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page 6 page 3 Boys Basketball Team page 8 Also look for speech & debate feature (page 2) personalities of handwriting (page 12/13) theWooster High School studentwooster newspaper 515 Oldman Road Wooster, OH Jan.blade 20, 2012 Volume VII Issue 8 Table Top discussion reveals facility optimization news Facts Claire Miller discussions were asked to Business and Community been transparent about this once he comes to the high 5 editor-in-chief weigh in on which scenario Affairs, said that each issue and feels it may be the school, opportunities will to make you they felt was best for the scenario would have best way to maximize the abound and students will be smarter A third Table Top discussion school district. different transportation high school’s space. able to get a ahead on many was held on Jan. 11 in the Every group at the costs, bus transfers and “Moving the eighth subjects. WHS media center in order discussion chose scenario ride times and said he will graders up is something Teresa Ford a parent and to continue talks of facility , one, yet many cited that have specific numbers in that we knew, that is clear consistent attendee of facility optimization possibly taking they were ‘not true options’ the Financial Impact at the from our Web site, is not optimization discussions, place in the near future. and would instead opt for January Board of Education the ideal scenario. We are said she thinks grade level Dr. Michael Tefs said that an additional scenario, meeting. going to have to program schools are not a good those community members which placed K-4 in four One attendee questioned that, we are going to have 1 who show up at the solution for the district. 13% of Americans elementary schools, 5-8 at the frequently occurring idea to think strategically about discussions, although not the middle school building of moving eighth graders to that, we are going to have She said such buildings are actually believe a true representation of the usually found in a clustered, that some parts community as a whole, have campus-like setting. She of the moon are a vested interest in the school also added that grade level system, and, therefore, schools increase the number made of cheese. their opinions should be of transitions for children, taken into consideration and research shows increased in decisions dealing with transitions produce negative facility changes. results, such as a lowering Options for building of academic achievement optimization have been and parental involvement narrowed down to three among other consequences. scenarios. Ford said the idea of 2 Scenario one places grades a phased-in, step-wise The daughter of eight through twelve at solution is an important Jay-Z and the high school, grades consensus that was made at Beyonce is the five through seven at the the meeting. “When you make a huge, youngest person middle school. Cornerstone and three other elementary radical change and things ever to be credited schools would hold Joseph Gorman aren’t working, you’re not on U.S. Billboard kindergarten through fourth Pictured at the December School Board meeting: Left: Director of Secondary going to be able to pinpoint what is not working charts. grade. Education Richard Leone; Top Right: Superintendent Dr. Michael Tefs; Bottom Scenario two would be the because you’ve changed Right: BOE President James Barnard. same as scenario one except everything. So, we’re losing grades three and four would the money gradually. Why be at Cornerstone and three and kept grades 9-12 at the the high school, stating the to make that palatable. But, don’t we make the changes gradually?” she said. other elementary schools high school. “practically unanimous” we want to maximize the would have kindergarten view of attendees at the last instructional space in this Tefs said he is not sure that he During the meeting, Tefs through second grade. Table Top discussion was building for our kids. That’s is in a position to implement emphasized that possible Finally, scenario three against this change. why we did what we did at these changes quite yet but 3 changes were purely a , An elementary would have the same format “So neither your taxpayers, the end of the day,” Tefs said further data and numbers fiscal issue, and they were school student in as scenarios one and two, nor your faculty and staff in response to the question. will be supplied at the not initiated to enhance the Philippines except three schools would think this is a good idea. Are One parent said that, January Board of Education academic achievement. was named “Lord remain open while all there any options that you although she opposes the meeting. kindergarten and first grades “I’ll be the first one to tell can think of, without putting idea of eighth graders At the Table Top discussion, Voldemort”. would go to Cornerstone. you, this is being driven by eighth graders in the high at the high school, he said it might be possible All scenarios are slated to finances. There is no doubt school?,” the attendee said. there is a ‘silver lining’. to make a decision by the close two grade schools. about it,” he said. Tefs said the facility She said her son is currently end of February or early Participants in the Table Top Dave Kocevar, Director of optimization committee has in advanced classes and March. cornerstones of our community 4 Startzman provides medical assistance to community Scientists estimate Noah Spector clinic that later became the Free Clinic] offers a so many according to Startzman. clinic services in the area, that laughing 100 graphics editor building Wooster’s Planned things… free medical care, “In a nutshell, Dr. Vi helping them treat at least times is equal to a Parenthood is located, noted which includes mental [Startzman] was pretty much 2,000 patients from Wayne Editor’s Note: This story is the the resolution. the driving force behind the 10-minute workout last of a four-part series health, endocrinology, county annually. All of these achievements whole thing [formation of on a rowing focusing on people who are podiatry, vision screening Because of this support, eventually lead to for kids, weight loss services the clinic],” Snedeker said. it comes as no surprise that machine. cornerstones of the Wooster the organization that community. and dental care to When Startzman was Startzman takes volunteer those who qualify in commissioned by then- work seriously. Growing up in Caldwell, Wooster,” Parsons mayor Clyde J. Brenemen “I think it’s important for Ohio, Dr. Viola Startzman said. to start the facility in 1993, everyone to do some kind Robertson had no idea With all those she did not know how the of volunteering…not only that in the years to come, services, one may community would respond are you helping others, 200 miles down the road, think it would to an organization that solely but it gives you a sense of she would be changing be a struggle to ran on volunteers. achievement,” Startzman 5 lives forever maintain such an However, according to Bill Gates has . said According to the 2008 organization that is Startzman, Parsons and . given away $28 informal resolution the virtually non-profit. Snedeker, the outpouring of And yet, if there is anyone billion since 2007 Wooster City Council Startzman would support and volunteer work worthy of feeling a sense of achievement, it would have and has saved wrote to honor Startzman’s disagree. for the clinic has helped achievements, she keep it as one of the best free to be Startzman. approximately 6 “No [there was attended the COW for no struggle], to be million lives. undergraduate school, honest, the clinic then subsequently earned just sort of grew Students Speak her masters in chemistry when it first started at Western Reserve out back then,” courtesy of www. University in 1945. on Urban Meyer whatthefacts.com Startzman settled in Startzman said. Startzman also Wooster in 1950, becoming Courtesy of viola startzman free clinic the first pediatrician and noted that the clinic female physician at the was founded on one The Viola Startzman Free Clinic basic idea; helping INDEX Wooster Clinic. was founded in 1995. people. According to the informal on campus -- 2 “If you’re in poor resolution, Startzman held health…whether Startzman helped found, an focus -- 3 multiple positions from then you have money or not, we organization that eventually spectrum -- 4/5 on; including the director want to help you… Because came to bear her name; The arts -- 6 of student health services when it comes down to squibs -- 7 at the COW from 1956 to Viola Startzman Free Clinic. it, people are people,” sports -- 8 1979, where according to Startzman acknowledges Startzman said the informal resolution, she the fact that from the outside, According to George sports II -- 9 affected countless student tweeting -- 10 the Free Clinic looks medium Snedeker, a former clinical lives. sized. However, according director at the Free Clinic handwriting -- 11/12 While working at the COW, best of the year -- 13 to executive director of the who worked with Startzman, Startzman also served as Free Clinic Jaime Parsons, Startzman played a huge trends -- 14 Chairman of the Mental the inside of the clinic in the formation of the Free trends II -- 15 Health and Recovery board offers a colossal amount of Clinic, which was originally views -- 16 in the 1960s, as well as services. named the “Healthcare starting a female health “[The Viola Startzman 2000 Community Clinic,” 2 [the wooster blade / jan. 20, 2012] on campus Teachers nominate students for work and leadership at school Alex Holmes on campus editor Every month, a male student and a female student are nom- inated by the teachers and staff of WHS to be the students of the month. These students represent the school throughout the com- munity and within school. “The staff makes statements about why the student [they picked] should be nominated,” principal Anita Jorney-Gif- ford said. Every teacher nominates two students and the board then picks which students they feel are good representatives. Jordan Ray-rodgers Each school in the district, including the high school, mid- Paul Williams (11) and Dylan House (12) practice for the upcoming speech and debate tournament. dle school, and six elementary schools, have two student representatives. The students are recognized throughout that month at the district schools and at the monthly school School hosts annual Speech and Debate Invitational board meeting. Emily Kridel “I was really excited about being student of the month,” staff writer Samantha Reed (11), one of the September students of the The Wooster High School craft and to help better the was enthusiastic about the season Custer and Franck month, said. Speech and Debate team team. upcoming tournament. have been head-coaches At the high school, students receive a close parking spot in will be hosting their annual William Franck, current “I love the Wooster tourna- for the WHS team, al- the student lot and a pass to jump to the front of the lunch Sharen B. Althoff Rotary co-head coach with Custer, ment. It has always been my though both have previ- line. Students at the middle school receive a lunch with Prin- Invitational at WHS this said that although he never favorite. It’s the most compe- ous experience as coaches cipal Rodney Hopton, a gift card to a local restaurant, a Four- weekend. knew Althoff, he has heard tition you’ll see all year. That with Wooster and other Star general bumper sticker, and a award certificate. Wooster has been host- many warm stories about her and it has the home court teams. Reed added that she really liked having the close park- ing a tournament on and from previous team members advantage,” Villegas said Franck said it has been ing spot and have the pass to go to the front of the line in off since the team formed, and noted that many people Hans Qu (10), Public Forum a smooth transition so lunch. about 100 years ago. said that Althoff pushed debater, said he generally far. He said that he and Megan Jarret (12), a student of the month from October, said In 2008 the speech and de- students above and beyond enjoys the tournament, but Custer balance the stress she also enjoyed having the close parking spot because she bate team named the tour- their expectations and that he is apprehensive about and work load between does not come to the high school until fourth period and she nament in memo- she always cared about her competing because this is them well. Villegas and Qu normally has to park far away. ry of their influen- students. his first year in a new debate agreed that the team this “I think I was selected because I am involved in a lot of tial head coach, Sharen Al Franck hopes to continue category. year is more organized, activities around the school,” Jarret said. thoff, who passed away th the team’s tradition of ex- “It’s always a pretty fun and Villegas noted that The December students of the month are Kayla Villegas and at year. cellence in the tournament. tournament. Not looking the weekly newsletter to Reid Delaney. Holly Custer, current co- Teams from all six speech forward to six rounds in one the team is a useful and head coach of the Speech and debate districts in Ohio day, but at least I don’t have creative idea. 2011-2012 Students Of The Month and Debate team, was participate in Wooster’s in- to get up as early,” Hans “We have a great team coaching during the time vitational. said. this year and are extremely September: October: when Althoff served as head Franck described the invite Speech and debaters are proud of their ability to Samantha Reed Megan Jarret coach. as a two-day tournament in awake by 5 a.m. most Sat- adapt to the new coaching Joe Bruch Michael Pinkham Custer fondly remembers one day. Franck also said it urdays in order to allow for staff,” Custer said. Althoff. “She was the epito- is a tournament with some time to travel to different The invitational begins me of what a coach should of the best competition in schools across the state to tonight and continues on November: December: be,” Custer said. the state. compete. Saturday. Morgan Redman Kayla Villegas Custer added everything Kayla Villegas (12), presi- This year has brought many Approximately 1180 stu- Luke McGee Reid Delaney Althoff did was to help her dent of the team and Dra- changes for the Speech and dents will be competing students improve at their matic Interpretation speaker, Debate team. This is the first this year.

