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Volume 88, Number 7 Salem Senior High School March 2001 Leaving on a jetplane BY JUSTIN PALMER Once again this For two nel the also visit Big Ben, Down spring break SHS students d a y s group ing Street and many other will be heading for Europe. they ex- o f sites. Unfortunately after Led by Mrs. Hutson, this peri- w e ary London it's time for the re group of fourteen students e n c e travel- turn trip home. will be embarking on a ten many of ers will Mrs. Hutson day whirl wind tour. the sites embark hopes students can open The group will be- · France to En- their eyes to the world gin their expedition in To has to gland. through this opportunity. ledo, Spain with a tour of offer in- Canter- Also, she believes t.hese the former capital and dis cluding bury is trips allow students to com cover the unique history of the Lou- t h e i r pare culture, experience art, the city. From Toledo they vre a fir s t and develop a meaningful move on to Madrid with a for,mer The soon to be· world travelers stop in appreciation of their cul tour of Palacio Real (Royal pa 1ace pause to pose for a quick picture. E n _ ture. She noted that a trip Palace) and the Plaza turned museum, which gland. Canterbury is the is usually planned every Mayor, a square famous for holds the Mona Lisa. They site of Archbishop Thomas other year. The next trip bullfights and public execu will visit Louis XIV's pal- Becket's murder and im will most likely be in the tions. While visiting the ace at Versailles, Notre mortalized in Chaucer's spring of 2003. All those Plaza Mayor the group will Dame Cathedral, and, of Canterbury Tales. From interested should start sav see the restaurant made fa course, no trip to Paris there they head for ing now, as this trip is some mous by Hemingway's The would,be complete withbut Stratford-on-Avon, birth what expensive. Sun Also Rises. Paris, visiting the Eiffel Tower. place of Shakespeare. France is their next stop. Crossing the English Chan- While in England they will Rotary4 Way BY JESSICA JEWELL Recently Mr. con- every- day. They were first-Chris Viencek's classes all took cemed?" one had topher Bender, second part in the Rotary 4 Way The es- to write Robert Vogt, and third speech competition. The say was an es- Timothy Douglas. The classes had been taking part w or th say. winners then went to the in the competition for a long 3 0 0 T h e Rotary luncheon on March · time, their final papers were points judging 6, 2001, where they gave due on December 20, 2000. and w a s their speeches from In their papers, the students e a c h held on memory. The first place had to answer the following student Febru- winner, Chris Bender, got to questions: " Is it the had to ary 22 move on in the Competition TRUTH?" ; "Is it FAIR to use a Bender, and Robert Vogt. and the on March 18, 2001, at the all concerned?" ; "Will it quot e--------------speeches Mahoning County Career build GOODWILL and bet from two famous people. had to be between four and and Technical Center. ter friendships?" ; and "Will Although not everyone had six minutes in length. Win it be BENEFICIAL to all to give the sp~ech aloud, ners were announced that Scholarships r----------------~In the news. 1 BY JUSTIN PALMER BY JESSICA JEWELL .. II As the end of the year quickly approaches the seniors are bombarded with making collegiate choices. I More importantly they are plagued with how to finance • A family was abandoned on a chair lift at an Aus- their education. trian ski resort and was only saved after the father I Scholarships are the preferred form of financial jumped 18 feet into the snow below to seek help. I aide because they are not required to be repaid. Scholar- I ships available to students vary form $500 to full tuition. • Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen cut off her fingertip when I There are endless opportunities available to students; they she slammed her hand in a door at home and then just have to look for them. Various scholarships can be suffered a black eye and battered chin when she I found on the Internet, through guidance counselors, or saw the blood and passed out, an aide said. I books. Miss Carmello stresses the importance for. seniors I to apply for the Salem Alumni Asspciation scholarships. • Japan's first female governor said she wants to Applications will be distributed foUowing spring break wrestle her way into the male-dominated sumo ring I and are due by April 20. In 1908 the Alumni Association to present the trophies - a role traditionally I awarded their first scholarship of $60. Since that first granted to the provincial governor where tourna- 1 scholarship they have awarded 2.17 