January 2005 - Abington School District

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January 2005 - Abington School District
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June 2008
Vol. LXXXVII, Issue 9
The Abingtonian
Abington Senior High School, Abington, PA 19001
June 2008
The bullwhip is back
By Robbie Rozansky
On May 22nd, Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull,
the fourth of the Indiana Jones series, opened in theaters around the
world. When the first Indiana Jones came out in 1981, Harrison Ford
(the actor who plays Indiana Jones and was Han Solo in the original
Star Wars trilogy) played a 39-year-old, part-time professor of archaeology and part-time adventurer. In his latest film, Ford is gray and is
65. Before seeing this film, I wondered whether or not he would still
be able to portray the energy and enthusiasm as he did in his prime.
In the opening scene, the aging hero dons his famous fedora and the
camera zooms in on his defiant smile. I was instantly reassured that
after twenty-seven years, he could still wield his all-purpose bullwhip.
Set in 1957 during the Cold War, the movie chronicles Indy’s
quest to find a crystal skull of vast significance and return it to an
ancient civilization’s temple. With him on his escapades are Mutt
Williams, a rebellious teenager played by Shia LaBoeuf; Mutt’s mother
and the love interest for Indy, Marion, played by Karen Allen; and
Mac, a fellow archaeologist played by Ray Winstone. A group of Soviets are also ruthlessly pursuing the crystal skull, led by the cold Irina
Spalko, who is played by Cate Blanchett. The movie was directed by
Steven Spielberg (perhaps you’ve heard of a few other movies he’s
done, like E.T., Jaws, and Jurassic Park). The story was co-written by
the executive producer George Lucas, who created a little movie
series called Star Wars.
My favorite aspect of this film was the series of high-paced chase
and fight scenes. Indy evades some twenty Soviet soldiers by swinging on rafters with his bullwhip and clambering over mountains of
boxes in an American weapon testing facility. He races on a motorcycle through the streets of Yale University, and survives an attack in
the Amazon Rainforest by the Soviets
and a horde of flesh-eating ants only
by Marion driving his jeep off a cliff into
the Amazon River. This movie really has
it all. It is packed with action that is
quick, exciting, and accompanied by
the triumphant Indiana Jones theme
song.
The scenery and environment in
which the movie took place was interesting and creative. The ingenious
architecture, traps, and puzzles built by
an ancient race, which are classic to
the Indiana Jones series, did not fail to
live up to their reputations. In The Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, an example
of this was the archaic temple to which
Indy and his gang have to return a mystical artifact, the crystal skull.
In addition to the temple, the waterfalls and foliage of the Amazon
Rainforest are vivid and present a stunning image.
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull is a good
action-packed adventure movie, but not much more than that. The
plot did not have much depth, there were no real surprises, and many
parts and lines were clichéd. In fact, several times I found myself predicting the character’s next line word-for-word.
Despite this, if you are just looking for a fun, exciting action or
adventure movie, Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
is a nice pick.
Putting genocide in the gutter Fierce competition:
By James McDonald
April 25th marked Key Club’s
Third Annual Bowling for Darfur
event, and as those who attended
can attest to, it was an extremely
successful night; there were at least
150 students in attendance! The
event began at 9:30 at Thunderbird
Lanes, and by 10:00 just about every lane was packed. Throughout
the night, soft pretzels, candy, and
homemade treats were being sold
as well as the highly acclaimed “Put Genocide in the Gutter” t-shirts
made by Nina Rivera. All in all, the event was a resounding success,
raking in a grand total of $1900 at the end of the night. All of the
money will be going to the Irdimi refugee camp in Eastern Chad
through The Darfur Human Rights Organization of the United States.
The Irdimi camp is the same location that the flip flops, clothing, and
money from last year’s bowling event went. The camp holds 18,000
inhabitants, 14,000 of whom are children, and before the flip flops
collected last year were sent out, they had received no aid from the
western world. The situation in Darfur is critical and needs our immediate attention. Any help we can extend to them, even something
as small as paying $10 to bowl for two hours, goes an extremely long
way. Instead of mourning genocide, what if we stopped one? We
have the power to stop this needless killing before more fall victim,
but we need to act as one and we need to act fast. Therefore, get
ready for the fourth Annual Bowling for Darfur event next year. Simply
by attending you will be able to save lives in an area of the world
that desperately needs our help. All this would not have been possible without the amazing leadership of Malorie Goldblatt and Sasha
Dutton, both of whom spearheaded this event three years ago and
have helped it become one of the most recognizable school functions. It won’t be the same without the two of them next year, but
we will do our best to stand up to the legacy those two girls have
created.
Maroon vs. White
By Sarah Bugay
Running around a hot gym with some of your classmates doesn’t
exactly sound appealing, but when it’s Maroon vs. White it’s a different story. The competition was heated on Friday, May 16th, 2008, when
sophomores, juniors, and seniors participated in Maroon and White
Day during seventh and eighth periods. The many captains arranged
and recruited their team members and participated in the many
challenges, such as Magic Carpet, Tire Pull, and the Junior and Senior
Obstacle Course. All events left the students who participated with a
lack of energy, but nonetheless satisfied with their Herculean efforts.
In the end, maroon won, but both teams really showed their true
colors! Another exciting aspect to this event was students placing
money in jars to decide which staff member would be slimed; Mr.
McCuen was picked and ultimately covered in gross green slime!
INSIDE THIS ISSUE
A world after Hillary - Page 2
Story of a junior year - Page 2
Point/Counterpoint - Page 3
Cho Cho San Sushi Bar - Page 4
Alicia Keys - Page 4
SENIOR PLANS - Pages 5-8
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E d i t o r i a l s
A world after Hillary
By Andrew Slade
When this primary season and school
year began, I was confident that Senator
Hillary Clinton (D-NY) would secure her party’s
nomination for the 2008 presidential election.
I have personal reasons for supporting her, and
I am beyond the stage of trying to convince
anybody else to do the same. The unfortunate
reality is that, barring a decision on Michigan
and Florida (two states which held primary
elections in violation of the Democratic National Committee’s approved schedule, but
states whose
voters went
heavily
for
Clinton over
Obama), the
simple math
behind the delegate count
makes it nearly
impossible for
her to win the
nomination.
One may
speculate as
to
why
a
woman who
was once the
presumptive
nominee
is
now the assumed loser in
this extended
primary race,
but it’s really
impossible to
know for certain. In my
opinion, the
primary calendar worked to
Obama’s advantage, and
Hillary faced
far more critical media attention. Her campaign is not without fault; they, like I, underestimated Senator Obama’s appeal, and operated as though she had already won the
nomination. The answer to the question of
why she will have lost this primary is neither
here nor there, because, as much as it pains
me to say it, Barack Obama will be the Democratic candidate for President of the United
States.
