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FENTON SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL | 3200 W. SHIaWaSSEE aVENUE | FENTON, MI 48430
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As part of the International Baccalaure-ate Middle Years Program, 260 sopho-mores displayed their Personal Projects on April 23. The project spans seven months and aims for students to success-fully reach their individual goals and be proud of their work.
MYP Exhibit
photo worthy. Getting her picture taken by Mrs. Baker,
sophomore Hailey Huton sits by her rebuilt 1972 Harley Davidson Sportster.
“It was just sitting in my garage and my dad helped me work on it,” Huton said. “The engine isn’t finished yet, but once
it is, we can ride it or sell it.”
Count on Me. For her personal project, sophomore Riley Moore learned how to strum pop songs on the guitar. “‘Count On Me’ by
Bruno Mars was my favorite to play. I chose songs with cool stories and that expressed teamwork and helping others,”
Moore said.
Sail Selfie. A sail, painted with her self portrait,
hangs behind sophomore Manon Steel. “The anchor represents my swim team
because they are the anchor of my life,” Steel said. “The big fish in the
middle is my favorite part; it represents me, my personality, and how I feel
more comfortable in the water than anywhere else.
totally turbineS. Standing with his dad, sophomore Brandon Zender demonstrates that his wind turbine is capable of producing electricity from wind power using an electric motor reused from a four-wheeler. “I wanted to make something out of nothing,” Zender said. “My entire project was recycled; it cost no money whatsoever”
all photoS by Julie pearSon | PhotograPher
expreSS yourSelf.Junior Allyson Reish picks up a flute while looking at sophomore Caitlin Heenan’s project. “I taught children at my old middle school, Holly Academy, how to play the flute and the basics of music,” Heenan said. “My love of music started there and I wanted to help others express their love for music.”
twirl girl.As she points to pictures with her
baton, sophomore Claire Wielichowski explains how her baton twirling compe-
titions work. “I’ve been a twirler since age five,” Wielichowski said. “It is really important to me and I wanted to share
it with everyone.”
by Caitlin heenanWriter
Although Mlive posted a story stating that several schools in Genesee County are failing to meet fire and shelter in place drill standards, Fenton High continues to exercise the mandated drills. The state of Michigan Department of Education requires schools to perform six fire drills, four of which must be in the fall, two tornado, and two lockdown drills.
“As a staff, our goal is to make everyone feel confident that they are safe,” Principal Mark Suchowski said. “That is why we try to make our drills as realistic as possible by placing them at the awkward times such as during lunch or between classes.”
After the Newtown shooting, some school officials believed more lockdown drills should be implemented and schools should practice fewer fire drills, as the probability of a school catching on fire is low.
“Since it is unlikely that a school made of brick will catch on fire I think that the amount of fire drills should be cut down,” freshman Madison Dagenais said. “Recent events like the Boston Marathon incident and the Newtown shootings make me think there should be more lock down drills.”
Others, like Suchowski think that completing these drills is critical making sure the student body and staff is safe and prepared.
“I do not know that if we were ever in a position to use a fire drill that it would only be because of a fire,” Suchowski said. “I could think of other reasons why we would want to evacuate the building and even though we call it a fire drill, it is a drill to get everyone out of the building in two minutes.”
Fenton has kept up with the current required standards and has even added preventative security to the building to make it a safer environment. In the months after the Newtown shooting, school officials met and decided to move the attendance office into the main office.
“After what happened in Connecticut, we as a staff asked ourselves what is our weak link,” Suchowski said. “We found that our weak link is that parents would have to wander through the hallways to find the attendance office, now that it is in the front of the building we no longer have to worry about that issue.”
In addition to moving the attendance office, the school has added a sensor at the main entrance which allows administrators to see guests before they come in and only admit wanted persons.
“In just one day, we let in 88 people through the front door,” attendance office secretary Karen Wallace said. “We feel that buzzing people in and asking them why they are here makes the building a secure place.”
In hopes of bringing home the gold, the Ambassadors traveled to Toronto, Ontario, to participate in the Heritage National Music Festival & Competition. The festival is comprised of choirs and bands from all over the United States and Canada.
After two performances, the Ambassadors were awarded a gold rating in both Vocal Jazz and Show Choir. A gold rating means the performance was “Superior.” To achieve a gold rating, a choir must score at least 90 points out of 100 in categories like intonation, blend and balance, dynamics, diction, etc.
“We did a lot of rehearsal preparing for the competition, after our show in February,” Ambassador director Brad Wright said. “On the way back to the hotel after the competition, before they knew what awards they had won, I asked them if they did their
best. They said they did and they reached their goal.”
Three of the Ambassadors, Rachel Kahn, Olivia Elzay and Anna Dietrich, won Maestro Awards for outstanding solo performances.
“My maestro award was for vocal jazz when I sang the song ‘Me and Julio Down by the School Yard,’” senior Rachel Kahn said. “I worked on the song every chance I got; we were all super busy with rehearsal so it was tough to juggle a solo, too, but it was really worth all the hard work.”
In addition to two gold awards, the Ambassadors also won an Adjudicator Trophy in Show Choir. This trophy is presented to a choir who has an average score of 95 or higher. The Ambassadors won the Outstanding Choral Award for the Festival for their performance in the Show
Choir category. This trophy is presented to the highest scoring choir at the Festival. This year is the third year in a row that the Ambassadors have won this award.
“The Adjudicator trophy means we got the highest average score for two different categories; I was very happy we won it,” junior Michael VanCamp said. “I heard our competition was tougher than last year but I was definitely confident we would get the trophy again.”
They also received the Sweepstakes Trophy which is presented to any school with two ensembles having combined scores closest to 200 total points.
“I am happy for the kids because they worked really hard,” Wright said. “Our students showed the utmost in professionalism and represented their school and town with pride.”
news www.fentoninprint.comMay 3, 20132
SubMitteD by braD wright; Shealyn ManDle ContributeD to thiS Story
Getting the Gold
DagenaisPhotography
(810) 919-2874 Fenton, MI
www.Padphotography.com
Incredible Edibles
Sherwin Williams Paint
1144 North Leroy StreetFenton, MI 48430
810.750.9797
Ambassadors win Adjudicator award; three individual maestro awards at Toronto competition
toronto trip
by hudson VilleneuveWriter
FHS continues to maintain the required state mandated fire, tornado, lockdown drills
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hitting the note. The Ambassadors get in one last practice before making the trip to Toronto for the Heritage National Music Festival and Competition. The group won an Adjudicator and Outstanding choir award.
one More loVe Song. Senior Haley Shaw dances to Payphone by Maroon 5, a song performed at the competition in Toronto.
