360 W. Grant Street East Palestine, Ohio 44413 January 2015 Volume 44 Issue 2 One Act Facts By John Kline was a beautiful disaster." Investigative Reporter A n - Last but not least was the senior play, other year, another four plays! This year's "Action News! Now With 10% More Ac- One Act plays were pretty quality if I do tion." This play featured a news broadcast say so myself. that aired a lot of dark humor and a singa- long. I asked Miranda Velchek and Kel- The freshman class performed "Nobody liane Duncan what their opinions on the Famous," a play about a fake fortune teller play were. Miranda said, "Well, thank you who tricks her clients. I recently asked Johnathan for the question. Kelliane and I Ms. Reanna Bell, also known as Iggy, have done One Acts for all four years. We what her experience in her first One Act really enjoyed all of our directors and all play was like. She said, "It was terrifying of the plays that we have been a part of. at first, but it was fun performing for the We really loved last year's play about the community." Zombie Apocalypse, but we loved this year's play even more. We loved our char- The sophomore play was "Big Bad," a acters, and we were glad to win this year courtroom scene accusing the Big Bad as well as last year to finish out our One Wolf of a bunch of illegal stuff. Shane Acts career. We are also thankful for all Browne gave me his opinion on the play. our co-students that have acted with us." He explained, "It went rather well consid- ering how bumpy our rehearsals were. It "Yeah, what she said," added Kelliane. was an overall well-written play." Here are 2014-2015 One Act awards: "Little Red Schoolhouse Reunion" was Best Actress: Sidney Smith the junior play. It was, as the title implies, Best Supporting Actress: Jocelyn Stew- a classroom setting with a lot of funny art parts and a very manly girl played by Best Actor: Evan Jones EPHS' own Aaron Proakis. I asked junior Best Supporting Actor: Curtis Myers The Epic Sidney Smith what she thought about their Best Use of Space: Juniors play. She pondered, "I thought our play Best Play: Seniors The senior class (pictured above) won the 2014-2015 One Act play competition Land of the Free and Home of the Brave By Sara Alvaro we can have the freedom we have. Feature Editor Q: Do you think of yourself as one of the Every year EPHS honors local veterans by honored veterans? Why or why not? putting on a presentation, and now there's also a breakfast provided afterwards for the veter- A: No, because I didn't see combat. ans. Through the assembly and breakfast, Honors English 12 students were able to show Q: What do you think about East Palestine's tribute and serve a delicious breakfast to over presentation and breakfast? 24 local veterans and their families. As free citizens, we always say what Veteran's Day A: It's a nice way to show the community's means to us, but have you ever thought about appreciation for veterans. what it means to an actual veteran? A veteran from the Air Force named Hollie Alvaro was Despite a lack of combat experience, every recently interviewed. veteran should be respected for their time and service put into keeping us protected and free. Q: What does Veteran's Day mean to you? Every effort put into showing a spark of grat- itude is always deeply appreciated. We are The Epic A: Veteran's Day is a chance to reflect on all only called "the land of the free" because of Veterans enjoying their breakfasts after our Veteran's Day assembly of the sacrifices made by those before us, so the brave individuals who contribute to pro- tecting Americans' freedoms. Technically speak- Lady Bulldogs The Sam- ing...an interview Fight for Wins with Dave Brown squatch of E.P. Pg. 6 pg. 3 Pg. 4 The Epic Staff Section/The Real World Pg. 2 AirAsia Mystery Letter from By John Kline These devices are our best Investigative Reporter ways of finding out what took After many weeks of search- place inside of the plane that ing for the downed AirAsia day. When it comes to the pas- the Editor flight QZ8501, sengers, only By Matt McDade of a calendar date. It's things like per- one of the black 48 bodies have Editor-in-Chief sonal motivation, technological ad- boxes have been been found and vances, and unexpected lawsuits that recovered, but Dear students and Epic fans, found. It is pre- bring forth change. I mean, in 1995 a there are still I don't know what anyone else was gallon of gas was about $1.10. Gas is dicted that the doing at 11:59 on New Year's Eve, but currently about $1.90 but had sky- plane exploded many more in I was away from any T.V. with a count- rocketed to the beautiful price of about after hitting the the plane's down, thinking that it was only, like, $4 per gallon through the 2000's up f u s e l a g e 11:57. I was wrong and had no idea it water which until recently. Though I wouldn't be strapped to was 2015 until I walked in front of my surprised, I doubt gas stations said, launched debris T.V. and thought, "Oh, it's 2015." In "Hey! It's January 1st, let's make gas more than a kilo- their seats. other words, I wasn't very concerned cheap!" There are underlying factors meter away. Al- Once the black with the New Year. In fact, I person- that influence everything. box is taken to ally think that though only one The Epic flight recorder Jakarta and an- everything associ- "Things change So, rather than re- The worldly Mr. Kline contemplates alyzed, it will ated with New lying on a new year (black box) was another international crisis. Year's Eve and without the in- for a time to change, recovered, an- give us a better New Year's Day is I believe that people other one has been located but idea of where the rest of the kind of dumb. I fluence of a should figure out plane is, and the remaining believe that most is currently still in the Java Sea. what self improve- bodies will be recovered. people also feel calendar ments they need to the same way, but implement and there are still some date." make the change on that swear that a completely ran- January 1st will be -Matt McDade dom date, such as the magical day June 19th or May that their personalities, appearances, 8th. and finances begin to change. Sincerely, Unfortunately, it doesn't work like Matt McDade that. I was aimlessly wandering my Editor-in-Chief house alone out of pure boredom at the end of 2014, and did so well into the P.S.- Thanks to everyone on the first minutes of 2015 without magi- newspaper staff for being so great at cally becoming 20 pounds thinner and what you do and helping to make the having $1000's of dollars appear in my newspaper as good as possible. You're pockets out of thin air. While both all really good writers, editors, pho- would be nice, the fact of the matter is tographers, and "children" to Mrs. that any change brought forth by a new Wollet. Every time I read one of your year is probably actually brought on by articles, I'm impressed! If you're not on a new diet or a new job that you could the newspaper staff, thanks for reading have started in December. this far and enjoy this newspaper! Things change without the influence The Epic Matt McDade considers self-improvement over a copy of The Epic (above) The Epic staff (right) The Epic EPHS Stuff Pg. 3 Technically Speaking... An interview with Dave Brown By Matt McDade Editor-in-Chief Dave Brown is one of the few men at A: Back then it was mostly DOS A: Not so much challenging as it has EPHS that helps to keep our computers based, and most companies used Novell been time consuming. It takes a lot of and internet access running smoothly. servers and operating systems. Now, time to unbox and ghost all of the lap- He's a familiar face to anyone that's ever everything is Windows based. tops. Then, you have training and distri- been in an EPHS computer lab during a bution. I was not as involved in the time of crisis. Dave Brown is actually an Q:Do you dislike any of the changes unpacking and ghosting as the other two integral part of EPHS that has helped our in technology? techs were. There is a challenge in the school become more technologically maintenance of the laptops. advanced. I decided to interview Dave to A: No, because most of the changes learn more about his interest in comput- are smaller, faster, and more efficient. Q: What are your favorite and least ers, his job, and more! This, for the most part, makes things a favorite computer repairs to do? lot easier. Q: When did you become interested in A: I enjoy most everything involved in computers? Q: What is your favorite operating the maintenance of computers. My least system? favorite would be working laptops A: I became interested in the mid '80's, because they are so time consuming.