Please don’t get me wrong. I like Barack
Obama. I think he is inspirational, and is a
fundamentally good person who might someday make a good president. Once he wins
the nomination, I will support him wholeheartedly over the man who says “[Expletive]
you!” to his colleagues in the Senate, and who
I view as being a truly misguided individual.
He has changed his positions on abortion, fiscal policy, energy, and has most surprisingly
implied that he will not be acting under the
guidelines of the campaign finance reform
bill which bears his name. I sure hope that
Republicans haven’t forgotten the term “flipflop”; they had no problem using it to tear
apart John Kerry in 2004.
Although Barack Obama leads Hillary
Clinton in delegates and states (his campaign
claims a lead in the popular vote as well,
though that is rightfully Hillary’s when the voters of Michigan and Florida are included in
the tally), I have serious concerns regarding
his chance of defeating the great Senator
John McCain. From where I stand, a Democratic win in 2008 should not be a problem. I
am, however, reminded each day by my “Out
of Office Countdown” calendar that we live
in a nation that reelected George W. Bush.
Like it or not, the winner of a presidential election is determined by the Electoral
College of the United States. Under this system, each state is given a certain number of
electors, based on its population. Pennsylvania, for example, has
21 electors
(2 senators
+ 19 representatives
in
Congress). In
2004, John
Kerry won
a majority
of votes in
Pennsylvania, which
“gave”
him
the
state’s 21
electors. Almost every
state operates under
a winnertake-all system when
distributing
electors.
There are a
total of 538
presidential electors
in the US
(435 congressional
representatives + 100 senators + 3 electors for
the District of Columbia, which is not represented in Congress). Since the goal of a presidential candidate is to gather as many of the
538 electoral votes as possible under this winner-take-all system, most focus on competitive states, commonly referred to as swing
states. A state like Massachusetts is not a swing
state, due to the overwhelming Democratic
majority, and the state’s voting history. Therefore, a Republican candidate would be wasting his or her time campaigning there, similar
to how a Democrat would be wasting his or
her time in Wyoming. Of the states that could
vote either way in a presidential election,
Florida, Pennsylvania, and Ohio are the largest, and consequently the most contested. It
is generally accepted that any Democrat
hoping to win such an election must take at
least two of these three states.
I would now like you to consider the demographics of these three states. Florida and
Pennsylvania are the two oldest states in
America. Additionally, Florida has an enormous Hispanic population. Moreover, Pennsylvania and Ohio are two of the most unionized states in the country. Perhaps this is why
Senator Clinton won each of these states in
double-digits, despite being outspent by margins as large as 3:1 by Barack Obama in Pennsylvania. All of these states play to Hillary
Clinton’s advantage. If you do not believe
me, or the results of the primary elections in
these states, look at the polls. According to
RealClearPolitics, which compiles and averages data from a variety of polls and news
sources, Hillary Clinton beats John McCain by
10 points in PA, compared to Obama’s estimated 5 point margin of victory. In Ohio,
Clinton beats McCain by 9, while Obama loses
to McCain by just over one point. In Florida,
a state with 27 electoral votes, Hillary beats
John by 1.7, while Obama loses by a margin
of 9 points. If these polls are any indication of
how things will turn out in November, I, as a
Democrat, am fearful. If for no other reason
than because she is the better candidate to
take on John McCain, I hope that
superdelegates will reconsider who to support.
I close by saying that I know it would be
virtually impossible for Hillary to become the
Democratic nominee, but I do still firmly believe that she is the best candidate for president, and I am truly disappointed by what
has happened, and the unfortunate outcome
I am anticipating come Election Day. Waiting for 2012…
Story of a junior
year
By Laura Pempkowski
It’s just about now
that I have a few moments to catch my
breath. This year has
been action-packed. I
mean just glance at my
day planner: it looks like
faces that the little girl
scribbled out in The Ring!
I highlighted, colorcoded, underlined, italicized, and even made
cute bubbles around
important meetings
and appointments.
God forbid I want to
make a doodle in there
– there’s no room! I
guess it’s just overwhelming
to
flip
through the pages of
my planner and see all
the things I accomplished. Two term papers
at the same time, extra Calculus help, mural
painting, dance competitions, college visits,
work at The Little Gym, driving lessons, SATs,
Abingtonian deadlines, the list goes on and
on. But even though it seems like insanity, I
really don’t think I would exchange it for a
different junior year if I could. I had innumerable fun times with friends, being runner-up
in the Poet Laureate contest, Snowball,
Wordlinks, J. Prom, love, got my braces off,
cut my hair, the school musical – it was all
great. So for any sophomores who hear about
the “horrors of junior year,” honestly, it’s not
that bad…just guard yourself with a good day
planner.
Live and learn.
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Bye Bye, Miss American Pie
By Shannon Fairorth
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Point / Counterpoint
I’ll admit: I think that I was about ten when I figured out that the Third World isn’t a term used
to describe all countries that aren’t America. Before then, I had just assumed that Africa was
peppered with huts, Mexico composed of electricity-free adobes, and that the people of Holland
still wore wooden clogs indiscriminately and danced in tulip gardens. Canada and England spoke in
our tongue, so they couldn’t have been that far behind – Second World, at least. But as for the rest
of them, weren’t they still milking cows, and being married off around the same age when I was
learning how to work my iPod?
While my ignorance does make me cringe a bit thinking back, I cannot help but wonder if it is
perhaps more than one little girl’s confusion, a reflection of a grander, all-encompassing set of
American values. After all, we’re the country that invented democracy, right? We’re the New
World, full of fertile, untouched soil and more maize than we know what to do with. Ever heard of
the car, the airplane, the nuclear bomb? Well, you’re welcome.
But here we are in 2008, thankfully into the top of the ninth of one of the most devastating
presidencies we have ever experienced, and what do we have? A government created for the
people, by the people seems to have morphed into a self-serving semi-autocratic system revolving around the delusions of one man, allegedly told by none other than God himself to invade Iraq
(did He also tell you to destroy our economy, Moses?). We used artificial selection (which, according to more than half of the country, shouldn’t even be possible – it’s just a theory!) to turn the maize
into sweet, yellow corn, which we’re now turning into fuel to suppress our narcotics – like dependency on foreign oil – never mind if it causes just as much pollution and has, of course, already
begun to starve the rest of the world through rising food prices. The technology of which we were
once so proud has come back to haunt us in ways that could have been cooked up by none other
than the Gods of Irony themselves. Gas prices have brought the United States to its knees, simultaneously raising many a sheik high onto thrones built of solid oil – automobiles don’t run on air, do
they? It was airplanes that took down our Towers, and not two years later, we invaded Iraq in fear of
the same weapons created in our own backyard.
