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THE Monmouth Regional FALCONAIRE PAGE 3 American athletes January/Februrary 2010 Volume 47, Issue 04 PAGE 7 Administration favors prepare for 2010 Olympics. health over students opinions falconaire.monmouthregional.net One Norman J. Field Way Tinton Falls, NJ 07724 falconaire.monmouthregional.net Laptops:State grant state money spent on laptopsfunded for teachers by Sarah Cobuzzi spend its stimulus money on? to Interim Supervisor of Special formed of the school’s purchas- benefit the students and not just Opinions Editor A)A real pool on the roof Education/Assistant to CST, Mr. ing choice, they were outraged. the teachers,” said junior Mykia B)A real bowling ally in the Bramley, other schools have giv- Sophomore Tyler Rooney said, Brown. basement en laptops to all of their teacher “That money should go to other Parry remains optimistic about onmouth Regional C)Kill the cockroaches with success. In addition to the things like cleaning the school or what is being done with the mon- High School just re- D)Toilet paper and soap laptops, though, the school will getting air conditioning.” ey, though. Mcently came into some E)Laptops for the teachers also be receiving activboards, ac- Not just the students are con- “I was pleased the district was money. No, a dear, old relative While a pool on the roof and a tivboard training, a 20 passenger cerned. Science teacher, Mrs. given the funds. It was a long an did not die, and no, it did not win bowling ally in the basement may handicapped bus, and tuition to Roach, feels that the laptops tiring process but well worth it. the lottery. Because of the recent seem cool, is it really a realistic private schools for classified stu- would help improve teaching, but I’m glad we can do these things economic problems, the school way to spend the money granted dents. worries that there could be tech- for the students,” said Parry. applied for special stimulus to the state? If Business Admin- “Getting a laptop from the school nology problems in hooking up money offered by the state. Mon- istrator, Mrs. Parry, suggested would allow me to makes lesson with the projectors in the class- mouth will be receiving $303,633 something like that in the formal plans and enter grades while I’m rooms, wasting class time. for more in stimulus money and $64,911 in application for money, the school on hall duty, making more time The administration’s decision to information... ARRA Title 1 (No Child Left Be- might not have received it at all. for preparation,” said Mr. Pense- buy laptops for the teachers went hind) money. While deciding what to do with bene, math teacher. He feels that through a long and drawn out Before each class, students in this grand sum, the school was having a laptop will help free up process, but it did not include the visit Dr. Thoen’s period 5/6 class put encouraged to buy something that his time to prepare for lessons and students. www.monmouthregional.net funny quotes or hypothetical would otherwise never be able to teach more effectively. “They should have let the stu- questions such as the one below: get. Laptops for all of the educa- Yet when Mr. Crivello’s period dents help decide so the money What should Monmouth Regional tion staff is just that. According 9 driver’s education class was in- could go to something that would The Buzz NoFi at MRHS High school rocks out MRHS delays student WiFi indefinitely to help Haiti hotel, you are already familiar by Sarah Cobuzzi by Stephen Weber with a captive portal. If you have Opinions Editor Technology Editor not, or have forgotten, a captive portal is a page that is displayed “Mr. Provenzano also said “I know things have been ast year, many students when users try to connect to a terrible in Haiti for a long were excited to hear from WiFi hotspot. Provenzano said another reason student WiFi time and after the earthquake, Lthe “Rumor Mill” that the portal at MRHS will be setup will be delayed is because they have been in the media a Monmouth Regional was plan- so students will have to enter their lot more. They need help now ning to introduce student WiFi in student ID number and network teachers get priority.” more than ever and I really the 2009-2010 school year. Se- password before they can access want Monmouth Regional nior Chris Hoppe has been asking the internet. He then demonstrated to be a part of it and help as about it for months so he can use that this part of the WiFi is up and much as we can,” said sopho- his laptop in class. Student WiFi running by entering a demo login. more Andrew Harris. was originally planned to go live The system accepted the login but Harris and two faculty su- in October of 2009 according to would only load a blank, white pervisors, community aid, Information Technology Direc- page. This indicated that one im- Mr. Andreas Rebmann and tor Mr. Provenzano. However, portant piece of student WiFi was history teacher, Mrs. Janice October has now come and gone. not yet up and running. Kroposky, have taken it upon So what happened? The answer As many students are aware, themselves to organize a ben- is simple; student WiFi has been the internet here at Monmouth efit concert for Haiti. The delayed according to Provenzano is filtered. According to Proven- concert will be on February until “an undetermined time in zano, our web filter uses a proxy 19, 2010 in the Performing the 2010-2011 school year.” The system, which is the problem. A Arts Center featuring bands reason behind it is not so simple. proxy is a special IP address, a such as Interception, Ghost First off, student WiFi will be way of identifying who you are Hoax, The Side Effects, and filtered just like the rest of the in- online, which all internet traffic more. Tickets will be $7. ternet. Because of this, students coming in and going out of the Contact Harris, Rebmann, or. will need to authenticate using a building must pass through. No Kroposky for more details. captive portal system after join- proxy, no internet. Herein lies the ing the open-access student WiFi problem. There are other ways to network. If you have ever used access the web, but they are not a WiFi hotspot, such as one at a see News page 07 INSIDE INDEX SPORTS OPINION Features..........………………………………. 02 “It help them better understand the books and “Being told what we can and can not wear is like Sports............. ………………………….……03 gives information they may have missed. telling us we can not be ourselves...” Reviews............…………………...... 04 and 05 News.......………………………………......... 06 – page 03 – page 06 Opinions.............................……............….. 07 The Falconaire 2 FEATURES January/February 2010 Credit or Debit? Students bewildered on how to establish credit. by AJ Vervoort feature debit cards have a secret When unsure if you have a get confused with the prepaid gift Staff Writer pin number which is used when credit or debit card, run your card cards. They say debit but when I making purchases. A pin num- through the machine as credit. press debit it asks for a pin and I t is a situation many seniors ber enables one to get cash out of “Its gotten to the point where I do not know the pin for the card. face when buying simple ATMs or in some cases at stores run everyone’s card through as I did not know what to do when I thought Iitems. They swipe their plas- that offer the cash back option. credit unless they specify that I was trying to pay for clothes tic card at the register and subse- However, debit cards do not help they want debit, because it’s so and the cashier was no help,” se- quently begin sweating, turning you establish credit, because you annoying. Half of my customers nior Kelsey Felhaber said. The when I beet red, panicking, and praying are not paying your purchases off do not know if they have a credit reason the cards say debit is be- that they will press the right but- at a later date. “I thought when or debit card,” cashier and senior cause the cards are already paid pressed ton on the pin pad. “I aggravate I pressed credit on the pin pad Katrina Keynton said. Even if the for and do not have a pin number, the cashiers so much everywhere when using my debit card, I was card is a debit card, it will still be they are basically a gift card that credit on I go. I never know if I should press establishing credit,” senior Olivia accepted when entered as credit can be used at any store. Be care- “ credit or debit on the pin pad. No- Abbott said. Many others believe and one must simply sign instead ful not to hold onto them for too body ever taught me the difference this misconception, but do not be of putting in a pin. This is why long though. Most gift cards lose the pin pad and it’s embarrassing because the fooled. sometimes when you use your value after 24 or even 12 months people behind me also get mad,” Credit cards on the other hand, debit card, companies give you a of inactivity. They charge a two when using senior Alanna Marrero said. Se- require the holder to prove they piece of paper to sign, rather than or three dollar “service fee” until niors have a fifty-fifty chance.