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Hmong New Year pg. 3 Music Wing Review pg. 4 T Interstellar Review pg. 3 Source: www.hallels.com ower imes December 18th, 2014 Madison East High School Vol. 91, Issue 4 Holiday Shopping How to buy locally this holiday season by Rosie Rodriguez We all love the holidays, and shopping is part of the appeal. While you could go to Walmart or Target to get a plastic trinket for your loved ones, it’s feasible to do your holiday shopping sustainably with a better showing of your love. State Street is an obvious choice for local gifts. This includes shops like Little Luxuries and Madison Modern Market, which are great for buying gifts, that even offer gift wrapping. At Little Luxuries, keep an eye out for their fantastic collections of winter wear and hair accessories, and at Madison Modern Market, take a look at the kids’ gear and greeting cards. For the larger budgets, art stores like the one at the Overture center offer gorgeous bowls, bags, and even socks. Of course, if you’re looking for something more unique or specific check out the Soap Opera, ReThreads, and It’s Sugar. The Soap Opera has a great collection of soaps and scents for everyone on your list, ReThreads offers high-quality thrift shopping, and It’s Sugar has candy for everyone from your kid brother to your grandma. If you’re looking for a place to shop closer to East, check out the Willy Street area. They offer specialty stores, like the Garden Center and St. Vincent dePaul, as well as art galleries like Hatch Art House. Look at the terrarium arrangements and air plants at the Garden Center, and the jewelry or sweaters at St. Vincent dePaul. Hatch Art House is a bit pricier, but you might appreciate the adorable felt creatures and cards they offer. If you’re absolutely committed to the local and organic, the Willy Street Co-op offers scarves, kitchen tools, and beauty products in addition to its organic foods. A gift card is a great idea here, because the Co-op offers a juice bar and bakery which are fantastic (See Shopping on page 4 for continuation) Source: Michelle Galarowicz National Honor Society sings carols at Oak Park Place Nursing Home Volunteering How to become involved in the East community by Alyssa McGillivary As a new graduation requirement for this year’s sophomores, and all classes following, students must complete thirty hours of Service E or volunteering around the community within the four years of high school. This requirement encourages students to get involved with their school and community, become aware of the community they live in, and help them become well-rounded individuals. Volunteering also prepares students for future educational and occupational plans. As Jordan Smith, a student of the 2012 class, says, “The mission for the Service E award is to promote community service in the East High School area and beyond. It is important to give back to those who are in need because it denotes a (See Volunteer on page 4 for continuation) The East Music Wing A Review by Seth Goldstein The music wing at East is fairly secluded from the rest of the school. It’s not necessarily on the first floor, but definitely not on the second, and it can be easy not to think about what goes on in that part of the building. But for the orchestra, choir and band students of the music wing, November was performance time. Watching the orchestra students perform is really something else, and it looks like a sea of synchronized bows when they play. The orchestra department had their fall concert on the snowy night of November 13th in the Margaret Williams Theatre. I had never been to an orchestra concert before, so when the concert master took the stage and started to tune the group, it took me by surprise. (See Music on page 4 for continuation)v the tower times is Commited to informing, promoting, uniting, and celebrating THE East community. East Tower Times volume 91 issue 4 December 18th, 2014 Are you interested in writing an article? Do you have an idea for an article? Do you want to advertise in the Tower Times? Then Contact us! Email us at: [email protected] or Stop by at a meeting! Mondays after school and Thursday mornings in Room 2059 Staff Supervisor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kia Conrad Editor-in-Chief . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Emily Barry Placement Editor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Wendy Hoang News Editor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Anna Cohen Graphics Editor . . . . . . . . . . . . Fatoumata Ceesay Formating Editor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Seth Campbell Marketing . . . . . . Marco Mora & Lindsey Paquin Elizabeth Watson, Molly Pomarnke-Blake, James Hughes, Eric Mattson, Sophia Klimowicz, Lillian Norman, Rosie Rodriguez, Juan Acosta-Mendez, Seth Goldstein, Jonah Jossart, Alyssa McGillivary the tower times is Commited to informing, promoting, uniting, and celebrating THE East community. Letter From an Editor Hello East! First semester is coming to a close, and finals are upon us once again (or for the first time, you lucky freshmen). With that, the Tower Times is devoted to producing yet another issue. We have come up with topics that we find intriguing for East’s community, and we hope you will find them to be so. In this issue you will see the best guide to shopping locally for the holidays, an editorial on whether AVID should be implemented outside of AVID classes, learn how to handle finals’ stress, ways to get involved and volunteer, and much much more. In a personal opinion, this issue is one of the best we have had this school year, and I hope to continue to feel that way with each upcoming issue. Other things to keep your eyes out for in this issue are the major changes we have implemented since our previous issue. We, and many of you, the readers, felt that our paper was hitting a rough patch with our formatting, so a few of us on the staff sat down, tore the paper apart, and built it back up. While continuing our regular features, such as Peppy Adventures, Zoroscopes, and Coffee Corner, we have added fun, new features like a crossword and a wordsearch into our mix. Something we will also be continuing with from our last issue is the ‘Article from the Archive.’ We’ll pull an article from an old Tower Times that we think is representative of East’s community throughout history and will re-publish it for you to explore. Overall, our goal is to continue to build the Tower Times into a better newspaper and to always grow from what we have. We hope you as the readers understand that and help us to continuously improve. Feel free to track down a TT staff member any time, stop by one of our meetings, or see Mrs. Conrad in room 2059 if you have any comments, suggestions, or opinions. With the busy months ahead, the Tower Times wishes you the best with all your upcoming adventures. Happy Holidays, Happy New Year, and may you pass all of your finals! Ask Peppy... Dear Peppy, How does the heating system at East work? Because in some classes, it’s still very cold. Sincerely, I Feel Like A Popsicle Dear IFLAP, It doesn’t. Bundle up! Love, Peppy Dear Peppy, I don’t know if you can answer this but why do some of the bathrooms only have hand sanitizers? I enjoy washing my hands with real soap but instead it’s been replaced with hand sanitizers and I’m very confused. Sincerely, Germaphobe Dear Germ, That’s a good question. It’s probably deep level sabotage being performed by The Cult (remember kids, DON’T ENTER THE CHAMBER OF SECRETS). If it makes you feel better, a true, high-quality hand washing generally requires at least 20 seconds. And really, who has the time? Love, Peppy Dear Peppy, I recently got dumped by my boyfriend of two years. He just told me that he wanted to date other people. This really annoying popular girl is always flirting with him so I bet she’s one of the other people he wants to date. I have three classes with him and it’s almost impossible to avoid him. Maybe I should just start dating other people too since I’m apparently not interesting enough for him anymore. I really want to forget about him ASAP. Please please please please help me out. Sincerely, The Angry Dumped Girl Dear TADG, Breakups can be tough, especially when the relationship lasted for a long time. Since I’m a Purgolder, I don’t have much experience with human relationships and don’t feel comfortable giving you advice. However, I can say this: you are always the most important person in your life, and true happiness can only come from within. I hope that helps. Love, Peppy Dear Peppy, How do I start a new club? Sincerely, Clubstarter Dear Clubstarter, If you have a passion and want others to share it with you, find a willing superviser and get your new club going! Make sure to get your name out there to build