Looking back, I guess it all started in the
1940s. Fresh out of a depression and long regarded as Great Britain’s tagalong little brother,
the United States’ involvement in World War II
turned the tides against Hitler. More than a military triumph, it was a moral victory, one that
confirmed that dictatorship could be no match
for democracy. Thanks to the war, jobs were
prevalent and the economy was in full swing.
What better than a Baby Boom to celebrate
America’s newly cemented position as a Global Superpower? For that is what we became,
in reality, true, but more so in our own minds.
Suddenly we were a golden emblem of freedom, wealth, and strength. There was nowhere
left to go but down.
The Red Scare was retrospectively inevitable. Our ego being what it was, Communism, which
seemed to go against everything that we stood for as Americans, was intolerable. Only a decade
or two before, during the Great Depression, the same distributive economic philosophy had been
popular among many intellectualists and laborers. But now things were different. If Capitalism had
been good enough to beat the Nazis, who were we to argue?
McCarthyism leads us into the 1960s, and the dawn of counter-culture. The Cold War had
spawned something red-hot: the invasion of Vietnam. The United States sent a slew of young men
to Southeast Asia to die in support of our latest political protégé. The enemy? The northern Democratic Republic of Vietnam, founded upon Marxist ideals. Born from the ashes of our integrity was
the first truly noticeable rejection of America’s materialistic, we-can-do-no-wrong attitude, a movement of long hair, free love, VW vans, Bob Dylan, the peace sign, LSD, nonviolent demonstrations,
Jack Kerouac, The Beatles, Woodstock, and, above all else, a strong (and open) distaste for establishment. We were Like A Rolling Stone, and for a little while at least, it looked like nothing would
end the ride.
But end it did, with too many drugs, too much sex, and no limit for the indulgence. What had
begun as a grass-roots revolution evolved into disco, and the “me first” attitude of the 1970s. The
country had been shaken, and badly, by the catastrophe that was Vietnam, by Watergate, which
took contempt and distrust for the government from the hippie communes into the mainstream,
and by the fact that a bunch of dirty, drugged-up kids had even existed, let alone had any sort of
effect upon society. Reagan rose to power in 1981, and with him returned a comfortable right-wing
concern for family values (Just Say No to Reaganomics) and an ever-familiar fear of Communism.
We were back to where we had been forty years ago; this time, however, there would be no D-Day.
The Libyan bombings, the Iran-Iraq War, and the Gulf War all resulted in ambivalent victories and an
increasingly tainted foreign opinion of America. We had slipped, but by no means were we bottomed-out quite yet.
Then came the turning of the millennium. To history-Sparknote-it, half a million more people
voted for Al Gore than George W. Bush, but it was the latter that became president. A year later, a
terrorist attack on American soil took thousands of lives. We swore that Bin Laden would be found,
were quickly distracted by imaginary weapons of mass destruction, and then forcibly invaded a
country that wanted no part in our democratic ways. Thanks partly to the cost of the war in Iraq
($720 million a day, most of which is probably just being spent on kittens and balloons, since the
troop surge is apparently going so well) and partly to the half-hilarious, half-terrifying ineptitude of
the current administration, the country is in nine trillion dollars of debt. In a playground of euros and
pounds, the dollar is the skinny kid with taped-up glasses getting whacked in the face with a dodge
ball during recess. To put it in more relevant terms, the number of foreclosure filings is up 42% from
three years ago. And America, once admired and revered, is a worldwide laughingstock.
Say what you want, but in truth, it’s sort of what we deserve. Since the 1940s, we have
consistently abused the wealth and power so justly earned, allowed our ego to destroy what made
us great to begin with. We run through natural resources as if their use is our own private prerogative. We think that we can jump into whatever volatile situation that our hearts desire and sort
things out however we see fit. Long gone are the days of Salinger and Hepburn and Wyeth; our
culture is mass-produced, sugarcoated, and celebrity-obsessed. Where is the integrity, the work
ethic, and the spirit of equality upon which this country was founded? Our run is up – it’s time for the
next Global Superpower (my money’s on China) to step up to bat. Ladies and gentlemen, Rome is
burning.
Land of the Free,
Home of the Brave
By Marc Joseph
Two hundred and twenty years seems like a
long time for a country to exist and still live up to
the ideals that her founding fathers laid out. As a
matter of fact, it is almost impossible to have them
go without change…and fortunately, in the case of
the United States of America, those two hundred
twenty years have been centuries of enlightenment
for not only our country, but for the world.
People love to say that our country is falling
apart around us, and it is very easy for them to do.
They simply point to all the bad things that we are
going through right now and exclaim, “Look! Look!
The government is discriminating against gays and
Mexicans! The government is corrupt and lying to
the people! The government is being imperialist and
invading foreign countries! Our economy is failing!”
Yet all it takes is a look at the rest of the world to
see that far from falling, our great country is flourishing.
First and foremost is the age-old argument
that the government is oppressing [insert minority
group here]. The government does this by [insert
generic cry about human rights here].
People, get over yourselves. Compare us to
any other country in the world, and name one that
has the same level of human rights as us. As a matter of fact, name one country that homosexuals are
permitted to marry in. Oh, wait! That’s right…you
can’t. Yet in the U.S.A., there are several states that
permit same-sex marriage. In Iran, homosexuals are
killed on sight. Another favorite argument is how
women’s rights are being oppressed in the United
States. While it is true that in some industries men
are paid more than women (despite the illegality of
said actions), the majority of the world’s female
population is oppressed, beaten (oftentimes literally) into submission, and left at home to tend the
family.
The other favorite argument saying America
is falling is that our economy is in a slump. Newsflash
--our country has been through one of the worst depressions in world history, and we came through that
as the world’s greatest superpower. Some statistics-in 1933, the United States had a 25% unemployment rate. Our GNP was less than sixty billion dollars
at one point, but in about six years we had reached
a national high…and our statistics currently aren’t
anything as grim as that. Look at history if you think
an economic slump is a sign of impending collapse,
and you’ll be sadly disappointed when you realize
that economies always fluctuate--first falling, and
then rebounding stronger than ever.
Did you know that the state of California has
the seventh largest GDP in the entire world? When
one of fifty states has a higher income than almost
the entire world, does that seem like failure? The
only body that produces more income than us is the
entirety of the EU…and keep in mind we are in the
middle of a slump. If that’s failure, failure sure seems
good to me.
Ladies and gentlemen, the belief that this
country is falling is, quite simply, flawed. If our country is so terrible, why do millions of people try to
come here every year? Stop looking at the world
from the vantage point a pampered liberal American and rip the veil from your eyes. The entire world
looks up to us as a paragon of virtue and freedom,
the single greatest hope of order in a world that has
rapidly descended into chaos. If you think our civil
rights are bad, move to the Middle East, where
women must conceal their faces and it is the victim
of rape who gets punished. Go to Africa, where being part of a different sect is a death sentence.
