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The Steelers look foward to the draft Who is Leo Ciarlone? Page 8 Apple Announces iPad Page 5 Page 4 TheThe StSt.. ClairionClairion Volume 11, Issue 3 - February 2010 - Upper St. Clair High School Pittsburgh, PA 15241 All the news that fits...And then some! Brigadoon cast preparing for a Tragedy strikes Haiti after earthquake fantastic spring musical By: Alaina Zemanick concern for the Haitian people, Without Borders participant News Editor “They need to increase the dis- Loris de Filippi (Reuters). By: Alaina Zemanick wakes up every 100 years. On January 12th, a 7.0 mag- tribution - the pace and scope A plane with twelve tons of News Editor Romance and drama ensues as nitude earthquake struck the of the distribution - there are medical equipment for Doctors Albright and Douglas become impoverished country of Haiti, just more people who need the Without Borders was turned Since early January, the cast of involved with the town’s events. its epicenter only 16 miles aid than have been able to get away from Port-Au-Prince the 2010 Spring Musical, “The show is very different from from away from the (www.bbc.co.uk). Brigadoon, has been practicing any show I’ve ever done at USC,” capital of Port-Au- Because of the plane not extensively for their opening show says senior Anne Ciarlone, student Prince landing, five additional on March 5th. With a packed director, “It’s romantic, funny, and (www.cnn.com). The patients died without schedule of drama, music, and has a classic score. Everyone in it natural disaster killed proper care. dance rehearsals, works hard up to 200,000 people, “The tragedy in the cast mem- and has fun who were caught under Haiti is just so terrible,” bers, particularly being a part of collapsed buildings said Kate Groschner, a the leads, have a it.” that were poorly-con- junior, “I wish I could large load to With structed. Eight days personally go down carry. all the antici- later, a 6.1 magnitude there and do something “Yes, so true!” pation, many aftershock earthquake to help.” agrees Sarah good com- hit the devastated Philanthropic Nadler, who ments have region celebrities are now tak- plays female been spread (www.bbc.co.uk). ing part in the relief in lead Fiona Some of the Brigadoon cast rehearsing. about the Haiti after the earthquakeon January 12. The latest quake has Photo Courtesy of Flickr.com. Haiti. Actor George MacClaren, Photo courtesy of Alaina Zemanick. upcoming further limited supplies Clooney organized a “But, it’s fun.” spring musi- being spread around to the it. But I think we are getting musical telethon that aired on Brigadoon is the story of two cal. needy Haitians. American there, I see it” January 22nd on ABC. New Yorkers, Tommy Albright “I’ve heard a lot of good things, troops have been sent down to (www.voanews.com) Superstars such as Bono and (Mike Boyas) and Jeff Douglas and I am sure the show will be pret- Haiti to help with the relief Supplies in the area are Beyonce were among the per- (Santino Tomasetti), who take a ty rad,” states an excited junior effort, as well as former presi- scarce. Medical specialists formers on the telethon, which vacation to Scotland. While there, Kate Groschner. dent Bill Clinton. from Doctors Without Borders raised over $56 million. Many they come across the village of Performances of Brigadoon will “The second thing we need are without necessary supplies. of the singles from the airing, Brigadoon that is under a spell and be on March 5, 6, 7, 11, 12, and 13. to do is what the people on the “We were forced to buy a such as “Hallelujah” by Justin ground are working to do,” saw in the market to continue Timberlake are topping charts USC Juniors enjoy National College Fair Clinton explained, voicing his amputations,” said Doctors on iTunes (www.spin.com). By: Greg Schlosser Junior Caitlin Zovack took Google considering leaving China because of censorship Sports Editor advantage of the scanner, but was upset when she found out some By: Meghan Taylor search for Beijing’s Tiananmen able to all people” Every year, Upper St. Clair schools were not equipped with a Front-Page Editor Square disaster where the (www.reuters.com). juniors are given the chance to scanner. She said, “Also, some Chinese government killed hun- As a result of Google’s out- go the National College Fair at big colleges didn’t take advan- Recently, Google has chal- dreds during a protest on June 4, burst, they have delayed the the David L. Lawrence tage of the scanner thing. I really lenged China’s censorship poli- 1989 (www.news.cnet.com). launch of two new phones, both Convention Center in downtown wanted Pitt to, but they didn’t cies and is considering pulling Google has evidence that based on the Android. China Pittsburgh. Juniors