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Friday
October 14, 2011
The Long-View
Volume 75, No. 1
Since 1937
Senior has close call with wild fires
Lucia Lopez
Staff Writer
Kerry Wilson/ THE LONG-VIEW
Hazy Day The school courtyard is filled with smoke September 7. The numerous wild fires
caused by the drought endangered homes and routinely filled Longview with a haze of smoke.
Sirens blared, smoke
encompassed the air.
It was so dense it stung
their throats and eyes.
Planes were desperately
dropping water on the
raging flames. Everything
was wild and confusing.
Many houses nearby had
already been evacuated
but this family was not
going to wait until they
were told to. They rapidly
gathered up their things
and hoped for the best.
Senior Bryan Carter
and his family were
among the families in
evacuation zones due
to the wild fires that
have been spreading all
through East Texas.
“We live on a hill and
we could see the smoke
and fire advancing towards our area,” Carter
said. “It didn’t seem really frightening to me,
not at first.”
Carter and his family
decided not to take the
risk and wait for someone to tell them to leave
their house.
“I saw the planes dropping water and fire retardants on the flames,”
Carter said. “Everything
was very chaotic and the
fire was less than a mile
away, so we decided to
leave before we got evacuated.”
Carter and his family
had only a short time to
gather the things they
were to take with them
before they left.
“After my parents told
me we had to leave the
house, my first reaction
was trying to figure out
what I wanted to take
with me,” Carter said.
Following this, Carter
expresses what he and
his family felt after abandoning their home.
“It wasn’t scary while
we were actually at our
house,” Carter said. “It
was really scary after we
left because we couldn’t
be sure that the house
would still be there when
we came back.”
After a long day, Carter
and his family went back
to where they lived that
same night to find out
what had happened.
“The roads were closed
and everything was still
chaotic when we went
back that night, but we
saw our house and it felt
good to know that everything was still there.”
Renovation Nation
New paint job turns heads,
raises questions
Laura Aciano
Staff Writer
The smell of crisp
new paint fills the air
as James Brewer steps
into the cafeteria. As
he lifts his gaze, he
sees a sea of turquoise,
yellow, orange, green,
and blue, all swirling
along the walls. He
takes cautious steps as
he absorbs the pictures
and writings carefully
placed above the new
tables and booths, all
with the same color
scheme.
“I thought it was interesting when they
first started painting
the cafeteria,” said
Principal James Brewer. “I believe there is
a rhyme and reason
for the colors they
chose.”
To some students,
the colorful walls and
tables with chairs attached bring back
memories of their
early school years.
Meanwhile, others are
overwhelmed with the
amount of color that
surrounds them.
“The cafeteria makes
me feel like I’m in
kindergarten again,”
sophomore
Sydney
French said. “This is
good because I liked
kindergarten!”
The staff seemed to
be quite partial to the
cafeteria as they believe it encourages students to eat inside. To
some, like Brewer and
cafeteria manger Pamela Brown, the way
the cafeteria is set up
doesn’t affect whether
they eat or not, so they
Kerry Wilson / THE LONG-VIEW
Color Explosion Longveiw High School cafeteria was remodeled, leaving a blast of paint on the walls.
are content with how
it turned out.
“She told me she
didn’t have the data to
prove it, but she seems
to think there are
more students eating
in the cafeteria than
there have been in the
past,” Brewer said. “I
think the college set
up is also a big part of
Dream
Land
it. I like it, I think it’s
interesting.”
The quotes placed
on the walls have also
caught the attention
of those who walk
along the cafeteria.
Some students say it’s
distracting but others,
including
teachers,
think it’s a good idea
to expose students to
the words of people
who have been known
to inspire.
“I think the quotes
are
great,”
Global
world history teacher
Sarah Creech said.
“If the students read
them every day it will
sink into them.”
The new, vibrant
cafeteria has been a
big change from previous years. Sophomore
Shamaya Grant said
she and her friends
prefer this years’ color scheme over last
years’.
“The one before was
only three colors,”
Grant said. “And now
it’s like an explosion
of color!”
CULTURAL DIFFERENCES
USA
Different variety of
food including more
resturants
The students move
from class to class
The high school
consists of about
2,000 students
Kerry Wilson / THE LONG-VIEW
Foreign Relations Junior Pervin Arslan proudly holds the flag of her home country Germany.
German student crosses Atlantic
to live adventure of lifetime
Summer Evers
Co-Editor-in-Chief
For Pervin Arslan,
walking through the
halls on the first day
of school was literally
like being in a foreign
country.
After all, Longview,
Texas is a long way
from Stuttgart, Germany.
New school.
New faces.
New language.
“I didn’t know anyone here,” she said. “I
got lost. I was kind of
scared.”
The junior knew be-
ing a foreign exchange
student wasn’t going
to be easy, but she was
confident things would
get better.
“The next day, I new
some people and we
talked and then I went
to my first football
game,” she said. “It
was amazing and really
fun.”
Having fun helps ease
her homesickness. She
misses her mother and
sister and talks to them
on a regular basis, even
with the seven hour
time difference. Despite that, she doesn’t
regret her decision to
come to America.
“Every day I make
new experiences which
I never could do in
Germany,” she said,
“like riding the school
bus, eating Chick-fil-A,
which is my absolutely
favorite food, and getting lost at Walmart.”
Her
expectations
include making good
friends, having lots of
fun with her host family, exploring America and getting good
grades.
“It was my biggest
wish to come to the
U.S. and now I’m living
my dream,” she said.