Move to South America, where speaking out against
the government is punishable by death. Or if that
isn’t to your taste, go to Asia, where the very governments which are sworn to protect their people
let them die in the wake of natural disasters. And
Europe? In Europe, reporters are subject to death
threats for controversial columns, and it is illegal to
be a member of certain political parties.
So next time you wish to argue how America is
falling, look at the rest of the world, and rest assured
that as long as one person wants freedom to live as
they please, there will always be a United States.
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Word Link
By Laura Pempkowski
Hey, word puzzle-lovers! Frustrated by Sudoku? I’ve made
a new labyrinth of letters to discover. You play by creating a link
of compound words from the first word all the way to the last.
The first and second words link to make a compound word, like
in the example: Guitar and string connect to be guitar string.
String links with band to make a string band; then band and
camp make band camp. Some of the words even have letters
filled in to help you out.
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Raw Fish. The mental picture does not do justice to the tender,
multi-colored, multi-patterned mouthfuls. Sushi is simply described as
fish with rice that is wrapped in seaweed. This simple description,
however, does not suffice, for the different combinations of fish, rice
and seaweed are infinite.
Cho Cho San embodies all the flavors and combination of the
sushi world into one prodigious menu. The menu starts off with appetizers, which span from the some-what run-of-the-mill Tuna Tataki
(grilled tuna) to the Fukahire, which consists of jelly fish accompanied
by shark fin. Next are the sushi and sashimi a la carte, followed by
their larger counterparts, hand rolls (ice cream cone-like sushi). Listed
next to the sushi combinations, for those with more squeamish stomachs, is the less exotic and more Americanized “cooked” menu of
teriyaki and tempura.
Although sushi is a favorite of mine, this was my first time at this
glorious restaurant. I quickly perused the menu in order to get a feel
for what the restaurant had to offer to your everyday famished customer. After only a few seconds, my eyes darted directly to the Cho
Cho San house specials. This list consisted of the finest sushi rolls that
the restaurant had to offer. Within five minutes, my family and I were
ready to order the meal of a lifetime.
To begin this feast, we ordered the elephant eye roll. This roll,
contradicting its name, consisted of everything but an elephant’s
eye. It was comprised of squid stuffed with eel, salmon, and seaweed, topped with eel sauce. Next in line were the house special
and Mikado roll. The house special roll appeared to be a regular sushi
roll of a filling wrapped in rice and then seaweed. However, upon
closer inspection, an educated sushi fanatic could observe that this
roll was filled with delectable delights. It was loaded with generous
amounts of crispy eel and salmon skin, shrimp, avocado, crab, cucumber, and small roe (fish eggs). The Mikado roll, on the other hand,
was an inside out roll filled with avocado and white and regular
tuna, wrapped in tuna.
After this tuna bonanza, it was hard to imagine a greater taste
bud paradise, but my mouth went into overdrive when Cho Cho
San’s specialty was placed on the table. The specialty was a sandwich of sorts. The two pieces of “bread” were sticky rice with an underside of seaweed. In between the two pieces of “bread” was a
mound of spicy sauce-covered fish. The “sandwiches” on the table
were filled with eel, yellow tail, scallop, and sweet shrimp. The eel
(broiled) provided a crunchy, teriyaki flavor to the sandwich. The yellow tail (raw), however, gave a mellow finish after the bold-tasting
eel. Lastly, the scallop and the sweet shrimp, both of which were
raw, ended this ensemble with a sweet, melt-in-your-mouth morsel.
Cho Cho San has become my favorite sushi restaurant, leaving
others well behind.
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Cho Cho San Sushi Bar
North Wales Plaza
981 North Wales Road
North Wales, PA 19454
(215) 885-1681
Alicia Keys: As I Am Tour
By Nia Hunt
Alicia Keys’ musical career took off in 2001 when she released
her first album, Songs In A Minor, an album composed of songs Alicia
wrote at the tender age of fourteen. In 2003, Alicia released her sophomore album, The Diary of Alicia Keys. As a part of the MTV Unplugged
Series, Alicia Keys performed live at the Brooklyn Academy of Music
and recorded this performance on an album titled Unplugged. Alicia has recently released her As I Am album, including hit singles “No
One” and “Teenage Love Affair.” Alicia Keys has sold millions of albums worldwide and won numerous awards, including fourteen
NAACP Image Awards and three American Music Awards.
R&B artist Alicia Keys gave a spectacular performance at the
Liacouras Center on April 21, 2008. A myriad of fans flocked to Alicia’s
As I Am concert and were blown away by her amazing display of
talent. The concert began with an opening musical interlude by male
R&B artist Ne-Yo, who sang a few songs from his new album. Then
Alicia Keys arrived on stage and thrilled the crowd with a performance of “No One.” Alicia then continued the concert with classics
from her previous albums as well as some new hits from her recent
album. Alicia performed upbeat hits that had the audience rising
from their seats and dancing as well as slow songs that soothed the
audience and had them waving their cell phones. These songs included “If I Ain’t Got You,” “Fallin’,” “Heartburn,” “Unbreakable,”
“Karma,” and “Like You’ll Never See Me Again.” When the concert
ended, audience members stampeded to a stand selling Alicia Keys
merchandise, which included T-shirts and posters. The Alicia Keys As I
Am concert was certainly a memorable night.
