Jan.-Feb. Edition - Hanover Public School District

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The Orange and Black
A Hanover Tradition
Volume 82, Issue 3
Inside This Issue
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Hanover High School, Hanover, Pennsylvania
January—February 2009
Inauguration: A Change Has Come
By Erika Ayres
This I Believe
5 Chalkboard Chatter
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Let the Good Times
Roll
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Ask Andi
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Twilight
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A Rebirth of Spirit
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HHS Sports
Teacher Quiz
Drama Night
Featured Staff:
Chief Editor: Aaron Smith
The 2009 inauguration for Barack Obama,
the forty-fourth President
of the United States, took
place on January 20, 2009
in Washington D.C. An
important and changing
day in history, for Barack
Obama is America’s first
African American President.
The inauguration
marked the commencement of
Barack Obama and Joseph
Biden as President and Vice
President for a four year term.
Approximately 2 million came
to Washington D.C., making it
the most attended inauguration
HHS Gets New Principal
Student Writers:
Erika Ayres
Cassie Balek
Madison Hoff
Ashley Lawyer
Casey Louthian
Jordan Martz
Jonathan Osladil
Meghan Royston
Savannah Samuels
Jessie Shaffer
Aaron Smith
Brittany Staub
Dona Tolic
Artwork and Photos:
Erika Ayres
Cassie Balek
Ashley Brown
Danielle Brown
Jaide Finfrock
Alex Henke
Ashley Lawyer
Aaron Smith
Advisor: Mrs. Paula Frank
in history.
The theme of the
56th inauguration was “A
New Birth of Freedom,” celebrating the 200th anniversary
of the birth of Abraham Lincoln.
The inaugural pa-
As our country gets
a new president, our very
own school is getting a new
principal. Mr. Andrew
Samuelsen took over his
new position on January
26th.
Mr. Samuelsen was
born in Wilmington, Delaware, and grew up in Westchester, Pennsylvania. He
attended Westchester East
High School, and after he
graduated he enlisted in the
Marine Corps.
He trained at
Parris Island during the
Gulf War, but was never
deployed. He was also stationed in Okinawa and in
North Carolina for two years.
Mr. Samuelsen graduated college from Messiah
with a degree in English education.
His first teaching position was at Coudersport
rade lasted two hours in the
early evening of January
20, following the inaugural
ceremony. Participants
included 15,000 people,
240 horses, dozens of
marching bands, including
the high school marching
band fro m Punahou
School, Obama's high
school in Hawaii.
Barrack and Michelle
attended ten official inaugural
balls after the inaugural ceremony. Celebrities who attended include: Oprah, Beyonce, Mariah Carey, Leonardo DiCaprio, Alicia Keys,
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By Aaron Smith
Junior and Senior High School,
in Potter County, Pennsylvania. He taught English and
was the journalism advisor for
three years.
He then went on to
teach English at Northern
York, where he taught and
coached track for three years.
His most recent position was assistant principal in
nearby Littlestown from 2005
to 2009.
The best part about
Hanover High School that Mr.
Samuelsen has seen so far is
the friendly students, teachers,
and staff.
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Inauguration
Faith Hill, Adam Levine,
Sting, Denzel Washington,
Jamie Foxx, Queen Latifah,
Rihanna, Stevie Wonder and
more.
Mrs. Erin Smith,
Hanover’s senior English
teacher, was one of the many
who attended the inauguration. “It was an awesome
experience to be there. It was
uplifting to listen to President
Obama’s speech and to be a
part of History,” said Mrs
Smith.
There was even a
kids’ inaugural on Monday
January 19, 2009 in Washing-
ton D.C. It was hosted by First
Lady, Michelle Obama, and the
Vice Preisdent’s wife, Jill Biden, along with their families.
Tickets to the event were distributed to families through the
US Department of Defense and
through the Boys and Girls
Clubs of Greater Washington.
Teen sensations such as Miley
Cyrus and the Jonas Brothers
performed at the event for the
First daughters, Sasha and Malia, as well as the rest of the
invited audience.
January 20th, 2009 will
be remembered for many years
to come because it was the day
a change occurred in America,
a change that will make a dif-
This I Believe
My past has made me who
I am. I believe in not wasting time,
wishing we could change the past,
but rather using those experiences to
shape a better future. I believe in
learning from my mistakes and misfortunes. I believe in letting people
into our lives even it if causes us
pain. I have moved around a lot in
my life and this has changed me
tremendously. Moving around all
the time and disconnecting (for the
most part) from my friends caused
me to close myself off from others.
With every move it got harder and
harder to let people get close to me.
I was sick of the pain of losing people in my life. I was sick of everyone in my everyday life being torn
out in an instant. The pain was too
great. So what did I do? I refused
to let people get too close. I pushed
people away. I knew it was no way
to live; I knew it was better to love
and lose than never love at all, and
President Obama, Oprah Winfrey, and First
Lady Michelle Obama wave to a crowd of
supporters.
By Jonathan Osladil
yet I couldn’t bring myself to it. I would
try to fight it but couldn’t. I had conditioned myself to keep the doors closed to
others, to need no one.
I would lie in bed looking back,
seeing how close I was with my friends
even at the young age of three when I experienced my first move. I would recall
how after moving to Illinois it took me a
while to become friends with my neighbor;
eventually, I let him be part of my life. I
would spend almost the entire day with
him day after day, playing this or that, just
using our imaginations. Then I started first
grade. No longer could I wake up at 5:30
in the morning, wake the neighbors up, and
ask if Zach could come out to play. No,
we had school now. I went off to my
school and he went off to his. We would
still come home and rush through our
homework and play for the remainder of
the day, but at school I still closed myself
off to others. For the first half of the year,
I would sit on the curb and wait for recess
to pass by. Everyday someone would
come up and ask if I was in a time out.
Everyday I would respond “no,” and they
would say, “Do you want to come and play
with us?” My answer to this question was
always “no,” until finally I did it. I let the
people at school into my life and I
changed. No longer was I the kid that
would sit on the curb; instead, I was the
kid making up games to play. I grew close
over the next few years with those kids.
Until half way through my third grade
ye ar
I
heard the
news, we
were moving to Minnesota.
With
a
mere two
weeks notice,
I
couldn’t
believe we
were moving so fast.
