcher that is traveling the 

world. Jack has struck a deal with the 

principal at his Maryland high school. 

The deal is that Jack’s grades are based 

completely on tests and quizzes. This 

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at once to make up his grades. 

Jack is now working on a new device 

for another competition. The device is 

about the size of an iPhone that you can 

scan over your wrist that will be capable of 

detecting almost any disease. 

This is an incredible journey that Jack 

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By Emma Gazdecki 13, Eustis, FL 

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For Regina Villemure, making a difference 

started when her niece was diagnosed with 

leukemia at three years old. Leukemia is 

cancer of the blood; her blood was 95% 

cancerous and had to undergo five years 

of treatment. 

Regina spent a lot of time at The 

Children’s Hospital in Detroit, MI. Being 

there, she saw lots of kids with cancer. “If 

the kids had (a wig to wear,) it was 

something an older woman would wear. It 

was not pretty; they did not have flat pretty 

hair (like a child would have).” 

As a professional hair stylist, Regina 

was inspired to help. After her niece was 

done with chemotherapy, Regina started to 

take classes in hair replacement. “Seeing 

what my sister had to go through 

emotionally and financially, I wanted to 

make a difference.” 

Insurance does not pay for the hair 

replacements, as they call it cosmetic. 

Because of that, Regina wanted to give to 

kids what most families could not afford so 

she created Children With Hairloss 

(CWHL), a non-profit organization that 

gives hair replacements to children with 

hair loss at no charge to any family. The 

idea took off! 

When jobs were hard to find and the 

economy was bad, donations decreased so 

they had a waiting list of over seventy-five 

kids. Even though the hair replacements are 

free to every family, CWHL still has to pay 

for the hair replacements to be made which 

is about $1,000 per child. 

Regina is proud to say they have 

worked through all of the kids who were in 

need. 

“We give out over 300 hair 

replacements per year.” CWHL not only 

provides full-headed pieces, but they make 

custom hair pieces for burn victims. Once 

Regina got a call from a principal because 

there had been a really bad fight at the 

school and a girl had a chunk of hair 

pulled out. Regina had a hairpiece made 

just for her. No child has ever been turned 

away. 

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takes about two to three hair donations to 

make a hair replacement. CWHL gets a 

mail tub full of donations about twice a 

week. Volunteers sort the hair by length 

and color. 

“We need longer hair!” Regina said. 

Kids are asking for longer hair, but if 

people keep donating eight inches of hair, 

the hair on the wig is only eight inches 

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Chemotherapy is a treatment for cancer. 

Regina said “people start to lose their hair 

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from CWHL and at school, two girls walked 

up to her and ripped the hair piece off of 

her head and cut it up with a scissor. When 

the principal heard about it, he told the girl 

“to live with it.” Later that day, her mom 

called Regina crying and told her what 

happened. Regina wanted to call the 

principal, but the mom didn't let her. Regina 

then gave the girl another hair piece, even 

though she only qualifies for a new one 

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Even though CWHL helps 10 or more 

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One girl at St. Jude Hospital loves to braid 

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DEBATE 

Justin & Jordan 

By Jordan Brown 15, Knoxville, TN 

Homeschooled 

This past year, my brother Justin and I 

have been involved in speech and debate. 

We’re involved with the National Christian 

Forensics Communications Association 

(NCFCA). 

This year was Justin’s second year of 

debate, while it was my first. At the 

beginning of the year when Justin asked 

me to be his partner, I said, “Absolutely 

not!” I used to HATE government policy. 

Speaking in front of a crowd terrified me 

as well. As time went on though, I began 

to think debate would be a beneficial skill 

to have. It would also look good on a 

college application. I reluctantly 

accepted Justin’s request. 

Every year there is a resolution or a 

topic. This year the resolution for Team 

Policy debate surrounded the idea of the 

United Nations being reformed or 

abolished. All Team Policy teams chose a 

case that they would like to “run” for the 

whole year to reform or abolish the United 

Nations. 

At tournaments, you don’t know if you 

will be selected to go affirmative, or 

negative. If you’re affirmative, you run 

your case to significantly reform the United 

Nations in some way, and the selected 

negative team has to tell the judge why it is 

not justified to pass the affirmative team’s 

plan. 

