Vol 1 Issue 2 2008

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V OLUME 1, I SSUE 2
A PRIL 2009
W E ’ RE O FF T O S EE T HE W IZARD
By: Sarah Shreve
could not be complete without
the help of the Glinda (Lindsey
On March 13 and 14, SeWilczynski), the Good Witch
neca traveled to the magical
of the North, who tries to help
land of Wicked Witches,
the friends stay clear of the
Winkies and the Wizard of
Wicked Witch of the West
Oz. We followed the tale of
(Holly Ramey).
Dorothy (Lacey Murdock),
Over the past forty years of
the girl from Kansas who was theatrical productions at
swept up in a tornado and
Seneca High School, only one
carried off to the land of Oz. show has ever sold out all three
In a desperate attempt to get
performances before the achome, she starts on a journey tual production. Breaking a
to the Emerald City to meet
school record, The Wizard of Oz
the great Wizard of Oz (Mark not only sold out, but had a
Niedomys). While on this
waiting list of people
journey, she befriends a
wanting to see the
Scarecrow (Kyle Giewont),
production.
Tinman (Jeremiah Gibbons),
This musical cast has put in
and a Cowardly Lion
months of effort and it has
(Brandon Bilski) who join
definitely shown on the stage.
her on the journey in hopes of “It was the first Seneca production
having their greatest wishes
I’ve seen and it was amazing. It
granted by the Wizard of Oz. was far beyond a high school proThis spectacular story
duction and it completely blew me
and my kids away. Now I’ll
have to listen to them singinging Yoo-Hee-Hoo for
days,” laughed Nicole
Pearsall, whose family
traveled from Titusville
to see the production. “It
was awesome.”
T HE M ORE S ERIOUS T EXTING
By: Ali D‟Albora
Sexting is becoming a serious problem in and outside of
school these days. While
“sexting” is a controversial
topic, what exactly is it? A
definition commonly agreed
upon is: the sending or receiving
of sexual material or pornography via cellular devices.
According to Mr. Podpora, in our school, if you
are suspected of sexting,
your phone will be confiscated. After your phone has
been confiscated, you could
be suspended from school
and pending a school board
hearing for potential expulsion. The school doesn’t
need proof that you have
pornography, they just have
to suspect you of it to
search your phone. You
should also keep in mind
that the same consequences
are at stake if you have pornography on other devices,
likes MP3 players.
“Texting” con. on pg. 3
I NSIDE
THIS ISSUE :
NEWS
1-3
O PINIONS /V IEWS
4
C LUBS
5
P ROM
6-7
S PORTS
8-9
E NTERTAINMENT
10-11
R ANDOM C ORNER
12
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H OW W OULD Y OU G RADE S ENECA ?
By: Sarah Shreve
“You can’t expect us to know
the answer to that question – we
go to Seneca; it’s not like we’re
smart.” How many times have
you heard this response from
the student body? But is Seneca really as bad as we make
is seem? I asked a number of
students how they would
grade Seneca. Their responses
represent a variety of Seneca
students; they all have different interests, are involved in
different things, and have
different opinions.
F: “I hate the „conservative
values‟ that everyone seems
to have and how students
have a close-minded mentality forced on them; most of
them are ignorant enough.”
– Senior, Female
A+:“Our teachers are truly
dedicated to making students
learn. They are knowledgeable
and willing to stay after school
or meet before hand; they go
out of their way to help you.”
- Sophomore, Female
C-:“I hate how we are so restricted – we can‟t carry
around larger purses, have food
or drink, cell phones and even
when doing something as simple as going to the bathroom,
we need to carry around stupid
passes. They treat us like we‟re
five years old.”
– Junior, Female
D:“I wish we didn‟t have career academies. I understand
the point in them, but it really
restricts what you can and cannot do the rest of your high
school career.”
– Freshman, Female
B+:“This school is one of the
cleanest school‟s I‟ve been in.