your membership. New clubs are always encouraged at East. Stay involved! Love, Peppy Peppy Adventures By Wendy Hoang Sincerely, Emily Barry, Editor-in-Chief Page 2 East Tower Times Volume 91, Issue 4 Food Foyer Cinema Cellar by Seth Campbell Situated in the middle of the Northside Town Center is Habaneros Mexican Grill, an unassuming restaurant. The building is tucked away behind a Walgreens and a gas station, and was formerly home to a Rocky Rococo’s. The new owners have barely changed the decor from its days as a pizza place, adding a few colorful signs on the outside and oil paintings on the inside. by Seth Campbell & Wendy Hoang off the feeling of subdued potential, somewhere that could be, but just wasn’t. The front of the restaurant felt like a school cafeteria. I ordered from the counter, getting a barbecue beef burrito with black beans, lettuce, tomatoes, cheese, rice, and medium sauce. The food was prepared immediately and in front of me, much like a Subway for burritos. I sat down next to a window and began to eat. The first bite of the burrito was mostly tortilla, with a touch of beef. As I continued to eat, I got a better idea of the flavors of the burrito. The beef was a little dry, and the barbecue flavor was muted at best. The story was the Source: www.habanerosmg.com/ same with the beans. They were tender, but mostly flavorless. The When I walked in at one in stars of the meal were the crisp the afternoon on a Saturday, and flavorful fresh vegetables. the place was empty, and But in the end, the meal was the looked like it had been that same as the restaurant: good, but way all day. The space gave subdued. Truth In Advertising The East Side Players go to State by Anna Cohen The East Side Players have done it again. This year the competitive production of The Truth in Advertising by Terry Fletcher et al. qualified for state and for the third year in a row won the All State Award. Additionally, Michelle Morency, the lead actress, was awarded an Outstanding Actor award, only the second recipient in East’s history. East’s play competed alongside more than fifty other plays from all around Wisconsin on November 22nd at Viterbo University in La Crosse, Wisconsin. “East’s play competed alongside more than fifty other plays from all around Wisconsin” The play Truth in Advertising is the product of a month of hard work by actors, technical staff, and director Paul Milisch. In fact, the cast spent the first week of the rehearsal process re-writing about two thirds of the script so that it would be more accessible to audiences. The forty December 18th, 2014 minute one-act play (competition rules require that plays be able to bring their set onstage, perform, and take the set offstage within forty minutes time) tells the story of Miranda, a girl growing up in our digital age full of advertisements. Miranda must find a way to resist the temptation to give in to the ads as real life becomes more like an ad and ads become more like real life. ESP prides itself in performing theatre from various different genres, a pattern which can be clearly seen in the competition shows of the past. The East Side Players have qualified for state the past two years with the play PUSH by George Cameron Grant (2012, a drama) and The Cave by Tim Kelley (2013, absurd theatre), but neither were quite like The Truth in Advertising, an ensemble tragicomedy. Known for his work in Inception and The Dark Knight trilogy, Christopher Nolan has brought yet another captivating film to the theaters. He and his brother, Jonathan, are famous for their thought provoking and stimulating screenplay, and often delve into the realm of science fiction. Most notably, the pair touches on topics such as human morality, sociological changes, and self reflection. Source: http://www.epicwallpaperhd. com/ Having already garnered twenty-one Oscar nominations and six awards, Nolan does not disappoint with his newest film, Interstellar. Working as director, co-writer, and producer, Nolan captures the will of human survival. Interstellar, an epic space odyssey, follows Cooper, a former spacecraft pilot played by Matthew McConaughey. The movie consists of three distinct acts, one of which is set on Cooper’s farm on Earth. It then moves to a mission to save the human race and closes with a final act that changes the meaning behind every action in the film. As a whole, the film beautifully captures humanity’s inner desire