“I hope everything will
last how it is.”
VS
Meat and Vegetables
are the course
of the meal
The teachers move
from class to class
The high school
consists of about 370
students
Germany
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The Long-View
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 14, 2011
the VIEW
Flight of
Heroes
Remembering 9/11
Halie Waid
Staff Writer
Michelle Sanchez / THE LONG-VIEW
Kindness Doesn’t Go
Unnoticed Anymore
If you have been listening to the
morning announcements, then you
might have heard about the Acts of
Kindness bulletin board. If you report
an act of kindness to Mrs. Shirley
Works, whose room is across the hall
from the College and Career Center
and the secretary who came up with
this idea, then that person’s name will
be put on a bulletin board for all to see.
The bulletin board, covered with smiley
faces and names, is located across
from the Collage and Career Center.
How Many Hours?
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news
Viewettes- From about 2 hours to
two and a half hours a day.
Majorettes- An hour a day; after
band practice ends.
Band Overall- Two and a half
hours; two hours marching and
a half hour practicing sectionals
every day.
Cheerleaders- 6 hours a week.
Play Practice- “It depends on
your role. If you have a lead
role then you practice about
two to three hours a day--plus.”
-Junior Legrand Northcutt.
September 11, 2001. A day of
disaster. A day thousands lost
their lives. A day to remember.
Longview High School students
did their part to remember that
day. Though they were only in
elementary school when the towers
burned the students did their best to
remember, and acknowledge that day.
Longview’s art program made a life
size model of Flight 93. This flight was
intended to crash into Washington
D.C. but was redirected into a field
because of its courageous passengers.
Students put chairs where each
passenger sat on the actual flight
and placed the name of the person,
and their picture, on the chair.
The model was outside the Fine
Arts Center on the 11th and 12th for
the students to view between classes.
Longview’s Fine Arts department
presented a program September 12th
in remembrance of the ones who lost
their lives in this terrible tragedy.
The band played four selections
at the program. “America the
Beautiful”, “The Star Spangled
Banner”, Navy Hymn” and “TAPS”
were played in honor of our country.
Kerry Wilson / THE LONG-VIEW
The U.S. flag stands proudly next to a framed list of people who never made it off Flight 93.
The ROTC color guard caused
tears in the eyes of the audience
with the posting of the colors.
The theater students read letters from
the 9/11 incidents. One group reenacted
phone calls from loved ones trapped in
the World trade center. Other students
recited letters written by children who
lost a family member because of 9/11.
Longview High School honored
their city’s fire department by
having the head fire marshal as a
guest speaker about the ways the
event affected the fire departments.
The Viewettes did a spectacular
dance presenting the country colors
and spelling out three letters—
USA. Afterwards, the orchestra
students played a patriotic song.
At the end of the program, everyone
in the audience sang the well-known
song “Proud to be an American.”
Everyone at Longview High School
did his or her part in remembering
9/11. Whether it was taking time to
look at the flight model, or presenting
the remembrance program. This was
a tragic day and many people lost
the ones they loved dearly. This day
in history will never be forgotten.
9/11 Coincidences
1)New York City has 11 letters
2)George W. Bush has 11 letters
3)The two twin towers make an 11
4)New York is the 11th state
5)The first plane crashing against the
Twin Towers was flight 11.
6)Flight 77, which also hit the Twin
Towers, was carrying 65 passengers. 6
+ 5= 11
7)The tragedy was on September
11th, or 9/11 as it is now known. 9 + 1
+ 1 = 11
8)The total number of victims in side
all the hijacked planes was 254. 2 + 5
+ 4 = 11
9)If Q33NY—the flight number of
the first plane to hit one of the Twin
Towers— is typed in, the font size
changed to 48, and the font type changed
to WINGDINGS1 this happens…
New Resturants
Panda Express is coming! Future
store opening within the next 6
months. Panda Express will be
located near Target and Yogurt Bar
in the mini-mall north of town.
According to Mike Elswick from the
Longview News-Journal a new bakery,
Panera Bread Bakery & Café, just signed
the papers for a long-term lease on 481
East Loop 281, a place Longview might
remember as the KFRO radio station.
The Bakery is scheduled to open in the
spring. The bakery will provide fresh
bread, muffins and cookies every day.
Kerry Wilson/ THE LONG-VIEW
Things you might not
know about Halloween
•The correct spelling for Halloween
is really HALLOWE’EN
•Halloween candy sells for about two
billion dollars annually in the U.S.
•It is also the second more successful
holiday besides Christmas.
•86% of Americans decorate their
homes for Halloween.
•In 2009, Halloween costume sales
were more than six billion dollars.
•62% of the costumes bought were
adult costumes!
•Halloween is the eighth largest card
sending holiday.
•About 82% of children and 67% of
adults participate in Halloween parties
etc. every year
•Pumpkins, usually orange, are also
sold in white, blue, and green.
•In 1964, Helen Pfeil who lived in NY,
was arrested for handing out arsenic
laced treats as a prank on teens she
thought were too old to trick or treat.
Halloween
Survey of 200 Longview High School Students
Do you Dress up for Halloween?
Yes
No
59%
41%
What about Trick-or-Treating?
I go.
CALENDAR OF EVENTS
No way!
66%
34%
The result of the hard work of the art students from six in the morning till eight.
Vianney Castaneda and Erika
Jimenez
Staff Writers
The play “ All In The Timing ”
By David Ives, was performed by
the Hispanic Theatre Guild. It took
place September 23 through the 25.
