The Knightly News Established 2018 – STUDENT WRITTEN. STUDENT LED. Volume 1 No.5 Thursday – April 18, 2019 Alter High School – Kettering, Ohio and their dress should be as well. In the prom dress world, How to Pick Your Perfect Prom Dress: there are cuts upon cuts upon cuts. Whether it is a sleek Spring Break?! The Dress Hunting System fitted mermaid dress or frivolous ballgown, a sweet-heart neckline or halter top, the best way to find the perfect style CJ DELGADO MOLLY GOHEEN for your body type is to try the gown on. (When ordering SOPHOMORE WRITER JUNIOR WRITER online, check the return policy! Most sites are willing to If we are all being honest, the most exciting part of give a full refund if the dress is not completely up to your When spring approaches everyone views it as a “cleansing.” For us Catholics, spring leads to Easter, which is the resurrection of Christ. “the most exciting dance of your high school career” is the standards.) However, for people who are not Catholic spring break is a time for process leading up to it. Whether it is picking out the shoes Last, but certainly not least, is the feel. Yes, it may renewal. It’s a time for rebirth, and people express it through spring to wear or the date to bring, the preparation necessary to sound totally dramatic and over the top, but I believe there cleaning, watching the vibrant flowers grow, relaxing at home, or of make prom such a memorable night just adds to the fun. For can truly be a connection between people and their clothes. course, going on vacation! the ladies, searching for the perfect dress can be thrilling, Whether it is your favorite pair of blue jeans or a prom Spring break is an American tradition that usually occurs during invigorating, and, of course, stressful. The key to making the dress, what you wear influences the way you feel. When the months of March and April. It is a time to kick back and enjoy the journey to the dress the most enjoyable journey possible is to searching for “the one,” don’t settle. Find the dress that will weather not only for students, but also for teachers. Over 2 million students start early. Now, this does not mean you need to search for a make you look in the mirror and fall in love. By allowing go to the beach every year and spend over 1 billion dollars! Spring break dress in December. However, it is important to leave enough your personality to be expressed through the clothes you also provides local businesses, located around popular vacation spots, a time in case of emergencies – needed alterations, sizing wear, you will be looking good AND feeling good! 40% increase of income throughout the entire year. One of the more issues, or if you are just not feeling it and need to return. popular places to venture out to during spring break are the nice, warm, breezy beaches of Florida. Some of the popular beaches are Panama With time on your side, it is much easier to begin the search. Whether you enjoy trying on gowns in the store or Beach, South Beach, Daytona, and Siesta Key. The top ranked location outside the country is Cancun, Mexico. So, whether you decide to spend shopping online, be prepared to spend excessive amounts of your break doing a spring closet cleanout, sleeping in, binge watching time staring at dozens of styles. In order to keep from Netflix, or relaxing by the ocean, remember that spring is a time for becoming completely overwhelmed, I suggest using my renewal. However, we also must remember to put aside time in our busy undeniably flawless dress hunting system. When choosing daily lives to make room for a renewal of faith with Christ. the perfect gown focus on three important components: color, cut, and feel. The color category is more than just what is your favorite color. It pertains to colors that compliment skin tone 50 Creative Things You Should Totally and hair color in order to accentuate all of your best features. Give Up for Lent For example, warm skin and hair tones are reflected beautifully with colors such as olive greens, corals, and honey shades. These tones will flatter your color pattern, MARIE LUNNE without making you look washed out. Cool body tones are SOPHOMORE WRITER complimented best when paired with blues, lavenders, and other deep neutral colors. I know, I know, the Lenten season is coming to a close, but it’s The cut is even more crucial. While taking pictures never too late to start giving something up if you haven’t already. If you and dancing all night, one needs to feel as confident as have given something up, why not add something little or get some ideas possible. This confidence comes from feeling comfortable in for next year? Here’s a couple ideas: the clothes being worn. Fashion is extremely powerful in that way. Different dress styles flatter different body types, which 1. Instagram filters. 28. Buying into the idea that is why there are so many dresses. Every woman is unique, LINDSEY ROCCO (JR.), LAUREN SCHIMPF (JR.), MOLLY 2. Listening to music in the car. relationship goals are just like GOHEEN (JR.), ERIKA LAMB (JR.), ABBEY SAPITA (JR.) 3. Spitting your gum out the pictures on VSCO. anywhere but the trash. 29. Checking your phone mid- 4. Rolling your eyes. homework. (@ me next time) 5. Fake cleaning your room. 30. Eating the last bite of your Ask Maura: the opportunity to ask for your forgiveness. If they 6. Hot showers. (So difficult) food. apologize, that is great. Then, both of you can move on 7. Being sarcastic. 31. Put your phone on Forgiveness with closure and comfort. 8. Getting your nails done. greyscale. (I did this, GREAT But in most situations, this does not happen. 9. Adding things to your coffee. sacrifice) MAURA HOMAN When we do not get the fairytale ending, we must 10. Checking your phone every 30 32. Using utensils. JUNIOR WRITER look within ourselves to find forgiveness. What I mean by seconds. (Chopsticks???) this is that you cannot force forgiveness, so sometimes you 11. Leaving lights on. 33. Using heat on your hair. Throughout life, people refuse to forgive others have to choose to forgive yourself or forgive a person 12. Opening the fridge for the 34. Slouching. and choose to live with grudges towards friends, family without an apology. So, if you have already tried to 700th time when there isn’t any 35. Sending Snapchats that are members, and others all because they are too afraid to say apologize to that person and they will not hear you out, food. just text messages in disguise. they were in the wrong. And honestly, I think that this is you can still move on from everything because in your 13. Pretending you don’t have 36. Texting “K”. (OKAY would heart you know that you have learned from that mistake. one of the worst ways to go through life. I know we have time to pray. be great, or just OK) You can go about this in a few different ways. Sometimes all heard the stories about how a daughter or son forgives 14. Wishing for someone else’s 37. Unfollowing people on Insta a parent right before they die. Although this is an extreme I just tell myself alright, you did all you can do. When it is life, relationship, or possessions. because you need to look like scenario, I think it is a good perspective to have. Life is time to move on, I ask God for the strength to allow me to 15. Don’t touch your phone at you follow less people. unexpected and full of ups and downs. You never know withdraw myself from the situation. I also think it can be when your last day or another’s last day may be. So, in helpful to write yourself a letter. At least for me, it is dinner. 36. Leaving people on read. order to avoid wasted time or a life full of regrets, you easiest to put my thoughts down on paper. So, I write 16. Telling yourself you’re stupid, 37. Your favorite playlist. should learn to forgive. myself a letter telling myself that it is time to move on. because you’re not. 38. Your NCAA bracket. (Ikr, In my own life, apologies are not something that When someone approaches you to apologize, 17. Ice in your drinks. ahhh) I am well-accustomed to. But, because of that I have been always give them the opportunity to do so. I always tell 18. Cracking your knuckles. 39. Name brand stuff. (Kroger able to learn to forgive without getting the apology I may myself to imagine that if I were in their shoes, I would 19. Thinking you’re not cool brand has the best chocolate have desired. Sometimes, you can’t urge people to want that fair opportunity. Allow them to talk and explain enough to be friends with certain milk!) apologize because they do not have the maturity to realize their reasoning. When they do ask for your forgiveness, people. (Go for it, you are really 40. Your pillow. the effect they may have had on you. When you feel it is grant them it. Just because you forgive someone does not cool.) 41. The closest parking spot. mean you forget about everything that has happened. You time to move on from a situation, I would recommend 20.