for exploration. There are still some issues with this film. Some of the characters, especially the female ones, lack development. Additionally, there is little minority representation, although this is typical of large Hollywood productions. “the film beautifully captures humanity’s inner desire for exploration” Neil DeGrasse Tyson, a leading American physicist, has even defended some of them. Despite its issues, Interstellar is a film everyone should see. Especially with NASA’s recent mission to Mars, supporting space travel is more important than ever. And, of course, Interstellar is a favorite for multiple Oscar categories. Hmong New Year by Fatoumata Ceesay Recently, East High’s Hmong community staged the eighth annual Hmong New Year performance to celebrate this cultural holiday. These productions were initiated in order to share the Hmong customs throughout the walls of East using traditional songs, dances, and fascinating folklore. This year’s show was an interpretation of a popular tale about the history of Hmong last names. One of the performers, senior Wendy Xiong, states that having the Hmong New Year performances gives students an inside look at the customs of a large portion of the East community: “You go to school with us, see us everyday, and you even have classes with us, yet, you don’t see how we live our lives, especially on one of the most important days of the year,” Xiong says, “Being able to perform in front of our peers creates a connection where we can show you how we celebrate and you can be more informed about Hmong people.” Page 3 Xiong has been participating in a Hmong dance group for three years and performs at the Hmong New Year celebration at the Alliant Energy Center. She describes the event as a really fun day filled with Hmong related treats, clothing, and people. It includes venders of jewelry, music, and classic Hmong delicacies. There are stages set up for singers, dancers, people who play traditional instruments, and important Hmong leaders in the Madison community: “It’s basically like an expo showcasing our strengths as a group of people,” explains Xiong. These expos are open to anyone who is interested in the Hmong culture. Xiong went on to describe how she celebrates the New Year with her family. She says that families use chickens, which are considered good luck, as a spiritual act to bring good fortune for the next year. Xiong spends the day with family and friends, disposing of the past. To Xiong, Hmong New Year is really just about wanting to start off the new year meeting new friends and sharing her culture with those around her. East Tower Times Volume 91, Issue 4 Shopping lutely Art closed this summer, but the new art shop, Fat City Another good area for Emporium, has moved in down local shopping here on the East the street and is more than side is the Atwood neighborworth the trip. hood. This is a great area to buy Obviously this year’s holiday gift cards for local restaurants shopping could be even more like Daisy Cafe and Cupcakery, meaningful if you were to give Bunky’s, Cafe Zoma, Victory a donation. Almost any charCafe, Monty’s Blue Plate Diner, ity you can think of does gift Tex Tubb’s, and the Choclatedonations. This means that you rian. If you can’t decide what donate an amount of money restaurant is best, check out a to a charity in the name of the Food Fight gift card. This gift recipient of your gift. This gift card covers a plethora of local shows character and kindness eateries, including Tex Tubb’s, on your part, and will surely Luigi’s, Monty’s and many please your aunt more than more. See the full list at foodanother bracelet or finger fightinc.com. painting. So this holiday sea But Atwood has more son, please consider shopping than eateries, check out Bad locally to find great gifts from Dog Frida’s for pet lovers and your neighborhood shops. Revolution Cycles for bicycle fanatics. Unfortunately, Abso- CAPTION Music tioned earlier, the bands were divided in the same manner as the orchestras, just with different The order of both the band and orchestra groups were the names for the groups. Freshmen are in Symphonic Band, sophsame: the freshmen (Concert omores and juniors in Concert Orchestra), followed by the Band, and juniors and seniors more skilled class (Symphoare in Sinfonietta. The band deny Orchestra), and finishing with the most advanced group partment is run by Mr. Saltzman, (Philharmonic