Being on sports teams, I travel
to a lot of different schools
and none of them are nearly as
clean as Seneca.”
- Senior, Male
F:“I wish we didn‟t have
blocked scheduling and we
offered a larger variety of
electives – especially in the
music, art and drama departments. Having block scheduling, I didn‟t have a math class
for three semesters and then I
had to take my PSSA‟s and
failed the math portion because I couldn‟t remember.
It‟s not fair to claim that our
school fails a majority of our
testing when some of it could
be eliminated with switching
to a different scheduling process.” – Senior, Female
B: Our technology is advancing and that puts us a step
above the other local schools.
The whiteboards that are in-
stalled in some of the classrooms are really cool and fun
to work with.”
– Sophomore, Male
A+: “Our school is well
known for the respect we give
to other rivals at games, festivals, competitions… the list
goes on. It is cool that our
school is represented in such
a respectful way by our students.” - Senior, Female
Seneca definitely has its faults.
But, on the flipside, Seneca is
not nearly as bad as the students
Continued on pg. 3
M EDAL OF H ONOR G RACING S ENECA
By: Jared Lorraine
meet with some of the veterans. A few Medal of Honor
Wattsburg Area School is
recipients, which our school
one of only three schools in
was privileged to meet, inthe United States participating clude Leo Thorsness, Alfred
in the Medal of Honor proRascon, and Sammy Davis, a
gram sponsored by the Conman who’s background was
gressional Medal of Honor
used to create Forrest
Society. The Medal of Honor Gump’s character. This
program is to help bridge the Medal of Honor program has
generation gaps and to imbeen covered by Brian Wilprove patriotism by teaching
liams of NBC News and has
integrity, honesty, and team
drawn the attention of First
work.
Lady Michelle Obama who
Few who have received
believes it should be a part of
the Medal of Honor awards
the national curriculum.
are still alive today and this
Now comes the exciting
program is dedicated to repart, our school is writing and
membering their accomplish- helping to create the curricuments. Our school was privi- lum, which means that we
leged to teleconference and to
create what they will teach in
this program! SHS’s own Mr.
Hart has been working on this
for the past three years with
the rest of the Medal of Honors students. Although many
may believe that history
comes from the books, this
programs can help us realize
that you don’t just have to
read a book to learn historythere are many individuals
around us that are living history.
V OLUME 1, I SSUE 2
P AGE 3
K ILLER W EED
By: Vicky Yosten
It seems like smoking Marijuana has become a growing
“cool thing” among teens.
More often in the media, you
see smoking advertised and
almost promoted. But, many
teens do not realize the dangers of this “cool” activity.
According to www.nida.
nih.gov, people who smoke
Marijuana experience psychological distress, panic, and
paranoia. It can also lead to
higher depression rates. More
teens are in drug treatment for
marijuana use then for any
other drugs; just proof that
this is becoming a really big
deal across the nation.
Smoking Marijuana is a
criminal offense too. If you
have possession of marijuana
in an amount of 2.2 lbs or less,
the crime is a misdemeanor;
equaling one year in jail and a
fine of up to $2,000. For possession of any amount over
one kilogram, the crime is a
felony that may mean 1 to10
years in prison and a fine of up
to $5,000.
If someone you know is on
drugs, contact someone immediately. But how can you tell if someone is using Marijuana? If someone
is under the influence of Marijuana,
they get dizzy and have trouble
walking. They may giggle for no
particular reason. Blood shot eyes
and trouble remembering things
are also signs. Smoking should not
be taken lightly.
If you smoke Marijuana,
get ready to add handcuffs as a new accessory.
It’s a serious crime with
serious penalties.
Information from:
www.teendrugabuse.us/marijuana.html
www.normal.org/
“G RADE ” CON .
make it appear. Honestly,
there was more confidence
in Seneca t an there was
negativity.
So, why is there so much
negativity about Seneca
when people seem to have a
lot of positive feedback
about it? I asked a couple
more people why they
thought students frowned
on Seneca so much:
“We’re stereotyped. When so many
other schools think they’re better
than you and tell you so, you start
to believe it.”