[STAFF SPOTLIGHT] Custodian works 18 years at WHS Emily Kridel custodian. Steve Mast, a of the changes she has seen staff writer custodian at WHS, said he are budget cuts in her de- Cindy Pumphrey has been enjoys working with Pum- partment. Fewer custodians committed to keeping WHS phrey. “She’s a really good are employed at WHS than clean for 18 years. worker. She has a good in previous years and the Pumphrey said her favorite sense of humor,” Mast said. work load for the custodi- part of working at WHS is Anita Jorney-Gifford said ans has increased, accord- being a part of the students’ Pumphrey makes a contri- ing to Pumphrey. education. bution to the school and Pumphrey originally start- “Being around all the works with the other custo- ed working in the kitchens other staff and students dians as she leads. at WHS before becoming a and knowing I’m doing my “She does her job. Her custodian. part to basically aid in their team knows she’s in it with Pumphrey enjoys working education [by keeping the them,” Jorney-Gifford said. at the high school and even school clean],” Pumphrey Pumphrey also said she though she has had other said. wishes students would take job opportunities, she has Pumphrey’s least favorite more pride in the building, chosen to stay at WHS. part of working as a custo- especially since it is such a Pumphrey plans to con- dian is getting calls to clean nice and relatively new fa- tinue working at WHS until up sick messes in cold and cility. Throwing away trash she retires. flu season. is one way in which stu- “As an employee, she takes “Between locker calls and dents can respect the build- her job seriously and her ef- lunchtime, we [the custo- ing and keep it neat. ficiency is exceptional,” Jor- dians] just do it all,” Pum- “Every little bit they can ney-Gifford said. phrey said. do is helpful,” Pumphrey Outside of work, Pum- There are 10 custodians said. phrey enjoys spending time currently working at WHS In her years working at with her family and grand- and Pumphrey is the head WHS, Pumphrey said one children. What to think about while scheduling Tara Jabour portant thing for students to Lesher said when it comes trends editor remember. to choosing between regu- Lesher added once the core lar, honors and advanced When selecting classes for curriculum requirements are placement classes, students the upcoming school year, met, students should con- should see how they could there are many scheduling centrate on the basic gradu- connect that class to their fu- options for students. ation requirements, honors ture plans. Curt Lesher, guidance coun- diplomas, etc. “When selecting an hon- selor at WHS, said when it Another decision that ors or advanced placement comes to scheduling, many comes along with choosing class, you should be very things are important to con- a class is whether to take interested in the course, and sider. a standard class, a honors it should connect to your “After students know what class or an advanced place- future after high school,” they are deciding, whether ment class. Lesher said. it’s a four year college, two English Dept. member Di- Kimble said the importance year college or attending ane Mealey said she tries of selecting classes is a huge the Career Center, then they to help her students choose decision, Mealey agreed can decide which courses to their classes by explaining with Kimble in emphasizing take,” Lesher said. the course, and then giving that course selection is very Guidance Counselor Paula students the benefits of tak- important. Kimble agreed with Lesher ing the course. She said that when stu- by saying students should Mealey said when it comes dents choose a course, it is take into consideration their to choosing classes, students very important for their fu- futures and meet the stan- should choose a course ture after high school and dard requirements. where they feel most com- since they select their own When it comes to require- fortable and where they courses, then they should be ments, Lesher said the core think they will be most suc- motivated throughout the curriculum is the most im- cessful. course. focus [the wooster blade / jan. 20, 2012] 3 Dean Davis helps WHS sport teams Wooster Autumn Hauenstein female sports teams. With a staff writer field for football players to reaches practice on, locker rooms, showers, a coach’s office and out Throughout the years, community members and organizations give back WHS has seen the a room used by wrestlers, beneficiary of a generous The Dean Davis building sponsor who donated provides opportunities for money for a lifting facility students to grow as athletes. for the sports teams to use. Nikki Reynolds,cross Dean Davis, Wooster country and track coach, community resident and said she utilizes The the man who made this Dean for many activities. Giving back strengthens community all possible, said he was “The runners go to The Dean fortunate enough to help after practices to lift and get Brooke Courtemanche drives and out the school. As an active fit. It strengthens the athletes, staff writer advocating for sports attendee, Davis and in the Summer, we do a permanent gladly donated the money. Insanity on the wrestling Scores of different donation box in “I’ve had three kids who mats,” Reynolds said. charitable organizations your workplace graduated from Wooster. Grant Delaney (12) attends work hard in Wooster or church is My wife went there, and The Dean’s workout facilities to bring about a also important we attend all of the sporting three to four times a week. more functional and to Goodwill. events. When Larry Wise “It’s a great place to go and healthy community. Donating items was raising money for work out because it’s free. Community members is not the end of the building, he came When the weather is bad, it’s are encouraged to help what someone and asked me if I would a nice indoor place where out in any way they can. can do for their donate, and I was happy I can get fit,” Delaney said. Donating clothes to community. The to help out,” Davis said. The Dean has been used by Goodwill helps create Wayne County Although he was not various sports teams for over jobs and fosters a Humane Society expecting public recognition 25 years for lifting, training stronger community. is also always for his donation, Davis and sports preparation, “Donations to our appreciative of only wanted to provide but this would not have store are how we fund volunteers. “We a workout facility that been made possible if not all our programming,” are always in benefitted both male and for a genuine Wooster fan. Goodwill supervisor need of people Carolyn Stefanic said. to walk the dogs, The gift of unwanted socialize with the clothing can go far when cats, and mostly it comes to promoting scheduling for a healthier community. off-site events. Among critically needed There’s also items, Stefanic lists shirts, always cleaning pants, curtains, blouses, to do, from litter and other textiles, as well boxes to dishes jordan Ray-rogers as e-wastes such as worn and sanitizing The Humane Society is host to many animals such as out computers, gaming dog kennels this dog that are in need of good homes and families. stations and other toxic and cat cages,” items of technology. Julie Everhart of Wayne “Donors play a vital County Humane Society even the best of nursing sharing a meal. But you role in Goodwill’s ability said. Money and supplies homes, is often confusing, can also make visits during courtesy of kristy Kalikasingh to fulfill its mission of are also well valued. frustrating, scary, and which you and the nursing Premauth Kalikasingh with his three daughters helping people go to work. “Right now we are in lonely,” Deborah Mitchell home resident create and Kristy, Jenny and Lizzy Kalikisingh. To pay for its programs, need of a good digital said, via volunteerguide.org. preserve memories that Goodwill sells donated camera for our pet photos… There are a myriad of activities will provide comfort goods and other household and cruelty cases that community members for the resident when Kalikasingh uses skills items in more than 2,600 we have,” Everhart said. can fulfill to brighten friends and family are stores,” goodwill.org said. Even if inhibited from the lives of the elderly. absent,” Mitchell said. If clothes and household animal work by fear or “Nursing home volunteer Many things can be to help the community items are not something allergies, nursing homes opportunities can include done to promote a you can spare, giving the are yet another alternative spending time with a community, from working gift of time to supporting source of volunteer work. resident, playing cards, at a soup kitchen to Abby Peabody help,” Kalikasingh said. community donation “Life in a nursing home, talking, taking a walk, or helping with fundraisers. arts editor Kalikasingh also contributes to his village back home in Among many of the people Guyana, “…we send a large in the Wooster community box with school supplies like who give back to community crayons, backpacks, sweets, Donating time can benefit local charities is Premauth Kalikasingh. items that are very expensive including chairing the Break also to provide support to maintaining the fabric Kalikasingh, a native of or hard to come by…to Austen Yorko views editor the Cycle Benefit bike ride Guyana, came to the United schools for small children.” to the staff member. of any community.” States in 1983 for college Kalikasingh’s daughter, on 6/16 to raise money Garcia is proud of the work Garcia has seen what the and, since then, has lived WHS junior Lizzy In Wooster, there are and awareness for STEPS he was involved in, and resources do for Wayne in many different places, Kalikasingh, is very proud a multitude of charities in particular,” Garcia said. continues to be involved County, having done walk and organizations that in, saying, “I believe that throughs, in connection with “I have always helped my of her father in his charity As a board member, Garcia are established to help STEPS/EWH gives people STEPS, and has advised community in some way and volunteer work, “I’m was given the task of helping the citizens of the area a place to turn, when they that I can. Since I have proud of him because even to set direction along with projects of the House. that surrounds them; but have run out of other lived in Wooster I help at though he is not from this the executive staff and But, Garcia said despite behind the walls of each resources, to get their lives the Gault Center…and community, he found it is overseeing the financial what this all does for organization, there are back together and ultimately contribute to the Salvation best to help society, making operations of EWH to make community members, Army,” Kalikasingh said. the world better,” she said. always the individuals helps families affected by it has also broadened sure their donor’s money is alcohol, drugs and domestic According to www. Kalikasingh said it is up who drive its functions. his own view of things. Stefan Garcia was the being spent appropriately; violence and that is integral salvationarmyusa.org, some to everyone to make his “I have a better president and treasurer of the easiest ways to give or her community better. understanding of the issues of two organizations: back to society through “ I came to America facing our community and Substance Abuse, Treatment, the Salvation Army are by thinking it is the greatest it is rewarding to know you Education and Prevention donating money, clothes place on Earth where every are a small part of making Services (STEPS) and or household items to person is helped, and I think a big difference for many Every Woman’s House. Salvation Army locations. it is up to us to make that people in our community. If “I have been on the board Kalikasingh volunteers true, not the government,” you want to live in a strong Kalikasingh said. of STEPS/EWH for seven teaching English at the Gault community, you must Kalikasingh said it is up years. I was treasurer Center to people who cannot also do your part to create to your peers to make a prior to that and VP prior understand or who cannot and maintain that type of afford English classes. difference in society, not your to that. As of 12/31/11 I community,” Garcia said. “My English is not the best, superiors and the best way am officially off the board; Both of these organizations but when those who cannot for your community to grow however I am still involved continue to assist the afford the classes, I try to better, is to help it yourself. in several initiatives community, with new leaders following in the footsteps of maggie guttman Stefan Garcia, and working Volunteers use tax program to give back Every Woman’s House, established in 1978, is to better the community that Tim Yuhas she wanted to reach Community member Mark one of many charitable organizations in Wooster. he constantly strived for. staff writer out to families who had Wiest, who helps with VITA, problems with filing taxes. says he enjoys preparing Even though Wayne “What inspired me to get the taxes for single mothers County is going through program started was because that are struggling to get by. tough economic times, it was a way to help families Marlar said the program some volunteers at the by devoting some time in an would not be possible United Way of Wooster area that I have worked in without the volunteers who have taken the initiative to since college,” Marlar said. help assist with this program. give back to the community. According to Brenda “The number of people About six years ago, Susan Linnick at the United Way, assisted is directly Marlar brought the Volunteer there have been a total of 782 correlated with the number Income Tax Assistance tax filings through VITA. of volunteers. The more Program to the UW. In addition to that, $849,984 volunteers that prepare the The IRS runs the program of earned income tax dollars returns, the more returns and helps people with have been returned to the we can do,” Marlar said. low-to-moderate incomes community, and $1,548,195 Volunteers at the United file their taxes for free. of total federal refund Way help with VITA at three Marlar decided to start dollars have been returned different sights in Wooster, the program because to the community via VITA. Millersburg and Orrville. spectrum [the wooster blade / jan.20, 2012] 4/5 Living it Student reflects on personal Students weigh in on their hopes Students share the things that they traveling ambitions and desires If you could have three wishes, what would they be? would do with only one day left to live one place I would absolutely UP love to go has always been : go play with my son; no Others decided they would Greece. Noah Spector When faced with the question, Greece has held a special “Unlimited money, my family graphics editor question,” Franck said. spend the day with the people some would rather spend their For those that responded to the they love, outside of family ties. place in my heart since I to stay in good health, and final day doing something question, family is an incredibly Heather Koontz (11) has completely different. was in grade school. The It is one of the age-old to be able to read peoples common theme in answers. been in a relationship with Jenna Roberts (10) decided that architecture, the beautiful questions that, if taken minds.” Charles Cerniglia, Science Seth Carnahan (11) for about if faced with the choice of a final views and the thriving culture seriously, would provoke Dept. member, also said that two years, and if faced with a day on Earth, she would spend have always been attractions --Jenn Phillipon (12) thought in just about anyone: he would opt to spend his final day on Earth, said, in an it in a place she has always to my young soul. If you had one last day on last day with his children. unhesitant manner, that she longed to go; Paris, France. Tricia Stefancin Picture the most beautiful Earth, what would you do? Eric Fenton (11) decided would spend time with him. “I don’t know what I’d do copy editor sunset you have ever seen. “A cure for cancer, to Numerous people, who asked that if he were to have one Carnahan had a similar there, but I know whatever it What Now, add more color, to be off the record, were In my short lifetime I have meet Carlos (the child I final day left on Earth, he response as well, saying is I’d enjoy it,” Roberts said, beautiful white buildings and dumbfounded at the thought had the opportunity to visit sponsor through Compas- would not only spend it with that if faced with the pivotal While the answers were the Mediterranean Sea spread of the question, stating that many amazing places. his step-brother Charles, last day, he would enjoy different in most cases, it out in front of you, the salt of sion International), to ride it is hard to imagine such but also spend one last time his time with Koontz. would I have seen the countrysides the sea blowing in your face seems that if faced with having you a thing even occurring. of France and Germany as a dolphin.” doing what he loves: lifting. Carnahan also stated to spend one final day on by a soft, gentle wind. That is Bill Franck, English Dept. well as their capitals. I have --Kelley Casper (11) “Aside from hanging with that along with spending Earth, a day wasted simply the vision I have of Greece. member, was the exact opposite lived in New York City for a my brother, I’d probably time with his girlfriend would not be an option. Greece has all the beauty of when it came to responses. have to go for 300 [pounds] Koontz, he would spend month, I have seen wonderful Paris, without all the hustle “I’d leave school and “To be taller, smarter on the bench,” Fenton said. time with his dog, Tuhdane. parts of Florida (Disney and bustle of the streets. and more handsome.” included) and I have seen Everyone in Greece seems to Palm Springs, Calif. have a more laid back view to --Jason Sanders(10) do...? I will admit that I have been life. And, anyone who knows Traveling ranks high among WHS students’ ambitions pretty lucky gaining most of me will tell you I need to these experiences before high relax. Ellie Rickett school and I thank my mom But, Greece also has a rich “To be able to move sports editor everyday for letting me go. history. Being someone who things, time travel and But, despite all that I have loves history and mythology As the new year begins, many WHS students enjoy traveling, whether it is for a family vacation, a church group or to learn seen, I want to travel more. Greece is the best place to see to have more wishes.” and explore. I have always been a traveler because it was at the heart of --Suren Gourapoura(9) Sawyer Dilyard (11) said he would like to go west. at heart. Some part of me has it all in ancient times. It just “I would go to San Francisco. It is really laid back and warm all the time. I’ve been there before and I enjoy going down always been longing to see seems like the perfect fit for to the pier,” Dilyard said. the world before I get too old someone like me. Cameron Daugherty (9) wants to visit New York City because of the fast city life and its wide variety of to see it. I have been looking Maybe I will find that Greece “Big muscles like Fenton, entertainment. at studying abroad in college is not the way I picture it “I would go somewhere in South America because I have been there once before and I loved the atmosphere. The and I have looked at a dance when I get there, but the point to be fast like a cheetah different culture and language was so fun to be around,” Hannah Kacere (12) said. program that could take me to is I will get there, someday. It and tan like Snooki.” Brock Berlin (12) would like to go on a private cruise he saw on the travel channel. China. There are many cities is a hope and a wish, but one -Reid Delaney (11) “You have access to personal chefs and like five star hotel accommodations all on the ship. You can get and countries on my list, but for which I am striving. scuba diving lessons right off the ship and then it can take you to some crazy private place where you have your own private helicopter take you to the top of this mountain and then ski down it,” Berlin said. Kelley Casper (11) would like to go to a country in Africa to broaden her religious beliefs. “Be in a warmer climate “I like to help people, a lot of the world needs to hear about Christ, hope and love. Missionaries every day of my life and would help spread those things,” Casper said. Lauren Taylor (9) would like to journey to Antarctica because of her fondness of the winter Highs and Lows: never see snow again, season. be a PGA professional, “I want to see Eskimos and live in a igloo. I also want to get a sight of polar bears, and have world peace, penguins and animals that you don’t usually see in any other place,” Taylor said. Coni Alvarez, a foreign exchange student at WHS, would like to travel to Paris Students share highlights and downfalls of the year 2011 just like Miss Universe.” because of her love for French accents and its wide range of culture. -Mike Sullivan, History Dept. Eylie Buehler Cebul said that if he could winter break and not to let minute to do my college to some of the best friends of 2011 was a spectrum editor change anything about this Steve Carell leave The Office. applications,” Huttinger said. in the world,” Moore said. stepping stone toward year, though it would be putting Ally Huttinger (12) says Coni Alvarez (11), one of Moore also said if he could graduating high school. As the year 2011 comes to more effort and time into things the year 2011 is a year to WHS’s exchange students change one thing, it would For Nicki Barrett (12), a close, for most, now is a that are important to him. remember. In this, her senior from Chile, said she be to not let the little things traveling was one of time to reflect back on the Brock Berlin (12) said year, there have been a lot of would not change much. bother him. He said that if he the most memorable year’s good and bad times. that 2011 was a great year. memories for Huttinger. She “I am pretty happy for being had to go back and re-live it he events of the year. According to Daniel “I changed a lot, but the friends said it has been an all-around here and know that everything would, but this time he would “I went to Israel [in Cebul (11) the year was full I’ve grown closer to, I plan to fun year, with both some high that happened, happened not sweat the small stuff. 