“The Hispanic theatre club is our
mission to spark and strengthen theatrical passion,” Luis Vazquez said.
This idea started in September, 2011,
when Luis and David were asked what
had inspired them to create this play.
Many people told them it was no
good, which just made the two cousins even more inspired. “We love theatre, it’s our passion and we wanted
to share it with others and hopefully
teach them to step forward and become more confident in themselves.”
The Hispanic Theatre Guild is a club,
which means that anyone can join.
“Everyone can come and be a part
of our theatre club, hopefully we
will have more chances for people
Ashley Kempkes
News Editor
Still the Same
Kevin Berns / THE LONG-VIEW
A dramatic pose from “All in the Timing.”
to be creative and active,” Luis said.
The Hispanic Theatre Guild thanks
Coach Martinez, Mr. Zapata, and Mr.
Lefler. Without them it would be impossible. “We have a lot of plans for this
Club, it’s a bright bright future for it.”
Mystery of the
Pyramids
Annette Grandberry and Laura
Aciano
Staff Writer
The man behind the pyramids is
IB physics teacher David Temple.
According to 12th grader Tristan
Thompson, one of the students
who participated in the making
of the pyramids, they represent
“the pyramids of Giza which
mimic the constellation of Orion.”
Testing
►►PSAT on October 11 from
TIME TO TIME in the Coliseum
►►ACT is October 22 from 7:00
AM - 5:00 PM in PLACE
►►SAT is on the 5 of November
from 7:00 AM - 5:00 PM in the
PLACE
Z-Club
Dress Code
Changes
All in the Timing
►►Meeting on November 3 in
the Cafeteria from 6 to 8 PM
Anime Meetings
►►12th in the Library from
3:45 to 5:30.
►►CosPlay Contest on the
26th in the Library after
school until 5:30.
Interact Club
Kerry Wilson / THE LONG-VIEW
These mysterious pyrimids have been posted
around the halls of LHS.
►►October 25 and November
8
►►From 7:00 ‘till 8:30 PM in
the Cafeteria
•NO Sagging pants–wear pants that
fit!– and keep your belt tight.
•Polo Shirts that aren’t buttoned all
the way down
•Longview Spirit Shirt on Fridays
oThese Spirit shirts can be
found in the Aquatics
Building Across the street
from the football field.
•IDs still checked
Changes
•Collage shirts and Longview Spirit
Shirts on Thursdays
•Tucked in shirts not enforced
anymore!!!
Global High principal Everett Brunson,
who is also the dress code enforcer said
“it was no longer necessary” to have
tucked in shirts. He stated the only
reason they did it in the previous years is
so that the school could make sure that
no students were concealing weapons
(namely a gun) in their waistband.
“It was too much trouble for the
administration to keep enforcing the
tucked in shirts” and the principals
of Longview decided that since
“untucked shirts wern’t hindering
learning” they were not going to be
enforcing tucked in shirts this year.
OCTOBER AND NOVEMBER
Little Shop of Horrors Student Council
►►Opening Thursday, November
3. The play starts at 6:00 PM.
►►Also playing Saturday,
November 5 at 6:00 PM.
►►Sunday November 6 starting
at 7:30 PM.
►►Last showing is Monday the 8
at 6:00 PM.
►►Meetings every second
Tuesday of the month at 7:30
PM
►►Follow Longview High’s
Student Council Activities
on Facebook under “Lobo
Council“
The Long-View
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 14 2011
opinion
No tuck no problem
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View from here
Since the beginning of the school year, Longview
High School Administrators have amended the dress
code saying that students do not have to have their
shirts tucked in. The Administration was correct in
making this the “No Shirts Tucked In” regulation
because staff does not have to yell at students every
morning. It creates for a more positive environment
and is not too unprofessional.
Students would walk into class without their shirts
tucked in, and teachers would send the student to ISS.
This took out class time for the student, and restricts
the learning that occurs. Students need as much education as possible and it is ridiculous for them to get
pulled out of class because they did not have their
shirt tucked in. The administrators here at Longview
High School constantly had to tell the students to tuck
in their shirts. The first thing in the morning for a student to hear should not be a principal yelling at them
because they have not tucked in their shirt. This took
away this rule restricts the amount of yelling from
the principal, and makes for a happier atmosphere
throughout the school day.
The opposition may argue that having shirts tucked
in creates a more sophisticated environment. This is
high school, and after this, for most students, is college. Many colleges do not even have a dress code.
Having shirts tucked in is only a minor change in the
dress code. Someone may also argue that student’s
pants might sit too low on their waist. The administration has done a good job so far in keeping people’s
pants up. As long as the no sagging rule is enforced,
there should be no problems.
The new no shirts tucked in policy that this school
A student addicted to technology decides
has amended to the dress code is definitely a good
thing, and should continue to be in place here at
to take a break from electronics
Longview High School because it makes the school
Erica Lively
less of a stressful place to be in It creates less tension
between the students and the administration, causing
Opinions Editor
it to be the educational, relaxed environment it was
It was so far away. What else was I supposed cell phones. “I really don’t care” would always
supposed to be.
to do at 3 am? Sleep sure wasn’t one of them. be my reaction. Why should I? I live in this day,
Consentration consecration
If I ran the school
Laura Aciano
Staff Writer
No dress code. A Starbucks
and Chick-Fil-A in school.
More time between classes.
Laptops for students.
