RaiderNet Daily G. Ray Bodley High School, Fulton, NY Volume 4, Number 90 Wednesday, March 19, 2014 Chorus concert kicks off “Music in our Schools” Month at GRB The G. Ray Bodley High School auditorium will be filled with beau- tiful music on Thursday evening at 7:30 pm when the Bodley Music Department kicks off Music in our Schools Month with a concert by the GRB choruses. The evening will feature performances by the Bodley women’s choir and concert choirs under the dirction of Mr. Tom Nami. who noted that, “many popular and Broadway tunes,” are scheduled for the evening. Another highlight will be the annual performance from the Os- wego Snow Belters, a men’s choral group from Oswego, who will be taking the stage by themselves and with the GRB chorus. The concert is free of charge and open to the public, and is a great way to support local musicians while also enjoying what promises to be another great night of music. Student Senate Blood Drive Friday, March 28 in the LGI Sign up this week outside the cafeteria. See Mrs. Ferlito in room 115 for more details What’s happening at G. Ray Bodley High School? Signups HOPE Club meets every Monday in room Today & Friday during 119. lunch bells! Future Business Leaders of America meets every Monday in room 116. Auditions March 25-26- Fultonian Yearbook meets on Tuesdays in room 102. Wednesday, April 9 27 after school Yearbooks are still available for 6:30 pm preorder for $60. See Mr. Senecal in room 228 during GSH. College bound seniors are encouraged to visit the guidance office to check out a number of locally based scholarship Send us your pictures of opportunities. A small investment in time could become a large investment the Red Raiders in action of money toward college. Wrestling, swimming, hockey, boys basketball, NHS inductions, bowling are all needed now to make the What’s for lunch? Today: Max pizza with steamed broccoli, final deadline! baby carrots and mixed fruit with alter- [email protected] native of fajita chicken salad. Friday: TBA. Page 2 RaiderNet Daily Opinion Fear of abuse precedes arrival of Zohydro By Jack Ryan able to the public. The dangers of this new drug have presented themselves to many With the long line of prescription pain pills professionals and other public figures. While the main intent of this out there, a new one will be added to the drug is for severe pain reduction for those who need it in the form list. Its name is Zohydro. Zohydro is a new of a highly concentrated form of hydrocodone in a small easily prescription pain killer that will be set to be crushable capsule, the threat of misuse of this drug is very high. available to patients some time in March. The rate of overdose from pain narcotics has easily tripled in the The hydrocodone-based drug is the latest past twenty to thirty years. This new, concentrated, drug is pre- in a long line of painkillers called opioid analgesics. The FDA ap- dicted to cause the number of overdose deaths to skyrocket within proved the medication last fall to treat chronic pain. the next few years. This opioid is a whopping dose of hydrocodone packed into an It may seem to some that these drugs are released to benefit those easy to crush capsule. This new drug is said to “kill people as soon in pain, but the reality is that the number of people who abuse pre- as it is released” according to Dr. Andrew Kolodny. Millions of scription pain killers is shockingly high. Pain killer abuse affects Americans as well as people from other countries already misuse anyone from their early teens to the old and elderly, and the ques- prescription drugs on a daily basis, and with the introduction of tion regarding the development to the production of new drugs is Zohydro, the number of overdoses from prescription pain killers is whether is it necessary with such high potential for abuse and pre- predicted to dramatically increase shortly after it becomes avail- dicted higher death rates from overdose. BLAST from the PAST! Taken from the pages of The Raider student newspaper March 18, 2010: “Students get first-hand look at world business” show is sure to be a hit. Accompanying her as her Prince Charming The purpose of school is intended to prepare students to be suc- will be none other than Nick Pike, while Jake Lourcey and Abby cessful in the real world. Many students argue that they will never Boucher will play the prince’s father and mother. So come along use Trigonometry or AP US History in their everyday lives. Mrs. and bring your family and friends for the magic fairy tale of Ferlito’s Small Business