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TOBY ABDUL-RAZAQ
MADELINE ABEL
NATALIE ABEL
NICHOLAS ACKER
LANE ACKERMAN
TREVOR ADAMS
SIMONE ADLER
ELIZABETH ADSHEAD
TABITHA AHN
BRYAN AING
MICHELE ALBERTO
MICHELLE ALBRECHT
MARTIN ALEXION
AYANA ALLEN
MICHELLE ALLEN
TYLER ALLEN
JULIA ANDRAKA
BRYAN APPEL
ROBERT ARDIFF
LAURA BAEHR
BRIANA BALDWIN
MALCOLM BATES
ASHLEY BAUER
SHAWN BAYER
JOHN BECK
LEAH BECKER
TAMARA BELL
PHILLIP BENNINK
KATELYN BERGBAUER
SCOTT BERRY
SHARON BETZ
STEVEN BILLIG
MICHAEL BOETTCHER
ANNA BONDARENKO
JOSEPH BOSACK
MATTHEW BOSLEY
GABRIELLE BOWERMAN
TARA BOWLER
KELSEY BRADY
CHAD BRAVO
AMANDA BRENNAN
JESSICA BRENNAN
ASHLEY BRIGIDI
DORRENE BROWN
KATHERINE BROWNA
CHRISTOPHER BRUCE
LEAH BRUDER-REINL
CATHERINE BRUNNER
FRED BUCCI
SAMANTHA BUCCI
LAUREN BUCKHAMMER
REBECCA BURKART
LINDSEY BURKE
BRETT BURNS
HOLLY BURTON
ALEXANDER BUZBY
MARINA BYKOVA
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NICHOLAS CALCI
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KELLYE CALL
LINDSAY CAMERON
STEPHANIE CAMPBELL
ALISHIA CAMPELLONE
MARYBETH CAMPOLI
JESSICA CAPALDI
MEGAN CARBINE
CATHERINE CARBONE
LAURO CARDOSO
JUSTIN CAREW
COURTNEY CAREY
JOHN CASEY
THOMAS CASKEY
EMILY CHAN
PAUL CHAPMAN
JOEL CHOE
MICHEAL CHOE
GEENA CHOl
University of Pittsburgh
George Washington University
Undecided
Temple University
Temple University
Drexel University
Bennington College
Moravian College
Penn State Altoona
Saint Joseph’s University
Lafayette College
La Salle University
Temple University
Hampton University
West Chester University
Saint Leo University
Saint Joseph’s University
University of Miami
Firefighter/EMT
Muhlenberg College
Lincoln University
Temple University
Penn State University
Electrician
Montgomery County Community College
University of New Hampshire
Community College of Philadelphia
Work
Palm Beach Community College
Penn State University
Montgomery County Community College
Devry University
Montgomery County Community College
Temple University
Montgomery County Community College
Penn State University
Roxborough Memorial Hospital
School of Nursing
University of the Arts
Drexel University
Morehouse College
Penn State University
Penn State University
Temple University
University of Rochester
James Madison University
Lafayette College
Fashion designer
Year off
Temple University
Temple University
Eastern University
Montgomery County Community College
Holy Family University
United States Navy
Arcadia University
Temple University
Temple University
Montgomery County Community College
Temple University
Montgomery County Community College
University of Georgia
West Chester University
Arcadia University
Montco then Penn State
Temple University
Widener University
Penn State University - Honors Program
Montgomery County Community College
Mexico
West Chester University
Temple University
Widener University
Virginia Wesleyan College
Queen’s University
Montgomery County Community College
Rutgers University
Montgomery County Community College
Indiana University of Pennsylvania
MICHAEL CIANELA
BRITTNEY CIRONE
MARY-KATE COATES
MATTHEW COFFEY
ADAM COHEN
DANIEL COHEN
JEFFREY COHEN
RACHAEL COHEN
SPENCER COLLIER
WESLEY COLLIER
ALEXANDRA COLLIS
KELLY CONDON
PAULA CONROY
ANTHONY CONTURO
DAVID COOPER
BRIAN CORRIGAN
FREDERICK COSTANZO
CORDIERO COTTON
EVAN COX
BRITTANY CRAIG
DEIRDRE CRUICE-CABANEL
MATTHEW CRUZ
NICOLE CULBREATH
PATRICK CUPO
RACHEL CUTAIAR
JESSE CUTLER
LYNNE CZYZEWICZ
ASHLEY D’AMICO
DAVID D’AMICO
DENNIS D’ANGELO
AMANDA DAMOTH
DOMINIQUE DAVID
RYAN DAVIS
SHARDAI DAVIS
BRITTANY DAWSON
TIFFANY DAWSON
WILLIAM DEAN-ELLIS
MARISA DECK
BRIANNA DELOATCH
KARA DENNISON
DIANA DEVLIN
AVION DEWITT
ARIEL DEZIO
MELISSA DICIACCO
MADELEINE DIETRICH
ELIZABETH DIMASSA
RACHEL DIRKSEN
LYDIA DISTLER
KASEEM DODSON
CONOR DOLAN
MEGAN DONLICK
KEVIN DOUGHERTY
NATALIE DOUGHERTY
JOSEPH DUNLAP
BENJAMIN DUNPHEY
MICHAEL DURPHY
SASHA DUTTON
BRANDON EARL
KAITLEN EARLY
BETHANY EDGETT
REBECCA ENGLE
JACQUELINE EVANS
GRANT EVANS
MELISSA FALBO
SCOTT FARINA
DANIELLE FARNELL
JOSEPH FAULK
JAMIE FELDSTEIN
RONDELL FERNANDEZ
LAUREN FIELDS
ISABELLA FILIPPI
DANIEL FISHER
LOUIS FISHER
PATRICK FISHER
KEEOHN FITZGERALD
KERI FITZGERALD
RUSSELL FITZPATRICK
COLLEEN FITZSIMMONS
THOMAS FLACH
Bucks County Community College
Penn State University
Temple University
Montgomery County Community College
University of Virginia
Cornell University
Automotive Training Center
George Washington University
Lancaster Bible College
Philadelphia Biblical University
Goucher College
Marist College
University of Pittsburgh
Wilkes University
Montgomery County Community College
Millersville University
Penn State Abington
Tuskegee University
Penn State University
Luzerne, Stenographer
Travel
Orleans Technical Institute - HVAC
Neumann College
Temple University
Undecided
Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania
Towson University
East Stroudsburg University
Electrician
Shippensburg University
University of Toronto
Temple University
West Chester University
Montgomery County Community College
University of Pittsburgh
University of Pittsburgh
Full Sail University
University of Pittsburgh
Community College of Philadelphia
Art Institute of Philadelphia
Indiana University of Pennsylvania
Montgomery County Community College
Chestnut Hill College
Montgomery County Community College
School of Visual Arts
West Chester University
Messiah College
Messiah College
Indiana University of Pennsylvania
York College
Undecided
Temple University
Stetson University
Savannah College of Art and Design
State University of New York
Montgomery County Community College
Indiana University
West Virginia University
Penn State Abington
Eastern University
Montgomery County Community College
Drexel University
Hartwick College