Students have their own
ideas when it comes to making
the rules for the place where
they spend a great amount of
their lives. Some say they like
the school rules as they are because they keep things running
smoothly. Others like Ali Yacoub, would make the school
an open campus and provide
students with public wi-fi, if
given the chance.
“I would do this,” Yacoub
said, “so that we could look up
the dictionary on our phones
and look up all kinds of useful
stuff.” Trying to rush across the
hall and get to class, students
push and shove those in front
of them and during lunch, they
Ali Yacoub, 11
shove food in their mouths as
fast as they can.
“I would also give students
more time between classes.
Some of my classes are really
far apart from each other and
I have to rush to get there in
time,” he said. “These changes
would just make students happier and would make studentteacher relationships better.”
“I’d drive this
Normally by this time I would be on my phone;
on Facebook or texting. I would be playing Ninjump or Angry Birds, and playing my word in
words with friends, but not tonight. Tonight, I
am stuck just watching the thin, black device
from across the room. Every inch of my body
wanted to walk over there and pick it up, to give
in, but I couldn’t; I had made a commitment.
There was no music playing, no lights; just
complete, utter darkness in silence. I couldn’t
go back to sleep, there was nothing to due for
three hours until it was time to wake up except
just sit there and stare at a black wall.
Three days without my phone or internet?
What was I thinking? Because of this stupid
commitment, I had almost failed two homework assignments, and spent all night looking
for books to help me with my
homework. It has been
an awful three days, but
it did help me realize
how tied our society is
to technology. It made
me realize what it was like
before
the world had these things. I know that’s
what everyone says, it’s such a cliché. I had
heard the “Back in my day” Stories many times
from everyone around me.
Quite frankly, though, I was tired of hearing
how tough it was for older people not to have
What’s that?
(Get off me bruh)
Act of instructing
someone to stop
harrassing them, or
to leave one alone.
Trying to get away
from someone.
school like a
military.”
-Chris Danny, 12
(Come at me bro)
“Change
the dress
code and the
food.”
-Detria Dotrey, 9
where we do have them, who cares about the
past? Elderly can catch up. After I had done
this three day challenge, I realized it was entirely true. No cell phone to call my parents to
pick me up, I would just have to sit and wait for
them.
I couldn’t instantly
Google
something
whenever I need to,
look up a translation, or
use an online dictionary. I couldn’t look up
Pizza Hut’s number, or
call a friend for help on
homework. I felt isolated from the rest of the world. The entire world’s
information just at my fingertips is just what I
was used to having, having automatic access to
it was normal. Now I am much more grateful
for the technology we have. Having a translator, clock, internet, phone, calendar, games,
music, and so much more in the palm of your
hand seems impossible when you think about it
from their perspective, but we are so used to it.
They would call it “magic.” People would always
say to me, “you are on your phone too much,” or
“you are addicted to that thing.” Looking back
on what I had accomplished in these three days,
I never thought I could do it, but I did, and it
helped me to realize how privileged we are.
Instructing one
to “fight” them.
Typically not meant
to be serious. Similar
to “get at me.”
(baws)
“Boss” indicating one
is amazing in general
or in something
specific. This story is
baws.
(Big things poppin)
Used to say someone
cannot enforce their
words. Being able to
“talk the talk” but
unable to “walk the
walk.”
(She fine)
Indicating a female is
a good looking or has
nice “assets.” Typically
said around the girl in
a pathetic way.
(Bet)
Word used to contradict an opposing
viewpoint. Basically
telling another person
they are wrong.
(Get at me)
1. Also known as
“come at me bro”
used to start an
argument or push a
fight 2. used when
“hitting” on a person.
(Umad bro?)
Rhetorical/sarcastic
question asking if
someone is angry.
used to irritate one
even more.
(Beast)
Similar to “Baws.”
used to describe an
action or object of
epicness or of
awesomeness.
“More flex
days, free dress
days, and fun
activities if you
made the honor
roll.”
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Opinions Editor Erica Lively
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Staff Cartoonists Morgan Flowers
Graphic Design Alaxic Smith
Entertainment Editor Preston Mitchell
Features Editor Felica Ellison
Photo Editor Kerry Wilson
-Monica Hornsby, 10
“Change the
dress code
and have good
teachers”
-Diamond McLeod, 11
Staff Writers
Laura Aciano
Vianney Castaneda
Annette Grandberry
Erika Jiminez
Lucia Lopez
Michelle Sanchez
Halie Waid
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Adviser
Kevin Berns
Co-Editors
Summer Evers
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school?
Reading and traveling
What inspired you to become a teacher?
My passion for students to achieve more than just
a diploma, a love for knowledge
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What were you like in high school?
Athlete
Extremely involved in a lot of extracurricular
activities
What do you enjoy doing when you’re not at
school?
What do you enjoy doing when you’re not at
school?
Golf
What inspired you to become a teacher?
Watching sports, spending time with friends and
family
To give to students in need
What is your favorite movie?
What inspired you to become an athletic
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Scarface
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What were you like in high school?
Played football and was on the wrestling team. Playing sports was very important to me so I made sure my
grades were good enough not to miss anything
What do you enjoy doing when you’re not at
school?
Competeing in olympic weightlifting meets. Going to
movies and dinner with my wife. Visiting my family in
Nebraska
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What is your favorite thing about lhs?
Varsity Blues
School spirit!
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Being a strangth coach for all the athletes and helping
build the Lobo nation
Anything with Kevin Spacey. Unual suspect,
midnight in the garden of good and evil
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LHS is always in a state of flux. You have to be
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kids
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An A student. Skipped alot my senior year, I was in the high
school newspaper
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I raise satin angora shoe rabbits
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Kathy Miller
My high school French teacher gave me a love for French speaking
Blaine CVann
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Schindler’s List
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What were you like in high school?