This refuting goes over an hour in a 

debate “round.” Each team member has to 

give two speeches in a round; an 8-minute 

constructive and a 5-minute rebuttal. Both 

teams have essential evidence from 

intellectual scholars and advocates 

supporting their claims as to why voting 

negative or affirmative is justified. 


We got involved in the Knoxville 

Guardian Debate Club. 

The more I researched the United 

Nations, the more I became intimidated. 

Things became difficult. I begun to think I 

couldn’t effectively do my homework 

assignments. I started to doubt 

myself and even thought about 

quitting. I was surrounded by people 

who cared about me and encouraged me 

to keep on, so I did. 

At the state tournament in Memphis, 

we won enough debate rounds to qualify 

for the regional tournament in 

Montgomery, AL. We were frantic with 

excitement. All our hard work had finally 

paid off. 

Unfortunately, we didn’t qualify for 

Nationals, but iIt was one of the best 

experiences I’ve ever had. 

I have learned countless things. I 

have learned the importance of 

teamwork. In team policy, it is essential to 

know how to work with your teammate. 

Although this was difficult at times, now I 

can effectively work with and 

communicate better with my brother and 

with others. 

I never thought I’d meet so many 

awesome people. Though tournaments 

are stressful at times, you also get the 

opportunity to establish friendships and 

have a load of fun. 

Most 

of all though, I 

believe the 

biggest 

benefit to 

being 

involved 

in 

debate 

this year, 

is that I 

learned the importance of never 

giving up. If you’re hesitant to get 

involved in something that intimidates you, 

but you want to be involved, don’t ever 

stop following your dreams! You never 

know what benefits you might receive 

after you’ve gone through the hardships. 

Difficult times are most 

often the times when you 

thrive, learn and grow.

Try It. You’ll Like It. 

By Jay Schuffenhauer 17, Apple Valley, MN 

Eastview High School 

“My parents made me do it.” This is 

what I used to say with a grimace, when 

asked why I joined the Eastview High School 

(EVHS) debate team in ninth grade. Now, 

when I’m asked the same question, I give the 

same reply – but with a smile. Why? This past 

season, my debate partner, Cara Desmond, 

and I took varsity second place at the 

Minnesota Classic Debate State Tournament. 

First, 

I should 

explain how Classic 

Debate works. During 

the season, which 

runs from 

September 

through 

December 

and is split 

in half, we 

debate two 

different 

controversial 

topics. 

These topics are called resolutions and 

typically center on current events, such as 

gun control and the war on drugs. Each duo 

must gather, in advance, extensive evidence 

to support both the affirmative and negative 

sides of the resolution. 

During a round, there are two opposing 

duos; one of which has been assigned the 

affirmative position, and the other, the 

negative position. At the end of a round, 

which lasts one hour, a judge determines the 

winner based on a point system. 

Each debate duo participates in four 

rounds and is expected to argue both the 

affirmative and negative positions in the 

same tournament. 

Being part of a debate team takes 

dedication and diligence. We are not 

allowed to use personal computers 

during rounds, so most debaters carry 

small file boxes filled with note cards 

representing 40+ hours of advance 

research. 

EVHS Coach Todd Hering expects his 

debaters to make regular contributions to 

a major pool of shared evidence. The 

Classic Debate duos -- varsity, junior 

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varsity, and novice -- board a bus almost 

every Saturday at 7 a.m. and return to 

EVHS around 5 p.m. It’s a long but 

mentally stimulating day. Keeping track 

of every argument that your opponent 

makes during a round is no small task, 

not to mention quickly sorting through a 

personal file box to find credible 

evidence to refute your opponent’s 

points. This challenge brings out my 

competitive spirit -- a necessary trait to 

be a topnotch debater. 

Another necessary characteristic to 

be a successful debater is a love of 

current events. At the beginning of this 

past season, I knew next to nothing 

about the war on drugs. A month and a 

half later, I had acquired an in-depth 

knowledge of both domestic and 

international drug policy. 

Over the past three years, I’ve 

gone from being an ambivalent 

freshman debater to a captain of 

the EVHS Classic Debate team. As 

team captain, I’ve had the opportunity 

to coach and mentor both novice and 

junior varsity debaters and see first-hand 

how an “all for one and one for all 

philosophy” has resulted in EVHS 

becoming a top-ranked forensics school 

in the country. My debate career to 

date isn’t at all what I anticipated at the 

beginning of ninth grade – a fact which 

makes me smile. 