2011],” Barrett said. of both ups and downs. keep in contact with forever. I and low points and she wants for a reason,” Alvarez said. In the opinion of Zac Brugger Barrett added that being “The U.S. economy have no regrets,” Berlin said. to try and savor as much as Andrew Moore (11) (10), Tim Tebow’s six wins for accepted into Miami would be a down, but the Becky Jolliff (11) said that she can. Huttinger said she is learned much this year. the Bronco’s was the highlight University was another uprising for democracy in she would try harder to stay trying to make the best of the “I think 2011 has been one of of 2011. Mariah Wright (10) high point of the year. The the Middle East is an up. closer with girls in her own little time she has left at WHS. the most eye opening years for said that the highlight of year 2011 was a year of Locally, 2011 was a good grade, while Jack Reynolds “If I could change one thing, me; I’ve seen friendships fall her year was being named highs and lows, learning Students share what they would do year, and life at WHS has (9) said that all he would though I definitely would apart, but more importantly. I reserve state champion. experiences and memories been good,” Cebul said. change is to have a longer not have waited until last have found and become closer For Jessica Treisch, the year that will last a lifetime. with one million dollars to spend Greg Rotuno squibs editor family is taken care of, and parents,” Buchanan said. his favorite athletes, including set for college and other While family appears to be Miami Heat power forward Students consider what they would do if While improbable, people important things in life,” the main priority of many, LeBron James. have always been asked the Stokes explained some also believe that they “I would take back money question: What would you do Mason Tomblin (11) has made would use some money for from my dad to buy Miami with a million dollars? intricate plans for his million themselves. Heat season tickets for life,” they were president for a day “I would travel with my dollars. “I would start off by After ensuring the well- being Tomblin said. family all around the world putting $500,000 in the bank. of his family, Tomblin would The community of Wooster Sean Hoy-Skubik and buy lots of candy,” Foreign Then, I would give $10,000 to spend some of the money on would appear in Tomblin’s sports editor Language Dept. member all three of my siblings, $50,000 himself. priorities as well. Miriam Stokes said. to my mom and $40,000 to my “I would buy myself a new Tomblin noted that he would Stokes also added that she dad,” Tomblin said. Escalade, house and take support his high school, As the race for a Republican Presidential candidate is prevalent in the news, students and staff of would ensure the financial Tyler Buchanan (12) would Megan Fox on a date and give in addition to donating to WHS question what they would want to do if they were President for a day. security of her children as also help his family with the her anything she ever wanted,” several sports programs at Many students did not know what they would do. Other students had some very strong opinions well. money. “I would keep half of Tomblin said. WHS, continuing to aid the on how to improve the country. “I would make sure my it, and give the other half to my Tomblin would also follow community of Wooster. 51 students were randomly polled on Monday, December 12. Poll conducted by Tara Jabour. Evan Bahler (12), said he would bomb all of our enemies. “I would make sure we were protected from anyone attacking us. And the best way to do that is bomb everyone,” Bahler said. Mitch Buckwalter (11) said he would like to decrease dependency Students respond: “What’s on your bucket list?” on oil and foreign countries. Colin Faulkner Business Dept. member Richard Lee had some ideas of his own staff writer pertaining to his subject matter. concert “I would require every business in the United States that received any tax breaks from any US government Hannah Kacere (12) Grant Stokes (11) to hire U.S. citizens to 50 percent of their work force. Also, I would require all Christmas 1. Make my hair every color of the rainbow 6. Start a flash mob 1. Skydiving 6. Live on a beach vacations to be two weeks,” Lee said. Grant Stokes (11) However, according to History Dept. member 2. Travel cross country by hitchhiking 7. Howl with the wolves 2. Go to Mardi Gras in New Orleans 7. Buy an exotic car Jolene Dyer, being President for a day would 3. Pretend to be a foreign person for a day 8. Rob a bank 3. 1. Play Skydiving in the world series of poker 8. Be in a2. movie Live on a beach not necessarily grant the power to carry out 4. Hot-wire a car 9. Go to Lebanon 4. 3. Have Go to a dateMardi with Gras one in of Newthe Kardashians Orleans 9. Travel4. to Buy Germany an exotic car some of the student’s ideas. Since presidents 5. Meet/Marry Zach Galifanakis and Mike Posner 5. 5. Go Play streaking in the atworld a national series broadcast of poker game 10. Play college6. Be in football a movie don’t have the power to pass legislation, Dyer 7. Have a date with one of the Kardashians 8. Travel to Germany says she would use her one day as president to have an open house at the White House and invite friends and students to come see it. “People don’t get to see the living quarters Art by Juliet Freed Corey Beckett (10) Bri Bocook (9) often so I would have an open house and a party,” Dyer said. 1. Swim with dolphins 6. Ride a shark 1. Skydive 6. Stay one day in every country Social Studies Dept. member, Joel Schmidt 2. Meet Justin Bieber 7. Travel the world 2. Play D1 basketball and baseball 7.Take Rihanna on a date had a similar idea, saying he would go for a 3. Tweet 1,000 times in one day 8. Beat Orrville in every sport 3. Tweet 1,000 times in one day 8. Play in the NBA trip in Air Force One. Nick Rehm (12), leaves us with the final thought. 4. Cliff jumping 9. Go to NYC on New Years Eve 4. Play in the MLB 9. Race Usain Bolt 5. See the seven wonders of the world 10. Swim with Michael Phelps No matter what he would do as president for a 5. Save a cat 10. Get front row seats at a Glee day, there is always someone who has done a worse job in the past. 6 [ the wooster blade / jan 20, 2012 ] arts A collision of sounds [reviews] Local high school band creates unique music style Heartwarming film Cody Smith staff writer appeals to all ages for the role of Benjamin, Local WHS band The Collision is hoping to inspire and create a new kind immediately giving off a of music outside the normal. likeable, do-it-all dad vibe. The casting for Damon’s Led by WHS senior Nate Head as the lead vocalist and lead guitarist, started daughter, Rosie, played by the band in seventh grade, he said “Who doesn’t want to make a band?” and Maggie Elizabeth Jones, was also spot-on; the young that began the creation of... actress had the perfect balance of innocence and childish wisdom for her Sarah Mason character. The Collision feature editor Even more, We Bought a Zoo will most likely touch To be completely honest, you in some way. I was a little worried when Animal lovers are I walked into a theater guaranteed to share in composed of mostly 6 year- Benjamin’s passion for olds and senior citizens. animals, but beware: I simply do not have the though it’s no Marley and patience to sit through a Me, this movie may bring corny PG movie for two tears to your eyes. hours; however, We Bought And for anybody who has A Zoo was not at all what I ever lost somebody they expected. loved, a heartfelt emotional Well, not completely what I montage toward the end expected. of the film left the entire Directed by Cameron audience sniffling. Crow and based on a true We Bought a Zoo also story, We Bought a Zoo encompasses several chronicles Benjamin Mee valuable life lessons that we (Matt Damon) and his two could all use a reminder of: children as he copes with acceptance, moving on, and Unlike most bands, who few upcoming shows in Ben Benekos, another lead happen to the band after the loss of his wife and remembering the past. Even often change band members Kentucky and West Virginia. of the band, said making the graduation. Although they refurbishes a run-down zoo, more, it reminds us of the at such a young age, their The band has a show this album was a tough process: are near graduation, Nate Rosemoor Wildlife Park, importance of pursuing and band has kept almost all of month at the Auricle in “it was a lot of work, but and Ben both sound hopeful which happens to be part of never giving up on your the same band members Canton, Ohio on Jan. 26. was definitely fun to make,” about their future. his new property. passions. since their origin. The band Nick Rehm a senior at Benekos said. The band is “All I can say is my band is We Bought a Zoo is a Lastly, for those looking consists of Nate Head WHS, has performed with very unique in their sound. going to look very different classic uplifting story of for a little romance, the end (guitar/vocals/drums), the band in the past. “It was He album has instrumentals after high school," Head love, loss and rebuilding, of this movie will leave you Ben Benekos (drums/ a different experience. They from glockenspiel, sleigh said. and probably not unlike satisfied. keys), Bryson Gentry (bass/ have a lot of energy when bells and the flugelhorn. Nick Rehm said he feels other “based on a true Though I have viewed vocals) and Nathan Harley they play live so it was cool Nate said that he likes like that music will one day story” films that you have enough romantic comedies (guitar). to be a part of that,” Rehm to use different sounds take them to big places. seen before. to predict it from the The band played their first said. According to Rehm, but incorporates them The Collision has been It is a relatively simple beginning, the young girl show in 2007 at Wooster they have their own sound into their normal live known for being different plotline that is often sitting in front of me was Grace Brethren Church. which sets them apart from instrumentation. in their sound, but they also predictable and slightly obviously surprised when “We play from the shadiest other bands. The group is hoping to differ in the way they view cheesy, and is probably not the two characters kissed, bar in the flats to church The Collision currently produce another album music. the film to go see if you are and loudly exclaimed “Oh youth groups,” Head has an album called The before most of the members Rehm said they are very craving hard-core action my gosh!” explained. Head and the Storm & The Sea. The album go off to college. Most talented and determined and violence. So there you go – this band have started to spread consists of twelve songs all members of high school people who live and breathe This being said, it is hard movie has something for outside Ohio and have a produced by Head himself. bands are afraid of what will music. not to enjoy We Bought everyone. From animal a Zoo; it is an uplifting, lovers to romantics, from awake’ and it shows how inspirational movie that has the 6 year-olds to 86 year- New social networking program, Path, many hours you slept,” an emotional appeal to just olds in the audience, MacMillan said. about anybody, and there We Bought a Zoo is an provides a more close-knit community are a few surprises along inspirational and moving Sydney Zedd Path is always set to private, staff writer however, Path is different in only those who the users so only the people you want the way. story that will touch a few ways. trusts see updates. to keep in touch with see Damon is a fitting actor everybody’s hearts. Social networking programs “Unlike other social media The longer you have Path, your updates. have recently taken over platforms where a bigger list the better the network gets to Path.com said former the web, with Facebook of friends is always better, know you. Facebook employee, David War Horse gallops into and Twitter being the most Path caps you at 50 friends. Path tracks and tells where Morine, who left the company famous. The idea is that when you the user is and what they are in January of 2010, founded theaters with great reviews The newest addition to the know you’re just sharing doing. the site. I did not think that it social networking world is with people you really trust, Grace MacMillan (10) said The network was launched would be entertaining to Path. you’ll be far more inclined she likes Path more than in November of 2010. follow a horse through his Path is an app for the iPhone to share without inhibition,” Facebook and is more like a The app is free to the iPhone journeys, needless to say I that lets the user keep in touch Gizmodo said. time line. as Morine’s company and was wrong. with friends and family, like Also, unlike any other social “You can say ‘go to sleep’ team work on making the I thought it was one of other websites. network, Path is one’s own and when you wake up you app available to Androids the most colorful and According to Gizmodo.com, personal network. Path lets push a button that says ‘I’m and Blackberrys. entertaining aspects of the entire film. Highly anticipated film lives up to excpetations: Rather then a traditional Eylie Buehler movie about an animal and David Fincher's latest film chills as much as it excites staff writer it’s owner, War Horse is more about the journey of 40 years ago. outshined though, he surroundings. Let me just begin by two separate beings then As his search becomes also plays the mysterious In this dramatic and saying War Horse is not a their journey together. I more and more difficult, Blomkvist with the brute vicious movie, Fincher traditional Blomkvist hires a fierce, and sexuality that the story delivered a sufficient and Steven talented computer hacker to line calls for. gripping thriller leaving Spielberg assist him, Lisbeth Salander. The Girl with the Dragon viewers in awe as the kid movie. Rooney Mara, who plays Tattoo, may be viewed Oscar worthy Mara Rooney The film this outlandish role as a as a rather graphic film, captivated the film with her is based off 24 year old independent but to enter into Lisbeth's character. of Michael heroine, accompanies world, the viewer must be Morpurgo’s Ellie Rickett Blomkvist, in attempt to sports II editor engulfed in her acclaimed uncover the family secrets macabre children’s and reveal what truly book, War From the national best happened to the elderly Horse. selling trilogy, written by man’s lost grand niece, Starring Steig Larson, The Girl With Harriet, as well, to clear his Jeremy the Dragon Tattoo, has name as a journalist. www.upcoming-movies.com Irvine, in recently been nominated for Before the two characters his Hollywood début as found it refreshingly five awards and has won meet, the movie intertwines Albert Narracott, the young different. the national board of review between them creating more owner of an untrained, wild The movie was shot for best breakthrough than one plot. Once the two horse, named Joey, played beautifully along the rolling performer Rooney Mara. team up, the chemistry was by 14 different horses. hills of rural England. Most of the time, movies stunning. Joey and Albert form an The cinamatography was based off of books turn out Although the different unbreakable bond while visually stunning and drew to be disappointing, but plot focuses can get quite Albert works on taming the you on to the story. director David Fincher, confusing, the film is unruly creature. It focuses on the who directed such films beautifully directed and After Joey learns to trust compelling relationship as Fight Club and Se7en, superbly acted. Albert, Albert soon realizes between a young boy and was successful in providing Mara took on a challenging that Joey really cares for his horse rather then the high-quality entertainment role with this film, and good him and his family. bloody horrors of the Fist and a suspenseful story. thing she did. Mara played The plot unfolds as Albert World War. This film is based on a Lisbeth to perfection, from battles the unthinkable in War horse is not for media disgraced journalist, her sulky demeanor to her hopes of being reunited everyone. It is a compelling Mikeal Blomkvist (Daniel kick-butt attitude. with his animal companion passionate story that moved Craig) who is hired to I would be surprised after being separate by war. me to tears. investigate for a rich retired if Mara does not win an I will admit that when I Although based off of a business man to find out Academy Award for this heard the story was more children’s book I wouldn’t the mystery of his missing role. about the horse then the consider War Horse a grand niece who vanished Craig is not to be boy I was uneasy. family film. squibs [ the wooster blade / jan. 20, 2012 ] 7 the wooster blade // sep-

