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TheDecember 2017 ProwlerVolume XIV, Issue XXXVII

Gene McGuire Part 2 2017- A Year to Remember Who would play Gene McGuire in his movie? Thank God it’s ending. By MADDY NESTOR What was your fi rst thought as an im- By GAVIN D’AMATO prisoned man? 2017 was a year fi lled with happiness, joy, sadness, along with many other emotions for all of us. For some of us, it was the best of times. For He was intimidated while he was being others, it was the worst of times. Many huge, historical, events occurred in processed. When he arrived in prison he 2017. Everyone who experienced them, will remember them forever. was very depressed and cut his wrists, One of the biggest, is Donald J. Trump becoming our U.S president. he had to get stitched for one of the cuts. This ended the eight year reign of Barack Obama. When Trump informed He followed his statement with saying, the public he was going to run for president, not one person in the world “Tough experiences happen in life, you ever thought he could possibly win. But, here we are, with President cannot give up.” Do you think that you should’ve been in PROWLER STAFF PHOTO Trump. 2017 was possibly the craziest election result of all time. prison for a full 35 years? Recently Gene McGuire spoke with a group of On a brighter note, the Atlanta Falcons blew the biggest lead in the He always wanted to get out of prison, students in the high school library. history of Super Bowls to Tom Brady and the New England Patriots. especially since he served 25 years over Although Tom Brady had lots of help from Patriots’ running-back Dion what he was supposed to. One day he Lewis, who scored four touchdowns in the game, many believed this went into his church and gave two ten Were any of the guards rude? sealed the deal for him to be the greatest of all time. Staying on the sports Very few of the guards were rude. minute testimonies for 250 people. After- topic, UFC champion Connor McGregor made a deal with undefeated, About 90% of them were from the mili- wards someone came up to him and told and just retired, Floyd Mayweather to a boxing match. This was the most tary, and some of them felt that they were him that he didn’t kill anyone, and didn’t hyped event in boxing history. Many believed McGregor could pull off there to punish the inmates. need to do a plea of mercy. with a win, fi guring that Mayweather was older and less in shape. But Why do you think they refused to grant What was prison food like? “Prison food is kind of like this,” Gene Mayweather gave him the work, and won. your plea of mercy time after time? This year contained some horrible events. For example, the Texas Despite Gene having the prison staff said, referring to our school food. The shooting. Devin Kelley shot up a Baptist church and killed 25. Or the behind him, he was consistently rejected. food was good, but was routine. The Las Vegas shooting, where Stephon Paddock shot up a concert and killed The people who decided his fate changed menu was on a two-week cycle and every 58 people, injuring 546. Those are the two biggest ones. Also, it’s worth every time, so no one ever truly had an Sunday was either chicken or roast beef. noting Eli Manning got benched. understanding of the case. He also men- Eventually money moved around so he There were some pretty crazy weather/climate events this year, too. tioned how surreal it was to write down had to go to a different prison, and they For example, there was the total solar eclipse on August 21st. Hurricane why he deserved his plea to be granted. served processed foods. Harvey, located at Texas, caused over 198 billion dollars in damage. What type of programs does prison What didn’t you miss from the outside Another huge hurricane hit America - Hurricane Irma hit Florida and offer? world when you were in prison? killed 194 people. Many other historic events occurred in 2017, but they Prison offers many programs includ- “I was glad I wasn’t in that cycle.” Gene all could not fi t in a single edition of this paper. Hopefully, 2018 brings us ing drug and alcohol, criminal impact, did not miss alcohol, but after 6 years, he much more happiness. Happy New Year! plumbing, woodwork, anger management, went back to it for a short time. educational, and a G.E.D. (grade equiva- What was your fi rst thought as a free Source: Events Calendar lent diploma). Prisons require a GED man? because the prisoners would not be able to After I asked Gene this question he said get a better job without one. that he did not remember. He knew that What was your schedule in prison? Did he was ready to see friends, and he was iPhone X it ever change? excited to move to Dallas, Texas. The latest technology. He would awaken around 4 or 5 a.m. Who would play you in the movie? By KAITLIN PASTERNAK During the day he would read, pray, drink Gene decided that Matthew McCo- The iPhone X is Apple’s latest iPhone, coffee, and play the keyboard. He would naughey would play him in the movie but released on November 3rd, 2017 for $999 then eat breakfast, work, eat lunch, work, they would “have to do some real work on with 64 gigabytes of data, and $1,149 eat dinner, go to the gym, and went to him.” for the 256 gigabyte version. There are classes. Gene also mentioned that he Will there be a sequel to Unshackled? multiple ways to pay for the newest Apple taught bible classes. He noticed that the There will be a sequel and he plans to sensation, including paying a monthly rate busier he was, the faster time went by. start it soon. with Verizon, paying for the phone in its entirety, or paying for an early upgrade Strike? plan. This involves a monthly rate in What students need to know. exchange for an upgrade to the newest By EMMA RUSHWORTH iPhone every year with Apple. PHOTO COURTESY APPLE Mrs. Christa Burke But the iPhone X shares similarities phone called Face ID, which replaces the The rumor mill is churning again with allays some fears to the iPhone 8 and iPhone 8 Plus by the fi ngerprint scanner (Touch ID.) Face talks of a teacher strike. Do not panic, it is people might have. having the same processor and similar rear ID uses the shape of a person’s head to not the end of the world. So far, teachers MOWRY CUSTOM PHOTO cameras. Even though the iPhone 8 and unlock the phone. It works by spraying are still talking with the school board. On the issue of healthcare, they iPhone 8 Plus are $699 and $799, there an object with infrared dots to gain The fi rst question when striking is “why?” have good concessions on behalf of the are some contrasts between them and the information on the object. It also stitches According to the Examiner, our teachers teachers. Healthcare is still in the works, newest iPhone. These differences start patterns on a 3D image of your face to have not had contracts since August of this but making progress. with the screen. The iPhone X has a 5.8 unlock the phone, and because of this year. Also a major concern: healthcare. I The teachers are making some inch screen taking up all of the space on technology, Apple states that there is a one spoke with Christa Burke, president of the headway in negotiations, although it is the front of the phone except the notch for in a million chance of unlocking someone teacher’s union. not as much as either side would like. the front facing camera. The iPhone 8 has else’s phone with your face. Older face Burke said that right now, the union Our teachers would like to have contracts a 4.7 inch screen, the iPhone 8 Plus has recognition used the camera to take a has only approved an authorization, which before the district consolidates next year. a 5.5 inch screen, and both of these have picture of yourself and compare to a photo means that if all else fails, the teachers How much longer are the teachers willing bezel on the sides, which the latest iPhone on the device. Others could have gotten can vote to strike within a 72-hour period. to work without a contract? Impossible to doesn’t have. The iPhone X also uses around this by holding a photo of yourself The only way they will strike is if all answer, Burke says. OLED display, which is thinner, brighter, to the camera. If you aren’t a fan of the negotiations fail to come to an agreement For those still on edge about the lighter, and uses more color accuracy and new facial recognition feature or what the that is fair to both sides. However, Burke rumors, Burke offered these sage words: contrast than the LCD display used by the iPhone X has to offer, you can stick to the said they are “nowhere close” to that and “We’re not at the end, we’re moving iPhone 8 & 8 Plus. iPhone 8 and the iPhone 8 Plus. they are “not rushing into anything.” along.” Apple’s latest phone introduces a new Source: mobile.nytimes.com infrared face scanner on the front of the 2 THE PROWLER EditorialEditorial VOLUME XIV ISSUE XXXVII Tunkhannock Area Letter from the Editor High School Welcome to winter! By OLI HEISE 135 Tiger Drive Hello, beloved readers! I hope you’re Also coming up is the Christmas