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Lemont High School Wednesday, April 3, 2013 Issue 24 In thIs Issue Cher Lloyd Concert Growing Internet by Monique Devitt Trends for High News writer School Students Last November LHS students and community mem- bers joined together to win Goodwill’s Fall Haul by A closer 2 donating nearly 51,000 items, more than all other look at competing schools in the Chicago land area. By doing social networks that so, LHS won two iPads and a concert from pop singer high school students Cher Lloyd. 3are curretly using. Lloyd rewarded LHS students with a private concert on March 18 along with a pre-show by DJ Flipside and Fried Lemont commentary by Showbiz Shelly and Jay Niice from B96, a Chicagoland pop radio station. A tour of Lem- Classes were shortened to an hour and by 1:25 PM ont’s favorite fast students began to filter through the gymnasium doors, food joints. 4 with Flipside kicking off the show. Haters Gonna Hate Lloyd hit the stage and began performing for an eager crowd with her hit-single “Want U Back”. She followed Showbiz Shelly and Jay Niice from B96 radio station. What’s popular with a cover of Swedish pop star Robyn’s “Call Your Girl- today, is not to- friend” and “With Ur Love” from her debut album Sticks + Stones. 6 morrow. Many students were very excited about the concert, not only because of the LHS Compliments assembly schedule, but because Cher Lloyd is a world famous pop star. Anonymously send- Lloyd rose to stardom after placing fourth on the British show X-Factor and ing compliments became known as a standout contestant. about LHS students. Junior Mary Vermejan said, “I was really excited for the concert and it was even more exciting that she performed exclusively for our school.” DJ Flipside came back to wrap up the show with a few more of his bass Cubs Preview pumping, rhythmic pop mixes after Cher congratulated LHS students for their A closer look at hard work and support of Goodwill’s Fall Haul. the Cubs’ up- coming baseball season. 7 Chicago Fire: The Road to Redemption An update on the Chi- cago Fire soccer team. Photos by Alyssa Cinatl Photos by Cher Lloyd performed for students at LHS after they raised over 50,000 items for charity. page 2 news news page 3 Growing Internet Trends for High School Students where you can “heart” (like) the whole story at a glance, factors to the sudden drop in HEAD EDITOR by Nicole McKevitt photos. You can also add and all in one place,” says popularity of Facebook social Laura Harding News Editor your own hearts (photos).” Twitter.com. readers are the “sense of inva- Every image on We Heart It Senior Greta Zilyte says sion and loss of privacy that DESIGN EDITOR For high school students, post is on your blog as well. to bring users all across the has a little heart button over that, “A tweet is to Twitter they require for use.” Ashlee Berner websites such as Tumblr, Pin- People who follow you will globe together based on their it that you can click to save as a status update is to Face- While some may now find terest, Weheartit and Twitter find everything you post on interests. You can pin all sorts the image to your heart. Now book.com. I was peer pres- them annoying or too per- are the latest trends. their dash. From there, they of media to your pinboard, DESIGN ASSISTANTS you can also add this special sured into making a Twitter sonal, “There are still a strong These websites are a virtual can reblog your posts and like videos, photographs, Heart Button to your browser account, but now I use it number of Facebook users Jordan Gembara place to communicate, share you can communicate with graphics and text. You can and use it to heart images more than I use Facebook. who ‘enjoy finding about the Marisa Mars photos, express your voice, each other through the Ask also re-pin anything you like from any other website. Zilyte likes Twitter be- daily news stories’ from their and to have some fun. Box. on your board by hovering We Heart It’s website also cause, “I can follow parody favorite site,” says Examiner. PHOTOGRAPHER Mazur recommends Tum- over the image.” says that “We’ll generate accounts, accounts that post com. Alyssa Cinatl What is blr to people who “are look- Sorich loves Pinterest for you an image with your quotes or accounts that just Zilyte says that, “Facebook Tumblr? ing for a sort of creative out- because, “There are great latest hearts or any set you post funny pictures.” usage is going down among let, and are sick of the usual recipes and ideas out there NEWS EDITOR Tumblr was founded in have, and you can post it to On www.medi- high school students because Facebook and for other people to get a hold Nicole McKevitt Feb. 2007 by Founder & Tumblr, Facebook, Twitter or abistro.com, it students don’t want factors of Twitter scene.” of.” CEO David Karp. According