I got up to Minnesota and wanted nothing to do with the people there. People
came in from my class and offered to
show me around. I was mad at every
single one of them. I even insulted this
one girl’s picture, which she never let
me live down. I didn’t want any of
them to like me. I wanted to be back
with my friends in Illinois, not making
new ones. Eventually, slowly over
time, I became friends with them, not
nearly as close as I had been with Zach,
but still close.
Every time something seems to
be going well, my life seems to shatter
and fall to pieces again. At the end of
my ninth grade year, I learned I was
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Principal
“Hanover has a beautiful building. It’s clean, but
warm, and I think a lot of that
warmth has to do with the students and faculty,” he commented.
As for things he may
want to change or put into effect, he said that he is currently
meeting with student council
and department chairs to find
out what we do well as a
school, and what could be
changed for the better.
He also said that it
might be nice to see three
lunches again. “It’s just too
crowded in there with two
lunches,” he said.
Mr. Samuelsen said
that in his first few weeks, he’s
seen that HHS has a good sense
of tradition and is aware of its
history.
All in all, Mr. Samuelsen is very happy to be here.
“There’s a lot of good
happening, and I want to be a
part of that.”
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This I Believe
going to be moving again to
Pennsylvania. One of my good
friends had just moved away,
but he had only moved two
hours away while I was to be
moving over twenty. No driving back on the weekends for
me. Once here I kept to myself
for the most part, hanging out
here and there but never having
any close relationships.
I’ve learned to be a
little better, as looking back I
see that every time I let people
into my life my life gets a little
bit brighter, and sometimes a
lot brighter. Yeah, I still struggle with it, and I have missed a
lot because of all that has happened to me, but this has also
made me who I am. Although I
regret things and wish I were
different in some ways, I
wouldn’t trade who I am with
anyone. My past has made me.
This I believe.
Want to Hear Something Funny?
President Bush
By Brittany Staub
As president, one has
the right to pardon (get
people out of jail.)
Okay, so this may not
be a bad privilege, but
has anyone followed
up on the people Bush pardoned? Maybe
you haven’t but I have, and to have had a
president who has pardoned people whom
most Americans wouldn’t agree with is
very scary. According to Wikipedia,
George W. Bush pardoned “189 persons
who served their entire sentence and commuted in addition the sentences of 11
persons.”
One of them being Richard
Culpepper, who was convicted of making
false statements to the United States. According to ABA Journal, Culpepper lied
to the government in an attempt to receive
unemployment. Does anyone see the flaw
in this besides me? Bush pardoned someone who lied to the government, something that Bush himself was apart of. Or
maybe Bush had a soft heart when
“Culpepper attached photos of his English
pointer hunting dog to his letter requesting a pardon.”
That wonderful prior president
of ours also pardoned John Forte. In 2000,
Forte was arrested at Newark International Airport when they found 31 pounds
of liquid cocaine in his possession. This
amount of cocaine easily ran to a $1.4
million street value. When he was convicted he was sentenced for 14 years. In
2007, a letter was written to Bush on
Forte’s behalf asking him to pardon John,
and he did. Forte was released on December 22 to have no other punishment than
five years of supervised probation. Seem
fair? Not really, not for $1.4 million of
cocaine.
You would think with our economy as bad as it is he would not have
pardoned people that were convicted of
bank fraud. Oh no, he had no problem
pardoning such people. According to the
United States Department of Justice’s
website, Bush also pardoned William
McCright Jr, McCright was a resident of
Midland, Texas and was convicted of
“making false entries, books, reports or
statements of bank.”
All too often people across
America have been tuning into their
nightly news to hear that there has been a
shooting. This is a scary thought, knowing that bad people are armed. What’s
even scarier is when people selling guns
aren’t following the proper procedures
while selling them. James Adams was
convicted in 1965 of falsifying firearm
records. After being prosecuted for this,
Bush felt the need to pardon him. Was he
trying to make America an unsafe environment or was his ignorance leading to
it?
Bruce Louis Bartos was a citizen of Florida. In 1987 he was charged
with “transportation of a machine gun in
foreign commerce,” stated on the United
States Department of Justice’s website.
Bush pardoned him as well.
Now it’s one thing to pardon
someone with a minor offense, wrongful
offense, or one offense, but it’s another
when you’re pardoning someone with
multiple offenses. For example, Joseph
Daniel Gavin was convicted in 1984 by a
U.S. Army general court-martial for
“failure to obey an order, drunk and disorderly in quarters, communicating a
threat, disrespect to a superior commissioned officer, assault, damage to government property, resisting, and apprehension,” according to the United States Department of Justice’s website.
More recently, before leaving
office, he pardoned a man named Ignacio
Ramos and Jose Compean. In 2006,
Ramos and Compean shot and wounded
Osvaldo Adlrete Davial (a Mexican drug
smuggler) and tried to keep it under
cover. Nice one Bush! I guess it’s okay to
try and kill people now. What a good
president.
I can accept the fact that as a
president, one may pardon whom they
wish while they are in office, but what I
can’t accept is the people who are getting
pardoned. In addition, there is not a limit
to the number of people a president can
pardon. This should be changed and it
needs to be. There should be limits on the
numbers and circumstances. Something
needs to be done. It needs to be changed.
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The Legend is Alive
By Aaron Smith
There are some movies that
are horrible, such as “Balls of Fury.”
Other movies are good movies, like
“Reservoir Dogs.” Still, there are
movies out there that are great, such
as “The Dark Knight.”
A few select movies, however, are destined to be timeless
masterpieces of film. “Gran
Torino,” starring Clint Eastwood, is
one of these films.
The film starts off with
Walt Kowalski (Clint Eastwood), a
Korean War Veteran, at his wife’s
funeral. Walt lives in a changing
Detroit neighborhood; the whites
have mostly moved out, and the
Hmong people, a native people of
Southeastern Asia, are moving in.
Walt, who is very racist and stubborn, despises seeing his old
neighborhood changing.
Next door to Walt lives a
Hmong family. Thao (Bee Vang),
the youngest boy in the family, is
being pressured by his cousin, Spider (Doua Moua), to join a gang. As
initiation, Thao must steal Walt’s
prized Ford Gran Torino. Thao is
caught in the act by Walt, who
points an M1 Garand in Thao’s face
and tells him to get out.
A few days later, Spider
returns with his gang members,
and try to take Thao away from
his family. After Thao and his
oldest sister, Sue (Ahney Her),
verbally assault Spider, the gang
tries to wrestle Thao away. The
fight spills over onto the lawn of
Walt, and Walt points his M1 in
the face of Spider and tells him to
get off of his property.