The green carpet in the halls and the kids are very nice
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Ballroom Dancing and Video Editing
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The Long-View
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 14, 2011
What’s in a name?
FRESHMAN
CORNER
Diverse school
celebrates bounty
of unique identities
I
Kerry Wilson / THE LONG-VIEW
Freshman Celexst Mcgee works on an algebra assignment
for Mrs. Thompson’s first period class.
Entering the Tank
S
feature
Hannah Brown & Meaghan McNamara
Staff Writers
he speeds through the halls through the confusing maze of
people going in all directions. Relief engulfs her as she finally reaches her class. The faint smile is wiped clean off
her face as she receives a daunting load of homework. Activities like the after-school play already take time out of her day. A
question eats at her: Will it ever get better?
For freshman like Simone Macklin, going from a big fish in a
small pond to a small fish in a big pond is a hard transition. More
expectations, harder curriculum, and closer due dates may cause
many sleepless nights and more stress.
“My first day of high school was confusing, but really fun.”
Macklin said. “I like it a lot better than middle school. The hardest part of high school is being involved with everything and having a very busy schedule with extracurricular activities.”
Bearing this in mind, Freshman Corner set out to find advice
that would keep the fish afloat from teachers and experienced
students.
“Stay organized,” freshman biology teacher Diana Key said.
“Keep a planner and write all of your assignments in it.”
Teachers also advise to know when assignments are due; don’t
procrastinate.
“Do your homework the night it is assigned,” freshman world
geography teacher Calvin Hanzik said, “not the night it is due.”
Extracurricular activities and other absences can hurt class averages, so students need to keep up despite these setbacks.
“Keep in contact with your teachers, they love you,” senior Student Council president Scott Byrd said. “Call them for missed
work if you are absent.”
Freshmen also need to be able to reach their full potential by
doing simple things every day.
“Be well rested for all your classes,” senior class president Shaquille Williams said, “and be well fed.”
A Penny for Your Chart
Which coin would you most likely pick up?
Ashley Kempkes
News Editor
t’s something used every
single day, but never paid
for. It’s very personal but
shared with everyone.
What is it? Your name of
course!
Hello, My Name is Ehizokha
Onomen-Osa Ihionkhan. I’m
a sophomore at Longview, and
I go by Ehi.
Ehi loves his name and considers it a part of who he is.
“No one ever made fun of me,
they were just curious.”
To him, his name represents
his heritage; for while Ehi was
born in New York, his parents
were both born in Nigeria.
“I’m glad my parent’s didn’t
give me a more American
name.”
Different people, different
cultures, different names. Each
person has a name unique to
them. That’s what some parents strive for, for their child
Kerry Wilson / THE LONG-VIEW
A diverse school such as Longview High School is bound to have a few unique
names, and each name has its own unique story behind it.
to have a unique first name, a
name that belongs to no other.
Ehizokha’s parents definitely
succeeded if they wanted their
son to have a distinctive name
in the USA.
People who have known Ehi
since elementary school say
they don’t think his name is
odd but meeting him for the
first time can throw a wrench
into the works.
“Ehi’s name is always said
wrong every time there is
a new teacher or sub,” says
sophomore Alexandra Furtney.
New people meeting him
however agree his name is
“definitely weird. Cool but
weird.”
It’s hard to imagine a world
without names. A name tells
the world who you are. It identifies you in a crowd and gives
you a sense of individuality.
We wouldn’t be who we are
without names because, while
given to us, names are a part
of who we are.
Coin
Rush
New study shows how old you are may
affect what coins you pick up off ground
A
Halie Waid
Staff Writer
student walking down
the hall with his friends
sees a dime lying on
the ground in front of him.
He thinks to himself, does
he pick it up? Is such a small
amount even worth his time?
What will his friends think of
him?
The newspaper staff did a
study to see if the student
body would be willing to pick
up different coin amounts in
different situations. They put
a set of coins containing every
amount (penny, nickel, dime,
and quarter), in certain areas
of the school.
Coins were dispersed by
the main stairwell to test the
question, “What will your
friends think?” Students will
have other
people
around them while deciding whether or not to pick up
the coins. The staff put sets
of coins in the science hall,
freshman hall, the hall by
Mrs. Harbison’s room, and by
the library downstairs. Right
before the bell to switch classes rang, the staff put the coins
in their specific place. After
the tardy bell rang to switch
classes, they checked to see if
any of the coins remained.
The staff found that everywhere, except for the freshman hall, dimes were left.
“Size usually affects what
coin I pick up,” Senior Sarah
Konvalin said. “Dimes, to me,
seem less important because
they are the smallest of the
five.”
Dr. Webster, a psychiatrist,
believes
that the
size of
the
200 random Longview High School students were polled
coins play a role in whether
or not a student picks up the
coin or not.
“People will not pick up the
smaller coins,” Webster said,
“because they seem like a
smaller value.”
However, some students, like
sophomore Madison Turner,
think differently about the
situation. Picking up coins
in front of people make them
feel self conscious. Therefore,
they do not pick them up.
“I’ll usually pick up anything,” Turner said, “but I
don’t want to look cheap in
front of my friends.”
In the freshman hall, every
thing but the quarters were
gone. The freshman saw picking up coins as stealing, and
only did it if they needed a
quarter.
