The Orange and Black A Hanover Tradition Volume 83, Issue 2 Hanover High School, Hanover, Pennsylvania Holiday Edition 2009 Inside This Issue... Batteries Not Included Powder Puff 3 By Casey Louthian New Moon 5 Review "Hurry in! Sale ends Sunday!" sell Christmas items as early as October. That's "Show your honey how much you care with pretty crazy. Maybe, if you listen really Christmas Fun 7 this gorgeous, sapphire teardrop pendant!” closely, you can almost hear the chorus of holi- "Don't miss your chance! Get yours while day cheer. Nope folks, it’s not Jingle Bells, but Ask Andi 9 supplies last!" These are just a few of the the oh-so-beautiful symphony of dinging cash warm, cheerful wishes that stores are offer- registers the world over, feverishly counting up The New A.D. 11 ing this holiday season. They are just de- billions upon billions of dollars in sales. To lightful, aren't they? So I'm wondering, heck with tradition and good will towards all, Silly Splendid 12 could someone please tell me what hap- getting that new electronic is much more im- Seniors pened to the true spirit of portant. No one wants to see Uncle Remus, Fall Play 14 Christmas? they want that darn iPod! The arrival of the People get really crazy and selfish dur- Brain Busters 16 holidays used to mean ing the Christmas season. I'm sorry, but it was looking forward to the first pretty ridiculous when a Long Island, New HHS Out and 17 snowfall, baking your fa- York Wal-Mart worker got trampled to death About vorite treat with Mom, on Black Friday last year just because shoppers Balancing Work 19 spending time with family and friends, or were in a frenzy to hit the best sales. This poor and School curling up with a loved one to watch cute man, Jdimytai Damour, 34, was just there to do Music Spectrum 20 Christmas movies. Now the holidays are so his job and he got knocked to the floor by two commercialized that their arrival simply hundred crazy shoppers. But did any of them makes people wonder what they are getting stop to help him up? Nope, of course not. That Featured Staff this year. Isn't the holiday season supposed deal on underwear was far more important than to be all about giving? stopping to help a stranger to his feet. The re- Chief Editor: Nowadays, people are more con- sults? He got trampled to death and four other Casey Louthian cerned with what they can get rather than shoppers- including a woman eight months what they can give. Many people don't real- pregnant- were injured. That's pure insanity is Student Writers: ize just how good they have it; they have a what it is. No one should have to die in Wal- Erika Ayres roof over their head, they have food in their Mart just before the holidays; that's not very Cassandra Balek stomachs, and they have a nice warm bed to festive. Going in for the big door buster sale Meghan Blair sleep in. Many people take these simple and ending up on the obituaries probably isn't Danielle Brown everyday things for granted and don’t even what most anticipated. Adam Caler realize just how many people don't have Pardon my rant, but my point is, Carly Fuhrman them. A house, a bed, and food are more Christmas certainly isn't what it used to be. In Jacki Gourley luxurious than most people even realize. my opinion, time and generosity are more pre- Madison Hoff The holiday season is supposed to be all cious gifts than any hot new electronic or pretty Casey Louthian about being thankful for what you do have, piece of jewelry. So this holiday season, think Candace Menges being appreciative of it. about what you can give rather than what you Meghan Royston Far from a time of togetherness, can get. Let's bring back the true meaning of Pete Yingst humility, and modesty, Christmas is now the holiday season. Volunteer to help out in a seen as an economic stimulus for the failing soup kitchen or donate to those less fortunate, economy, with many stores such as Wal- but please- don't get trampled in Wal-Mart. Advisor: Mart- beginning the season and starting to And a very Merry Christmas to all. Mrs. Paula Frank 2 HHS Hosts Veteran’s Day Assembly By Madison Hoff and Erika Ayres On Veteran’s was fortunate to have a guest these men and women dedi- Day, Hanover High speaker; Colonel W. Benja- cate their lives to their duty School hosted an assem- min Prescott, from the U.S. and our country. bly commemorating and Our Student Council honoring the veterans of presented a slide show with this country and the sol- past and present members of diers on active duty. service who are connected to The High School staff and students of Hanover Concert Band, directed High. The slide show con- by Mr. Sattazahn, a