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INSURANCE ONE 8 [the wooster blade / jan. 20, 2012] sports I Girls basketball looks to extend the winning streak of the season

Kyra Rudy this season. staff writer “We’re doing great. We’ve beat three state ranked Ranked first in OCC, the teams. We’ve accomplished girls varsity basketball team a lot of things this year,” looks forward to continued Cairnie said. success throughout the Logee is also happy with remainder of the season. where the team is so far in Coach Mike Baus explained the season. MARIAH WHITMAN that his goal for the team Logee said, “I am very is to win OCC. Baus said happy with the way season that they are well on their has been going and I am way to this goal. The team excited to start second round (above) The girls’ basketball var- is ranked first in OCC, of OCC. I think we need to sity starters, (from left) Claire Bal- winning all seven games so work on the little things so far against other teams in in big games, when they lard (11), Andi Logee (12), Halle the conference. are close, we know what to Gallo-Malta (12), Lauren Walker Andi Logee (12) hopes he do and can finish the game (12) and Sarah Cairnie (10), pre- team will continue their strong, coming out with a pare to be called out during team success in OCC. win.” introductions before a recent “We need to be focused Along with success, during game. so that we can win the big a game against Clear Fork games and hopefully stay in on Jan. 12, Lauren Walker (right) Walker celebrates her first place,” Logee said. celebrated scoring over 1,000th career point with her par- Baus would also like to see 1,000 points throughout her the team go onto district high school career. ents in the opening minute of the finals and, with a record The team hopes to continue Jan. 12 game against Clear Fork. of 10-1, it is a goal within their success in upcoming Walker helped lead the team to a MARIAH WHITMAN reach. games. Their next game is 55-36 victory last Thursday. Sarah Cairnie (10) thinks tomorrow at Lexington at her team is doing well so far 2:30 p.m.. Wrestling team makes improvements as season progresses

Tara Jabour As a team, Worth thinks they all he can really ask for as a Worth agreed with negatives of the team would year’s team. feature editor have progressed throughout coach. Chapman and Gable in be the young talent, and the Boys Wrestlings next the season. Worth said that although saying the team works well difficult transition of loosing tournament is home This season, boys wrestling “At the beginning of the some of the wrestlers’ goals together. Worth said some some key players from last tomorrow at 9am. so far has a record of 2 and 7 season, some of us didn’t are met, the ultimate goal and Coach Troy Worth said look like wrestlers. But now, is always for at least one the team’s youth is reflective we look like wrestlers when wrestler to make it to the of their record. we’re at a tournament. We state tournament. “We have given up a few know what to do and they Chapman agreed with forfeits this year because of are all in pretty good shape,” Worth in saying that the wrestlers not meeting their Worth said. goals for the team are almost weight group, and as a team Captain Trevor Chapman met. Chapman said everyone we’re very young,” Worth (11) agreed with Worth on the team has won at least said. in saying the team is one match and the only goal Worth said that, as team, improving. they have left, as a team, is they have improved. He “We’re improving a lot to win their home invite. said that at the beginning as a team so far, mostly Logan Gable (11) said of the year, some players because everyone is helping that strengths of the team were new to wrestling as a everyone. We work really include their ability to work sport, and some had never well together in helping together, and their excellent wrestled before. Worth also each other out, and even coaching staff. mentioned that upcoming as individuals we’re all Chapman said some wrestlers from junior high improving,” Chapman said. strengths are that the struggled a bit too because of As far as meeting Worth’s members of the team help evan wagers the big jump of competition expectations for the season, one another and that the in junior high and high Worth said the team is team encourages one another Nate Stebbins (12), one of the team’s most experienced members, grapples school wrestling. working very hard, which is to give it their all. with an assistant coach at a recent practice. Boys basketball team members come together as a unit Ellie Rickett “We’re much more unselfish One of the main goals to Stokes hopes to defeat people up and helping out McGee believes that Stokes sports editor as a team than we were in accomplish as a team, for two of their biggest rivals, others trying to make them and Tomblin are both the the beginning. We’ve also both McGee and Tomblin, Orrville and Triway, by the better,” Tomblin said. appropriate leaders for the In the midst of their winter gotten smarter…,” McGee is to win the conference and end of the season as well. Stokes finds that Coach team. season, the boys basketball said. advance in the tournament. Some of the main role Martin is an important role “Mason leads by talking team currently has a 4-5 models and leaders for the model to him and the team and communication. Grant record. varsity team are the four as a whole. leads by example and how Having four captains in this captains and varsity player, “He’s always encouraging he plays,” McGee said. 2011-12 season, Luke McGee Charles Cairnie (11), said and leads by example. He’s The next game is scheduled (12), Von Blair (11), Mason Tomblin. an overall great guy,” Stokes for today against Mansfield Tomblin (11) and Grant “We are always picking said. Sr. at WHS. Stokes (11), the team has made many improvements over their past few games. Comparing to the beginning of the season, Stokes believes that the team as a whole has changed. “We used to just want everything for ourselves, but now we are coming along much better. We still have a ton of room for improvement, but we have come a long way,” Tomblin, who has been playing for nine years, said. McGee, who has been playing basketball his whole life, agrees that the team has progressed, but still has plenty of room to improve. “It’s going really well when we’re at home, but it really needs to pick up on the road games. We need to bring more fire and intensity when we’re away,” McGee said. Stokes, who has been playing since he was in Cody Smith preschool, believes that the Varsity member James Preston (11) prepares for a team has grown a lot closer and has been more successful foul shot in recent game against OCC foe, Ashland. in working together. The Generals won the game 85-83. sports II [the wooster blade / jan. 20, 2012] 9 Faculty members throughout WHS Coach’s love have previously excelled in high school of basketball Glory and college athletics; many have spans lifetime had large impacts on their respective Alex Holmes sports. on campus editor Craig Martin is mid-season through his seventeenth Days season coaching boys’ English Dept. Sport Baseball basketball. Jeff Bowen Position Third base He has been coaching College Cedarville University varsity teams for eight years Number 34 now. Highest level reached College “My favorite part of Years Played 3 coaching has to be the relationships that are built Memorable Moment “Definitely my junior year. and the influence I can We won a lot of games and the team qualified for have on my players’ lives,” the Midwest Regional for the National Association Martin said. of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA). The best part of JV coach Chad Bever, said his the season was the bonding and friendships made favorite part of the coaching between teammates and the coaching staff.” is sharing his knowledge and understanding of the game. “I like coaching with Martin Sport Paula Kimble Basketball Guidance Counselor because of his enthusiasm Position Point guard and passion for the game. College Ohio University He always has a smile on his Number 22 face,” Bever said. Highest Level Reached High school varsity Grant Stokes (11) has been Years played 4 years on the varsity basketball team for three years. He said that coach Martin loves the What she remembers “I remember how much females game and cares for everyone had to fight for their right to play sports in high school. on the team. We had to purchase our own uniforms and find our own “He’s a great coach and coaches. No males would coach for female sports teams always wants us to win,” when I was in high school.” Stokes added. Cameron Daugherty (9) Memorable Moment Kimble participated in the first OHSAA sponsored state event for girls track and field in agreed with Stokes, and 1975. added that even though Martin makes them work really hard, it is because he wants them to win and Mike Sullivan Social Studies Dept. become hard-working Sport Basketball young men. Position Point guard Martin has been involved College Butler CCC University with basketball in Wooster Number 42 since he was in fourth grade Highest Level Reached Division I when he started playing Years played 3 basketball through Parks and Recreation at his elementary What he remembers “I practiced 300-500 free school, Wayne Elementary. throws every day during high school, and Martin attended college my senior year I led the county in free throw at East Mennonite College percentage. I worked really hard to be able to in Virginia. While there, compete at the collegiate level.” he played Division III basketball for three years. Memorable Moment Winning the state “I wanted to start coaching championship at Butler University in the 1990-91 because I played through season. And performing his first dunk in a game against Clarion University. high school and college. Then, I began working as a Sport Swimming Chris Matthew social studies teacher at the Event Distance Girls Swimming, Foreign Language Dept. high school, so coaching College Westminster went hand-in-hand with my Highest Level Reached teaching,” Martin said. third at the national swim National meet for qualifier, district three. placed Martin has a love for the sport and his players and What She Remembers I swam on the boys varsity hopes to continue coaching swim team, as there was not a girls team at that time. for years to come. I feel like I set the stage for Westminster College to eventually have a girls team, which they did, starting in l992, I believe 10 years after I graduated. Most Memorable Moment Doing well at nationals was the way to end my swimming career on a high note. The mile, which I was seated first in, was the first event on the final evening. I was All-American in three events that year, which was my senior year, and I felt like I had really achieved all my goals. By the Special Ed. Assistant Drew Gerber