Penn State Berks
Manor College
Millersville University
Camden County Community College
Temple University
Automotive Training Center
Chestnut Hill College
Montco then Shippensburg University
Thaddeus Stevens College of Technology
Automotive Training Center
Boston Conservatory
Montgomery County Community College
East Stroudsberg University
Lafayette College
Drexel University
Saint Joseph’s University
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KEVIN FLYNN
PHILIP FOSTER
TIMOTHY FRAIN
ELIZABETH FRIESEN
MICA FULLER
ASHLEY FULTON
JESSICA GABAGE
CORAL GARLOTTA
DANIEL GARRISON
ABRAM GEATHERS
DANIEL GEATING
JOSHUA GEATING
ASHLEY GENNETT
JILLIAN GERLACH
ADAM GLICKMAN
JESSE GOLASZEWSKI
MALORIE GOLDBLATT
ALIZA GOLDSTEIN
MICHAEL GOODMOTE
JAZMINE GORDON
CRYSTAL GOVENS
KYLE GRAHAM
SHARNAY GRAHAM
ADRYN GRASTY
SADE GRAVES
RUTHIE GREENBLATT
LANA GREGG
NICHOLE GRESSEL
BENJAMIN GRUBB
RAFFAELE GUARINO
JONATHAN GUARRACINO
CATHERINE HAAS
ALEXANDRA HAASZ
ZACHARY HABEL
JAMES HAGER
STEPHANIE HAMILTON
JASON HAMMERSCHMIDT
KWAN HAN
JESSICA HARRIS
ABIGAIL HARTUNG
RYAN HASSE
CAITLIN HATFIELD
R.J. HEGEDUS
ANTHONY HEILER
JEFFREY HEIN
A.J. HEINTZ
DILLON HELLINGER
AMANDA HELVESTON
DERRON HENDERSON
NATAIJA HENDERSON
LATOYA HENRY
ROSALIE HENRY
MARK HILDEBRAND
LEON HILL
ETHAN HOAGLAND
CHRISTOPHER HOFMANN
NATHAN HOLLAND
SUGENE HONG
KRISTINE HOOD
MARK HOOD
STEPHANIE HOOVER
ABIGAIL HOROWITZ
ALEESHA HOUSE
MATTHEW HOWARD
JEFFREY HWANG
EDEN IANNUZZI
CHRISTOPHER INNAMORATO
SARINPORN INTONGKAM
ERIK IOCHUM
TANYA IVANKIN
THOMAS JABLONOWSKI
ANDREW JACKSON
RACHAEL JACKSON
RACHEL JACKSON
MELISSA JARKOWSKY
TEREZA JARNIKOVA
TIMOTHY JASKOWIAK
DHARMADEV JAYARAJ
University of Scranton
Montgomery County Community College
Clarion University of Pennsylvania
Drexel University
Indiana University of Pennsylvania
University of Maryland, Eastern Shore
West Chester University
Lock Haven University of Pennsylvania
Montgomery County Community College
Eastern University
Virginia Wesleyan College
Philadelphia Biblical University
Temple University
West Chester University
American University
American University
Penn State University
University of Pittsburgh-Titusville
Work
Delaware State Community College
Johnson and Wales University
West Chester University
Montgomery County Community College
Lock Haven University of Pennsylvania
Montco then Pierce College
University of Pittsburgh
University of Maryland, Eastern Shore
Montgomery County Community College
Temply University
Montgomery County Community College
Penn State Abington
Temple University
Penn State University
Construction
Eastern University
Coppin State University
Temple University
La Salle University
Montgomery County Community College
Towson University
Montgomery County Community College
Montgomery County Community College
Montgomery County Community College
Penn State Abington
Indiana University of Pennsylvania
Misericordia University
Temple University
Bucks County Community College
King’s College
Benedict College
Art Institute of Philadelphia
West Chester University
Fairfield University
Penn State University
Painters Union
Penn State University
Penn College of Technology
North Park University
University of Pittsburgh
Penn State Abington
Gettysburg College
Penn State University
Art Institute of Philadelphia
Temple University
Boston College
Cosmetologist
Manor College
Chulalongkorn University
Kutztown University
Wesley College
Ursinus College
Welder
Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania
Rutgers University
Neumann College
McGill University
Penn State Abington
Holy Family University
CHRISTOPHER JENKINS
ANDREW JESTER
MIA JESTER
CHRISTINE JOH
TEMPESS JOHNS
CANDACE JOHNSON
ERIC JOHNSON
GARY JOHNSON
ISAIAH JOHNSON
VICTORIA JOHNSON
ANTONIO JONES
AUSTIN JONES
BRIAN JONES
CHRISTINA JONES
CHRISTOPHER JONES
KEITH JONES
MICHAEL JONES
SEON JORDON
JACQUELINE JOYCE
THOMAS KAECHELIN
MAUREEN KAISER
EVAN KALIKOW
ERIC KANE
HOPE KARNS
JEFFREY KASSARJIAN
JESSICA KASSARJIAN
TAOHEED KASUMU
YONATON KATZ
MATTHEW KAUFFMAN
MEGAN KEANE
ROBERT KIEFFER
JOSEPH KIM
SUNGEUN KIM
JANIYAH KIRBY
SCOTT KISTER
TAYLOR KIZEL
CARLA KLEMMER
JENNIFER KLINK
JAMES KNIGHT
JULIA KNIHNICKY
AARON KNOCK
STEPHEN KNOPF
MICHELLE KNOX
ADAM KRAMER
BRETT KRAMER
ELIZABETH KREITSCHMANN
ALEXANDER KRESS
ROSALIE KRESS
EVAN KROUT
ABIGAIL KRUGER
ALEXANDRA KUCZYNSKI-BROWN
HAILLYE KUHN
LANE LANDSBERG
ELIZABETH LANE
PHILIP LAQUER
ADAM LAUTMAN
SEAN LAWLER
ROXANNE LAWRENCE
SHANNON LAWSON
VI LE
SHANNON LEARY
CHRISTOPHER LEE
DANIEL LEE
DENNIS LEE
JANE LEE
YUNMIE LEE
REBECCA LEHRMAN
MATTHEW LEONARDIS
SARAH LEVANDOWSKI
JASON LEVY
JONATHAN LEWIS
ALEXANDRA LEWYCKY
SARAH LOONEY
CHRISTINA LOWE
TERESA LUNDY
PHILLIP LUU
KATHRYN MACILVAIN
DANIEL MACMILLAN
Shippensburg University
Penn State University
Temple University
Albright College
Indiana University of Pennsylvania
Penn State Abington
University of Pittsburgh
Clark Atlanta University
Millersville University
Montgomery County Community College
University of the District of Columbia
Tattoo artist/Artist
Temple University
Beauty school
Undecided
Delware Valley College
Police officer
Nursing school
University of the Arts
Manor College
Penn State University
Penn State University - Honors Program
Millersville University
Empire - Cosmetology School
Temple University
Temple University
Hampton University
Bucks County Community College
West Chester University
Lynn University
Penn State University - Honors Program
University of Pittsburgh
Temple University
St. John’s University
Pennsylvania College of Technology
Montgomery County Community College
United States Coast Guard
Shippensburg University
Saint Joseph’s University
Duquesne University
Arcadia University
Temple University
Jean Madeline Aveda Institute
