October 2008 - Brooke Point High School

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Brooke Point High School • Stafford, VA • Volume XVI • Issue 1 • October 29, 2008
Remembering Robert Stutzman
By Sydney Ballesteros
“
“The only people for me
are the mad ones, the
ones who are mad to live,
mad to talk, mad to be saved, desirous of everything, and at the
same time, the ones who never
yawn or say a commonplace
thing but burn, burn, burn, like
fabulous yellow roman
candles.” – Jack Keruac
“
This summer Brooke Point lost
one of Jack Keruac’s mad ones.
Science teacher, Robert Stutzman
passed away in his home unexpectedly and quietly. Many students found out about his death
through Facebook groups such
as “We loved you Stutzdog” and
“RIP Stutzman.” Posts filled the
pages with memories of past
incidents in his classroom, inspiring messages about biology
and chemistry he passed on and
some of his classic cynical remarks. For many, a man with
such zest for life died all too soon.
Stutzman taught at Brooke
Point
for
fourteen
years.
“Mr. Stutzman was one of the
most dedicated teachers I knew
and was always trying new lab
experiments to get his kids to
learn. He was also very effective
in teaching everybody chemistry
and biology,” chemistry teacher
Scott Walters said as he spoke
fondly of his former colleague.
Many students were inspired
to pursue careers in biology after taking Stutzman’s class. His
classes were challenging, even
hard, but they made students
learn. “He was an awesome teacher,” junior Justin Schron said.
Those who knew Stutzman recalled his sarcastic yet fun demeanor. To his students, he was
known as “Stutzdogg.” He was the
type of teacher students could joke
with and respect at the same time.
Ms. Singh, a psychology and
government teacher was best
friends with Stutzman for fourteen years. “He was a wonderful
teacher, very caring and intelligent. In his professional and
personal relationships he was always accepting and didn’t judge
anyone. He had a great sense
of humor,” she remembered.
Students who walked through
the doors of his classroom were
not looked down upon as smart or
dumb. Anyone could be successful in Mr. Stutzman’s class if they
tried. “Mr. Stutzman was the kind
of friend you’d want to have for the
rest of your life,” Ms. Singh said.
Mr. Stutzman tackled controversial issues in his classroom,
including
evolution.
“He was firm in his beliefs,” senior Josh Lee stated.
“Evolution is fact,” Mr. Stutzman
would say, “but there is no reason
that creationism and evolution
can’t exist together.” Students
could feel comfortable talking
about these subjects, regardless
of their beliefs, because he was
open to possibility in the universe.
“When he was teaching he
was in his element,” said administrator Scott McClellan.
A ceremony honoring Stutzman
was held in the BPHS auditorium in mid July. “A pastor spoke
and so did students. There was
a tree planting ceremony and a
plaque dedication, followed by a
luncheon reception,” explained
Mr. McClellan. “It’s a great loss
Photo provided by Ms. Singh
Mr. Stutzman’s love of teaching will always be remembered
to Brooke Point.” Stutzman’s funeral was held in Pennsylvania
at United Methodist Church.
Put simply by Ms. Singh,
“There will never be another
Stutzman. To him, life was worth
every second.” Stutzman’s life embodied his favorite quote by Jack
Keruac. Many at Brooke Point
will remember him and embrace
life and eductation with spirit, a
bit of sarcasm and zest as he did.
Holder welcomes students to a new year
For those of you who are new to
Brooke Point, welcome! For those
of you returning, welcome back!
The choices and opportunities at Brooke Point are innumerable.
This is your school
and the quality of your high
school years will depend on you.
I have tremendous pride in Brooke
Point. This is my fourteenth year
here and ninth year as principal.
I take each and every student’s
success and future very personally. I expect each of you to make respectful choices and to maximize
your potential while you are here.
I also want you to use your time
wisely and enjoy this experience
while preparing for your future.
I truly believe that Brooke Point
has the best and brightest students anywhere. I also know that
our staff is willing to give 110% to
ensure our students are successful. Take advantage of all that
Brooke Point has to offer. Do
not let others dissuade you from
reaching your goals and potential.
Whether you are interested in service activities, academic endeavors or athletics,
Brooke Point has it all for you!
This time will pass all too
quickly. Fill it with happy
memories and great experiences. Good luck and best wishes
for a wonderful school year!
By Cynthia Holder
After delays, IB program in the works
By Yvonne Eber
Brooke Point is currently working to offer the International
Baccalaureate
Diploma
Programme to students in 2010.
The IB DP is offered in 2,401
schools in 129 countries and
currently has 656,000 students
enrolled in the program. The
program is designed to promote
academic rigor, global citizenship and inquiry-based learning.
Assuming Brooke Point is authorized by IB to offer the Diploma
Programme,
current
freshmen will be the first to participate as full diploma candidates.
The IB program has been in
the process of getting funding for
three years and was finally granted the money this past spring.