– Sophomore, Female
Teens seem to resort to humor, so
when our school is dissed, we tend
to just laugh and joke about it; go
along with it. It’s easier then defending it.”- Senior, Male
“It kind of seems like the seniors
mock Seneca a lot. I think that
that has a lot to do with the fact
“T EXTING ” CON .
The state police could also be
notified on this issue.
If you are then found with
pornography on your phone,
you will be labeled a sex offender and will be registered
on Megan’s Law. Megan’s
Law is a website
(www.megans-law.net) that
has a list of every registered
sex offender in the United
States. If you have pornogra-
phy of a child that is 18 years
or younger, you could have
child pornography charges
against you.
Good luck trying to get a
job after you have been labeled a sex offender. It is very
doubtful that an employer
will take the risk of hiring a
person with child pornography charges against them.
Even if the charges happened
in high school, they won’t
take the risk to let it happen
within their establishment.
Why even take the risk of
sexting? Think twice before
you take that picture and send
it or before you forward a
picture of that nature. “Do not
do it. You will ruin your career.
You will ruin your life.”
that they’re just itching to get
out and so they’re all like, “we
hate Seneca” and the underclass men hear this and are
like, “Yeah.” But it really doesn’t. Looking around, we’re
probably one of the top schools in
our district.”
- Freshman, Female
So, is Seneca really as bad
as we think it is? I guess this
is for you to decide.
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O PIONIONS & S TUDENT V IEWS
W OULD Y OU RATHER ...
We’re interested in
knowing what the student
body thinks. Email your answers to [email protected] or
write down your answers
and drop them off in the
drop box outside Mrs.
Ohrn’s room (304).
Would you rather try to
sleep with a bright light on
or with a barking dog?
Would you rather have
only older siblings that tease
you incessantly or only
younger siblings that depend
L OOKING FOR A J OB ?
I F YOU ’ RE 16 OR
O LD ER
A PPLY AT:
W AL M ART , C INEMARK ,
T OYS R US OR W ENDY ’ S
I F YOU ’ RE 18 OR O LDER
A PPY AT:
B ABIES R U S , H OME
D EPOT ,
T RACTOR S UPPLY C O .
OR J OHNSONS N URSERY
Would you rather be a
gorgeous person of the
opposite sex or keep your
gender but be an ugly person?
Would you rather be
spotted in the front row of
the studio audience on the
Psychic Friends Network or
be in the front row of a
Richard Simmon’s “Sweatin’
to the Oldies” video?
Would you rather be
gossiped about constantly or
never talked about?
Would you rather be able
to see your future without
being able to change it or
know everyone else’s future
and not be able to tell them?
Would you rather have all
your senses diminish by onethird or lose one sense all
together?
Would you rather eat a
cup of mayonnaise or a cup of
horseradish?
Would you rather always
be itchy or always feel like
you have to pee?
All “would you rather”
questions are taken from the
board game Would You
Rather. Your opinions will be
published in the next issue.
M OANS AND G ROANS F ROM S ENECA
By: Stephanie Johnson
Many Seneca High School
students complain about having nothing to do. Students
say that there are not enough
of activities to do inside of
school. In actuality, our
school has many different
opportunities in both sports
and various clubs. Students
just don’t take advantage of
all the different things that
our school offers.
If people were to participate in the activities that we
do have, more activities
would soon become available.
We complained that we didn’t have a lacrosse team, so
the school had sign ups to see
who would be interested in
playing - and hardly anyone
S TUDENT D RIVERS
Dear Editors,
Although this was not mentioned in the last issue, I feel
that the topic of student drivers needs to be brought up. If
you’re a student driver, you
know that parking conditions
have gotten crazy; there is
never any where to park and
sometimes you end up parking in the road or blocking
Would you rather have to
shed your body skin once a
year (which takes a week)
without going into hiding or
hibernate for one month
every year and have to
explain your absence to
people.
road signs. It’s becoming a
really big pain in the butt.