Montgomery County Community College
Work
University of the Arts
Temple University
Ursinus College
Montgomery County Community College
University of Vermont
Cornell University
Penn State College of Technology
Montgomery County Community College
Montgomery County Community College
University of Vermont
Temple University
West Chester University
Neumann College
Cosmetologist
Temple University
Undecided
Penn State University
The College of New Jersey
Construction
Drexel University
Montgomery County Community College
Montco then Temple
Penn State Univeristy
Penn State University
Penn State University
Work
Temple University
James Madison University
Montgomery County Community College
Delaware State University
Philadelphia University
Drexel University
Penn State University
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ALEXANDER MADELL
TARA MAERZ
DANIEL MAGIERA
ANDREW MAHER
ANTHONY MAHON
RONALD MAIDEN
JULIE MARINUCCI
QADIR MARTIN
VICTORIA MARTIN
KELLY MATIZA
VICTORIA MAY
TORREY MCANENA
ALLISON MCCAFFREY
SARAH MCCAFFREY
CAITLIN MCCOLLUM
BONNIE MCDEVITT
ELIZABETH MCDONALD
LORENZO MCDUFFIE
KASEY MCELVANEY
THOMAS MCFARLAND
ALEXANDER MCGINLEY
ELIZABETH MCHALE
ALYSSA MCINTYRE
MATTHEW MCINTYRE
MARK MCLAUGHLIN
SEONAID MCNABB
KERI MEEHAN
SCOTT MERMELSTEIN
NATHAN MEYER
DAVID MEYERS
GINAMARIE MEYERS
KATIE MILLER
JAMES MILLIGAN
YALE MINN
MARK MITSUUCHI
VERONICA MONTEFUSCO
DOMENIC MONTONE
JASON MORETTI
MARY MORRIS
KEVIN MORTON
DANA MORVIN
ROBERT MOSK
SHANE MOYER
MALIKAH MUHAMMAD
MICHAEL MULLER
JI MUN
NICOLE MURPHY
RAUSHAN MURRAY
REBECCA NAUGHTON
JACOB NIEHOFF
THOMAS NORTON
MAXWELL NURNBERGER
DANIEL NUSSBAUM
DAISY O
RYAN O’CONNOR
LISA O’DONNELL
BRIDGET O’HAGAN
MOLLY O’HAGAN
JOSEPH ORKWISZEWSKI
MICHAEL ORLANDO
EVAN ORLOFF
ENADIA OTTO
NATALIE OTTO
KARMI OXMAN
DIANA PADRE
SHANISE PALMER
KATRINA PANASIUK
MELANIE PANASIUK
WILLIAM PAQUETTE
JESSICA PARK
JENNIFER PARKE
KIERSTEN PARKS
SAVAN PATEL
BRADLEY PEACOCK
YAGUANG PEl
ELIZABETH PEIFFER
THOMAS PEIFFER
CHARLES PEOPLES
Arcadia University
Penn State University
Montgomery County Community College
Shippensburg University
Eastern University
Montgomery County Community College
Montclair State University
Penn College of Technology
DeSales University
Art Institute of Philadelphia
Restaurant school
Marymount Manhattan College
University of Chicago
La Salle University
Art Institute of Philadelphia
University of Delaware
Temple University
Bowie State University
Montgomery County Community College
Johns Hopkins University
University of Pennsylvania
Montgomery County Community College
Rochester Institue of Technology
Montgomery County Community College
West Chester University
University of Pittsburgh
Montgomery County Community College
Albright College
University of Hartford
Susquehanna University
Montgomery County Community College
Temple University
Drexel University
U.S. Naval Academy / Annapolis
Penn State Abington
Temple University
Alvernia College
West Chester University
Montgomery County Community College
Kutztown University
University of the District of Columbia
Military, College
Penn State Abington
Wine specialist/Baker
Cornell University
Temple University
Community College of Philadelphia
Penn State University
University of Pittsburgh
Shippensburg University
Local 126 Union
University of Pittsburgh
Penn State University
Temple University
East Stroudsburg University
Lafayette College
Sacred Heart University
Sacred Heart University
Villanova University
Temple University
University of Vermont
Montgomery County Community College
Northland College
Oberlin College
Montgomery County Community College
Penn State Abington
Shippensburg University
Indiana University of Pennsylvania
Indiana University of Pennsylvania
La Salle University
Skidmore College
University of South Carolina
Year off
Penn State Abington
University of Toronto
Penn State University - Honors Program
Auburn University
North Carolina A&T State University
KYLE PERKINS
KIMBERLY PESSOA
GUY PETRUCCI
BENJAMIN PHILLIPS
LYNELL PIERRE
SHERNELL PIERRE
ANTHONY PIFANI
Shippensburg University
Philadelphia Biblical University
Temple University
University of the Arts
Cosmetology, Business, Psychology
Computers
Temple University,
Landscape contractor
VIVICA PINKNEY
SHEREE PIPPEN
KAHLIL PITTMAN
LAUREN PIUNTI
ALEXANDER POLI
Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania
DAVID POLLEN
TRAVIS POLLEN
LEANDRA POOLE
BRYAN PORTEN-WILLSON
NICOLE PORTER
KEITH PRATER
KEVIN PRENDERGAST
ANTHONY PRESTA
SEAN PRITCHARD
CASEY PRITZ
SHAUN PUDLES
EARL QUINN
ALEJANDRA QUIROZ
MADELINE RADITZ
DANIEL RAJNATH
NICOLE RANKIN
KELLY RATKA
VAISHALI RAWAL
ISABELLA REALE
MATTHEW REALE
DANIEL REAM
LISA REMENTER
YOUNG RHEE
VINCENT RICCI
MAYA RICE
KIMBERLY ROBERTS
SAMANTHA ROBKIN
SARAH RODENHAUSEN
DAVID ROONEY
THOMAS ROONEY
SARAH ROSCHER
LEILA ROSEN
MEGAN ROSSI
MICHAEL RUHL
SHARDE RYMER-SAVAGE
JOSHUA SALZMAN
JANEE SANDERS
NICKOLl SANDNER
DANE SARDEN
LAEL SCARBOROUGH
NOEL SCHAFFER
ERIC SCHAFT
KURT SCHMIDT
ELANA SCHNALL
KIRA SCHORR
ALISSA SCHRODER
SAMUEL SCHULTZ
MATTHEW SEGALL
HEATHER SEITZINGER
JOSEPH SENESE
RYAN SENGER
SHAWN SENGER
RACHEL SEVERINO
LATOSHA SEYMOUR
JOHN SHELTON
ALEXANDER SILVA
ANTHONY SIMKO
KRISTIN SIMMONS
STEVEN SIMS
BRANDEN SINGER
DANA SMEE
BEONCA SMITH
CODY SMITH
COLLEEN SMITH
Cosmetologist
Ursinus College
James Madison University
Montgomery County Community College,
Paramedic School
Drexel University
Swarthmore College
Penn State University
Temple University
Towson University
Montco then Temple
Montgomery County Community College
Montgomery County Community College
Penn State Abington
Widener University
La Salle University
Shippensberg University
University of Morelos
West Chester University
Montgomery County Community College
West Chester University