The application process for
schools is a two-year process
with IB officials and as result, Brooke Point cannot offer IB any earlier than 2010.
The IB program is essentially a
more interactive and discussionbased version of upper level classes. It involves deeper level discussions and more critical thinking
and challenging assignments
than regular classes. The IB program is similar to the AP program in that students can receive
college credit for individual IB
courses or for the full IB diploma.
The IB diploma is recognized
Doug Kay / The Hawkeye
by colleges and universities all
around the world and allows students to transfer credits to any other IB World School since it is based
on an international curriculum.
In order to earn the full IB diploma, students must complete a
series of requirements which are
to pass one exam from each of the
six groups on the IB hexagon (first
language, individuals and societies, mathematics and computer
science, the arts, experimental
sciences, and second language);
take three of these courses at
the higher level; take three of
these courses at the standard
level; and complete of the Theory
of Knowledge course, Extended
Essay, and 150 hours of CAS
(creativity, action, and service).
Students who want to participate in the program must apply
and be at the grade level where
they can take IB classes for at
least two years. The application
process for students still has yet
to be developed but administrators have agreed on a method
that will mainly demonstrate to
the student what is expected in
the program rather than testing or evaluation of the student.
“It’s going to be more concentrated on making sure that kids are
going to be aware of the expectations and rigor of the IB program,”
said Julie Stemple, IB Coordinator
Designate, when asked about the
application process for students.
Breaking
ovens in the school
48
kitchen 5
Brooke
lunch seats in the caftrophies in the
Point 756 eteria
commons 165
Down in
spotlights around
vandalized
12 rocks and trees Numbers the tennis court 36
vacant electrical
plugs in the halls
For those students who want
to participate in IB classes but
do not want to or cannot fulfill all
requirements of the IB diploma
program, Brooke Point will also
offer the IB Certificate option,
which allows students to take IB
classes in only the subjects they
choose. Brooke Point will continue to offer AP courses as well.
Mountain View already offers
the IB program and the hope
is that both Brooke Point and
Mountain View will have IB.
The three other Stafford high
schools will be Commonwealth
Governor
School
sites,
allowing for an equal offering
of higher-level diploma programs in all Stafford schools.
Index
News .................. 2
Sports .................. 3
Student Life ......... 4
Entertainment ... 5
Feature ...............6
Opinion ............... 7
X-Page ................. 8
News 2
News
Briefs
October 29, 2008
Homecoming 2008: International Cities
Find The
Club That
Suits You
By Bailey Sergent
FBLA:
Future Business Leaders of
America
Meetings are held the third Tuesday of every month.
HOSA:
Health Occupations Students of
America
Meetings are the second Monday
of each month.
Dues are $15.00. See Mrs. Baitis
in room 409.
DECA:
An Association of Marketing
Students
Fees for the DECA annual “Program of Work” are $25.00, $14.00
sent to the Virginia Association
of DECA and $11.00 for BPHS
DECA membership fee. See Mrs.
Rose in room 246.
There will be a fundraiser on
September 29.
SCA/Student Council
Association:
President- Kevin McAleese
Vice President- Lacey Merz
Secretary- Pierce Johnston
Treasurer- Kristen Olson
Meetings are held weekly in
room 406.
Lauren Troyer / Hawkeye
By Kate Smith
The 2008 Homecoming
dance, celebrating its theme
of “International Cities,” was
held on October 11 in the
Brooke Point gymnasium. The
gym was transformed into an
array of international cities,
with the use of decorated with
glitter, lights and columns.
The dance was a success in
spite of the Black Hawks’ disappointing performance at
the Homecoming game. The
Hawks lost their first district game to the Mountain
View Wildcats, 26-17. “We
are going to forget that game
and bounce back next week,”
junior Tyler Amano said.
The class floats were judged
at half-time, with the seniors
ranking first with their impression of Tokyo. “It was
creative. All the seniors did
a great job. It could not compare to the junior’s float,”
senior Jeanette Eby said.
The freshmen took second
with Paris. The sophomores’
Las Vegas took third and the
juniors’ Athens took fourth.
“It was a lot of fun, but not a
lot of people worked on it. We
went out there and went cra-
Meetings are the second Thursday of every month at 2:30 in the
theatre.
Dues are $6.00. See Mrs. Wherle
By Hillary Sabetta
or Mrs. Cover.
NHS:
National Honor Society
Sponsor- Graig Giles room 232
Meetings are held regularly the
first Wednesday of every month.
SADD:
Next meeting will be held Tuesday October 23 at 7:10 a.m. in
room 405.
Any questions? See Joe Kania in
room 512.
The Brooke Point Chapter of
the National Honor Society will
be holding its fall blood drive
Wednesday, November 12, 2008.
The American Red Cross allows
any individual who is sixteen
years or older to donate blood with
parental consent. Members of the
National Honor Society will be
signing up potential donors during
all lunch shifts approximately two
weeks before the event. Please
contact Mr. Giles in room 232
with any questions or concerns.