Although Mlive posted a story stating that several schools in Genesee County are failing to meet fire and shelter in place drill standards, Fenton High continues to exercise the mandated drills. The state of Michigan Department of Education requires schools to perform six fire drills, four of which must be in the fall, two tornado, and two lockdown drills.
“As a staff, our goal is to make everyone feel confident that they are safe,” Principal Mark Suchowski said. “That is why we try to make our drills as realistic as possible by placing them at the awkward times such as during lunch or between classes.”
After the Newtown shooting, some school officials believed more lockdown drills should be implemented and schools should practice fewer fire drills, as the probability of a school catching on fire is low.
“Since it is unlikely that a school made of brick will catch on fire I think that the amount of fire drills should be cut down,” freshman Madison Dagenais said. “Recent events like the Boston Marathon incident and the Newtown shootings make me think there should be more lock down drills.”
Others, like Suchowski think that completing these drills is critical making sure the student body and staff is safe and prepared.
“I do not know that if we were ever in a position to use a fire drill that it would only be because of a fire,” Suchowski said. “I could think of other reasons why we would want to evacuate the building and even though we call it a fire drill, it is a drill to get everyone out of the building in two minutes.”
Fenton has kept up with the current required standards and has even added preventative security to the building to make it a safer environment. In the months after the Newtown shooting, school officials met and decided to move the attendance office into the main office.
“After what happened in Connecticut, we as a staff asked ourselves what is our weak link,” Suchowski said. “We found that our weak link is that parents would have to wander through the hallways to find the attendance office, now that it is in the front of the building we no longer have to worry about that issue.”
In addition to moving the attendance office, the school has added a sensor at the main entrance which allows administrators to see guests before they come in and only admit wanted persons.
“In just one day, we let in 88 people through the front door,” attendance office secretary Karen Wallace said. “We feel that buzzing people in and asking them why they are here makes the building a secure place.”
In hopes of bringing home the gold, the Ambassadors traveled to Toronto, Ontario, to participate in the Heritage National Music Festival & Competition. The festival is comprised of choirs and bands from all over the United States and Canada.
After two performances, the Ambassadors were awarded a gold rating in both Vocal Jazz and Show Choir. A gold rating means the performance was “Superior.” To achieve a gold rating, a choir must score at least 90 points out of 100 in categories like intonation, blend and balance, dynamics, diction, etc.
“We did a lot of rehearsal preparing for the competition, after our show in February,” Ambassador director Brad Wright said. “On the way back to the hotel after the competition, before they knew what awards they had won, I asked them if they did their
best. They said they did and they reached their goal.”
Three of the Ambassadors, Rachel Kahn, Olivia Elzay and Anna Dietrich, won Maestro Awards for outstanding solo performances.
“My maestro award was for vocal jazz when I sang the song ‘Me and Julio Down by the School Yard,’” senior Rachel Kahn said. “I worked on the song every chance I got; we were all super busy with rehearsal so it was tough to juggle a solo, too, but it was really worth all the hard work.”
In addition to two gold awards, the Ambassadors also won an Adjudicator Trophy in Show Choir. This trophy is presented to a choir who has an average score of 95 or higher. The Ambassadors won the Outstanding Choral Award for the Festival for their performance in the Show
Choir category. This trophy is presented to the highest scoring choir at the Festival. This year is the third year in a row that the Ambassadors have won this award.
“The Adjudicator trophy means we got the highest average score for two different categories; I was very happy we won it,” junior Michael VanCamp said. “I heard our competition was tougher than last year but I was definitely confident we would get the trophy again.”
They also received the Sweepstakes Trophy which is presented to any school with two ensembles having combined scores closest to 200 total points.
“I am happy for the kids because they worked really hard,” Wright said. “Our students showed the utmost in professionalism and represented their school and town with pride.”
news www.fentoninprint.comMay 3, 20132
SubMitteD by braD wright; Shealyn ManDle ContributeD to thiS Story
Getting the Gold
DagenaisPhotography
(810) 919-2874 Fenton, MI
www.Padphotography.com
Incredible Edibles
Sherwin Williams Paint
1144 North Leroy StreetFenton, MI 48430
810.750.9797
Ambassadors win Adjudicator award; three individual maestro awards at Toronto competition
toronto trip
by hudson VilleneuveWriter
FHS continues to maintain the required state mandated fire, tornado, lockdown drills
Lockdown
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hitting the note. The Ambassadors get in one last practice before making the trip to Toronto for the Heritage National Music Festival and Competition. The group won an Adjudicator and Outstanding choir award.
one More loVe Song. Senior Haley Shaw dances to Payphone by Maroon 5, a song performed at the competition in Toronto.
newswww.fentoninprint.com May 3, 2013 3
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Supporting Staff MeMberS. InPrint Business Manager Adam Tokarsky holds up a poster to support Editor-in-Chief Amy Rooker who was on the All-State Student Journalist Staff and awarded All-MIPA for newspaper. Rooker also won 11 individual awards.
Up against steep competition from schools across the state, members of the Fentonian and InPrint staffs waited as names were announced at the Michigan Interscho-lastic Press Association awards ceremony.
Thousands of individual entries were sub-mitted into the contests, and Fenton walked away with 78 awards.
The Fentonian submitted 51 entries into the contest and walked away with 49 awards, while the InPrint sent in 50 entries and won 29 awards. Newspaper editor junior Torrey Christopher won five awards, including both first and third place in Pro-Con Editorial.
“I was really excited with all the awards that I won. It confirmed to me that journal-ism and broadcasting is really something that I want to pursue in the future,” Christopher said. “Overall, I think that we did a really great job. It is cool to know that we got the regained the Spartan Award after four years of not winning.”
The Spartan Award is the top publications award given by MIPA, and both the newspa-per and yearbook won one. This year’s win marked the InPrint’s comeback to Spartan
recognition after four years of not winning. The last time the InPrint recieved a Spartan Award was in 2009.
“I really hoped we would get the Spartan Award,” adviser Pam Bunka said. “I know how hard the staff worked to try to meet all of the standards the judges look for. I thought they were successful and I am glad to see the judge thought so, too.”
Winning a Spartan Award continued the Fentonian’s tradition of winning the top MIPA award since 1980, although it was not always called a Spartan.
Sophomore yearbook editor Sarah Law-rence, winner of five awards, was excited to hear about the awards the book won.
“I knew we had submitted some of my work, but I did not think I would win anything because it was only my first year on staff,” Lawrence said. “As for the Spartan, it is really good to continue the tradition. And along with the Gold Crown we won, it is crazy to think a book I had worked on has received so much recognition.”
Senior Amy Rooker was also recognized for her efforts during her four years spent on newspaper staff. She was named to the All-State Journalist Staff, which is comprised
of the top 15 senior journalists in the state from newspaper, yearbook, photography and video. She was then awarded the title of All-MIPA Newspaper Student. This award recognizes the top newspaper student in the state, and during the award presentation speech, the judge said that her portfolio was one of the best he had ever seen.