The entire neighborhood
thinks that Walt saved Thao, and
they bring him gifts. Walt rejects
these gifts, until Thao’s mother
orders Thao to work for Walt because he tried to steal his car.
Walt develops a friendship with
Sue, and even begins to act like a
mentor to Thao.
More violent gang problems follow Thao and his family,
and Walt steps up to defend them.
The way the movie ends is a total
surprise, and is beautiful and
touching despite Walt’s hard
edges.
“Gran Torino” is a stunning example of Eastwood’s talent and creative genius. There is
nothing fake in this movie. It is
real, it is gritty, and it is raw.
As soon as Eastwood
comes on screen, you realize that
his character has seen a lot of bad
things. This entire feeling permeates throughout the film, and contributes to the grisly tone of the
movie.
If you can only see one
movie this year, go see “Gran
Torino.” It will make you laugh,
and it will make you cry.
And it may be the last
time you can see the legendary
Clint Eastwood in action.
COUNSELOR’S
CORNER: JAN/FEB
2009
All underclassmen will receive scheduling
information for the 2009-2010 school year by
the end of February. Counselors are available
at any time to discuss potential schedules
with any students- just make an appointment.
FRESHMEN- if you have not had your
appointment with Mrs. Caler or Mrs. Boyd…
stop down to the Guidance Office to set up an
appointment in the near future!
JUNIORS- you’re next!!! Mrs. Caler will
start to see juniors in the next few weeks.
Mrs. Boyd will see juniors when she returns
from maternity leave. Included in discussions will be: credit counts toward graduation, SAT sign-up deadlines, senior schedules, college planning, etc.
SENIORS-make sure you check the scholarship list in Mr. Bauer’s classroom. The next
edition will be ready soon. Also at the end of
February in Mrs. Smith’s English Class …
you will receive local scholarship forms.
MAKE THE DEADLINES Finally if you
have applied to any colleges recently and
have not told guidance to send a transcript,
please make guidance aware that one needs to
be sent ASAP. If you have received an acceptance letter and have not told Mrs. Caler or
Mrs. Boyd, please let them know your good
news!!!!!
Opinions expressed are
those of the authors and do not
reflect the position of the Orange and Black.
The Orange and Black is
an open forum for the students
and staff at HHS. We welcome
all appropriate viewpoints.
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Chalkboard Chatter
El vuelco/The Turnabout
By James Blake, Language Department
Growing up in New Jersey, I remember waking up in the morning and smelling so many different smells from my family’s multi-ethnic kitchen. I remember how Mom would be driving us to school and I would be able to smell
the onion on her hands from the back seat. Having a Puerto Rican Mother
and an Italian and Irish father, there was always some sort of cooking going
on. My mother, born Ivette Rosario, grew up in a very small Jersey City
home with her divorced father. My father grew up in an Italian home with his
very opinionated mother and an Irish orphaned father, as well as numerous
family members, including an aunt, an uncle, a grandmother named Asunta from Italy, and some brothers and sisters.
Food in my home has always been an integral part of my life. My sister and I have been brought up with
many multiethnic traditions and food concepts. Many of which are very different to some of our HHS students, as
well as some of my friends growing up. To me they were normal acceptable Jersey City foods: Pepsi and milk, tomatoes and mayo, and of course, rice and beans. Every Sunday was our Italian meatballs and gravy (tomato sauce) day.
All of my dad’s family would cram into my Aunt Chris’ apartment and scarf down plates of spaghetti and meatballs.
Every once in a while the Irish side would come out with corn beef and cabbage. It was nice. I loved the city. I
loved being close to family and to things I knew, things I felt comfortable with. In fifth grade all this changed.
My family moved to North Western New Jersey like many families, in order to give their children an opportunity to grow up in the great outdoors, where we would not be victims of urban crime. North Western Jersey is a lot
like Hanover and its rural neighbors, very conservative and white. My fellow classmates loved to remind me that I
was not 100% Anglo. They made it very clear to me that I was not welcome. I remember thinking of myself as
unlucky. Apparently arroz con gandules (rice and beans) was something gross and was only for poor people. It wasn’t what my other white friends were eating, so for some reason it was wrong and I began to feel embarrassed. I
thought my family and cultures were something to look down upon. I did this for about nine years of my life. I withdrew from anything that linked me to them. To this day I am ashamed of that decision.
Fast-forwarding to year 2000, a 24-year-old Jim Blake would find himself living in a small trailer in colorful
Colorado with two roommates and a 120 lb Rottweiler. I drilled water wells, fished and hiked and loved life. However, food was suddenly something we had to make. It was no longer served at home or in a convenient cafeteria. My
roommates and I had to learn to cook. I had remembered a few dishes I saw my mom cook various times and I immediately took to it. Cutting onions, garlic and peppers as it all came to me, especially the smell. I can remember
after that first dinner, sitting on the drilling rig with ear plugs in and gloves on, even with senses a bit covered, I could
still smell the onion on my hands through my oil soaked gloves.
Like my mother before me, the scent of a traditional meal lay on my hands. A tradition I was actually embarrassed of for a period of my life. A tradition built on the backs of hard working people, winners and losers, rich
and poor, conquerors and conquered, and masters and slaves. We all have tradition in our blood. Remember to always be proud of it. Embrace it. If you are not connected to it, get connected! Each of us brings something different
to the table. This is what makes America great.
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Man and Dog Against Nature
By Savannah Samuels
The Iditarod Sled Dog
Race itself has become known as
the ‘Last Great Race on Earth,’
holding the world’s interest year
after year. The race puts man and
dog together against the force of
nature of the wild Alaskan terrain.
This year is the 37th (XXXVII)
race.
In Wasilla, Alaska as
seventy-three racers prepare for
the open class race of 1,150 miles
this year. These mushers are
equipped with varying ranges of
experience, support,
and care for their dogs.
The Iditarod Trail
Committee (ITC) encourages all mushers
who wish to enter the
race to do so. The object of this famous race
is to determine which
team (of the musher
and their seven dogs)
can cover the race in
the shortest time under
their own power and
without any help. If
two racers are close to
winning, the nose of
the first dog to cross
wins.
A musher must have
certain qualifications. It costs
$4,000 to enter the race, they must
be of 18 years of age and they
must have completed either a
small race prior to the Iditarod or
the Yukon Quest International
Sled Dog Race before they signed
up. Mushers must be in good financial standing with the ITC in
order to race.