Homecoming
King and
Queen
2008’s Senior Homecoming Court consisted of: Larry
Lowe, Chase Barnett, Brian
Hudson, DeAndre Robinson
and Becky Sampson, Geraldine Choy, and Stephanie
Cox. On Wednesday, October 8 the senior class voted
Chase Barnett and Becky
Sampson as Homecoming
King and Queen. The announcement was made at
the
Homecoming
Dance
on Saturday, October 11.
Homecoming king and queen.
“I did not think I was going to
win I thought I was just going
to be on the court” commented Barnett on winning king.
Throughout the week, students dressed with school spirit. Monday was Mix-N-Match
Day. Tuesday was Nerd Day.
Wednesday was Crayola Day.
Thursday theme day and Friday was Spirit Day. Crayola
and theme days lead to a clash
of the classes with the traditional junior and senior rivalry. “Everyone had spirit. Seeing everyone dressed up was
fun,” said junior Kristen Olson.
BPHS Remembered
September 11
BP Players:
National
Honor
Society
Blood Drive
zy!” junior Jason Hunt said.
Students took pictures, rented limos, went to dinner and
danced the night away. The
doors opened at 8:00pm and
closed at 11:00 pm. Brooke
Point students were on their
best behavior. Few were asked
to leave because of inappropriate dancing. Administrator
Scott McClellan confiscated
nine arm bands, seven for inappropriate dancing and two
for crowd surfing. McClellan
said, “This is one of the best behaved dances we’ve ever had.”
Seniors Chase Barnett and
Becky Sampson were crowned
On Thursday, September 11,
2008, BPHS students and faculty gathered around the flagpole to commemorate those who
lost their lives during the terrorist attacks that occurred in
New York, Washington D.C. and
Pennsylvania seven years ago.
The ceremony began with a
welcome from Student Council Association (SCA) President
Kevin McAleese who thanked
everyone for joining. The American Flag and the Freedom Flag
were raised as SCA Vice President Lacy Merz explained the
Freedom Flag symbolism. “Raising the flag was cool,” stated
SCA Treasurer Pierce Johnston.
The flag raising was followed
by Jesse Croke’s performance of
the “Star Spangled Banner.” A
timeline of the 9/11 events were
orated by Junior Class President
Kellie Hall while Sophomore
Class President Lacey Johnson
laid flowers around the flagpole.
Katie Lewis then played “Taps.”
This was preceded by a moment of
silence, where the crowed bowed
their heads in remembrance.
Pete Ortiz, a history teacher,
believes that holding the ceremony every year is a good idea.
“I think we need to remember We get caught up in our lives and
forget what happened,” he said.
Senior Class Secretary Stephanie Cox has never taken part
in a ceremony but said that,
“it was interesting to see the
kids come off the buses and
take a moment to participate.”
McAleese concluded the
service by thanking everyone for attending the event.
Petition requests drinking age
change; college presidents sign
Doug Kay/Hawkeye
By Megan Helwig
A petition to lower the national drinking age to 18 has
been started by the National
Youths Rights Association, the
largest and most active Youth
Rights Association in the nation.
Now having grown to about
8,000 members, this nationally
led organization supports the
civil and human rights of youth
and supports controversial issues
such as the removal of a curfew
and lowering the drinking age.
Supporters of this petition have
begun pushing a ballot initiative. These supporters claim that
keeping the drinking age at 21
is similar to the National Prohibition of 1920 through 1933.
Prohibition made all alcohol consumption and production illegal and was thought
to actually increase drinking.
Supporters of a change in the
drinking age believe the current
age promotes illegal or underage drinking. They believe that
the age limit does not work and
that minors will drink regardless of the law. Several legislators
from states such as Kentucky,
Wisconsin, and South Carolina
support lowering the legal age.
Their argument is that if 18 year
olds are permitted to fight in the
war they should be allowed to legally purchase and drink alcohol.
Nearly 100 college presidents
also support the change and
have petitioned to lower the current drinking age because they
believe that it will decrease
binge drinking among minors.
According to USA Today, initiatives supported by legislators are
being made to promote more leniencies on the drinking age from
state to state. The initiative in
Missouri would allow everyone 18
and older the legal purchase and
consumption or alcohol, while the
Minnesota bill would allow 18 and
older to purchase alcohol in bars
and restaurants minors would
not be aloud to purchase from alchohol stores until they are 21.
In South Dakota the initiative
would allow 19 and 20 year olds
to buy low alcohol beer.Opponents of this petition claim that
it would result in more binge
drinking in young adults as well
as an increase in alcohol relat-
Photo illustration by abcnews.com
ed car accidents and fatalities.
They also have a 1984 law
on their side. That year, Congress voted to penalize any
state which lowered the drinking age below 21 by taking away
10% of their highway funding.
