Volume 55, No. 2 The Student Newspaper of Cinnaminson High School December 2013 1197 Riverton Road, Cinnaminson NJ 08077 Petty Lunch Theft is Customary to Some at CHS by J.J. Walsh ‘14 from the wrap line because the size of the theft Staff Writer the area is more open and or how expensive there is minimal security,” the item is; it is still While students have says an anonymous student. theft and it is wrong the option to either buy Other than wraps, students and students will be or bring their lunch, some frequently steal cookies. charged with a crime have discovered a third op- Students either take if caught doing it,” tion: stealing. more cookies than they’ve she finished. According to some paid for or simply just take What’s dis- students, lunch theft seems a handful and walk away. concerting about this to be common in the school Lunch theft is apparent to trend is that school cafeteria. In fact, it is now quite a few people, although lunches themselves somewhat of a norm to it does not seem to bother are not very expen- some, to the point where them, nor does it go report- sive. Today, a stan- most students would do ed as it probably should. dard lunch is up to nothing to stop it. With four Senior Austin Em- $3.25. The people lunches a day, students have ery explains, “People steal stealing lunches are numerous opportunities to lunches pretty much every photo courtesy of Sean Gallagher most likely not do- take whatever they want— day. It’s actually a pretty The most common items stolen from the lunch room are wraps and cookies. ing it because they and get away with it. In a easy thing to do.” cafeteria service causes Llewellyn warns students cannot afford to buy busy line, some students Students may not prices to rise and it means that stealing any part of a it. If that is the case, special have been known to covert- know how much of a dis- that students who follow lunch should be something circumstances can be made ly grab a free lunch. service they are doing their the rules will end up paying where students should con- with the school so that stu- “I feel students may school by stealing lunches. more for their lunch. sider the consequences. dents have the ability to eat feel more inclined to steal The loss of income to the In fact, Mrs. “It doesn’t matter lunch everyday. Cinnaminson Police Criminalize Fighting in Schools by Mike Zelinka ‘16 ISS or police referral. The incident happens on school yourself in a threatening logic, if a fight happens on a News Editor new policy now involves property and it can be con- situation, others feel differ- school bus, it is now consid- the police immediately. Any sidered a crime... the stu- ently. In sophomore Kim ered a criminal offense. Cinnaminson High physical assault or fight will dents can or most likely will Lanholm’s opinion, “it is The goal of this new School has always been a now be considered a crime be charged.” Typically, a good the police are getting policy is to prevent violent relatively safe place to be. and will be punished ac- fight like this would be the involved.” situations from escalating. CHS is certainly not a place cordingly. first offense for the indi- Officer Czarsasty Hopefully, this will result with a high reputation of According to Gor- viduals involved. Czarsasty also feels that police in- in a total disappearance of violence, but occasionally man, this rule has been in says that, “Most of the time, volvement is important fighting at CHS. fights will break out in the the agenda since he and the punishment will most in this case. “I believe if Ultimately, Czarsas- hallways or the lunchroom. Mrs. Llewellyn arrived. likely be community service kids realize there are con- ty feels that violent situ- These actions, infrequent Gorman says the adminis- depending on the severity of sequences to their actions ations need to be handled as they may be in the grand tration wants “to make sure the crime.” Even so, most then they may second guess promptly and severely, in scheme of things, will no the message is clear. This students would be wise to what they’re actually about order to completely wipe longer be tolerated at CHS. is a place where we will avoid any such punishment. to do,” he says. out any fights that could Vice Principal Gor- not tolerate fighting.” The Whether it’s the “Anything that hap- happen in the future. man believes that fighting altered policy that is being agenda’s warning or the pens once you leave your Whether you feel the “is not an appropriate way initiated into the curriculum administration’s rules, stu- doorstep on the way to new policy is appropriate or to solve a conflict.” A pre- states that if a fight occurs, dents should assume that school, from school, all the too harsh, it will definitely viously used policy is now both students involved can fights will not be taken way to getting back inside affect CHS students in the being adopted to stop any be charged with a crime and lightly anymore. your house… that’s con- future. This new policy will violence that occurs at CHS. referred to the police. While some stu- sidered on school time,” make students think twice In previous years, fighting Officer Czarsasty dents think it’s unreason- Czarsasty says. before throwing a punch would result in an OSS, explains, “If some type of able to not be able to defend According to this anytime soon. What’s Inside... Ally Herron Gambling at CHS Is the new Casually Meets is Surprisingly “Jersey Diner” the Celebrities Common best local diner? Page 3 Page 5 Page 7 Page 2 December 2013 Social Media Exposes Some Hip-Hop Hypocrisy by Jake Barnes ‘14 group member was a hypocrite. had lost all creditability. However, tle disgusted to say the least but you Copy Editor Box Won, one of the group’s SADD advisor Mr. Faltz believes shouldn’t discount the message be- dancers, had numerous explicit and that the assembly still relayed the cause of the messenger. It also truly It could be argued that the drug-related photos posted on his message of drug and bullying pre- shows you how drinking and drugs only thing to be taken away from Twitter and Instagram accounts. vention to the students of CHS. do have consequences because Box the Red Ribbon assembly was a The photos were highly criticized “I believe the message of Won was suspended.” Indeed, when better understanding of the word by the students the assem- the administration became aware of irony. During Red Ribbon Week on social media. bly drove the incident, Hip Hop Fundamentals in October, Cinnaminson High Some found it home the wrote the school a letter of apology. School’s SADD program put on hilarious, while message The group also informed an assembly to inform the students others were an- about al- CHS that Box Won had been sus- about drug and bullying prevention. noyed. For some- ternatives pended from the group for two They invited the group “Hip Hop one who preaches to drugs weeks without pay. The SADD club Fundamentals” to educate the stu- about the dangers and bul- usually puts on a hip-hop themed dents about the dangers of drug use. of drugs, Won lying and assembly to relay the message of However, their “performance” was seemed to be ac- it was the dangers of drugs. The club typi- quite controversial. tively encourag- also mo- cally books a dance crew named The first reactions were ing drug use. One tivational “Faceless Entertainment.” How- overwhelmingly pessimistic, as photo he posted with the ever, after a recommendation from many students were simply unable on Instagram dancing,” a staff member, the club decided to to comprehend the meaning of the was captioned explains book Hip Hop Fundamentals. assembly. “I thought it was hor- with “#WeedOut- Faltz. He Ultimately, Faltz does not rible. They really didn’t talk about Wednesday” and also be- regret the decision to invite the drugs at all,” says Junior Sabrina showed an inebri- lieves that group to perform in front of CHS, Atkinson. As the group was break ated Won smok- the ac- saying that he is always willing to dancing on stage and explaining ing marijuana. tions of give a new group an opportunity the meaning and history of hip-hop, A tweet Box Won to send out their message to high- several people felt as if the purpose he wrote read, should not schoolers. At the end of the day, the of the assembly was completely ig- “DK birthday photo courtesy of Brad Hawthorne discour- assembly may have caused contro- nored. Following the assembly, cu- party last week.Box Won shown smoking weed in a Twitter photo age the versy, but the students all learned rious students decided to look at the I’ll outdrink any- students something from it. Hip Hop Funda- group’s Twitter account. This led one!” It was accompanied by a pic- from taking the message the group mentals showed the students first- them to search for individual mem- ture of Won drinking alcohol out was trying to deliver in stride. Faltz hand that drugs can have negative bers on Twitter. These searches re- of a measuring cup. At this point, reveals how he felt about Won’s effects on people’s careers and rep- vealed a surprising discovery: one the students felt that the assembly Twitter photos, saying, “I was a lit- utations.