“I was just sitting in the chair and the plaque was on the table in front of the room and I wanted to see the name on the plaque so bad,” Rooker said. “The guy came up to announce the newspaper winner and as soon as he got into the first sentence of the speech, I knew it was mine. It just felt like everything I have done for the past four years was validated.”
Rooker also won 11 individual awards at the conference. Included in her awards were two third places in both Human Interest Feature and alternative story.
“It is great to have my hard work recog-nized. Knowing that other people value my work and think that it’s among the best in the state is really something that I am proud of,” Rooker said. “It is even more rewarding to see my staff win awards because I know that I helped them achieve that.”
Fentonian and InPrint publication staffs attend MIPA spring conference, win 78 individual awards and two Spartans
Tradition of Excellence#MipaConteStS
Learning to Live with StressIn light of recent tragedies, the necessity for developing coping skills becomes increasingly important
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let’S get louD. InPrint and Fentonian staff members celebrate their winnings at The Lansing Center where the MIPA spring conference was held on April 15. Both staffs won Spartan Awards ranking them amoung top publications in the state.
The scars of self-mutilation. Drowning in alcohol to forget the hurt. Abusing drugs so the memories drift away with the rising smoke. Forever searching for a way to make the pain just go away. Tragedies occur every day, far and wide or close to home. The bombing at the Boston Marathon is one such recent event.
Many ask why, why their loved ones were the victims of stress and hurt. An answer to such an open-ended question like this can have many different answers; some, like clinical psychologist Steven Craig, find answers in the lack of coping skills people are taught and develop.
“Coping skills are how we learn to deal with life’s problems,” Craig said. “People learn to develop the ability to handle a big rush of emotion and handle that situation in a mature way. We learn core subjects at school, but not how to deal with problems. Coping skills are important, but are not taught.”
There are two types groups of coping skills. Positive skills can range from listening to music, going for a walk, meditating or doing yoga. One important positive skill is crying.
Negative skills include reactions such as yelling, pacing and abusing drugs or alcohol. While positive skills are really up to the individual to employ, friends can help those
going through a tough time by simply being there to listen and talk about problems.
“Negative skills are when people pick short term, reactionary ways of dealing with problems,” Craig said. “Some people suppress their emotions; others have an extreme emotional reaction. Both only temporarily solve issues that come back to the surface. Positive coping skills allow you to feel the emotion and act congruently with that emotion. Developing positive coping skills is a tremendous advantage to you, as these skills can help you handle anything in life. Nothing will keep you down.”
Years of dealing with unpleasant situations or huge, horrible events such as the Boston Bombing, and doing so with negative coping skills make people suffer from a high stress level. If people do not properly take care of stress, it can lead to problems in behavior.
“Think of a problem like a little match,” Craig said. “You don’t want to deal with it so you throw it in a back room. More little matches are lit and you keep throwing them in the back room. Eventually, so many little matches make a big fire and the whole house is on fire. By not dealing with the little problems, you can never catch up. This is what happens with bad coping skills.”
Extremely stressful events are especially harmful. For example, many do not know how to deal with the loss of a loved one.
“I was best friends with Katie Wyatt,” sophomore Kendrah Praedel said. “I’ve known her since elementary school. Katie started to get better for awhile and then got worse fast. I got stressed and would go to her house every day to see her. Her death was hard for me. I felt lonely. To cope with her death, I thought about everything and realized this was better for her, to not be in the kind of state she was in because of her cancer.”
Coping skills are not only used for serious events such as the bombing at the Boston Marathon, death or loss of a loved one. Common place, ordinary events can cause stress and require skills to deal with them. Such skills are not taught causing negative reactions to become habitual over time.
“From a counselor’s perspective, we try to teach people to build methods and strategies to determine if how they handle issues appropriately,” counselor Cathy Utter said. “If they do not have skills developed, we try to build an outside support system for them until they build those skills as they mature.”
Stressful events and applying poor coping skills to deal with them create a vicious cycle of continued unhappiness that can lead to dangerous behaviors. If you or someone you know is in a situation where they need help coping, contact the counseling office.
by liz Martinonline edtor
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Advice from the DoctorThe best methods of
coping are crying or talking. Many people feel uncomfort-
able talking to a therapist; they see it as a sign of weak-ness. This is not true. Therapy
is not for sick people, it’s a coping skills class.
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“Success.” We hear that word from many sources: our parents, our teachers, our friends, ourselves.
But what is success? How is it defined? Will I have succeeded when four empty pizza boxes sit next to
me on the couch? What about when I return home with all “A’s” on my report card? Could success simply be when you are labeled the best “League of Legends” player in the world?
The great thing, and worst, about success, is that each person defines it. There are students who consider their seven to one, Kills to Death ratio in “Black Ops 2” as grounds for success, where the rest of us shake our heads at that achievement. Mastering an instrument, preparing their family dinner, and even the most mundane of tasks, such as cleaning one’s room, can be considered success.
Success is so elastic that a single day can be considered an achievement. If you make your own breakfast every day, and put value in it, you are already successful with only 15 minutes of waking time. Coming to school on time deserves another pat on the back. If you value talking with your friends before class, do so. Classes come and go, and even if you set small goals for yourself each half hour, you haven’t even made it to lunch and you have more achievements under your belt than Michael Phelps does Olympic Medals. Eating two bags of A La Carte Nachos? Success? Getting all your homework in? Success? Going home and helping around the house? Success? From dawn till dusk, we are achieving hundreds of goals, no matter how small or large, all due to the elasticity of success.
The problem with the elastic definition of success is that suddenly it becomes hard to compare your level of success to someone else’s. A teenager who sees success by the number of en-ergy drinks they drank that morning is not successful in the eyes of a teacher who considers success by the letter in the grade book. This student could have a solid B-C average, and be content with that. He, in his eyes, is successful. Yet when we shift our perspec-tive to the teacher, this student is not applying themselves, and is therefore unsuccessful.
Now, who is right? The teacher or the student? Some may claim that a B-C average is brilliant, where another person’s stan-dard is perfect A’s. Energy drink junkies may adopt the teenager as a prophet due to the forty energy drinks they managed that morn-ing. However, I get the feeling that not too many heath-conscious people would claim consuming that much sugar as success. But still we have no definite answer. Is this teenager successful or not?
The truth is that success is as grey as the school lockers. There is no one answer that is “right” or “wrong” Success is always subject to change, but who has the right to define it? The govern-ment? Our parents? Teachers? Peers? Ourselves? What gives them the right to judge us as successful or not? What right do we have to judge others either?
In the end, nobody define what success. I cannot tell you. Your friends may have ideas, as well as your parents, but in the end, the only person who can define success for themselves is you.