Though it is not well known, a
federal legal drinking age does
not exist. Several states still
permit minors to drink alcohol,
though all states ban the sale of
alcohol and nearly all the possession of alcohol by minors.
October 29, 2008
Sports Spotlight
Senior Brian Hudson has
been the quarterback of
Brooke Point’s Varsity Football team since his sophomore year and this year
promises to be the football
team’s best season yet...
Sports 3
Brian Hudson ‘09
varsity quarterback
did you start playing
Q When
football and why?
A
Q
A
Q
A
I started playing football when I was 8. I always liked the sport so my dad signed me up.
Why did you choose the number
as your jersey?
I chose number 10 because as a sophomore I had
last pick for numbers and number ten was there,
so I just stuck with it.
How do you think the program
has changed since your first
year?
When I first came to Brooke Point to play football, the team was just average but our program
was on the verge of doing big things. My freshman year, the Varsity squad had its first winning
record in several years. Since then our program
has become a lot more dedicated and serious. All
weight room and conditioning sessions became
mandatory, and a lot harder. We’ve also had a
record of 23-7, made the playoffs three years in a
row, and won a district title.
do you do to prepare
Q What
for a game?
A
is the team’s biggest rival
Q Who
this season?
A
Study our opponents through film, and
game-planning to how they play.
Our biggest rivals this year are probably North
Stafford and Colonial Forge. I think they are
our rivals because they are the closest to our
school and they tend to talk the most trash.
Q
A
Q
A
What are your goals for the
season?
My goal is to have the best possible year
I can have.
Do you want to play football
in college and if so where?
Yes, I plan on playing football in college, but
I’m not sure where yet.
Questions compiled by Caitlyn Cortese
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Student Life 4
We Hawk in
Are The Nest
BP
Each individual in this
school makes up the student
body. We are all equal, but
unique. We are teenagers
full of passion and goals.
These passions that drive
us are plagued by stereotypes that keep our minds
and other minds closed to
possibility.
The Hawkeye presents a
column giving the students
of Brooke Point a challenge.
Anonymous students will
write, without judgment,
about their passions or lifestyles. In doing so they will
become free to speak their
minds and have a chance
to break the stereotype. The
challenge? To listen with
an open mind. Individuals are the student body,
but together we are Brooke
Point.
I Am Straight
Edge
Many people hear the term
“Straight Edge” being thrown
around and often wonder what
it might be. Could it possibly be
some kind of religion? Or even a
cult? You might be surprised to
find out that we’re actually normal. Weird, huh? The only difference between an “edge person” and
a “normal person” is that we’ve
decided never to consume alcohol,
drugs or tobacco. Those are just
the main ideas, but it really comes
down to potentially harming
the one body you have to live in.
I’ve been straightedge for
a year and a half. My uncle made
me want to become straightedge
because he’s been an alcoholic since
he was sixteen. The alcohol has
caused his liver to go along with
his mind. Basically its killing him.
I don’t want that to happen to me.
The three “x’s” mean
straight edge. The first stands for
no smoking, the second stands for
no drugs and the third stands for
no alcohol. By being straightedge
we give all this stuff up. I have a
tattoo of them, just as a reminder.
I play in a band, but
its not straightedge. I can be
in places where other people
are doing stuff but I won’t do
it. I mean, it doesn’t bother me
that much. I used to do some of
that stuff that I’m now against.
Some Edge people go to
the extreme and include no sex,
being a vegan and no caffeine.
They’re not weird or different.
They’re just simply happy that
way, because life is supposed to be
happy right? Just because someone is Edge doesn’t mean they
belong to any one thing, such as
religion. I’m atheist, but I know
plenty of people who are Christian,
Catholic, and I even know someone who follows Judaism. We are
completely normal, yet toxin free.
Signed,
The straightedge kid.
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Meet Allie Schot, aspiring history professor from Italy!
By Bailey Sergent
Where did you to go to school before you came to BPHS?
Naples American High which is in Naples Italy.
What do you think of Brooke Point?
It’s nice, it’s definitely much bigger than my old school but I like it.
BPHS is very spirited and everyone is completely nice to me which
is what I was worried about.
What are your favorite hobbies/ things to do on weekends?
I like to go to the movies with my friends but with my family, we
mainly like to travel. I went to Maryland and D.C. since I’ve never
been there before.
What was your old school like?
Very small, everyone knew everyone. The teachers were so nice and
we took some awesome fieldtrips to old ruins in Italy and we took a
fieldtrip to London and Paris which was so much fun.
What actor or actress do you admire?
I really like Natalie Portman because she’s totally different from all
the other actors and she’s not caught up in all the drama like everyone else is. That’s what I like about her.
If you were a piece of candy, what kind would you be and
why?
Something chocolaty or strawberry because strawberry is my favorite flavor and it’s kind of fun and sweet but not too bold which pretty
much describes me.
What are your plans for the future?