Orchestra). The but this semester he got some orchestra department is head- help from two student teachers, Holly Grant and Erik Chapman. ed by Ms. Boettger, who made With only three pieces per an interesting choice for this year’s concert. Every group this group, each teacher directed a piece for each band. This demonfall opened their section with strated how much a conductor one part of Mozart’s famous can change the sound of a piece. Magic Flute, a bright piece of The symphonic band played, or music, with interesting melrather sang, a very interesting odies and variety. The other piece called Sansa Kroma, which mini-theme for the evening is an African folk song. They came during the Philharmonshowed the audience that not ic orchestra’s performance. Besides their part of the Magic only can they play their instruments, but they can sing as well. Flute, their other three pieces The rest of the concert was very were by Russian composers well received by the audience (Tchaikovsky, Shostakovich, and Moussorsky). It was a very of parents and we appreciated enjoyable concert, and all of the the low roll of the new timpani groups worked very hard to put drum that the band parent group on their best show. I think they succeeded. The band concert took place a week after the orchestra concert on November 19th, also in the theatre. As men- December 18th, 2014 Volunteer sense of pride and accomplishment. By the small acts of community service, we can make a huge difference.” One of the most common questions students asked upon hearing about this new requirement was how and where you can do community service, so I did some research. There are many opportunities around the school to earn Service E hours. Clubs such as Congress, Key Club, and French Club offer opportunities for students to help out around their EHS community. Not only can you earn Service E in school, but you can also volunteer in your community to earn Service E. It can be difficult to find opportunities in the community, but two useful websites are available to make finding volunteer opportunities as easy as sending an email. On www. volunteermatch.org you create a free account and make a personal profile with your interests to help you find suitable volunteer opportunies. You can send emails to the advisors of opportunities you are interested in. Another site, www.volunteennation.org, allows you to find places to vol- r article is Show Choir’s performance at the Overture Center downtown on November 14th as one of the opening groups for the UW-Madison show choir, the Wisconsin Singers. East Encore show choir performed most of their competition show for this year, following a great performance by the LaFollette Morning Stars. If you have never been to a Show Choir performance, let me give you a little taste. It is all smiles, all the time for the performers, who rush around the stage in complicated and athletic dance while singing. It is very impres cently purchased for the school. The band showcased a wide variety of music, and it seemed like they had a great time doing it, which is what making music is all about. The last performance that I will mention in this The performance included the song Runaway Baby by Bruno Mars as the boys-only piece, Glamorous by Fergie as the girls-only piece, and I Feel the Earth Move and Steal Your Rock and Roll with the girls and guys together. One trademark of the Encore show choir besides Ms. Beilke’s direction is that the dancing is run Page 4 unteer within 5 or 10 miles of your home. Another frequently asked question is how to keep track of all of your Service E hours. In room 1027 or on East’s website, you can obtain a Service E recording sheet. To fill it out, all you need is the date and hours of your service, a brief description of the service, the name of the advisor, and their signature. When your recording sheet is complete, submit it to the secretary in 1027 no later than a week before the end of the 3rd quarter. The Service E Award is available to students who go ‘above and beyond’ with their service. Points toward this award are earned according to predetermined guidelines, and students can receive the award by earning 30 hours of service E from performing three different volunteer activities in one school year or by achieving 100 points in his/her total EHS career. If you have any more questions about Service E or volunteering, you can go to East’s website, ask a secretary, or