Cara & Jay 


Once in a Lifetime! 

Road Trip 

By Nic Quillin 14, Onalaska, WI 

Onalaska Middle School 

There it was, the Windy City of Chicago, Illinois. After 

five hours of continuous driving from Onalaska, 

Wisconsin, my family was finally there. The first thing 

we did was go to the world’s tallest tower, the Sears 

Tower. It is now called the Willis Tower. 

When we entered the Willis Tower, we had 

to get in a long windy line to take the elevator up to 

the Sky Deck floor. As we entered the elevator, the 

employees kept pushing us together like sardines. 

Thank goodness the elevator accelerated very fast, so fast 

that our ears popped. Once we got up to the Sky Deck, my heart sank 

like a submarine. There were so many people I thought we were never 

going to get to the Ledge. I pondered the thought we would just have to leave. 

After five minutes of pushing and shoving, we finally made it to the Ledge. The 

Ledge is a glass box that extends 4.3 feet from the actual tower. We could almost see 

all of Chicago! When I looked down, I just about threw up. We were so high I did not 

want to go on, but my mom said, “It is a once in a lifetime experience.” So, I went on. 

We were 1,353 feet up on the 103rd floor. When we were out on the Ledge, my mom, 

dad, sister and I put our feet together and snapped a picture of them. 

Once we were off the Ledge, we stayed on the Sky Deck. There was a gift shop we went 

to. I bought a replica of the Willis Tower. I bought it to remember the experience. 

We saw many other attractions during our stay such as The Field Museum, Shedd 

Aquarium, and the Museum of Science and Industry. I learned a lot of things during 

my trip to Chicago. One of the things I learned is that if you are provided an 

opportunity to do something that may never come along again- go for it! You might be 

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mean much unless you do what's 

right.” ― Theodore Roosevelt 

By Alyssa 10, Minneola, FL 

Minneola Elementary 

I want to talk about bullying. I want to prevent bullying 

because I have been bullied and it is not fun. I mostly 

get bullied by my classmates and when that happens I 

feel heartbroken and I do not want that to happen with 

other kids. 

So, if you see a kid getting bullied, don’t stand 

there and watch; go tell an adult or teacher. You should 

never see a fight or someone bulling another kid. A lot 

of older kids do that to younger kids because they are 

so small and it’s really sad. I hope that it does not 

happen by you. 

So if you see someone being bullied, go find an 

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Valentine Dreamer 

Dreams from my heart. 

By Annika Slaby 13, Mount Dora, FL 

Bunk Roomie Writer 

READ MORE at TheBunkRoom.com. Go to Blogs. 

Blog Excerpt . . . Ballet has finally started! It’s a little 

overwhelming, but, I think I can do it. My teacher was just 

showing us pictures of other girls. There was one picture of a 

girl and her leg was in the air and her leg was by her ear, 

180 degrees turned out. Oh how much I would want that. My 

teacher thinks ALL of us can achieve that by the end of the 

year. Yikes! I think I can do it. I just have to work even 

harder. 

In my room, I have two walls covered in ballet pictures. I 

want more so I can see myself in everyone of them. I have to 

work harder. 

My teacher asked us what our goals are… I have made 

six and told her. She said that is exactly what I need to work 

on. I suggest that at the beginning of the season, write all of 

your goals and review them every day. Good luck! 

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Annika has always been a dreamer, ever since she was a 

toddler, with stories about her imaginary friend “Todd.” 

Whether it be ballet, flowers, music or even cleaning (stay 

tuned for more on that unexpected passion) she’s always 

been very certain about her dreams. 

Now, at 13, she’s not only dreaming, she’s doing! She’s 

a violinist in the Florida Symphony Youth Orchestra, a dancer 

at the Mount Dora School of Ballet, a martial artists at the 

Family Martial Arts Center, an avid writer for The Bunk Room 

and the proprietor of her own cleaning business . . . 

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Meet Annika 

By Benjamin Slaby 15, 

Mount Dora, FL 


Blog Excerpt . . .A 

lot has happened with 

the Mustang recently. 

I’m going to try my 

best to explain 

everything that has 

happened. 

Habilis means “handyman.” 