“I wouldn’t pick any amount
up, it feels like stealing.”
Freshman Simone Macklin
said. “Maybe a quarter if I
needed one, but other than
that, it’s not worth it.”
The upperclassman did
not pick up the dimes because the associated size
with importance. The
freshman did not pick up
the coins because they
think it is stealing, except
for the occasional student in need for a quarter.
Anywhere from pennies to
quarters, the importance of
the amount is in the mind of
the beholder.
Student Council enjoys day
with Super Bowl champ
Lucia Lopez
Staff Writer
Daniel Hammoud / THE LONG-VIEW
Washington Redskins player, Trent Williams returned to Longview High School on Friday, October 7 for the
dedication of the football locker room. Williams donated over 100,000 dollars to the remodeling of the Lobo
Den this year. Pictures of Williams and his Redskins jersey hang on the walls around the locker room. Williams
graduated from Longview in 2006 and went to the University of Oklahoma and is now playing in his second
season with the Redskins.
Light from the room hit the
glistening; diamond encrusted gems and made them even
more noticeable as they radiated beams of colors. There
were five of them placed on
gold rings. With a close look,
you could tell they were Super
Bowl rings.
“I looked down and saw the
5 rings,” Hanzik said, “and
knowing their value, I thought,
‘I’ve got a house on my hand.’”
The rings belong to former
Dallas Cowboy Robert Newhouse, who was the speaker at
a student council conference
at Wills Point.
“He was an inspiring speaker,” Scott Byrd said, “that had
overcome many adversities.”
Cal Hanzik / THE LONG-VIEW
All about the bling Student Council
sponsor Cal Hanzik displays five Dallas
Cowboys Super Bowl rings on his fingers.
The rings belonged to Robert Newhouse
who was the speaker at a recent conference.
sports
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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 14, 2011
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7
So far my senior year, I’ve
only had a concussion but
I’m still playing the game
and I love it so I have to play
it.
-Jhaston Faggans, 12
Kerry Wilson / THE LONG-VIEW
(Above) Seniors A.J. Hopson,
Kenny Nguyen and Clark
Orren wait patiently before
the Lufkin game September
16.
(Left) Senior A.J. Hopson
is carted off the field after
injuring his ankle in the John
Tyler game September 3.
(Right) Sophomore Zaycoven
Henderson is taken off the
field on a stretcher after
injuring his neck in the Lufkin
game September 16.
Kevin Berns / THE LONG-VIEW
”
Taylor Oswalt / THE LONG-VIEW
Players deal with painful injuries
Felica Ellison
Feature Editor
T
he ball was snapped and he surged
forward, slamming into the lineman with
a great deal of force. Right at the moment
of impact he felt his knee go backwards, and the
sharp pain rocketed through his leg. Falling to the
ground, he grabbed his knee as it pulsated with
pain. As he rolled back and forth on the ground
he tried to reassure himself it was all going to be
okay. He replayed the moment over in his head
trying to make sure he hadn’t heard or felt any
popping in his knee, because he knew that was a
sure indication that something was torn.
“When I got the MRI it said torn ACL and torn
meniscus,” senior Kenny Nguyen said. “So that basically finished my season for me. I still go to practices like I probably go to one or two practices a
week and just be there to support my team.”
Athletic trainer Lee Reynolds thinks that a higher
level of playing like varsity can bring more injuries
to athletes.
“When I got moved up to varsity during my sophomore year, I got a concussion,” senior Jhaston
Faggans said. “Then my junior year is when I broke
my ankle and I couldn’t make it to the semi finals.”
According to athletic trainer Deirdre Scotter, the
most common major sports injuries have to deal
with your knees.
“At first I didn’t feel like it was going to be a big
deal,” Nguyen said. “They said that maybe nothing
had happened to my knee just maybe some bruising and stuff. My knee felt pretty weak but other
than that it felt fine until the next day when it completely swelled up and I couldn’t walk anymore and
once they started checking on it, they found out I
might not be able to play again.”
Scotter said many injuries can be prevented by
playing the game smart.
“During the Marshall game when I got my concussion, they said I could have just run out of
bounds,” Faggans said. “I was practically already
out of bounds but he was just late hitting me but
I was only out for a week for that, so that was alright.”
Muscle pulls and muscle strains are really common injuries for athletes but they can easily be prevented.
“We have been kind of lucky because there hasn’t
been a lot of muscle pulls,” Scotter said. “That’s
kind of due to the kids conditioning in the summer but definitely stretch hamstrings, and quads.
Sometimes you can play through these but sometimes it’s nagging enough that you have to sit out.”
Scotter explains that stretching and core strengthening are key to preventing injuries.
“A lot of injury prevention can start with increasing your flexibility usually hamstring, calf and hip
flexer flexibility and core strengthening,” Scotter
said. “Just about all knee, hip, back, shoulder and
ankle injuries can be prevented with strengthening
core muscles. Those are the main two things that
will help prevent injuries.”
Faggans and other athletes know that they are at
a higher risk of getting an injury, and that is a risk
they are willing to take.
“That just comes with football,” Faggans said.
“You just have to be physical and play the game
even though it comes with injuries.”