ask your counselor. mostly by a few seniors, known as dance leads. This year the leads are Ava Duren, Margaret Duffy, Liam Doyle Olson, and Marco Mora de Jesus. There is always an outstanding talent in the show choir’s performance, and in this year it was a dance solo by Mora de Jesus, a vocal solo by Doyle Olson, and a rap solo by Emma Schell. In the finale, Steal Your Rock and Roll, a vocal solo by James Alexander-Young stole the spotlight. The curtains closed on the Overture Center stage to loud applause from an almost fullhouse. The show choir stuck around to watch the Wisconsin Singers perform, including East High alum Noah Beavers, who is now a dance captain for the Singers. This year’s Show Choir proved to be as entertaining as ever. It was an engaging fall season in the music, and I strongly encourage all of you to attend at least one performance sometime this year. It is really neat to see fellow purgolders, who take an hour every day to learn to make beautiful music, show off their stuff. East Tower Times Volume 91, Issue 4 December 18th, 2014 Coffee Corner by Liz and Molly Since the holiday season is coming up, you might get the urge to take your in-laws to get coffee. All we have to say is don’t go to Espresso Royale. Unless, there is NO OTHER PLACE to go get coffee. Okay, that might be a little extreme. Now let’s get down to business, to defeat the Huns- no wait--coffee. Liz ordered a vanilla latte, which approximated the taste of evergreen tree bark and some vanilla, And we would be nothing without you all. You are our world. It’s been a big year for coffee and we were honored to share it with you. Get ready for loads of coffee in the year to come. We hope you have enjoyed your time with us as much as we have enjoyed you, and can’t wait for what’s in store/the next café to come. Thank you for reading, we bid you adieu. no coffee. Although this was a downside, the bathroom, t’was clean. Molly got the mocha, no surprise, and t’was not up to par. It tasted like coal, the kind in bad kids’ stockings. Enough bad things about this café; let’s talk up-sides. It’s ALWAYS open most of the time, and the water is free, as well as clear. As we end the last coffee corner of 2014, we thank our committed fans for sticking with us through the ups and downs. We would be nothing without ups and downs. Love you COFFEE BEANS! -XOXO Molly & Liz Article From The Archive This feature will continue to appear in the Tower Times. We will be pulling old articles from our archive and informing East with its history. The following is an article originally published in the December 18, 1969 edition of the Tower Times. Reflection of the 60s by Anne Killingstad The last ten years have been labelled the “swinging sixties”, the “soaring sixties,” and the “sexy sixties.” Just what was this decade we have lived through? What part did we, the youth play in its life? It was a time of revolution. The Beatles and the Rolling Stones rocked us out of the music styles of the ‘50s. Girls went wild. The world began using British slang-everything was “gear” and “fab”. Then the Jefferson Airplane roared us into a new phase- acid rock- and San Francisco was the place to be. It was the hour of the hippie, the age of Aquarius. A revolution in dress styles was the reason for the boutique. We began to lose sight of the crew cut as the emphasis went to Hair“down to there…” if possible. San Francisco’s hippie became a tourist attraction as guys revived their traditional right to colorful plumage. Bell bottoms appeared on legs that certainly didn’t belong to sailors. There was a new interest in wearing silks, beads and/or army surplus. Girls went from the mini to the midi to the maxi coat. Bells, The Beatles, 1964 floppy hats, patchwork anything, army surplus… Adults said you couldn’t tell the guys from the girls and called it “unisex”. We hated to admit it, but it felt at times, that they had a point. As we blew our minds trying to do our own thing, life was psychedelic, groovy, outasite. For a while. Then the hippies held their own funeral. The sixties saw exploration in the space race. Russia sent the first man into space and in July, 1969, man witnessed the United States sending man for a walk on the moon. In ‘68, the world awakened to hear that another frontier had been explored; Dr. Christian Barnard had performed the first heart transplant. First we marvelled, then we debated the ethics of transplanting