the viking views Life with Cancer HOOVER HIGH SCHOOL l 525 7TH ST. NORTH CANTON, OH 44720 l NOVEMBER 24, 2010 l VOL. 61 l NO. 3 dear readers, Do you ever find it difficult to loved one has cancer is devastat- watch the news? It seems as ing. From surgery to radiation to though the only news worth talking chemotherapy, cancer treatment about are all of the tragic events is a long and grueling process. And going on in our world, whether much too often, these treatments it’s natural disasters, illnesses or can only delay the progress of the crimes. cancer, never fully curing it. 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Katie Markijohn l Clint Yoos Mrs. Rachelle Ogilvie PHOTO ILLUSTRATION BY RACHEL BARAN the viking views | 11.24.2010 contents Focus: Cancer CHELSEA RODEN CATHERINE MORRIS CATHERINE 04 WARNER BROS/USED WITH PERMISSION BROS/USED WARNER 22 18 The Science of Cancer 20 Arron Mitchell 21 Rachel Passov 22 Carly Ensley 28 News Entertainment ANDREW KRIGLINE 4 Memorial built for veterans 28 Harry Potter mania 5 Senior prank derailed 31 “The Paper Chase” review 6 McDonald’s investigation 32 Music reviews 7 Election changes 33 Movie reviews 9 News-in-brief Features Sports 10 Spirit Week photo essay 34 Winter sports preview 11 Tattoos at Hoover 36 Makin’ my mark 13 Plagiarism 37 Cross country/Player of the Year 14 Personality Profile 38 JV teams 16 Sanchez is what Strauss does 39 Game Faces 37 17 Life After High School 40 Sports Captured Opinion Online Exclusives check out our official 24 Editorials Recent bomb scares Facebook fanpage! 24 Cartoon Chipotle grand opening 25 Student views Columns the viking views 26 Yoos’ got nothin’ on me 27 The desert fox 11.24.2010 | the viking views Community honors veterans with memorial news | Emily Jakowski “I liked the fact that it was a soldier and 04 Staff Writer it was saluting the memorial and the wars any may have noticed this that are on the memorial and the soldiers year’s Veterans Day, the annu- that fought in the wars,” he said. Mal Veterans Day assembly was Project Coordinator Jim Repace said he not at Hoover. That is because the cere- was happy with how the ceremony went. mony was held at Bitzer Park to dedicate “There was a nice turnout. I think the a new memorial to honor veterans. people were very pleased,” he said. Mr. Ted Hall, who has been involved Flowers said he enjoyed the ceremony. with the Veterans Day programs for the “I enjoyed looking at the memorial and past 10 years, explained why the cer- learning the background story about that,” emony was not broadcast. he said. “The dedication was not broadcast Repace said he thought the veterans ap- live due to it being outside and the traf- preciated the memorial. fic noise at that time of the morning,” he “I think the veterans were very im- said. pressed,” he said. “I actually [saw] some of Although the school did not watch it, them tear up a little bit. I think it meant a Video Productions did make an archival lot to them.” copy for the Heritage Society. The memorial has been in the plans for Principal Mr. Tony Pallija said be- a while. cause the ceremony was not broadcast “What prompted it was the plan to re- the school decided to show “Hometown locate the World War 2 veterans’ plaque Heroes: the Story of North Canton.” that was found at the Hoover company to “We decided to do one of our best a location that would be recognized by all videos from a former Veterans Day,” he in the community, which is Bitzer Park,” said. “We are highly appreciative of our Hall said. veterans.” Repace said the project came together Although the ceremony was not held well. at Hoover, students were still involved. “We had a really good committee,” he “Music was provided by the Hoover said. “Everybody had a hand in putting Hi-Lo’s, the Middle Notes and ‘Taps’ the ceremony together. Everybody had it from a bugler,” Hall said. “Two high planned and laid out perfectly.” school students and two middle school According to Repace, the community students have interviewed a veteran from played a big part in the success of the proj- World War II, Korea, Vietnam and Iraq ect. for the dedication ceremony.” “They are the ones that made the proj- Hall said the students’ involvement ect possible by their generous donations,” was a meaningful part of the ceremony. he said. “They are still not finished with “Our student presenters from the the project yet. In the spring they will be both the high school and the middle putting in walkways among other improve- school,were an important part of the pro- ments.” gram, along with the recognition of the Much of the funding for the project has veterans,” he said. come from the purchasing of bricks on the Hi-Lo’s member sophomore Kirby memorial. People can buy a brick on the Flowers had the opportunity to partici- memorial and have their own inscriptions pate in the ceremony. lasered on them. Repace said he is very “We sang the national anthem and happy with how the bricks have been turn- ‘God Bless America’,” Flowers said. ing out. During the ceremony, a statue was “They’re really nice,” he said. “They unveiled by sculptor Don Lundstrom, the have really come out well.” sculptor who donated all of his efforts. He said he had high hopes for the proj- “The sculpture is of an American sol- ect’s future. dier, representing the soldiers who have “We’re going to sell the bricks forever,” served in past wars,” Hall said. he said. nv Flowers said he was impressed by the n A statue in Bitzer Park overlooks the new sculpture.