The biggest issue that so
many people have with this is
the fact that students are driving cars and parking them
without parking passes. For
us, who actually paid our $5
for the passes, this makes us
feel really ripped off. I feel
that they should start monitoring the student parking lot
to see who is parking without
the passes. This will eliminate
all the drivers who don’t have
one and allow more drivers
with them to park properly.
- Anonymous
signed up. So, who’s fault is it
that we don’t have as many
sports and clubs?
I encourage everyone to
sign up for something and
show off your school spirit. If
you are not able to make a
commitment to any sports or
clubs, you should at least go
out and support your fellow
classmates.
V OLUME 1, I SSUE 2
P AGE 5
T HEY ’ RE A LL B USINESS
By: Miranda Kania
Future Business Leaders of
America (FBLA) is a club for
students that are interested in
a career in the business field.
FBLA is administrated by
Miss Wagner. The president
is Cody McGill, vice president is Jamie White, treasurer is Zach Taylor, and secretary is Anna Graham.
Students enjoy the club
because they get to learn
M USIC E XCELLENCE
about what running a business
requires. They have already
been in three competitions,
including one at Pitt Bradford.
At Pitt Bradford, FBLA
was represented by 20 qualifiers. Of that 20, 18 advanced
to the State competition. If
you happen to see one of
these students, wish them
good luck and congratulations: Kelsey Firestone, Patrick Nolan, Sarah Hall, Becca
Johnston, Sarah Erickson,
Cody McGill, Ericka
Swartzfager, Brooke
Schupp, Kayla Hopson, Jen
Ballus, Michaela Shinko,
Kiera D’Antonio, Allison
Gibbens, Anna Graham,
Christie Wnukowski, Jamie
White, Stacy Felde,
Nichole Little, Clarissa
Sonney and Shadow Walters.
FBLA traveled to Hershey
for the State competition
March 30 trough April 1st. If
you are interested in joining the
FBLA club, please see Miss
Wagner in room 320.
F RENCH C LUB G OES U P N ORTH , E H ?
By: Jared Lorraine
By: Sarah Shreve
On March 27 and 28, two
Seneca freshmen, Erin Rzepka
and Aimee Duda, traveled to
Westlake Middle School to
participate in the PMEA District II Junior District Band
festival.
There are a total of 26 peoNext school year, December
ple going on this trip, four
4 - 8, French club students
chaperones and 22 stuare going on a trip to Quebec.
dents. To help raise money for
this trip, Mrs. Calabrese has
They are planning on takarranged fundraisers for the
ing a tour of Quebec City,
students to do, the most recent
dining at French restaurants,
fundraiser being cookie dough
going to Le Village Huron to
mix.
see maple sugar getting made,
and visiting Montmorency
Falls.
Both girls will experience
a day of constant practicing.
Erin will attend the festival
playing her clarinet and
T HE “C” IN R.O.T.C. S TANDS FOR
Aimee will attend playing the
By: Jared Lorraine
alto saxophone. Both girls
Cadets will teach Mr. Speirepresent Seneca among many
cher’s middle school students
other 7th-9th grade students
what to do in physical trainThe In a previous issue,
who will attend this festival.
we reported some of the phil- ing.
anthropic activities of the
They are also putting on presNext year, the girls will
ROTC
and
we’re
here
to
entation about bullying for
qualify to attend the next
report
even
more!
the middle school.
level of festivals, the PMEA

Their
Daffodil
fundraiser
District II Festival.
There are four Seneca senraised over $1,500 for the
A special congratulations
iors graduating this year and
American Cancer Society.
also goes to Sophomore
their leadership and service
ROTC is in the process of
Jeremiah Gibbons and Senior
planning a field day for the have helped many in our
Sarah Shreve for advancing on eighth graders, which will
school and community. We
to Regional Chorus in Februtake place at the end of the commend their efforts and
ary.
hope that others can see what a
year.