West Chester University
La Salle University
Arcadia University
Penn State University
University of Pittsburgh
Montgomery County Community College
Penn State University
Ursinus College
Fashion designer
Art Institute of Philadelphia
West Chester University
Saint Joseph’s University
Penn State University
Temple University
Skidmore College
Hampshire College
La Salle University
Penn State University
Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania
Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania
University of Maryland Eastern Shore
Gwynedd-Mercy College
Montgomery County Community College
University of Maryland, Baltimore County
Howard University
Penn State University
Montgomery County Community College
Penn State University
University of Wisconsin
University of Pittsburgh
Penn State University
Penn State University
Rochester Institute of Technology
Chestnut Hill College
Drexel University
Devry University
Catholic University of America
Bowie State University
East Stroudsburg University
Internship at Pixar
Temple University
Hampton University
Lock Haven University of Pennsylvania
Montgomery County Community College
West Chester University
Pre-Med/Pediatrician
Montgomery County Community College
Penn State University - Honors Program
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STEPHANIE SMITH
ANDREW SMITH
CHRISTOPHER SPADACCINI
ADAM SPAIDE
MICHAEL SPENGLER
ALLISON SPILKIA
COURTNEY STAERK
REBECCA STARKER
CORY STEELE
ANGILA STEPHENS
JESSICA STEVENS
QUINN STEVENS
REBECCA STORZ
STEPHEN SUDER
FRANCIS SUEN
DAVID SUMBA
THOMAS SWEENEY
BRYAN TAYLOR
DANIEL TAYLOR
JANUARIE TAYLOR
PAIGE TAYLOR
MICHAEL TEPEL
PARAS TERRELL
BRYNN THALLNER
CHRISTOPHER THOMAS
JOSHUA THOMAS
THERESA THOMAS
JOHN TIMLIN
RACHEL TRACHTENBERG
BRITTANY TRICE-HOLIDAY
LAUREN TROXEL
KAYLA TUCKER
PATRICK TUNNEY
JORDAN TURNER
KATE ULRICH
ELISEE ULYSSE
CURTIS UNDERWOOD
HEATHER URBAN
MICHAEL VANDEGRIFT
LUIZA VASILE
MARTA VASYLKIV
ADRIEL VISS
MARIA WAELTZ
ANDRE WALKER
FRANK WALL
STEPHANIE WALSH
JASON WARD
ALLISON WARREN
DELIA WASHINGTON
J. MARCEL WASHINGTON
KELLY WASSINGER
STACI WASSINGER
STEPHEN WASTLE
BRITTANY WATERS
STEPHANIE WATKINS
QUINTEN WATTS
MADELINE WECKEL
EDDIE WELLS
ANDREW WERNER
WILLIAM WEST
BRITTANY WHITESIDE
CASSANDRA WHITSTONE
CHRISTIAN WILBUR
ALEXANDRA WILDSTEIN
BRENDAN WILLIAMS
TANEA WILLIAMS
MARVIN WILLIAMS
MARCUS WILLIS
SCOTT WILSON
TERENCE WILSON
TYRA WILSON
SARAH WINGERT
KAREN WISE
STEPHEN WOERNER
DAYTON WOODARD
HARRY WORRELL
ROBERT WUSTNER
Elizabethtown University
West Chester University
United States Marine Corps
West Chester University
Arcadia University
Northeastern University
Shippensburg University
University of Miami
Millersville University
Art Institute of Philadelphia,
Penn State Abington
Indiana University of Pennsylvania
Gwynedd-Mercy College
Undecided
Electrician
Drexel University
Work
College, Sociology
Montgomery County Community College
Drexel University
Shippensburg University
Montco - 2-year Radiology
Syracuse University
Gwynedd-Mercy College
Drexel University
Montgomery County Community College
Montgomery County Community College
Gwynedd-Mercy College
Millersville University
Bucks County Community College
Fashion Institute of Technology
Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania
Rochester Institue of Technology
Montgomery County Community College
Bucks County Community College
Penn State University
Coppin State University
Palm Beach Community College
Fasion/business school, Open salon
Penn State University
Montgomery County Community College
Manor College
Montgomery County Community College
University of Pittsburgh
Montgomery County Community College
Towson University
West Chester University
Montco then Temple
Syracuse University
Edinboro University
Pennsylvania College of Technology
Saint Joseph’s University
James Madison University
University of Delaware
Penn State University
Abington Dixon School of Nursing
Montgomery County Community College
University of Pittsburgh
Art Institute of Philadelphia
Immaculata University
Gwyneed-Mercy College
Montgomery County Community College
Messiah College
Police Academy
West Virginia University
Millersville University
Air Force/Navy, Restaurant school
Devry University
Cornell University
Saint Joseph’s University
Montgomery County Community College
West Chester University
Travel
West Chester University
Montgomery County Community College
Penn State University
Manor College
Immaculata University
HAE YANG
OKSANA YARYCHKIVSKA
ADAM YOUNG
DAVID YUCHNIEVICZ
ENTELA ZEMANAJ
JACOB ZIMMERMAN
Stony Brook University
Temple University
Undecided
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
Cosmetologist
Drexel University
The Abingtonian
extends its
sincerest
apologies to
those seniors who
have been left off
this list and offers
congratulations
to the
Class of 2008!
ABINGTONIAN
2007-2008
Published by:
Abington Senior High School; Abington, Pennsylvania
Editors-in-Chief: Alex Kuczynski-Brown, Travis Pollen
News Editor: Steph Smith
Editorial Editor: Laura Pempkowski
Features Editor: Rachel O’Neill
Sports Editor: Jesse Golaszewski
Photographers/Cartoonists: Adam Glickman, Fränc Luu
Writers:
Julie Powers, Jill McCoach, Caroline Mills, Shannon Fairorth, Marc
Joseph, Rob Verderame, James McDonald, Melanie Highbloom,
Jacob Feldman, Sam Gerhardt, Juliette Augustin, Gia Gladden,
Alyssa Kress, Sara Small, Erin Metzinger, Nikki Hess, Chelsea
Marion, Yale Minn, Sarah Nyirjesy, Liz McGarry, Maddie Abel, Allie
Baurer, Maeve McDermott, Paul Tershakovec, Robbie Rozansky,
Sarah Bugay, Nia Hunt
Special thanks to...
Daniel Nussbaum for his dedication to the Abingtonian.
Advisors:
Mr. A. Saylor, Mr. R. Wrigley
Administration:
Dr. R. Burt, Mr. R. McCuen, Ms. D. Heaven, Mr. E. Johnson