Sport Football Position Offensive guard Numbers College Youngstown State University Wins by the boys Number 62 Two national Highest Level reached 4 basketball team championships in 1991 and 1993 and runner up in 1992. Years Played 5 Straight division titles What he remembers I learned that by the boy’s swim if you get a bunch of people working 9 together toward a common goal, anything team is possible Winning the national Memorable moment championship Mike McCreary Math Dept. 1,012 Sport Football Career points scored by girls College University of Toledo Position Defensive end or linebacker basketball player Lauren Highest Level Reached Started all three Walker (12) years, all MAC the last two years

What He Remembers Being all MAC. “It is nice to be recognized for the hard work you do in order to be the best you can be but it really is a team award. I am only 2005 going to be as good as the players I play with.” Last time the wrestling Most Memorable Moment Playing against the national team won the OCC title champion Miami Hurricanes in the Orange Bowl. 10 [ the wooster blade / jan. 20, 2012 ] feature twitter: The power of 140 words @LoPrice87 make a difference. compelling stories to come attention. As staff writer According to abcnews. from single tweets. recently reported go.com, a major story where One such story is about a by northwestohio. Social networks play a major Twitter played a part this past homeless man who used com, an Asian woman in role in nearly every aspect of year was in the overthrow of Twitter to find his daughter, New York City tweeted people’s lives today, and a the government in Egypt, of whom he had not seen a picture of her receipt world without them may be in which leaders of the in years, and also to see his where she was referred to hard to imagine. rebellion used Twitter to grandchildren for the first as “lady chinky eyes” by an Whether one looks at rally the people and give time. employee of Papa John’s on earthquakes in Japan, riots updates of how the protests The closeness Twitter can her receipt. in Egypt or high school were going. bring has also been seen The tweet gained so much drama, he or she is sure to The simple tweet “Welcome when NBA player Kevin popularity that Papa John’s find social networks making back Egypt #Jan25” by @ Durant tweeted that he was fired the employee who did an impact, with the heaviest Ghonim was a symbol of the looking for something to do it and is now expressing player being Twitter. movement. during the lockout, and a its deep regrets for the When Twitter is examined, Another major news college student at Oklahoma situation. when he landed in Newark, the impact it can have on story for the year, the raid State replied to him, inviting Twitter’s ease allows users he was greeted by a waiter a situation is staggering, on Osama bin Laden’s him to play football with to tweet whatever is on their who had a steak, shrimp, a especially when each tweet house, was exposed by him. minds, regardless of the tone side of potatoes, bread and can only contain up to 140 an unsuspecting man Durant showed up a few of their message. silverware. characters. who tweeted, “Helicopter hours later and played some One man jokingly tweeted, One hundred and forty The power that Twitter hovering above Abbottabad pick-up football with the “Hey @Mortons - can you characters may not seem gains is the fact that it is a at 1am (is a rare event)” college students. meet me at the newark like a lot, but when used live feed and can be updated before any news agency Twitter can also bring airport with a porthouse and worded correctly, from any mobile device, knew about it. awareness to personal when I land in two hours? 2011 showed that it can be and not just smart phones, Also, as stated on mashable. situations that otherwise K, thanks. :).” enough to cause revolutions which allows everyone to com, there are more might not have gained To his pleasant surprise, and change lives.

How social media @hoybik Twitter composed of diverse styles sports editor When it comes to tweeting, different people have different styles. impacts the world According to Jesse Wiles (10) a.k.a. @thewildwiles, who has had a Twitter account for half of a year, there are infinite @LukeFlechler athletes, specifically, more ways of tweeting. staff writer personally. “Some people just retweet other people, some people just tweet song lyrics and quotes, some actually tweet thought “You can understand what provoking or funny tweets that are fun to read, a lot people are just annoying and shouldn’t have a twitter,” Wiles Twitter is quickly becoming they’re thinking and their said. the largest social networking point-of-view on different These annoying people Wiles refers to have been cited for: tweeting too much, tweeting worthless information about site in America, but its impact subjects, like games,” Stoll their everyday lives or trying to start too much drama. on lives seems to differ said. Zack Caldwell (11), who is new to the Twitter scene, adds the style of subtweeting to Wiles’ list. from sites like Facebook or Stoll believes that Twitter “Subtweeting is where you tweet about someone without actually saying who it’s about. I think it’s ratty when MySpace. has had the biggest impact people do that and I don’t like it. What I do like is when people tweet funny things that brighten your day,” Caldwell It seems that on almost any on college football, especially said. news channel, from NBC with the recent scandals Another aspect to one’s style of tweeting is the way they “trend” words or phrases. By putting a pound sign in front Nightly News to ESPN’s throughout the last year. a word or phrase without spaces, it is effectively trended. SportsCenter, celebrities and Between the Penn State, Trending can not only be useful to teens trying to put emphasis on phrases, but also allows for top political advisors athletes are being quoted Ohio State and Miami to see all the tweets on a particular topic in order to advise politicians based on how the public responds to their solely from what they scandals, Stoll was able to actions. Tweeted moments after a follow what was happening Brock Berlin (12), or as he is known on Twitter, @BoosackB_Rock, said that sometimes members of his “twitter fam” fight or a victory. through the postings of the overuse these pound signs by trending everyday #words that don’t #call for hashtags. Trey Pamer (9) believes players as they gave their It seems there will always be room for debate over how to create the perfect tweet. that Twitter is changing the thoughts on the scandals. @Mg_Gant way that people hear about Beth Honza, 29, is a Twitter How to compose the perfect tweet trends editor current events. user and former WHS “With the X-Factor, you student. The purpose of Twitter is to be a mini blogging site that allows its users to send and read the blog updates. didn’t really have to watch it However, Honza believes Anybody can type anything with the possibility that everyone will see it. to know what was going on that in the professional Composing the perfect tweet can be difficult for some users, but it is possible. with Josh [Krajcik] and how world, Twitter makes a big The online social community of BigThink.com asked famous poet Robert Pinsky to condense his famous poem “The Josh was doing. And with difference. City” into less than 140 characters. sports, you can get on there She is able to see new job He did so in less, and stated poets should be involved in the new technology trends, such as Twitter, because the and see scores of games, like postings, which is helpful for study of poetry is the crucial to the modern world. the Broncos just beat the job hunters in a time where Members of Twitter can express feelings, describe moments or chat, as long as each tweet is under 140 characters. Steelers, so you don’t even getting a job can be difficult. Many of the verified celebrities have upwards of hundreds of thousands of followers. have to watch that game,” Ben Oberg (10) believes that Award winning singer Beyoncé has over two million followers, yet has not tweeted one thing. Pamer said. Twitter is more of a fad, rather According to students at WHS, there are a few main guidelines to follow in order to compose a perfect tweet. People are also able to than a world revolution like “A tweet should be clever, funny and topical. Song lyrics are acceptable. Don’t tweet about drama, personal things Tweet with celebrities, some believe. or your opinions on MGK,” Michael O’Donnell (9) said. which Pamer believes brings “As people get older, The key to developing an adequate tweet is to think about it and consider the main point one is trying to get a more personal aspect to they don’t want to know across. the standard that celebrities everybody’s day-by-day “There’s a difference between thinking and brainstorming for a tweet. It should be a witty statement, or a reference never see fans except on actions.” to something everyone can relate to, or even the use of a clever hashtag,” Halle Gallo-Malta (12) said. select occasions. Oberg does, however, Twitter has the opportunity for users to share their everyday lives in an entertaining manner, but only if people Evan Stoll (11) believes that believe that Twitter has a keep their tweets relevant. Twitter lets fans get to know huge impact on the media. #twittertimeline A brief history of the increasingly popular social media network compiled by @C_Reynolds23 @JULY2005 Evan Williams, CEO of Twitter, creates Odeo.com, a Web site used as a platform for podcasting @FALL2005 @FEBRUARY2006 Odeo faces a dismal future as Apple announces the release of iTunes Noah Glass and Jack Dorsey, employees of Odeo present idea for Twitter @MARCH2006 @MARCH2006 First Twitter prototype is released Jack Dorsey sends first tweet, “@Jack just setting up my twttr” @JULY2006 @SEPT2006 Twitter officially launches Evan Williams buys back all of the shares for Odeo, a total of $5 Million @MARCH2007 South by Southwest Festival takes place, an electronics show that helps @MARCH2007 increase daily tweets from 20,000 to 60,000 Twitter employs eight people @NOVEMBER2010 First Twitter message is posted from space by astronaut T.J. Creamer information gathered @SEPT2011 from msnbc.com and Twitter surpasses $5 billion in value theglobeandmail. com @NOW Over 1 billion tweets are sent by 200 million users each week feature II [the wooster blade / jan. 20, 2012] 11