“C ARING ”
difference they can make.
If you would like to know
more about ROTC, pick up a
copy and help support the
AFJROTC.
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V OLUME 1, I SSUE 2
P AGE 7
W HERE TO T AKE
Y OUR P ROM D ATE
T O E AT :
S TUCK A T P ROM
We have all heard of crazy
scholarships, but how about a
$3,000 scholarship for incorporating duct tape into your
prom attire?
T HE A VALON
T HE S AFARI G RILLE
C ARMEN ’ S
O LIVE G ARDEN
M AX & E RMA ’ S
R UBY T UESDAYS
B ARBATOS
TGI F RIDAYS
A PPLEBEES
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H IBACHI J APENESE
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S MOKEY B ONES
O’C HARLEY ’ S
P UFFERBELY
S ENFINI ’ S
The 2008 Duck Brand Duct
Tape Scholarship Winners
from Selinsgrove, PA.
It is typical for high school
students that attend prom, to
make that “one night” memorable; drinking and other
risky behavior does not have
to be included in the night to
make it memorable.
B ERTRANDS
M ATTHEW ’ S
1. Discuss plans with your
M ARKETPLACE G RILL
There is no limit to your
For more information on
this scholarship or to see previous winners, log on to:
www.stuckatprom.com. This
scholarship closes on June
8th.
PROM ISE T O K EEP I T S AFE
Edgar Snyder has composed some “prom safety tips”
that allow you to make the
most of your night, safely:
R ICCARDOS
Duck Brand Duct Tape has
arranged this scholarship for
the past couple years. Requirements include: attending
prom and creating a dress and
suit entirely out of Duck
Brand Duct Tape. It’s as simple as that.
creativity. Create matching
outfits or design a themed
dress. The only catch - don’t
design something too outrageous. In order to win - you
must wear your outfit to
prom and take a picture there
and send it in.
friends or date ahead of time.
Know your agenda and communicate with your parents.
2. Plan ahead what you’ll say
if someone asks you if you
want alcohol; “no.”
3. Find out what your curfew
is and only stay out so late.
Give yourself enough time to
come home; don’t try to rush
home.
4. NEVER drive with some
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84% of teens will spend between $200
and $6oo on a dress.

The average couple spends $1,300 on a
date during prom.

67% of teens will rent a limo as transportation to prom.

56% of teens will ask their parents for
money to help pay for prom.

The average prom ticket costs $20 for
couples and $12 for singles.

The average cost for a dinner for two is
about $60.

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Stats taken from: www.lynnpolice.com

one who is under the influence. When driving, be aware
of other drivers. Typically,
there are a lot of drunk drivers on the road during prom
nights.
5. Make sure you know what
your own personal morals
and values are. People may
try to influence you to stray
away from them; just remember to say “no.”
NOT everyone is drinking; 81% of
teens have chosen not to drink for
prom.
65% of 12th graders disapprove of
consuming five or more drinks once or
twice each weekend.
39% of male high school students say it
is acceptable for a boy to force sex
with a girl who is drunk or high.
IT’S NOT.
70% of teens killed on prom weekends
are not wearing seatbelts.
68% of teens who drink on prom night
do not remember anything from that
night.
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SPORTS
BASEBALL
By: Jessica Wisor
teammates.
The varsity team is led by
In preparation for their Coach Rick Stoutamyer and
opening game against Mer- the junior varsity team is led
cer High School on April
by Coach Ray Trejchel. Both
1st, the baseball team has
teams are assisted with the
been working incredibly
help of Andy Wells and
hard to be the best they
Travis Parke. “We are very
could be. Seniors Tim Eibl, impressed with the efforts of
Craig Strain, Evan Stutzman the players. The team is
and Zach Taylor heen lead- committed to improving,”
ers of the team and concommented one coach in a
stantly encouraging the other recent interview. “As we
Dean Liebau
Favorites Color: Purple
Favorite Movie: DC Mnt Lab 1.5
Favorite Song: “Fancy Footwork”
by Chromeo
Favorite Lunch: Perogies
Biggest Hero: Ikka Backstrom
“He is an amazing snowboarder and is
constantly growing at the sport, just
like what I aim to do in any activity or
sport that I participate in.”