Each musher must personally sign in at each checkpoint
before continuing the race. It is
required that each musher takes
one twenty-four hour stop during
the race. This stop may be taken
when it most benefits the dogs
according to the musher. In addi-
tion to this stop the musher must take
an eight-hour stop on the Yukon and
an eight-hour stop at White Mountain.
These two eight hour stops are not
allowed to be combined.
Each musher is required to
have certain items on the sled with
them at all times. These items include
a proper sleeping bag, an ax (to certain
lengths and weight), one pair of snowshoes, material provided by the ITC,
two sets of booties for each dog- one
wearing, one on the sled, cooker and a
pot capable of holding at least three
gallons of water at once, a veterinarian
notebook to be presented at each
checkpoint, and a gang line or tie capable of securing the dog team.
The sled has its own requirements as well. It must be capable of
hauling any injured or sick dogs under
cover plus all the equipment mentioned above and food enough for all.
The food and equipment cannot weigh
more than 60 pounds. A musher is
allowed to use three sleds during the
race. Two will be delivered to different checkpoints.
The maximum number of
dogs a musher may start with is sixteen. Twelve dogs must be on the
starting line. Six dogs must be at the
finish line. But if any of the dogs show
aggressive behavior, they cannot participate. At checkpoints dogs must stay outside unless it is a veterinary examination,
and even then the dogs are placed back
outside afterwards.
The race itself starts in Anchorage, Alaska. Every year thousands of
people gather to watch the start off on 4th
Avenue. Many roads are blocked for
days because of this. There are two
routes. The northern route is for the
years that end in even numbers and the
southern route (this one) is for the years
that end in odd numbers (2009).
Any musher who has pulled in
to the finish two hours before
the awards are presented will
receive an award of their own.
$610,000 total will shared
among the top thirty placers.
For those who place thirty-one
and beyond will be given
$1,049.
The Iditarod Trail Committee
promotes and preserves the
trail of the sled-dog race. The
trail for the Iditarod is now a
National Historic Trail that
began as a mail and supply
route. It later became the saving highway for the ‘epidemicstricken Nome.’ In 1925, the
people, especially children, of
Nome were sick with diphtheria. A sleddog team, led by Balto, ran the medicine
home from Nenana to save them.
On the site of the Iditarod,
www.iditarod.com, anyone can browse
the shop, become a member and a fan,
follow the Iditarod Race itself as it runs
in March of 2009, and see information
about visiting Alaska.
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V-Tech Tragedies
Imagine going to a school, where
just two years ago there was a mass
killing. Then imagine sitting at
lunch eating and seeing someone get
decapitated. That’s what happened
at Virginia Tech.
According to Zimbio, on
January 21, 2009 at about 7 p.m.
Haiyang Zhu decapitated Xin Ying
in Au Bon Pain café with a kitchen
knife.
“Seven people witnessed
the murder and two called 911.
Campus police were reportedly on
the scene in just over one minute
and arrested Zhu without incident.”
According to CNN, Ms.
Ying had just graduated from Beijing. She was 22 years old. Zhu is
charged with first-degree murder
and will not receive bail.
Chief Wendell Flinchum
was questioned about this recent
incident. Ying and Zhu “were not
seen arguing, or anything of that
nature,” stated Flinchum. When
authorities got to the scene of the
crime Zhu was still sitting there as if
nothing was wrong and was arrested.
Not only is this a horrible
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By Brittany Staub
act for someone to commit, but Zhu
and Ying also knew each other. According to emergency contact records,
Zhu was one of Ying’s contacts.
On April 16, 2007, Cho Seung-Hui went on a mass killing spree
at
Virginia
Tech. He killed 32 people, took his
own life, and wounded 25 others.
This incident was the first
mass murder since Columbine in
1999. In both incidents, the murderers
committed suicide.
Could both of these tragedies
have been prevented? Maybe, well at
least Cho’s. Usually there are warning
signs, as in any person that would attempt such an unlawful act.
Cho’s mental state was
greatly questioned when this act happened less than two years ago.
Let the Good Times Roll!
“Hey throw me some
beads!” may be an
odd phrase to shout
around here, but in
New Orleans during
Mardi Gras it’s quite
common. And even
though it’s an official
Christian holiday thanks to Pope
Gregory XIII, and known as
“Carnivale” to the rest of the world,
you’re only really celebrating Mardi
Gras if your in the city of New Orleans.
The Mardi Gras we know
today didn’t officially start in New
Orleans until the mid 1800s, but the
tradition and celebration can be
dated back hundreds of years into
European history, and the concept was
brought to America in 1699 by French
explorer Sieur D’Iberville.
Mardi Gras literally means,
“Fat Tuesday” and is celebrated as the
last major party, the day before Lent
begins.
Mardi Gras has many traditions
and symbols, one of them being the King
Cake. This cake holds a small plastic
baby Jesus, and whoever finds Jesus in
their piece of cake is crowned King or
Queen of the party, and is required to
buy the cake for the next year.
Another popular tradition most
noted by Mardi Gras is the throwing of
beads, which originally started in the
1960s by throwing expensive imported
glass beads. The cost of the glass beads
What are the warning signs?
According to campusreportonline.net,
“The killer, Seung-Hui Cho, had a long
pattern of aberrant behavior: he was accused of stalking by at least two different
female students, he was taken to a mental health facility for fear that he might
be suicidal, and professors and other
students alike were unnerved and distressed by his behavior and twisted writing. According to English professor
Lucinda Roy, she went to the campus
police and other authorities but they
chose not to deal with Cho because he
made no explicit threats to her safety.”
Although not too much information has been released on Zhu’s state
yet, zimbio.com has uncovered some
details that may have played a part in
this incident. According to Zimbio, Zhu
posted a blog earlier in the month. The
blog was in Chinese, but when it was
translated it read: “Big stock losses. Recently I've been so frustrated I think only
of killing someone or committing suicide.”
Hopefully the mentality of students will be taken a little more seriously
in the future to keep such incidents from
happening.
By Madison Hoff
became too much when more people
demanded them, so they began to
throw cheap plastic beads to the spectators.
The Mardi Gras festival has
official colors that are prominently
well known and shown throughout;
purple for justice, green for faith, and
gold for power.