New year brings new stresses Brooke Courtemanche staff writer Sleep and stress are issues with which many high school students have to grapple. Top 5 Among other things, school, extracurricular activities, friends and family could to keep students awake into the wee hours of the night, and pile them with copious amounts of stress. causes of Missing sleep and being stressed can cause serious mental and physical problems in students. “I see kids with a whole myriad of symptoms,” school nurse Beth Gerber said. Among stress: these symptoms she lists a general lack of concentration, headaches, fatigue, stomachaches and nausea. 1) Academics According to June 2010 edition of Newsweek, lack of sleep is more damaging than most people know. Apart from compromising cognitive ability and effecting mood, not getting ezinearticles.com enough sleep has been connected to weight gain. “Researchers at the University of Chicago have shown that too little sleep changes the body’s secretion of some hormones. The changes promote appetite, reduce the sensation 2) Financial of feeling full after a meal, and alter the body’s response to sugar intake – changes that can promote weight gain and increase the risk of diabetes,” Newsweek’s article “The Surprising issues Toll of Sleep Deprivation” states. stress-and-relaxation. Lack of sleep and abundance of stress be linked together. com “Your emotions and your physiological state are connected. If your physiological state is compromised, it could have an effect on your mental state, too … Stress and sleep can go hand in hand. If kids are stressed out about school, it can affect how well they sleep, and 3) Relationships then they can’t perform as well in school and they get even more stressed out,” district stress-and-relaxation. psychologist Todd McKee said. com Stress can cause such symptoms as depression, anxiety disorders, anger and irritability, as stated by Lifespan Hospital. To combat all these negative side effects, Gerber and McKee both have advice about how 4) Death to get enough sleep and eliminate excess stress. helpguide.org “Turn off your cell phone, TV and computers… make sure not to have caffeine or really sugary foods in the evenings and try to follow the same sleeping patterns every night – yes, even the weekends,” Gerber said. 5) Other McKee said students should talk to teachers and parents if they are feeling stressed out. realbuzz.com “They can be great guides when it comes to overcoming stress,” McKee said. Not taking on more activities than it is possible to handle is also important. “I recommend that students stay involved in things they enjoy doing, and make sure that every day there’s something that makes them happy,” Gerber said. In the new year, make a commitment to sleeping enough and reducing stress. Students and staff offer resolution tips Sydney Zedd staff writer According to newyearsresolution.com, weight loss is the number two New Year’s resolution. Sometimes, this goal is completely lost throughout the year. For others, it can be taken too seriously. Top 5 So, where is the balance? How can one be healthy and stay at a desirable weight? Laurie Ryder, WHS Family and Consumer Science Dept. head, said a healthy diet and New Year’s exercise is the answer. “80 percent of ones change in body is food, the other 20 percent is exercise.” resolutions: Ryder suggests for people to eat lots of whole grains. She also recommends that people limit processed foods, no pop and fast food. “If you have to have it, know what’s good 1) Eat healthy and what’s bad for you,” Ryder said. Also, she said to always count calories. Nutrition experts say lunch should be your biggest meal of the day, filled with food carbohydrates and protein. “Know good foods,” Ryder said. Myplate.gov suggests carbohydrates and protein are the main ingredients to a healthy 2) Get a better diet, but it is different for everyone. It all depends on one’s current weight, desired weight and athleticism. education Myplate.gov is a source on which people can find out what they should be eating for a healthy diet. Not everything people eat might be as healthy as they think. “Be educated on your choices, but don’t deprive yourself. One day a week is a good time 3) Reduce, re- for a treat,” Ryder said. use and recycle After the healthy spectrum, comes the not-so-healthy spectrum, though. For those who do not count calories, or are not educated on what they eat, there is a risk. Unhealthy foods will catch up to them. It might not seem like it in the moment, but over 4) Manage debt time, it could. Medicalnewstoday.com states 27.5 percent of the United States is considered obese. Obesity is the gateway to diabetes and other serious diseases this nation is facing. Some may think obesity is caused by one’s irresponsible ways of not counting calories or 5) Volunteer to caring what they eat. However, that is not completely true. help others Obesity and weight gain is caused by many factors in one’s life. Self-esteem, home life and emotions all contribute. Obesity and related diseases are the number seven causes of death in America. “It’s a big problem, but don’t take it too seriously,” Wooster High School nurse Lana According to: Gesler said. www.usa.gov So, stick to the New Year’s resolution. Everyday vanity affects future health and wellness

Michelle Bielski 3.5 million skin cancers in The dangers of absorbing plastic surgery, is one of Even liposuction can lead focus editor over two million people are chemicals not tested by the the most dangerous. Plastic to problems in the future diagnosed annually.” FDA can range from just surgery has many effects as this surgery affects fat In today’s society, people Amy Woods (12) said getting a rash to possible both psychologically and cells. If weight is gained, it go to extremes in order “Tanning isn’t healthy. poisoning. physically. will come back in areas not to make themselves look It can cause cancer and Another dangerous Facelifts, Botox and affected by the surgery. prettier or younger, but make wrinkles worse act people use to make any other improvement What people do today certain things we do now when you get older.” themselves look better is surgeries all have the for vanity can harm can have serious effects on Woods suggests either dieting. Livestrong.com possibility of being a their bodies in our futures. spending time outside with states that if the body is put botched surgery, sometimes the future. Tanning, whether by sunscreen to get a base tan through constant changes leading to the need for other laying out in the sun, going or recommends to just stay of gaining weight and then surgeries. to tanning salons or spray pale. losing weight, it becomes In a Forbes magazine tanning can be dangerous. Spray tanning is also harder to lose weight. Diets article by Jenna Goudreau, According to the Skin dangerous. According to can even increase the risk it is stated that some Cancer Foundation, “Skin Best Spray Tan Guide, only of developing heart disease surgeries can cause other cancer is the most common 11 percent of the chemicals and diabetes. parts of the body to look form of cancer in the used in cosmetics have One of the more extremes morphed or not up to scale United States. More than been tested by the FDA. taken to change oneself, with the changed part. spectrum II [the wooster blade / jan. 20, 2012] 12/13 Schools and society allowed the old Everyday Handwriting facts tradition of handwriting to disappear Entertainment - During Lindsay Lohan’s probation violation court Elizabeth Kleinhenz front editor appearance, handwriting experts analyzed her Gone are the days when cursive was mandatory in schools, students wrote reports by hand and paper was the lifeblood of writing as “projecting a false image” and “cross- educational culture. Research suggests that these smaller classroom developments are part of a growing national trend: a lack of focus on penmanship, ing boundaries.” which is leading to what many call the “death of handwriting.” According to “Mourning the Death of Handwriting,” a 2009 TIME article written by Claire Suddath, the death of handwriting is best traced across different generations. As early as the 1920s, educators began to gradually cut back on cursive instruction, believing that children should learn to write in the same way they learned to read: with manuscript. By World War II, manuscript was fairly standard across the United States and College Entrance cursive was slowly becoming obsolete. Years later, the trend culminated when cursive was effectively shunned by Generation Y, those born between the late 1980s and - Scorers of the essay section on the SAT give a score early 2000s. Cursive was more or less out of the picture for tech-savvy Generation Z, born in the mid-to-late 2000s, whose members of zero and can assign a portion illegible if unable to use computers more often than paper and give little thought to handwriting at all. “People born after 1980 tend to have a distinctive style of handwriting: a little bit sloppy, a little bit childish and almost never in read the student’s handwriting. cursive,” Suddath writes. Of the several factors behind handwriting’s decline, one of the largest is the rise of technology. According to inventors.about.com, the first home computer, Apple’s Lisa model, was unveiled in 1983. The following year, Apple http://online.wsj.com released its more user-friendly Macintosh model, and Microsoft released their own model in 1985. The home computer took hold almost immediately and left deep inroads in both educational and personal culture. As noted by Newsweek’s Brad Stone in his 2005 article “Hi-Tech’s New Day,” 75 percent of Americans use the Internet and spend an average of three hours a day online. Style of writing provides insight to character Perhaps the greatest ramification of home computers was an opportunity for more efficiency—why spend hours writing a long paper when it can be typed in a fraction of the time? Yet, every benefit has a trade off, and it was this very efficiency that surreptitiously led to handwriting’s demise. “Baseline patterns represent of a person’s handwriting can However, no one characteristic of the writer’s attention to Brooke Courtemanche According to Steve Graham, a special education and literacy professor at Vanderbilt University, another reason students do not your attitudes toward life be an indicator to how detail of a person’s handwriting can detail. “Mostly, [handwriting] The Research in Handwriting staff writer write as neatly as they once did is that, over their lifetimes, no one has forced them to do so. experiences and activities,” oriented a person is. define him or her completely. tells whether you’re a patient “Writing is just not part of the national agenda anymore,” Professor Graham said. Handwriting, much like a handwritingpro.com said. “The size of the writing “After all the important person,” Worth said. Indeed, schools typically began cursive and handwriting education in third and fourth grades, but such education is currently at its fingerprint, is a characteristic When writing on unlined determines the writer’s ability to features in a piece of writing “If you have good cursive lowest level in the United States, according to a 2011 Huffington Post ParentDish article written by Honey Burk. that is completely unique to an paper, a slope upward in concentrate,” Boyanova wrote. have been identified and handwriting, you’re probably University of Wisconsin Handwriting has been omitted from the Common Core State Standards the new curriculum standard that more than 40 states individual. text can mean optimism and Large handwriting indicates discussed, we should aim to re- being more reasonable and adopted last summer. - Virginia Berninger, a psychologist at the University According to graphoanalysts, ambition. a tendency for the writer to assemble the many and various rational. You’re thinking about In the same vein, most schools now teach cursive in only third or fourth grade, or continue for a few extra years with far fewer a person’s handwriting is a Downwards sloping text can be flighty or unfocussed, characteristics of the writer, as what you’re doing,” said Andy of Wisconsin, tested students in grades 2, 4 and lessons. significant insight to his or her mean depression, pessimism while small writing would a whole person. In other words Keil, History Dept. member The death of handwriting is self-perpetuating, both a cause and effect of its times. personality. or weariness. indicate dedication to minute to provide a realistic portrait of He believes handwriting is an 6. She discovered that they not only wrote faster For example, Jacqueline DeChiaro, principal of Van Schaick Elementary School in Cohoes, N.Y., said in a 2011 New York Times Because of the neural pathways A baseline that is generally details. Most people maintain the writer that also happens to indication of sensibility. article that she was debating whether to cut cursive instruction at her school. by hand then by keyboard, but they also generated and creative expression straight means that the writer a medium between the two be a holistic one,” Graphologist Students seem to disagree. A “Schools today, we say we’re preparing our kids for the 21st century...Is cursive really a 21st century skill?” she said. linked to handwriting, has a realistic viewpoint, extremes, she states. Caroline Taylor said in her few students who deemed their more ideas when composing essays in longhand. When teachers like DeChiaro view cursive as outdated, handwriting instruction is pushed to the wayside and, in turn, becomes certain personality traits are handwritingpro.com described. Slant is another large factor in essay Graphology in Theory handwriting messy said that more outdated and unimportant. subliminally displayed by Other characteristics in evaluating handwriting. “The and Practice: From Analysis to it is more about content than Taken at face value, less emphasis on handwriting and slightly messier scrawl may not seem to be a threatening trend. But, closer handwriting. handwriting also have certain slant indicates the writer’s Synthesis. decoration.“My handwriting examination reveals a worrying fallout: a loss of fine motor skills. Some of the characteristics meanings. emotional response to external says I care more about what Vanderbilt University Sandy Schefkind, a pediatric occupational therapist in Bethesda, MD, and pediatric coordinator for the American Occupational used in analyzing one’s “The stroke depicts life force, forces,” handwriting analyst Opinions at WHS I’m writing than what my Therapy Association OATA), said that learning cursive helps students sharpen these fine motor skills. - Steve Graham, an education professor at personality through energy flow. The stroke’s Gary Thomas said on his Web writing looks like,” Patience “It’s the dexterity, the fluidity, the right amount of pressure to put with pen and pencil on paper,” Schefkind said of handwriting handwriting are: the baseline, pressure represents intellectual site, viewzone2.com. Teachers weigh in on what Wentz (10) said. Vanderbilt, stated that several studies have shown instruction. slant, pressure and the shape vitality, physiological energy “A right slant signals one they think their handwriting Dylan House (12) agrees. “It Handwriting’s national decline is evident locally at WHS. of enclosures, as agreed upon … and emotional intensity,” who responds strongly to says about their students. says that I think more than I that the same mediocre essay will score much Student Polly Dexter (11) laments the trend. As an aspiring schoolteacher, she values neat handwriting herself, and stated that universally by handwriting M. Boyanova said on emotional situations. They are “Sloppy handwriting reflects think about writing,” House teachers can encourage meticulous writing from their students. higher if written with good penmanship and much analysts. studyenglishtoday.net. caring, warm and outgoing – sloppy thinking,” says Sue said.” “The effort you put into writing neatly may reflect the effort you put into other more important tasks...If teachers write neater The idea is that each of these Those who use light pressure their heart rules their mind. Herman, English Dept. An application for the lower if written out in poor handwriting. themselves or penalize students when their work is illegible, students would be more likely to improve their handwriting,” Dexter elements, and many more can tend to wear out easily A vertical slant writer tries member. She sees it as a matter iPhone and iPad exists to said. http://theweek.com individualized variables, reveal when put in emotionally to keep their emotions in of consideration for others help self-analyze one’s own It is not to say that all neat handwriting is dead—to the contrary , many individuals still possess the natural gift of excellent some trait about a person. or physically demanding check – mind rules the heart. when a person takes the time handwriting. For ninety-nine penmanship. But, it is just that—natural—as the need for neat handwriting is no longer in high demand. For example, the baseline is situations, whereas those who A left slant will conceal their to make his or her handwriting cents, the app, “Handwriting the invisible line that letters press harder on paper are likely emotions and is observed as readable. Analysis,” by Jakub Koter, rest on when writing on to enjoy challenges and tests, cold and indifferent,” Thomas Troy Worth, Science Dept., guides the user through an unlined paper. Boyanova explained. The size said. sees writing as an indicator in-depth analysis of his or her own handwriting. Advanced pen eases the process of recording notes come away impressed by its is capable of recording 800 , it feels as if I am sitting in performance and ease of use. hours of audio with the 8GB the classroom again. Using a special notebook version and synchronizing Capabilities like audio with microscopic dots said audio with writing on the recording make it easier to arranged in a certain pattern, page. focus on actual content in the Echo can track the location Combining timestamped lectures, rather than trying to of writing on a page and writing with audio opens up write every word that’s said synchronize it with audio it many interesting possibilities down – and it consequently optionally records. for interacting with notes: I lets me slow down my scrawl The paper also contains can tap the tip of the Echo on so that it becomes legible controls, allowing the pen a word and hear what was again. Joseph Gorman to have just one button – the being said when I wrote that The Echo allows “pencasts,” staff writer power button. The Echo word. or synchronized writing and The Livescribe Echo requires special paper, which Recordings can also be audio, to be transferred to a moving into a stage of smartpen combines high can be purchased in notebooks played at varying speeds computer for safe keeping and technology with conventional that cost about the same as a and played through external reviewing on the go. handwriting to bring 21st regular notebook, or which speakers or headphones Using the Lifescribe pen has Century innovation to the can be printed by certain in addition to the built-in allowed me want to write complete computerization note-taking experience. printers. speaker. Particularly when more legibly, since I have a After using a Livescribe Although only slightly larger plugged into a set more usable set of notes to Lauren Miller Echo for a few weeks, I have than an average pen, the Echo of speakers review. staff writer