But what next?You are on top of the mountain, standing tall, looking over
your achievements with pride and glory. What point is there at standing on top the mountain now? There’s no higher to climb. So, like any person with a passion for climbing, we find another mountain to climb. And another, and another. Eventually, we reach the top again. We have found success. Unfortunately we all don’t climb the same mountains, and so once you have found success for yourself, refrain from judging others by your scale. Just because they haven’t done what you have doesn’t make them a bad or lesser person, they’re just living their life by their standards.
Can we not respect one another for that?
The word with no definition; defining success
teenage ChoreS
Kids have their whole lives after high school to take care of their house and home. Instead of parents enforcing chores, kids should be allowed to be kids and focus on sports or extracurric-
ular activities. Running the vacuum and taking the garbage out are not essential in instilling responsibility and discipline in children; we will turn out just fine.
Not a day in my 18 years of life have I ever woken up and made my bed. I have never seen the point; the covers were just going to get messed up again.
My mom has always told me that I have my whole life to scrub toilets and do laundry, but I can only be a kid once. For that reason, my parents never strictly enforced chores. That doesn’t mean that I never help out around the house. I empty the dishwater, make futile attempts to keep my room clean and occasionally go on a cleaning spree with the Pledge.
Parenting websites advise holding children to a regimen of house-hold chores with the idea that it is essential to instilling responsibility in the child. I disagree. I have developed responsibility and work ethic without being forced to do chores. Rather than clean, I spend time doing school work or participating in sports.
Professor Sandra Hofferth at the University of Maryland Popula-tion Research Center advocates the need for chores in a child’s routine. According to her, school should not be presented as the work parents expect from kids. Devoting an hour a day to chores will not pose a danger to a child’s school work, health or social life.
If that is what Hofferth is preaching, she needs to think again. I have always challenged myself with a difficult course load as well as
played school sports. By the time I leave track practice at 5 p.m., eat dinner, shower and take a power nap, it is almost 7 p.m. before I even have the chance to start any homework. Doing an hour of chores is the last thing on my mind, and it would force me to stay awake even longer than I already have to. And, I am not going to lie, I have made myself sick over homework … what can I say? I am a perfectionist.
Some argue that chores teach necessary skills that kids will need later in life. I understand that, after all, it would be problematic if when I get to college I end up shrinking all of my clothes. But, I would like to think that I am an intelligent person. If I can grasp the fundamental theorems of calculus, I think that I can learn how to run a spin cycle during the summer before I move away. Plus, when I call my mom for laundry advice next fall, it’s one more opportunity to talk to her.
The gist is: let kids be kids. We have a lifetime to do chores, can’t we just go through our first 18 years without being made to do housework before we move out and are forced to be grown-ups? I’m not averse to helping out around the house, but if my mommy doesn’t make me, I’m not going to complain. We’ll turn out just fine … and let’s be honest; shrinking a few clothes now and then isn’t the end of the world.
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“Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress
of grievances.” firSt aMenDMent to the u.S. ConStitution
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Since Lyndon B. Johnson declared war on poverty during his presidency, taxpayers have spent an estimated $15 trillion on programs ranging from food stamps to unemployment benefits. In contrast, the federal government spent
$48 billion on foreign aid, military and resource based, in 2012 alone. With federal funds running thin, the issue of tax-payer dollars staying at home or going abroad has become a subject of debate.
While mindlessly scrolling through the Facebook newsfeed, I saw a “share if you agree” post stating that America should not give aid to foreign countries while there are Americans who are starving and homeless. I did not share this post.
I do not deny that there are Americans who are struggling in this difficult economy. However, the standard of living is drastically different in third world countries. By accident of birth, American citizens have been blessed with a life of luxury and opportunity in comparison with others around the world.
The United States is the richest country in the world by many different measures yet we fall behind all other industrialized nations in the share of our Gross National Product that goes towards foreign aid.
As an argument against foreign aid, many believe in a very drastic definition of poverty with statistics stating that about 50 million Americans are living in poverty in 2013. How-ever, consider what poverty in America means. According to the US Census Bureau, the major-ity of Americans considered to be in poverty by our government have modern amenities. For example, 80 percent of American households have air conditioning and 92 percent have a microwave. Contrary to popular belief, these items are luxuries.
Hunger in the United States has also been dramatized. In a US Census report, 96 percent
of parents considered in poverty stated that their children never went hungry.
Even some of the poorest Americans live in houses larger than what many upper middle class Europeans live in as stated by the Heritage Foundation in a study on poverty. And only four percent of Americans were reported as being temporarily homeless. The American standard of living is one of the highest in the World.
So why should we then deny aid to foreign nations? To buy air conditioning for the remain-ing 20 percent? Over spring break I stayed at my great grandma’s Florida home and she rarely used her air conditioning – I survived and other Americans can, too.
Counting as only one percent of the federal budget, foreign aid can have a huge impact. For example, there has been a 60 percent decrease in preventable deaths in children under five world-wide since 1960. The reduced deaths in helpless children is partially because of American aid.
Recently, debate has been sparked in the US over the decision to send increased aid to a coun-try which is currently at civil war. According to the International Committee of the Red Cross, the conditions are worsening in Syria. Civilians are forced to flee their homes and struggle to obtain food. They fear for their lives every day. This crisis was referred to as one of the biggest humanitarian emergencies in the past decade by Patrick McCormick of the United Nations chil-dren fund. A record death toll of 1,600, including children, was recorded in one week.
The fact that Americans are actually debat-ing helping these poor people is actually quite shocking. Syrian refugees have none of the opportunities that Americans have. No plumb-ing or electricity, they don’t ever worry about charging their iPhone, microwaving their pizza rolls or painting their nails. Comparing Ameri-can poverty to foreign poverty is comparing two different worlds.
While some may say that foreign aid is largely misused, those who believe in this logic should also cut domestic aid as it oftentimes misused and given to Americans who do not really need it. In reality there are people in other countries who are truly suffering and the US has the means to be a beacon of light in the seemingly hopeless situation of many people.
While millions of dollars are being sent to countries around the world to help others in need, there are still people in America struggling to find their next meal. In a recent study con-ducted by Feeding America, one in four children do not have secure access to food, and according to the National Alliance to end Homelessness, 636,017 of people living in the United Sates in 2011 were homeless.
To some, it may seem cruel and inhumane to say that people in Africa without clean water shouldn’t be top priority for the United States, but their country’s poverty should not be our concern. It is not America’s job to bail out other countries, especially when we are in debt and have people in our own country suffering.
In some instances, foreign aid has been largely unsuccessful and even counterproduc-tive. According to the Congressional Research Service, decades of foreign aid can be blamed for the corrupt governments in Africa. In Latin America, American aid to anticommunist rebels was associated with brutal violence.