Habilis Boy 

“Benj” 

So, I made a 

decision while sitting 

in the lobby of my 

dad’s work one day. I 

decided that I was going to do a T5 conversion. A T5 

conversion is where you convert the transmission from an 

automatic 3 speed to a manual 5 speed. The reason you do 

this is mostly for the fun factor of shifting gears. The other 

reason is for the highway cruise-ability. The T5 transmission 

allows you to shift up to a higher gear so that you can go 

faster at a lower engine RPM. This saves tons of gas and 

stress on the motor. 

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I bought myself a 5 speed 

transmission out of an ‘85 Fox 

Body Mustang for $200. It had a 

Hurst shifter which is much better 

than the original shifter. When 

car guys see a Hurst shifter they 

think it’s cool. I was super 

excited! 

During this time, I have also gotten the 351W that I 

pulled from a FORD 250 pickup looking beautiful (See more 

about my other projects I’ve done to help fund this Mustang 

Restore in my blog.) 

I got the intake and waterpump all sand blasted and 

painted silver. I painted the Edelbrock logo red so it will look 

snazzy! I also painted the rest of the engine black and put it 

all together and it looks amazing! Read more. Go to 

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By Shyla Adkison 13, Eustis, FL 

Tavares Middle School 

I can't imagine anything better than 

waking up in the morning and heading 

off to work helping people, so that's 

what I'm going to do in my future life. 

My dream is to start an 

incorporation for kids who are going 

through a hard time and show them 

love and how good things will get you 

far in life. 

In my future, I also want to be an 

author in my spare time. Writing a best 

selling novel would be a dream come 

true! 

In the future, I really want to do 

something with animals. I'm going to 

have two dogs, a trained German 

Shepard and a bull dog. In the future, 

I'm going to travel around the world. 

That's what my future life will be like. 

Baby Brother Surprise! 

By Camryn Lane 10, 

Maitland, FL 

One Saturday morning, 

Mom came into the room 

that my brother and I 

were in and told us that 

we were having a new 

baby brother! My brother and 

I did not believe her because Mom jokes a 

lot, so my brother and I chuckled. 

“So you don’t believe me?” Mom 

asked. 

“No,’’ we said with a grin on our 

faces. 

Mom chuckled. “Feel my stomach,” 

she said with a look on her face that said 

she was going to prove us wrong. 

So we did, and we felt something 

kicking. “Mom,” I said touching her 

shoulder, “You’re going to have a baby!’‘ 

“I know, I just told you that,’’ replied 

Mom. 

“So, what’s his name?’’ my brother 

asked. 

“Chancellor,’’ Mom said. 


Hmmmmm… I thought to 

myself, “That sounds like a 

long name. I’ll just call him 

Chance,” I replied. 

“When is he going 

to be born?” my brother asked. 

“In three weeks,” Mom answered. 

“Well, I can’t wait!’’ I said. 

“Me neither!” Mom and my brother 

said as we all sat down on the couch. 

Three weeks later… 

“Ahhhhhhhhhh!’’ Mom screamed. Dad, my 

brother, and I all ran into the room like a 

lightning bolt. 

“What happened?” Dad asked. 

“I’m having the baby!” 

“Ok, breathe,” I told Mom. 

Dad went to go get the car. My big 

brother grabbed the bags. I had to keep 

Mom comfortable and told her to keep 

breathing as if I was a doctor. 

Dad came back in the house and 

carried Mom out of the house and into the 

car as my brother and I ran behind them. 

We didn’t live far from the hospital so it 

didn’t 

take a 

long time for us 

to get there. When we got to 

the hospital, Dad told the doctor 

that Mom was in labor. 

They then put Mom on the bed with 

wheels. They were running fast but we kept 

up with them. When we got to the room 

we all waited outside. About one minute 

later, there was a “waaaaaaaaa’’ coming 

out of the room. 

We all rushed into the room pushing 

and shoving... And there was my baby 

brother in Mom’s arms! Dad and my 

brother got to hold him, then it was my 

turn, and I got to hold him. “You’re so cute 

Chancellor, I mean, Chance.” 

I whispered to my new baby brother. 

“I will never forget the time I gave you a 

nickname. And, I will never forget the time 

when you were born.” 

My baby brother was born on 

November 1, 2007. I will always 

remember that special day when my 

brother was born. 