With the media driven world, some people are examining the prospect of the death of handwriting and how online standardized tests could contribute to this effect. As of 2014, standardized testing will no longer be done with paper and pencil and, instead, be completely computerized according to Richard Leone, Director of Secondary Education for WCS Leone said Ohio and a significant number of other states will have a national online test to create a wider standard than the state wide benchmark level of standardized testing. Media is becoming a part of children’s lives at a young age. According to William Kist, Associate Professor Coordinator of Adolescent and Young Adult Education at Kent State University, research There’s an App for that: done at the University of Connecticut in 2006 found people under the age of 18 read and write more on a computer than on paper. Handwriting analysis application grants Kist does not think handwriting will ever die because people will always need to be able to communicate using paper and pencil, but if essay tests are computerized, more effort needs to be users opportunity to decode manuscripts given into developing a child’s keyboarding skills. Kist said, “…Shouldn’t we be putting more of our efforts into helping kids be better readers and In the world of technol- person is a correct fit for a The spacing that a writer writers on screens?” ogy, there is an application position in your company or uses between words is also According to Leone, schools do not always utilize technology to the full potential. in the Apple store for every in your personal life. significant in determining the Leone added, “Your generation loves interaction with technology…It gets kids working in the possible aspect of life. The application works by space that a person contains environment they are used to.” In the Apple application allowing the user to scroll between them and society. Allyson Amstutz (9) thinks online testing would be alright to use for the multiple choice sections store, an application of through a series of options Specific shapes and formation of tests, but would not be ideal for essays. handwriting analysis is under certain topics. Stated letters also determine many “Children need to work on paper with good handwriting and not stare at a computer screen all available for purchase. The within the application, “A personality traits according to day,” Amstutz said. application was created by person’s letter size represents Koter. One of the positives of computerized testing has been cited as the ease in grading. Leone said the Jakub Koter. Koter stated in how much importance they After selecting the handwrit- grading components may eventually be entirely online through software programs. the application description place upon oneself and their ing that most resembles the While some people would like to see all grading done by computers, Kist said, others like the old that the study of handwrit- actions. Larger writers ap- user’s, a one page analysis is fashioned interaction with teachers. ing in relation to human proach life with extravagance given. The analysis includes Kist said, “From the research I’m reading…most students, young and old, still prefer to have at psychology, graphology, and small writer with mod- a description of the type of least some contact with a human teacher.” is a great way to see if a esty.” writing a person has, as well Many schools may not have enough computers or technological resources for all of the students to as possible personal attributes test online, so students may be rotated through taking exams according to Kist. the user may have. The transition into online testing will go over differently in Kist’s opinion for each individual Screenshots courtesy of Jakub Koter, Apple App Store school depending on how much technology is encouraged currently. 14 [the wooster blade / jan. 20, 2012] trends I

Successful year for film entertainment brings great reviews

Abby Peabody According to www.indiewire.com, this film is predicted to be a pos- arts editor sibility for the best picture category and best art direction category at the 2012 Academy Awards. It comes as no shock that Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part Film critic Leonard Maltin for indiewire.com said, “I don’t know if 2 was the biggest box office hit and quite easily the most anticipated we’ll ever see another series quite like this, produced on such a lavish movie of 2011. scale over a decade’s time. Whatever one’s quibbles, the Harry Grossing over $380,000,000, the final Harry Potter film beat out Potter movies have maintained their integrity, and their ability both Transformers: Dark of the Moon and The Twilight Saga: to dazzle us, from start to finish. That is an achievement that Breaking Dawn Part 1 for this year’s most popular film. will stand for years to come.” When it opened July 15, The Deathly Hallows Part 2 broke Whether or not Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part the record of highest opening weekend record set by The Dark 2 receives any attention from the Academy Awards, it receives Knight in 2008 by grossing $168.55 million in one weekend. the award for this year’s most popular movie. Directed by David Yates, this final installment had critics The other film that has been predicted to receive Oscar raving, “[It is] the best possible end for the series that began attention is The Descendants. While this film may have not a decade ago,” Joe Morgenstern from The Wall Street Journal gotten the attention or popularity of Harry Potter, it has said. received overwhelming applause by critics alike. Not only critics enjoyed the film, but also the masses. Rotten- Staring George Clooney, The Descendants came out Nov. tomatoes.com said, “Thrilling, powerfully acted and visually 18 to great reviews. According to www.rottentomatoes. dazzling, Deathly Hallows Part II brings the Harry Potter com, the film received an 89 percent acceptance rating franchise to a satisfying—and suitably magical—conclusion.” from critics. Critics gave the film a 96 percent “fresh rating” while viewers The film is predicted to be a nominee for Best Picture, Best Direc- gave it a 92 percent acceptance rating. tor, Best Actor for Clooney, Best Supporting Actress for Shailene WHS student, Charlotte King (11), an avid Harry Potter fan, Woodley, Best Adapted Screenplay, and Best Film Editing in the said, “I thought the movie was indescribably epic, mostly true to the book and had a 2012 Academy Awards on www.indiewire.com. solid resolution.” King believes that The Deathly Hallows Part 2 is definitely worthy With an overwhelming amount of Oscar buzz, The Descendants is of Oscar buzz. possibly the best film of the year according to most movie critics. Inheritance and 11/22/63 Bold new fashion 2011 in among novels released in 2011 trends set last year Numbers by Téa Obreht, Arguably Charlie Reynolds by Christopher Hitchens, squibs editor The Boy in the Moon by Ian Brown, Malcom X by Man- 7 Billion ning Marable, Thinking Fast The world’s total and Slow by Daniel Kahne- population, as stated by man and A World on Fire by the United Nations on Amanda Foreman. October 31 Alexis Steiner (12) considers Inheritance by Christopher Paolini the best book of the 2 billion Estimated number of year. “It was good. It was viewers for the Royal a great conclusion to the Wedding series. It wasn’t a fan girl book which I liked. It was a natural progression of plot,” 800,000 Steiner said. Amount of cus- Tricia Stefancin tomers Netflix lost copy editor Zoey Madden (12) believes immediately after The Night Circus by Erin raising their prices According to worldom- Morgensten to be the best eter.info, the number of new book of the year. titles published this year was Jetta Blaine Evan Wagers 78,000 1,092,754. The number of Amazon.com lists The Ti- Sarah Mason Former population of new titles published in 2011 ger’s Wife as one of the best feature editor Fukushima, Japan be- from the United States was books of 2011 as well as Erik The style of 2011 is a mixture of bold, modern trends and clas- fore the nuclear plant 172,000. Larson’s new historical piece sic throwbacks, found from the runways to the hallways. meltdown. The New York Times lists In the Garden of Beasts: According to Vogue.com, some of the highlights of spring the top 10 books of 2011 Love, Terror, and an Ameri- and summer 2011 trends were bold stripes, denim on denim, as The Art of Fielding by can Family in Hitler’s Berlin. neon colors and animal print. The fall and winter season 552 Chad Harbach, 11/22/63 by Others include Moonwalking brought an array of knee-high boots, sparkles, vivid prints, Number of people Stephen King, Swamplan- with Einstein, A Discovery jewel tones and menswear inspired clothing. who died in the dia! by Karren Russel, Ten of Witches, Battle Hymn Though many of these trends have been showcased by tornadoes in the U.S. Thousand Saints by Eleanor of the Tiger Mother, and 22 high-fashion designers on the runway, many of them have this year, more than Henderson, The Tiger’s Wife Britania Road. also filtered down into everyday wear. the previous 10 According to Marlene Boyer, fashion design instructor at years combined WHS, tall boots are one of the most popular runway trends that is also seen at WHS. 352 Emily Neill (11) agreed that tall boots are very popular this Days it took the year, especially when paired with knee-high socks, as well as United States loop scarves, printed rompers and ripped jeans. to track down “They’re very fashionable, but at the same time they’re easy al-Qaida leader, for people to use on their own,” Neill said. Osama Bin Laden Neill said she believes that the popularity of these trends is rooted in the fact that they are universally appealing for 313 people of every style. Boyer agreed, saying, ”These are trendy looks that are also Number of pat- comfortable and practical. Most people don’t want to spend ents attributed to 2011 brings different types of money on clothes that will go out of fashion quickly or are Apple visionary, uncomfortable and impractical.” Steve Jobs Boyer added that plaid shirts, jeggings, cardigans, feathers, music, yet still impresses critics lace-up shoes and boots, colorful prints and a ‘new vintage’ 46 Juliet Freed top-rated country group artist, and activist. Her look have all been popular styles this year. Years that Joe staff writer of the year. Charles Kelley, causes include gay rights, However, despite the current trendiness of these fashions, it is Paterno spent The top albums of 2011 Dave Haywood and Hillary anti-bullying, among oth- questionable whether the styles of 2011 will still be considered coaching at had both new artists, such Scot make up the group ers. The lead single, “Born fashionable years from now. Penn State as Adele and established who rose to fame in 2007. This Way” deals with self- “Fads come and go quickly, while more classic looks stay before be- artists, such as Lady Gaga Their third album, Own The esteem regardless of one’s for a long time. The more extreme a fashion is, the shorter ing forced to and Paul Simon. Night was released in Sep- differences. amount of time it sticks around. I think the big collars will retire follow- The highest-rated album tember, and has been high The most popular on come and go, as will feathers. Cardigan sweaters and khakis ing the Jerry on both iTunes and The on the country charts since the rap charts this year will always be in, in some form,” Boyer said. Sandusky Rolling Stone’s 50 Best Al- then. They won top country was Watch the Throne, As the year comes to a close, some of the trends of 2011 will Scandal bums of 2011 was Adele’s song in the Billboard awards a collaboration between be replaced, while others will be seen again in the upcoming 9 album, 21. Adele, 23, is for their single, “Need You rappers Jay-Z and Kanye year. a songwriter who uses Now.” West. The planning for Percent of Harry Potter background composited from www. her real-life experience as Another artist who ranked the album started almost the United homeofthenutty.com (fair use), Breaking Dawn poster from inspiration for her famous high on the charts is Lady a year before the actual States that teenstarsworld.com (fair use), Harry Potter from aliciastella. album. Her second album, Born This album was produced on was un- Gaga. Her album, com (fair use), Jacob Black Breaking Dawn from moviehole. 21, debuted at number one Way, released May 23, was August 8. net (fair use), Transformers from tfw2005.com (fair use), The employed on the charts when it was ranked highly on the pop All albums have been Descendants poster from impawards.com (fair use), Adele during 2011, released in February. Her music charts. It was rated nominated or are pending 21 album from outblush.com (fair use), Lady Antebellum the highest genres are soul, blues and the sixth best album on The for various music awards, album from ladyantebellum.com (fair use), Lady Gaga ever pop, so she appeals to a Rolling Stone’s 50 Best Al- and have a wide variety of album from wape.com (fair use), Inheritance book from very large audience. bums of 2011. Born in New music that many will enjoy inheritance.wikia.com (fair use), The Night Circus book http://www.wisn. According to Billboard, York in 1986, she is a singer, and look forward to in the from erinmorganstern.com (fair use), 11/22/63 book from com/slideshow/ Lady Antebellum is the songwriter, performance future. en.wikipedia.org (fair use) news/29936221/detail.html trends II [the wooster blade / jan. 20, 2012] 15

