sNyder high schOOl 3801 austiN ave. the tiger’s sNyder, tx 79549 tale Volume 102 SEPT. 27 2019 No. 1 Senior stays in ‘Big Apple’ during summer By Caitlyn Crane we wanted to pursue,” Tubbs said. the Tisch building. Sometimes we Editor Tubbs went into the program would go get donuts or something With nothing to do going into because she wants to pursue the- for breakfast, and then head to the the summer before her senior year, ater after high school. Tisch building. Our classes varied. Whitney Tubbs stumbled upon a “NYU has been a first choice They were like college classes. I month-long acting program that for a few years now. I figured I had had vocal performance, Broadway was at New York University. She nothing to lose. It seemed like a styles, ballet – it just kind of de- thought, “Why not?” great program,” Tubbs said. pended on the day. Then we would “I figured I had nothing to For Tubbs, the acting program go to the Kimmel building during lose,” Tubbs said. was amazing. lunch sometimes. It was free food. So, Tubbs applied and was ac- “Their number one priority was So that was nice. We usually got ge- cepted into the program. She lived to get to know you and to work lato (ice cream) after we ate lunch. on campus from July 7-Aug. 3. one on one with you,” Tubbs said. We would get gelato, and then just “I left (Snyder) a little early. I “They had great techniques. It was come back to class and we would left July 5. I went to New York a just incredible. It was so different eat our gelato. Afterwards, a lot few days early to get some supplies from theater in Texas, because it’s of the time, we would have a show and stuff that I was going to need, so hard to make a career out of after classes. So, we would go get Whitney Tubbs, right, poses with her friend, Caroline, and her like ballet shoes,” Tubbs said. theater in Texas. So, in New York, ready for the show and go to the teacher, Garry Q at the NYU New Studio on Broadway program. NYU’s program is a condensed it’s like theater central. It was very show. After the Broadway play, we Contributed Photo version of the professional training surreal to meet all these people would go eat. We just had a lot of chill in there. It was very aesthetic, impulsively bought an entire book a student gets in the undergraduate having all this experience. Some fun after the shows. We would just I thought,” Tubbs said. series. Then I went to the NYU drama program at the university. of my teachers were in Broadway find places to eat. I remember this While there, Tubbs stayed on bookstore. I bought a hoodie. Then There are multiple studios within shows, so they weren’t always in one time, we were trying to find campus. I wore it and went to the back of the program, each one focusing on class. It was just crazy. I felt like a some kind of pizza hub. We had “I stayed at Founders Castle. the bookstore and read books. It a different technique or aspect of New Yorker, like an actress in New gone so far. Like, the Tisch build- It was a 10-minute walk from the really helped me tap into being acting. Tubbs went through New York.” ing was we were supposed to be, Tisch building. It really gave me a okay with being by myself. That Studio on Broadway program. Tubb’s days were filled with a and we were like miles away from feel for what it’s going to be like was probably one of the biggest “New Studio on Broadway was variety of theater classes. She took it, and we had to get back. But, I when I’m in college, just living with lessons I’ve learned being a social focused acting that also studied the Broadway styles, ballet, contem- had a lot of fun with everybody. It three different people,” Tubbs said. person. I’m always with friends. It disciplines of music and dance,” porary, jazz, vocal performance, was great,” Tubbs said. Through the program, Tubbs really nice to have time to myself, Tubbs said. musical theater history, acting and The Tisch building was the learned a technique called “Feed- and really just treat myself.” Other programs that are offered physical acting. main building that Tubbs had her ing Your Inner Artist.” Tubbs also learned “to be ‘fast- are the Atlantic Acting School, Ex- “I would usually wake up classes in. “As an actress sometimes, es- er than your worry, and louder perimental Theatre Wing, Meis- around 8. I would go ahead and “There were different studios pecially in New York, the vibe the than your critic,’ especially when it ner, Production and Design and get ready. Then I would meet my in the building. There was ETW, city gives off can sometimes be comes to comedy. A lot of the time, Stonestreet Screen Acting. friend, Caroline. She was like my the Experimental Theater Wing, very isolating,” Tubbs said. “That I get like ‘is this okay?’ But you have “We applied at the NYU web- best friend in New York. I would which really worked with moving can affect how you act on stage. So, to be ‘faster than your worry, and site. I just went for it. We had to meet Caroline down in the lobby. I and being comfortable in your I kind of took myself on an artist’s louder than your critic.’ I learned submit a resume with like our would get my badge. Classes start- body. It was just the places where date. I went and got breakfast by that I’m really good at comedy.” grades, class schedules and what ed at 9 a.m. Then we would head to all my classes were held. You could myself. I went to a bookstore, and Continued on Page 12 alsO iN this issue... News pages: OpiNiONs phOtO gallery News pages: spOrts 6-9 pages: 2-5 pages: 10-11 12-16 pages: 17-20 the tiger’s tale editOrial sept. 27, 2019 2 Roar of the Crowd Staff agrees What are your opinions on gun control? “I think that it would be a good idea for teachers to carry guns in their cars. If there was a school shooter or just anybody that would shoot a school, teachers can have their guns just for safety. Teachers should with gun control have a certain kind of training to carry a firearm.” Kaleb Leal, freshman On Sept. 1, nine new ing lot area. gun laws went into ef- The staff believes that “I don’t agree with allowing guns in school districts, because students and other people that may not be emotionally and mentally okay finds fect, but the main one guns should not be car- access to the guns. I see guns as a tragedy waiting to happen when they are in the hands of the wrong person.” dealing with schools ried around during Cinthya Lopez, sophomore across Texas is HB 1143. school. They believe This law regulates the students shouldn’t be “I agree with the bill. As long as the vehicle is locked, I have no prob- transportation or stor- bringing their guns to lem with the firearm, ammunition, or hand gun being in vehicle. I be- lieve that the issues we are seeing in our society today are largerly a age of a firearm or am- school at all. Not having product of breakdown of the rule of law, support for law enforcement, or a lack of moral character.” munition by a hand- a gun on school proper- Alan Gillespie, history teacher gun license holder in a ty makes a safer environ- school parking lot area. ment. If a student brings “Harsher gun control laws will not stop all the mass shootings occur- ring throughout the country. All these laws will do is make it more dif- The Texas Education the gun from their car ficult for law-abiding citizens to obtain firearms. If someone wants to do something evil, they will find a way, with or without a law. History Code prevents school and brings it into the has proven that when a nation disarms its citizens, bad things happen. districts from regulating school, even if they are The bigger the government becomes, the more restrictions it puts on our rights, which is never a good thing. Take Chicago for example. Chi- the manner in which a licensed, we never know cago has some of the toughest gun laws in the United States, but they are still one of the most violent cities in the United States.” licensed person’s hand- what may happen. Sheroke Meyer, government teacher gun, fire-arm or ammu- nition is stored in their Guns don’t belong at “I think gun control laws are fine and we should leave them the same.” vehicle in a school park- school. Period. Angel Fonseca, junior the tiger’s EDITORIAL POLICY tale Stands taken in the editorial, editorial cartoons, opinion columns, letters to the editor, and entertainment reviews do Editor-in-Chief Caitlyn Crane not necessarily reflect the views of the administration, faculty, or adviser. Assistant Editor Randy Hernndez Letters to the editor are welcome and must include the writer’s name, home telephone number and grade classification. Letters will be edited for material that fails to meet legal and ethical guidelines, and for spelling and grammar.