all excited for the cold weather of winter, Dance, held on the 22nd at Shadowbrook Tunkhannock, PA 18657 because I’m sure not! Don’t get me wrong, Inn and Resort. This I’m extra excited for (570)836-3111 I’ve always loved hot chocolate, warm because my friends are always fun to hang sweaters, Christmas movies, and all small out with at dances. Plus, I always like an PROWLER STAFF PHOTO things associated with the season, but I excuse to dress up. favorites of my own, such as The Death of Chief Editors HATE the cold. I don’t know about you, Chorus and band are also hosting a Charles Manson by Matthew Lee, which Bailee Jones but I like being able to feel my fi ngers. Christmas concert on the 13th at 7 p.m. in analyzes the life and passing of famous Anyway, December brings various fun our high school auditorium. I have several cult leader Charles Manson, and Is Die Oli Heise things at TAHS, such as the 2017 Christ- talented friends in both band and chorus, Hard a Christmas Movie? by Emma Rush- mas show! Auditions for this were on the so I’ll defi nitely be attending to show my worth, which addresses the popular debate Assistant Editors 6th, with the show held on the 21st, the last support. Besides, our music department is topic of whether or not Die Hard should day of school before Christmas break. exceptional, and listening to them perform be considered a Christmas movie. How- Loghan Hirkey This I’m excited for because I always is always a pleasure. ever, these are just the tip of the iceburg. I Maddy Nestor love seeing how many talented people are In news regarding The Prowler, we hope you enjoy reading what our writers within our school, and I get a laugh out of have several articles for you, our dear have put together for you! Happy holidays, Emma Rushworth comedy skits every now and then. readers, to enjoy. I have some personal everyone, and have a Happy New Year! Advisor Elf on the Shelf Ask Avery Mrs. Staci Wiernusz That creepy doll that watches It’s the holiday season! you in your home; a Christmas Staff Reporters Hello everyone and welcome to the tradition holiday edition of Ask Avery! That’s right, Kieran Bedford By MATTHEW LEE it’s offi cially the most wonderful time of Ireland Clark At this point it’s considered normal the year. It really is a wonderful season, to walk into a home and see that creepy and I hope you all enjoy it as much as I do. Gavin D’Amato thing sitting somewhere staring into the Now, let’s continue on to our questions. distance. Whose idea was this? Who in Q: Why do math teachers expect you to Emma Douthett their right mind decided to create a doll remember everything you’ve ever done, Brendon Ely that watches your every move and judge but barely go over anything? you in your own home? You defi nitely A: Good question, distressed math Jacob Ezzo didn’t consider this as a kid. When student. I’m constantly struggling with you’re young, you only see the Christmas math because it’s never been something PROWLER STAFF PHOTO Christopher Frigano decoration that is moved around to a I’m good at, and I too have trouble Logan Kandrovy different location every day. They even The most recent popularization of the remembering everything I’ve learned and show commercials on television to make (still weird) little creatures are shown putting it to use. However, as a teacher, Ashley Kenia this soul-sucking little thing look tempting almost everywhere during the holiday you don’t always have time to review all to young ones. season. A large balloon fl oated down the content that you’ve been taught in the past, Matthew Lee The elf originally became popular Macy’s Day Parade this year. There are so you have to prioritize. Time is of the Emma Moran around the 60’s as a fun game for the also many different social media pages essence, and it has to be put to good use. children of the house. These were a more showing the clever, innovative locations If teachers stopped to re-teach you the Kaitlin Pasternak personalized version of the ones that are and ways parents hide the nightmarish content that you’ve already learned, they popular nowadays. In 2005 a mother and doll. wouldn’t be able to teach you half of the Cathleen Peters daughter wrote a children’s novel about At the end of the day, we all have our new things they teach you now. Alec Walter the “Elf on the Shelf.” The story became own likes and dislikes of this Christmas Q: Why can’t communism happen in the widely popular by families everywhere. traditions. For some, Christmas wouldn’t United States? John Winters This encouraged the sale of the toy elf, be the same without it. A: Well that’s certainly one of the more inspired by the novel. Source: www.ibtimes.com interesting questions I’ve received. If I’m correct here, I believe that a communist society would require an overthrowing Top Ten Grossest Fast-Food Places of our current government, which I don’t Maybe you shouldn’t eat out so much…. necessarily recommend given the fact that that’s treason. However, if you’re By EMMA MORAN dissatisfi ed with the way our government Imagine that you’re coming home EIGHT: ARBYS is currently run, speak your mind. Put from a big sports tournament, and you›re I’ve only been to Arby’s once, and the out ideas that would better our nation and hungry. Are you going to wait until food wasn’t awful. (Expect my food was use your passion on the matter to make a you get home, or are you going to stop really spicy. Maybe it’s just me.) The food positive difference. I’m just a newspaper somewhere? Most people are going is processed and greasy. The service is column, bud. There’s only so much I can to stop. When you stop, you have two generally good, though, and the restaurant do. choices: a McDonald’s or a family owned was clean enough. Q: Does high school actually prepare restaurant. Many people are going to walk SEVEN: WHITE CASTLE students for college? into Mickey D’s without a thought. Why? White Castle is a restaurant located in A: I hear so many questions like this asked People trust fast food places because the Midwest and Mid-Atlantic regions of every day. The phrase, “when am I ever they are cheap and convenient. However, America, and I’ve never gone to a White PROWLER STAFF PHOTO going to need this in life,” may ring a bell. these places aren’t as clean and healthy as Castle. According to people who have The simple answer is both yes and no. people like to think. Here are the top ten been there, the food is extremely tiny and FOUR: TACO BELL You most likely won’t need to know how grossest food places in America according unfi lling. The food is also described as I haven’t been to Taco Bell in years. The to graph a parabola or use long division to thetoptens.com. pretty disgusting and unhealthy. food there is not nutritious and not that unless your fi eld requires you to do so, but TEN: LITTLE CAESARS SIX: DOMINO’S tasty either. Personally, I’d rather home there are other skills that you learn in high Personally, I’ve never had their food, so I just had Domino the other day, and I can cooked tacos over Taco Bell any day, but school that will benefi t you in college and I can’t tell you how I think it tastes, but see that its spot on the list is accurate. It’s at least the place is somewhat clean, right? even life. In high school, you are taught to it’s the best of the worst! Congratulations! not the worst, but it’s defi nitely not the THREE: JACK IN THE BOX think critically from multiple viewpoints, Many mixed reviews, but most people best. The pizza was bland. The service Like White Castle, Jack in the Box is and in my opinion, that will help you no agreed that the food was decent for the however, was good. The woman who from a region I’ve never been- the west matter where you go in life. cheap price, however it was a tad bit answered when I called to order for my coast. Though, from the review’s I’ve Q: Is most of the work you complete in bland. family was patient with me. read, Jack in the Box can stay in the high school pointless? NINE: PIZZA HUT FIVE: BURGER KING west. The only positive I see is that the A: I’m not sure if most of it is, but I know Well, they have good breadsticks, and Eh, I’ve tasted worse. Burger King always service is quick. The food is described as some certainly is. Let’s use my previous their pizza is decent. The problem most seems to get the orders wrong, but they untasteful, underwhelming and a general answer as an example. A decent portion of people seemed to have is the cleanness do replace your order if they mess up. The disappointment. The amount of people what we learn in math classes we won’t be of the place along with the service. The place isn’t extremely clean, but it’s not who report getting sick after eating there using unless our fi eld requires it. If you’re bathrooms are said to be disgusting, and a complete dump. Plenty of people have makes me want to stay completely clear of planning on pursuing engineering, then people have reported getting sick from the complained about fi nding hair in their food the place. pizza. though… CONTINUED ON PAGE 6. See Gross. CONTINUED ON PAGE 6. See Avery. VOLUME XIV, ISSUE XXXVII REVIEWS/SPORTS THE PROWLER 3 The Fireplace Restaurant Review Once you eat their pumpkin bread, you can’t get enough. By LOGHAN HIRKEY Hello! Welcome to this month’s restaurant review. If you have a chance to enjoy a meal out (that isn’t fast food) I am planning to give you ideas of places in Wyoming County. I went to The Fireplace on route 6, 3 miles west of Tunkhannock Borough. They have a great location with plenty of parking. When I arrived at the establishment, a welcoming bench and rocks sits outside the doors and made the restaurant look inviting. When you open the doors you immediately smell an aroma of pumpkin bread and various meals. If you haven’t tried the pumpkin bread, you