There are numerous examples of hospitals and schools that were built by donor funds and then left to rot because developing nations do not have the funds to maintain them.
The Congressional Research Service goes on to say that many critics of foreign aid assert that it often does more harm than good by reducing government accountability, funding corruption, creating dependence on the US and reducing the need for countries to establish an adequate
system for taxation.In addition, not one of the so called develop-
ing countries that we are giving food and cloth-ing to is truly developing and the amount that America is giving is not going to permanently change their living conditions. Regardless of how much or how little the United States gives to them, countries without sound economies or governments are not going to grow.
Not only is the amount we are giving not enough to help these countries, it has also been reported that some of the countries we are help-ing are not even using the money the way it was intended.
According to an article published on Forbes.com titled “Making Sense of U.S. Foreign Aid to Egypt and Else Where,” $1.3 billion of the $1.5 billion we gave to Egypt was used for peace and security. This includes fighting off drug dealers, preventing weapons of mass destruction, and ter-rorism. While these are valid issues, the financial aid we are providing is supposed to go to those in poverty.
In addition, an article on the Examiner revealed that the Pakinstani government has authorized payments of about $8.2 million to the suicide bombers from aid the United States had given them. In essence, the United States is using taxpayer funds to support terrorist attacks on our citizens and allies in Israel.
Foreign aid can also lead to the formation of terrorism in a country. According to an article on brookings.edu, economic development causes inequality. Although this economic development may eventually benefit the country, it will create a short run social unrest can cause a surge of radical behavior.
Some may say that compared to other coun-tries, Americans have it good. This comparison isn’t fair considering the standard of living is much higher in America than in third world countries such as Syria. In order for one to live an American lifestyle, they would need more money for a house payment than one receives in a month in third world countries.
Once we have solved poverty and debt in our own country, then we can help others around the globe. However, sending millions of dollars to other countries while people here are suffering does not seem logical.
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Americans have a duty to their fellow man and to the humans that are living lives of unimaginable poverty that makes poverty in the America seem like luxury.
It is not our responsibility as Americans to give aid to foreign countries when there are still fellow Americans in poverty.
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Mastering the Art of Picking up Chicksby adam tokarskyBusiness Manager
If any of you guys are like me, you may not exactly have the best luck with the ladies. I’m convinced that it is the combination of being ruggedly handsome and my ability to do differential calculus that intimidates the opposite sex. Nevertheless, being alone for every Valentine’s Day and school dance can get frustrating. In order to remedy this seemingly endless problem I sat down one evening, alone with my thoughts and thought about what I could do to help solve this problem. As a result, I was able to come up with a list of ways I, as well as the rest of the male population, can improve their chances with the ladies.
The first thing you should probably do if you want to win over a female is to actually try talking to her. As surprising as this may sound, if you want a girl to be interested in you, you might have to talk to her. One thing you have to keep in mind is she doesn’t want to hear about the new video game you just finished playing for ten hours, nor do you want to ask a bunch of questions that can be answered by yes or no. Ask how her lunch was or how math class is going, from there you can go into a wide variety of topics.
Now that you know the most important part of getting a girl to notice you, more advanced methods can be used, starting with my personal favorite: math pickup lines. I’m not talking about wimpy pick up lines like “Are you less than ninety degrees? Because I think you’re acute.” I’m talking about next level math pick up lines, like “You’re sine, I’m cosine. Let’s make tangent.” The best part about these kinds of pick up lines is that it doesn’t matter whether or not the girl understands them, they’re not going to ask what they mean, and you automatically look ten times smarter than you did before. You don’t
even have to understand them either, you just have to know them. Whether one of you, both of you, or some combination of you under-stands, you’re already at a happy equilibrium that has broken the ice, which is exactly where you want to be.
If you still haven’t made any noticeable progress with the girl of your choice, there are still more things you can do to try and win her over. Now that you’ve broken the ice, you need to show her that you’re worth talking to and being around. If the first thing that came to your mind when I said this was hashtagging “PerksOf DatingMe,” you might want to get that out of your head as soon as you can. As enticing as tweeting passive aggressively sounds, there are much easier ways to show what you can bring to the table, such as having a karaoke machine. What do you think is better to be known as, “That guy who makes awesome conversation and makes math jokes,” or “That guy who makes awesome conversation and makes math jokes who also has a karaoke machine?” I’ll take the latter.
Now, should all of the above fail, there is one thing that can always seal the deal: macaroni and cheese from Panera Bread. There seems to be some magical quality that comes from shell-shaped noodles covered in melted white cheddar. I’ve found Panera mac and cheese is the most efficient and successful way to court a female. Now you’re probably asking yourself why the plan isn’t to go straight to Panera Bread and buy Jane Doe some mac and cheese. Well, there is in fact a reason that Panera mac and cheese is the last resort. If you start out a relationship getting Panera mac and cheese, you’re setting the bar way too high. You have to be able to provide things that are better than macaroni to keep them interested in you, which quite frankly is impossible. Panera mac and cheese is what the Greeks had in mind when they were writing about ambrosia, the drink of the gods.
No matter what you take from this article, there is one really only
thing that you should make sure to do, and that is to be yourself. You don’t want to forge your relationship acting like someone else or lying, because painting yourself to be someone who you aren’t may pay off in the short run, but it will really only hurt you in the long run, and you always want to play for the long run, especially when it comes to relationships. You can spend the entire day googling math pick up lines, or planning the perfect presentation of mac and cheese purchased from Panera bread, but when it comes down to it you just have to put yourself out there and take chances. A perfect example of this is Panera mac and cheese itself. Let’s be honest, without taking risks, there would be no such thing as cheese or noodles.
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I understand that it can be hard to make this connection with the many human-like charac-teristics of our feline friends, but, no matter how much you love your kitty, you are the owner. This means whenever possible, choose human contact over kitty contact. Go out with friends, go to the mall, do anything but sit at home play-ing with your cat on a Saturday night.
Cats are not Humans
There is a fine line between “pet owner” and “pet collector.” Do whatever is in your power to stay in the pet owner category. Surpassing this two cat limit will make people uncomfortable when there are multiple pairs of eyes staring at them when in your home. Make a mental goal to stop at two cats just like some people set a mental goal to stop after two energy drinks.
Stop at Two
Framed photos in multiple rooms in your house and including your cat in your Facebook profile picture is not cool. No matter how photoge-nic you think your cat is, excessive cat photos portray loneliness. Showing you have a social life outside of cat-ownership will prevent others from perceiving you as a cat lady.
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One bad breakup could send even the most stable-dog loving soul down the downward spiral to owning numerous cats. With their ability to survive days of neglect and not dying from ingesting leftover chocolate ice cream, cats are the ideal pet for someone in grieving. Realize that just like violence is not a useful means of problem solving, cat ownership is not either.