Good Luck, Boys!
W RESTLING
Grade: Senior
Sports: Soccer, Track and Field
and Snowboarding
iron out some defensive shortcomings, we will develop into
a very competitive team.”
Wanting to be at their best,
the baseball team practices run
Monday through Saturday and
last two hours . “This year’s
players have bonded extremely
well and are committed to
hard work and success.”
By: Brittany Firestone
I interviewed Nathan
and Garret Smith to find
out more about the wrestling season, their team
mates, and their habits for
a tournament.
How do you think this
season went for you
and your team mates?
NS: I think this season
went fairly well.
GS: Most of the players
did their best on the mat,
but when at practice, they
did not try all that hard.
Did you work your
hardest this season?
NS: I worked my hardest to
do a good job on my tournaments. I took my weekends
to practice for this season.
GS: Yes, I gave it almost
everything.
How many pins did you
have this past season?
NS: About 13.
GS: Not sure
How often did you practice?
NS: Five days a week and I
put in a lot of effort into this
season. I did a lot to get in
shape and to get my pins
right.
GS: Everyday and after
school.
Did you eat healthy to
insure that you would
do well in tournaments?
NS: Yes, I eat vegetables and
light meat during the week.
GS: Yes.
Do you think you got
the recommended
amount of sleep before
the tournaments?
NS: Yeah, I also sometimes
get a little more that I need.
GS: On the tournament days
and on the mat.
Can you tell us a little
about this past season?
NS: It started off as a really
big team and then it started
to get a lot smaller when
they found the people who
really wanted to wrestle.
They all put off a lot of wins.
GS: A lot of new people
tried out for wrestling, but
our team stayed small.
The wrestling team had a
great season and I hope they
have another one in the future. Thank you to Nathan
and Garret Smith for their
help on the inside look on
the wrestling team.
V OLUME 1, I SSUE 2
P AGE 9
C HEERLEADING
By: Kristin Miller
Hopefully, the competition squad is going to start
If you see more cheerleadpractice by the end of the
ers staying after school, that is
school year and continue
because Seneca High School is
throughout the summer. It is
introducing a competition
their aspiration to be persquad. A competition squad is
forming by February 2010.
just like the typical cheerleaders, except, they attend and
Returning head coach
participate in numerous comOlivia
Kimmy and Assistant
petitions.
Coach Maggie Wetmore, are
E PIC P ANTHERS
very excited and ready to
start practicing. Olivia is
thrilled to have at least 20
girls signed up already. She
wants a large squad and encourages anyone who is interested to sign up.
Sigh-up’s are in the office.
Remember, the more the
merrier!
S OFTBALL
By: Brittany Firestone
The Epic Panthers, a volleyball team here at Seneca,
are playing in seven different
tournaments this spring. Also
called Junior Olympics, the
team has been diligently
working in hopes of making it
to the final round.
They practice one to three
times a week. Constantly
improving, they continue to
grow as both individual players and as a team.
The team will travel to
tournaments as far away as
Columbus, Ohio. There are
two teams being represented
by Seneca. There are two
teams; the 16th and the 17th.
17th Team is a team for
teens that are 17 years old
and younger. The 16th Team
is for teens that are 16 years
old and younger.
The tournaments that they
go to are pretty hard for them
and they have to try their best
to do well. Coach Wagner
seems very pleased with her
team and suspects a good
season.
Go get „em, Panthers!
By: Sarah Shreve
Although they lost
their first game against
Northwestern March 31,
the softball team is showing great potential.