are missing out! The Fireplace’s signature PROWLER STAFF PHOTO pumpkin bread is served with other So much to choose from on the menu! breads before appetizers and is award thing. For my meal I ordered one of my winning, obviously for a good reason! favorite things to get at the Fireplace, There is much more to this restaurant than chicken parmesan with stuffed shells and its bread. The décor of the restaurant is garlic bread. This delicious meal arrived rustic antiques, everywhere! With cases about 25 minutes after the initial order, PHOTO COURTESY CHATSPORTS.COM holding fossils on the wall, to old farm which is an average time for a meal to be tools hanging from the ceiling, it definitely served. The chicken was steaming with NFL Recent Fights makes you feel like a setting from the past. gooey cheese and sauce, and the shells Drama on the gridiron A cozy fireplace lit in the center is pretty. were fluffy and prepared just right. I was The booths by the windows, (my favorite definitely very satisfied with my meal. BY JOHN WINTERS place to sit) displays a gorgeous creek Reading other patrons reviews, they There have been multiple fights lately times. Both men were ejected from the and woods where you often see wildlife. also agree that the portions served are in the NFL, ranging from team fights to game. That was all they received for The best wildlife encounter I have seen filling! The menu is big and offers a large just two hot headed athletes. One recent punishment. was actually a large bobcat down by the variety of food: soup, finger food, seafood, fight was that a Redskins player hit the The final and most recent fight was creek. The staff is super friendly and steak, pasta, burgers (including the famous Eagles QB Nick Foles late. This started a between the Broncos cornerback Aqib accommodates your order even if it’s the Endless Mts. burger and the Tunkhannock big brawl between the two teams. Talib and the Raiders wide receiver plainest or pickiest thing in the world (that burger), salads (gross), sandwiches, deli Another fight started between the Michael Crabtree. Both players got a would be my order).Even without the items, and even a kid’s menu. Depending Bengals wide receiver A.J. Green and the couple of punches thrown and were food, the restaurant view is picturesque in on what day you visit, they offer specials Jaguars cornerback Jalen Ramsey. The ejected and suspended 2 games each. Why a relaxing atmosphere. including a Mexican night and Italian fight started when Ramsey shoved Green, is there so much aggression in the NFL Now let’s get to the good stuff - night. Overall, the meals are good. who retaliated by putting Ramsey in a lately? the food. The menu’s large variety is However, I knew there was one more thing chokehold and punching him multiple Source: Bleacherreport reasonably priced. I sat down and ordered I had to try. a Shirley Temple. It wasn’t watered down The dessert menu is unique, and one and I was pleasantly surprised to see the of my favorite things about the restaurant. amount of cherries inside. Try an old-fashioned milkshake, or a Many of you will probably be outraged brownie served warm with ice cream and by my next sentence, but I despise salad. It whipped cream. The sundaes are a great reminds me too much of rabbit food. The thing to share with family. The Fireplace waitress was completely understanding also hosts parties, and for the two times and asked if I wanted something extra with I’ve been to a party there, they’ve had my meal. I kindly declined and munched all of our large group orders served well on delicious bread instead. The service of and helped to make the event as fun as the drinks and bread was fast. possible. The appetizers my dad ordered came All in all, The Fireplace is a nice place about 10 minutes later. My dad ordered to eat in Tunkhannock. The owners, Dan the steamed clams; he claims they’re one and Laura Yale, are a kind, friendly couple of the best places to get them because that believe in supporting the community. they are always clean and not gritty. I Find out more on their website; they are hardly know what any of that means, open seven days a week from 11a.m. to because I also don’t like seafood, but I’m 10 p.m. Grab a bite to eat, and enjoy the going to take a stab that it is a really good cozy vibe of the restaurant! We’re All Misfits The meaning of Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer By OLI HEISE monster. With the help of his news friends Hermey and Yukon Cornelius, Rudolph As Christmas approaches, so does the rescues them and brings them home. PHOTO COURTESY TIME.COM annual watching of the Christmas specials An intense snow storm hits, nearly on television. Everyone has favorites, such as A Charlie Brown Christmas, The Year causing Christmas cancellation. Santa Without a Santa Claus, Santa Claus Is glimpses Rudolph’s glowing nose and Cavs vs Warriors decides that Rudolph will lead them The tie breaker Coming to Town, Frosty the Snowman, and year the teams will play on Christmas each all through the storm. When he saves How the Grinch Stole Christmas. They By ALEC WALTER with one win against each other. Christmas, as the song tells, all the remain cherished in our hearts, making a The Cleveland Cavaliers and the The Cavs team is greatly different reindeer loved him. wonderful tradition to watch each year. Golden State Warriors is the most from any other year the once was second As we grow older, we recognize themes Another Christmas movie Rudolph the entertaining rivalry in the NBA today. The best player on the team, Kyrie Irving, was within the movie that flew right over our Red-Nosed Reindeer is one of the most two have played each other in the finals traded before the season started this year heads as kids. It seems that the movie popular Christmas movies, proving how for the last three years. The Warriors won to the Boston Celtics for Isaiah Thomas celebrates those characterized as misfits. society might perceive its true meaning. two of those titles, and the Cavaliers won who is currently injured and it’s not certain At the end of the movie, all inhabitants The movie tells a story of Rudolph, a the 2016 championship after being down if he will be back for the Christmas game. of the Island of Misfit Toys fly down reindeer rejected by his peers due to the 3-1 in the finals. The Cavs have added a range of new the chimneys to children happy to have odd glowing of his red nose. He leaves The two teams are clearly bitter toward players to the roster including Dwayne them. Also, Rudolph is deemed as an home to find those who will accept him for each other. The Cavs and Warriors have Wade, LeBron’s old teammate from the honorable reindeer when he served Santa how he looks, finding the Island of Misfit played on Christmas the last two years. Miami Heat, where the two won two on Christmas Eve to deliver toys through Toys, filled with toys who tell their stories Golden state took home the win in 2015 championships together. Both teams have the storm. Overall, the misfits’ happy about rejection. He grows into adulthood and last year the Cavs won the game. Both more losses at this point of the season than ending showed that if you’re seen as and attempts to return home, only to find games have been extremely close. The last year. My prediction is that the Cavs misunderstood, there will always be those that his family and love interest, Clarice, score for 2015 was 89-83 and the score for will win 97-96. fell captive by the abominable snow who will adore and appreciate you. 2016 was 109-108. This will be the third 4 THE PROWLER SEASONALSEASONAL VOLUME XIV, ISSUE XXXVII Five Forgotten Christmas Songs Real VS. Artificial Trees These forgotten classics will make their way into your holiday playlist Which side are you on? By JACOB EZZO Thank God It’s Christmas- By LOGHAN HIRKEY As the holidays approach, many have already purchased a real or artificial tree. Queen: This Christmas song is Christmas tree traditions have been part of the holiday season for over 400 years. The filled with the classic essence of question - should you go with real trees or artificial trees for this wonderful season? Queen with Freddie Mercury’s Benefits of a Real Tree: distinct falsetto and the band’s A real tree can be a