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Vol. VI… No. 7 LATE DECEMBER 2008 FREE OLIDAY ARE ATHERING HE OSSE OF CHOLARS By Joshua Gardner(‘09) H F G T P S By Jasper Klein(’09) According to a USA Today McDonalds and Burger King Poll, 63% of all high school are at the top of America’s fast students go to college directly food industry. Unless you have after high school. However most been hiding in a cave you most of these students do not pay for likely have heard of these college with scholarships. Loans institutions and been inside one. and financial aid are the payment The debate over which one is method of most incoming college better has been in our society students. Common Sense since their creations. investigates scholarship It’s just like the argument over opportunities at HSAS. Coke or Pepsi, or the one over Scholarship opportunities are Chocolate or Vanilla ice cream, not always available for students, there is no right answer. but when they are, most people It is human nature to defend an believe that a person will take the opinion and that’s why students award. If a student is offered a became very defensive about scholarship nomination most are their favorite fast food choice thought to take it seriously. when Common Sense The most popular scholarship investigated. at HSAS is the Posse Scholarship. Many ask why people care The Posse Scholarship, according Lamine Gueye(’09) ponders his Posse Scholarship choices this holiday. enough about these restaurants to to Mr. Weiss, involves were Algy Vargas, Michael Dei, nomination.” spend any time defending them. nominating ten students who fit a Lamine Gueye, Marlene Cedeno, A hesitant Lamine Gueye(’09) told Common Sense believes that we certain list of qualifications to the Amanda Manu, Jarrane Celestine, Common Sense that “I was are Americans, either by birth or best of their ability. He told Valerie Gonzalez, Sarai Infante, somewhat 50/50 about Posse.” He assimilation, and we are Common Sense that he “as well Rhonda Reid, and Afasana Rahman. added that, “teachers were telling me passionate about our food. as a committee made up of a All are current seniors. it’s a good opportunity, but the As Americans, what better representative from each teaching Algy Vargas(’09) told Common schools Posse offers weren’t really topic to fight over than where we department, and the Guidance Sense “I didn’t like certain schools schools I was interested in.” get our burgers and fries served. Counselors, go through the list that Posse had to offer. They weren’t Jaranne Celestine(’09) who is also A Common Sense Survey found and pick out the students we feel where I wanted to go to [college].” a Posse nominee shared that “I that a 56% majority at American best fit the criteria for the Posse Algy also told Common Sense wanted to do it.” She added that “it’s Studies favor McDonalds over nomination.” that “other people did not want to do free money that other people take for the 32% that choose Burger King Ms. Harris told Common Sense it, but they just accepted the (Continued on page 2) (Continued on page 2) that the students selected this year

SELECTING LESSER ‘SAW’-ING THE YULE

KNOWN V-GAMES LOG THIS HOLIDAY By Daniel Karaban(‘09) By Isaac Suero(‘09) There are so many video games On October 24th, 2008, “Saw V” out on the market for gamers to came out. That recent installment

buy. Various magazines and makes a total of five Saw movies in websites give their opinion on 4 years. It the most popular horror what people should purchase; franchise of the decade. Common however, these sources don’t take Sense investigates. into account that fact that a lot of With that extreme popularity, is it gamers are students and don’t possible that Saw will establish itself

have much money to spend. as one of those stable horror th Common Sense probes in to franchises like the Friday the 13 whether the cost of new games series. That series has 10 films, a has dampened the enthusiasm at crossover movie, and now an HSAS. upcoming remake is opening in When Troion Marshall(’10) 2009, according to IMDB.com. It’s found out about the new game quite possible that Jason’s march Fable II for the Xbox 360 he said may never end. Saw V can be a break from the typical Holiday film offerings. “OMG! I have to get it. when I Many ask whether Saw is just than enthusiastic responses for the twists.” get money, that game is gonna be going to become one of those cheesy future of the Saw series. Russell Lowe(’12) believes that awesome.” horror series that never ends, Michael Mckinnon(’09), who the Saw series has “gotten For owners of an Xbox 360, eventually becoming a franchise wants to see the upcoming Jason progressively better.” who can afford it, Fable II is a with Halloween costumes, and remake, thinks that Saw has been Another theory is that perhaps role playing game in which the crossover movies with Pinhead from “getting boring.” the Friday the 13th series’ success player decides the actions and the Hellraiser series making an “Word,” says Chelsea just has to do with a growing morality of his character appearance. Boccagno(’10), adding that “the nostalgia associated with the Jason When Algy Vargas(’09) was John Arriola(’11) agrees that dude died already; they should’ve series, which the Saw series hasn’t approached about Fable II he “Saw is one of those series that says ended it at the third one.” been able to create yet. shared that “from kicking ‘this is gonna be the last one’ till the Still, fans of the Saw series such Melissa Maria(‘09) tells chickens to polygamy, this game next one comes out.” as Jordan Tucker(’09) vehemently Common Sense that she “hearts has it all.” HSAS students, according to a swear that the Saw series isn’t just Jason” but thinks that the Saw The story revolves around a recent Common Sense survey, are a gore fest, but instead argue that movies “are just nasty.” young hero whose sister is killed completely fine with the upcoming they are “good movies, that have Either way the Saw movies have (Continued on page 2) Jason film, while expressing less legitimately good plots and (Continued on page 2)