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Features Sports Entertainment pg. 2 pg. 3 pg. 4 Gulf Coast High School Shark7878 Shark Way,Bites Naples, Fl 34119 April 15th, 2016 Seventh Edition Ending the Year Under the Lights! by Jennifer Morgan Growing up, children watch movies make up done, but only have a certain will look back at these pictures for and hear stories about how prom is a amount of time to get it done and make years and one day maybe even show magically time. Prom is not exactly as sure it is exactly the way they want it your children. you see it in the movies, but it is close. to look. Because it is prom, it has to be When it is time to go to prom most For me, the most exciting part of perfect. Personally, I left everything to groups hire limos or party buses. Ev- prom was the week before, when ev- the last minute, so I was out on the day eryone gets excited to see if it looks eryone was getting asked to go to- of prom buying jewelry and make up magical like the movies. After wait- gether in cute ways. Someone had the three hours before I had to be ready. ing in a line to give your tickets, you members of the band play a song and Getting your hair and make up done walk into a dark room. Once you’re walk into the cafeteria. Some made makes you feel like a princess. Little eyes adjust, you see the dance floor in cakes with “PROM?” written on it. girls look forward to going to prom the center of the room with tables sur- Others made cute signs and surprised and preparing that day can be excit- rounding it. After picking a table with girls randomly throughout the day. ing. After putting your dress and heels your friends, you sit there and have For girls prom can be stressful. Once on, everything comes together nicely. dinner. It was an average tasting meal, you are asked, you have to go in search When you look in the mirror, you real- nothing too fancy but edible. of the perfect dress. Also, you do not ize it is actually prom day, the moment After eating, people got up and want anyone else to have the same you have been waiting for. danced. It was wonderful to see how dress as you, so you have to try to go Most people meet with a friend group different friend groups came together to a place or order from a website that and take pictures. It is fun to see all of and danced together. Everyone had fun others will not think of going to. It is your friends dressed up nicely. Par- and was laughing. For one night there not always easy finding a dress for ents take hundreds of pictures, making was no conflict or separation. I would prom, but once you do, you then get you feel famous. Pictures were another not say prom is as magical as it is in really excited and a lot less worried. memorial part about prom because you the movies, but it is still a magical and On the day of prom, it gets even have fun smiling and posing with your memorable night. more stressful. Girls have their hair and best friends. You also know that you Are Instagram Likes Worth Your Life? by Sophia Neglio The “selfie” has been embraced widely by ev- jured or killed. Nevertheless indulging in extreme eryone including astronauts, fighter pilots, and selfies has has many other consequences includ- even major worldly influencers such as presidents ing fatality or permanent disability. It is now un- and the Pope. There has been a wave of excite- derstood that there have been more deaths from ment over the new trend. This new trend is taking taking selfies with sharks this year, (eight deaths) extreme selfies. Extreme selfies can range from and in 2015 it was reported that at least twelve standing on the top of a building to swimming people had been killed in selfie-related incidents. with sharks. The point of taking an extreme selfie In Denver, Colorado a wildlife park was report- seems to be to see how close one can come to edly shut down after tourists kept getting to close death and capture a picture of it. Due to the dan- to bears in attempt to take selfies with them. gerous circumstances behind taking these selfies, Teenagers all over the world have been tak- it has resulted in many deaths. Near the city of ing extreme selfies from high buildings, high Foshan in Guangdong province, A 19 year-old bridges, while riding bikes and motorcycles and girl was tragically killed while trying to take a from high cliffs. The craze for taking such insane selfie on train tracks when the train came and photos comes from the desire to post them on so- killed her. The spot was very picturesque and ac- cial media to get the maximum number of likes. cording to NetEase, it’s a popular spot for tourists Life does not seem to be an issue for these teens to visit during the spring with blooming flowers as their only concern is capturing the perfect ex- and passing trains. Apparently the girl received treme selfie; not matter what the consequences. several warnings from concerned bystanders but This issue has become so widely known that it she still continued to take her dangerous selfies. prompted the Russian government to publish a Unfortunately this isn’t the only incident that has safe selfie guide for the use of the general public, arisen from teens taking life threatening selfies especially the teenagers. Due to the widespread near trains. Two teens in Nanjing stood on the urge to take this extreme and dangerous selfies, it railroad tracks causing the train to stop. Luckily, may be in every countries best interest to publish the trains stopped in time and they were not in- a safe guide. Teacher Spotlight: Teacher Spotlight: Ms. Hunter Mrs. Goodwin Years at GC: Years at GC: “18 years! I was part of the original staff opening year, 1998.” “This is my 3rd year.” Role at GC: What she loves most about our school: Science Teacher and Swimming Coach “The teachers! We have a great faculty, and they really put kids first.” Best moment or memory while at GC: “Finding out that my boy swimmers won the 3A state aca- Best moment or memory while at GC: demic team championship this past fall while on vacation. I couldn’t stop smiling the rest of the trip.” “Years ago, we used to have “Fun Fridays” during lunch which included music, dancing, and various activities in the court- yard for students and teachers to participate in.” Feature Stories Little Foot Brings New Discoveries to Develompment of the Human Species by Jessica Gardy Important Dates “Lucy” the ape was discovered in 1974 humans provides a new level of informa- and is thought to be the world’s most fa- tion on which part of Africa homosapians to mous early human ancestor dating back to first came from. The new skeleton was almost 3.2 million years ago. She is about nickname “Little Foot” because of the Remember: 40% complete and a member of the Aus- small size of the bones. They have not as- tralopithecus afarensis species that roamed certained if Little Foot is a boy or girl yet. eastern Africa and had a skinny frame but Even though scientists can’t date exactly was only three and a half feet tall. From how old little foot is, they do know Lucy’s the features of her body, such as leg bones age and that they lived on opposite sides suited for walking, scientists believe she of Africa, which means that there might be walked on two feet like humans. more diverse ancestors to humans out there. Grad Bash Lucy was determined to be a female due The researchers thought that they could to her size and also other discoveries of date Little Foot from the rocks in the cave April 22nd fossils show that males were much larger. but they soon found that the stones didn’t She was the only human-like skeleton ever form at the same time as Little Foot did. found until scientists found another, nearly They were able to figure out the stones’ complete, skeleton in a cave in South Afri- age by measuring the levels of aluminum ca about 20 years ago. This new skeleton is and beryllium isotopes in the quartz crystal thought to be at least 3.7 million years old found in the same layer the skeleton was but there is much speculation on the age. found. “The most important implication from There were also other discoveries in the dating Little Foot is that we now know that cave where Little Foot was found. Early australopithecines were in South Africa age stone tools were near Little Foot and early in their evolution,” lead study author scattered around the cave dating back 2.2 AP/AICE Exams Darryl Granger, a geochronologist at Pur- million years ago. The dating in consistent due University in West Lafayette, Indiana. to the rock samples the researchers took. April 23rd - “This implies an evolutionary con- Researchers and scientists are working nection between South Africa and East together to figure out exactly how old Little May 6th Africa prior to the age of Little Foot, and Foot is and where it belongs on the human with enough time for the australopithecine time line.

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