tradition for you and your family consisting of cutting it down at your favorite tree farm (mine is Benny’s Tree Farm), or cutting it down in the woods. amazing backups, this classic, PROWLER STAFF PHOTO Once it is in the house, there is no doubt that the smell of pine gets people into the spirit released in 1985, came out with of Christmas. Real trees are a renewable resource, so when cut down, 2-3 seedlings are a slew of other amazing classics unique voice and his ability to left in its place. Planting the tree after the season and letting it thrive year after year is such as We Are The World by write amazing songs. also a major plus. USA for Africa, Don’t You (Forget Do They Know It’s Christmas- Benefits of an Artificial Tree: About Me) by Simple Minds, and Band Aid: This song, another 1985 An artificial tree can serve a huge purpose to somebody who wants a tree, but is classic, focuses on the struggles allergic to the smell of pine. Artificial trees also cannot rot. This means they can be Careless Whisper by Wham! stored year after year to be used again with easy assembly. A major benefit with buying Feels like Christmas-Cyndi of Africa. Similar to We Are the an artificial tree is not having to worry about watering the tree or picking up the mess of Lauper: This song, released on World, this song features many pine needles. This is especially helpful to someone who works a lot, or an elderly person Cyndi Lauper’s first Christmas talented artists from the time. who can’t take care of a live tree. However, since my family has the time and is quite album in 1998, Merry Christmas… All these artists band together to healthy, we will be sticking to real Christmas trees. support Africa and its struggles. The Best Real Trees to Buy: Have a Nice Life. All except two Blue Spruce of the tracks on the album, were Hark! The Herald Angel Sings- Nordmann Fir co-written by Cyndi. The song has Mirror Image: Mirror Image was Douglas Fir a classic 90’s beat that made other a little known New Jersey band Serbian Spruce music of the time so popular. in the 1970’s. They released their Scots Pine album Yuletide Disco that included The Best Artificial Trees to Buy: Pretty Paper-Willie Nelson: This Classic Flocked Slim Pre-Lit song, written in 1963 by Willie Christmas classic remixed to GE Dual Color Light Norway Spruce Nelson, was first released on a the needs of the disco era. This Bellevue Spruce single by Roy Orbison. Nelson track will make you believe you Berkshire Mountain Fir PROWLER STAFF PHOTO released his own version in 1964. joined the Brady Bunch for your Aspen Silver Fir SOURCES: homenursery.com, hintsandthings.com, goodhousekeeping.com The song features Willie Nelson’s Christmas celebration. The Year Without a Santa Claus Top 10 Christmas Movies They call me Heat Miser. For people who love the holidays By KAITLIN PASTERNAK By CATHLEEN PETERS 1. Home Alone: An eight year old protects his house from burglars. Heat Miser 2. Nightmare before Christmas: A must allow pumpkin king named Jack Skellington snow where it usually never discovers Christmas town. happens in or- 3. The Santa Claus: A man inadvertently der to restore kills Santa on Christmas Eve, and he finds Christmas himself transformed into Santa Claus. belief. 4. Elf: A boy named Buddy was accidentally transported to the North Pole as a toddler and was raised to adulthood among Santa’s elves. 5. The Polar Express: A young boy PROWLER STAFF PHOTO Usually shown around Christmas, With appearances by the iconic Snow embarks on a magical adventure to the this 1974 stop motion animated classic is and Heat Miser, the musical aspect of the North Pole on the polar express. charming for all ages. Stop motion anima- 6. The Muppets a Christmas Carol: The movie is entertaining and memorable. The PROWLER STAFF PHOTO tion is when objects are placed in different interactions between Mother Nature and Muppets tell their version of the classic positions to appear like they are moving. her sons, the Misers, was a good laugh. tale of an old and bitter miser’s. more. The plot includes Santa Claus getting Listening to the song “Blue Christmas” 7. Dr.Seuss How The Grinch Stole 9. Scrooge- In this movie Scrooge has sick and thinking that people have lost was a tear jerking, sad moment while Christmas: This movie is about a been having haunting nightmare from their holiday spirit, causing Christmas to watching. I would definitely recommend green, revenge –seeking creature called being visited by the ghost of his old be cancelled. Jingle and Jangle the elves, this movie to anyone to watch during the the Grinch who plans on ruining the business partner, Jacob Marley. Vixen the reindeer, and Ignatius all work holidays. The Year Without a Santa Claus Christmas holiday for all the citizens of 10. Arthur Christmas: Santa’s clumsy together in Southtown, USA to prove to will get your Christmas spirit going. By Whoville. Arthur puts himself on a mission with Santa that people really do care about the end, you’ll be rooting for Santa Claus 8. Mickey’s Once Upon A Christmas: his father’s dad to give out a present they Christmas. to get back on his sleigh. A three part anthology-style video with misplaced to young girl in 2 hours. Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck, Pluto, and Source: IMDb.com Holidays Other Than Christmas Hanukkah isn’t the only other one! By KIERAN CASEY Christmas is the most popular American winter holiday, but there are others that should be known to those who happen to enjoy the celebration. Hanukkah, the first holiday that comes to mind when thinking of holidays in winter besides Christmas, unless you’re Jewish then Christmas is your number two. During Hanukkah, an eight day commemoration in Judaism marking the oil lamp that lasted for eight days instead of one. A candelabra called a menorah is lit every day for eight days celebrating the eight days the oil lamp stayed lit. Kwanzaa is an African seven day Holiday started in 1966 the latest winter holiday started. It was started due to the Watts Riots in Los Angeles. A candle holder called a Kinara is lit every day starting December 26th ending January 1st. Winter Solstice is the first day of winter and is celebrated across the world for the first day of winter. PROWLER STAFF PHOTO Three kings day is the day that the three kings arrived at the birthplace of the baby Ireland Clark represents with her festive Dunkin cup. newborn Christ. The holidays are truly here! VOLUME XIV, ISSUE XXXVII SeasonalSeasonal THE PROWLER 5 Cheerful Christmas Cookie Christmas around the World They do what, where? By EMMA MORAN Recipes It’s that time of the year again: Until recently, only 15% of Egyptians What better way to spend the holidays than to be making some Christmas. Everyone has a different celebrated Christmas, and they celebrated good ol’ cookies meaning behind that word. To some people Christmas on January 7th! For nearly a By BRENDON ELY it means the birth of Jesus, to others it’s month and a half before that, Christian time to help those in need, to some it’s Egyptians fast. Nowadays, most Egyptians There’s nothing better than that sweet the time of year there family is together . celebrate Christmas. Companies sell smell of baking cookie dough that your To me, it’s the time of year that my house Christmas trees, food and decorations. grandmother always makes for the holiday smells of cookies and peppermint, and Buon Natale! Merry Christmas in season, or is there? Here are two awesome the time of year to fi gure out what to get Italian, for your information. Italians recipes that should spice up the Christmas everyone for Christmas. What about in start celebrating Christmas eight days spirit more than usual. other countries? What is Christmas like in before Christmas Day, with Novenas, or The fi rst, brought to you by other places? a series of prayers and church services. geniuskitchen.com, is a bit less cheerful Joyeux Noël! Or Merry Christmas in On Christmas Eve, children dressed as with its name, but all kinds of wonders French, one of the many languages spoken shepherds go around singing carols, with its taste. Christmas trash, no not the PHOTO COURTESY TASTEMADE in Canada. The northern country shares and no meat is eaten. Children wish for huge bags full of wrapping paper or after Christmas Rocky Road many traditions with the United States. presents from a women they call Befana. party litter scattered all over the house, but This recipe will need: Canadians put up Christmas trees (In They hang up stocking on their fi replaces a delicious Christmas snack that everyone 800 grams white chocolate Fact, Nova Scotia, an eastern province for her to fi ll, much like American children should enjoy. 