are basically and they didn’t have a sign-up out of China’s internet. Google’s China was hacking into the believes that hacking into com- dismissed from school for a day, for anything.” and are able to show up at the Despite not signing up for a new concern would likely leave emails of the Chinese Human puters is necessary for their college fair at any time. The few of the schools she was inter- millions of Chinese unhappy and Rights Activists, yet the informa- country, and they have made National College Fair gave stu- ested in, Zovack enjoyed the col- unable to access much informa- tion they accessed was not suffi- statements regarding the fact that dents a chance to explore many lege fair because “all of the infor- tion. Google has announced that cient to the government showing Google needs to follow their different colleges by asking col- mation that was readily available China needs to stop censoring its only the time , date and subjects laws. lege representatives any question from the different colleges, websites or many Chinese will of the emails. Ma Zhaoxu, foreign ministry s they had. because I could get it from all of be left without the widely used China has been taking severe spokesman said, “Foreign firms The convention center was the colleges I wanted to at the search engine. action in recent years to make in China should respect China’s filled with many booths, all rep- same time.” Chinese restrictions have been sure their censorship is top notch. laws and regulations, and respect resenting a different college. After spending some time at a problem for years. The For example, the government China’s public customs and tra- Most of the schools were from the college fair, most USC stu- Chinese government censors shut down thousands of unregis- ditions, and assume the corre- the Northeastern U.S., such as dents went out to lunch after- their internet with a very detailed tered websites in 2005. In 2007, sponding social responsibilities, Penn State, Pitt, and Villanova, wards. Many went to Premanti’s, system. Chinese law requires an the government again took action and of course Google is no but there were even schools, such which has several locations internet site provider to gain a and shut down several internet exception” (www.cnn.com). as the University of Alabama, throughout the city of Pittsburgh. license from the Ministry of data centers (www.cfr.org). As China and Google battle University of Miami, and the Another popular location was the Information Industry. Once the In addition to Google specifi- over the rights of the internet, University of Colorado. Hard Rock Café, which is locat- user has his license, he must keep cally, the United States has been China has the ability to hurt The National College Fair also ed in Station Square. Some, how- a record of all site users for the meeting with governmental offi- Google’s economy. allowed students to carry around ever, kept it simple, and ate lunch a bar code, which colleges would at a popular fast food chain. first sixty days. This process is cials regarding the censorship of Pat Davis, a junior at Upper St. scan to gain the student’s person- Junior Sam Humbert and her monitored by at least twelve gov- China’s internet. Assistant U.S. Clair High School said, “I do not al information. This made stu- friends went to McDonalds for ernmental agencies Secretary of State Kurt Campbell think Google should pull out of dents’ lives easier by not having lunch and “wandered around [the (www.cfr.org). told reporters that the United China. It would hurt the compa- to write out their address and city]. Then we went to the village Specifically, Google is prohib- States views Internet as the “uni- ny; as a US company, we want it phone number multiple times. on the way home.” ited from allowing the Chinese to versal right that should be avail- to succeed.” Page 2 Opinions February 2010 Panther Desk of the Editor Predilections Obama gives hope for the new year Who was your ideal Valentine? By: Marni Schreiber caused and could never be fixed as President. That is simply not healthcare was not passed; he did Editor in Chief in one year. It will take many true. Obama, his administration, not explain fully to the people years to stabilize the economy and Congress “extended or what the bill would exactly entail. On Wednesday, January 27, and rebuild the country. increased unemployment benefits He also needs to start cracking 2010, President Obama addressed Later in his speech, while talk- for more than 18 million down on the budget or else face a joint session of Congress and ing about Americans; made health more serious economic down- the American public in his much government insurance 65% cheaper for turns in the future.

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