I want to go to college probably in Virginia because it’s cheaper in
state and I want to go all the way and get my doctorate in history
and become a history
Academy.
professor and teach at the Naval
Giving Back to Get into
By K
S
College
ate mith
Seniors and some juniors are starting to feel the pressure
and competition of applying to college. They begin to focus on grades,
teacher recommendations and after school activities. Most students
imagine sports and clubs alone work as after school activities. But
most colleges are starting to look for volunteering both at school and
in the community.
According to Virginia Commonwealth University, “Extracurricular activities and employment experience may strengthen an application.” VCU has the highest enrollment of students within Brooke
Point.
Nancy Dembo of the counseling department agrees that jobs and volunteering will improve chances of getting into college. “Colleges want
the whole picture-grades, SAT scores and community service, in and
out of school activities. They want a well rounded student.”
Students have started to apply for jobs and volunteer at hospitals, animal shelters and other organizations. Senior Kevin Balibay
has been volunteering at the Virginia Healthcare Hospital since the
middle of September.
“It’s cool to work with people,” Balibay said. Once a week he
travels to Arlington to work with patients for four hours. He plans to
continue to volunteer his time until the end of school.
Even freshmen are beginning to feel the pressure of college applications. Freshmen Alexis Smith is volunteering her time
with the Stafford Area Soccer Association. Smith coaches a U8 boys
and girls team a few times a week. During the week she holds two
practices and one or two games, both lasting around an hour. She has
been coaching since the middle of August and will continue till the
end of the season in November.
“It’s great to give back to the community,” Smith says, “but it
makes me not want to have kids.”
North Stafford dished out paint better than they
dished out touchdowns. The Black Hawks won the
game with a score of 47-22.
October 29, 2008
Entertainment 5
Disaster Movie:‘The worst film I’ve ever seen’ «« Rewind
October 29, 2008
A review of a true “disaster” of a movie
By James Shaw
In all my years of having vision, I
have never witnessed as thought
provoking a movie as Disaster
Movie, the latest by Jason Friedberg and Aaron Seltzer (Meet the
Spartans, Epic Movie, Date Movie, and various other affronts to
humanity). As I left the theatre,
several questions swam though
my head- such as “Why haven’t
they stopped yet?” and “Does anyone actually enjoy this rubbish?”
I really cannot imagine why a
studio would even license this
filth, except that maybe they’re
tracking ticket purchases to
add to the list for a governmentsponsored eugenics program.
Disaster Movie follows
the “story” archetype set by its
predecessors, a loosely connected
“plot” that serves as a vehicle to
make “jokes” about various pop
culture icons. The basis for this
is either because the writers
have figured out that they can
target-market their films to the
lowest rung of the American intellectual strata or because they
themselves occupy that group,
I’m not sure which. The continuity of the “plot” is essentially
nonexistent. It is not done in an
absurdist manner, but instead
a pure expression of a total lack
of any imagination whatsoever.
The movie begins with an
attempt at a parody of 10,000 B.C.
The first joke involves the manly
protagonist falling into animal
dung, as seen in third-grade
joke books, and then screeching
like a girl, as seen in children’s
shows of the 70s though today.
This sets the tone perfectly for
the rest of the film. After a tired
scene involving a minute long
belch from an uninspired Amy
Winehouse caricature and an explanation that the earth will be
destroyed on August 29th, 2008,
the plot jumps to the present,
where we learn that the previous sequence of events was but
a dream. This is the easiest and
cheapest way for a screenwriter to shoehorn in an unwieldy
scene. Though I scarcely believed
it to be possible, the movie took
a downward turn from there.
The plot, if one could call
it that, is slightly centered around
a loose “spoof” of Cloverfield and
the latest Indiana Jones. This is
almost entirely forgotten for nearly the whole movie, though, as the
characters stumble around into
tiresome attempts at humor. Most of the jokes focus
around pop-culture events of the
last year, assuming that the target-audience of the movie can’t
remember anything farther back.
This, however, does not stop the
writers from reaching as far into
the past as the Michael Jackson
scandal of 2005, a subject that
stopped being even slightly amusing within a week of it occurring.
This would be bad enough, but is
further worsened by the fact that
Friedburg and Seltzer are about
as good at writing jokes as Helen
Keller is at bullfighting. Most
memorable among all the scenes
was the cringe-worthy section
with Alvin and the Chipmunks.
The foray as a whole was
bad enough that I involuntarily
cringed the entire way through,
and at the climax, which sees the
death of Juno, I had to exert all
the will in my body to resist simply leaving the theatre right then.
After ensuring that it hits every
single point of a bad comedy (racism, bathroom jokes, sexism, etc.)
the movie ends with a musical
number that outlines every pop
icon mentioned throughout the
film, again because of the probably accurate assumption that
the average audience member
has an attention span equivalent
to that of a hyperactive rabbit.