It HappensTry to be accepting. While many humans are somehow blind to the joys of cat ownership, that is not an excuse to alienate yourself from social situations. You can be friends with dog lovers, fish lovers and even those with a termite farm. Do not make owning cats a defining character trait in your quest for friends.
Be Accepting
Avoid talking about your cat excessively. While cats can be funny creatures and their latest she-nanigans can be a useful means of conversation do not overdo it on the cat talk. For example, if a friend is telling you a story about their baby brother, do not butt in with a cat story. This would make it sound like you are comparing your cat to your friend’s brother. Total cat lady behavior.
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With the social media craze on the rise, Twitter isn’t the only site that’s chirping. 48.7 million users are scrolling through the depths of Pinterest, a photo-sharing website where recipes, crafts and workout routines are ‘pinned’ for followers to see.
When the site was first created, pins were intend-ed to share home design ideas, travel destinations and food recipes. In 2012, home decoration, arts & crafts and fashion became an instant hit with users sharing those categories 51 percent of the time, ac-cording to firebellymarketing.com.
Fitness and nutrition are categories that high school students are beginning to find more ap-pealing. Pinboards are created with healthy snack choices along with conditioning circuits and fitness inspiration. This social networking site gives teens who do not participate in school athletics the direc-tion they need to complete a workout.
“I have never been taught how to do an actual workout,” junior Lauren Rumbles said. “Pinterest gives me an idea of what to do for my workouts, which is helpful.”
Starting with Pinterest as a resource for nutritional and fitness facts, high schoolers are utilizing social media sites to improve their fitness.
Not only can someone scroll through other people’s pins, but they can pin their own ideas, too. Normally, most websites have the signature Pinterest symbol below an article or picture, where the pinner can ink it to their board and pin it. Also, you can add your own pins and upload a picture from a computer or phone.
Some websites where a pinner could find things to pin are Tumblr, Wanelo and any online clothing stores, where you can pin any piece of clothing you might want to buy in the future to your board.
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“I would probably pin fitness rou-tines but to be honest, I don’t think I would actually do them. People take time to pin but they don’t actually get around to doing it. I also find myself pinning desserts but I never make them.”
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“I find that I pin fitness stuff over the summer when I have more time to actually do the workouts. I have the time to run whenever I want.”
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It is the bottom of the ninth with three balls and two strikes. All eyes are on the man at plate to see if he can save the day. In times like this, everything he has done in prepara-tion for the game can help, from putting on a lucky piece of clothing before the game to remembering all the player has learned from practice. Even what he was drinking in the dugout can help.
However, while sports drinks like Gatorade or Powerade may have many initial benefits for the player, they may end up being useless to some people.
“Even though running can take a lot out of me, I really don’t like to drink Gatorade,” sophomore Jason Dietrich said. “It is too expensive for me and if I am thirsty I will just get some water.”
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According to sites such as livestrong.com and healthyeatingresearch.org, sports drinks like Powerade or Gatorade are not meant for the average person. Sports drinks contrib-ute the most to the excess energy intake of everyone who drinks them. They are aimed at people who experience prolonged physical activity in warm to hot temperatures.
Though sports drinks may aid athletes who participate in high energy sports like basketball or track, they may not help baseball players or skiers who spend less time doing hard physical work while they play.
However, energy drinks can do consider-ably more damage to the player than other drinks like Powerade.
According to livestrong.com, energy drinks have more addictive substances in them than sports drinks. The ingredients in them can cause addictions in people, de-
pending on how much and how often players drink them.
“Energy drinks really can cause an addic-tion to people I know,” sophomore Andrew Celini said. “That’s why I don’t drink them, even if I’m not that awake.”
Ingredients like caffeine are found in drinks such as Monster and Red Bull. They can also deplete the body of crucial levels of water that it needs, leaving the person dehy-drated. While energy drinks like Amp and others are good for the boost of energy, they certainly should not be used regularly for day to day energy.
Even though these drinks are avail-able to players for help, livestrong.com and healthyeatingresearch.org state it is still being debated whether or not they help. To some they may help very much, while others aren’t able to get anything out of them at all.
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As the spring sports season begins, teams start practicing and conditioning to get a head start over their opponents. However, this year many teams began their seasons inside because of the cold weather.
“For me, personally, it was difficult to run inside after running outside all winter,” junior Emily Bemis said. “It was really hard to breathe and hard on our legs running in the hallway.”
Despite the cold weather, the girls track team had to run in the snow to get times for their first meet. The terrible weather has made it difficult for the team to prepare going into the season with both boys and girls having one invitational canceled and another postponed. The girls also had one meet canceled.
“We made snow angels on a day that last year was 80 degrees,” junior Tori Chapin said. “It has been difficult to prepare for the season with terrible weather.”
The track team was not the only team to be affected by the freezing temperatures. The varsity softball team has had three double headers postponed and three doubleheaders canceled. Varsity baseball has had three double headers rescheduled and one canceled. Varsity boys golf has had two scrimmages, two matches and one tournament rescheduled. Girls tennis has had six matches postponed or canceled and one quad and one invitational cancelled, while the varsity girls soccer team had four games cancelled.
“We had a game cancelled due to the weather,” senior Natalee Marshall said. “With the cold temperatures, it is hard to get outside and play on the field. We have been going in the gym and running during practice.’
Due to poor weather conditions that have continued through-out the season thus far, the MHSAA has made adjustments for the state tournament participation. The four game minimum has been lifted for the upper peninsula and all lower peninsula schools that can provide proof for not completing the requirement will also have this lifted.
“This spring sports season has been a nightmare,” Athletic Director Michael Bakker said. “I have been involved with spring sports as a coach or an athletic director for 15 years and never have I seen it this bad. Collectively as athletic directors, we are trying to complete league schedules.”
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Stepping up to the plate, he leans down, grabs a handful of dirt and rubs it on his hands. A mixed crowd of boos and cheers begins to roar as he gets ready to swing. The first pitch goes flying by, just inches from his head. The roars become even louder. After the pitcher exchanges some dirty looks the next pitch comes. The ball cracks off the bat. Jackie Robinson has hit another home run.
The story of Robinson is one of both triumph and pa-tience. In the movie “42,” the journey Robinson embarks on going into professional baseball is presented in a realistic and powerful manner.
Going into “42,” I was expecting another typical sports movie meant to inspire young athletes. While “42” can certainly be an inspiration to all athletes, the movie has a much more meaningful message. In “42” Robinson, played by Chadwick Boseman, faces the majority of his challenges off the field. Being the first African-American baseball player to be integrated into the major leagues, he had to overcome adversities of a segregated America.