250 grams unsalted butter of Canada is known worldwide for its fi r do for Santa. You will need the following ½ cup corn syrup 3 teaspoons pure and pine trees) and children hope for ‘Pire メリークリスマス! Yes, that means ingredients: peppermint extract Noel’ to leave them gifts around their Merry Christmas. But can you guess 3 cups of Rice Chex 300 grams mini marshmallows trees. A tradition that is unique to Canada what language? If you guessed Japanese, 3 cups of Corn Chex 1 ¼ cups Christmas colored candies (+ is Mummering, where people dress up in you get an imaginary cookie! In Japan, 3 cups of Honey Nut Cheerios extra for topping) costumes and go around to houses, where Christmas is seen more as time to spread 2 cups small pretzels ½ cup macadamia nuts (unless there is a they sing and dance for Christmas cake happiness than a religious celebration. 2 cups salted peanuts nut allergy) and hot chocolate. Christmas Eve is often celebrated as 1(12 ounce) bad holiday M&M’s (red & Candy cane and gingerbread man icing Feliz Natal! That’s Merry Christmas in a romantic day, almost like Valentine’s green) decorations (or something else you would Portuguese, the language of Brazil. Many Day in the United States. Couples often 1 (12 ounce) bag holiday M&M’s peanut prefer) Brazilian traditions come from the country go for dinner, and making a reservation chocolate candies, (take this out if there 1.) Place the white chocolate but- of Portugal. Christmas Plays are extremely is nearly impossible! It’s also common to are any nut allergies of course) ter and corn syrup in a pot over popular in Brazil, along with fi rework eat Christmas cake and fried chicken on 2 (12 ounce) bags of white chocolate chips medium-low heat and stir until displays. Because it’s hot in Brazil around Christmas day! 1.) Now it’s time to take out the melted. Christmas Time, people often spend time Did any of these traditions surprise trash, mix all ingredients, but the 2.) Remove from the heat and stir the at the beach during the holidays. In Brazil, you? Some, especially the fried chicken in white chocolate in a large bowl. mixture with a spatula, or whisk it’s common to get double your paycheck Japan, surprised me. Are you curious about 2.) Melt the white chocolate morsels until the chocolate and butter in December, the idea being to help boost other countries that weren’t meintained? according to directions on the have completely combined. the economy around Christmas. Look it up, and amaze all your guests package. Can you guess what during the holidays. Have a Merry !ديعس داليم ديع Add the peppermint extract and (.3 3.) Pour the melted white chocolate allow to cool slightly. that means? It’s Merry Christmas in Christmas and a Happy New Year! over the cereal mixture and toss 4.) Add the macadamia nuts, Christ- Arabic, the offi cial language in Egypt. Source: whychristmas.com well to coat. mas colored candies, marshmal- 4.) Spread on waxed paper and let sit lows, and mix until just com- until the white chocolate hardens. bined. The History of Santa 5.) Store in airtight container. 5.) Pour mixture into a square alumi- Where your favorite holiday legend originated The second cheerful recipe by num container, and sprinkle some By ASHLEY KENIA tastemade.com, is sort of a tough one, but extra candies and cute icing deco- Christmas is a common holiday that if you are willing to do what it takes to rations on top. people celebrate in America. Everyone has walk, (or make), the Christmas rocky road, 6.) Cover with aluminum foil and different traditions such as cookie cutting, then it is defi nitely going to please. place in freezer until set. picking out the Christmas tree, caroling, 7.) Slice into squares and serve. etc. Aside from family and giving, a big part of the holiday season is Santa. He Christmas Eve Boxes is not just a plump man in a red costume Is it just more proof that Christmas is a commercialized holi- who cries “Ho Ho Ho!” The legend of day? Santa Clause goes all the way back to a By EMMA DOUTHETT monk named Saint Nicholas hundreds of Christmas Eve boxes are a fairly new years ago. Saint Nicholas was admired trend. It fi rst started in 2014, when an for his kindness, and so many legends and PROWLER STAFF PHOTO English woman named Amy Rowell stories about him were created. He was someone to deliver presents, so he became created a website for selling them. Where alleged to have traveled the world with his known as “Father Christmas”. The United did she get the idea for the boxes? When inheritance, helping the sick and poor. States modernized the name, and Santa asked by a British news site, The Tele- Nicholas’s life became a popular topic Clause was created. Therefore, because of graph, she said “Other countries and and quickly spread around the world, PHOTO COURTESY TWINKLEBOX.CO.UK his kindness, Santa has been a big part of cultures celebrate their Christmas on the making him known as the protector of candies in them, to some that are close to Christmas for many years, and many more 24th by opening presents, so I think some children. Saint Nick then began to die out 150 dollars. to come. of their habits have been integrated into because of the reformation in 16th century Some parents don’t approve of the Source: hist ory.com ours: after all, we are such a multi-cultural new trend though. They think that by Northern Europe. However, they needed community now.” having to buy presents for the day before, But what really is a Christmas Eve box? Christmas just seems more and more Earliest Christmas Film A Christmas Eve box is a box fi lled with commercialized. One father of two young The fi lm that started the Hollywood holiday frenzy small presents like candy, toys, Christmas- children says “in a society that already By JACOB EZZO themed pajamas, books, and games. It’s needs everything instantly, surely parents usually geared towards younger chil- The earliest known Christmas fi lm is fi lm has been released to the public and is don’t need to bring Christmas forward a believed to be 1898’s Santa Claus. This viewable on YouTube.com. dren, and has many of the things that day. It’s almost lazy. You can still watch a people usually put in stockings, opened British fi lm is only one minute and forty Santa and his holiday movies changed Christmas movie or read a Christmas story seconds long. A silent black and white since their unveiling. Before he became on Christmas Eve. The boxes can be without it having to come as a gift.” For homemade, cardboard boxes that the kids fi lm that would now be seen as short and the round, jolly man known all over the parents who think the pressure of Christ- inconsequential, at the time of its release it world, he was seen as a scruffy, thin man decorate themselves, or wooden ones if mas is already enough, the added pressure you’re more experienced in DIY. Although was considered a marvelous fi lm. in silk robes. In this fi rst fi lm, this moth- of having to buy things for Christmas It was so revolutionary because of eaten version of Santa is seen visiting the Rowell’s site was the fi rst, many new sites Eve can be overwhelming. It can just be now sell the boxes if you’re more inclined how the director, George Albert Smith, children while they sleep. He places small another expense for the holidays. used a photography technique called items in their stockings and disappears to buy them. One site, Notonthehighstreet. Whether you choose to bring this com, has over two-hundred varieties of double exposure. Double exposure is into thin air. The fi lm transitions to the English trend into your own home, or the act of using fi lm twice to create the joyous children waking in the morning and the boxes. At other sites, you can even get consider it just another unnecessary the wooden boxes personally engraved effect of a spiritual presence. His use of fi nding the gifts Santa Claus gave them. Christmas purchase, Christmas Eve boxes this technique gave the 19th century Santa This fi lm, now plebian, is the fi lm that with the name of the recipient. They range are coming to the US. from seven-dollar cardboard boxes with Claus a spiritual look, making him seem established the roots for future holiday Source: Telegraph.co.uk mystical to the viewers. Due to its age, the classics. 