It was safe to say that
this was without a doubt the
worst film I’ve ever seen. That’s
not hyperbole, if anything it’s
an understatement. I have read
scrawlings on bathroom walls
with better structure than this
rubbish. I have suffered head injuries that were more enjoyable
than five minutes of this atrocity.
The one positive note of
the entire experience was that
the theatre floors were devoid of
any stickiness. If you smugly announce your disdain for celebertainment after following the latest
Hilton scandal via every update
on E!, rush home to TiVo every
episode of Mind of Mencia (“he’s
so edgy dude!”) and are perplexed
by the concept of pong, then Disaster Movie might be right for
you. Anyone else would find their
money better spent on a nice book.
Killers’ “Day & Age”set for November release
By Caitlyn Cortese
The Killers, a four-man rock
band from Las Vegas, Nevada,
are set to put out a third album
on November 25. The album
is titled Day & Age and is being released via Island Records.
The band is led by their Mormon lead vocalist and keyboardist
Brandon Flower. Flower teamed up
with the guitarist and background
vocalist Dave Keuning after responding to an ad he discovered
in a newspaper. The band’s final
two members, bassist Mark Stoermer and drummer Ronnie Vannucci Jr., joined a short time later
and in 2002 The Killers were born.
The Killers got their name from a
bass drum of a fictional band that
was in a music video for a song
called “Crystal” by New Order.
In 2004, The Killers released
their debut album titled Hot Fuss.
Singles such as “Somebody Told
Me” and “Mr. Brightside” became fast chart-toppers and the
album was a huge success. Their
second album, Sam’s Town, was
released in October of 2006. The
album did not receive the same
popularity as Hot Fuss did, but
it still contained tracks such as
“When You Were Young” that
were sufficient enough for mainstream radio. These first two albums sold over 12 million copies.
Many fans are wondering if
The Killer’s new album will
be able to match the popularity of the previous two. However
Day & Age, produced by Stuart Price, is greatly anticipated.
The Killer’s hosted a fan-club
only concert on July 29 in New
York where they previewed a few
of their new songs from the Day
& Age album. The album’s title
was named after lyrics from the
song “Neon Tiger”, which was
performed at the event. The first
single off the new CD is titled
“Human.” The track premiered
on the radio on September 22 and
became available for download on
September 30 (www.directcurrentmusic.com). Critics described
the new tune as “a slowly building
slice of sweet synth-pop” and said
that lead singer Brandon Flower
was able to make his smooth voice
sound “even more vulnerable.”
H.H. Holmes: America’s First Serial Killer
By Hillary Sabetta
During the late 1800’s, H. H.
Holmes terrorized the Chicago
area by murdering nine confirmed
victims and attempting hundreds
more. His method was trapping
those who stayed at his hotel
and luring them to their demise.
Holmes charmed the elderly owner of a drugstore into giving him a
job and eventually manipulated
him into allowing him to buy the
store. After the man died from
cancer, Holmes killed his wife and
lied about her whereabouts to concerned store customers. Later, he
purchased a lot across the street
from his drugstore and built a hotel that was deemed “the castle.”
The hotel was initially opened
for the World’s Columbian
Exposition but Holmes used
the labyrinth for much more.
He enticed young women who
were often employees with his
appealing looks to torture and
kill them. He would place the
women in soundproofed rooms
equipped with gas lines so that he
could asphyxiate them whenever
he pleased. Holmes sometimes
locked up his victims near his office so he could hear them scream.
Holmes changed builders numerous times so that only he
knew the true structure of his
hotel. This decreased the risk
of someone reporting him to the
police. He also fired employees every two weeks and therefore did not have to pay them.
He disposed of his victims’ bodies
by throwing them down a chute
to the hotel’s basement. He used
the basement as a laboratory
where he dissected the bodies and
stripped them of their flesh. He
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1970s
By Megan Helwig
“A Clockwork
Orange”
Genre: Dystopian/ Science
fiction
Rating: R
Basic Summary:
Alex DeLarge is a charismatic
and psychopathic adolescent
whose main life pleasures are
classical music and “ultraviolence.” He and his gang of
friends cause mayhem in the
streets of futuristic England.
His friends become discontent
with his unkind ways and try
to revolt, but Alex is too strong
and continues to mistreat them.
They soon deceitfully join him
under the premise of attacking an old cat lady and Alex is
framed by his friends and put
in jail. While incarcerated, he
hears of an experimental aversion therapy now being offered
to “cure” the violence out of
prisoners willing to participate,
and volunteers with the promise
it will greatly reduce his jail
sentence. Once in therapy Alex
is given drugs that produce a
revulsary experience to images
of extreme violence to condition
him against it. A Clockwork
Orange is based on the 1962
novel of the same title by Anthony Burgess.
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used a wide array of tools ranging from furnaces, to pits of acids, to bottles of poison to destroy
his cadavers. Not only did he
murder people but he also killed
several women while conducting illegal abortion procedures.