My initial reaction to the world presented in “42” was shock and disbelief. It is one that many are unfamiliar with. When Robinson began his rise to fame, America was still heavily segregated and many people treated Robinson as a lesser person.
Instead of approaching the racist mindset that most Americans had at the time in a gentle manner, director Brian Helgeland decided to show segregation in a harsh and realis-tic way. The way in which many people treated Robinson in “42” sometimes made me both uncomfortable and frustrated. However, through this frustration, I became more involved in the film and also got a perspective on how far we as people have come since then.
The discrimination Robinson had to deal with was enough to push common men to violent revenge. However, Robinson faced these problems through his performance on the field rather than violence. Through Robinson’s extreme patience the people of American came to sympathize with and respect him despite the color of his skin.
The story told in “42” is one of both outstanding athleti-cism and strides taken toward vanquishing segregation. Boseman’s performance as Jackie Robinson was both histori-cally accurate and emotionally powerful, and left me feeling inspired.
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From the era of slicked back hair, well choreographed music videos, mature outfits and raunchy song lyrics to the sudden appearance of good looking, young-adult males with a much more innocent message to their lyrics, boy bands are making a comeback.
According to American music critic Steven Hyden on avclub.com, this uprising didn’t necessarily come out of nowhere. For the past few years, pop music in general has been shifting from the hard rhythms of hip-hop toward more kid-friendly and full blown displays of innocence.
“I think boy bands are making a comeback,” junior Emilee Heaphy said. “But, most people don’t like the new ones because they’re constantly being compared to the older ones.”
The popular musical styling of One Direction is a prime example of this. The British-Irish boy band got their start when they finished third in British singing competition “The X Factor” and have been described as the resurgence of the boy band concept.
Their top two singles, “What Makes You Beautiful” and “Live While We’re Young,” display seemingly innocent lyrics and a catchy tune that led them top of the charts in 2011 and 2012. They have been compared to The Beatles, who were influential and powerful in the rock music era, but not typically considered a boy band.
Another British-Irish group who has helped the revival of boy bands over the past few years is The Wanted. They debuted their first album in October of 2010, but did not gain worldwide popularity as fast as One Direction. In early 2012, their single “Glad You Came” gained recognition in the US and Canada, reaching number three on the Billboard Hot 100. Their follow-up singles, “Chasing The Sun” and “I Found You,” reached top spots on Billboard’s Hot Dance Club Songs chart.
These two boy bands were both formed after 2009, but plenty of popular groups were formed and disbanded, then got back together, all before this time. Some of these bands like ‘N Sync and the Backstreet Boys, both set the bar for the boy band genre today.
“I really can’t pick between the older and newer boy bands because they both have music I like,” Heaphy said. “If I had to choose, I would go with the older boy bands because their music isn’t as vulgar or racy against women.”
If you have a secret guilty pleasure for boy bands of this resurgence and last, you can catch The Package Tour, consisting of New Kids on the Block, 98 Degrees, and Boyz II Men, at the Palace of Auburn Hills June 8,. One Direction will perform at the same venue on July 12 and The Wanted are at the Aragon Ballroom in Chicago on June 3.
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From the era of slicked back hair, well choreographed music videos, mature outfits and raunchy song lyrics to the sudden appearance of good looking, young-adult males with a much more innocent message to their lyrics, boy bands are making a comeback.
According to American music critic Steven Hyden on avclub.com, this uprising didn’t necessarily come out of nowhere. For the past few years, pop music in general has been shifting from the hard rhythms of hip-hop toward more kid-friendly and full blown displays of innocence.
“I think boy bands are making a comeback,” junior Emilee Heaphy said. “But, most people don’t like the new ones because they’re constantly being compared to the older ones.”
The popular musical styling of One Direction is a prime example of this. The British-Irish boy band got their start when they finished third in British singing competition “The X Factor” and have been described as the resurgence of the boy band concept.
Their top two singles, “What Makes You Beautiful” and “Live While We’re Young,” display seemingly innocent lyrics and a catchy tune that led them top of the charts in 2011 and 2012. They have been compared to The Beatles, who were influential and powerful in the rock music era, but not typically considered a boy band.
Another British-Irish group who has helped the revival of boy bands over the past few years is The Wanted. They debuted their first album in October of 2010, but did not gain worldwide popularity as fast as One Direction. In early 2012, their single “Glad You Came” gained recognition in the US and Canada, reaching number three on the Billboard Hot 100. Their follow-up singles, “Chasing The Sun” and “I Found You,” reached top spots on Billboard’s Hot Dance Club Songs chart.
These two boy bands were both formed after 2009, but plenty of popular groups were formed and disbanded, then got back together, all before this time. Some of these bands like ‘N Sync and the Backstreet Boys, both set the bar for the boy band genre today.
“I really can’t pick between the older and newer boy bands because they both have music I like,” Heaphy said. “If I had to choose, I would go with the older boy bands because their music isn’t as vulgar or racy against women.”
If you have a secret guilty pleasure for boy bands of this resurgence and last, you can catch The Package Tour, consisting of New Kids on the Block, 98 Degrees, and Boyz II Men, at the Palace of Auburn Hills June 8,. One Direction will perform at the same venue on July 12 and The Wanted are at the Aragon Ballroom in Chicago on June 3.
Bust a Move: Four dance moves made famous by boy bands
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The InBetweeners Dance
One Direction made this simple move fa-mous after performing it in their music video “One Thing.”
Break DancingPutting a hip-hop dance spin in their music video for “Everybody (Backstreet’s Back),” the Backstreet Boys helped boost this move’s
popularity.
The “Bye Bye Bye” DanceAttached to strings like puppets being toyed with, N’Sync made this move an artsy goodbye dance from the music video “Bye Bye Bye.”
Is It The Right Stuff?After performing these
moves in the music video for “You’ve Got It (The
Right Stuff),” New Kids on the Block got slightly
mixed reviews on it, which made it known.
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outstanding and well-rounded participation and leadership in the arts.
The festival kicked off at 12:30 p.m. with keynote speaker Steve Coffey, a senior at the University of Michigan. A graduate of Fenton High’s TV Production program, Coffey went to col-lege with a desire to keep creating short films. As a sophomore, Coffey and two other screen arts students started Filmic Pro-ductions, a student-run group focused on making short films.
Since then, Filmic has expanded to become a creative col-lective of 21 freshmen, sophomores, juniors and seniors whose
focus is generating creative advertising solutions for the University of Michigan.
In 2011, the Student Film and Arts Festival was named for Ruby Zima with a grant from the Sarah E. Warner Endow-ment for the arts. Both of these women were lifelong supporters of arts and educa-tion in the Fenton community.
Sarah Warner was the Executive Director of the Greater Flint Arts Council, Development Officer for the Flint Institute of Arts and Estate and Special Events Coordinator for the Ruth Mott Foundation at Applewood.