Ownership class teaches these necessary Cinderella. and useful skills to students to ensure a safe entry to the real world. March 22, 2002: “GRB chorus is Boston bound” In the Small Business Ownership class students work, run, and There is an exciting field trip coming up for a group of G. Ray manage the school’s Raider’s Den. The Raider’s Den sells delicious Bodley student performers. On April 26, member sof GRB’s mixed treats at affordable prices and for those who stay after school, the and women’s choruses will be traveling to Boston, Massachusetts store is open until nearly 6 pm. Most students see only the outer to perform. It has yet to be determined exactly where the students layer of the Raider’s Den. They view it as merely a fun school ac- will sing on April 27, but one possible location is Galeria Mall. The tivity where students sell food. The students running the Raider’s students have been fundraising since the start of the school year by Den obtain knowledge of truly owning a business that they would selling things such as candy, cookie dough, fruit, and pizza. otherwise not have. This fundraising helped to defray a large portion of the trips cost. March 16, 2006: “Quirk’s Players Present Cinderella tonight” The students will be in Boston for three days and visit sites such as It is finally here, the moment has come and the curtain is going to the Museum of Fine Arts and the New England Aquarium. Mrs. rise. Tonight is the opening night for Cinderella, and the cast is Walrath, one of GRB’s Chorus conductor, will be traveling to Bos- going wild with excitement. On Monday the excitement increased ton with the students. “Everyone is very excited about going,” she because of the arrival of the costumes. Quirk’s Players were then says, “but at the same time, most students are a little nervous about shocked about the sudden realization that they were opening in two their performance, but they will be prepared and ready to sing.” days. With the new talent of Amber Welsky playing Cinderella the Compiled by Perrin Ogden Reflections Book now for the -THE- Salon & More 608 South 4th Street-Fulton prom and dinner Call for an appointment today! Phone: 592-4415 dance! Proud 20 Year sponsor of GRB Journalism March 19, 2014 Page 3 Sports Meet the Broncos, SU’s Thursday opponent The Syracuse Orange- per game. Brown also averages, four rebounds, two assists and one By Tevin Simard men’s first matchup in steal per game. Senior Shayne Whittington averages 17 points and the NCAA tourna- nine rebounds a game, which is almost double-double figures. Fi- ment is the Western Michigan Broncos. The Broncos are a team nally there is sophomore Connar Tava, who averages 12 points, six that is not too familiar with the big tournament as this is only their boards and three assists per game. The Broncos bench has lots of fourth appearance. To get the bid, the Broncos won the Mid-America players who average around three points. Conference by defeating Akron in overtime, then beating Toledo in One big factor that the Broncos have to deal with is crowd size. the finals by 21 points. The farthest the Broncos have made it was Syracuse is a big name team who deals with large crowds, while it to the Sweet Sixteen back in 1976. is the opposite for the Broncos. So far, the biggest crowd that the Western Michigan is led by head coach Steve Hawkins, who has Broncos have played in front of is only 7000 people. Even in their been at the helm of this team since 2003. In his first year coaching, MAC Championship game, there were only around 5200 in atten- he led them to their third NCAA tournament appearance, but they dance. A lot of these young players do not have experience on a big lost in the first round to Vanderbilt 71-58. Hawkins has a win per- stage, so that could play a big role. These two teams collide at the centage of .567 with the Broncos, which is pretty decent. First Niagara Center in Buffalo, which holds almost 19,000 people. This team has three main players Syracuse needs to shut down. That is almost three times the size of their biggest crowd. Senior David Brown is their leading scorer with almost 20 points One big difference between these two teams is how they have NCAA Tournament been playing recently. The Orange have had a lot of trouble after starting 25-0, losing five of their last seven games, while the Bron- cos are rolling past their opponents. They have won their last 12 out Michigan State, ‘Nova are of 13 games with the only loss coming in overtime against Toledo, which they avenged in big fashion in the MAC finals.