sisted of veterans and cur- Navy veteran, opened rently enlisted members of with the “Activity the military, including pre- March”, followed by the sent teachers and staff and Presentation of Colors recent students. by the Allied Veteran’s The assembly ended Honor Guard members. with “Taps” played by a The band played trumpeter of the high school “Americans We March” band. The Color Guard re- followed by the Cham- tired the colors, and the ber Choir who sang school band played “The Pa- “The Star-Spangled Army War College. He triot” as the recessional piece Banner”. spoke about the freedom our of music. The high school military fights for and how Powder Puff Football 2009: 3 Sophomores Victorious By Pete Yingst Every year at Hanover High School, Key Club sponsors a female football game, known as “Powder Puff.” The money collected from the game benefits the Key Club. The Hanover Powder Puff football tradition was con- tinued with excitement this year, despite the rainy and windy weather conditions. In a rare sophomore vs. freshmen final, the sophomores came out victorious in an intense overtime vic- tory. In the first game of the evening, the sophmores rolled over the seniors winning 20-0. The sophomores then waited for the victor of the freshmen vs. junior game. The freshmen shocked everyone by beating the juniors with ease. The championship game was then in place, it would be a battle of the underclassmen. The sophomores struck first with a touchdown, but the freshmen answered with an exciting touchdown pass. It was a back and forth game that went into overtime. In overtime, each team would get four plays starting at the twenty-yard line. The freshmen were unable to score, and had to watch, as Paige Fuhrman was able to score the game-winning sophomore touchdown. The final score was 18-12. Paige Fuhrman and Courtney Cleary scored the majority of the sophomore touchdowns, where Bradi Hill did very well for the freshmen. 4 Introduction to Manufacturing By Mr. David Harnish Have you ever wondered what really takes place inside of all the large businesses around Hanover? What really happens inside of Utz, Snyder’s, RH Sheppard, and all those big buildings behind the middle school? Yes there is “factory work,” but what does that really look like, what are they doing, and where does all the stuff go? If you are looking for answers, talk to seniors Tyler Yohe and Troy Schrum. These two have taken part in the Introduction to Manufacturing course. This course is taught by a HACC professor and includes students from our school, as well as South Western. You not only receive high school credit for this program, but can earn college credit as well. And your classroom is not inside of a school, but inside 10-different local businesses throughout the fall semester where you will meet with CEO’s, accountants, marketing professionals, sales representatives, floor managers, assemblers, and mechanics, just to name a few. Just think, the annual revenue of Utz is approximately $400 million and Sny- der’s is $750 million- they do a lot more then stuff bags of chips and pretzels. And while McClarin Plastics is in the business of making consoles for Ski- doo, interiors for Amtrak trains, and wind turbines for a world wide company based in Mexico, they are also in the process of developing state-of-the-art facemasks that may one day be used in the NFL. Talk to Tyler or Troy and see what they have learned, or see Mr. Harnish if this is a course that would interest you. Artwork by Linsey Bowersox & Molly Steinmetz 5 g{x gã|Ä|z{à ftztM axã `ÉÉÇ A Movie Review By Candace Menges Vampires, werewolves, and well! Loganne Storm, a Junior here life is in danger, and with Edward romance. What more could you ask at HHS said, “ New Moon was gone, it is left up to Jacob and his for? amazing. After seeing Twilight my pack to pro- After the highly successful standards weren’t high, but New tect her. Will release of Twilight into theaters on Moon went above and beyond my Victoria be November 21, expectations. I think Chris should successful? 2008, it took only redo Twilight .” Casey Louthian, Will Edward until the next day also a Junior here at HHS said, come back? for Summit Enter- “Chris wiped the floor with Cath- Will Jacob tainment to con- erine!” win Bella’s firm that they In New Moon there’s one love? Go to would be continu- question being asked, Team Ed- see The Twi- ing with the saga, ward or Team Jacob? After falling light Saga: and that filming in love in Twilight , Edward and New Moon in theaters now, to find for New Moon Bella seemed to be soul mates, but out, and to find out which side would start in March, 2009.