6 THE PROWLER EntertainmentEntertainmentVOLUME XIV ISSUE XXXVII Star Wars: The Legacy Everything is a Lie. Why is Star Wars so popular even after so many years? The universe was actually created last Thursday. By IRELAND CLARK light versus darkness. The dark side and the power it could give him tempted By MADDY NESTOR Star Wars has been around for so Luke’s father Anakin, once a great Jedi Last Thursdayism is the concept that many years, the fi rst movie coming out in who fought for the good of the people. He the universe was created last Thursday, 1977. Most people have seen at least one eventually gave in and soon became the and every memory that supposedly of the Star Wars movies. The latest movie, greatest villain of all time, Darth Vader. happened before that is a lie. Fossils, Star Wars: The Force Awakens came out in The franchise brought up the conversation light from stars and any other object that December 2016. Even if you haven’t seen of what can someone do if they are proves that the world was not created Last any of the movies, you probably know tempted. Can we be tempted by good and Thursday, was made to look old. The only the characters. Chewbacca, Leia, Luke, bad things? What would have happened reason why some people actually believe Han Solo, etc. However, no matter if you PROWLER STAFF PHOTO if Anakin had not gone to the dark side? in this conspiracy is that all reasoning has know the characters, or don’t, or if you’ve Imagine putting this theory by the likes of Star Wars also brings up a good point fl own out the window. seen the movies or not, it’s clear to see the Joey Tribbiani! about light and darkness. Why did Darth In August of 1996 Last Thursdayism legacy that Star Wars has left behind. Vader save his son’s life? He had killed so gained popularity after the world was The one thing that is easy to pick out your actions in this simulation. many people, why would he suddenly do predicted to end on October 23rd of 1996. is the popularization of the hero cycle, -Being left handed is a sin. something good? Star Wars brings up the Members of The Church of Last the journey that a hero takes. Luke was -Everyone knows this except you. question; is it possible for someone evil Thursday believe that the universe was the hero of the original story. Star Wars Believers in this argue that you cannot to suddenly become good? The franchise created last Thursday, and it will end on showed Luke going through the hero cycle say that Last Thursdayism doesn’t exist, brings up good plot points that have been Thursday. They also believe that: and later becoming a Jedi. The franchise because technically you cannot prove used so many times after its release. -The universe is a test for you, and made the hero cycle popular and other otherwise. Common sense proves that this It’s hard to pinpoint the exact reason everyone but you was placed as directors soon followed after. Many more conspiracy is nothing more than false, or why Star Wars is so beloved and popular. programmed subjects to test their franchises and movies have included the am I just telling you this as a programmed It could be because of the great story and environment. hero cycle and the journey portraying the object in your simulation? characters. It could be the great lessons -You will be rewarded or punished for Source: rationalwiki.org, curiosity.com) hero. People can thank Star Wars for some that Star Wars teaches. It could also be of modern society’s favorite heroes and because it’s a unique tale of adventure, continued from page 2 continued from page 2 movies. love, death, and family. No matter what, Avery Gross you defi nitely could put your knowledge TWO: KENTUCKY FRIED CHICKEN Another thing Star Wars popularized the movies are big pop culture icons and to use, but if your dream is to be a writer, For some reason, my eight year old was the discussion about temptation and remain treasured and loved by many. then what you’re being taught probably self loved KFC, and I’m not sure won’t help you. Your math teacher will why. Anonymously, someone called The Death of Charles Manson tell you differently, of course, saying that it “Death in a Box.” The chicken is America’s most famous cult leader passes away math teaches you how to analyze and think described as greasy and oily. The place By MATTHEW LEE productively, which I agree with to some isn’t a dump, but it’s service is pretty While serving his sentence of “nine lifetimes” in prison, Charles Manson died on extent. However, I think we can agree that awful. There are not many options to Sunday, the 19th of November. According to the California department of corrections, not everyone will need complex math for choose from, but it’s not number one, so the 83 year old died of natural causes. Originally, Manson was sentenced to the death their future endeavors. it’s defi nitely not the worst. penalty. However, California abolished the death penalty, and his sentence was then Q: Is Santa black? And now... Drumroll… changed to life in prison. A: Well, technically Santa Claus is a ONE: MCDONALD’S Since his death, a friend of Manson’s named Ben Gurecki came forward with fi gure transformed from the former Was this really a surprise? I’ll admit, I information about his 20 year pal. According to Gurecki, Charles Manson said on Christian bishop Saint Nicholas, who is like their fries and McFlurries are nice many occasions that he did not want to die in prison, which he did not. He died in a of European descent. However, Santa when it’s hot out, but McDonald’s isn’t hospital in Kern County, California. Gurecki also shared his opinion about Manson’s Claus has become so commercialized that my favorite place to eat. Their food can be death. He stated that Manson did not deserve to go to prison, but his followers did. we nearly see him as an entirely different extremely unhealthy. Around the world This was not the fi rst time Charles Manson was sentenced to prison. Manson was no person now. In my opinion, Santa Claus is about 68 million people go to McDonald’s model child. He was sent off to Gibault School for Boys in Terre Haute, Indiana at the a representation of the spirit of Christmas, daily. That’s probably why the obesity age of 12 for being caught stealing. “I spent the best part of my life in boys’ schools, and the spirit of Christmas differs for rate is rising. The place isn’t clean, and prisons, and reform school because I had nobody,” stated Manson in a 1987 interview everyone. Santa Claus is whoever you when I was younger, I had a friend that got with CNN. picture him to be, because there’s no extremely sick after playing in the kids’ Manson’s followers worshipped him as a god. Three of his most well-known wrong way to celebrate the joy of the tunnels. followers are women named Susan Atkins, Patricia Krenwinkel, and Leslie Van holiday. So, to answer your question, yes. Clearly, I’m not saying that you should Houten. They slavishly obeyed each and every one of his commands, and they would Santa Claus can be black. never go to fast food places. Pro tip? When literally kill for him. In August 1969, the brutal killings began with celebrity Sharon you’re choosing between restaurants, go Tate, who was pregnant at the time. With that, a series of other murders arose from for the family owned place. Manson’s cult. His death marks a milestone and perhaps closure to a reign of terror that, although many years past, still rings hauntingly to any who read about it. Source: CNN.com Is Die Hard a Christmas Movie? Five Nights at Freddy’s: Happy trails, Hans. The Twisted Ones By EMMA RUSHWORTH For people who love Five Nights at Freddy’s It’s December, so ‘tis the season wife is named Holly, so take that for for the annual debate: is Die Hard a what you will. By CATHLEEN PETERS Christmas movie? For those of you On the fl ip side, many argue it is unacquainted with the fi lm, Die Hard not a Christmas Movie. After all, it This book is about a girl named Charlie who is trying to move on from the horrifi c is a 1988 thriller starring Bruce Willis, is a violent action fi lm. The amount Alan Rickman, and Bonnie Bedelia. events that happened at Freddy’s Fazbear of cursing alone doesn’t exactly Pizza. She is excited about a new school It’s set in New York City on Christmas scream “family fl ick.” Add that with and a fresh start, but still feels haunted Eve, and Willis plays city cop John the fi lm’s “R” rating, many believe nightmares of a masked murderer and of McClane. He visits his estranged wife it’s just a high paced action fi lm set the four gruesome animatronic puppets. and two daughters at the wife’s place around Christmas. Another argument The terrifying animatronic puppets of work for a party. However, terror- the naysayers have is that the movie names are Bonnie the Rabbit, Chica the ists disrupt the festivities and McClane premiered in July, not during the Chicken, Freddy the Bear, and Foxy the realizes only one person can save the holiday season. Take that with a grain Fox. Charlie thinks her ordeal is fi nally hostages – him. of salt however, since some popular over, but when a series of dead bodies Since it’s set on Christmas Eve at are discovered near her school bearing “Christmas” movies have come out in wounds that are so disturbingly familiar, a Christmas party, many argue it’s a the summer, like Gremlins and Love she fi nds herself drawn back into a world Christmas movie. It also encompasses Actually. of her father’s frightening creations. There some of the key themes of Christmas Unfortunately, this debate is merely is something haunting her and this time, if movies, a husband trying to keep his opinion based and not factually based, they fi nd her they will not let her go. PROWLER STAFF PHOTO family together, rebirth, redemption, so there will probably never be a de- Source: Five Night at Freddy’s The The book offers thrills for those who and new beginnings. Also, McClane’s fi nitive consensus. Twisted Ones the book dare to read it. WORLDWORLD NEWSNEWS VOLUME XIV, ISSUE XXXVII THE PROWLER 7 Mass Shootings Are the New Norm 560 killed and 1,896 injured in 2017 alone. Some people believe that media outlets committed suicide with