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USCHS Celebrates Culture with International Week War in Iraq Poses Many By: Brigid Mccabe That Was Cool.” Eign Language Classes USC High School’s Fall Play is a success! Meet them Before They Are Seniors. Meet Mr. Kallis in the Teacher’s Lounge. FEIFFER’S PEOPLE / ENTERTAINMENT / PAGE 8 BEFORE THEY ARE SENIORS / TEACHER’S LOUNGE / FEATURES / PAGE 5 ENTERTAINMENT / PAGE 8 TheThe StSt.. ClairionClairion Volume 9, Issue 3 - January 2008 - Upper St. Clair High School - Pittsburgh, PA All the news that fits... and then some! USCHS celebrates culture with International Week War in Iraq poses many By: Brigid McCabe that was cool.” eign language classes. The fac- pros and cons Asst. Editor-in-Chief Besides learning a few new ulty believed it was important By: Amanda Dasdorf tion to kill thousands” fun facts, (apparently, the to give credit to the students Entertainment Editor (www.usiraqprocon.org). Upper St. Clair High School Japanese people share their who have a course load includ- However, the question many hosted International Education McDonald’s hamburgers ing all the core classes and Since March 19, 2003, U.S. Americans still wonder is if Week to acknowledge the study because the cost of meat is so multiple foreign languages. troops have been in Iraq fight- the war in Iraq is making of foreign language and cultur- high), students who attended Senior Alaina Condo takes a ing and protecting the freedom America safer? The answer to al affairs within the high school International Week presenta- whopping four languages: of all Americans. Since the this question is hotly debated and community during the tions encountered information German, Latin, Spanish, and U.S. troops’ entrance into Iraq, among the population. Most week of November 26, 2007. that shattered their stereotypes French. She comments, “I the Iraqis have regained their liberals find themselves dis- Frau Baird, the head of the about international affairs. The thought the breakfast was real- freedom from the formerly agreeing with the war and the Foreign Language Department, speakers also made the strug- ly nice. I want to be an inter- harsh presi- worked extensively preter when I grow totalitari- dent’s to contact those up, and Upper St. an gov- views, whom she believed Clair has prepared ernment; while the would enrich stu- me for my career. I however, conserva- dents’ knowledge hope students contin- the tives tend about the world. ue to take multiple American to support During the foreign languages, troops the war International even if they don’t are still and Education Week, var- plan to go into lan- scattered believe ious speakers came to guage.” through- that the discuss global topics, Theout Iraq war has including the geno- International Studies trying to made the cide in Darfur, inter- course also con- protect United national baseball, and tributed to the peo- States a the Peace Corps. International ple from safer Students enjoyed Education Week by the Sunni place. seeing how American preparing a display extrem- A culture impacts other case outside of the ists. popular countires. Senior counseling office that Amanda Nelson bids goodbye to her husband, When Josh, as he head off to Iraq from Savannah belief not Kolette Kern said, illustrated the diver- the war only “The students who Globey represents the goal of International Awareness within sity of Upper St. International Airport in Savannah, Georgia, started, Wednesday, October 31, 2007. (Tom Van throughout talked about their trip Upper St. Clair High School. Clair. Columns Photo courtesy of Brigid McCabe. people Dyke/Chicago Tribune/MCT) the United to the Dominican labeled “We Come and gov- States, but Republic were really good. It gles of certain countries more From” and “We Speak” showed ernments all over the world also throughout the world, is was in-depth, and I got to see real to the students. that the families living in sub- have lobbied for and against that the war in Iraq is negative- what they did that made an For example, Frau Baird urban Pennsylvania hail from the war. One reason so many ly impacting global terrorism. impact.” said, “Some think of the geno- countries all over the world are against the war is the price Many think that when the U.S. Senior Mike Falvo attended cide in Darfur affect only the monitarily. the United States has paid both invaded Iraq, extremists Senior Bridget Scotti’s father’s poor. However, the speaker Senior Emily Kauffelt said, monitarily and in casualtics. In became even more hostile presentation that focused on his talked about real-life people “Looking at the case, I was just its September 2002 report, the toward America and other international baseball insur- living in Sudan who are being surprised at how diverse our Democratic Caucus of the Democratic nations. An analy- ance company. Falvo com- affected.” ‘bubble’ is.” House Budget Committee pre- sis paper