Mardi Gras’ first documented
parade was in 1837 and was unsuccessful due to the vast amount of violence that took place in the streets. But
as time went on, Mardi Gras became
more and more successful. It was,
however, cancelled during World War
I and II, but not during Prohibition.
Though New Orleans considered can(Continued on page 14)
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Ask Andi
Q: Dear Andi, My mom is constantly comparing me to my older
sister. She always seems to be
downsizing me and putting my sister up on this high-and-mighty pedestal. My sister’s grades have always been better than mine, that is
nothing new, but recently my mom
has really been jumping down my
throat about it. I try my hardest, so
why can’t that be enough? How do I
get her off my back, Andi? Signed,
Not Perfect
A: Dear Not Perfect, I think you
should confront your mom in a mature way and tell her how you feel.
You and your sister are two totally
different people, and your mom
needs to accept that you’re not going to be exactly the same. You have
your strong points, and your sister
has hers. Comparing the two of you
isn’t fair.
Q: Dear Andi, Please help me or I’ll
go insane! My little sister is always
around, and she never gives me any
privacy. It was kind of cute how she
seemed to idolize me when she was
little (around 4 or 5), but now that
she’s getting older (she’s 8) it’s not so
cute any more. She talks like me,
dresses like me, and now she’s even
starting to listen to the same music as
me! It’s getting on my nerves and I
want to say something, but at the same
time, I don’t want to hurt her feelings.
What should I do? Signed, Tired of
my Mini-Me
A: Dear Tired of my Mini-Me, First
off, I think you need to understand that
your little sister looks up to you. You
are her big sister, and to her you’re
probably the coolest person around.
More often than not, little kids seem to
go through that phase where their
older sibling is their hero. Besides,
imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, don’t look at it as an annoyance.
Do You Have a Rumor About You?
“Oh. My.
God. Did
you hear
that that
girl is
prego?”
Just be patient. It won’t be long before
your little sister outgrows this phase,
and then you might even miss it.
Q: Dear Andi, My mom is painfully
embarrassing. She’s constantly doing
random things that embarrass me to no
end, like calling me goofy pet names,
and even though she knows it bugs
me, she does it anyway. I’ve tried to
confront her about it, but I’ve had no
luck. She doesn’t care. She does it
anyway. What should I do to get her to
stop? Signed, Embarrassed
A: Dear Embarrassed, It is a parent’s
“mission in life” to embarrass their
child, so your mom is no exception.
It’s not that your mom doesn’t care,
it’s that she doesn’t want you to grow
up. Using her goofy pet names for you
is probably just a way to make her feel
like you’re still her baby. Just talk to
her. Let her know what it is that bugs
you and maybe she’ll stop.
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till my girls
hear about
really?”
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that!”
friend told
Gossip.
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Twilight: Movie vs. Book
By Casey Louthian
Twilight seems to be a hot
topic of conversation these days,
and if you haven’t heard of it by
now, you’re miles out of the loop.
Twilight is an action-packed, modern-day love story between a normal
teenage girl, Isabella Swan, and a
vampire, Edward Cullen.
among the
more than
rest of the
any other
Cullens’: Carlisle, Esme,
Jasper, Emmett, Rosalie,
and Alice, is a
vampire.
He is scent in the
inworld. He
stantly attracted to
Bella because
her scent
Edward, gets to him never bites
Bella has always been a
little different from the rest of the
girls in her high school in Phoenix,
never caring much about the latest
trends, who’s dating whom, and
fitting in with the rest of the girls in
her grade. So, when her mother remarries and Bella goes off to live
with her father in the small, rainy
town of Forks, Washington, she
doesn’t expect that to change much.
That all goes out the window when
she meets the oh-so-mysterious, and
dazzlingly beautiful, Edward Cullen, who turns her world upsidedown. He is most definitely unlike
any other guy Bella has ever met,
and that seems to draw Bella to him
even more.
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A Rebirth of Spirit
By Aaron Smith
the Sun,
plants grow
and die, and
It’s amaz- the seasons
ing what a change four
year can do.
times.
In a year the
Earth orbits
Also in a year, a school can
go from the butt-end of sports jokes, to
a force that can’t be ignored.
This has most definitely happened here at Hanover High School.
Last year at this time, the
winter doldrums had not only settled
into the students, but also the sports
teams. Eventually, all school spirit died
down as check after check was placed in
the “L” column for our teams.
This year, however, there is
more school spirit than anyone has ever
seen before. On Fridays, there is an outpouring of Orange and Black seen
throughout the halls.
And the Spirit Weeks throughout the year have been great successes.
Students, teachers, and administrators
have gone all out to show that they have
Nighthawk Pride.
What is behind this phenomenon?
First of all, we had a very exciting winter pep rally. The Mo-Hawks, a
spirit group started by Mrs. Gomulka
and Lyna Tran, our student council leadership, got the whole school pumped up
for not only the boys basketball game
against Delone that night, but also for
the entire winter sports season.
The Mo-Hawks had several
hundred students and some faculty on
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Obama and Obesity
Obama has taken on the
role of helping with the obesity
problem we have in the United
States, as you might have read in
the January 7, 2009 edition of the
“Opinions” section of The Evening
Sun.
By Meghan Royston
23.7, he is
ficult, he is
perfectly in
willing to
shape,
help motiBeing
maybe too vate Amer6’1”, 180
perfect.
ica to be
lbs., and
Obama
healthier.
having a
wants to
Obama
BMI (Body
Mass In- help, though is willing to
dex) of it will be dif- send out
where: halls,
classrooms,
at lunch,
ins reputations and
destroys
friendships.
It’s every-
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Rumors
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HHS SPORTS
By Jordan Martz
Girls Basketball
Wrestling
After coming off of a season
to remember, the girls struggle to find
the win column early. Last year the
Hawkettes coached by, Steve Smith,
made an appearance in the state playoffs after pulling off two upsets in the
district playoffs.
The Hawkettes started off at
0-8 until they took all of their frustration out on New Hope Academy in
which they pounded 64-15. The girls’
record stands at 4-18, other wins coming against Fairfield (2) and Harrisburg Christian.
There is some positive to
come out of this season though. Ponder this Hanover; of the team’s 18
losses, 9 have come against what most
would say are potential state championship winners. Teams like West
York, Delone Catholic, York Catholic,
Northeastern, Eastern York and York
Suburban all have the extreme talent.
Senior Nicole Cookerly said,
“It’s tough when we play schools that
have lots of talent, especially since
we’re a young team with not a lot of
experience.”