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OCTOBER 14 - 5:30pm LOBOS VS. MESQUITE HORN (THERE)
OCTOBER 21 - 5:30pm LOBOS VS. NORTH MESQUITE (HERE)
OCTOBER 25 - 5:30pm LOBOS VS. MESQUITE (HERE)
TENNIS MATCHES
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OCTOBER 18 - 4:30pm VARSITY VS. VAN (HERE)
OCTOBER 20 - 4:00pm JV VS. LINDALE (HERE)
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FOOTBALL GAMES
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OCTOBER 20 - 5:30pm JV VS. NORTH MESQUITE (THERE)
OCTOBER 20 - 5:30pm FRESH. VS. NORTH MESQUITE (HERE)
OCTOBER 21 - 7:30pm LOBOS VS. NORTH MESQUITE (HERE)
OCTOBER 27 - 5:30pm JV VS. TYLER LEE (HERE)
OCTOBER 27 - 5:30pm FRESH, VS. TYLER LEE (THERE)
OCTOBER 28 - 7:30pm LOBOS VS. TYLER LEE (AWAY)
NOVEMBER 3 - 7:30pm LOBOS VS. DE SOTO (HERE)
GOLF TOURNAMENTS AND SWIM MEETS
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OCOTBER 21/22- LOBO GOLF FALL INVITATIONAL (THERE)
OCTOBER 22 - 9:00am LOBO SWIM VS. NACOGDOCHES (THERE)
OCTOBER 27 - 4:30 LOBO SWIM MEET (HERE)
OCTOBER 28/29 - TENNIS REGIONAL TOURNAMENT (TYLER)
NOVMEBER 1 - IN TEXASRKANA AT TEXAS HIGH INVIT. (THERE)
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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 14, 2011
entertainment
HARRY
POTTER
AND THE
JOURNEY
THROUGH
THE MOVIES
Preston Mitchell
Entertainment Editor
S
et in a universe
where suburbia has
more Apple electronics than the movie’s
own antagonists, “Abduction” follows high
schooler Nathan Harper (Taylor Lautner).
Despite having great
friends and a crush on
girl next door Karen
(Lily Collins), his whole
life crumbles before him
once he sees his name
on a missing person’s
website. While he’s
oddly never noticed that
he’s only had two baby
photos in his entire life,
matters worsen once
spies murder his parents
and he’s forced to flee
with Karen to find the
truth about his identity.
What follows is a nearly
unwatchable
summation of ineptitude that’s
hilarious only when it’s
not actually trying.
From this point on, it
stops being “Teen Wolf”
and becomes a throwback “Bourne Identity.”
The biggest problem
with “Abduction” is that
it’s a misdirected pastiche of all the classic
action/romance clichés.
The catch here is that it’s
executed with poor editing, pure ridiculousness
worsening from scene to
scene, and an encrypted
phone serving as the
single narrative thrust.
Everything is illogical
here from characters
pointlessly fighting each
other while having guns
in their hands to charac-
Preston Mitchell
Entertainment Editor
Love it or hate it, Harry Potter is the Star Wars of
our generation. In 30 years, the phenomenon will
forever dominate pop culture and the franchise will
inspire a whole new generation of cinephiles and
moviegoers. In honor of its closure from last summer, this is the movie series from weakest to best.
8.
Lionsgate Films
Nathan (Taylor Lautner) and Karen (Lily Collins) run from spies and logic holes in “Abduction.”
ters bracing themselves
just to jump into bushes to having Black Ops
agents wielding shotguns on street corners
and buildings just to
guard one diner. Instead
of awesomeness, we get
convoluted events that
only serve as conveniences to get Lautner
and Collins from Points
A to B while looking nice
doing it.
Even worse is the film’s
excruciatingly terrible
dialogue and some of
the most laugh-out-loud
bad quotes ever uttered
on film. If the delivery of
lines like “I’m not scared
to talk to her” don’t
make you laugh, wait
until you hear “I planted
a bomb in the oven!”
While Taylor Lautner’s
stiff performance helps
the movie along with its
unintentional hilarity,
the direction of it all is
what makes this more
unbearable.
Director John Singleton (Boyz N the Hood)
does little to elevate
the actors beyond the
lackluster waters they
tread upon. Lily Collins tries her best as
the love interest, doing
little to improve upon
the charisma black hole
that is Lautner or their
lack of chemistry, which
feels more like middle
school romance. Single-
ton even has polished
veterans like Alfred
Molina (Spider-Man 2)
and Sigourney Weaver
(Avatar) giving embarrassing perfomances in
his wake. The only shining point here is Jason
Isaacs (Harry Potter) as
Nathan’s dad, who is so
good that you’ll wish for
an entire movie centered
around him instead.
All in all, “Abduction”
is just a lame attempt by
Taylor Lautner to break
out of the “Twilight”
mold. Unless you’re a
fan of his or just waiting
to rent this, there’s no
reason to throw yourself within this mess of
a movie.
On the Record
Goblet of Fire – Riddled with plot holes
left and right, this is Harry Potter at its weakest.
Without building up any tension with Harry’s other
combatants and by only ending with a maze, the Triwizard Tournament only serves as both a series of adventures and an exercise in chance. Moreso, a force
manipulates these events to help Harry win, touch
the prize, go into another realm, and get owned by
Voldemort. The force could’ve just casted a spell on
his shoes and avoided this trouble to begin with.
7.
Deathly Hallows Part 1 – Part 1 abandoned the three-act structure for a one-and-a-half act
bore. Instead of at least having a tight story to follow,
this film was a bland build-up that spent more time
with its characters in the woods than I did checking
my watch. Dobby’s death scene wasn’t heartbreaking
at all. In fact, it was rushed and unintentionally hilarious. How is killing off a minor character unseen
since the second film heartbreaking? I’m still trying
to figure that out.
6.