Her enthusiasm, artistic talent and fundraising abilities gave great substance to the many significant leadership positions she held. She help positions in both civic and philanthropic organizations not only in Flint but in state and national arts organiza-tions as well.
Ruby Zima opened the Fenton High School auditorium in 1969 and contrib-uted 30 years of her career to the Fenton
Area Public School as an English and drama teacher. The high school auditorium was named in her honor in 2007.
The festival was made possible by grants from the Fenton Area Public Schools Education Foundation and the Sarah E. Warner Endowment for the Arts. Additional sponsors included the State Bank and Weather Seal.
The community can support the arts at Fenton by attend-ing art shows and theatre performances throughout the year. Contributions in support of the Ruby Zima Student Film and Arts Festival can be made to the Sarah E. Warner Endowment for the Arts and/or the Fenton Area Public School Education Foundation. Both are administered through the Community Foundation of Greater Flint.
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For the Love of Art
May 3, 2013
The Makings of a Major
Filmmakers, photographers, artists and performers from almost all area public schools present their work
How junior Josh Tobias landed the position of drum major for next year’s marching band
Student art work, performers and films were showcased at Fenton High on April 27 during the fourth annual Ruby Zima Student Film and Arts Festival. Students’ work from all grade levels from Fenton, Linden and Lake Fenton were on display.
“We had some incredible entries last year, but this year I think people really recognized what this festival is all about,” video productions teacher Rich Ashley said. “I know Linden, Lake Fenton and our students really stepped it up. The entries I have seen from my students are exceptional.”
In the fine arts category, senior Kyle Sturgis took first, senior Farrell Tatum won second and third place was awarded to sophomore Meredith Atwell. Junior Andrew Olszewski won first in film, and was followed by seniors Carl Coster and Joe Diller for second and third respectively. Finally, in performing arts, the band Dot Mcgurk won, Gabe Jamison took second and third was presented to seniors Brooke Windsor and Jacob Rositano.
The film and arts festival was organized not only for public entertainment, but also to provide students with an opportunity to dis-play their talents and win cash prizes. Cash prizes are awarded to high school students in three different categories: visual arts, film and performance arts.
First place winners received a $250 cash prize, second place finishers recieved $125 and those who came in third place were awarded $50.
“I entered last year and won first place for my water color and pen painting,” sophomore Ally Barnett said. “This year, I entered a new watercolor piece of a pond with lily pads and flowers. It is a recreation of a landscape image.”
Artwork ranged from pencil drawings to water colors to 3-D projects. In the past, the performance portion has showcased talents like singing, playing instruments and even doing magic.
“We had three hours and 20 minutes of film submitted from Linden, Lake Fenton and Fenton students,” Joe Kryza, who handled performance applications, said. “We had 32 elementary school entries and 16 middle and high school. Although the film aspect is big, the performace aspect is growing even bigger.”
In addition to the three winners from the categories of film, visual and performing arts, the Sarah E. Warner Award for Lead-ership was presented to Megan Piacentini who demonstrated
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liVing art. Sophomore Karley Walsh participates in face painting on the day of the Ruby Zima Art and Film Festival. The cost was .50 per face painting. Walsh, along with all festival volunteers received a free T-shirt designed by Manda Villareal.
winner winner. Sophomore Makenzie Cool, junior Alyssa Trapp and junior Monica Bradburn all display awards for their photography. Only four photographers from Fenton High School entered the competition.
photo by kylei Szabo | Photo editor
STEP ONEattend the drum major clinic held a few days before auditions.
STEP TWOlearn the basics of conducting.
STEP THREEgive the band commands and have a strong presence as a student leader.
STEP FOURimpress the other drum majors and band director--they decide the next drum major.
STEP FIVE rock the audition.
AND THE WINNER IS...junior Josh tobias!
photo by alySSa trapp | PhotograPher
photo by alexiS kelly | PhotograPher
up anD away. Junior Kennedy Piwowarczy painted this superhero/alien-themed scene.
photo by alexiS kelly | PhotograPher
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Some might look at jewelry boxes, phone cases or shoes and see them only for what they are, but some artists, including sophomore Sarah Lawrence and senior Mackenzie Donnelly, see them as works of art in the making.
What started out as a favor for a friend, became a business for Lawrence who now paints shoes for $20 a pair, not including the cost of the shoes.
“My friend Makenzie Cool asked me to paint mustaches on her shoes last summer,” Lawrence said. “After that, I decided to continue painting shoes to raise money for my mission trip to the Bahamas.
Lawrence has sold 17 pairs of shoes, totaling $340 in profit. She has painted everything from al-bum covers to Marilyn Monroe, but her favorite ones are based on a Van Gogh painting.
“I did ‘Starry Night’ ones for Madeliene Albrecht and those are my favorite,” Lawrence said. “They took me forever, but it was an accomplishment because they are Van Gogh and I didn’t think I could do it.”
After completing several pairs of shoes, Lawrence decided to make the project her MYP Personal Project. She displayed pictures of the shoes she had completed at the MYP exhibition that was held on April 23.
“I had a photo album with pictures of all the shoes I have done,” Lawrence said. “Behind the pictures was my essay. On my table I had the book, business cards for new orders and a couple of painted examples.”
Unlike Lawrence, Donnelly chooses to make her works of art out of items commonly found around her home. Donnelly creates what are called Decodens along with custom jewelry inspired from the Japenese Lolita scene, a genre of dress and deco-ration popular in the culture.
“I started making Decodens three years ago with my friend when we saw that the Japanese Lolita Scene were decking out their phone cases and com-pact powder cases with cute cake like decorations.”
A Decoden, sometimes spelled Dekoden, is a Japanese style art project where the artist finds an object that is not considered art (like a phone case or a jewelry box) and tactfully glues small items to it to make it more visually appealing. Donnelly favors plastic bows, hearts, flowers and cassette tapes.
“I researched different techniques used when making Decodens and I found that if I used bathroom caulking I could put it in cake icing bags with different tips and decorate boxes and jewelry just like you would a cake. You can buy different kits with Decoden pieces, or you can improvise with anything you have lying around.”
by torrey ChristopherneWs editor
photoS by hannah gregory | PhotograPher
Feets of CreativityCrafty minds transform household items into functional works of art
photoS CourteSy of MaCkenzie Donnelly
DeCo-rating. These two boxes are only a couple of examples of senior Mackenzie Donnelly’s work making Decodens- a product of art inspired by Japanese fashion. Below are some examples of shoes that sophomore Sarah Lawrence made as a part of her MYP project, but now continues to make them as a business. Lawernce has created shoes that pay homage to Van Gogh, movies like ‘Tangled’, and even Katie Wyatt.
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