million dollars in ments are held. scholarship funds. Juniors are urged to research scholar- I ships now so they know what to apply for next year. I • A drunk man who lit a cigarette while filling a can I r ---------------- ., with gasoline blew himself into the air, Australian I I Local Available Scholarships, Amounts, and police said. 1 I 1Deadlines: • Religious education used to bore Mike Coles atl I school so as a teacher he decided to put the fun I I Amvets Post 45 Robert Wilson Memorial Scholar- back into faith, rewriting Bible stories in Cockney I ships: rhyming slang. l$5oo I I April 11, 2001 • An American physical therapist set a new record I in the traditional Shrove pre-Lenten sprint that pits I IYTRYBE Scholarship Essay Contest: pancake flippers in a frigid Kansas town against lwww.ytrybe.com rivals in Olney, England. I I Ohio Frontier Essay Contest & Dotty Martin Scholar- • Crowds of drunken Mardis Gras partiers looted I ship: shops and battled police on horseback as a day ofl I $500 drinking and celebration came to an end, police I I June 8, 2001 said. I I Elks Ladies Auxiliary B.P.O.E. # 305: • At least 13 people died and dozens were hurt I I April 9, 2001 Wednesday in a freak accident when a British pas- I I senger train slammed into a crashed car before be- I I Englefield & Arnold: ing hit by a freight train speeding in the opposite I $500-$1,000 ; direction. I May 31, 2001 : I I · • Think you've heard the last ofEminem and Elton I I ~ducational Communications Scholarship Founda- John? Think again. Though their unlikely pairing I t10n: at the Grammy A wards was a one-off event, their hl,000 rendition ofEminem's "Stan" has since been dis-I I May 15, 2001 tributed to radio, flooded throughout Napster, and I I will also be released as a single. I Salem Athletic Booster Club Memorial Scholarship: I $1,000 • An aftershock rattled western Washington after al I April 15, 2001 powerful earthquake shook the Seattle area, caus-1 I · ing at least $1 billion in damage but only one death. I • Bob Foran Community Service Award: I $1,000 Source: www.yahoo.com ~----------------~Page 2 The Quaker ~----------------~ March 2001 r----------------, 1 Club news 1 Career day at : BY NICOLE BINEGAR : Kent-Salem German club meeting for March was held BY NICOLE BINEGAR Ion the 14. Foreign languages had their ski trip in Feb- I lruary. I I Yearbook staff In March we have deadlines I On Friday, March 16 the junior class attended due from the Seniors, Then and Now, White Christ Career Day at Kent State in Salem. This event has been lmas Dance, Basketball Home coming, Cheerleading I going on for the past six years. The whole experience for !pictures, and the Ads sections. The book is progress- I the juniors has been possible due to the joint effort be I~g an~ deadlines_a~e coming quickly so everyone must I tween Kent State Salem and the guidance department. Not Jump m and part1c1pate. only does the guidance department get involved, but also ~----------------~ Kent State Salem, the Rotary Club, and ASPIRE spon sored the event. r----------------~ The top priority of this trip was to plan activities THE QUAKER to assist counselors with completing Individual Career Plan PRINCIPAL activities leading to the completion of the Career Pass Danielle Bair Mr. Jerry Rabell port. The program was intended to provide the students Justin Dennis ADVISOR with information to assist in the completion of the student's ENTERTAINMENT career plans. It also provided strategies for selecting a Mrs. Melanie Dye EDITOR- SARINA college or major and sessions for other post-high school CO EDITORS-IN MCELROY opportunities including job searches and apprenticeships. CHIEF While attending the event, in the morning, juniors experi Mary Sutter Justin Palmer & Pat enced the Harrison-O'Shea Career Making assessment to Emily Sacco Stewart assist in determining career interests and abilities. This SPORTS assignment will assist the students in completing their NEWS EDITOR-PAT Career Passport. Juniors then had the opportunity to EDITOR- JESSICA STEWART choose two additional sessions. Also participants attended JEWELL informational interviewing which involved completing Nate Rasul Justin Palmer interview sheets in two informational sessions of their Jeff Hamilton Nicole Binegar choice. The following are a few examples of the clusters: OPINION business management and finance, arts-communications, FEATURE EDITOR GLENN broadcasting, skilled crafts (including commercial trans EDITOR- ED BUTCH PEISON portation, the military, etc.) human services, social ser Denise Price vices, PT, and PTA, OT and OTA, radiologic technology, Stephanie Fife Karyna Lopez education, engineering, human resources etc.