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A Review Big Win For MHS Badminton Team

Singles: Ben Thorne; and juniors Alec advanced to the finals against Liam Reilly Jon Suydam Glass, Nik Hancke, Gwyn Hig- Newton North High School for the Entertainment Editor, 2. Justin Timberlake fea- Student Submission, Junior gins, Denis Kazakov, Critter Title. This high school tournament Sophomore turing Jay-Z, “Suit and Rodts, Jon Suydam, and Re- gave us a chance to come together Tie” On January 6, 2013, the Mar- nee Torrie. Critter also acted as one team. Often times you end We are a little less than blehead High School Badminton as our team captain and coach up opposite the net from each oth- a week away from the After his multi-year hiatus Team won the Massbad High Many kids don't know a lot er in other tournaments. Fighting Grammys. Leading up to from music, it appears that School Team Badminton Tourna- about badminton , but it is actually for our high school to win against the premier night in music, Justin Timberlake is back, ment. It was held at the Boston the second most popular sport in another local school was challeng- there has been a substantial with a new album set to Badminton Club in Westborough, the world, after soccer. Our team ing and fun. I encourage athletes amount of new music re- drop in late March. The MA. We don't have a formal high played against five other high to give this sport a try. It's fun and leased. Here are some of the first single off of the al- school badminton team, even schools that actually have bad- it's a great work out. Badminton highlights: bum, “Suit and Tie,” was though Mr. Lavender offers it to minton as an official school sport. involves strong hand-eye coor------released on iTunes a few us for one semester in gym. So, The tournament went all day long, dination, endurance, speed and weeks ago, and has hov- for this tournament, we formed each of us playing several rounds focus. If you are interested, you Albums: ered around the top 10 most our own high school team, as fol- of singles, doubles and mixed can read more about the Head- purchased songs ever since. lows: freshmen Nathaniel Cayen doubles. MHS moved through ers MassBad victory at www. 1. Tegan and Sara, Heart- The single sees Timberlake and Nicole Frevold; sophomores the rounds aggressively, and in marbleheadyouthbadminton.org. throb return to his musical niche Zhen Humenn, Wenny Niu and spite of tough competition, MHS

of classy ladies’ man, and The Calgary-based duo of very much has a Bee-Gees identical twins that is Tegan Marblehead High School Updates: sound to it. The single also and Sara have been mak- includes a verse from well- Magic Hat -Volunterring ing music for over twenty known rapper Jay-Z, which Wed. February 13th through 16th. years. In that timeframe, the provides a nice change of Spring Athletes - Try-Out's North Shore Community Please sign up in the main office if group has generally stuck Please check with the school pace in the song. Although College - Admissions Visit you are interested. to the indie rock scene, nurse or Athletics. All physicals the single seems to have NSCC will be visiting MHS on with hits such as “Walk- must be dated on or after Febru- garnered popularity, it will February 12 at 9 a.m. Please see White Water Rafting ing With a Ghost,” which ary 18, 2012 to be considered be interesting to see if the Guidance for an application to be was later covered by The "Current" for Clearance Forms. Information will be available album will be able to do White Stripes, and “Back filled out before the visit. Sign up during lunches. All seniors the same. That is because In Your Head.” However, in Guidance if you plan to attend. must return forms and pay- while it may seem a novelty in their most recent release, to have Timberlake back in Senior Project- Deadline ment by Friday, February 8th. Tegan and Sara have taken music, one may come to re- Senior Project applications will their sound in a completely alize, like I have, that Jus- NOT be accepted from any senior Social Outreach new direction. Heartthrob Cosmic Bowling on Monday, Feb- tin’s best music may have who has an outstanding school obli- is very much a dance/pop ruary 11th from 2:45 to 5:30 p.m. Have Something to say/ask? come and gone. gation (class dues, user fees, deten- album, which speaks to Leave us a question on our tion hours, etc.) Students are asked ALL are welcome. Tickets cost the duo’s recent collabora- seven dollars per person. Tick- advice page on our website 3. The Lonely Island to check the board outside D211 for www.mhsheadlight.weebly. tions with some of the big ets will be sold during lunches. featuring Adam Levine your name (updated daily), or see com. names in that genre, such and Kendrick Lamar, Ms.Cefalo before or after school. as David Guetta and Tiesto. “YOLO” Personally, I view Tegan

and Sara’s apparent musical The SNL-based trio The reformation as a mixed bag. Lonely Island made a re- In an age where the generic turn to the late night com- pop song dominates the top Number 52 edy show on the most re- 40, it is disheartening to see cent episode, humorously a band with a unique sound explaining how to live life To some, he is a man who literally information, we are quick to and style unable to stick cautiously because, “You Dan Rosenberg got away with murder, a criminal make snap decisions. Everything to their guns. On the other only live once.” Also, both Editor in Chief, Junior who got off due to his celebrity becomes so convoluted that the hand, there is something to host Adam Levine and mu- status. To others he is simply a easiest option is to just assume the be said for becoming more sical guest Kendrick Lamar man who was in a bad situation, worst. It’s almost never that mainstream, as it allows for were able to lend their tal- Perception is a funny thing to and has since made such a posi- easy. And this is a lesson that a band to become more ac- ents to the song, singing the consider. It's something that makes tive impact on the world that he is more should take to heart. cessible to the general pub- chorus and rapping a verse all of us unique, in a roundabout a hero. Of course, neither is right Whether you are enamored with lic, and expose a new audi- respectively. While special- way. Perception is the way some- or wrong, and the legacy Lewis Ray Lewis, or vilify him, there is ence to their music. Some izing in satire, The Lonely thing appears to a single person, leaves will be mixed. But the im- more to his character; there is more of the notable tracks off of Island’s songs are generally and it differs for all of us. Wheth- portant thing here is how differ- than one element to him. Just as Heartthrob are “Goodbye, enjoyable to listen to, and er a situation, another person, or ently people perceive one man. there are two sides to every coin, Goodbye,” an up-tempo are outrageously funny. In yourself, the way one perceives The recent Super Bowl had there are many parts to every man. pop song that could fit in that regard, their most re- anything dictates how he acts. many polarizing figures in it, none And so don’t forgive him, and don’t on any best of 80’s pop al- cent single is more of the In our culture, one of the most more so than Ray Lewis. There is forget him, but remember Ray bum, and “Closer,” another same. This single is particu- interesting divides between people an obvious lesson to be learned Lewis for who he was, as a man up-tempo pop song that is larly humorous, as it pokes is hero status for various figures from his mistakes, and his career. and as a player; for what he did, ready-made to be blasting fun at a common expression in our society. It's all about per- It’s impossible to classify someone not who he was perceived to be. from the speakers of any ur- used by many teens today. ception, and that's what makes it as entirely good or evil. A lesson ban clothing store. This single may suggest a so interesting. A villain to one is that is hard to learn for many is ------potential album from The a shining beacon to another, and that sometimes, there is no black Lonely Island, who usually neither is right or wrong. A trendy and white answer. Not everything release albums with a large example of this is Ray Lewis, line- in life is so simple; it's just a mat- quantity of songs, coming backer for the Baltimore Ravens, a ter of perception. So often, due in the near future. polarizing and controversial figure. to the immediate availability of Headlight Staff

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