any other site you can post an says that, “Face- their personal lives (pictures, “I would recommend it to NEWS WRITERS to Tumblr’s website “Tumblr image.” book might be posts) being seen by future other people because it is so Monique Devitt lets you effortlessly share What is Pin- Mazur loves the social media colleges and employers.” much fun,” says Sorich. “It’s anything. It lets you post text, terest? We Heart It giant, but Twitter is playing Sorich also thinks that Face- different from other websites photos, quotes, links, music In March 2010, Pinterest because “It is a great place to the underdog pretty comfort- book’s popularity is going EDITORIALS EDITOR because you can post the and videos from your brows- was founded by Ben Silber- get photos to reblog on other ably: according to new stats down because, “More people Laura Harding things you like er, phone, desktop, email or mann, Paul Sciarra and Evan websites such as Tumblr and from eMarketer, Twitter is are getting interested in web- and have other wherever you happen to be. Sharp. The site is managed Pinterest.” currently growing faster than sites like Pinterest, Tumblr FEATURES EDITOR people re-pin You can customize every- by Cold Brew Labs and Facebook in the US.” and Twitter.” Sonia Vavra them from you.” thing, from colors to your funded by a small group of What is Twitter? Mazur however thinks that theme’s HTML.” entrepreneurs and inventors. Jack Dorsey created Twitter Is Facebook’s Popularity Facebook’s usage is not going FEATURES WRITERS Senior Wendy Mazur Senior Sarah Sorich says What is We in 2006. According to Twit- Going Down? down for LHS students. “I do Alyssa Cinatl enjoys using her Tumblr ac- that, “Pinterest is a website Heart It? ter.com, Twitter is “a real- In a released report from think that we’ve become more Sam Moffett count. She says that Tumblr where you can show off all We Heart It’s website time information network Facebook in May 2012, the connected with other social Bridget Lynn is “A blogging site where you the things you love to ev- says that, “Sometimes when that connects you to the latest use of social readers is on a media sites such as Twitter can post and repost photos, eryone else without being you’re browsing the web you stories, ideas, opinions and drastic decline. and Tumblr, and I don’t know SPORTS EDITOR quotes, etc. that you are inter- ridiculed for your sense of find amazing images you news about what you find According to Examiner. if that’s necessarily a good thing.” Adrian Kalata ested in.” She says that it is style.” want to save and show to interesting.” com, the growth rate of Face- different from other websites According to www. aro- your friends. We Heart It lets Twitter.com also says that, book has slowed down “The The question that many maticwisdominstitute.com, “At the heart of Twitter are wonder now is that since SPORTS WRITERS because “it’s less about con- you save these images, and number of Facebook users “Pinterest is described as a small bursts of information social media websites such as Kevin Dowiarz necting with others and more helps you discover and share who regularly follow social about just posting things you ‘virtual pin board’ that func- your inspiration with the called Tweets. Each Tweet is readers (almost 18 million as Tumblr, Pinterest, We Heart Kieran Ruane like.” tions kind of like an online world.” 140 characters long, but don’t of April 2012) has dropped to It and Twitter’s popularities Erika Truschke On Tumblr, you can fol- scrapbook. This photo-shar- We Heart It also allows you let the small size fool you— a much smaller 9 million on have risen, will Facebook low other blogs and then ing website allows users to to organize the things you you can discover a lot in a May 8th, 2012. These dwin- become the new Myspace? COLUMNIST their posts shows up on your create and share collections love, search your interests little space.” dling readers are expected to Senior Melissa Bruckner says Jonathon Clark dash. If you like something of images.” and follow your friends. On Twitter “You can see continue to decline.” that “There are new websites that are evolving, slowly they posted you can click the The website also details, According to Mazur, photos, videos and conversa- Examiner.com says that one Facebook will become a past SUPERVISOR reblog button, and then that “The site makes an effort “Weheartit.com is a website tions directly in Tweets to get of the greatest contributing trend and will disappear.” Sean Clark >continued on page 3 Photos courtesy of Google page 4 COLuMn Features page 5 Fried Lemont Pursuit of Happiness: by Bridget Lynn when it comes to McDonald’s.” by Jonathon Clark Mind Games Features writer Columnist There is a reason why comfort Instincts, motivation, self- tive factors of happiness stem from The fried sensation that the time.