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Page 7 EDITORIAL March 3, 2003
SPORTS
Scholarships: athletes “excited” for college play
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in his high school football career that have
contributed to receiving the scholarship,
including being named to the League and
District All-Star teams many times and the
All-State teams three times. Kersmanc said
he is “anxious, but very excited” to begin
his college football career this fall.
Varsity field hockey player Kelly Trevisan
signed a partial scholarship with
Bloomsburg University. Trevisan is the recipient
of eight athletic awards for playing
forward and mid-field outstandingly. These
awards include Lancaster Lebanon league
first team all star, Individual award all star at
the East Coast Field Hockey Camp and has
played in the National Field Hockey Festival.
Trevisan is known as the “work horse”
on the field hockey team and scored four
goals and had three assists this past year.
Varsity field hockey player Sarah Way
FEATURE
Wedding: a unique viewing experience
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television commercials and no billboards or
other forms of ads) the release of the movie
only achieved attention through word of
mouth.
“No billboards, no buses, nothing. It was
an email campaign, an internet campaign
where people told their friends about it, and
word of mouth,” said John Corbett, or “Ian,”
the man that Toula marries, in an interview.
Even when the movie attained a remarkable
$30 million dollars, commercials were
still rare for My Big Fat Greek Wedding although
sufficient advertising funds obviously
existed at that point. Unlike the constant
publicity of other independent films
such as the not so frightening Blair Witch
Project and annoyingly-subtitled Crouching
Tiger, Hidden Dragon, My Big Fat Greek
Wedding continued along the path of success
without the assistance of television and
other forms of advertisement.
Vardalo’s Greek life adaptation had meaningful
content that did not need constant
signed a partial scholarship with Villanova
University . She has received nine athletic
awards for field hockey as well including
All-State first team, Lancaster-Lebanon
League first team All-Star, and Penn State
Camp All-Star. This year in the Lower Dauphin
Tournament, she alone had fourteen
interceptions and thirteen tackles. Way comments
that the opportunity to sign an athletic
scholarship was an “overwhelming feeling.”
Way is also a member of Key Club and
SAS and, like Trevisan, when not on the
field hockey field, can be found on the soccer
field.
“I’m very proud of them and their accomplishments,”
says Principal David Hanna.
“This shows their hard work and outstanding
performance both academically and athletically.”
media attention to attract its audience. For
me, the most appealing characteristic of the
movie was the fact that its creators found it
unnecessary to “hop on the bandwagon”
of past successful independent films (i.e.
Fargo, Being John Malkovich, and
Monster’s Ball) and inform the public of their
mastery of the making of noteworthy films.
If you wish to see an independent film
that has been untainted by the pressures of
filmmaking and Hollywood fame, I adamantly
recommend My Big Fat Greek Wedding. Its
genuine portrayal of acting and laugh out
loud humor, although obviously exaggerated,
is worth the time of mindless movie viewing.
Even if you do not enjoy the movie, you
will be sure to learn one of the most important
cultural lessons of your life. As Toula
states in the beginning of the movie, “Nice
Greek girls are supposed to do three things
in life. Marry Greek boys, make Greek babies,
and feed everyone until the day we
d i e . ”
Where’s the phsyicality in
physicals?
by Sam Flynn
Sports Editor
Another issue of Hi-Lite, another opportunity
to rant. So what’s bugging me
nowadays? Three words: female sports
physicals. In order to play a sport, an athlete
must have a physical from a doctor
stating that they are healthy and able to
play. Due to the fact that physicals are
costly and must be scheduled weeks in advance,
the school is nice enough to have a
physician come in and give athletes free
physicals.
This is all well and good; the problem,
though, is the execution of these “physicals.”
After school on that fateful Thursday
afternoon, 130 girls sprinted to the
nurse’s office to get in line and sign up for
their designated number. There were a select
few girls that lined up outside of the
nurse’s office before the end of the day.
Now, squeezing 130 girls in a narrow hallway
while the rest of the school population
is screaming and trying to leave and
go home creates a stressful atmosphere to
say the least. Add in the butting in line,
saving places for friends, and the yelling
at everyone, and you’re in the middle of a
danger zone. It’s survival of the fittest and
everyone is making sure that they are not
the dreaded last number.
After receiving their assigned number,
most girls sat in the hallway and waited for
their turn. Some who were low on the list
decided to go home, get a snack, watch TV
and come back a few hours later. I was
lucky enough to be number 10 due to the
fact that I had softball practice and was
able to jump up in the line. However, being
high on the list still did not keep me from
wondering if ramming my head into the
lockers would force the doctor to see me
due to my newly acquired aneurysm.
When I was finally called into the room
my so-called physical lasted about 3
minutes…max. The part that baffled me
the most, however, was how the doctor felt
Springs sports physicals prove to be disorganized,
discouraging, and dangerous
the need to have a conversation with me.
Instead of realizing the fact that another
120 girls were waiting their turn and
hurrying things along, he felt the need to
begin irrelevant small talk. Like if I passed
him on the street in the near future, he
would be able to identify me as the blonde
junior that plays softball and wore high
boots. The doctor took my blood pressure,
checked my heart rate and reflexes, and
asked if I wore contacts. Then a quick
signature and I was “okay to play.” I would
just like to reiterate the fact that I was there
for an actual physical, not a rectification.
“Recerts” took about 30 seconds. The
only question asked was if the athlete got
hurt in their prior sport. A quick “no” and
those athletes were clear. I thought maybe
I should state that when I got my physicals
from my actual doctor, my spine, pulse,
height, weight, vision, and glands are all
checked. The school exam is less than
thorough and would probably only
prevent someone from playing if they flat
out said “I’m a blind amputee that suffers
from epileptic seizures when I run” and
I’m not even sure that would stop the
“okay” from the doctor.
Spring sports physical day was easily
the most frustrating day I’ve had in awhile.
I can appreciate the fact that the school
offers us athletes an opportunity to get a
convenient, free physical, but there should
definitely be a more rigid set of guidelines
as to how they should be administered.
Maybe girls could sign up for physicals at
a certain time before the assigned day that
the doctor comes so that they don’t have
to wait in the hallway unsure about what
time they are going. Another alternative
could be that physicals could span over
one week…maybe twenty or thirty girls a
day. By using one of these alternatives,
physicals could be more thorough and
wouldn’t waste time. And it certainty
wouldn’t anger a plethora of girls that have
places to be and homework to do on a
Thursday afternoon.