Even though the team consists of five seniors, they are very
young, sporting a team of freshman.
Abbey Rhodes, Courtney Cleary and
Paige Furman all are getting significant minutes, which will pay off in
two or three years for the Hawkettes.
Last year, the Hawkettes only
had five wins before they made their
state playoff run, mainly because the
competition got easier since they also
played a grueling schedule. Don’t give
up on the Hawkettes yet because anything can happen.
The girls are the 13 seed in
this year’s district tournament, playing
Wyomissing who is the 4 seed. Good
luck girls to pulling off another tremendous run like you did last year.
Not a lot of expectations
came in for the Nighthawk wrestling
team this year. The exception was
Brent Hoff, who wrestled at 135. It
was a new year and they had graduated a good amount of talent. New
head coach Tyke Conover, not the
legendary Terry Conover knew the
challenge that he faced coming into
the year.
The Nighthawks as a team
finished up the year at 13-14. The
Nighthawks had a rough outing in
districts as they ran into a tough
Schuylkill Valley who handed them
the worst lost of the season.
The Nighthawks now put
themselves on the line during the individual tournament. This year, the
Nighthawk’s Brent Hoff has the
chance to become a state champion.
Hoff only has one loss on the year
coming at Kennard-Dale. Hoff got his
100th victory against York Suburban,
which earns him a spot on the rafters.
Hoff said, “ Its cool to know
that my name is going to be on a banner with all the great wrestlers that
have gone to Hanover. Hopefully I can
be successful in the individual tournament and make a run towards being a
state champion.
The Hawks now turn their
focus to the sectional tournament
where either they advance as an individual or finish the season. Good luck
to all the wrestlers as they attempt to
become state champions.
Boys Basketball
The Hanover boys basketball
team, coached by, Nate Myers came
into the season with high expectations.
Hanover has never reached a state
playoff game or won a district championship both of which were team goals
for the season.
The Hawks started out 10-3
and had much going for them until
they ran into a surprising loss at Bermudian. From that point on the Hawks
struggled to hit their stride and now sit
at 14-8.
To the students and community of Hanover a 14-8 record is very
respectable compared to what the basketball team has been like the past ten
years, but the team expected more,
said senior guard Nate Trish.
Senior A.J. Yingst has created a home court advantage for the
Hawks by leading the Nighthawk fans
in the student section. The attendance
has been great and has gone up significantly.
The team now goes into the
district playoffs being the 7th seed
playing Annville Cleona on Wednesday February 18th at New Oxford. Senior forward Grant Mummert said, “We
have got a lot to prove going into districts, but as a team we know we can
get the job done.”
Gymnastics
The HHS gymnastics team,
coached by, Tara Bahn is made of
Cassie and Kelsey Wallen, Katie Little, Emily McQueen and Ashley
Brown.
As a team this year, they got
their first ever team victory against
Palmyra in 116.9 to 115.5 score. Other
matches this year, were against Cham(Continued on page 13)
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Gymnastics
bersburg, Waynesboro and Dallastown.
Individually the Wallen twins are both SCP
(South Central PA) district qualifiers as well as PAC
(PA Classic State Championships) gold division qualifiers. Emily, Ashley and Katie also qualified for the SCP
districts. Katie is PAC silver division qualifier and
Emily is a PAC bronze division qualifier.
Kelsey and Cassie both compete in the gold
division, Kelsey’s strongest event is the vault where she
placed first three times and also added a second place
finish. In the All Around, Kelsey recorded a first place
victory, a second and a fourth.
For Cassie the beam is her strongest event
where she recorded a second place effort as well as three
third place efforts. Cassie had two thirds and two fourth
place finishes in the All Around.
At the PAC championships Katie Little, who
competed in the Silver Division, took first place on February 6 at Palmyra.
Boys Basketball 14-8
Girls Basketball 4-18
Wrestling 13-14
Gymnastics 1-5
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By Dona Tolic
It may appear on your shirt
or your MySpace page, but do you
really know the meaning and history
behind the world’s best-known protest symbol?
The peace sign became
popular in the era of the counterculture of the 1960’s and 1970’s,
most famously for the anti-Vietnam
War demonstrations, but the symbol
actually originated in Britain.
The man responsible for
the design of the peace sign is professional designer and artist Gerald
Holtom who profiled Lord Bertrand
Russel’s request for a particular
logo for the Campaign for Nuclear
Disarmament (CND). With CND’s
first major anti-nuclear march from
London to Aldermaston, a British
research center for the development
of nuclear weapons, the anti-nuclear
emblem made its first public appearance.
Holtom at first considered
a modified cross to represent the
“Ban the Bomb” sign but settled on
a semaphore after making many
priests unhappy with the suggestion
of using a cross for a protest. The
semaphore letter N and D making
the peace sign stand for N(uclear)
and D(isplacement) with a circle
around representing earth. The
peace sign is upside down by having
D over N because semaphore is a
military code and by having it upside down represent ‘anti military’.
Holtom later commented that the design for
the peace symbol was also
to mean a human being in
despair with arms stretched
out downwards in the style
of a Goya’s peasant before
the firing squad. Right before his death though in
1985, Holtom regretted the
connotation of despair as
“He thought peace was
something that should be
celebrated,” said Mr. Kolsbun, a correspondent of Holtom.
The symbol then migrated to
the United States by the means of
Bayard Rustin who came to London to
join in the first anti-nuclear march.
Bayard Rustin was a close associate to
Martin Luther King who brought the
symbol to the Civil Rights movement
and marches in the United States. The
symbol then began to spread though
the counter-culture of United States
including the anti-Vietnam protests,
and the environmental, women’s and
gay rights movements.
The peace sign’s significance
is the power of the reaction that the
sign provokes from the detractors and
from society. The peace sign had such
a great power during the civil rights
and peace movement during the 60’s
and 70’s including the hippie movement that far-right and fundamentalist
American groups such as the John
Birch Society presented other interpretations of the peace sign by linking it
to satanic associations and the communist sign.
In the 60’s and 70’s the peace
sign presented power and meaning,
while today many of its uses go towards the fashion industry and commercial sales. Commercial use of the
peace sign is internationally spread.
You can see it on t-shirts, bumper
stickers, student notebooks, jewelry
and the like around the world. The peace
sign has not been copyrighted by the
CND and they have no intention to do so
as the peace sign is a symbol of freedom
and is free for all.