Half-Blood Prince – This film was overpopulated with the cutesy romantic storylines of the
characters that only succeeded as being nothing but
adorable filler. It’s not until the final quarter that
the film hits the true meat of its story and begins
building towards the finale, and even then it skimps
over a crucial Empire Strikes Back convention that
would’ve left us emotionally drained and waiting
for the next movie. By the end, we watched a film all
about love without much to love.
5.
The Sorceror’s Stone – Director Chris
Columbus (Home Alone) helmed this solid film that
was our introduction to the cinematic Potterverse.
While Columbus’s first two films are criticized, the
only real problems here are the huge deus-ex-machina of a climax that comes out of left-field and the
film’s adherence to having Harry cheesily marvel at
the visual effects literally every chance he gets. Yet,
the film is still competently paced and well-made.
with Halie Waid
4.
Dubstep is becoming
the most popular
genre of music at
Longview High
School. This style of
music is listened to by
many students. The
top dubstep artist,
Skrillex, is gaining
more and more
notoriety throughout
the student body.
The most popular
music video of
September comes
from Maroon 5 and
Christina Aguilera.
Their song, Moves
Like Jagger, became
more popular once
the student body
discovered this charttopping song and its
hit music video.
Lil Wayne is the most
popular artist at
Longview High. He is
considered the “Best
Rapper Alive” by the
student body. His
work has increased
in popularity in the
past month majorly.
His top song at this
moment is How to
Love.
Beyoncé’s hit album
4 is possibly the most
popular R&B album at
Longview High right
now. Already certified
Platinum, the album
and its singles like
Run the World and
Best Thing I Never
Had have gone on to
become chart toppers
themselves.
Chamber of Secrets – Chris Columbus’
second film is tonally darker and better paced than
the previous film. While the climax is still somewhat
of a deus-ex-machina, Potter is made into a more interesting protagonist and the child actors themselves
are beginning to show their growth. At the same
time, there are a number of superfluous scenes better suited for the book – including the ending, which
is incredibly similar to that of the previous film.
3.
Order of the Phoenix – This film benefitted from a riveting story that delved into Harry’s
psyche while providing a lot of interesting pay-off
for previous plot points. With the introduction of
Dolores Umbridge as one of the most despicable villainesses in the Potterverse, this film started off like
absolute perfection before its final act. Sirius Black’s
death was rushed (it literally just happens) and felt
way too clean. What seized to be perfection fell only
on the bittersweet precipice of awesome.
2.
Preston Mitchell
Entertainment Editor
I
f you go into “Moneyball”
expecting
“The Rookie” or “The
Blind Side,” you’ll be
bored to tears. Director
Bennett Miller has made
a less mainstream sports
film that solely relies on
performances and wordplay while inspiring the
living daylights out of
you. I may not be a big
sports fan, but I had the
best time watching this
film unfold.
“Moneyball” follows
Billy Beane (Brad Pitt),
whose Major League
struggles in his youth
prompted him to become an advance scout.
Now as the general manager of the Oakland Athletics, his small budget
gives him the idea of not
choosing “star players”
in favor of more overlooked players. Advising
him is Yale graduate Peter Brand (Jonah Hill),
who uses computer-
generated statistics to
form an unconventional
team.
Brad Pitt creates another brilliant performance expected out of
him. Aside from Pitt, the
biggest surprise is Jonah Hill. No longer using his shtick that he developed in “Superbad,”
Hill finally moves away
from improv comedies
to show some dramatic
range. Hill’s presence
alone makes Brand’s
lines events by themselves, and he still manages to bring the funny
every chance he gets.
Screenwriters Aaron
Sorkin (The Social Network) and Steven Zaillian (Schindler’s List)
also do great work here.
While Zaillian did the
rewrites, Sorkin’s signature wordplay is still
present and accounted
for. Much like “The Social Network,” Sorkin
proves that he can transform mundane conversations into wonderful,
Deathly Hallows Part 2 – The mediocre
start of the series finale led into one awesome end.
The visuals and action-packed spectacle were formed
into a coda, and all of the storylines were interwoven
in a satisfying manner. While it loses a lot of resonance by skipping over pivotal death scenes, this is
still a fantastic film. Keeping this from being the best
is that this is an awesome half of a movie, while #1 is
wholly a masterpiece in every sense of the word.
1.
Columbia Pictures
Billy (Brad Pitt) and Peter (Jonah Hill) team up in “Moneyball.”
occasionally
hilarious
ballets of snappy dialogue. Their script does
the perfect job of meditating on its characters’
journeys up until it becomes a true underdog
story. Even then does the
film decide not to cheat
out with a Hollywood
ending and wisely goes
for a finale that packs an
emotional punch.
“Moneyball” is easily
one of the most moving
films I’ve seen all year. If
you dig sports entertainment or just enjoy seeing
A-grade dramas, “Moneyball” is one of those
rare Oscar bait movies
that doesn’t feel as pasted together as such. Despite running a tad bit
long, this film succeeds
as thoughtful entertainment that showcases top
tier talent at its best.
Prisoner of Azkaban – Filmmaker Alfonso
Cuaron (Children of Men) brilliantly used this turning point to create the definitive Harry Potter film for
people who don’t read Harry Potter. This evocative,
wonderful film carries an unadulterated magic that
has never been topped. Cuaron’s redefinition of the
visual Potterverse was genius, and the moody narrative fires on all cylinders from beginning to end. This
isn’t just the best Harry Potter movie ever made, this
is one of the greatest fantasy films I’ve ever seen.
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