a human heart. Doctors had crossed several other major thresholds by learning how to cure certain types of cancer, to prevent measles, and to sew on a completely severed limb. It was a time of evolution. We grew from children to young adults and tried to shoul- der our share of the world. This was the age of protest. There were protests against war, protests against racism, even protests against protests. It was a time to recognize a person for his moral qualities instead of his material wealth. It was a time for concern. A time for self examination. A renaissance of individualism. We concerned ourselves with more than war. We asked “Why?” We began to worry about water pollution, air pollution and conservation. We wanted a decent world to live in. We asked ourselves what’s going on in Watts, in Harlem? We watched as college campuses, including our own, erupted in violence. We learned what tear gas feels like; and what a riot squad looks like. We experimented with drugs or had friends who did. We turned on to the idea of being truly alive. We always asked “Why?” The sixties were all this and more. They were a time of death. We watched our youngest president shot down in his prime: part of us died with him. His accused assassin was shot down Buzz Aldrin on the moon, 1969 Page 5 with a trial: was this law & order? Our inner peace was jolted again by the death of those who “had a dream.” Martin Luther King Jr. was “Free at last…” would we ever be? We remembered the untimely deaths of Medgar Evers and Malcolm X. We mourned the loss of General McArthur, General Eisenhower, Winston Churchill, Robert Frost, Helen Keller. We wondered if God was dead. And in the midst of death there was Life. The Fisher quintuplets were born- followed in relatively quick succession by other quints all over the world. Scientists learned how to make the beginnings of life in a test tube; and searched for signs of life in outer space. To live, to be alive, became a driving force in our lives. Participation began to be a key word, as we shed our cool, our apathy, our death, and tried on Life. Oh!, the joy of being alive! Swinging, soaring, sexy, tense, free, liberal, conservative, explosive, dead, alive, but certainly not indifferent…. Civil Rights March, 1965 East Tower Times Volume 90, Issue 4 December 18th, 2014 Photo Scavenger Hunt Write down the location to each picture on the lines below. Be the first one with all of them right to get a snazzy mystery prize!!! Page 6 East Tower Times December 18th, 2014 Volume 91, Issue 4 December and January Sun. Mon. 15 Tues. 16s 5 6 Early Release JANUARY 11 18 25 I wish For... Wed. 17 Thurs. 18 7 8 Senior Financial Aid Night 12 13 14 19 Martin Luther King, Jr. Day Link Crew Cocoa Cram CNA pinning 20 21 Exams 1, 2, 7 Early Release Tower TV Senior Purgolder Time 26 2nd Semester Begins GOOD LUCK! WORK HARD. 27 Fri. 19 Sat. 20 Ceramics Sale NO SCHOOL World Cuisine TO JANUARY 5TH! 9 15 16 17 Encore Invite, Burlington 22 23 Exams 5, 6 24 Jazz Orchestra Union South Link Crew Cocoa Cram Exams 3,4 29 28 12/16: 7:30pm vs. Waunakee @ East 12/19: 7:30pm vs. Parker @ Parker 1/3: 7:30pm vs. Verona @ Verona 1/6: 7:30pm vs. Beloit @ East 1/9: 7:30pm vs. LaFollette @ LaFollette 1/15: 7:30pm vs. Sun Prairie @ East 1/17: 7:30pm vs. Memorial @ Memorial 1/23: 7:30pm vs. West @ East 1/29: 7:30pm vs. Middleton @ East 1/31: 7:30pm vs. Craig @ Craig 30 31 12/18: 7:30pm vs. Parker @ Parker 12/20: 7:30pm vs. Verona @ Verona 1/2: 7:30pm vs. Beloit @ East 1/8: 7:30pm vs. LaFollette @ LaFollette 1/10: 7:30pm vs. Sun Prairie @ Sun Prairie 1/13: 7:30pm vs. Sauk Prairie @ East 1/16: 7:30pm vs. Memorial @ Memorial 1/22: 7:30pm vs. West @ East 1/24: 7:30pm vs. Middleton @ East 1/30: 7:30pm vs. Craig @ Craig Boys Swim 12/19: 5:30pm vs. Parker @ East 1/9: 5:30pm vs. West & Verona @ Verona 1/16: 5:30pm vs. Craig @ Craig 1/23: 5:30pm vs. Beloit & Middleton @ East Gymnastics Eating more celery World Peace!! For a chance to have really interesting and challenging classes that might give me some insight into what I want to be The new Star Wars movie to not suck The cafeteria food to get better in quality A new phone Not taking out loans Getting into UW Madison A really good dorm for college A successful life and a goat Cake People to be optimistic enough to have wishes and dreams and to believe in them Early retirement Being able to help children in need, especially kids with special needs The land of