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Mardi Gras
celling Mardi Gras after the Katrina
Hurricane, the city decided to uphold
the tradition and continue.
The parades are still renowned today and follow the same
traditions Mardi Gras had created, with
more bizarre and fascinating costumes
and floats from Krewes members each
year. Krewes are groups of people who
decide to create a float, theme and costume to be a part of the Carnival.
Krewes take the task very seriously and
most compete for the pride of having
the most outrageous and spectacular
presentation.
People travel from all over to
come celebrate Mardi Gras down in
New Orleans, whether its for the parades, parties, music, or overall atmosphere of the city. And though it’s
broadcasted on T.V. and has been since
1930, it’s not the same as being there.
This year, Mardi Gras occurs February
24th with the annual theme of “Laissez
les bons temps rouler!” meaning “Let
the good times roll!”
Match the Teacher to the Phrase That He/She is
Most Likely to Say:
___ 1. Mr. Little
___ 2. Mr. Platts
___ 3. Mr. Kraus
___ 4. Mrs. Erdman
___ 5. Ms. White
___ 6. Mr. Suter
___ 7. Mr. Sattazahn
___ 8. Mrs. Bahn
___ 9. Mr. Bauer
___ 10. Mr. Weigle
___ 11. Mr. Dugan
___ 12. Senor Blake
___ 13. Mr. Wyrick
___ 14. Mrs. Brown (librarian)
___ 15. Miss Kozdron
___ 16. Mr. Koishal
___ 17. Mrs. Gomulka
___ 18. Mrs Smith (English)
___ 19. Mrs. Storm
___ 20. Mr. Wiles
A. "...my phone is cooler..."
B. "Stop chomping your gum!"
C. "Shush, Shush, Shush!"
D. "I'm trying to get you to listen to different music…
get some culture!"
E. "Does that make sense?"
F. “Yeppers”
G. "Okay... Okay... Okay..."
H. “Set the stage”
I. "You'll have to TRY to fail this class!"
J. "You'll put me into early retirement!"
K. "Guys, it's not that hard."
L. "...only if you want to...."
M. "I hope the weekend goes real fast so we can be
together again real soon."
N. "You don't need to be sorry, just don't do it again."
O. "Get moving!"
P. "Don't stand at the door; sit in your seat."
Q. "I don't want any cookies in my CD drive."
R. "Get it?"
S. "Squirrels!"
T. "Swivel heads!"
Answers on Page 17
Poison Study
The series that includes Poison Study, Magic Study, and the last
for now, Fire Study, are by Maria V.
Snyder. This series is a fantasy and
romance story, but much more poisonous than filled with love.
The story starts in the country
of Ixia where people were told what to
do—where and how they worked,
what they learned, got paid, lived,
wore, and where they went otherwise,
they had to get information.
It starts with a girl named
Yelena, a seventeen year old girl, who
trains to be the food taster so the Commander does not die of poisoning by
tasting each of the poisons herself,
then memorizing that taste. Yelena is
poisoned by the Commander and
needs to get a daily antidote so she
may continue to live. The only person
who was known to have it is her boss,
Valek, the Commander.
Then a Lady magician tries to
kill Yelena, because she has uncon-
A Book Review By Jessica Shaffer
trollable magic powers. The girl finds
this out and eventually goes with the
woman because magicians are to be
killed on sight in Ixia, by the Commander’s order. The Commander
finds out, but he does not kill her
because they fall in love with each
other.
In Magic Study, Yelena
leaves Ixia, banned by the Commander after saving him from being
mind-controlled by a male magician
from Poison Study. Her tutor, the
fourth magician, (one of four magicians that ruled Sitia, which was the
southern country, under Ixia) brought
her to her Zaltana family to meet
after years of being away. After a few
days, Yelena left with her older
brother who seemed to hate her, to go
to the fort, in where those with magical abilities learn their magic. They
were captured and they ended up
being taken to the fort anyway. Yelena was trying to find her main gift
in magic, which seemed hard. Yelena
could not do a simple thing—start a
fire. Yelena was then made to be the
liaison of both Sitia and Ixia, as the
only one that understands both the
countries.
In Fire Study,
Yelena was
marked as
soulfinder, and
decided to take
revenge for the
girls that were killed. She travels,
faces many encounters, and learns
more and more about the history of
soulfinders, and more of herself, her
capabilities. There were times when
you’d think, “How did Yelena get out
of that”?
I recommend of any these
books to anyone who is interested in
politics, fantasy, mystery, and magic.
They are suspenseful, humorous and
keep you guessing.
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The Winter Formal
By Ashley Lawyer
Many people had fun and
certainly enjoyed themselves while
dancing their Saturday night away at
the 2009 winter dance on January 31.
The decorations were a beautiful winter theme with shades of blue and silver. The dance had an uplifting feeling
to it, and was a venue for making
some wonderful memories. Congrats
to the Student Council for their wonderful work.
Mrs. Gomulka announced the
class princes and princesses for the
classes. The king and queen, AJ
Yingst and Erica Gottsch shared a
wonderful dance for us in the middle
of the floor while the princes and princesses joined in slowly. The freshman
princess was Paige Fuhrman. Representing the sophomores were Meredith
Brown and Harry Shultz, and the juniors were Kenisha Boyer-Castro, and
Josh Cartwright.
The snowy scene, the smiles,
the bubbles, and the loud music of the
DJ is what really put the dance in motion. While everyone was dancing and
wandering around as they mingled, I
think its fair to say that no one seemed
to notice that we were even in school.
Enjoying the night, being with friends,
and dancing seemed to be a welcomed
and well-needed mid-winter event for
all.
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A History of Valentine’s
Day
By Cassie Balek
Answers to Teacher Quiz:
1. Mr. Little
2. Mr. Platts
3. Mr. Kraus
4. Mrs. Erdman
5. Ms. White
6. Mr. Suter
7. Mr. Sattazahn
8. Mrs. Bahn
9. Mr. Bauer
10. Mr. Weigle
11. Mr. Dugan
12. Senor Blake
13. Mr. Wyrick
14. Mrs. Brown (Lib.)
15. Miss Kozdron
16. Mr. Koishal
17. Mrs. Gomulka
18. Mrs. Smith (Eng.)
19. Mrs. Storm
20. Mr. Wiles
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Valentine’s Day is not only about candy, flowers, and lovers, but it’s about loving your family and friends. So do not worry if
you don’t have a special someone this Valentine’s Day, spend it with
family or friends, they will always be there for you.