a pistol. By MADDY NESTOR should not be giving a murderer too much Authorities believe that this was a publicity in fear that people may attempt copycat murder after they found that The Columbine High School Massacre the Islamic State. to cause a similar situation. Wesbecker cut out excerpts of Time’s shocked Americans in 1999, but today it 3. Mental health issues caused Seung- For example, on January 17th, 1989, article on Purdy’s shooting. This isn’t on the top ten mass shootings list. Hui Cho to shoot and kill 33, including Patrick Purdy drove up to Stockton, embarrassing fact was conveniently left Now three shootings have happened in himself, and hurt 17 at Virginia Tech on th California’s Cleveland Elementary out of Time, Newsweek, Los Angeles as little as seventeen months are on the April 16 , 2007. The US Department of School and fi rebombed his car. He then Times, New York Times, and Santa Rosa. list, and two of the fi ve deadliest mass Education charged Virginia Tech with brought a semi-automatic version of the Some of these news sources did mention shootings in modern American history violating the Clery Act which states that full automatic AK-47,(an AKS) onto the that Wesbecker had a connection to the occurred within 35 days. schools must report situations like this in a playground and wounded 29 children and Soldier of Fortune magazine because According to the Mass Shooting timely manner. a teacher, murdered fi ve children, and many editions of it were found through in Tracker 560 people were killed and 1,896 4.In Sandy Hook Elementary School 28 then shot himself in the head with a 9mm his home, but they ignored the cut out and people were injured throughout 2017. In people were killed, including the shooter handgun. highlighted Time article. 2017 there were 317 mass shootings, and and his mother, and 20 children were At fi rst, only the major details of this To argue that it was Time’s fault is 1,9 09 mass shootings have occurred since wounded. event were reported. Then Newsweek unreasonable, because that would mean January 1st, 2017. You might be asking yourself, why are pointed out that, “there’s a copycat that Wesbecker had no responsibility for Deadliest Shootings of Modern U.S. mass shootings happening so often? There element that cannot be denied and featured his actions. Also, it is likely that the news History is no correct answer to this question, but four very similar events that happened outlets did realize that copycat crimes may 1.On October 1st, 2017, 64 year old there are many theories on why. earlier. A week after the mass murder come out of coverage of the event, but not Stephen Paddock killed 58 and injured In the Archives of Suicide Research, happened Purdy was gaining fame and reporting factual events in a news story is more than 515 people in Las Vegas. four public health researchers in 1999 appeared in Newsweek and Time for obviously, unlawful. Paddock shot more than 1,100 rounds launched a study titled, “Media and Mass several months afterwards. Gun control is controversial argument. from the 32nd fl oor of the Mandalay Homicides.” They studied mass homicides 8 months after Purdy’s attack, Joseph Those for it believe that putting strict Bay hotel-casino. Authorities are still that occurred in New Zealand, Australia, Wesbecker entered the printing plant regulations on guns will help stop these wondering why he stopped shooting, since and Britain and they concluded that each he worked at with an AKS and a 9mm horrifying situations from occurring. 4,000 unused rounds were discovered in of the incidents seemed to be infl uenced handgun. He killed 8 and wounded 13 and Those against it argue that without guns, the suite. by previous ones in many ways. civilians will not be able to prevent a mass 2. 29 year old Omar Mateen killed 49 and shooter from killing a huge number of wounded 58 people in Pulse Nightclub people. in Orlando, Florida. This happened on Sources: CNN.com, BBC.com, MassShootingTracker. June 12th, 2016 and his goal was to cause org, huffpost.com, marketwatch.com, terror. Shortly before the shooting, Mateen claytoncrammer.com called 911 and declared his allegiance to Donald Trump Automatic The very best, I promise you. By GAVIN D’AMATO Weapon It all started as a joke (to many). A simple laugh that people wouldn’t Attachment actually believe that turned into a whole BY JOHN WINTERS race for presidency. Hillary vs. Donald, an epic year of drama, secrets, and truth. Automatic assault rifl es are illegal to Donald Trump is an interesting man. The own unless you have a military permit or republican candidate for the 2016 election a special license. So why is an attachment who was not predicted to win. for a legal semi-automatic weapon being killed in a shooting in Libya. Every single Now he is our president, and so we are sold? This attachment attaches onto the terrorist attack that happened this year and The Lack of obligated to live with that. Donald Trump, gun by the stock. The attachment makes resulted in over 100 casualties has hap- a republican and an investor. the gun almost fully auto. It is being sold pened in either Africa or the Middle East. Every day there is something else to to customers for as little of 20 to 100 And we don’t get nearly as much media Worldwide read about in terms of Donald Trump. dollars. Background checks are not taken coverage for those as we do for the vehicle Some positive, some not. It appears as if before buying the attachment. attacks in Barcelona, Finsbury Park, twice he would like to keep the public in some Mr. Paduck, the Los Vegas shooter, Coverage in London, Stockholm, and the shootings form of suspense about just what might used 9 of these attachments on 12 of his and bombings there. happen next with him. In an era where the guns. He shot 11 shots per second, and What’s wrong with the media, news media, regaled by a few as a conduit he killed 49 people. Would that have In the entire 28 countries of the EU, how do they only care about for “fake news”, and tweets abound, what happened if this attachment wasn’t sold? 142 people died this year because of place will this presidency hold in history? Would he have killed as many people? terrorism in the West? terrorism. While that’s horrible, that’s less If a person wants to own an automatic than half of the people during a single weapon for his collection, then the weapon By EMMA DOUTHETT attack in Somalia, where more than 358 should have pieces missing so it cannot be people died, on October 14th. In Africa Terrorism is an ongoing struggle for and Asia alone, there have been more than shot. international forces to combat. With 1500 people who have died from terrorist SOURCE: CNN.com seemingly worldwide coverage, it feels attacks. From the fi rst week after the like we know whenever something bad Manchester bombing, there are 15 pages happens. We had mass coverage on August of news articles on Google. But when I 17th, when a van plowed into a crowd searched for Libya’s March 20th shooting in Barcelona, Spain and killed fourteen by the radical Misrata Militants, I couldn’t people. We all knew about the bombing fi nd a single article written in the week af- in Manchester, England, where 22 people ter it happened. The media needs to show were killed at an Ariana Grande concert us what’s happening in all continents, not on May 22nd. But none of us heard when, just North America and Europe. two days before Manchester, more than 141 people, soldiers and civilians, were Sources: Wikipedia, Express.co.uk

PROWLER STAFF PHOTOS 8 THE PROWLER NEWS VOLUME XIV, ISSUE XXXVII The Mandela Effect History of Pearl Harbor Everything you need to know about the motherlode of A Tragic event that hurled the US into WWII conspiracies. By BRENDON ELY By ASHLEY KENIA Pearl Harbor is much like 9/11, both were days that our homeland was attacked Conspiracy theories appeared relevant in the past few years, leading a craze over the unexpectedly, and had a grueling amount of deaths, 9/11 being the worse of the two. But Internet, with popular Youtubers such as Shane Dawson and Tana Mongeau covering what exactly happened on December 7, 1941? What’s the story behind the Pearl Harbor the topic. The motherlode of these overwhelming ideas, though, is the Mandela Effect. attack? How did the naval base succumb to such a surprise attack? First mentioned in 2010 by Fiona Broome, a woman who vividly remembered Nelson It all started when Japan declared war on China in 1937. American officials did not Mandela dying 30 years earlier in prison before his actual death. Many agreed, and agree with the action, so they imposed sanctions on Japan and its economy. Sanctions so the Mandela Effect was born. Many other occurrences like this happened such as weren’t enough to stop Japan with carrying out its plans. Negotiations were anything but company’s names being different, popular books and toys spelled differently, and successful, it was clear that war was coming. even lines from our favorite movies saying words people thought were different. The Pearl