A lot of the confidence
comes from the softball
seniors: Sam Bartholomew, Dawn Horn, Jessica
Luden and Brittany Pituch. “I think we have a lot
of potential and our season
will be better than last year,”
commented Brittany Pituch in It’s good that they’re playing and
a recent interview.
getting the experience, but it’s hard
to try to re-teach the fundamentals.”
She says that the team has
been working incredibly hard.
Brittany has no doubts in her
They have been practicing
mind that the team will pull
long, hard hours and are aim- through, despite the loss against
ing for one of their most suc- Northwestern.
cessful seasons in the past
“Our team has a lot of heart and
couple years.
a good attitude. I believe with a
“The only thing our team
good attitude and lots of heart, we
seems to be struggling with right can overcome any obstacles that
now is the fact that there’s a lot
come our way.”
of underclassmen and some have
Good luck, girls!
never played before.
T RACK AND F IELD
By: Kristin Miller
nac, the coach, encourages the
Ms. Gulnac likes track and
students of Seneca to come
field because it is very individTrack and field is getting a
and support the track and field ual, and there is something for
running start on the season.
members.
everyone. It also appeals to
They are working very hard,
those who simply enjoy the
practicing from 3:00-5:00
With long runs, tiring
thrill of leaving people in the
throughout the school week. hours, and painful exercises,
dust, throwing their cares
Intense, muddy, and cold, the one might ask, “Why would
away, and soaring to the sky.
track and field members are
anyone dare to join track and
elated. They practice and
field?” Freshman sprinter,
This is her second year of
slave to do the best that they Lacey Murdock participates
coaching and she hopes that
can for their school and fami- because she has girl’s soccer in year is as successful, if more
lies.
the fall and would love to keep successful, than last year.
in shape. She also has three
Their first home meet is
older brothers ran, and they
th
here on April 7 . Ms. Gulthought she would do well.
P AGE 10
B OBCAT
E NTERTAINMENT AND R EVIEWS
T HE R ACE C ONTINUES
By: Barbara Witherow
Have you ever wondered
what it would be like to meet
an alien? Well, wonder no
more; Race to Witch Mountain
will be sure to entertain you
in this alien packed, non-stop
action filled movie.
Starring Dwayne “The
Rock” Johnson, Anna Sophia
Rob and Alexander Ludwig,
Race to Witch Mountain starts
with a clip of various “UFO”
sightings. It then shows you
the day to day life of Jack
Bruno (Johnson) who accidentally meets two kids; they
had stowed away in his taxi
cab.
Race to Witch Mountain is rated:
Their journey to Witch
Mountain is an exciting and
trilling adventure. A great
movie for any age level, this is
a movie you won’t want to
I’ M “T AKEN ” T HIS M OVIE B ACK
Liam Neeson and Maggie
Grace star in the movie that
tells the story of retired secret service agent Bryan
Mills. After his daughter is
kidnapped in Paris, he travels
and seeks revenge on his
daughters kidnappers.
Poorly directed, Pierre
Morel, showed the only interesting movie moments out in
the previewing trailers. Once
you pay the $7.50 to see the
movie, you expect a little
more than two hours of
“blah.”
P ICK ANOTHER A PPLE
By: Vicky Yosten
Submitted: Anonymously
We all watched the previews to this movie; built up
to be a phenomenal action
thriller, Taken turned out to
be a flop.
miss out on. Take your five
year old sister or your
grandpa. Guaranteed that everyone will love this movie.
This movie was certainly not
the top of the charts.
Taken is rated:
Apple has recently just
released another IPod. Called
the 4gb IPod shuffle, this is
the smallest music player currently out there. Measuring
1.8” tall by 3” thin, the controls are located on the ear
buds.
If you need to find out the
name of a song that your listening to or the who the artist
is, you push a button. The
voice over feature will activate and it will tell you the
information about the song.
While incredibly neat, this
new IPOD does have its disadvantages: the controls are
close to your ear, making it
hard to tell what buttons to
use and earbuds alone cost
close to 30 dollars; I wouldn’t
suggest losing them..