One story account how Valentine’s Day came to be. Dates
back to when Roman Emperor Claudius II. He issued a law forbidding marriage; he did this because while the men were at war they
were worrying about their loved ones at home. There was a priest
named Valentine, he saw the pain that the young lovers were going
through and wanted to help them, so he would meet these lovers in a
secret place and married them. When the Emperor found this out he
was furious and sent Valentine to prison.
While in prison, he made contact with the jailor whose
name was Asterius, who had a blind daughter. So the jailor out of
love for his daughter asked for the priests help to cure her. It was
such a miracle, because suddenly Asterius’ daughter’s blindness was
cured. So really according to this story it was not all about lovers,
but about a man’s love for his daughter.
Another version says that while Valentine
was in prison for going against the emperor,
he fell in love with the jailor’s daughter.
The jailor’s daughter would visit him and
talk to him while he was imprisoned. It is
said that he sent the first “valentine”, before
he died when he wrote to the jailor’s daughter, and signed it “From Your Valentine”.
Some countries have their own traditions. In
Germany it is normal for a young man to
present to his beloved a bouquet of flowers.
In Japan this is the time for many young gentlemen to confess their
love for the first time to their lover. In Japan, like in the U.S. stores
sell chocolates and cards. In Denmark they send cards, or as they
call them “lover’s cards”. In Britain they get the kids involved.
They have students sing special songs and they get rewarded with
candy.
Helen Keller said, "The best and most beautiful things in
the world cannot be seen or even touched. They must be felt with the
heart." So over the Valentine’s Day weekend, spend it with someone
special, whether is be a family member, friend or a lover. No matter
who you are with, you will be with someone who loves you. So
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Drama Night 2009…
Juniors Win Best Play, Seniors Win Best Director
By Erika Ayres
Hanover's unique annual play
competition, between the classes, also
known as drama night, entertained an
energized audience. Hosted and advised
by Susan Miller, it was held on Saturday February 7th, 2009.
Drama night is a tradition here
at Hanover, where each class performs a
30-minute play. Awards are given out to
the best play; best director, best actor/
actress as well as several cameo awards.
The trophies are donated by Garrick
Jewelers of Hanover.
Hanover High School’s pep
band entertained the crowd while the
judges, Duane Bull, Charles Glessner,
and Jared Reck made their decisions.
The senior play, A Marvelous
Night of Mystery...and Murder, was
written and directed by Aaron Smith.
Along with Aaron winning best director, several cast members won awards.
Matt Van Sant won best actor runner up
for his role as Jo-Jo, Emily Robart won
best actress for her role as Captain
Glasser, and Zac Tine won a cameo
award for his take on as Mr. Keystone.
The freshman class performed
"The Best Show Never Seen” which
was directed by Matt Frederick. The
show debuted four actors.
The sophomore’s show was
called Life Guards and was directed by
Sarah Smith. Their cast also consisted
of four actors. Kelsey Klinedinst won
best actress runner-up for her role as
Mary.
The juniors, who performed
Greater Tuna, won best play. Gabi
Rosenbrien won best actor for his character Pearl Burras. Fabio Graziosi,
Charissa Morgan, and Erika Ayres won
cameo awards for their roles as Stanely
Bumiller, Vera Carp, and Twyla Twinkle.
"We were all nervous and didn't know what to expect, but our grade
pulled it together and I'm very proud,"
said Peyton Watson, director of the
junior class.
If you came out to drama night
to see your friends, laugh at your peers,
or to just get extra credit, all of the participants would like to thank you for the
support!
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A Marvelous Night of Mystery ...and Murder
Directed by Aaron Smith
Mr. Merryweather
Jo-Jo
Miss Vernadel
Leroy Brown
Captain Glasser
Mr. Keystone
Mrs. Keystone
Party Guest 1
Party Guest 2
Narrator
AJ Yingst
Matt Van Sant
Sarah Sultzbaugh
Kelsey May
Emily Robart
Zac Tine
Rebecca Rickrode
Becky Mossberg
Zach Alles
Allison Frederick
Greater Tuna
Directed by Peyton Watson
Alice Struvie
Twyla Twinkle
Petey Fisk
Bertha Bumiller
Stanley Bumiller
Pearl Burras
Vera Carp
Reverend Spikes
Sheriff Givens
Deputy Wanda
Brittany Weckesser
Erika Ayres
Doug Leese
Molly Steinmetz
Fabio Graziosi
Gabi Rosenbrien
Charissa Morgan
Tanner Bowersox
Adam Caler
Ashley Hull
Lifeguards
Directed by Sarah Smith
Mary
Elle
Jacky
Aunt Joan
Kelsey Klindedenst
Jaide Finfrock
Alex Daubert
Sarah Smith
The Best Show Never Seen
Directed by Matt Frederick
Bianca
Dwight
Erica
Mr. Frederick
Laura Maqueda
Brandon Kuhn
Lakeisha Williams
Matt Frederick
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Important Up-Coming Events
Feb. 7 - Drama Night (7:00)
Feb. 9 - 11– PSSA Testing for Juniors (Writing)
Feb. 13 - No School For Students (Teacher In-service)
Feb. 14– Happy Valentine’s Day!
Feb. 16 & 17 - President’s Day Holiday (Schools Closed)
Feb. 20 - PM Assembly Schedule (Mr. Valentine)
Senior “09” Picture for Yearbook @8:00AM
(in new gym)
Feb. 24 - Mid– Progress Reports Due
Mar. 2 - Nighthawk Day– Wear Orange & Black
Mar. 4 - Faculty Meeting @ 3:10 in Library
Mar. 8 - Daylight Savings Time (Spring Ahead One Hour)
Mar. 11– Blood Drive in Gym (9:30 AM– 2:30 PM)
Mar. 13 - No School For Students (Teacher In-service)
Mar 14– SAT’s @ HHS (7:30 AM) & Spring Grove
Mar. 16 - 27 PSSA Testing For Juniors (Reading & Math)
Mar. 27 & 28– HHS Musical The Wizard of OZ (7:30 PM)
Mar. 30 - End of 3rd Marking Period
Apr. 1 - Nighthawk Day– Wear Orange & Black
( April Fools!)
Apr. 9 - Act 80 Day– No School For Students
Apr. 10 - 12- District Holiday (Easter is April 12)
Apr. 13 - Classes Resume ( 1st Snow Make-Up Day)