A year in review

Touch screen technology continues to define the year

Drew King-Smith going to see are things are be used at school to teach technology resource teacher business editor going to be stored in the or at home to be used for at WHS. While 2011 came to a close, Cloud. Eventually there entertainment. “Siri is awesome because it it is a time to reflect on what will not be a hard drive and While the touch screen can keep memos for me and all has happen this year, in everything is going to be on technology continues to keep track of certain facts. regards to many things, but the Internet,” Furlong said. shine, the iPhone 4s and its For instance, if I say I need especially in technology. Furlong is the not the only Siri have made a significant to do the trash when I “The most innovative one who thinks that touch impact in 2011. get home, Siri tracks my technology of 2011 is the screen technology has been According to Mac Life location and when I arrive new Kindle Fire and the the best of 2011. magazine, Siri is, “Apple’s home, it pops up and says I Nook,” Rebecca Furlong, “I think the iPad continues headline-grabbing virtual need to take out the trash,” Technology Director at to be one of the best assistant and key selling Leggett said. WHS, said. technologies of 2011. It has point of the new IPhone 4s.” Leggett said that Siri’s Furlong said these devices such a variety of uses,” Mac Life states that Siri can simplicity and easeness to will become very common Nathan Greene, computer accomplish many things, use is what makes it a great in 2012 due to their extreme science teacher, said. like texting and setting addition on the iPhone. affordability, starting at $200 Greene said the iPad is reminders. While 2011 has come to a on Amazon and Barnes and not limited to home or Many can attest to Siri’s close, the technology that Noble. school use only, but rather abilities and usefulness, was introduced will continue “I think what people are has so many apps that can like Chad Leggett, district to make an impact on 2012. 2011: A great year WHS academics and activities Charlie Reynolds for sports fans squibs editor highlight the school year Autumn Hauenstein out. this year, and Brock Berlin As 2011 ended, enthusiasts staff writer “It exceeded my (12) is very happy about it. look back over the 2011 Students reminisce on the expectations. Everyone “It’s great to attend a highly sports season, to determine past year at WHS, as they makes a big deal about the acclaimed high school. It’s what was the year’s best. remember the highlights. dance, but it really is a time understandable, [that the Grant Logee (11) said the The boys lacrosse team made that you have to experience school received the award] Dallas Mavericks beating it all the way to the second to appreciate,” Rehm said. considering all of the the Miami Heat in the NBA round of finals, losing by one Pleased with attending, opportunities WHS students finals was one of the year’s goal to Rocky River in the have from academics to best sporting moments final seconds. Greg Gantz extracurriculars,” Berlin because the Heat were the (11) shows pride in how said. favorites to win it all. far the team made it. Also, the girls soccer The Dallas Mavericks won Gantz said it was luck team made it to finals and their first ever NBA title and that got them so far, but won their first game. This won ESPN’s, Excellence in Coach Ben Drushal and is the first time this has Sports Performance Yearly The assistant coach Joe Gantz happened in 13 years, and Award in 2011. that our team, especially our must have done something the team also made it to In addition, SI named Duke seniors, led us, our school, WHS girls soccer team made right. district finals. To prepare University’s men basketball our community, and all history as they advanced “We came together as a for this, the team took coach Mike Krzyzewski Wayne county sports fans to district finals for the first team. The whole season, one game at a time, Beth as their annual Sportsman on this season. The journey time since 1999 and won the we tried so hard playing Courson (12) said. of the Year. Krzyzewski was made even more special OCC for the second time. against the best teams in the “We made sure we knew became the NCAA’s highest- by the tremendous support Senior captain Jenn Philipon state, and that just helped the other teams’ strengths winning coach of all-time as we got not only from our was named to the All-Ohio a lot and made everyone Rehm said the music was and weaknesses and used his 903 win surpassed Bob school but also the greater First Team, a first for the better,” Gantz said. great and it was nice to hang them to our advantage,” Knight, former coach of Norwayne community, girls soccer team. Nick Rehm (12) said one with people his own age Courson said. Texas Tech, SI reported. WCAL fans, and entire “We worked really hard this more noteworthy event at and not be interrupted by WHS students will not The Green Bay Packers Wayne county area,” year and it really paid off, Wooster was the 2011 Prom. underclassmen. forget these special moments won the NFL Super Bowl Norwayne’s football coach, we had a great season,” Girls Rehm was very impressed WHS was also awarded the that were made during the for the first time since 1996 Joe Harbour said. Junior Captain Annalise with the way things turned Academic Excellence Award 2011 school year. and defeated the Pittsburgh Norwayne became only the Battig said. Steelers, 31-25. The Packers second school from Wayne The year 2011 marked a became the first sixth seed County to win a football monumental year in sports, Movies and music excite audiences in history to become NFL state title, and the first from but 2012 will be a new year Eylie Buehler Another huge feat of the hot 100. spectrum II editor champions. the Wayne County Athletic consisting of the Summer year was the rise of singer Tyler Buchanan (12) said On a local scale, the League, their respective Olympics in London, a new The year 2011 the best of the Norwayne Bobcats 2011 athletic conference. coach for the Ohio State brought about year 2011 lay in football team made history The only school from Wayne football team and return of new celebrities, movies and films. The Rum as they won their first state County to win a football the NBA following its lockout. i n c r e d i b l e “ championship. state title was Orrville’s movies and even Diaries and “It was an amazing ride championship team in 1998. better music, Horrible Bosses according to were my favorite. Parade.com. I really liked The Parade.com, a Rum Diaries Scientific advances shape 2011 link with Yahoo, because I’m a said that 2011 big fan of Jonny one invention in particular Worth said, one of the most Sean Hoy-Skubik brought scandal Depp. Plus, I sports editor stuck with him. That is a important happenings in that made some found it to be an soccer ball, with a generator science this year is changes stars huge. The interesting story Science, with its inside that can transfer the in education structure that K a r d a s h i a n because it was exponential rate of movements of the ball as it will allow for more educate family became true,” Buchanan advances, has become a minds entering the field. the center of said. huge part of today’s society. “One important thing that attention when Kayla Villegas There have been several happened is the decision to Kim and her (12) listed off her important breakthroughs go back to core standards husband, Kris favorite albums, songs and groups and changes in the past for science, which would H u m p h r i e s , filed for divorce of 2011. year. In the most recent require students to have after 72 days “Drake’s Take issue of Popular Science hands on lab experiences. of marriage. Care and Adele’s magazine, the staff chose Wooster does a good job of Lindsey Lohan 21 albums. the top innovations of the getting kids in the lab, but was also caught MGK got really year, ranging from fun it’s more cookbook style, in the headlines popular at WHS gadgets such as cubes to following instruction. We often for drug and Dubstep is play games on using all will be moving to a more and alcohol still on the rise. I sides, to ways to fertilize inquiry-based process to abuse. personally am still crops and lawns without is kicked around throughout help kids become better Another huge an avid Mac Miller affecting wildlife with toxic the day to electricity at night. students,” Worth said. event of the Photo via http://harrypotter.warnerbros.com/ and TSwift fan,” Villegas said. runoff, to breakthroughs For every ball sold, a second Worth feels that this will year was the wrapping up of the final and song writer Adele. With Whether it was movies, in defense that can save will be sent to aid homes help America get back Harry Potter Movie, Harry her hit songs, “Rolling in the music or celebrity gossip, 2011 lives. without electricity in Africa. in competition with the Potter and the Deathly Deep”, and “Someone Like brought about some exciting Brock Berlin (12) notes that Science Dept. member Troy global science community. Hallows Part 2. You” breaking the billboard’s pop culture. 16 [[the wooster blade / jan. 20, 2012 ] views

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Faulkner, Luke Flechler, The site describes that suicide from bullying is the third leading cause of death for young persons. Juliet Freed, Emily But, the question of why suicide rates continue to stay high, despite anti-bullying policies, is substantially raised when taking a look at this subject. Kridel, Lauren Miller, The Wooster Blade Editorial Board believes that even through the lens of anti-bullying policies, not enough is being done in the realm of stopping Devin O’Rourke, Logan harassment both inside and outside of school settings. More needs to be done on both the adult and the student levels. At WHS, there is no certain code of conduct. Teachers are required to, if they see any harassment taking place, take the student out of the situation and Price, Kyra Rudy, Tim report the harassment to an administrator. Yuhas, Sydney Zedd But, with this policy, although this action does take place occasionally, the overwhelming problem with this system is not that there is no practice as to • Artists Matt King- how to stop the situation, but more of the fact that the teachers are not aware that said harassment is going on. Smith, Logan Weng- As students here at WHS, The Wooster Blade Editorial Board recognizes that many times, harassment situations arise outside of school and are initially protected by friends of the harasser who, quite often, offer excuses for the harrassment. Although it is hard to admit, high school students can be closed erd, Catherine Freed • minded and territorial, especially in the sense of pride and popularity. Head Photographer But, what can be done about this type of bullying? 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Most man, Jordan Ray-Rog- students would never stop in the hall and pull a peer to the side if they saw him or her being harassed, or maybe even taking the role as the harasser. The Wooster Blade Editorial Board believes that it is the students’ job, in conjunction with their peers, to bring bullying to light, both inside and outside ers, Mariah Whitman of school. It is time to move beyond the constructed barriers of social appearance and stand up for what is right in order to protect fellow human beings. • Adviser Kristi Hiner No one should be subjected to bullying and embarrassment, and no one should let such actions take place. The Wooster Blade is a biweekly student publication printed every other Friday by Student explores the 2011, a year of... the Newspaper Pro- duction classes at Wooster High School. perfect boyfriend The paper is designat- ed as an open forum Unfortunately, for some and follows publishing Twilight fans, this perfect Royalty persona may cause them to guidelines as estab- become unrealistic about lished in a district-wide what to expect in a relation- publications policy pro- ship. The reality of life, and tecting students’ free- especially in the current economy, may require one’s dom of expression. boyfriend to drive a cheap All copy, art and pho- car and work a minimum- Love tography are prop- Juliet Freed wage job at a fast food erty of The Wooster staff writer on Westminster Abby and The wedding itself was restaurant. Blade and cannot be He is rich, drives the new- Real boyfriends also eat the wedding of the decade. spectacular. From the car- est and nicest cars, is good food and do not read minds Prince William and Kate riage arrival to the kiss on reproduced without looking, runs at the speed so well. They might even Middleton first caught the the balcony over the crowd, permission. Letters of light, can read minds do poorly in school since eyes of the world on a ski the wedding was a perfect to the editor are lim- vacation. example of where love can and is superior physically, they have not been attend- ited to 300 words and mentally and academically ing for 300 years. Twilight Their love, and Kate’s style bring two people. to every other male suitor. fans might be disappointed worked its way into our Kate’s dress was stunning The Wooster Blade Oh, did I mention that when their real-life boy- hearts as the years wore on. and a perfect fit for the styl- reserves the right to he has washboard abs and friend cannot compete with Tricia Stefancin We fell in love with the idea ish woman she is. print and edit as per literally dazzling skin? the ideal set by the Edward copy editor of the real life fairy tale that The smile of William’s face length and content. Unless you have been liv- Cullen character. had magically appeared be- when he saw his bride was ing under a rock for the past It is fine to enjoy Twilight, Michael Leunig once said fore our eyes. Every woman simply perfect and full of The Wooster Blade is six years, you will know as long as fans remember love one another and you across the globe, sitting in love. 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