PRIDE
N EWS
V OLUME 1, I SSUE 2
P AGE 11
T HE T WILIGHT P HENOMENON
By: Alesia Blum
from him, but whenever Bella
finds herself in danger, EdWhat has teens, especially
ward can not find the power
the girls, in love with Twito stay away. After a little
light? For those who read the
research and the help of Jacob
book before seeing the movie,
Black, Bella finds out what
it was the well written plot
Edward really is... a vampire.
and the unlikely pairing of
The two suddenly find themtwo completely different peoselves inseparable in a desperple from different backate and tangled love web.
grounds.
If you saw the movie beBella Swan moves to the
fore reading the book, you
small town of Forks and atdefinitely missed out. The
tends Forks High where she
movie was outstanding, but
meets Edward Cullen.
the book covered a lot of the
Throughout the next couple
finer details that not everyone
of months, Edward tries evecould pick up from the film.
rything to keep Bella away
Many people enjoy the
movie because of the fantastic
actors and actresses. Teen
heartthrob, Robert Pattinson,
plays Edward Cullen, Kristen
Stewart plays Bella Swan, and
Taylor Lautner portrays
Jacob Black.
Twilight is definitely a
must see and a must read. If
you want extra Twilight enjoyment, check out the Twilight Soundtrack which includes songs from Paramore
and Linkin Park.
Don’t forget to check out
the rest of the Twilight Saga
by Stephanie Meyer.
A LL H AIL THE H ALO
By: Vicky Yosten
Halo Wars is a game that
takes place before Halo and
Halo 2. It describes how the
war started and fills in gaps of
the story that fans of the game
have been confused about.
The story line is short, but
it is good. Halo Wars is a
RTS (real time strategy) game
which means it is an action
and strategy game. It is not
only a one player game, but it
is also a multiplayer as well.
It is played on the X-Box 360.
I asked a few SHS gamers
what they thought of Halo
Wars and here is some of
their responses were:
“The in game graphics are very
good as are the cut scene graphics,” said Mark Niedomys.
players. Some people were disappointed about the fact that the
game was not in first person.
Halo Wars is rated:
Dallas Wisor stated, “The AI is
awesome and, by the way, it can
adapt to the skill level of the
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Hey guys. So, as you can tell, we’re getting a little better at this whole
“newspaper” deal. When the first one took MONTHS to get out, it seems to
be becoming an easier task as we are getting a grasp on things. We would
like to take a second to recognize our hardworking and dedicated staff. As
editors, it takes a massive amount of time and effort and having a staff is so
helpful to getting everything organized. Without them, there would be no
newspaper. On the same note, we would also like to recognize the thoughtfulness of Mrs. Snippert, who printed our massive copies of newspapers.
Although we know that the concept of a school newspaper is “new,” we
encourage everyone to be involved. You can write to the us, the editors, by
email or in the drop box located outside Mrs. Ohrn’s (room 304). If you
chose not to participate in the newspaper, at least purchase a newspaper.
This will help us continue to bring them to you and will let you in on the
school happenings. We also would like to hear your opinions; our staff can
only come up with so many creative ideas. We know the minds at Seneca
have many creative ideas; we want to hear what you want to read about.
This is our plea to you. :)
We’d like to close with a massive thank-you to everyone who purchased
newspapers and to our staff. Last, but not least, a HUGE thank-you to our
advisor who has helped us with everything, Mrs. Ohrn.
THANK YOU!
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B RITTANY F IRESTONE
S TEPHANIE J OHNSON
The Random Corner:
Many Emotions of Seneca
M ARANDA K ANIA
J ARED L ORRAINE
K RISTIN M ILLER
J ESSICA W ISOR
B ARBARA W ITHEROW
One of our editors:
Ali D’Albora
V ICKY Y OSTEN
Lindsey Wilczynski and
Brooke Surgener were hungry!
Oh.
The silly faces of
Seneca!
We always knew she
was crazy. ;)