3-November 2010 Table Tyler Hilton of No matter where you go and who you ask, every high Contents school student will tell you that Tyler Hilton pg. 1 nothing interesting happens at their Teacher Facebook Friends? pg. 2 school. For the students of Memo- Technology in Life pg. 2 rial, that isn’t true. Friday October Girls’ State Tennis pg. 3 22nd we were lucky enough to Girls Swim Team pg. 3 have Tyler Hilton (One Tree Hill, Girls Country pg. 4 Charlie Bartlett, Walk the Line) Captian’s Reflectionpg. 5 come and perform for us at lunch, Spirit Day of Purple pg. 6 and somehow I was fortunate Poetry Corner pg. 6 enough to interview him. Having Artist of the Month pg. 7 only seen him in roles where he Sudoku pg. 7 played an arrogant jerk and a bully Horoscope pg. 8 with too many feelings I was not Music Calender pg. 9 sure what to expect. But, of course Books YOU are reading? pg. 10 my fears were irrational and he was an incredibly cool, laid back guy. When he walked in with his father and his back-up guitarist, Steve, I didn’t recognize him at first because he was so tall. But as the realization washed over me and my photographer, Megan Radke we had our deserved high school girl freak out moment. Once we got that out of our systems, we intro- duced ourselves to Tyler. After they did their initial set up we went into the library to interview him. Sword and Shield: Who is your Then we experienced some techni- there is a lot of techno music I like favorite actor? cal difficulties while I asked Tyler and a lot of rap music I love that is Tyler Hilton: Tom Hanks probably. about how he became interested in totally not where I came from but music. He said that there wasn’t a no matter what I write it is going S&S: Of all of your film and t.v. S&S: Favorite pop-tart flavor? specific moment that he decided to come from, for some reason, the roles, which was your favorite? TH: Strawberry to try playing the guitar, because roots music. TH: Well probably Elvis (Walk the his whole dad’s side of the family Line) because that was a dream S&S: Favorite movie? was musicians. He was had always S&S: What is the last song you come true. Even when I’m in my TH: (With no hesitation) That been exposed to music and he had bought on iTunes. 80s I’ll probably look back and be Thing You Do always been interested in it. TH: I just bought a whole album, like I can’t believe, that as ob- Bruno Mars – Doo Wops & Hooli- sessed with Elvis as I was from a S&S: If you had to describe your S&S: I know it sound cliché, but gans. little kid that I got to play Elvis. personality in the shape of a silly how did you get discovered? That was just the craziest thing. I band what would you be? TH: I think there’s a myth where S&S: What is the most played song had so much fun on One Tree Hill TH: Probably a Guitar. you think there is this one moment on your iPod? and I had a blast and met my girl- when you get discovered, and may- TH: Actually, I just looked this up, friend on Charlie Bartlett. S&S: Guilty pleasure? be for some people it is like Ameri- for some reason the most played TH: T.V. shows, addictive t.v. can Idol or something but I think album is this band I really like S&S: Is Chris Kellor going to shows like 24 or Lost. There is for me it was so many different called AM Taxi and I was on tour make a reappearance on One Tree nothing productive about spending things. I think the first thing, which with them in the spring. Hill? three days watching Lost. was probably one of the smallest TH: You know, I don’t know. I things was when I went from be- S&S: What projects are you work- was only ever supposed to do two S&S: First Car? ing a kid who played open mics to ing on now? episodes of that show and then TH: ’82 Oldsmobile. I had it up when the owner of the coffee house TH: After the tour, the main thing I somehow it turned into more and until a few months ago. says “Do you want your own show am working on is finishing this re- then it was always like every time I sometime?” and he didn’t pay me cord. Just writing songs and trying left that show it was always the last S&S: What kind of car do you but I played for tips. to get it finished. The last record I time I was going to be on and then have now? put out was Ladies & Gentleman in somehow it worked out. And the TH: A hybrid, a escape hybrid. S&S: Who are your biggest musi- the spring and now I am going to fun thing about the characters is cal influences? put out a full record next year. And that they keep it open and I really S&S: Irrational fear? TH: I really stray towards old fokie then there is this t.v. show that I like being on the show and they TH: Heights, like standing on this music like Bob Dylan. I love Elvis, just started working on called If the really like having my character on. table (gestures to table) would Robert Johnson, this old blues guy. Show Fits for FOX and that pro- There is no reason I wouldn’t go freak me out. I really like that old kind of stuff duction is on hold but we started it. back, but I just don’t see when I S&S: Well, it is pretty wobbly so a lot. They probably influenced It’s like a comedy drama. would. Maybe who knows? that isn’t all that irrational. me the most. Now I love rock and -Tia Das Sword & Shield Staff Editor-in-chief Maya Dorje & Nancy Gu Arts & Entertainment Editor Tia Das Features Editor Student/Teacher Michelle Yang News Editor Facebook Friends? Abhi Sandireddy Opinion Editor What is the difference be- Michael Reilly tween a true friend, and a facebook Sports Editors friend? A true friend knows all Will Xiang & Sohil Shah about you without looking at your Student Life Editor profile; a true friend has your back. Tenzin Lendey A facebook friend is an acquain- Contributors tance or in some cases, has no idea Rebekah Dadds who you are. Tia Das But, who is to say who you Aubrey Fisher can and cannot be a friend of on Carlos-Eduardo Gacharna a social network? Massachusetts Pam Gu School Districts have recently Marisa Hellen pitched new policies of restrictions Victoria Heinrich on the facebook friendships of Beaw Nellis students and their teachers at local Michael Reilly public high schools. Is it reason- Abhi Sandireddy able for a restriction to be placed on a friendship? Michelle Yang seems inappropriate for teachers to easy-to-use privacy settings that There has always seemed Layout & Editing Asst. have access to a student’s exclu- can be set up to avoid sharing any to be a sort of underlying “what Peggy Hsu sive info, and vice versa because information that a user would not we don’t know won’t hurt us” type Monika Ford of the professionalism that comes want to release. policy at public high schools in- Kelly Shen with teacher-student relationships. Furthermore, facebook can cluding Memorial. There has been Advisor It is true that facebook has been a be a positive addition to school ac- a gap between the personal lives Teri Parris Ford catalyst in introducing students’ tivities. For example, some classes of students and their teachers. But own private circles to the schools; have facebook groups lead by in recent years, a however, facebook deserves more teachers that post extra credit op- bridge has been credit. portunities or ideas for classes. In built connect- First of all, students addition, student clubs have face- ing the private know better than to post informa- book groups lead by their admin- lives of students tion that could easily be spread to istrators in order to communicate to the private administration. Also, all facebook easily and quickly online. lives of teach- users have a choice of who they While the Massachusetts ers – a bridge friend request and who they accept School District’s have good inten- called facebook. as friends. It is no lie that teach- tions, banning facebook friend- Facebook con- ers and students are friends in the ships is quite harsh. Teachers and tains a plethora of classroom to a certain extent, and students should take pride in being personal infor- relationships through facebook are friends and caution in being face- mation about the no deeper than those in real life. book-official friends. user. Pictures, Teachers and students therefore -Aubrey Fisher conversations, should not be banned from having (Sources: Facebook Crackdown In social views and relationships are a social network friendship that can Schools (BostonHerald.com)) Technology posted for all to see. Clearly, it be censored. Facebook contains in Life We all unconsciously depend so much via the vast resources of the World Wide Web.