released in January mented, “I think different Another event that Special thanks to the speak- dicted the total cost of the war 2007 entitled “Things Fall speakers appealed to different International Week hosted was ers who volunteered their time to be between 100 and 200 bil- Apart: Containing the people. I am very interested in a breakfast designated for stu- to spread cultural awareness at lion dollars (www.cnn.com). Spillover From an Iraqi Civil the business-related stuff, so dents who take multiple for- the high school. According to Department of War,” by Daniel L. Byman, Defense, 3,878 American casu- Ph.D., and Kenneth M. alties have been confirmed Pollack, Ph.D. of the Colleges install GPS in school-issued cell phones (www.icasualties.org). Brookings Institution’s Saban Another debate that rages Center for Middle East Policy, By: Victoria Wagner invention. These phones are State University in New among the political parties and stated, “In Iraq, fighters are Guest Writer also equipped with an alarm Jersey is the first to use GPS American citizens is whether receiving training, building system. If any student feels tracking devices. At the uni- President Bush was justified in networks, and becoming fur- Colleges across the country that he or she is in an emer- versity, the feature is rarely his reasons in invade Iraq. ther radicalized-and the U.S. are now installing GPS in gency situation he or she can used and timers get turned on Hussein was labeled a daily occupation there is proving a school issued cell phones. activate the GPS technology only five to ten times a week. threat to the United States , dream recruiting tool for radi- These phones were issued to to instantly alert the campus Following safety precau- other countries, and especially calizing young Muslims students as a result of the police. The police will then tions and being aware of his own country, Iraq. On around the world.” Michael Virginia Tech massacre last receive the reading on a com- one’s surroundings are November 23, 2002, during a Scheuer, a former senior CIA spring. puter screen, followed by a important to a postivite col- national radio address, Bush official and an expert on Al- According to the Pittsburgh dot to locate the person, a lege experience. With this said, “The world is also uniting Qaida, acidly writes that the Post Gazette, not many school photo, and other per- new device, college students to answer the unique and U.S. invasion of Iraq was a schools are using this new sonal details. feel more protected and urgent threat posed by Iraq, dream ‘Christmas present’ for found technology, but many According to the Pittsburgh secure on their college cam- whose dictator has already Bin Laden” (www.usiraqpro- are looking into this new Post Gazette, Montclair puses. used weapons of mass destruc- con.org). Page 2 Opinions January 2008 Panther Desk of the Editor Predilections Extra forms and essays frusterate students By: Kelsey Short “The Common App made apply- dents at Upper St. Clair show which could differ from school What is your New Years Editor-in-Chief ing to college look so much eas- that applying with the Common to school, but essays and short- resolution? ier, but then the process seemed App is a process that is light- answer responses will be The Common Application, a to go on forever. There was so years away from simplified unchangeable (The Associated standardized admissions form much ‘supplemen- (www.com- Press). for college-bound students, is tal material’ that it monapp.org). For these and other inconven- now used by over 300 colleges got to be a little For exam- iences that the Common and universities, and most stu- ridiculous.” ple, the supple- Application presents, many col- dents at Upper St. Clair High By the time some mental material leges and universities are turning School have either heard of it or will finish, they is becoming to the Universal College used it. However pragmatic the will have written increasingly Application instead. More than form is in theory, the Common about a myriad of demanding, as 50 schools are already accepting Application just might be mak- topics about every- more highly this standardized application ing the college admittance thing from giving a selective which seems to concentrate more process much more arduous than simple personal schools are on simplifying rather than com- it should be. statement to beginning to plicating students’ lives but The seniors who are applying describing what accept the requires a fee to use it (www.uni- “ Get a mohawk.” to college are finding out just event of the twenti- Common versalcollegeapp.com). -Evan Pearson how impractical using the eth century has the Application. Just about the only practicality Common App truly is. They most impact on the Also, students that the Common Application Freshman have discovered that there are present day.
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