dragons and the land of hearts Peace and happiness in the world with no violence whatsoever A pet kangaroo Good grades in college Rudolph’s rockin’ nose A puppy! Food and drinks to be allowed in class The food to get better for the future students Unlimited riches 10 Boys Basketball Girls Basketball Enough scholarships to cover my first year of college Doing well in college Varsity Sports A new dueling tactic The opportunity to get into my dream college The chance to go to sectionals next year All human kind to be prosperous and be kind to eachother Everyone to have a good laugh everyday Lots of food • • ANNOUNCEMENT Seniors Make sure you rememebr to study for finals during winter break. Be on the lookout for information on an upcoming FAFSA parent night this january Page 7 12/18: 6:30pm vs. Middleton @ Middleton 1/8: 6:30pm vs. Memorial @ Memorial 1/16: 7pm vs. West @ Madison Turners 1/23: 7pm vs. Sun Prairie @ Madison Turners 1/30: 7pm vs. Verona @ Madison Turners Boys Hockey 12/15: 7pm vs. Monroe @ SLICE Arena 12/18: 8pm vs. Sun Prairie @ Hartmeyer 12/22: 7:15pm vs. Deforest @ Waunakee-Deforest Ice Arena 1/6: 8pm vs. Memorial @ Madison Ice Arena 1/8: 8pm vs. West @ Madison Ice Arena 1/13: 8pm vs. Verona @ Hartmeyer 1/15: 8pm vs. Janesville @Hartmeyer 1/16: 7pm vs. Grafton @ Osaukee Ice Center 1/19: 7pm Monroe @ Edwards Ice Arena 1/24: 7pm vs. Beloit @ Edwards Ice Arena 1/27: 8pm vs. Middleton @ Capitol Ice Arena 1/29: 8pm vs. Grafton Hartmeyer Girls Hockey 12/18: 8pm vs. Stoughton @ Sun Prairie Ice Arena 1/1: 2:30pm Schwann Cup @ Schwann Super Rink 1/2: 2:30pm Schwann Cup @ Schwann Super Rink 1/3: 4:45pm Schwann Cup @ Schwann Super Rink 1/13: 7pm vs. Baraboo @ Baraboo-Pierce Park 1/14: 7pm vs. University School of Milwaukee @ Sun Prairie Ice Arena 1/17: 8pm vs. Viroqua @ Waunakee/Deforest Ice Rink 1/23: 5:30pm vs. Middleton Co-op @ Madison Ice Arena 1/24: 6:30pm vs. DC Everest1 @ Wanakee/Deforest Ice Rink 1/27: 7:45 vs. Beloit Co-op @ Sun Prairie Ice Arena Wrestling 12/19: 7pm vs. Beloit @ East 12/22: 12pm vs. Milwaukee Hamilton @ Milwaukee Hamilton 12/23: 9am vs. Milwaukee Hamilton @ Milwaukee Hamilton 1/9: 7pm vs. Craig @ Craig 1/15: 7pm vs. LaFollette @ LaFollette 1/23: 6:30pm BIG 8 SHOWCASE @ Verona 1/27: 7pm vs. Poynette @ Poynette East Tower Times December 18th, 2014 Volume 91, Issue 4 Super Quiz Zoroscopes Subject: Hodge-Podge Freshman Level 1.What is eggnog made of? 2.How many people died in Shakespeare’s Romeo & Juliet? 3.How many countries are there in Africa? Graduate Level 4.How many different new years are there? 5.What has four legs in the morning, two legs in the afternoon, and three legs in the evening? 6.How many students have recently gone missing in Mexico? PhD Level let Madame Josephina give you guidance Aries-Don’t fret over past relationships. Only by moving forward can you realize true happiness. Taurus-Remember, there’s no “I” in “Taurus”. 7.How many paintings is Van Gogh known to have produced? 8.How seasons did The Twilight Zone have? 9.What would happen to Icelandic children if they were naughty? Answers: 1. Milk and/or cream, sugar, and whipped eggs 2. Six people 3. Fifty-four countries 4. Five different new years 5. A man 6. Forty-three missing students 7. Nine-hundred paintings 8. Five seasons 9. Grýla or Jólakötturinn will eat them Gemini-A new year means a new identity. Try disguising yourself as a camel and see what it’s like. You’re in for a bumpy ride. Cancer-When are you going to realize zoroscopes are nothing but vague predictions that could apply to anything. Stop relying on others and take control of your own life! Leo- Time-travelling goose. Draw Your Own Snowman Virgo-It’s never too early to plan your funeral. After all, in the end, what are we but dust blowing through the wind that is the infinite cosmos? Acknowledge your mortality and the inevitability of your death. Libra-Whan your writin a paper, mak sur you spel everithing corectly. Scorpio-These are not called “Chore-oscopes”. Whoever keeps sending these hurtful messages to me, please stop. I try my best. Sagittarius-They say “No man’s an island”, but all that really means is nobody has succeeded yet. Happy trailblazing. Capricorn-Duck. Duck. Duck. Duck. Duck. Duck. Duck. Aquarius-In the words of Socrates, “I’m da best.” Pisces-You seem tense. How about a deep tissue massage? That’s too bad champ, I’m just a newspaper. 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