Holmes was caught and arrested in 1894 when police connected
him with a life-insurance fraud
scam where he killed associate
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Benjamin Pitezel. Police later
thoroughly investigated his hotel
and found the murder “weapons”
and various corpses. He was tried
for the murder of Pitezel and confessed there were twenty-seven
more murders including men,
women and children. In 1896, H.
H. Holmes was hanged at the Philidelphia County Prison. He suffered a slow and torturous death.
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Album: “Nevermind the
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Notable Songs: “God
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The Sex Pistols are known as
the extremely controversial
creators of punk-rock. They
were a 1970’s band comprised
of vocalist Johnny Rotten,
guitarist Steve Jones, drummer Paul Cook, and bassist
Glen Matlock, who was later
replaced by Sid Vicious. Their
career only lasted three years.
They recorded only one studio
album and four singles. Their
demise became inevitable
when Rotten left the band in
1978. The remaining trio tried
to continue, but disbanded in
1979. The Sex Pistols were admitted into the Rock and Roll
Hall of Fame in 2006.
Feature 6
October 29, 2008
Spirit Week Calendar 2008-2009
By: Lauren Troyer
Tuesday
October 7
Monday
October 6
Mix
and
Match
Day
NERD
DAY
Wendsday
October 8
Crayola
Day
Seniors - Green
Juniors- Blue
Thursday
October 9
Theme
Day
Friday
October 10
Saturday
October 11
Football game
7:30pm
Homecoming
Dance 8pm
Spirit Day
International
Cities
Seniors -Tokiyo
Juniors- Athens
Sophomores-Pink
Freshman- Orange
Sophomores
- Las vegas
All around the world
By: Melody Barry
Suwapat Tasawat
Thialand
Magdalena
Petutschnig
Kejun Li (Devin) Hua Yu Qing Yang
China
(Jenifer)
Austria
China
What made you want to come
to America and have you
been to any other states or
countries?
Because I want to learn the language and culture. Yes I came
in August and I’ve been to Texas
before I came to Virginia
What made you want to come
to America and have you
been to any other states or
countries?
I want to experience how people
live and how holidays are. I wanted
to make it a personal experience. I
visited Italy and Croatia.
What do you miss about
home?
I miss my parents and friends but
I’m not homesick yet
What do you like most about
America?
I like the people. They are so nice
and the cute American boys.
How are schools different?
In Thailand we wear uniforms and
there are nine periods. Also, we go
from 8am-4pm. American schools
are more relaxed and I like that.
How are the schools
different?
Everything is really big. It’s more
populated, and a little more strict,
like the dress code.
There aren’t any lunch shifts either,
because we start at 7:50 am and
stop at 1pm.
What is your favorite class?
My favorite class is algebra.
How are schools different?
In China you never choose what
class to take in high school - it’s
exciting to choose.
What made you want to come
to America and have you
been to any other states or
countries?
To practice my English and experience the culture. I’ve been to
London
What do you like most about
America?
Ive enjoyed being in the U..S. people
are friendly. I like your style, culture, and science.
What is your favorite food
here?
Pizza
What made you want to come
to America and have you
been to any other states or
countries?
I joined a program exchange because it is useful to my future and
to improve my english. Learn about
culture, and teaching ways.
What is your favorite food
here? Pizza, Italian, noodles, and
cookies.
What do you miss about
home?
I miss my parents and my bed.
How are schools different?
In China school is from the morning
to 6 to 7. Students stay in the room
and the teachers come to us.
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Opinion 7
October 29, 2008
Question Senior Spirit: Did they take it too far?
of
the
m o n t h
Yes
No
Should the
drinking age
be lowered to
age 18?
“Yes, because I
think if 18 year
olds are old
enough to fight
in the war then
they’re responsible enough to
drink.”
Kelsey Afman
Senior
“Yeah, because
everything else
is legal at 18.”
Delonte Fennell
Sophomore
“I guess, yeah.
The rest of the
world is doing
it.”
Graham Harrison
Junior
“Yes, they do it
anyway so you
might as well
allow it.”
Giovanni Ramirez
Sophomore
The Hawkeye
Staff
Brooke Point High School
1700 Courthouse Rd. Stafford,
VA 22554
Kevin McAleese
Editor-In-Chief
Terence Edelman
Asst. Editor-In-Chief
Shannon Boyle
News Editor
Lauren Troyer
Feature Editor
Sydney Ballesteros
Student Life Editor
By Ciara Berg
On spirit day the seniors’ lack of
respect for themselves and other
ruined homecoming. Most seniors
are practically adults with the responsibility of driving and with
the right to vote.They should know
the difference between school
spirit and vandalism. Spirit is
acceptable. Breaking rules, vandalism and complete disregard or
respect for others is not. The seniors used intimidation tactics to
scare the underclassman in order
to make them feel inferior. They
blocked the doors to the school entrance, used obscene gestures and
acted with crude behavior. Is this
how they want to be remembered?