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Mmm! Strawberries! 

By Jackson Polk 10, Mount Dora, FL 

Bunk Roomie Writer / Round Lake Elementary 

Have you ever been to Oak Haven Farms in 

Sorrento, Florida? Well, I have. It was started in 

1996 and is open on the weekends from late 

December to late March. 

I went there with my 

family to pick 

strawberries. When we 

got there, we were 

handed cardboard 

boxes to fill with our 

berries. We were led 

to an area where the 

strawberries were 

ripe and ready for 

picking. The guy 

that gave us the 

boxes put a flag in 

the dirt to let us 

know which row we 

could pick in. My 

strategy was to pick the big ones. They 

were filled with juice and were very sweet! 

After we filled our boxes, we got hungry! We 

took our strawberries to be weighed, so we knew 

how much to pay for them. Then, we put them in 

the car. We were hungry so we decided to get hot 

dogs for lunch. At Oak Haven Farms, you can 

cook your own hot dog over an open fire. They 

gave us metal sticks with a wooden handle at the 

end to hold our hot dogs over the fire. My brother 

Clayton burned his, but it was still delicious. 

For our drinks, we had strawberry 

milkshakes! They tasted very sweet and creamy. 

After lunch, we went to the farm’s playground and 

played on a big, black tire swing. After we played 

a little bit, we went on a hayride. We rode past 

the vineyard where the farm owners grow grapes 

to make wine. We didn’t drink any wine. 

After the hayride, we went on a zip-line 

where we went backwards and forwards. It was a 

thrilling air-pushing event! At the end of the day, 

my mom made us homemade whipped cream and 

we ate the freshly picked strawberries with it. Yum! 

Slice-O-Life 

Stories 

By Emma Gazdecki 13, Eustis, FL 

Bunk Roomie Writer / Homeschooled 

Orange, black, and white are the colors of 

the monarch butterfly... this is 

Lily Heath’s favorite kind 

of butterfly. Lily likes 

butterflies because they 

are pretty and she loves 

it when they fly. It started 

last year at Lily’s 

grandma’s house. Lily, her 

mom, and her little sister Ellie found 10-20 

little white monarch eggs on their grandma’s 

milkweed plants in July. They thought it 

would be fun to raise the butterflies so they 

took the leaves with eggs on them and put 

them in containers which will then hatch in 

2-3 days. Monarch season for Michigan is 

July through October. 

After the eggs hatch, Lily puts the 

caterpillars in the butterfly house and she 

feeds them milkweed leaves. She has two 

milkweed plants at her house and two at her 

grandma’s house. Milkweed does not sound 

like a pretty plant but Lily says “It is pretty. I 

like the pretty white flowers.” When they 

are butterflies Lily feeds them fruit juice on a 

sponge. Lily and Ellie name most of their 

butterflies Madi. 

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reporting world by interviewing someone they know 

and turning it into an interesting article. 

It all started with some Milkweed... 

Dreaming of Paris! 

By Larissa Foxx 9, Mount Dora, FL 


Montessori at Roseborough 

Ever since I was three, I had a dream: To go to Paris, 

France to see the Eiffel Tower. 

So one day, I suddenly decided to put my dream into 

action. I saved almost all my money for plane tickets and I 

can't wait to go in two years! That's right, only two years 

and I will be on the very top of the Eiffel tower! So how 

much do I like the Eiffel Tower anyway? Well so much 

that everything in my room has the Eiffel tower on it I 

mean everything; posters, jewelry and even my lamp! 

Speaking of jewelry, I have one very special Eiffel 

Tower necklace that I hardly ever take off. So I guess I 

have told you enough about my dream. Paris here I 

come! 

Madi is one of their friends and she 

died of cancer last year. They raised about 

50 butterflies last year. 

Lily says “The butterfly’s legs are pokey. 

They use their legs to climb.” When Lily 

holds butterflies she holds them by their 

wings. If the butterflies do not want to go 

they stay until they do. The butterfly that 

they had the longest hatched in July and 

they let it go around Thanksgiving. 

Lily also gave us a tip: “Do not shake the 

butterfly house when the butterflies are 

drying their wings.” Lily’s favorite part of 

raising butterflies is when they come out of 

their chrysalis and when she lets the 

butterflies go. Lily owns a FIVE STAR 

butterfly hotel! 


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