Harbor is located in Hawaii, 2,000 miles away for the US and 4,000 miles Mandela Effect is the theory that people can have a collective misremembering of a fact away from Japan. That reason alone made people believe that the naval base wouldn’t or event. Now this doesn’t mean two people remembering something incorrectly, but be a likely target if the Japanese decided to attack. Another reason is that American this is millions of people agreeing that they remembered something that did not exist or intelligence officials thought the first attacks would have been a European colony in the happened in a way they did not envision it in their mind. It is impossible for the human South Pacific. The mere fact that no one was expecting an attack so close to home was brain to grasp a firm understanding of the future and everything else that is included in the reason the base was relatively undefended, and that made it an easy target. this theory. The Japanese had one agenda, and that was to destroy the Pacific Fleet. On What is the human memory? Many people imagine a file folder built into heads full December 7, at 8 a.m. Japanese planes filled the sky. Over Pearl Harbor, at 8:10 a of info from the past. It is so much more complex than that. Memory is not even in one 1,800-pound bomb smashed through the deck of the USS Arizona and landed in the part of the brain, but rather occupies space all over the head. There are four parts to a forward ammunition magazine. The ship exploded and sank with over 1,000 lives with memory: sights, sounds, words, and emotions. These are encoded in the same section it. Next, torpedoes hit the USS Oklahoma with about 400 sailors aboard the ship that of the brain that originally made each piece, such as the motor cortex, visual cortex, capsized. At the end of the battle every ship in Pearl Harbor sustained heavy damage. language area, etc. Then, when asked to recall a memory, the pattern reactivates where All but the USS Arizona and USS Utah were salvaged. The total loss from the battle was it was generated in the original encoding. nearly 20 American ships and more than 300 planes, 2,403 sailors dead and 1,000 others Different kinds of memory, long and short term, are both stored in different ways and were injured. in different parts of the brain. This is only a slim part of the whole complex memory The attack on Pearl Harbor was a turning point in US history, throwing the US into explanation, and even Neurologists still have not quite figured out how all the parts of WWII. Those who fought will surely be remembered on December 7th. memory work together. Source: History.com Psychologists dismiss the idea of alternate universes and rather call the phenomenon confabulation. Confabulation is fabricating imaginary experiences as compensation for The photo captures the loss of memory. Basically, when people can’t remember an event or a fact, they make severity of the attack it up. Another term people use to describe this is false memories. Although this reason that fateful day. seems like the only logical explanation for this effect, PLOT TWIST! It’s not. Parallel Universes and virtual realities are Mandela effect enthusiasts’ explanation for this phenomenon. This theory states that we live in a multiverse, meaning multiple PHOTO COURTESY WWIIFOUONDATIN.COM universes in our own, where all our decisions and choices we make in life play out in the alternate universes. For example, instead of flying from Pennsylvania to California to kickstart your career, the alternate universe would show what happened if you stayed Ayahuasca - Cure for depression? home and kept your office job. It’s a very cool concept to think about. We always Psychedelics to cure depression? wonder “what if”, and in these alternate universes, we see those “what if’s” being played out. By ALEC WALTER First let’s talk about what Ayahuasca is. Ayahuasca is a psychedelic drug that has There are at least five different theories that provide evidence why this could be been used for hundreds of years. It has the chemical DMT in the substance. To ingest the true. The first one points out that we don’t know the exact shape of space-time. The drug you make it into a brew packed with the mind altering DMT. The Ayahuasca vine universe could go on forever flat. This would back up the idea of multiple universes and contains substances that block the DMT from being digested, and being sent straight to even present a new idea that our universe repeats itself. The second theory provides the brain. the fact that when we look at space-time, some areas of space are more inflated than The trip on this substance cannot be put into words. It’s so intense and strange when others and will keep inflating. So, since our universe is unique, we do not know if the DMT is smoked it’s thought to be one of the strongest mind altering substances ever other universes have the same physics as ours, possibly creating the “what if” universes. used. Ayahuasca can be completely different from a DMT trip as DMT immediately Another theory describes the idea of quantum mechanics, as a part of the “daughter after smoking sends you into an extremely intense short trip. But ayahusca can last a universe theory”, which overall explains that each one of the universes can be a very long time with not as immediately intense experience. Both can cause you to have different one of the “what if” outcomes. So, one outcome could be you fly to California, full ego death and reach experiences unexplainable to anyone who has never done it. but on the way there, your plane crashes, and so forth. The fourth theory is all about Now that you have brief understanding of the drug let’s talk about how it helps mathematical universes in such that one of the universes could go on independently depression. A study was done in Brazil 14 people who are experiencing clinical without human baggage. The final common theory, according to space.com suggests depression got the real drug and 15 clinically depressed people got a placebo drink. that “the number of possible particle configurations in multiple universes would be To make this experiment work the people overseeing the study made the brew to limited to 10^10^122 distinct possibilities, to be exact. So, with an infinite number of look exactly the same and taste exactly the same as the real drug. The study was also cosmic patches, the particle arrangements within them must repeat — infinitely many done with people who have done psychedelics before so they didn’t know what to times over.” Meaning, there is someone just like you in the other universe. expect. They spent the day in a quiet safe monitored environment. Before drinking the People who argue against multiple universes say that space-time may go on forever, brew the group was asked to rate their depression, and they also were asked the same but there are limitations, debating that how old our universe is could be the reason for question 7 days after the experience. After a week 64% of the people who received the this limiting factor. real thing claimed severity of their depression was reduced by 50% or more, but this Overall, the idea of the Mandela Effect is mind-blowing and difficult for humans to only happened for 24% of the placebo group. It’s thought that other psychedelics cure wrap their brains around. There are many more ideas and conspiracies that come out every year, making this theory an ever-changing one. So, will people ever truly know if depression but none of them have been tested in a controlled group with a placebo. the Mandela Effect is real? SOURCE:NEWSCIENTIST.COM Sources: human-memory.net, snopes.com Worst Winter Storms What were some of the worst storms in America? By IRELAND CLARK For some, winter is a nice time to get cozy by the fire or go outside and play in the snow. For others, it is a cold and bitter time and they just wish for it to be summer again. No matter what anyone thinks of winter, everyone can agree that winter can bring some of the worst storms ever. These are just some of the few that ravaged through America. The Great Appalachian Storm of 1950 took place in November and crashed through New England with rain, heavy winds, and 57 inches of snow. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said the storm was, “meteorologically unique”. When the Arctic front moved in on Ohio, there was coastal flooding and theAppalachians were covered with snow. There were 353 deaths. The Great White Hurricane of 1888 was one of the worst blizzards to take place in America. With 40-50 inches of snow that covered Massachusetts, Connecticut, New Jersey, and New York. The total amount of deaths was 400, the largest death toll due to a winter storm in American history. Blizzards can be scary and dangerous. Many winter storms have destroyed cities and states. While the wintertime is usually a fun time for most, it is hard to ignore how hazardous it can get. However, do not let that stop you from going outside and playing PROWLER STAFF PHOTO in the snow. Is it Berenstein or Berenstain?