Seniors deserve respect
for being upperclassman but
somewhere along the way they
have lost my respect because of
their inappropriate actions. The
thing that upsets me the most
about their behavior was the
complete disregard of the freshman, sophomores, juniors and
even their own classmates’ hard
work and effort in decorating
their hallways. Call it what you
may but their little “spirit run”
was not spirited. It was vandalism. All the hallways were prac-
tically destroyed limb from limb,
as if a tornado had ripped through
them. The seniors didn’t treat it
as a friendly competition and took
it too far by tearing the hallways
down. If they had wanted to prove
they were “elite,” they should have
brought it with their hallway.
Seniors should be able
to have a class prank. They deserve it, unless it puts the safety
of their fellow students in danger
and/or vandalizes school property and breaks school rules.
Even though Friday was a “spirit day,” it was still an academic
day. All school rules were in effect. Classes were to be attended
and students were expected to
act appropriately for a learning
environment. This was not exhibited on homecoming Friday.
There are other ways to
show school spirit. Chaos could
have been avoided if the seniors
had a designated time for their
“spirit run.” I would have made
sure administration was notified if
any gathering before or after school
is taking place on school property.
Seniors should have to define the word spirit. Then they will
know the true meaning of the word.
By Krysten Marshall
The senior privileges are earned
and well deserved. Upon arriving
at Black Hawk Lane on Friday,
“Spirit Day,” we could see that
the Brooke Point “Elite,” the seniors, had arrived. By the time
we reached the school’s entrance,
we were bombarded with seniors
dressed in home-made outfits
adorned with fringe, boas and
face-paint, instructing underclassmen to “Bow Down.” The Brooke
Point Class of 2009 was here.
The senior class has worked its
way from being awkward freshmen to seemingly cool sophomores
to anxious juniors and finally, to
the top of the school, the “Elite.”
During this time, they have endured the same treatment as the
underclassmen of today. They did
not feel any less invisible or any
more petrified walking though
the halls than the freshmen who
entered in the fall. After years of
being picked on, they have earned
the right to be proud and admired.
This is the seniors’ final year
of high school and their last year
of adolescence. Pretty soon, they
will be joining the workforce or
dropping down to the bottom of
the university food chain. This
Letters to
the Editor
Put an end
to Nerd Day
I am involved in the drama club
here at Brooke Point and even
though I do not dress up myself, I
love to see the creativity of the other students during Spirit Week.
On my way into school last week,
I saw students accessorized with
suspenders, rolling backpacks and
high waist pants. It was “Nerd
Day.” Who, may I ask, came up
with the utterly insulting theme
for that day? Since when is it fun
to make fun of our fellow students
when our own school motto is “As
One?” Why is it fun to make fun
of kids because they do not follow
the lemming-like trends of most
of the students at Brooke Point?
Next year, why don’t we have
“Fat Kid Day” or “Ghetto Day”
or “Let’s Make Fun of Gay Kids
Day?” When I asked people who
were dressed up if they thought
it was mean, most of the replies
consisted of “Oh, it’s just funny” and “Don’t worry, it doesn’t
hurt anyone’s feelings.” News
Flash. It is not funny, and it
hurt A LOT of people’s feelings.
To students who do not fit in with
the popular kids, it is cool to be
smart. It is cool to read books and
it is cool to care about things bigger
than high school. Stop Nerd Day!
Emily Mansfield, ‘10
Melody Barry
Entertainment Editor
Meredith Cavalier
Sports Editors
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Editorials represent the views of the writers and are not
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was the seniors’ opportunity to
show off their creativity and to
make their mark on the school.
With this final year of childhood came the all important
senior prank. The seniors celebrated their superiority by plastic wrapping the junior parking
lot and “decorating” it with the
leftovers of their senior breakfast. They in no way vandalized school property. They were
completely within their rights.
The entire point of displaying
their class spirit was to show their
unity. In working together to think
up and put together a unique senior prank, this was well shown.
As a sophomore, the seniors and
their antics are my favorite part
of Spirit Week. I admire their enthusiasm and creativity. Although
some will not admit it, we underclassmen will do just the same
when we enter our final year at
Brooke Point. We will want everyone else to stand in awe of our class
and wait and wish for their day to
stand in our black and red shoes.
The high school years are the
best of our lives. We should be
able to enjoy them without being harassed by underclassmen.
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make sure we receive the photo using the following guidelines:
Photo must be of subject with the drape or tux.
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HOMECOMING 2008
X-scream Makeover
Monsters Among Us
Hawkeye staffers Yvonne Eber, Bailey Sergent and Brittany Webster transformed four fellow students into terrifying
monsters!
SCREAMTASTIC!
Mike Sestito
Pierce Johnston
Skeletor
The Joker
Mary Chorzempa
Bloody Mary
Cody Beiswanger
Wolf Man